The Quaternary Research (Daiyonki-Kenkyu)

Japan Association for Quaternary Research
ISSN: 04182642, 18818129

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Years of issue
2025
journal names
The Quaternary Research (Daiyonki-Kenkyu)
Publications
1 885
Citations
8 495
h-index
35
Publications
60
Citations
1 893
Top-3 citing journals
Top-3 organizations
Top-3 countries
Japan (283 publications)
USA (6 publications)
Nigeria (3 publications)
Japan (32 publications)
Russia (1 publication)
USA (1 publication)

Most cited in 5 years

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Citing journals

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The Journal of the Geological Society of Japan
788 citations, 9.28%
Quaternary International
744 citations, 8.76%
The Quaternary Research (Daiyonki-Kenkyu)
729 citations, 8.58%
Journal of Geography (Chigaku Zasshi)
390 citations, 4.59%
Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology
277 citations, 3.26%
Quaternary Science Reviews
249 citations, 2.93%
Marine Geology
146 citations, 1.72%
Island Arc
139 citations, 1.64%
Progress in Earth and Planetary Science
119 citations, 1.4%
Earth, Planets and Space
113 citations, 1.33%
Sedimentary Geology
102 citations, 1.2%
Tectonophysics
99 citations, 1.17%
Geomorphology
99 citations, 1.17%
Journal of Quaternary Science
98 citations, 1.15%
Soil Science and Plant Nutrition
95 citations, 1.12%
Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research
83 citations, 0.98%
Quaternary Geochronology
83 citations, 0.98%
Ecological Research
83 citations, 0.98%
Holocene
78 citations, 0.92%
Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology
67 citations, 0.79%
Journal of Asian Earth Sciences
61 citations, 0.72%
Zoological Science
57 citations, 0.67%
Quaternary Research
55 citations, 0.65%
Earth-Science Reviews
54 citations, 0.64%
Marine Micropaleontology
52 citations, 0.61%
Global and Planetary Change
51 citations, 0.6%
Geographical review of Japan series B
49 citations, 0.58%
Journal of Geophysical Research
47 citations, 0.55%
Paleontological Research
45 citations, 0.53%
Radiocarbon
45 citations, 0.53%
Geographical review of Japan series A
40 citations, 0.47%
Scientific Reports
39 citations, 0.46%
Anthropological Science
37 citations, 0.44%
Mammal Study
36 citations, 0.42%
Journal of the Japan Society of Engineering Geology
36 citations, 0.42%
Earth and Planetary Science Letters
35 citations, 0.41%
Journal of Archaeological Science
33 citations, 0.39%
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms
32 citations, 0.38%
Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution
32 citations, 0.38%
Geoderma
31 citations, 0.36%
Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth
31 citations, 0.36%
Vegetation History and Archaeobotany
31 citations, 0.36%
Biological Journal of the Linnean Society
31 citations, 0.36%
Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems
31 citations, 0.36%
Frontiers in Earth Science
29 citations, 0.34%
Journal of Biogeography
29 citations, 0.34%
Paleoceanography
29 citations, 0.34%
Journal of the Sedimentological Society of Japan
29 citations, 0.34%
Catena
28 citations, 0.33%
Geological Society Special Publication
27 citations, 0.32%
Geophysical Research Letters
27 citations, 0.32%
Geoarchaeology - An International Journal
26 citations, 0.31%
Anthropologie
25 citations, 0.29%
Geosciences Journal
25 citations, 0.29%
PLoS ONE
25 citations, 0.29%
Zisin (Journal of the Seismological Society of Japan 2nd ser )
24 citations, 0.28%
Earth System Science Data
21 citations, 0.25%
Developments in Quaternary Science
21 citations, 0.25%
Natural Hazards
