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Tanabe Research Laboratories

In research, Tanabe Research Laboratories stands highest in Organic Chemistry (#1,697 of 1,832 worldwide), Chemistry (#2,706 of 2,902 worldwide) and Molecular Biology (#3,649 of 3,729 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#34,821
of 34,923
Rank in United States
#7,291
of 7,310
Research works
1.2k
▲ 40% vs 2018-21
Citations
18k
15.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.2%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.52×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
74%
world 40%
International
18%
world 18%
Tanabe Research Laboratories

What is Tanabe Research Laboratories 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
Organic ChemistrySubfield #1,697 of 1,832 4.8%209
ChemistryField #2,706 of 2,902 4.1%305
Molecular BiologySubfield #3,649 of 3,729 2.8%190
MedicineField #14,248 of 14,558 3.1%298
Health SciencesDomain #16,375 of 16,688 3.1%317
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #5,693 of 5,801 2.5%307
Life SciencesDomain #10,845 of 11,023 2.6%472
Physical SciencesDomain #17,404 of 17,446 5.0%390

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Tanabe Research 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 Tanabe Research Laboratories work in?

In all years, 40% of research at Tanabe Research Laboratories is in Life Sciences, 33% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (26%), Chemistry (26%), Medicine (25%). It does 2.6× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Life Sciences: 472 fractional works · 39.6% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 307 fractional works · 25.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 190 fractional works · 16.0% of its workBiochemistry: 33 fractional works · 2.8% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 18 fractional works · 1.5% of its workCell Biology: 16 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGenetics: 15 fractional works · 1.2% of its workBiotechnology: 14 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCancer Research: 14 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 62 fractional works · 5.2% of its workPharmaceutical Science: 31 fractional works · 2.6% of its workPharmacology: 30 fractional works · 2.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 47 fractional works · 4.0% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 35 fractional works · 2.9% of its workSensory Systems: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeurology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 33 fractional works · 2.8% of its workFood Science: 10 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPlant Science: 10 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 7 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 22 fractional works · 1.9% of its workImmunology: 17 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysical Sciences: 390 fractional works · 32.7% of its workChemistry: 305 fractional works · 25.6% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 209 fractional works · 17.5% of its workSpectroscopy: 54 fractional works · 4.5% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 21 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 15 fractional works · 1.3% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 31 fractional works · 2.6% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 15 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 10 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBiomaterials: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 26 fractional works · 2.2% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 15 fractional works · 1.3% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 7 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 13 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEcology: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Science: 7 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 317 fractional works · 26.6% of its workMedicine: 298 fractional works · 25.0% of its workPharmacology: 47 fractional works · 3.9% of its workOncology: 35 fractional works · 2.9% of its workPhysiology: 31 fractional works · 2.6% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 21 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSurgery: 20 fractional works · 1.7% of its workNeurology: 15 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 14 fractional works · 1.1% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 12 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 11 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEpidemiology: 11 fractional works · 0.9% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 9 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGastroenterology: 8 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 7 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 7 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRheumatology: 7 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInfectious Diseases: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiochemistry: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHematology: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 14 fractional works · 1.2% of its workNursing: 14 fractional works · 1.1% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 14 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 13 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Psychology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKTanabe ResearchLaboratories1,192fractional works, all years
Life Sciences40%Physical Sciences33%Health Sciences27%Social Sciences1%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in all years. 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 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology30725.8%
    2. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics625.2%
    3. Neuroscience474.0%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences332.8%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology221.9%
    1. Chemistry30525.6%
    2. Materials Science312.6%
    3. Engineering262.2%
    4. Environmental Science131.1%
    5. Computer Science70.6%
    6. Chemical Engineering60.5%
    7. Energy10.1%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.0%
    9. Physics and Astronomy00.0%
    10. Mathematics00.0%
    1. Medicine29825.0%
    2. Nursing141.1%
    3. Health Professions20.2%
    4. Veterinary20.2%
    5. Dentistry10.1%
    1. Social Sciences50.4%
    2. Psychology40.4%
    3. Arts and Humanities30.3%
    4. Decision Sciences10.1%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.0%
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: 0.78× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.59× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 7.29× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.28× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 14.33× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.83× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringMaterials Science: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceDentistry: 0.43× its world share, 0 worksDentistryMedicine: 2.55× its world share, 8 worksMedicineNursing: 0.71× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 2.30× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesSocial Sciences: 0.55× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics, 14.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 14 fields, with their numbers
  1. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics14.33×1 works
  2. Immunology and Microbiology7.29×1 works
  3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2.59×2 works
  4. Medicine2.55×8 works
  5. Arts and Humanities2.30×1 works
  6. Neuroscience1.28×0 works
  7. Chemistry0.83×0 works
  8. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.78×1 works
  9. Nursing0.71×0 works
  10. Social Sciences0.55×1 works
  11. Dentistry0.43×0 works
  12. Computer Science0.26×0 works
  13. Engineering0.10×0 works
  14. Materials Science0.05×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Tanabe Research Laboratories?

