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Shimadzu (Japan)

In research, Shimadzu (Japan) stands highest in Physical Sciences (#3,616 of 10,670 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#2,380 of 6,403 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Spectroscopy and Chemistry (Spectroscopy is 33.5× its share of world research).

World rank, 2022-now
#5,596
of 22,385 · #4,963 all time
Rank in Japan
#124
of 924
Research works
2k
▲ 33% vs 2018-21
Citations
34k
17.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.3%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.88×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
40%
world 40%
International
16%
world 18%

What is Shimadzu (Japan) known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Physical SciencesDomain #3,616 of 10,670 7.2%150 #3988
Life SciencesDomain #2,380 of 6,403 7.6%83 #2322

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Shimadzu (Japan) sits in it, in the colour of the band that rank falls in. The track under the rate is the rate itself: it carries no average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Shimadzu (Japan) work in?

In 2022-now, 50% of research at Shimadzu (Japan) is in Physical Sciences, 28% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (18%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (16%), Medicine (14%). It does 2.1× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 169 fractional works · 49.8% of its workEngineering: 61 fractional works · 18.0% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 22 fractional works · 6.3% of its workMechanical Engineering: 10 fractional works · 2.8% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 7 fractional works · 2.1% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAerospace Engineering: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMechanics of Materials: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputational Mechanics: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 38 fractional works · 11.1% of its workSpectroscopy: 25 fractional works · 7.4% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 8 fractional works · 2.2% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 24 fractional works · 6.9% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 8 fractional works · 2.3% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPollution: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEcology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workWater Science and Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 22 fractional works · 6.6% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 14 fractional works · 4.2% of its workBiomaterials: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 8 fractional works · 2.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 5 fractional works · 1.5% of its workRadiation: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 5 fractional works · 1.5% of its workAtmospheric Science: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPaleontology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workChemical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBioengineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 95 fractional works · 28.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 56 fractional works · 16.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 39 fractional works · 11.6% of its workGenetics: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCancer Research: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiotechnology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEndocrinology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMolecular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 22 fractional works · 6.6% of its workFood Science: 10 fractional works · 2.9% of its workPlant Science: 7 fractional works · 2.1% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInsect Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAquatic Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 8 fractional works · 2.3% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeurology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 6 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPharmacology: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPharmaceutical Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workToxicology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workImmunology: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 57 fractional works · 16.6% of its workMedicine: 48 fractional works · 14.2% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 6 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPhysiology: 5 fractional works · 1.6% of its workOncology: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEpidemiology: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSurgery: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPharmacology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInfectious Diseases: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeurology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHematology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHepatology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRheumatology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 1.4% of its workNursing: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workDentistry: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeneral Dentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 19 fractional works · 5.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 7 fractional works · 1.9% of its workSociology and Political Science: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workTransportation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workArcheology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMarketing: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKShimadzu (Japan)340fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences28%Physical Sciences50%Health Sciences17%Social Sciences6%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 26 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering6118.0%
    2. Chemistry3811.1%
    3. Environmental Science246.9%
    4. Materials Science226.6%
    5. Computer Science82.5%
    6. Physics and Astronomy51.5%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences51.5%
    8. Energy30.8%
    9. Chemical Engineering20.6%
    10. Mathematics10.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology5616.4%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences226.6%
    3. Neuroscience82.3%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics61.8%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology31.0%
    1. Medicine4814.2%
    2. Nursing41.1%
    3. Dentistry20.7%
    4. Health Professions20.6%
    5. Veterinary00.1%
    1. Social Sciences71.9%
    2. Arts and Humanities31.0%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting30.9%
    4. Psychology30.8%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance20.5%
    6. Decision Sciences10.4%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Shimadzu (Japan) specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Spectroscopy takes 33.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. SpectroscopySubfield · 25.2 works34×
  2. ChemistryField · 37.8 works7.1×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

