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Sony Computer Science Laboratories

In research, Sony Computer Science Laboratories stands highest in Physical Sciences (#3,424 of 10,670 worldwide) and Computer Science (#2,080 of 4,417 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroscience (Cognitive Neuroscience is 13.9× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#6,796
of 22,385 · #4,614 all time
Rank in Japan
#152
of 924
Research works
1.9k
▲ 69% vs 2018-21
Citations
59k
30.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.1%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.98×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
22%
world 40%
International
22%
world 18%
Sony Computer Science Laboratories

What is Sony Computer Science Laboratories 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 #3,424 of 10,670 10.9%131 #3262
Computer ScienceField #2,080 of 4,417 12.6%61 #1399

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Sony Computer Science Laboratories 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 Sony Computer Science Laboratories work in?

In 2022-now, 63% of research at Sony Computer Science Laboratories is in Physical Sciences, 17% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Computer Science (29%), Engineering (19%), Neuroscience (11%). It does 1.6× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 144 fractional works · 62.6% of its workComputer Science: 67 fractional works · 29.4% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 23 fractional works · 9.9% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 17 fractional works · 7.4% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 11 fractional works · 4.8% of its workSignal Processing: 10 fractional works · 4.2% of its workInformation Systems: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEngineering: 44 fractional works · 19.1% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 13 fractional works · 5.8% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 10 fractional works · 4.5% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 7 fractional works · 2.9% of its workMechanical Engineering: 4 fractional works · 1.8% of its workAerospace Engineering: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMedia Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputational Mechanics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 13 fractional works · 5.8% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 8 fractional works · 3.5% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInstrumentation: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 11 fractional works · 5.0% of its workStatistics and Probability: 5 fractional works · 2.0% of its workApplied Mathematics: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMathematical Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeometry and Topology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workTheoretical Computer Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Science: 4 fractional works · 1.9% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Science: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 39 fractional works · 17.1% of its workPsychology: 12 fractional works · 5.2% of its workSocial Psychology: 7 fractional works · 3.0% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 4 fractional works · 1.7% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 11 fractional works · 4.9% of its workSociology and Political Science: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEducation: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCommunication: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCultural Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTransportation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnthropology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 7 fractional works · 3.2% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workFinance: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workMusic: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement Information Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLife Sciences: 36 fractional works · 15.6% of its workNeuroscience: 26 fractional works · 11.3% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 23 fractional works · 10.1% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 7 fractional works · 2.9% of its workMolecular Biology: 5 fractional works · 2.1% of its workBiophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCancer Research: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPlant Science: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 11 fractional works · 4.7% of its workMedicine: 9 fractional works · 3.9% of its workSurgery: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOccupational Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKSony ComputerScience…230fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences16%Physical Sciences63%Health Sciences5%Social Sciences17%

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 22 fields, with their numbers
    1. Computer Science6729.4%
    2. Engineering4419.1%
    3. Physics and Astronomy135.8%
    4. Mathematics115.0%
    5. Environmental Science41.9%
    6. Materials Science20.8%
    7. Chemistry10.3%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.3%
    9. Energy00.0%
    1. Psychology125.2%
    2. Social Sciences114.9%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance73.2%
    4. Decision Sciences41.6%
    5. Arts and Humanities31.5%
    6. Business, Management and Accounting10.6%
    1. Neuroscience2611.3%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology72.9%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences31.4%
    1. Medicine93.9%
    2. Health Professions20.8%
    3. Nursing00.0%
    4. Veterinary00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Sony Computer Science Laboratories specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Cognitive Neuroscience takes 13.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Cognitive NeuroscienceSubfield · 23.2 works14×
  2. NeuroscienceField · 25.9 works6.9×
← 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, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.54× its world share, 7 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 6.94× its world share, 26 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 3.77× its world share, 67 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.27× its world share, 44 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.39× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.24× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 4.22× its world share, 11 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 2.59× its world share, 13 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.29× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.20× its world share, 9 worksMedicineNursing: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.36× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.50× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.20× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.70× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.50× its world share, 7 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.72× its world share, 12 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.39× its world share, 11 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Neuroscience, 6.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 22 fields, with their numbers
  1. Neuroscience6.94×26 works
  2. Mathematics4.22×11 works
  3. Computer Science3.77×67 works
  4. Physics and Astronomy2.59×13 works
  5. Psychology1.72×12 works
  6. Decision Sciences1.70×4 works
  7. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.50×7 works
  8. Engineering1.27×44 works
  9. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.54×7 works
  10. Arts and Humanities0.50×3 works
  11. Environmental Science0.39×4 works
  12. Social Sciences0.39×11 works
  13. Veterinary0.36×0 works
  14. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.30×3 works
  15. Health Professions0.29×2 works
  16. Materials Science0.24×2 works
  17. Chemistry0.20×1 works
  18. Medicine0.20×9 works
  19. Business, Management and Accounting0.20×2 works
  20. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.19×1 works
  21. Nursing0.10×0 works
  22. Energy0.03×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Sony Computer Science Laboratories?