20 citations, 0.24%
Bulletin of Volcanology
20 citations, 0.24%
Molecular Ecology
20 citations, 0.24%
American Journal of Botany
18 citations, 0.21%
Journal of Forest Research
17 citations, 0.2%
Science
17 citations, 0.2%
Organic Geochemistry
17 citations, 0.2%
Sedimentology
17 citations, 0.2%
Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors
17 citations, 0.2%
Engineering Geology
16 citations, 0.19%
Journal of Coastal Research
16 citations, 0.19%
Earth Surface Processes and Landforms
16 citations, 0.19%
Journal of Plant Research
16 citations, 0.19%
Geographical Review of Japan
16 citations, 0.19%
World Archaeology
15 citations, 0.18%
Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science
15 citations, 0.18%
Anthropological Science (Japanese Series)
15 citations, 0.18%
Plant Ecology
14 citations, 0.16%
Geosciences (Switzerland)
14 citations, 0.16%
Japanese Magazine of Mineralogical and Petrological Sciences
14 citations, 0.16%
Historical Biology
14 citations, 0.16%
Chemical Geology
14 citations, 0.16%
Journal of Disaster Research
13 citations, 0.15%
Progress in Physical Geography
13 citations, 0.15%
Bulletin of the Geological Society of America
13 citations, 0.15%
Geophysical Monograph Series
13 citations, 0.15%
Quaternary Environments and Humans
13 citations, 0.15%
Journal of Petrology
12 citations, 0.14%
RADIOISOTOPES
12 citations, 0.14%
World Soils Book Series
12 citations, 0.14%
Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology
11 citations, 0.13%
Geochemical Journal
11 citations, 0.13%
BMC Evolutionary Biology
11 citations, 0.13%
Environmental Geology
11 citations, 0.13%
Current Anthropology
10 citations, 0.12%
Ecology and Evolution
10 citations, 0.12%
Nature
10 citations, 0.12%
American Journal of Physical Anthropology
10 citations, 0.12%
International Journal of Osteoarchaeology
10 citations, 0.12%
Mammal Review
10 citations, 0.12%
Ichthyological Research
10 citations, 0.12%
Permafrost and Periglacial Processes
10 citations, 0.12%
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Citing publishers

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Elsevier
2769 citations, 32.6%
Springer Nature
826 citations, 9.72%
The Geological Society of Japan
789 citations, 9.29%
Wiley
741 citations, 8.72%
Japan Association for Quaternary Research
730 citations, 8.59%
Tokyo Geographical Society
393 citations, 4.63%
Taylor & Francis
234 citations, 2.75%
Cambridge University Press
152 citations, 1.79%
The Association of Japanese Geographers
113 citations, 1.33%
SAGE
93 citations, 1.09%
Oxford University Press
86 citations, 1.01%
MDPI
61 citations, 0.72%
Zoological Society of Japan
60 citations, 0.71%
Anthropological Society of Nippon
52 citations, 0.61%
American Geophysical Union
51 citations, 0.6%
The Paleontological Society of Japan
47 citations, 0.55%
Frontiers Media S.A.
41 citations, 0.48%
Copernicus
39 citations, 0.46%
Mammalogical Society of Japan
37 citations, 0.44%
Japan Society of Engineering Geology
36 citations, 0.42%
Geological Society of London
29 citations, 0.34%
The Sedimentological Society of Japan
29 citations, 0.34%
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
25 citations, 0.29%
Geological Society of America
24 citations, 0.28%
Japan Association of Mineralogical Sciences
24 citations, 0.28%
Seismological Society of Japan
24 citations, 0.28%
Japan Society of Civil Engineers
22 citations, 0.26%
University of Chicago Press
20 citations, 0.24%
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
19 citations, 0.22%
The Geological Society of Korea
18 citations, 0.21%
Walter de Gruyter
16 citations, 0.19%
Coastal Education & Research Foundation, Inc.
