*Basic life science includes agrology, biology/biochemistry, immunology, microbiology, molecular biology/genetics, neuroscience/behavioral science, pharmacology/toxicology, botany/zoology.
**Others include economics, business administration, interdisciplinary studies, social science, and other research areas that cannot be categorized.
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Share of scientific paper publications Japan 2023, by field
In 2023, about ****Â percent of paper publications on science and technology in Japan were in the field of clinical medicine, psychiatry, and psychology. Around ****Â percent were publications in basic life science areas such as biology, biochemistry, microbiology, and zoology.
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