Ranked on the quality score, Ronald R. Cobb, Tetsuo Hori and Shinji Narisawa lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Tanabe Research Laboratories.

  1. 1 Ronald R. Cobb United States · #4,025,446 worldwide 2.5k citations · 59 works
  2. 2 Tetsuo Hori United States · #4,701,646 worldwide 515 citations · 22 works
  3. 3 Shinji Narisawa United States · #5,408,219 worldwide 706 citations · 15 works
  4. 4 Ila Sircar United States · #5,579,798 worldwide 1.4k citations · 49 works
  5. 5 Yoshiyuki HIRAKAWA United States · #5,728,928 worldwide 457 citations · 22 works
  6. 6 Norihide Umino United States · #5,804,619 worldwide 218 citations · 22 works
  7. 7 Kinji Kobayashi United States · #5,838,565 worldwide 934 citations · 25 works
  8. 8 Kazutaka Kawashima United States · #5,873,933 worldwide 484 citations · 18 works
  9. 9 Hiroshi Imahie United States · #5,904,343 worldwide 604 citations · 21 works
  10. 10 Akio Kiyomoto United States · #5,960,072 worldwide 1.4k citations · 92 works
All ranked researchers at Tanabe Research Laboratories

What are the most cited papers from Tanabe Research Laboratories?

The most cited paper from Tanabe Research Laboratories is "IκB Kinases Phosphorylate NF-κB p65 Subunit on Serine 536 in the Transactivation Domain" (Hiroaki Sakurai, Hiroaki Chiba, Hidetaka Miyoshi et al., 1999), with 825 citations. Next come "Overview of PDEs and Their Regulation" (808) and "Skeletal Muscle FOXO1 (FKHR) Transgenic Mice Have Less Skeletal Muscle Mass, Down-regulated Type I (Slow Twitch/Red Muscle) Fiber Genes, and Impaired Glycemic Control" (573).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 IκB Kinases Phosphorylate NF-κB p65 Subunit on Serine 536 in the Transactivation Domain Hiroaki Sakurai, Hiroaki Chiba, Hidetaka Miyoshi et al. · Journal of Biological Chemistry Open access Oct 1999 825
2 Overview of PDEs and Their Regulation Kenji Omori, Jun Kotera · Circulation Research 16 Feb 2007 808
3 Skeletal Muscle FOXO1 (FKHR) Transgenic Mice Have Less Skeletal Muscle Mass, Down-regulated Type I (Slow Twitch/Red Muscle) Fiber Genes, and Impaired Glycemic Control Yasutomi Kamei, Shinji Miura, Miki T. SUZUKI et al. · Journal of Biological Chemistry Open access 24 Jul 2004 573
4 Presenilin-1 mutations downregulate the signalling pathway of the unfolded-protein response Taiichi Katayama, Kazunori Imaizumi, Naoya Sato et al. · Nature Cell Biology 29 Oct 1999 529
5 Cloning and Characterization of a Novel Human Phosphodiesterase That Hydrolyzes Both cAMP and cGMP (PDE10A) Kotomi Fujishige, Jun Kotera, Hideo Michibata et al. · Journal of Biological Chemistry Open access Jun 1999 408
All 61 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Tanabe Research Laboratories?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Synthesis, Drug Discovery, Inflammation, Medicinal Chemistry, Heterocycles, Anticancer Agents, Biological Evaluation and Chirality.