16 citations, 0.19%
Fuji Technology Press
13 citations, 0.15%
Pleiades Publishing
12 citations, 0.14%
Japan Radioisotope Association
12 citations, 0.14%
Atomic Energy Society of Japan
10 citations, 0.12%
Magnolia Press
9 citations, 0.11%
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
9 citations, 0.11%
IntechOpen
9 citations, 0.11%
Herpetological Society of Japan
8 citations, 0.09%
Society for Sedimentary Geology (SEPM)
8 citations, 0.09%
The Geochemical Society of Japan
8 citations, 0.09%
The Royal Society
7 citations, 0.08%
Pensoft Publishers
7 citations, 0.08%
The Genetics Society of Japan
7 citations, 0.08%
National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science
7 citations, 0.08%
6 citations, 0.07%
Canadian Science Publishing
6 citations, 0.07%
The Japanese Forest Society
6 citations, 0.07%
Japanese Geotechnical Society
5 citations, 0.06%
5 citations, 0.06%
5 citations, 0.06%
Japanese Society of Snow and Ice
5 citations, 0.06%
The British Micropalaeontological Society
5 citations, 0.06%
Mammal Research Institute
5 citations, 0.06%
Scientific Research Publishing
5 citations, 0.06%
PeerJ
4 citations, 0.05%
IOP Publishing
4 citations, 0.05%
4 citations, 0.05%
Japanese Society of Limnology
4 citations, 0.05%
Seismological Society of America (SSA)
4 citations, 0.05%
Institute of archaeology and ethnography SB RAS
4 citations, 0.05%
Korea Ocean Research & Development Institute and Korean Society of Oceanography
4 citations, 0.05%
Japanese Coral Reef Society
4 citations, 0.05%
Japanese Association for Petroleum Engineers
4 citations, 0.05%
Japan Science Support Foundation
4 citations, 0.05%
The Plankton Society of Japan/The Japanese Association of Benthology
4 citations, 0.05%
Brill
3 citations, 0.04%
American Society for Microbiology
3 citations, 0.04%
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS)
3 citations, 0.04%
National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
3 citations, 0.04%
Entomological Society of America
3 citations, 0.04%
3 citations, 0.04%
Annual Reviews
3 citations, 0.04%
Japanese Association of Groundwater Hydrology
3 citations, 0.04%
Japan Association for Earthquake Engineering
3 citations, 0.04%
Japan Society of Geoinformatics
3 citations, 0.04%
The Japanese Society of Revegetation Technology
3 citations, 0.04%
The Japanese Society of Environmental Education
3 citations, 0.04%
Emerald
2 citations, 0.02%
Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)
2 citations, 0.02%
EDP Sciences
2 citations, 0.02%
Higher Education Press
2 citations, 0.02%
Herpetologists League
2 citations, 0.02%
Tohoku University Medical Press
2 citations, 0.02%
2 citations, 0.02%
New Zealand National Society for Earthquake Engineering
2 citations, 0.02%
Japanese Society of Fisheries Science
2 citations, 0.02%
Japan Society of Hydrology and Water Resources
2 citations, 0.02%
Korea Institute of Ocean Science and Technology
2 citations, 0.02%
Japanese Society of Breeding
2 citations, 0.02%
Inter-Research Science Center
2 citations, 0.02%
National Research Council Canada
2 citations, 0.02%
Hindawi Limited
2 citations, 0.02%
KMK Scientific Press
2 citations, 0.02%
Museum and Institute of Zoology at the Polish Academy of Sciences
2 citations, 0.02%
Vacuum Society of Japan
2 citations, 0.02%
Consortium Erudit
2 citations, 0.02%
Institute of Electronics, Information and Communications Engineers (IEICE)
2 citations, 0.02%
The Society of Exploration Geophysicists of Japan
2 citations, 0.02%
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University of Tokyo
139 publications, 7.37%
Tokyo Metropolitan University
101 publications, 5.36%
Osaka Metropolitan University
79 publications, 4.19%
Tohoku University
70 publications, 3.71%
Hokkaido University
69 publications, 3.66%
Kyoto University
60 publications, 3.18%
Kanazawa University
53 publications, 2.81%