Field profile

Location quotient across every field it publishes in: outside the ring is more than an institution of this size would be expected to publish, inside it is less.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1.38× its world share, 22 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3.08× its world share, 56 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.97× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.41× its world share, 8 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 5.14× its world share, 6 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.83× its world share, 2 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 7.09× its world share, 38 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.32× its world share, 8 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.94× its world share, 5 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.91× its world share, 3 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.20× its world share, 61 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.40× its world share, 24 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.88× its world share, 22 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.69× its world share, 5 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.50× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.22× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.74× its world share, 48 worksMedicineNursing: 2.24× its world share, 4 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.63× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.34× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.27× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.41× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.25× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.27× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.15× its world share, 7 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Chemistry, 7.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Chemistry7.09×38 works
  2. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics5.14×6 works
  3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology3.08×56 works
  4. Nursing2.24×4 works
  5. Materials Science1.88×22 works
  6. Chemical Engineering1.83×2 works
  7. Dentistry1.50×2 works
  8. Neuroscience1.41×8 works
  9. Environmental Science1.40×24 works
  10. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.38×22 works
  11. Engineering1.20×61 works
  12. Immunology and Microbiology0.97×3 works
  13. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.94×5 works
  14. Energy0.91×3 works
  15. Medicine0.74×48 works
  16. Physics and Astronomy0.69×5 works
  17. Veterinary0.63×0 works
  18. Decision Sciences0.41×1 works
  19. Arts and Humanities0.34×3 works
  20. Computer Science0.32×8 works
  21. Business, Management and Accounting0.27×3 works
  22. Psychology0.27×3 works
  23. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.25×2 works
  24. Health Professions0.22×2 works
  25. Mathematics0.20×1 works
  26. Social Sciences0.15×7 works

Who are the top researchers at Shimadzu (Japan)?

Ranked on the quality score, Taka-Aki Sato, Teruhisa Ueda and Takaaki Sato lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Shimadzu (Japan).

  1. 1 Taka-Aki Sato Japan · #699,080 worldwide 915 citations · 45 works
  2. 2 Teruhisa Ueda Japan · #1,109,536 worldwide 935 citations · 15 works
  3. 3 Takaaki Sato Japan · #1,193,551 worldwide 3.2k citations · 58 works
  4. 4 Takumi Takasuga Japan · #1,692,867 worldwide 3k citations · 79 works
  5. 5 Tetsuo Ohashi Japan · #2,009,332 worldwide 869 citations · 33 works
  6. 6 Yuzo Yamazaki Japan · #2,110,565 worldwide 1.4k citations · 23 works
  7. 7 Tairo Ogura Japan · #2,204,214 worldwide 546 citations · 23 works
  8. 8 Takeshi Kanamori Japan · #2,238,105 worldwide 745 citations · 20 works
  9. 9 Tsuyoshi Nakanishi Japan · #2,257,408 worldwide 1.2k citations · 33 works
  10. 10 Shigeki Kajihara Japan · #2,279,907 worldwide 980 citations · 25 works
All ranked researchers at Shimadzu (Japan)

What are the most cited papers from Shimadzu (Japan)?

The most cited paper from Shimadzu (Japan) is "Protein and polymer analyses up to m/z 100 000 by laser ionization time‐of‐flight mass spectrometry" (Koichi Tanaka, Hiroaki Waki, Yutaka Ido et al., 1988), with 3,153 citations. Next come "High performance plasma amyloid-β biomarkers for Alzheimer’s disease" (1,737) and "Global metabolic profiling of animal and human tissues via UPLC-MS" (1,638).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Protein and polymer analyses up to m/z 100 000 by laser ionization time‐of‐flight mass spectrometry Koichi Tanaka, Hiroaki Waki, Yutaka Ido et al. · Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry Aug 1988 3,153
2 High performance plasma amyloid-β biomarkers for Alzheimer’s disease Akinori Nakamura, Naoki Kaneko, Victor L. Villemagne et al. · Nature 31 Jan 2018 1,737
3 Global metabolic profiling of animal and human tissues via UPLC-MS Elizabeth J. Want, Perrine Masson, Filippos Michopoulos et al. · Nature Protocols 6 Dec 2012 1,638
4 Three-dimensional probabilistic anatomical cranio-cerebral correlation via the international 10–20 system oriented for transcranial functional brain mapping Masako Okamoto, Haruka Dan, Kuniko Sakamoto et al. · NeuroImage 12 Dec 2003 1,352
5 Atomic Control of the SrTiO 3 Crystal Surface M. Kawasaki, Kazuhiro Takahashi, Tatsuro Maeda et al. · Science 2 Dec 1994 1,237
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Shimadzu (Japan)?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Mass Spectrometry, Liquid Chromatography, Proteomics, Biomarkers, Genomics, Imaging, Precision Medicine and Data Analysis.

