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Systems Biology Institute

In research, Systems Biology Institute stands highest in Life Sciences (#1,323 of 11,023 worldwide), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (#1,064 of 5,801 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#3,541 of 17,446 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (Molecular Biology is 7.8× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#7,488
of 22,385 · #3,584 all time
Rank in Japan
#177
of 924
Research works
593
▲ 67% vs 2018-21
Citations
25k
42.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.2%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.99×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
59%
world 40%
International
35%
world 18%
Systems Biology Institute

What is Systems Biology Institute known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Life SciencesDomain #1,323 of 11,023 11.6%329
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #1,064 of 5,801 11.8%261
Physical SciencesDomain #3,541 of 17,446 12.1%155
Molecular BiologySubfield #883 of 3,729 12.1%201

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Systems Biology Institute 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 Systems Biology Institute work in?

In 2022-now, 43% of research at Systems Biology Institute is in Life Sciences, 40% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (34%), Medicine (12%), Engineering (12%). It does 2.9× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Life Sciences: 64 fractional works · 42.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 52 fractional works · 34.3% of its workMolecular Biology: 36 fractional works · 23.6% of its workCell Biology: 7 fractional works · 4.3% of its workGenetics: 5 fractional works · 3.1% of its workBiophysics: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBiotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNeuroscience: 6 fractional works · 4.2% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 4 fractional works · 3.0% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 3 fractional works · 2.2% of its workImmunology: 3 fractional works · 2.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmaceutical Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 60 fractional works · 39.7% of its workEngineering: 18 fractional works · 12.1% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 5 fractional works · 3.5% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 5 fractional works · 3.2% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputational Mechanics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMedia Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 15 fractional works · 9.6% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 4 fractional works · 2.4% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSignal Processing: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHardware and Architecture: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 10 fractional works · 6.7% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 6 fractional works · 4.1% of its workBiomaterials: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCeramics and Composites: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 7 fractional works · 4.9% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workChemistry: 4 fractional works · 2.5% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSpectroscopy: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOceanography: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 19 fractional works · 12.8% of its workMedicine: 19 fractional works · 12.4% of its workOncology: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHematology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workReproductive Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRheumatology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTransplantation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 8 fractional works · 5.0% of its workPsychology: 3 fractional works · 2.0% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workTransportation: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCultural Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness and International Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKSystems BiologyInstitute151fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences43%Physical Sciences40%Health Sciences13%Social Sciences5%

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. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology5234.3%
    2. Neuroscience64.2%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology32.2%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences21.5%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.4%
    1. Engineering1812.1%
    2. Computer Science159.6%
    3. Materials Science106.7%
    4. Physics and Astronomy74.9%
    5. Chemistry42.5%
    6. Environmental Science21.5%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences11.0%
    8. Energy10.6%
    9. Chemical Engineering10.5%
    10. Mathematics00.3%
    1. Medicine1912.4%
    2. Health Professions00.3%
    3. Nursing00.2%
    1. Psychology32.0%
    2. Social Sciences31.9%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting10.6%
    4. Decision Sciences10.6%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Systems Biology Institute specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Molecular Biology takes 7.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Molecular BiologySubfield · 35.6 works7.8×
  2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField · 51.9 works6.4×
← 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: 0.31× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 6.44× its world share, 52 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.18× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.57× its world share, 6 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.05× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.41× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.59× its world share, 4 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.24× its world share, 14 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.61× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.65× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.81× its world share, 18 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.30× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.90× its world share, 10 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 2.20× its world share, 7 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.64× its world share, 19 worksMedicineNursing: 0.33× its world share, 0 worksNursingBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.61× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesPsychology: 0.65× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.15× its world share, 3 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, 6.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 22 fields, with their numbers
  1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology6.44×52 works
  2. Neuroscience2.57×6 works
  3. Physics and Astronomy2.20×7 works
  4. Immunology and Microbiology2.18×3 works
  5. Materials Science1.90×10 works
  6. Chemistry1.59×4 works
  7. Chemical Engineering1.41×1 works
  8. Computer Science1.24×14 works
  9. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.05×1 works
  10. Engineering0.81×18 works
  11. Energy0.65×1 works
  12. Psychology0.65×3 works
  13. Medicine0.64×19 works
  14. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.61×1 works
  15. Decision Sciences0.61×1 works
  16. Nursing0.33×0 works
  17. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.31×2 works
  18. Environmental Science0.30×2 works
  19. Mathematics0.28×0 works
  20. Business, Management and Accounting0.19×1 works
  21. Social Sciences0.15×3 works
  22. Health Professions0.10×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Systems Biology Institute?

Ranked on the quality score, Yukiko Matsuoka, Yukiko Matsuoka and Samik Ghosh lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Systems Biology Institute.

  1. 1 Yukiko Matsuoka Japan · #681,649 worldwide 2.6k citations · 51 works
  2. 2 Yukiko Matsuoka Japan · #837,586 worldwide 4.5k citations · 34 works
  3. 3 Samik Ghosh Japan · #864,914 worldwide 4.6k citations · 94 works
  4. 4 Ayako Yachie‐Kinoshita Japan · #1,469,823 worldwide 1.1k citations · 34 works
  5. 5 Mariko Ikeda Japan · #2,574,886 worldwide 745 citations · 29 works
  6. 6 Noboru Ohsawa Japan · #2,916,578 worldwide 1.9k citations · 85 works
  7. 7 Sucheendra K. Palaniappan Japan · #3,042,121 worldwide 502 citations · 63 works
  8. 8 Fahu He Japan · #3,048,752 worldwide 1k citations · 39 works
  9. 9 Kengo Tsuda Japan · #3,297,765 worldwide 940 citations · 40 works
  10. 10 Keiko Tsuganezawa Japan · #4,307,238 worldwide 426 citations · 21 works
All ranked researchers at Systems Biology Institute

What are the most cited papers from Systems Biology Institute?

