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Yakult Central Institute

In research, Yakult Central Institute stands highest in Life Sciences (#5,472 of 11,023 worldwide), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (#3,082 of 5,801 worldwide) and Molecular Biology (#2,393 of 3,729 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#22,730
of 34,923
Rank in Japan
#769
of 1,923
Research works
825
▼ 11% vs 2018-21
Citations
43k
52.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.2%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.93×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
50%
world 40%
International
6%
world 18%
Yakult Central Institute

What is Yakult Central 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 #5,472 of 11,023 13.5%481
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #3,082 of 5,801 12.3%280
Molecular BiologySubfield #2,393 of 3,729 12.6%168
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #4,189 of 5,126 16.1%128
Health SciencesDomain #13,774 of 16,688 16.9%288
MedicineField #12,495 of 14,558 15.8%219

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

In 2022-now, 62% of research at Yakult Central Institute is in Life Sciences, 34% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (34%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (22%), Medicine (22%). It does 3.4× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Life Sciences: 25 fractional works · 62.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 14 fractional works · 34.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 9 fractional works · 23.4% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 2.9% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workBiochemistry: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workBiotechnology: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEndocrinology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 9 fractional works · 22.1% of its workFood Science: 7 fractional works · 17.3% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 2.7% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAquatic Science: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 2.8% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workMicrobiology: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workBehavioral Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBiological Psychiatry: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workToxicology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 14 fractional works · 33.9% of its workMedicine: 9 fractional works · 21.6% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 3.5% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 3.3% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 3.2% of its workGastroenterology: 1 fractional works · 2.8% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDermatology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNephrology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 3 fractional works · 8.1% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 3 fractional works · 8.1% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 2.8% of its workSmall Animals: 1 fractional works · 2.8% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPeriodontics: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPharmacy: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysical Sciences: 1 fractional works · 3.6% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEnvironmental Science: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCatalysis: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKYakult CentralInstitute40fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences62%Physical Sciences4%Health Sciences34%Social Sciences0%

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 14 fields, with their numbers
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1434.4%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences922.1%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology12.8%
    4. Neuroscience11.7%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics01.2%
    1. Medicine921.6%
    2. Nursing38.1%
    3. Veterinary12.8%
    4. Dentistry00.7%
    5. Health Professions00.7%
    1. Chemistry11.7%
    2. Environmental Science01.1%
    3. Chemical Engineering00.8%
    1. Psychology00.3%
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: 4.65× its world share, 9 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 6.45× its world share, 14 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.82× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.02× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 3.54× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 2.38× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.06× its world share, 1 worksChemistryEnvironmental Science: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceDentistry: 1.43× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.13× its world share, 9 worksMedicineNursing: 16.47× its world share, 3 worksNursingVeterinary: 20.73× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryPsychology: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksPsychology1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 20.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 14 fields, with their numbers
  1. Veterinary20.73×1 works
  2. Nursing16.47×3 works
  3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology6.45×14 works
  4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences4.65×9 works
  5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics3.54×0 works
  6. Immunology and Microbiology2.82×1 works
  7. Chemical Engineering2.38×0 works
  8. Dentistry1.43×0 works
  9. Medicine1.13×9 works
  10. Chemistry1.06×1 works
  11. Neuroscience1.02×1 works
  12. Health Professions0.26×0 works
  13. Environmental Science0.22×0 works
  14. Psychology0.09×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Yakult Central Institute?

Ranked on the quality score, Yoshinori Umesaki, Takashi Kurakawa and Takahiro Matsuki lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Yakult Central Institute.

  1. 1 Yoshinori Umesaki Japan · #132,883 worldwide 21k citations · 77 works
  2. 2 Takashi Kurakawa Japan · #219,742 worldwide 4.1k citations · 43 works
  3. 3 Takahiro Matsuki Japan · #254,274 worldwide 6k citations · 49 works
  4. 4 Akemi Imaoka Japan · #424,420 worldwide 13k citations · 32 works
  5. 5 Tatsuichiro Shima Japan · #629,389 worldwide 13k citations · 18 works
  6. 6 Hiromi Setoyama Japan · #680,718 worldwide 4.2k citations · 28 works
  7. 7 Ryuichiro Tanaka Japan · #682,243 worldwide 9.1k citations · 124 works
  8. 8 Toshihiko Takada Japan · #699,056 worldwide 3.9k citations · 46 works
  9. 9 Koji Nomoto Japan · #794,227 worldwide 12k citations · 185 works
  10. 10 Taeko Hara Japan · #799,935 worldwide 3.5k citations · 53 works
All ranked researchers at Yakult Central Institute

What are the most cited papers from Yakult Central Institute?