National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
50 publications, 2.65%
Nagoya University
46 publications, 2.44%
Nihon University
40 publications, 2.12%
Shizuoka University
40 publications, 2.12%
Niigata University
39 publications, 2.07%
Kobe University
34 publications, 1.8%
Chiba University
31 publications, 1.64%
Meiji University
30 publications, 1.59%
Shinshu University
25 publications, 1.33%
University of Toyama
24 publications, 1.27%
Fukushima University
22 publications, 1.17%
Shimane University
21 publications, 1.11%
Yokohama National University
20 publications, 1.06%
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
20 publications, 1.06%
Kumamoto University
19 publications, 1.01%
Kyushu University
18 publications, 0.95%
University of Tsukuba
16 publications, 0.85%
Doshisha University
15 publications, 0.8%
Kochi University
15 publications, 0.8%
Senshu University
15 publications, 0.8%
Hiroshima University
14 publications, 0.74%
Fukuoka University
14 publications, 0.74%
Kagoshima University
13 publications, 0.69%
Iwate University
13 publications, 0.69%
Hokkaido University of Education
12 publications, 0.64%
Ehime University
12 publications, 0.64%
Nagasaki University
11 publications, 0.58%
Yamagata University
11 publications, 0.58%
Hosei University
11 publications, 0.58%
Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute
11 publications, 0.58%
Gunma University
10 publications, 0.53%
Akita University
10 publications, 0.53%
Okayama University
9 publications, 0.48%
Yamaguchi University
9 publications, 0.48%
Gakushuin University
9 publications, 0.48%
Komazawa University
9 publications, 0.48%
Tokyo Institute of Technology
8 publications, 0.42%
Waseda University
8 publications, 0.42%
Hirosaki University
8 publications, 0.42%
University of the Ryukyus
8 publications, 0.42%
Okayama University of Science
8 publications, 0.42%
Tokai University
7 publications, 0.37%
Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology
7 publications, 0.37%
Meijo University
7 publications, 0.37%
Ochanomizu University
7 publications, 0.37%
University of Fukui
7 publications, 0.37%
National Institute of Polar Research
6 publications, 0.32%
Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine
6 publications, 0.32%
Osaka University
5 publications, 0.27%
National Institute for Environmental Studies
5 publications, 0.27%
Ritsumeikan University
5 publications, 0.27%
Tottori University
5 publications, 0.27%
Mie University
5 publications, 0.27%
Saitama University
5 publications, 0.27%
Rissho University
5 publications, 0.27%
Tokyo University of Agriculture
4 publications, 0.21%
Chuo University
4 publications, 0.21%
Pacific Geographical Institute of the Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences
3 publications, 0.16%
Australian National University
3 publications, 0.16%
East China Normal University
3 publications, 0.16%
Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology
3 publications, 0.16%
Newcastle University
3 publications, 0.16%
Keio University
3 publications, 0.16%
Osaka University of Economics
3 publications, 0.16%
The Graduate University for Advanced Studies
3 publications, 0.16%
Tokushima Bunri University
3 publications, 0.16%
Kyoto Prefectural University
3 publications, 0.16%
Toyo University
3 publications, 0.16%
University of Hyogo
3 publications, 0.16%
Research Institute for Humanity and Nature
3 publications, 0.16%
Tokyo Gakugei University
3 publications, 0.16%
Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry
3 publications, 0.16%
Institute for Applied Geophysics named after E.K. Fedorov
2 publications, 0.11%
Physical Research Laboratory
2 publications, 0.11%
Yale University
2 publications, 0.11%
Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources
2 publications, 0.11%
Kyoto University of Education
2 publications, 0.11%
