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Research in Kokubunji

Science Explorer records 2 research institutions in Kokubunji, Japan. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Railway Technical Research Institute.

Research institutions
2
1 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
3.4k
▼ 31% vs 2018-21
Citations
19k
5.6 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
4.3%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Kokubunji

A city carries no overall standing here. The quality score is built for institutions and countries, the units its floors and field normalisation were designed around. An empty rank on this page is a statement about the measure, not about the place.

Which research institutions are in Kokubunji?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Railway Technical Research InstituteResearch facility 3,253 #13,661
2Daiichi Institute of TechnologyUniversity 148 #30,215 all time

By fractional works over the whole record; world rank on research quality in 2022-now. Bars are scaled to the largest institution in this city, not to anything off the page.

Which fields of science does Kokubunji work in?

In 2022-now, 88% of research in Kokubunji is in Physical Sciences, 7% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (73%), Computer Science (6%), Environmental Science (3%). It does 2.2× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 411 fractional works · 88.2% of its workEngineering: 340 fractional works · 73.0% of its workMechanical Engineering: 89 fractional works · 19.2% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 84 fractional works · 18.0% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 28 fractional works · 6.0% of its workMechanics of Materials: 23 fractional works · 5.0% of its workAerospace Engineering: 23 fractional works · 4.9% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 20 fractional works · 4.3% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 19 fractional works · 4.0% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 11 fractional works · 2.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 10 fractional works · 2.2% of its workGeneral Engineering: 9 fractional works · 2.0% of its workOcean Engineering: 5 fractional works · 1.2% of its workComputational Mechanics: 5 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 5 fractional works · 1.1% of its workBuilding and Construction: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMedia Technology: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Science: 27 fractional works · 5.8% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 7 fractional works · 1.5% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInformation Systems: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSignal Processing: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSoftware: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 14 fractional works · 3.0% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 12 fractional works · 2.5% of its workGeophysics: 6 fractional works · 1.4% of its workAtmospheric Science: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOceanography: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 8 fractional works · 1.7% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMaterials Science: 8 fractional works · 1.6% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 34 fractional works · 7.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 14 fractional works · 2.9% of its workTransportation: 6 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSafety Research: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 11 fractional works · 2.4% of its workSocial Psychology: 6 fractional works · 1.4% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStrategy and Management: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 15 fractional works · 3.1% of its workMedicine: 11 fractional works · 2.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth Professions: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLife Sciences: 7 fractional works · 1.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKKokubunji466fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences1%Physical Sciences88%Health Sciences3%Social Sciences7%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this city does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 22 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering34073.0%
    2. Computer Science275.8%
    3. Environmental Science143.0%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences122.5%
    5. Physics and Astronomy81.7%
    6. Materials Science81.6%
    7. Mathematics20.4%
    8. Energy10.2%
    9. Chemistry00.0%
    10. Chemical Engineering00.0%
    1. Social Sciences142.9%
    2. Psychology112.4%
    3. Decision Sciences40.9%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting20.5%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance20.4%
    6. Arts and Humanities10.2%
    1. Medicine112.4%
    2. Health Professions30.7%
    3. Nursing00.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology40.8%
    2. Neuroscience20.4%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences10.3%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Kokubunji strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Kokubunji is most concentrated in Civil and Structural Engineering, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering and Mechanical Engineering (15.8× the world share in Civil and Structural Engineering).

  1. Civil and Structural EngineeringSubfield · 79.0 works16×
  2. Industrial and Manufacturing EngineeringSubfield · 24.8 works11×
  3. Mechanical EngineeringSubfield · 83.1 works11×
  4. Mechanics of MaterialsSubfield · 22.0 works7.2×
  5. EngineeringField · 314.3 works4.9×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient against the world baseline. Inside a single field a city is a meaningful unit, which is why this is where a city is measured at all.

