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Sony (Japan)

In research, Sony (Japan) stands highest in Physical Sciences (#1,809 of 10,670 worldwide), Engineering (#1,749 of 5,901 worldwide) and Computer Science (#1,440 of 4,417 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition and Electrical and Electronic Engineering (Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition is 6.7× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#6,819
of 22,385 · #6,231 all time
Rank in Japan
#153
of 924
Research works
1.9k
▲ 68% vs 2018-21
Citations
29k
14.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.4%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.92×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
20%
world 40%
International
37%
world 18%
Sony (Japan)

What is Sony (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 #1,809 of 10,670 10.9%163 #2835
EngineeringField #1,749 of 5,901 10.5%79 #2126
Computer ScienceField #1,440 of 4,417 11.5%64 #2528

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Sony (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 of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022-now. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Physical Sciences#2,835 #1,809
  2. Engineering#2,126 #1,749
  3. Computer Science#2,528 #1,440
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

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

In 2022-now, 83% of research at Sony (Japan) is in Physical Sciences, 9% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (40%), Computer Science (32%), Physics and Astronomy (5%). It does 2.1× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 198 fractional works · 82.7% of its workEngineering: 96 fractional works · 40.2% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 52 fractional works · 21.6% of its workAerospace Engineering: 9 fractional works · 3.8% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 9 fractional works · 3.7% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 6 fractional works · 2.5% of its workMedia Technology: 5 fractional works · 2.2% of its workMechanical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOcean Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBuilding and Construction: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputational Mechanics: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMechanics of Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 76 fractional works · 31.9% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 25 fractional works · 10.3% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 20 fractional works · 8.5% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 10 fractional works · 4.1% of its workSignal Processing: 8 fractional works · 3.3% of its workInformation Systems: 7 fractional works · 2.7% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHardware and Architecture: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Science Applications: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 12 fractional works · 5.0% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 5 fractional works · 2.2% of its workInstrumentation: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 6 fractional works · 2.3% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSpectroscopy: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workStatistics and Probability: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBioengineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 20 fractional works · 8.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 7 fractional works · 3.0% of its workSociology and Political Science: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnthropology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPublic Administration: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 4 fractional works · 1.7% of its workManagement Information Systems: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workApplied Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMusic: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 15 fractional works · 6.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 6 fractional works · 2.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBiophysics: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 5 fractional works · 2.2% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPlant Science: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 6 fractional works · 2.6% of its workMedicine: 5 fractional works · 2.0% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmall Animals: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKSony (Japan)239fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences6%Physical Sciences83%Health Sciences3%Social Sciences9%

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. Engineering9640.2%
    2. Computer Science7631.9%
    3. Physics and Astronomy125.0%
    4. Materials Science62.3%
    5. Environmental Science20.9%
    6. Chemistry20.9%
    7. Mathematics20.7%
    8. Chemical Engineering10.4%
    9. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.4%
    10. Energy00.0%
    1. Social Sciences73.0%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting41.7%
    3. Psychology31.2%
    4. Arts and Humanities31.2%
    5. Decision Sciences20.9%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.4%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology62.4%
    2. Neuroscience52.2%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences41.6%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.1%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.0%
    1. Medicine52.0%
    2. Veterinary10.3%
    3. Health Professions10.3%
    4. Nursing00.1%
    5. Dentistry00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Sony (Japan) specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition takes 6.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Computer Vision and Pattern RecognitionSubfield · 20.2 works6.7×
  2. Electrical and Electronic EngineeringSubfield · 51.8 works6.1×
← 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: 0.34× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.44× its world share, 6 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.36× its world share, 5 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.27× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.54× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 4.10× its world share, 76 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.23× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 2.68× its world share, 96 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.17× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.67× its world share, 6 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.57× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 2.24× its world share, 12 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.10× its world share, 5 worksMedicineNursing: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.96× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.42× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.54× its world share, 4 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.96× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.40× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.24× its world share, 7 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Computer Science, 4.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Computer Science4.10×76 works
  2. Engineering2.68×96 works
  3. Physics and Astronomy2.24×12 works
  4. Veterinary1.96×1 works
  5. Neuroscience1.36×5 works
  6. Chemical Engineering1.27×1 works
  7. Decision Sciences0.96×2 works
  8. Materials Science0.67×6 works
  9. Mathematics0.57×2 works
  10. Chemistry0.54×2 works
  11. Business, Management and Accounting0.54×4 works
  12. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.44×6 works
  13. Arts and Humanities0.42×3 works
  14. Psychology0.40×3 works
  15. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.34×4 works
  16. Social Sciences0.24×7 works
  17. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.23×1 works
  18. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.19×1 works
  19. Environmental Science0.17×2 works
  20. Nursing0.17×0 works
  21. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.13×0 works
  22. Health Professions0.10×1 works
  23. Medicine0.10×5 works
  24. Immunology and Microbiology0.05×0 works
  25. Energy0.01×0 works
  26. Dentistry0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Sony (Japan)?

Ranked on the quality score, Marco A. Martínez-Ramírez lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Sony (Japan).

