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Shionogi (Japan)

In research, Shionogi (Japan) stands highest in Medicine (#7,251 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#9,043 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Infectious Diseases — Infectious Diseases is 20.0× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#8,997
of 28,054 · #4,427 all time
Rank in Japan
#230
of 1,070
Research works
4.3k
▲ 48% vs 2013–17
Citations
95k
22.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
15.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
45%
world 28%

What is Shionogi (Japan) known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
MedicineField #7,251 of 10,443 19.6%74 #4205
Health SciencesDomain #9,043 of 11,982 19.2%77 #5309

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Shionogi (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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

What does Shionogi (Japan) specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Infectious Diseases takes 20.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Infectious DiseasesSubfield · 21.9 works20×
← 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: 0.30× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.74× its world share, 24 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 5.11× its world share, 8 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.56× its world share, 7 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 13.50× its world share, 8 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 3.29× its world share, 8 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.26× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.35× its world share, 8 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.20× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.80× its world share, 4 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.62× its world share, 3 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.04× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.36× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.38× its world share, 74 worksMedicineNursing: 1.28× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.39× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.54× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.63× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.46× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics, 13.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Shionogi (Japan)?

Ranked on the composite score, Yohko Yoshimura, Kazuo Tori and Hitoshi Minato lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Shionogi (Japan).

  1. 1 Yohko Yoshimura Japan · #144,739 worldwide 140 citations · 33 works
  2. 2 Kazuo Tori Japan · #145,084 worldwide 255 citations · 64 works
  3. 3 Hitoshi Minato Japan · #183,786 worldwide 104 citations · 24 works
  4. 4 Shujiro Seo Japan · #248,507 worldwide 133 citations · 24 works
  5. 5 Roger Echols Japan · #299,271 worldwide 132 citations · 22 works
  6. 6 Hitoshi Arita Japan · #342,038 worldwide 83 citations · 18 works
  7. 7 Eiji Kondo Japan · #355,595 worldwide 100 citations · 42 works
  8. 8 Akinori Arimura Japan · #377,563 worldwide 96 citations · 16 works
  9. 9 Shigeo Yagi Japan · #378,375 worldwide 92 citations · 29 works
  10. 10 Isao Horibe Japan · #397,318 worldwide 72 citations · 22 works
All ranked researchers at Shionogi (Japan)

Which keywords describe research at Shionogi (Japan)?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Pandemic, SARS-CoV-2, ACE2 Receptor, Vaccine, Immunity, Immune Response and Coronavirus.

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

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 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. Epidemiology27▲ 4.2×40 topics
  2. Pandemic18▲ 10×7 topics
  3. SARS-CoV-217▲ 32×4 topics
  4. ACE2 Receptor14▲ 35×3 topics
  5. Vaccine12▲ 18×9 topics
  6. Immunity10▲ 15×5 topics
  7. Immune Response10▲ 11×11 topics
  8. Coronavirus9▲ 27×3 topics
  9. Antibiotic Resistance9▲ 15×6 topics
  10. Viral Transmission9▲ 37×3 topics
  11. Mutation8▲ 28×2 topics
  12. antibody8▲ 48×1 topic
  13. spike protein8▲ 48×1 topic
  14. COVID-197▲ 3.3×14 topics
  15. Inflammation7▲ 2.0×27 topics
  16. Thrombosis6▲ 13×3 topics
  17. Pathophysiology6▲ 12×3 topics
  18. Antimicrobial Resistance6▲ 18×4 topics
  19. Drug Discovery6▲ 16×6 topics
  20. Clinical Characteristics5▲ 26×1 topic
  21. Cytokine Storm5▲ 31×1 topic
  22. ESKAPE Pathogens5▲ 55×1 topic
  23. Multidrug-Resistant Bacteria5▲ 55×1 topic
  24. Pathogenesis5▲ 6.2×8 topics
  25. Medicinal Chemistry5▲ 11×6 topics
  26. Pharmacokinetics5▲ 11×4 topics
  27. Antibiotic Pharmacokinetics5▲ 97×1 topic
  28. Biosensors5▲ 5.5×4 topics
  29. Critically Ill Patients5▲ 97×1 topic
  30. Drug Resistance4▲ 9.9×6 topics
  31. Vaccine Development4▲ 11×6 topics
  32. Infectious Diseases4▲ 8.0×6 topics
  33. Antibodies4▲ 40×2 topics
  34. Genomics4▲ 7.4×4 topics
  35. Cognitive Impairment3▲ 8.1×4 topics
  36. Virus3▲ 22×3 topics
  37. Influenza3▲ 47×2 topics
  38. Respiratory3▲ 20×2 topics
  39. Biofilm Formation3▲ 27×3 topics
  40. H1N13▲ 60×1 topic

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

By volume in 2022–2025: SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research, COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies, Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria and Antibiotics Pharmacokinetics and Efficacy.

SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 …8SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research: 8 fractional worksCOVID-19 Clinical Research Studies: 5 fractional worksAntibiotic Resistance in…5Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria: 5 fractional worksAntibiotics Pharmacokine…5Antibiotics Pharmacokinetics and Efficacy: 5 fractional worksInfluenza Virus Research Studies: 3 fractional worksSARS-CoV-2 detection and testing: 3 fractional worksChemical Synthesis and A…3Chemical Synthesis and Analysis: 3 fractional worksRespiratory viral infections research: 3 fractional worksAntibiotic Use and Resistance: 2 fractional worksComputational Drug Discovery Methods: 2 fractional works
Infectious DiseasesMolecular MedicinePharmacologyEpidemiology3 others

Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.

  1. 1 SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research Infectious Diseases 8 works
  2. 2 COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies Infectious Diseases 5 works
  3. 3 Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria Molecular Medicine 5 works
  4. 4 Antibiotics Pharmacokinetics and Efficacy Pharmacology 5 works
  5. 5 Influenza Virus Research Studies Epidemiology 3 works
  6. 6 SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing Infectious Diseases 3 works
  7. 7 Chemical Synthesis and Analysis Molecular Biology 3 works
  8. 8 Respiratory viral infections research Epidemiology 3 works
  9. 9 Antibiotic Use and Resistance Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology 2 works
  10. 10 Computational Drug Discovery Methods Computational Theory and Mathematics 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 available44.9%not open55.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors6.8%domestic only93.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 48% higher than in 2013–2017.

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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.

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