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SMC Corporation (Japan)

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World rank, all time
#30,895
of 34,923
Rank in Japan
#1,401
of 1,923
Research works
180
◆ 1% vs 2018-21
Citations
946
5.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
3.2%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.80×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
57%
world 40%
International
20%
world 18%
SMC Corporation (Japan)

Which fields of science does SMC Corporation (Japan) work in?

In 2022-now, 50% of research at SMC Corporation (Japan) is in Physical Sciences, 26% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (27%), Medicine (23%), Materials Science (9%).

Physical Sciences: 12 fractional works · 50.1% of its workEngineering: 7 fractional works · 26.9% of its workMechanical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 8.9% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 2 fractional works · 7.9% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workMechanics of Materials: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputational Mechanics: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMaterials Science: 2 fractional works · 9.1% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 5.8% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 0 fractional works · 1.7% of its workBiomaterials: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 5.0% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSignal Processing: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 5.0% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 2.0% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workGeophysics: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 6 fractional works · 26.2% of its workMedicine: 6 fractional works · 23.3% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 3.5% of its workDermatology: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workNephrology: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 2.0% of its workHepatology: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workComplementary and Manual Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOccupational Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOrthodontics: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 3 fractional works · 13.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 4.1% of its workSociology and Political Science: 0 fractional works · 2.0% of its workHuman Factors and Ergonomics: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 3.8% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workFinance: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 2.8% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workAccounting: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workLife Sciences: 2 fractional works · 10.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 5.9% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 3.3% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workBiochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 2.0% of its workMicrobiology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSoil Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKSMC Corporation(Japan)24fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences10%Physical Sciences50%Health Sciences26%Social Sciences14%

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 19 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering726.9%
    2. Materials Science29.1%
    3. Computer Science15.0%
    4. Environmental Science15.0%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences12.3%
    6. Chemistry01.4%
    7. Physics and Astronomy00.5%
    1. Medicine623.3%
    2. Health Professions12.3%
    3. Dentistry00.7%
    1. Social Sciences14.1%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance13.8%
    3. Decision Sciences12.8%
    4. Psychology01.5%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting01.4%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology15.9%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology12.5%
    3. Neuroscience01.0%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.7%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.09× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.52× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.63× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.87× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.64× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.45× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 1.79× its world share, 7 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.01× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 2.61× its world share, 2 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.41× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.86× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.21× its world share, 6 worksMedicineBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.42× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.94× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.75× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.49× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.32× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Decision Sciences, 2.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 19 fields, with their numbers
  1. Decision Sciences2.94×1 works
  2. Materials Science2.61×2 works
  3. Immunology and Microbiology2.52×1 works
  4. Engineering1.79×7 works
  5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.75×1 works
  6. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.45×1 works
  7. Dentistry1.41×0 works
  8. Medicine1.21×6 works
  9. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.09×1 works
  10. Environmental Science1.01×1 works
  11. Chemistry0.87×0 works
  12. Health Professions0.86×1 works
  13. Computer Science0.64×1 works
  14. Neuroscience0.63×0 works
  15. Psychology0.49×0 works
  16. Business, Management and Accounting0.42×0 works
  17. Social Sciences0.32×1 works
  18. Physics and Astronomy0.21×0 works
  19. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.15×0 works

Who are the top researchers at SMC Corporation (Japan)?

Ranked on the quality score, Taishi Hashiguchi, Thomas Sharpe and Keiichi Minegishi lead among researchers whose main affiliation is SMC Corporation (Japan).

  1. 1 Taishi Hashiguchi Japan · #2,800,745 worldwide 937 citations · 36 works
  2. 2 Thomas Sharpe Japan · #3,216,780 worldwide 131 citations · 17 works
  3. 3 Keiichi Minegishi Japan · #4,705,333 worldwide 61 citations · 17 works
  4. 4 Nobuhiro Fujiwara Japan · #4,968,233 worldwide 67 citations · 20 works
  5. 5 Fumiko Koike Japan · #5,091,651 worldwide 397 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at SMC Corporation (Japan)

What are the most cited papers from SMC Corporation (Japan)?