Ranked on the quality score, Hiroaki Kitano, J.-S. Gutmann and Yuji Ayatsuka lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Sony Computer Science Laboratories.

  1. 1 Hiroaki Kitano Japan · #240,702 worldwide 35k citations · 474 works
  2. 2 J.-S. Gutmann Japan · #587,226 worldwide 2.1k citations · 18 works
  3. 3 Yuji Ayatsuka Japan · #1,007,634 worldwide 1.4k citations · 35 works
  4. 4 Shunichi Kasahara Japan · #1,171,281 worldwide 1.2k citations · 95 works
  5. 5 M. Fukuchi Japan · #1,534,967 worldwide 702 citations · 18 works
  6. 6 Michael Spranger Japan · #1,677,203 worldwide 1.7k citations · 108 works
  7. 7 Richard Nock Japan · #1,689,195 worldwide 12k citations · 276 works
  8. 8 Koichiro Hinokuma Japan · #1,730,738 worldwide 2.8k citations · 24 works
  9. 9 Koji Sekai Japan · #1,845,661 worldwide 838 citations · 15 works
  10. 10 Toru Akishita Japan · #1,960,712 worldwide 1.8k citations · 26 works
All ranked researchers at Sony Computer Science Laboratories

What are the most cited papers from Sony Computer Science Laboratories?

The most cited paper from Sony Computer Science Laboratories is "Systems Biology: A Brief Overview" (Hiroaki Kitano, 2002), with 4,305 citations. Next come "Biological robustness." (2,294) and "Computational systems biology" (2,260).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Systems Biology: A Brief Overview Hiroaki Kitano · Science Mar 2002 4,305
2 Biological robustness. Hiroaki Kitano · PubMed Nov 2004 2,294
3 Computational systems biology Hiroaki Kitano · Nature Nov 2002 2,260
4 Optimized LiFePO[sub 4] for Lithium Battery Cathodes Atsuo Yamada, Sai‐Cheong Chung, Koichiro Hinokuma · Journal of The Electrochemical Society Open access 2001 1,856
5 Multimodal Compact Bilinear Pooling for Visual Question Answering and Visual Grounding Akira Fukui, Dong Huk Park, Daylen Yang et al. Conference paperOpen access 2016 1,433
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Sony Computer Science Laboratories?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Deep Learning, Neural Networks, Virtual Reality, Convolutional Neural Networks, Machine Learning, Neural Mechanisms, Embodiment and Human-Computer Interaction.

