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Toyama Industrial Technology Center

In research, Toyama Industrial Technology Center stands highest in Physical Sciences (#12,644 of 21,541 worldwide) and Engineering (#11,021 of 11,412 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Engineering — Engineering is 3.8× its share of world research.

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World rank, all time
#22,745
of 42,892
Rank in Japan
#874
of 2,112
Research works
386
▲ 13% vs 2013–17
Citations
4.5k
11.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
3.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
47%
world 28%

What is Toyama Industrial Technology Center 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
Physical SciencesDomain #12,644 of 21,541 6.3%332
EngineeringField #11,021 of 11,412 4.2%190

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Toyama Industrial Technology Center 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).

What does Toyama Industrial Technology Center specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Engineering takes 3.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. EngineeringField · 21.7 works3.8×
← 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: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.98× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.35× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 5.01× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.26× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.48× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.34× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.72× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 3.82× its world share, 22 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 3.00× its world share, 4 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 3.57× its world share, 3 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.43× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.36× its world share, 3 worksMedicineNursing: 0.45× its world share, 0 worksNursingDecision Sciences: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksDecision 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 Toyama Industrial Technology Center?

Ranked on the composite score, Hideki Yamagishi, S. Iwatsubo and Yoshiyuki Yokoyama lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Toyama Industrial Technology Center.

  1. 1 Hideki Yamagishi Japan · #526,015 worldwide 65 citations · 21 works
  2. 2 S. Iwatsubo Japan · #1,206,830 worldwide 36 citations · 15 works
  3. 3 Yoshiyuki Yokoyama Japan · #1,208,833 worldwide 23 citations · 43 works
  4. 4 Yuichi Sakai Japan · #1,435,176 worldwide 38 citations · 24 works
  5. 5 Tomoaki Futakuchi Japan · #1,521,188 worldwide 38 citations · 19 works
  6. 6 Takeshi TAKAYANAGI Japan · #1,571,442 worldwide 0 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at Toyama Industrial Technology Center

Which keywords describe research at Toyama Industrial Technology Center?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Biomedical Applications, Mechanical Properties, Tissue Engineering, Regenerative Medicine, Hydrogels, Lab-on-a-Chip, Colloidal Particles and Cell Culture.

▲ 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 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. Biomedical Applications6▲ 13×10 topics
  2. Mechanical Properties4▲ 11×11 topics
  3. Tissue Engineering4▲ 16×7 topics
  4. Hydrogels3▲ 47×3 topics
  5. Regenerative Medicine3▲ 35×4 topics
  6. Lab-on-a-Chip3▲ 70×3 topics
  7. Colloidal Particles3▲ 146×2 topics
  8. Cell Culture3▲ 62×2 topics
  9. Hydrodynamics3▲ 116×1 topic
  10. Micro/Nanomotors3▲ 293×1 topic
  11. Microfluidics3▲ 91×3 topics
  12. Microstructure2▲ 12×4 topics
  13. 3D Printing2▲ 26×2 topics
  14. Nanoparticles2▲ 4.8×5 topics
  15. Dielectrophoresis2▲ 134×2 topics
  16. Drug Delivery2▲ 9.5×3 topics
  17. Nanolithography2▲ 421×1 topic
  18. Soft Lithography2▲ 421×1 topic
  19. Bioprinting2▲ 68×1 topic
  20. Microfluidic Devices2▲ 35×1 topic
  21. Self-Assembly2▲ 12×3 topics
  22. Biomaterials1▲ 16×3 topics
  23. Biomedical Research1▲ 74×1 topic
  24. Carbon Nanotubes1▲ 10.0×2 topics
  25. Deep Learning1◆ 0.97×8 topics
  26. Poly(dimethylsiloxane)1▲ 140×1 topic
  27. Acoustic Manipulation1▲ 109×1 topic
  28. Nanocomposites1▲ 4.0×5 topics
  29. Particle Separation1▲ 109×1 topic
  30. Additive Manufacturing1▲ 9.0×2 topics
  31. Ceramics1▲ 19×2 topics
  32. Friction Stir Welding1▲ 101×1 topic
  33. Graphene1▲ 4.4×2 topics
  34. Materials1▲ 13×2 topics
  35. Metal Matrix Composites1▲ 38×1 topic
  36. Processing1▲ 50×1 topic
  37. Reinforcement1▲ 40×1 topic
  38. Scaffold Design1▲ 101×1 topic
  39. Stimuli-Responsive Polymers1▲ 101×1 topic
  40. Grain Refinement1▲ 23×2 topics

Which research topics does Toyama Industrial Technology Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Micro and Nano Robotics, Nanofabrication and Lithography Techniques, 3D Printing in Biomedical Research and Microfluidic and Capillary Electrophoresis Applications.

Micro and Nano Robotics3Micro and Nano Robotics: 3 fractional worksNanofabrication and Lithography Techniques: 2 fractional works3D Printing in Biomedica…23D Printing in Biomedical Research: 2 fractional worksMicrofluidic and Capilla…1Microfluidic and Capillary Electrophoresis Applications: 1 fractional worksMicrofluidic and Bio-sensing Technologies: 1 fractional worksAluminum Alloys Composites Properties: 1 fractional worksAdvanced Welding Techniq…1Advanced Welding Techniques Analysis: 1 fractional worksHydrogels: synthesis, pr…1Hydrogels: synthesis, properties, applications: 1 fractional worksModular Robots and Swarm…1Modular Robots and Swarm Intelligence: 1 fractional worksAdditive Manufacturing a…1Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies: 1 fractional works
Condensed Matter PhysicsBiomedical EngineeringMechanical EngineeringMolecular Medicine1 others

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

  1. 1 Micro and Nano Robotics Condensed Matter Physics 3 works
  2. 2 Nanofabrication and Lithography Techniques Biomedical Engineering 2 works
  3. 3 3D Printing in Biomedical Research Biomedical Engineering 2 works
  4. 4 Microfluidic and Capillary Electrophoresis Applications Biomedical Engineering 1 works
  5. 5 Microfluidic and Bio-sensing Technologies Biomedical Engineering 1 works
  6. 6 Aluminum Alloys Composites Properties Mechanical Engineering 1 works
  7. 7 Advanced Welding Techniques Analysis Mechanical Engineering 1 works
  8. 8 Hydrogels: synthesis, properties, applications Molecular Medicine 1 works
  9. 9 Modular Robots and Swarm Intelligence Mechanical Engineering 1 works
  10. 10 Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies Automotive Engineering 1 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 available46.7%not open53.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors11.4%domestic only88.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Toyama Industrial Technology Center's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 13% higher 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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