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's

Size is fractional works in all years 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. Synthesis127▲ 18×23 topics
  2. Inflammation103▲ 3.7×57 topics
  3. Drug Discovery90▲ 19×10 topics
  4. Oxidative Stress68▲ 3.1×44 topics
  5. Medicinal Chemistry60▲ 13×13 topics
  6. Cancer58▲ 3.4×34 topics
  7. Heterocycles51▲ 23×6 topics
  8. Anticancer Agents49▲ 16×11 topics
  9. Biological Evaluation45▲ 31×6 topics
  10. Chirality44▲ 24×2 topics
  11. Chiral Separation44▲ 30×1 topic
  12. Liquid Chromatography44▲ 25×1 topic
  13. Organic Synthesis43▲ 17×9 topics
  14. Antioxidant42▲ 5.2×25 topics
  15. Green Chemistry41▲ 12×8 topics
  16. Heterocyclic Compounds39▲ 21×5 topics
  17. Asymmetric Synthesis37▲ 21×7 topics
  18. Protein-Protein Interactions36▲ 28×3 topics
  19. Anticancer36▲ 15×12 topics
  20. Antimicrobial Activity35▲ 15×6 topics
  21. Catalysis34▲ 3.5×13 topics
  22. Chemoselective34▲ 21×4 topics
  23. Antimicrobial32▲ 10×8 topics
  24. Metabolic Disorders32▲ 15×4 topics
  25. Pharmacology32▲ 8.2×15 topics
  26. Macrocycles31▲ 26×2 topics
  27. Foldamers30▲ 32×1 topic
  28. Peptide Synthesis30▲ 32×1 topic
  29. Antioxidant Activity30▲ 4.6×14 topics
  30. Natural Products30▲ 14×7 topics
  31. Cancer Therapy30▲ 3.9×14 topics
  32. Mitochondrial Function29▲ 16×4 topics
  33. Microwave-Assisted Synthesis29▲ 30×3 topics
  34. Catalyst29▲ 22×2 topics
  35. Cell Signaling29▲ 7.2×10 topics
  36. Pharmacokinetics24▲ 7.4×8 topics
  37. Fermentation24▲ 14×4 topics
  38. Enantioselective Synthesis22▲ 11×6 topics
  39. Neuronal Function22▲ 16×2 topics
  40. Molecular Docking21▲ 13×4 topics

Which research topics does Tanabe Research Laboratories publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research, HER2/EGFR in Cancer Research, Lymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment and Linguistics and Cultural Studies.

Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research: 1 fractional worksHER2/EGFR in Cancer Research: 1 fractional worksLymphoma Diagnosis and T…1Lymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment: 1 fractional worksLinguistics and Cultural…0Linguistics and Cultural Studies: 0 fractional worksT-cell and B-cell Immuno…0T-cell and B-cell Immunology: 0 fractional worksAmyotrophic Lateral Scle…0Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Research: 0 fractional worksPlant-based Medicinal Re…0Plant-based Medicinal Research: 0 fractional worksImmunotoxicology and immune responses: 0 fractional worksPharmaceutical studies and practices: 0 fractional worksAndrographolide Research and Applications: 0 fractional works
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingOncologyPathology and Forensic MedicineLanguage and Linguistics5 others

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

  1. 1 Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 1 works
  2. 2 HER2/EGFR in Cancer Research Oncology 1 works
  3. 3 Lymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment Pathology and Forensic Medicine 1 works
  4. 4 Linguistics and Cultural Studies Language and Linguistics 0 works
  5. 5 T-cell and B-cell Immunology Immunology 0 works
  6. 6 Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Research Neurology 0 works
  7. 7 Plant-based Medicinal Research Pharmacology 0 works
  8. 8 Immunotoxicology and immune responses Immunology 0 works
  9. 9 Pharmaceutical studies and practices Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 0 works
  10. 10 Andrographolide Research and Applications Complementary and alternative medicine 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 available74.4%not open25.6%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors18.2%domestic only81.8%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Tanabe Research Laboratories's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 40% higher than in 2018-2021.

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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 Tanabe Research Laboratories as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000041% in 2024.

still counting0.0050%0.010%0.015%Tanabe Research Laboratories0.000043% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Tanabe Research 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.

5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2002Tanabe Research Laboratories6.0% in 20022000

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 9.8% in 2001.

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