National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)

国立研究開発法人 産業技術総合研究所

Japan

Time frame: 1 May 2025 - 30 April 2026

Profile

The Nature Index tracks primary research articles from 178 applied, health, natural and social sciences journals, across many different publishers, chosen by an independent group of researchers. The Nature Index provides absolute Count of primary research articles and fractional Share counts of author contribution to articles. The positions in the table below reflect National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)'s position overall, domestically, within their sector, and in various subject areas based on their Share. Each position links to the corresponding table where National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) is listed.

Position by research output Share

Global Japan
Overall 451 12
Government 41 3

Position by research output Share in subject areas

Global Japan
Applied sciences 303 10
Health sciences 748 29
Natural sciences 426 15
Biological sciences 488 16
Chemistry 382 13
Earth & environmental sciences 291 7
Physical sciences 495 23
Social sciences 638 15

Research

National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) has the following research output in the current window (1 May 2025 - 30 April 2026) of the Nature Index. Click on Count to view a list of articles representing the corresponding Share value.

Overall research output

Count Share
Overall 176 56.46

Overall Count and Share for 'National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)' based on the 12-month time frame mentioned above.

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Research outputs by subject area

Note: Natural sciences includes biological sciences, chemistry, Earth & environmental sciences and physical sciences.
Subject Count Share
Applied sciences 46 18.58
Biological sciences 25 5.96
Chemistry 44 14.53
Earth & environmental sciences 17 6.04
Health sciences 18 4.65
Physical sciences 21 5.53
Social sciences 5 1.17

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Leading research topics

In the Current Index (12-month rolling window), National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) published the most articles in these research topics. Learn more about Nature Research Intelligence Topics.

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Share output for the past 5 years

Subject area or journal group 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Overall 67 53 47 64 59
Applied sciences 22 18 14 27 19
Health sciences 1 3 0 3 5
Natural sciences 43 31 33 33 31
Biological sciences 4 3 4 5 5
Chemistry 24 17 14 16 13
Earth & environmental sciences 4 5 5 4 7
Physical sciences 11 7 10 7 6
Social sciences 1 0 0 1 3
Nature & Science 0 1 1 1 2

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Collaboration

Nature Index collaborations highlight fruitful collaborations that lead to high quality research around the world. A collaboration can be between any two institutions or locations co-authoring at least one article in the journals tracked by the Nature Index. The collaboration score between two institutions is the sum of each of their Shares on the papers to which both have contributed. The table and charts below highlight the leading collaborators with National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST).

International vs domestic collaboration by Share

Type Percentage
International (15 institutions) 18.0%
Domestic (35 institutions) 82.0%

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Top 5 domestic collaborators with National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) by Share

Collaborating institutions

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Collaborating Institution Collaborators' Share Collaboration Score
The University of Tokyo (UTokyo) 9.31 / 13.38 22.69
University of Tsukuba 6.03 / 3.67 9.69
The University of Osaka (UOsaka) 3.87 / 5.00 8.86
Tohoku University 3.21 / 5.59 8.79
Kyoto University 3.31 / 3.06 6.37

Top 5 international collaborators with National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) by Share

Collaborating institutions

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Collaborating Institution Collaborators' Share Total Share
French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) 1.66 / 1.92 3.58
Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) 0.75 / 1.19 1.94
Institut Jean Lamour (IJL) 0.18 / 1.37 1.55
Academia Sinica 0.88 / 0.49 1.37
Institute of Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC) 0.38 / 0.85 1.23

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Relationships

Affiliated institutions

The following affiliated institutions are wholly owned, operated, administered or contains research facilities for National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST). All affiliations for an affiliated institution are credited to the institution to which it is affiliated. Each of the affiliated institutions listed below has its own research profile.

Affiliated joint institutions and consortia

Represents joint institutions and consortia for which the institution is designated as a partner institution. Each partner institution of a joint institution or consortium receives an equivalent Share for every affiliation in which the consortium is included.