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Yamaha (Japan)

In research, Yamaha (Japan) stands highest in Physical Sciences (#12,695 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Philosophy, General Health Professions and Health Professions — Philosophy is 27.7× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#26,912
of 28,054 · #19,174 all time
Rank in Japan
#1,000
of 1,070
Research works
872
▲ 39% vs 2013–17
Citations
8.6k
9.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
2.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
40%
world 28%

What is Yamaha (Japan) known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Physical SciencesDomain #12,695 of 12,888 1.9%76 #12781

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

What does Yamaha (Japan) specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Philosophy takes 27.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. PhilosophySubfield · 20.0 works28×
  2. General Health ProfessionsSubfield · 40.2 works17×
  3. Health ProfessionsField · 41.3 works9.3×
  4. Arts and HumanitiesField · 23.9 works4.9×
← 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: 0.60× its world share, 5 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 1.99× its world share, 5 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.55× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.67× its world share, 22 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.26× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 1.66× its world share, 42 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.57× its world share, 5 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.65× its world share, 4 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.45× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 9.31× its world share, 41 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.23× its world share, 7 worksMedicineNursing: 1.30× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 4.92× its world share, 24 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.31× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.47× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.16× its world share, 3 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 9.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Yamaha (Japan)?

Ranked on the composite score, Hiroshi Yamagata, Yu Takahashi and Kazunobu Kondo lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Yamaha (Japan).

  1. 1 Hiroshi Yamagata Japan · #772,559 worldwide 73 citations · 26 works
  2. 2 Yu Takahashi Japan · #1,293,626 worldwide 35 citations · 37 works
  3. 3 Kazunobu Kondo Japan · #1,307,214 worldwide 39 citations · 35 works
  4. 4 Vincent Fréour Japan · #1,308,460 worldwide 6 citations · 19 works
All ranked researchers at Yamaha (Japan)

Which keywords describe research at Yamaha (Japan)?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Quality of Life, Healthcare, Mental Health, Ethics, Public Health Policy, Aging, History and Philosophy.

▲ 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. Quality of Life22▲ 9.3×5 topics
  2. Healthcare20▲ 11×4 topics
  3. Mental Health20▲ 8.2×5 topics
  4. Ethics20▲ 25×2 topics
  5. Public Health Policy20▲ 43×2 topics
  6. Aging20▲ 22×2 topics
  7. History20▲ 17×2 topics
  8. Palliative Care20▲ 74×3 topics
  9. Philosophy20▲ 27×2 topics
  10. Elderly20▲ 48×2 topics
  11. Identity20▲ 16×2 topics
  12. Social Support20▲ 21×2 topics
  13. Caregiving20▲ 160×1 topic
  14. Healthcare Legislation20▲ 195×1 topic
  15. Hermeneutics20▲ 144×1 topic
  16. Narrative20▲ 74×1 topic
  17. Patient Rights20▲ 159×1 topic
  18. Retirement20▲ 173×1 topic
  19. Deep Learning12▲ 2.0×21 topics
  20. Machine Learning10▲ 1.87×14 topics
  21. Artificial Intelligence7▲ 3.2×6 topics
  22. Gesture Recognition7▲ 54×2 topics
  23. Human-Computer Interaction7▲ 23×2 topics
  24. Interactive Evolutionary Computation6▲ 174×1 topic
  25. Music Generation6▲ 174×1 topic
  26. Convolutional Neural Networks6▲ 5.0×6 topics
  27. Feature Extraction6▲ 7.3×4 topics
  28. Mechanical Properties4▲ 2.7×16 topics
  29. Audio Signal Classification4▲ 63×1 topic
  30. Music Information Retrieval4▲ 63×1 topic
  31. Electric Vehicles3▲ 6.7×4 topics
  32. Model Predictive Control3▲ 7.5×3 topics
  33. Control Systems3▲ 10×4 topics
  34. Cognitive Decline2▲ 12×2 topics
  35. Neural Mechanisms2▲ 16×2 topics
  36. Auditory Cortex2▲ 45×1 topic
  37. Hearing Loss2▲ 13×2 topics
  38. Social Isolation2▲ 7.0×3 topics
  39. Temporal Processing2▲ 60×1 topic
  40. Vibration Control2▲ 24×2 topics

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

By volume in 2022–2025: Aging, Elder Care, and Social Issues, Hermeneutics and Narrative Identity, Health, Medicine and Society and Music Technology and Sound Studies.

Aging, Elder Care, and S…20Aging, Elder Care, and Social Issues: 20 fractional worksHermeneutics and Narrati…20Hermeneutics and Narrative Identity: 20 fractional worksHealth, Medicine and Soc…20Health, Medicine and Society: 20 fractional worksMusic Technology and Sound Studies: 6 fractional worksMusic and Audio Processing: 4 fractional worksNeuroscience and Music Perception: 2 fractional worksHearing Loss and Rehabilitation: 2 fractional worksVehicle Dynamics and Control Systems: 2 fractional worksAcoustic Wave Phenomena Research: 2 fractional worksVehicle emissions and performance: 2 fractional works
General Health ProfessionsPhilosophyComputer Vision and Pattern RecognitionSignal Processing3 others

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

  1. 1 Aging, Elder Care, and Social Issues General Health Professions 20 works
  2. 2 Hermeneutics and Narrative Identity Philosophy 20 works
  3. 3 Health, Medicine and Society General Health Professions 20 works
  4. 4 Music Technology and Sound Studies Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 6 works
  5. 5 Music and Audio Processing Signal Processing 4 works
  6. 6 Neuroscience and Music Perception Cognitive Neuroscience 2 works
  7. 7 Hearing Loss and Rehabilitation Cognitive Neuroscience 2 works
  8. 8 Vehicle Dynamics and Control Systems Automotive Engineering 2 works
  9. 9 Acoustic Wave Phenomena Research Biomedical Engineering 2 works
  10. 10 Vehicle emissions and performance Automotive Engineering 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 available40.3%not open59.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors16.3%domestic only83.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 39% 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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