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Meiji (Japan)

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Papers in the tracked journals with an author at Meiji (Japan): per year and category, where they are published, the institutions its researchers write with, and its most-cited papers. A paper counts as corporate when at least one of its authors is affiliated with an institution that OpenAlex classifies as a company; it counts once for each company among its authors' affiliations. Universities are the institutions OpenAlex classifies as education. Also as Markdown.

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Key findings#

  • From 2017 to 2026 (so far), authors at Meiji (Japan) took part in 12 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in higher education and research (4), management (2) and health economics and policy (2).
  • 3 of them were published in 2025, against 0 in 2017.
  • Since 2023, the institutions with the most of these papers were Meiji University (5), Bundesministerium für Bildung, Familie, Senioren, Frauen und Jugend (1) and Central Denmark Region (1).
  • The journals publishing most of them were Scientometrics (2), Journal of Vocational Behavior (1) and Health Policy (1).
  • The most-cited of them is “Changes in revenue structure of a leading open access journal publisher: the case of BMC” (Scientometrics, 2019), with 17 citations.
  • Since 2023, papers in the tracked journals cited 7 of its papers 11 times; 91% of those links came from papers with a university author and 9% from its own papers.
  • Its own papers since 2023 cite archived papers 25 times, 4% of them papers with a company author.
  • Across everything OpenAlex indexes, Meiji (Japan) has 3,649 works with 183,996 citations (h-index 156).
  • The tracked journals hold 12 of its 999 works in OpenAlex from 2017 to 2025 (1.2%).
  • Its main research topics in OpenAlex are Probiotics and Fermented Foods (213), Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis (91) and Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (82).

Papers per year#

2017: 0 papers2018: 1 paper2019: 2 papers2020: 1 paper2021: 2 papers2022: 1 paper2023: 1 paper2024: 1 paper2025: 3 papers2026 (so far): 0 papers
20172026 (so far)
Papers per publication year and category
Category2017201820192020202120222023202420252026 (so far)
Higher Education and Research0011001100
Management0100000010
Health Economics and Policy0010000010
Finance0000100000
Economics0000000010
AI0000100000
Statistics0000010000
All categories0121211130

Where the papers come from#

Institutions with the most papers, since 2023
#InstitutionPapers
1Meiji University5
2Bundesministerium für Bildung, Familie, Senioren, Frauen und Jugend1
3Central Denmark Region1
4Cranfield University1
5Fontys University of Applied Sciences1
6Hitotsubashi University1
7Imperial College London1
8National Institute for Environmental Studies1
9Necmettin Erbakan University1
Countries with the most papers, since 2023
#CountryPapers
1Japan5
2United Kingdom2
3Netherlands2
4Sweden2
5Switzerland1
6Germany1
7Denmark1
8Finland1
9Turkey1
Keywords with the most papers, since 2023
#KeywordPapers
1Elsevier2
2OpenAPC2
3article processing charges2
4list prices2
5open access journals2
6DOAJ1
7Hindawi1
8Springer Nature1
9WHO member states1
10Wiley1

Most-cited papers#

Who cites its research#

Institutions whose papers cite it most, since 2023
#InstitutionKindCountryLinks
1Meiji UniversityUniversityJapan2
2University of VermontUniversityUnited States1
3University of BernUniversitySwitzerland1
4The Graduate Center, CUNYUniversityUnited States1
5Baruch CollegeUniversityUnited States1
6University of British ColumbiaUniversityCanada1
7University of OttawaUniversityCanada1
8City University of New YorkUniversityUnited States1
9Public Health Agency of CanadaGovernmentCanada1
10Simon Fraser UniversityUniversityCanada1

What its papers cite#

Institutions its papers cite most, since 2023
#InstitutionKindCountryLinks
1Meiji UniversityUniversityJapan4
2Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamUniversityNetherlands4
3Technische Universität IlmenauUniversityGermany2
4King's College LondonUniversityUnited Kingdom2
5University of FloridaUniversityUnited States2
6Colorado State UniversityUniversityUnited States2
7Northern Illinois UniversityUniversityUnited States1
8Università Cattolica del Sacro CuoreUniversityItaly1
9Idaho State UniversityUniversityUnited States1
10University of BernUniversitySwitzerland1

Citation links inside the tracked journals; see the corporate citation network and industry–university links.

In OpenAlex#

Meiji (Japan) in OpenAlex
ItemValue
TypeCompany
LocationTokyo, Japan
Also known as明治
Works in OpenAlex3,649
Citations183,996
h-index156
i10-index3,214
2-year mean citedness2.02
Websitewww.meiji.com
RORror.org/027tjex48
OpenAlexopenalex.org/I4210114911
Main research topics (OpenAlex, all works)
#TopicFieldWorks
1Probiotics and Fermented FoodsAgricultural and Biological Sciences213
2Microbial Natural Products and BiosynthesisMedicine91
3Bacterial Genetics and BiotechnologyBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology82
4Gastrointestinal motility and disordersMedicine82
5Gut microbiota and healthBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology80
Works and citations per year in OpenAlex, and its papers in the tracked journals
YearWorks in OpenAlexCitations receivedIn the tracked journalsShare
2026 (so far)1031,75600.0%
2025892,53433.4%
2024922,55811.1%
20231192,56110.8%
20221042,47111.0%
20211142,56821.8%
20201302,27410.8%
20191132,02221.8%
20181141,83110.9%
20171241,91800.0%

From OpenAlex's own record of the institution (CC0), read again monthly. Works and citations count everything OpenAlex indexes, not only the tracked journals; topics are OpenAlex's classification of those works.

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Scholar4AI. (2026). Meiji (Japan). Journal and Conference Research Rankings. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://scholar4ai.com/companies/meiji-japan

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