The most cited paper from Yakult Central Institute is "Induction of Intestinal Th17 Cells by Segmented Filamentous Bacteria" (Ivaylo I. Ivanov, Koji Atarashi, Nicolas Manel et al., 2009), with 4,598 citations. Next come "Induction of Colonic Regulatory T Cells by Indigenous Clostridium Species" (3,724) and "Gut-Residing Segmented Filamentous Bacteria Drive Autoimmune Arthritis via T Helper 17 Cells" (1,585).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Induction of Intestinal Th17 Cells by Segmented Filamentous Bacteria Ivaylo I. Ivanov, Koji Atarashi, Nicolas Manel et al. · Cell Open access Oct 2009 4,598
2 Induction of Colonic Regulatory T Cells by Indigenous Clostridium Species Koji Atarashi, Takeshi Tanoue, Tatsuichiro Shima et al. · Science Open access 23 Dec 2010 3,724
3 Gut-Residing Segmented Filamentous Bacteria Drive Autoimmune Arthritis via T Helper 17 Cells Hsin-Jung Joyce Wu, Ivaylo I. Ivanov, Jaime R. Darce et al. · Immunity Open access Jun 2010 1,585
4 Proinflammatory T-cell responses to gut microbiota promote experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis Yun Kyung Lee, Juscilene S. Menezes, Yoshinori Umesaki et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Open access 26 Jul 2010 1,334
5 Gut Immune Maturation Depends on Colonization with a Host-Specific Microbiota Hachung Chung, Sünje Johanna Pamp, Jonathan A. Hill et al. · Cell Open access Jun 2012 1,252
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Yakult Central Institute?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Probiotics, Metabolic Health, Gut Microbiota, Microbiota, Prebiotics, Microbial Communities, Metagenomic Analysis and Short-Chain Fatty Acids.

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

All 30 words, with their numbers
  1. Probiotics9▲ 94×5 topics
  2. Metabolic Health9▲ 108×3 topics
  3. Gut Microbiota9▲ 62×3 topics
  4. Microbiota8▲ 97×3 topics
  5. Prebiotics8▲ 212×2 topics
  6. Microbial Communities8▲ 45×2 topics
  7. Metagenomic Analysis8▲ 159×1 topic
  8. Short-Chain Fatty Acids8▲ 159×1 topic
  9. Immune Modulation7▲ 175×2 topics
  10. Clinical Trials7▲ 27×2 topics
  11. Gut Health7▲ 292×1 topic
  12. Lactic Acid Bacteria7▲ 292×1 topic
  13. Inflammation4▲ 5.2×12 topics
  14. Oxidative Stress2▲ 3.8×6 topics
  15. Health Benefits2▲ 18×3 topics
  16. Dietary Fiber2▲ 46×2 topics
  17. Epidemiology2▲ 1.25×9 topics
  18. Toll-like Receptors1▲ 32×2 topics
  19. Clinical Practice Guidelines1▲ 6.0×3 topics
  20. Functional Food1▲ 24×2 topics
  21. Gastrointestinal Disorders1▲ 54×2 topics
  22. Antibiotic Resistance1▲ 7.7×3 topics
  23. Enteric Nervous System1▲ 61×1 topic
  24. Irritable Bowel Syndrome1▲ 81×1 topic
  25. Advanced Glycation End Products1▲ 146×1 topic
  26. Fructans1▲ 74×1 topic
  27. Glycemic Index1▲ 44×1 topic
  28. HMGB11▲ 146×1 topic
  29. Inulin1▲ 74×1 topic
  30. Starch1▲ 44×1 topic

Which research topics does Yakult Central Institute publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Gut microbiota and health, Probiotics and Fermented Foods, Gastrointestinal motility and disorders and Food composition and properties.

Gut microbiota and health8Gut microbiota and health: 8 fractional worksProbiotics and Fermented…7Probiotics and Fermented Foods: 7 fractional worksGastrointestinal motility and disorders: 1 fractional worksFood composition and properties: 1 fractional worksAdvanced Glycation End Products research: 1 fractional worksMicrobial Metabolites in Food Biotechnology: 1 fractional worksClostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research: 1 fractional worksBacterial Genetics and Biotechnology: 1 fractional worksPolysaccharides and Plant Cell Walls: 1 fractional worksDrug Transport and Resistance Mechanisms: 1 fractional works
Molecular BiologyFood ScienceGastroenterologyNutrition and Dietetics5 others

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

  1. 1 Gut microbiota and health Molecular Biology 8 works
  2. 2 Probiotics and Fermented Foods Food Science 7 works
  3. 3 Gastrointestinal motility and disorders Gastroenterology 1 works
  4. 4 Food composition and properties Nutrition and Dietetics 1 works
  5. 5 Advanced Glycation End Products research Clinical Biochemistry 1 works
  6. 6 Microbial Metabolites in Food Biotechnology Nutrition and Dietetics 1 works
  7. 7 Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research Infectious Diseases 1 works
  8. 8 Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology Genetics 1 works
  9. 9 Polysaccharides and Plant Cell Walls Plant Science 1 works
  10. 10 Drug Transport and Resistance Mechanisms Oncology 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 available50.1%not open49.9%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors5.7%domestic only94.3%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Yakult Central Institute's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 11% lower 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 Yakult Central Institute as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00013% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%Yakult Central Institute0.00014% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Yakult Central 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.

10%20%30%all institutions10.0% in 2014Yakult Central Institute5.0% in 201420002010

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 25.3% in 2004.

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