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's

Size is fractional works in 2022-now in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of this institution's work against its share of the world's. The 40 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 40 words, with their numbers
  1. Mass Spectrometry25▲ 48×6 topics
  2. Biomarkers14▲ 5.8×12 topics
  3. Liquid Chromatography13▲ 66×2 topics
  4. Proteomics12▲ 58×3 topics
  5. Precision Medicine12▲ 7.1×4 topics
  6. Genomics12▲ 12×6 topics
  7. Imaging12▲ 14×4 topics
  8. Data Analysis11▲ 13×4 topics
  9. Chiral Separation11▲ 79×1 topic
  10. Gas Chromatography11▲ 79×1 topic
  11. Inflammation11▲ 1.54×44 topics
  12. NMR Spectroscopy11▲ 38×3 topics
  13. Human Metabolome Database11▲ 55×1 topic
  14. Metabolomics11▲ 55×1 topic
  15. Oxidative Stress10▲ 1.85×34 topics
  16. Cancer10▲ 2.1×27 topics
  17. Mechanical Properties9▲ 2.7×22 topics
  18. Nanoparticles9▲ 2.0×24 topics
  19. Proteins9▲ 28×2 topics
  20. Antioxidant Activity9▲ 4.1×19 topics
  21. Toxicity9▲ 5.8×16 topics
  22. Ambient Conditions8▲ 32×2 topics
  23. Antioxidant8▲ 3.5×25 topics
  24. Electrospray8▲ 77×1 topic
  25. Ionization8▲ 77×1 topic
  26. Health Effects8▲ 4.0×15 topics
  27. Metabolism7▲ 4.0×19 topics
  28. Volatile Organic Compounds7▲ 19×3 topics
  29. Breath Analysis6▲ 19×2 topics
  30. Disease Diagnosis6▲ 24×1 topic
  31. Electronic Nose6▲ 24×1 topic
  32. Environmental Exposure6▲ 16×3 topics
  33. Global Distribution6▲ 26×3 topics
  34. Microstructure6▲ 3.4×14 topics
  35. Quantitative Analysis6▲ 8.1×4 topics
  36. Medicinal Plants6▲ 4.3×12 topics
  37. Fermentation6▲ 12×5 topics
  38. Tandem Mass Spectrometry4▲ 26×2 topics
  39. Phosphoproteomics4▲ 65×1 topic
  40. Protein Identification4▲ 65×1 topic

Which research topics does Shimadzu (Japan) publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Analytical Chemistry and Chromatography, Metabolomics and Mass Spectrometry Studies, Mass Spectrometry Techniques and Applications and Advanced Chemical Sensor Technologies.

  1. 1 Analytical Chemistry and Chromatography Spectroscopy 11 works
  2. 2 Metabolomics and Mass Spectrometry Studies Molecular Biology 11 works
  3. 3 Mass Spectrometry Techniques and Applications Spectroscopy 8 works
  4. 4 Advanced Chemical Sensor Technologies Biomedical Engineering 6 works
  5. 5 Advanced Proteomics Techniques and Applications Spectroscopy 4 works
  6. 6 Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 3 works
  7. 7 Microfluidic and Capillary Electrophoresis Applications Biomedical Engineering 3 works
  8. 8 Analytical chemistry methods development Analytical Chemistry 3 works
  9. 9 Chromatography in Natural Products Analytical Chemistry 3 works
  10. 10 Effects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 2 works

How open and international is its research?

Against the world's own shares: the tick on each track. Both are shares of its output, so they sit on one scale and can be read against each other as well as against the world.

openly available39.7%not open60.3%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors16.0%domestic only84.0%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Shimadzu (Japan)'s research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 33% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
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The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Shimadzu (Japan) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0014% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%0.0060%Shimadzu (Japan)0.0014% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Shimadzu (Japan) over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2025Shimadzu (Japan)7.8% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 13.3% in 1999.

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