Japan

Time frame: 1 May 2023 - 30 April 2024

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Position by research output Share

Global Asia Pacific
Overall 5 2

Position by research output Share in subject areas

Global Asia Pacific
Biological sciences 5 2
Chemistry 4 2
Earth & environmental sciences 6 2
Health sciences 9 3
Physical sciences 5 2

Research

Overall research output

Count Share
Overall 5297 3010.86

Overall Count and Share for '' based on the 12-month time frame mentioned above.

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Research outputs by subject area

Subject Count Share
Biological sciences 1197 668.53
Chemistry 1852 1259.66
Earth & environmental sciences 445 227.24
Health sciences 609 255.06
Physical sciences 2204 1050.52

Note: Articles may be assigned to more than one subject area, as a result the sum of the subject research outputs may not equal the overall research outputs.

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Share output for the past 5 years

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Collaboration

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Collaborations between countries/territories

Collaboration by percentage of Share

Country/territory Share
USA 32.1%
China 22.2%
Germany 10.8%
UK 8.2%
France 6.3%
South Korea 5.1%
Switzerland 4.2%
Italy 4.0%
Australia 4.0%
Canada 3.2%

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Top 10 collaborators with Japan by Share

Top 10 institutions from Japan by Share

Institution Count Share
1.   The University of Tokyo (UTokyo) 1311 423.55
2.   Kyoto University 806 243.30
3.   Osaka University 573 176.52
4.   Tohoku University 483 137.08
5.   RIKEN 578 136.76
6.   Nagoya University 535 120.66
7.   Hokkaido University 350 120.16
8.   Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Tech) 392 108.06
9.   National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS) 435 98.94
10.   Kyushu University 411 81.70

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