The most cited paper from SMC Corporation (Japan) is "Unbiased Recommender Learning from Missing-Not-At-Random Implicit Feedback" (Yuta Saito, Suguru Yaginuma, Yuta Nishino et al., 2020), with 297 citations. Next come "Defect in SHAP-Hyaluronan Complex Causes Severe Female Infertility" (265) and "Viscoelastic properties of bone as a function of water content" (116).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Unbiased Recommender Learning from Missing-Not-At-Random Implicit Feedback Yuta Saito, Suguru Yaginuma, Yuta Nishino et al. Conference paper 20 Jan 2020 297
2 Defect in SHAP-Hyaluronan Complex Causes Severe Female Infertility Lisheng Zhuo, Masahiko Yoneda, Ming Zhao et al. · Journal of Biological Chemistry Open access Mar 2001 265
3 Viscoelastic properties of bone as a function of water content Naoki Sasaki, Atsushi Enyo · Journal of Biomechanics Jul 1995 116
4 A Novel Rat Model of Type 2 Diabetes: The Zucker Fatty Diabetes Mellitus ZFDM Rat Norihide Yokoi, Masayuki Hoshino, Shihomi Hidaka et al. · Journal of Diabetes Research Open access 2013 106
5 Nuclear β-catenin and CD44 upregulation characterize invasive cell populations in non-aggressive MCF-7 breast cancer cells Masahiro Uchino, Hiroko Kojima, Kenta Wada et al. · BMC Cancer Open access 10 Aug 2010 106
All 62 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which research topics does SMC Corporation (Japan) publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Insurance and Financial Risk Management, Climate Change and Health Impacts, Modular Robots and Swarm Intelligence and Dermatology and Skin Diseases.

Insurance and Financial …1Insurance and Financial Risk Management: 1 fractional worksClimate Change and Healt…0Climate Change and Health Impacts: 0 fractional worksModular Robots and Swarm…0Modular Robots and Swarm Intelligence: 0 fractional worksDermatology and Skin Dis…0Dermatology and Skin Diseases: 0 fractional worksCancer Cells and Metastasis: 0 fractional worksElectronic Packaging and Soldering Technologies: 0 fractional worksAllergic Rhinitis and Se…0Allergic Rhinitis and Sensitization: 0 fractional worksMaterial Properties and Processing: 0 fractional worksNuclear Materials and Properties: 0 fractional worksVoice and Speech Disorders0Voice and Speech Disorders: 0 fractional works
Economics and EconometricsHealth, Toxicology and MutagenesisMechanical EngineeringDermatology6 others

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

  1. 1 Insurance and Financial Risk Management Economics and Econometrics 1 works
  2. 2 Climate Change and Health Impacts Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 0 works
  3. 3 Modular Robots and Swarm Intelligence Mechanical Engineering 0 works
  4. 4 Dermatology and Skin Diseases Dermatology 0 works
  5. 5 Cancer Cells and Metastasis Oncology 0 works
  6. 6 Electronic Packaging and Soldering Technologies Electrical and Electronic Engineering 0 works
  7. 7 Allergic Rhinitis and Sensitization Immunology and Allergy 0 works
  8. 8 Material Properties and Processing Mechanics of Materials 0 works
  9. 9 Nuclear Materials and Properties Materials Chemistry 0 works
  10. 10 Voice and Speech Disorders Physiology 0 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 available57.0%not open43.0%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors19.9%domestic only80.1%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has SMC Corporation (Japan)'s research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 1% lower than in 2018-2021.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is SMC Corporation (Japan) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000081% in 2024.

still counting0.00020%0.00040%0.00060%SMC Corporation (Japan)0.00014% in 202519801990200020102020

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

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