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Takara (Japan)

In research, Takara (Japan) stands highest in Life Sciences (#6,698 of 14,347 worldwide), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (#4,336 of 7,814 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#12,019 of 21,541 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#13,238
of 42,892
Rank in Japan
#504
of 2,112
Research works
1.3k
▼ 11% vs 2013–17
Citations
29k
23.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
37%
world 28%

What is Takara (Japan) 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 #6,698 of 14,347 12.5%586
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #4,336 of 7,814 12.5%331
Physical SciencesDomain #12,019 of 21,541 10.5%370
MedicineField #10,665 of 17,978 13.4%254
Health SciencesDomain #12,743 of 20,462 13.3%279
Molecular BiologySubfield #3,893 of 4,961 12.0%211
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #5,603 of 6,031 13.3%168
ChemistryField #3,220 of 3,369 7.5%134

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Takara (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).

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: 1.99× its world share, 6 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.88× its world share, 9 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 3.84× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.38× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 5.00× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 1.99× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.41× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.49× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.88× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.48× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.88× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.18× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.74× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.97× its world share, 23 worksMedicineNursing: 4.18× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.82× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.37× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.23× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics, 5.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Takara (Japan)?

Ranked on the composite score, Kazutoh Takesako, Ikunoshin Kato and Akira Ôbayashi lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Takara (Japan).

  1. 1 Kazutoh Takesako Japan · #424,614 worldwide 71 citations · 18 works
  2. 2 Ikunoshin Kato Japan · #479,312 worldwide 60 citations · 20 works
  3. 3 Akira Ôbayashi Japan · #1,025,687 worldwide 38 citations · 26 works
  4. 4 Masahiro Uchida Japan · #1,252,295 worldwide 32 citations · 50 works
  5. 5 Junichi Mineno Japan · #1,313,724 worldwide 21 citations · 23 works
All ranked researchers at Takara (Japan)

Which keywords describe research at Takara (Japan)?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Inflammation, Diabetes, Metabolic Syndrome, Cancer Immunotherapy, Oxidative Stress, Antioxidant, Lymphoma and Cardiovascular Disease.

▲ 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 33 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 33 words, with their numbers
  1. Inflammation5▲ 4.0×24 topics
  2. Epidemiology4▲ 1.50×27 topics
  3. Oxidative Stress3▲ 3.3×15 topics
  4. Metabolic Syndrome3▲ 6.4×11 topics
  5. Diabetes3▲ 9.7×11 topics
  6. Cardiovascular Disease2▲ 3.8×14 topics
  7. Antioxidant2▲ 5.8×14 topics
  8. Cancer Immunotherapy2▲ 26×2 topics
  9. Cancer2▲ 2.6×16 topics
  10. Obesity2▲ 4.4×8 topics
  11. Immunotherapy2▲ 4.6×5 topics
  12. Lymphoma2▲ 20×2 topics
  13. CAR T Cells2▲ 40×1 topic
  14. Chimeric Antigen Receptor2▲ 40×1 topic
  15. Insulin Resistance2▲ 6.7×5 topics
  16. Clinical Trials2▲ 4.1×8 topics
  17. Heart Failure1▲ 5.6×10 topics
  18. Hypertension1▲ 8.2×7 topics
  19. Metabolism1▲ 4.6×8 topics
  20. Vaccine1▲ 5.7×5 topics
  21. Antioxidant Activity1▲ 3.5×6 topics
  22. Gut Microbiota1▲ 6.0×4 topics
  23. Immunity1▲ 5.5×5 topics
  24. Advanced Glycation End Products1▲ 109×1 topic
  25. Cancer Therapy1▲ 3.3×4 topics
  26. HMGB11▲ 109×1 topic
  27. Hepatic Steatosis1▲ 12×2 topics
  28. Innate Immunity1▲ 5.8×4 topics
  29. Pathogenesis1▲ 3.6×4 topics
  30. Probiotics1▲ 7.7×3 topics
  31. Weight Loss1▲ 11×2 topics
  32. Global Burden1▲ 3.2×5 topics
  33. Metabolic Health1▲ 8.5×2 topics

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

By volume in 2022–2025: CAR-T cell therapy research, Advanced Glycation End Products research, Virus-based gene therapy research and Immunotherapy and Immune Responses.

CAR-T cell therapy resea…2CAR-T cell therapy research: 2 fractional worksAdvanced Glycation End Products research: 1 fractional worksVirus-based gene therapy research: 1 fractional worksImmunotherapy and Immune Responses: 1 fractional worksViral Infectious Diseases and Gene Expression in Insects: 1 fractional worksDiet and metabolism studies: 1 fractional worksViral gastroenteritis re…1Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology: 1 fractional worksDiet, Metabolism, and Di…1Diet, Metabolism, and Disease: 1 fractional worksGut microbiota and health1Gut microbiota and health: 1 fractional worksGlass properties and app…0Glass properties and applications: 0 fractional works
OncologyClinical BiochemistryGeneticsImmunology5 others

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

  1. 1 CAR-T cell therapy research Oncology 2 works
  2. 2 Advanced Glycation End Products research Clinical Biochemistry 1 works
  3. 3 Virus-based gene therapy research Genetics 1 works
  4. 4 Immunotherapy and Immune Responses Immunology 1 works
  5. 5 Viral Infectious Diseases and Gene Expression in Insects Molecular Biology 1 works
  6. 6 Diet and metabolism studies Physiology 1 works
  7. 7 Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology Infectious Diseases 1 works
  8. 8 Diet, Metabolism, and Disease Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 1 works
  9. 9 Gut microbiota and health Molecular Biology 1 works
  10. 10 Glass properties and applications Ceramics and Composites 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 available36.8%not open63.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors15.8%domestic only84.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 11% lower 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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