The most cited paper from Systems Biology Institute is "Systems Biology: A Brief Overview" (Hiroaki Kitano, 2002), with 4,305 citations. Next come "A comprehensive pathway map of epidermal growth factor receptor signaling" (1,186) and "The Systems Biology Graphical Notation" (955).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Systems Biology: A Brief Overview Hiroaki Kitano · Science Mar 2002 4,305
2 A comprehensive pathway map of epidermal growth factor receptor signaling Kanae Oda, Yukiko Matsuoka, Akira Funahashi et al. · Molecular Systems Biology Open access 25 May 2005 1,186
3 The Systems Biology Graphical Notation Nicolas Le Novère et al. · Nature Biotechnology Aug 2009 955
4 Towards a theory of biological robustness Hiroaki Kitano · Molecular Systems Biology Open access 18 Sep 2007 827
5 Structure of the human histamine H1 receptor complex with doxepin Tatsuro Shimamura, Mitsunori Shiroishi, Simone N. Weyand et al. · Nature Open access 21 Jun 2011 811
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Systems Biology Institute?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Stem Cells, Cancer Progression, Tissue Engineering, Deep Learning, Extracellular Matrix, Cell Migration, Biomechanics and Self-Assembly.

▲ 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 Learning9▲ 1.71×28 topics
  2. Machine Learning7▲ 1.37×15 topics
  3. Stem Cells5▲ 12×11 topics
  4. Tissue Engineering5▲ 5.4×6 topics
  5. Neural Networks5▲ 2.1×11 topics
  6. Cancer4▲ 2.1×22 topics
  7. Cancer Progression4▲ 16×4 topics
  8. Cancer Therapy4▲ 5.0×11 topics
  9. Extracellular Matrix4▲ 14×6 topics
  10. Cell Migration4▲ 52×3 topics
  11. Gene Expression4▲ 4.0×15 topics
  12. Biomechanics4▲ 8.1×4 topics
  13. Self-Assembly4▲ 7.6×10 topics
  14. Mechanotransduction4▲ 36×3 topics
  15. Ribosome3▲ 43×1 topic
  16. Translation3▲ 13×1 topic
  17. Single-Cell Analysis3▲ 39×2 topics
  18. Cell Mechanics3▲ 84×1 topic
  19. Cytoskeleton3▲ 84×1 topic
  20. Synthetic Biology3▲ 33×2 topics
  21. Gene Regulatory Networks3▲ 98×1 topic
  22. Genome Engineering3▲ 30×1 topic
  23. RNA-Guided3▲ 30×1 topic
  24. Stochastic Gene Expression3▲ 98×1 topic
  25. RNA-Seq3▲ 15×2 topics
  26. Bioinformatics2▲ 14×4 topics
  27. Phylogenetic Analysis2▲ 5.2×5 topics
  28. Transcriptional Regulation2▲ 10×7 topics
  29. Synchronization2▲ 13×3 topics
  30. Drug Discovery2▲ 6.7×7 topics
  31. Hydrogels2▲ 7.6×4 topics
  32. Nonlinear Dynamics2▲ 6.9×4 topics
  33. Signal Transduction2▲ 9.9×5 topics
  34. Data Integration2▲ 8.0×3 topics
  35. Membrane Proteins2▲ 18×3 topics
  36. Consolidation2▲ 33×1 topic
  37. Fluid Dynamics2▲ 9.3×3 topics
  38. Gene Set Enrichment Analysis2▲ 37×1 topic
  39. Protein-Protein Interaction Networks2▲ 37×1 topic
  40. Sleep2▲ 33×1 topic

Which research topics does Systems Biology Institute publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms, Cellular Mechanics and Interactions, CRISPR and Genetic Engineering and Gene Regulatory Network Analysis.

RNA and protein synthesi…3RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms: 3 fractional worksCellular Mechanics and I…3Cellular Mechanics and Interactions: 3 fractional worksCRISPR and Genetic Engin…3CRISPR and Genetic Engineering: 3 fractional worksGene Regulatory Network …3Gene Regulatory Network Analysis: 3 fractional worksBioinformatics and Genomic Networks: 2 fractional worksSleep and Wakefulness Research: 2 fractional worksSpeech and Audio Process…2Speech and Audio Processing: 2 fractional worksMicrotubule and mitosis …2Microtubule and mitosis dynamics: 2 fractional worksGenomics and Phylogeneti…2Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies: 2 fractional worksMaterial Dynamics and Pr…2Material Dynamics and Properties: 2 fractional works
Molecular BiologyCell BiologyCognitive NeuroscienceSignal Processing1 others

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

  1. 1 RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms Molecular Biology 3 works
  2. 2 Cellular Mechanics and Interactions Cell Biology 3 works
  3. 3 CRISPR and Genetic Engineering Molecular Biology 3 works
  4. 4 Gene Regulatory Network Analysis Molecular Biology 3 works
  5. 5 Bioinformatics and Genomic Networks Molecular Biology 2 works
  6. 6 Sleep and Wakefulness Research Cognitive Neuroscience 2 works
  7. 7 Speech and Audio Processing Signal Processing 2 works
  8. 8 Microtubule and mitosis dynamics Cell Biology 2 works
  9. 9 Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies Molecular Biology 2 works
  10. 10 Material Dynamics and Properties Materials Chemistry 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 available59.2%not open40.8%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors34.6%domestic only65.4%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Systems Biology Institute's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 67% 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 Systems Biology Institute as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00038% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%Systems Biology Institute0.00093% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Systems Biology Institute 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 2025Systems Biology Institute8.1% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 19.3% in 2016.

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