▲ 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. Deep Learning33▲ 4.2×47 topics
  2. Machine Learning17▲ 2.2×36 topics
  3. Neural Networks16▲ 4.5×24 topics
  4. Virtual Reality12▲ 10×9 topics
  5. Convolutional Neural Networks10▲ 6.0×7 topics
  6. Embodiment8▲ 18×3 topics
  7. Neural Mechanisms8▲ 34×4 topics
  8. Artificial Intelligence7▲ 2.2×12 topics
  9. Feature Extraction6▲ 6.3×3 topics
  10. Human-Computer Interaction6▲ 16×5 topics
  11. Phase Transitions6▲ 44×3 topics
  12. Gesture Recognition6▲ 35×3 topics
  13. Social Interaction6▲ 6.7×4 topics
  14. Anomalous Diffusion6▲ 43×2 topics
  15. Long-Range Interactions5▲ 222×1 topic
  16. Nonextensive Statistical Mechanics5▲ 222×1 topic
  17. Social Cognition5▲ 12×4 topics
  18. Feedback Control5▲ 13×4 topics
  19. Audio Signal Classification5▲ 55×1 topic
  20. Haptic Interfaces5▲ 37×2 topics
  21. Music Information Retrieval5▲ 55×1 topic
  22. Neural Basis5▲ 23×3 topics
  23. Immersion4▲ 30×1 topic
  24. Presence4▲ 30×1 topic
  25. Cerebellum4▲ 36×2 topics
  26. Motor Control4▲ 15×2 topics
  27. Motor Skill4▲ 96×1 topic
  28. Sensorimotor Learning4▲ 96×1 topic
  29. Motor Imagery4▲ 15×2 topics
  30. Audio-Visual Speech Recognition4▲ 33×1 topic
  31. Speech Enhancement4▲ 33×1 topic
  32. Virtual Environments4▲ 49×2 topics
  33. Brain-Computer Interfaces4▲ 17×1 topic
  34. EEG Analysis4▲ 17×1 topic
  35. Emotional Responses4▲ 13×2 topics
  36. Outlier Detection4▲ 12×2 topics
  37. Auditory Cortex3▲ 43×2 topics
  38. Cross-modal Plasticity3▲ 35×1 topic
  39. Neural Circuits3▲ 16×2 topics
  40. Tactile Perception3▲ 35×1 topic

Which research topics does Sony Computer Science Laboratories publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Statistical Mechanics and Entropy, Music and Audio Processing, Virtual Reality Applications and Impacts and Motor Control and Adaptation.

Statistical Mechanics an…5Statistical Mechanics and Entropy: 5 fractional worksMusic and Audio Processing5Music and Audio Processing: 5 fractional worksVirtual Reality Applications and Impacts: 5 fractional worksMotor Control and Adapta…4Motor Control and Adaptation: 4 fractional worksSpeech and Audio Process…4Speech and Audio Processing: 4 fractional worksEEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces: 4 fractional worksTactile and Sensory Interactions: 3 fractional worksMuscle activation and el…3Muscle activation and electromyography studies: 3 fractional worksAction Observation and Synchronization: 3 fractional worksAdvanced Statistical Methods and Models: 3 fractional works
Statistical and Nonlinear PhysicsSignal ProcessingHuman-Computer InteractionCognitive Neuroscience3 others

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

  1. 1 Statistical Mechanics and Entropy Statistical and Nonlinear Physics 5 works
  2. 2 Music and Audio Processing Signal Processing 5 works
  3. 3 Virtual Reality Applications and Impacts Human-Computer Interaction 5 works
  4. 4 Motor Control and Adaptation Cognitive Neuroscience 4 works
  5. 5 Speech and Audio Processing Signal Processing 4 works
  6. 6 EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces Cognitive Neuroscience 4 works
  7. 7 Tactile and Sensory Interactions Cognitive Neuroscience 3 works
  8. 8 Muscle activation and electromyography studies Biomedical Engineering 3 works
  9. 9 Action Observation and Synchronization Social Psychology 3 works
  10. 10 Advanced Statistical Methods and Models Statistics and Probability 3 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 available21.6%not open78.4%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors21.9%domestic only78.1%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Sony Computer Science Laboratories's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 69% 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 Sony Computer Science Laboratories as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0010% in 2024.

still counting0.0050%0.010%0.015%Sony Computer Science Laboratories0.00094% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Sony Computer Science Laboratories 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 counting10%20%30%Sony Computer Science Laboratories11.1% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 26.8% in 2020.

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