Japan

3.5M papers and 74.1M indexed citations i.

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In recent decades scholars affiliated with institutions in Japan have published 3.5M papers, which have received a total of 74.1M indexed citations. Scholars in Japan publish mostly in Molecular Biology (557.4k papers), Materials Chemistry (369.3k papers) and Electrical and Electronic Engineering (348.3k papers) and are cited by scholars working on Molecular Biology (16.0M citations), Materials Chemistry (9.4M citations) and Electrical and Electronic Engineering (6.7M citations). Scholars in Japan collaborate with scholars from United States, China and United Kingdom. Scholars in Japan have published in prestigous journals including Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Fields of papers citing works of authors working in Japan

Since Specialization
EngineeringComputer SciencePhysics and AstronomyMathematicsEarth and Planetary SciencesEnergyEnvironmental ScienceMaterials ScienceChemical EngineeringChemistryAgricultural and Biological SciencesVeterinaryDecision SciencesArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and AccountingSocial SciencesPsychologyEconomics, Econometrics and FinanceHealth ProfessionsDentistryMedicineBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyNeuroscienceNursingImmunology and MicrobiologyPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics

This network shows the specialization of papers citing the papers produced by authors working at institutions in Japan. Nodes represent fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. The network helps show where authors in Japan may publish in the future.

Countries collaborating with authors based in Japan

Since Specialization
Total citations of papers

This map shows the geographic distribution of research produced by institutions in Japan. It shows the number of citations received by papers published by authors working in each country. You can also color the map by specialization and compare the number of papers written in collaboration with authors working in Japan with the expected number of papers based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country's share of papers is larger than expected).

Rankless by CCL
2025