University of the Philippines Diliman
2 publications, 0.11%
Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
2 publications, 0.11%
Japan Atomic Energy Agency
2 publications, 0.11%
RIKEN-Institute of Physical and Chemical Research
2 publications, 0.11%
Japan Meteorological Agency
2 publications, 0.11%
Josai University
2 publications, 0.11%
University of Miyazaki
2 publications, 0.11%
Kyoto Sangyo University
2 publications, 0.11%
Ibaraki University
2 publications, 0.11%
Iwate Prefectural University
2 publications, 0.11%
University of Kitakyushu
2 publications, 0.11%
Kanagawa University
2 publications, 0.11%
Nara Women's University
2 publications, 0.11%
Teikyo Heisei University
2 publications, 0.11%
Tribhuvan University
2 publications, 0.11%
Tohoku Gakuin University
2 publications, 0.11%
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National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
8 publications, 13.33%
Shizuoka University
8 publications, 13.33%
University of Toyama
6 publications, 10%
Tokyo Metropolitan University
5 publications, 8.33%
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
4 publications, 6.67%
Kanazawa University
3 publications, 5%
University of Tokyo
3 publications, 5%
Waseda University
3 publications, 5%
Osaka Metropolitan University
3 publications, 5%
Yamagata University
3 publications, 5%
Fukuoka University
3 publications, 5%
Senshu University
3 publications, 5%
Tohoku University
2 publications, 3.33%
Kobe University
2 publications, 3.33%
Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology
2 publications, 3.33%
Institute for Applied Geophysics named after E.K. Fedorov
1 publication, 1.67%
Australian National University
1 publication, 1.67%
Newcastle University
1 publication, 1.67%
Nagoya University
1 publication, 1.67%
National Institute for Environmental Studies
1 publication, 1.67%
Japan Atomic Energy Agency
1 publication, 1.67%
Tokai University
1 publication, 1.67%
Kyushu University
1 publication, 1.67%
Chiba University
1 publication, 1.67%
Okayama University
1 publication, 1.67%
Kumamoto University
1 publication, 1.67%
Japan Meteorological Agency
1 publication, 1.67%
Shinshu University
1 publication, 1.67%
Ritsumeikan University
1 publication, 1.67%
Niigata University
1 publication, 1.67%
The Graduate University for Advanced Studies
1 publication, 1.67%
Hirosaki University
1 publication, 1.67%
Meiji University
1 publication, 1.67%
Doshisha University
1 publication, 1.67%
Akita University
1 publication, 1.67%
Hosei University
1 publication, 1.67%
Kochi University
1 publication, 1.67%
Meijo University
1 publication, 1.67%
Chuo University
1 publication, 1.67%
Ochanomizu University
1 publication, 1.67%
Okayama University of Science
1 publication, 1.67%
Fukushima University
1 publication, 1.67%
Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry
1 publication, 1.67%
Komazawa University
1 publication, 1.67%
Rissho University
1 publication, 1.67%
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Japan, 283, 15.01%
Japan
283 publications, 15.01%
USA, 6, 0.32%
USA
6 publications, 0.32%
Nigeria, 3, 0.16%
Nigeria
3 publications, 0.16%
Russia, 1, 0.05%
Russia
1 publication, 0.05%
Germany, 1, 0.05%
Germany
1 publication, 0.05%
Australia, 1, 0.05%
Australia
1 publication, 0.05%
United Kingdom, 1, 0.05%
United Kingdom
1 publication, 0.05%
Philippines, 1, 0.05%
Philippines
1 publication, 0.05%
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Publishing countries in 5 years

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Japan, 32, 53.33%
Japan
32 publications, 53.33%
Russia, 1, 1.67%
Russia
1 publication, 1.67%
USA, 1, 1.67%
USA
1 publication, 1.67%
Australia, 1, 1.67%
Australia
1 publication, 1.67%
United Kingdom, 1, 1.67%
United Kingdom
1 publication, 1.67%
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