  1. 1 Marco A. Martínez-Ramírez Japan · #2,481,731 worldwide 78 citations · 27 works
All ranked researchers at Sony (Japan)

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

The most cited paper from Sony (Japan) is "Optimized LiFePO[sub 4] for Lithium Battery Cathodes" (Atsuo Yamada, Sai‐Cheong Chung, Koichiro Hinokuma, 2001), with 1,856 citations. Next come "Ranking the effectiveness of worldwide COVID-19 government interventions" (1,481) and "Generalized Assorted Pixel Camera: Postcapture Control of Resolution, Dynamic Range, and Spectrum" (1,242).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 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
2 Ranking the effectiveness of worldwide COVID-19 government interventions Nils Haug, Lukas Geyrhofer, Alessandro Londei et al. · Nature Human Behaviour Open access 16 Nov 2020 1,481
3 Generalized Assorted Pixel Camera: Postcapture Control of Resolution, Dynamic Range, and Spectrum Fumihito Yasuma, Tomoo Mitsunaga, Daisuke Iso et al. · IEEE Transactions on Image Processing 30 Mar 2010 1,242
4 Intrinsic Motivation Systems for Autonomous Mental Development Pierre‐Yves Oudeyer, Frédé́ric Kaplan, Verena V. Hafner · IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary Computation Open access Apr 2007 1,139
5 Guidelines for the use of flow cytometry and cell sorting in immunological studies (second edition) Andrea Cossarizza et al. · European Journal of Immunology Open access436 authors Oct 2019 1,014
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Sony (Japan)?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Deep Learning, Neural Networks, Machine Learning, Convolutional Neural Networks, Energy Efficiency, Photon Counting, Massive MIMO and Internet of Things.

▲ 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 Learning41▲ 4.9×55 topics
  2. Neural Networks21▲ 5.7×23 topics
  3. Machine Learning18▲ 2.3×39 topics
  4. Energy Efficiency10▲ 4.5×13 topics
  5. Convolutional Neural Networks10▲ 5.7×10 topics
  6. Internet of Things8▲ 3.9×16 topics
  7. Artificial Intelligence8▲ 2.3×16 topics
  8. Photon Counting8▲ 48×3 topics
  9. Wireless Sensor Networks6▲ 5.8×13 topics
  10. Data Mining6▲ 3.5×11 topics
  11. Security6▲ 3.8×12 topics
  12. Massive MIMO6▲ 31×3 topics
  13. Nanowires6▲ 16×3 topics
  14. Beamforming5▲ 22×4 topics
  15. Heterogeneous Networks5▲ 20×2 topics
  16. Virtual Reality5▲ 4.1×5 topics
  17. Biomedical Imaging5▲ 34×2 topics
  18. Neuromorphic Computing5▲ 17×2 topics
  19. Radiation Effects5▲ 46×2 topics
  20. Wireless Communication4▲ 13×4 topics
  21. Thermal Management4▲ 5.7×4 topics
  22. Wireless Networks4▲ 12×7 topics
  23. Band Parameters4▲ 33×2 topics
  24. CMOS Image Sensors4▲ 74×1 topic
  25. High-Speed Imaging4▲ 25×1 topic
  26. Semiconductor Lasers4▲ 26×2 topics
  27. Spectral Efficiency4▲ 27×2 topics
  28. System Integration4▲ 92×2 topics
  29. Unsupervised Learning4▲ 11×3 topics
  30. Cellular Networks4▲ 36×1 topic
  31. Electromigration4▲ 59×2 topics
  32. Interference Alignment4▲ 36×1 topic
  33. Interconnect4▲ 97×1 topic
  34. Through-Silicon Via4▲ 97×1 topic
  35. Optical Interconnects4▲ 45×1 topic
  36. Vertical-Cavity Surface-Emitting Lasers (VCSELs)4▲ 45×1 topic
  37. Audio-Visual Speech Recognition4▲ 29×1 topic
  38. Non-Volatile Memory4▲ 16×2 topics
  39. Speech Enhancement4▲ 29×1 topic
  40. Time-of-Flight4▲ 39×2 topics

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

By volume in 2022-now: CCD and CMOS Imaging Sensors, Advanced MIMO Systems Optimization, 3D IC and TSV technologies and Semiconductor Lasers and Optical Devices.

CCD and CMOS Imaging Sen…4CCD and CMOS Imaging Sensors: 4 fractional worksAdvanced MIMO Systems Op…4Advanced MIMO Systems Optimization: 4 fractional works3D IC and TSV technologies: 4 fractional worksSemiconductor Lasers and…4Semiconductor Lasers and Optical Devices: 4 fractional worksSpeech and Audio Process…4Speech and Audio Processing: 4 fractional worksAdvanced Memory and Neural Computing: 3 fractional worksAdvanced Optical Sensing Technologies: 3 fractional worksMusic and Audio Processing3Music and Audio Processing: 3 fractional worksAdvanced Wireless Communication Technologies: 3 fractional worksElectronic Packaging and Soldering Technologies: 3 fractional works
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringSignal ProcessingInstrumentation

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

  1. 1 CCD and CMOS Imaging Sensors Electrical and Electronic Engineering 4 works
  2. 2 Advanced MIMO Systems Optimization Electrical and Electronic Engineering 4 works
  3. 3 3D IC and TSV technologies Electrical and Electronic Engineering 4 works
  4. 4 Semiconductor Lasers and Optical Devices Electrical and Electronic Engineering 4 works
  5. 5 Speech and Audio Processing Signal Processing 4 works
  6. 6 Advanced Memory and Neural Computing Electrical and Electronic Engineering 3 works
  7. 7 Advanced Optical Sensing Technologies Instrumentation 3 works
  8. 8 Music and Audio Processing Signal Processing 3 works
  9. 9 Advanced Wireless Communication Technologies Electrical and Electronic Engineering 3 works
  10. 10 Electronic Packaging and Soldering Technologies Electrical and Electronic Engineering 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 available20.0%not open80.0%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors36.7%domestic only63.3%

World: 18% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2022-2025 was 68% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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 (Japan) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00086% in 2024.

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

Fractional works of Sony (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 counting10%20%all institutions10.0% in 2025Sony (Japan)7.7% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 16.7% in 2013.

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