The whole field profile

All 24 fields at once: above the ring is more than a place this size would be expected to do. A specialist and a generalist produce the same ranked list and a completely different shape.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.14× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.75× its world share, 25 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.58× its world share, 11 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 4.92× its world share, 314 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.59× its world share, 12 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.46× its world share, 7 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.33× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.65× its world share, 6 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.27× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.13× its world share, 10 worksMedicineNursing: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.02× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.82× its world share, 11 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.23× its world share, 12 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Engineering, 4.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 21 fields, with their numbers
  1. Engineering4.92×314 works
  2. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.58×11 works
  3. Decision Sciences1.02×4 works
  4. Psychology0.82×11 works
  5. Computer Science0.75×25 works
  6. Physics and Astronomy0.65×6 works
  7. Environmental Science0.59×12 works
  8. Materials Science0.46×7 works
  9. Mathematics0.33×2 works
  10. Health Professions0.27×3 works
  11. Social Sciences0.23×12 works
  12. Neuroscience0.19×1 works
  13. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.14×3 works
  14. Medicine0.13×10 works
  15. Energy0.11×0 works
  16. Business, Management and Accounting0.08×1 works
  17. Arts and Humanities0.07×1 works
  18. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.06×1 works
  19. Nursing0.04×0 works
  20. Chemistry0.02×0 works
  21. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.02×0 works

Which keywords describe research in Kokubunji?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: High-Speed Trains, Rolling Contact Fatigue, Dynamic Interaction, Ground Vibration, Railway Dynamics, Numerical Simulation, Energy Efficiency and Finite Element Method.

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's

Size is fractional works in 2022-now in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of this city's work against its share of the world's. The 40 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 40 words, with their numbers
  1. High-Speed Trains70▲ 231×3 topics
  2. Rolling Contact Fatigue50▲ 182×2 topics
  3. Dynamic Interaction49▲ 167×2 topics
  4. Ground Vibration45▲ 349×1 topic
  5. Railway Dynamics45▲ 349×1 topic
  6. Numerical Simulation38▲ 28×6 topics
  7. Energy Efficiency29▲ 6.7×13 topics
  8. Finite Element Method26▲ 57×3 topics
  9. Failure Analysis25▲ 58×3 topics
  10. Fatigue Analysis24▲ 192×2 topics
  11. Material Properties24▲ 54×2 topics
  12. Structural Analysis24▲ 58×3 topics
  13. Design Optimization24▲ 138×1 topic
  14. Mechanical Engineering24▲ 138×1 topic
  15. Traffic Management22▲ 102×2 topics
  16. Railway Timetabling20▲ 239×1 topic
  17. Train Scheduling20▲ 239×1 topic
  18. Optimization19▲ 9.0×8 topics
  19. Analysis17▲ 41×3 topics
  20. Vehicle Dynamics17▲ 63×2 topics
  21. Railway Bridges14▲ 81×2 topics
  22. Aerodynamics14▲ 40×1 topic
  23. Crosswind14▲ 104×1 topic
  24. Drag Reduction14▲ 65×2 topics
  25. Nonlinear Dynamics12▲ 12×4 topics
  26. Soil Reinforcement12▲ 40×2 topics
  27. Numerical Analysis12▲ 52×2 topics
  28. Fiber Reinforcement12▲ 41×1 topic
  29. Geosynthetics12▲ 51×1 topic
  30. Finite Element Analysis11▲ 11×9 topics
  31. Pipeline11▲ 23×3 topics
  32. Electrical Contact Materials11▲ 263×1 topic
  33. Finite Element Simulation11▲ 78×2 topics
  34. Pantograph-Catenary Interaction11▲ 263×1 topic
  35. Design10▲ 14×2 topics
  36. Thermal Analysis10▲ 17×6 topics
  37. Monitoring10▲ 23×2 topics
  38. Engineering9▲ 44×2 topics
  39. Experimental Study9▲ 35×1 topic
  40. Research9▲ 16×1 topic

What research is done in Kokubunji?

Railway Engineering and …43Railway Engineering and Dynamics: 43 fractional worksEngineering Applied Rese…23Engineering Applied Research: 23 fractional worksRailway Systems and Ener…18Railway Systems and Energy Efficiency: 18 fractional worksAerodynamics and Fluid Dynamics Research: 13 fractional worksGeotechnical Engineering and Soil Stabilization: 11 fractional worksElectrical Contact Perfo…10Electrical Contact Performance and Analysis: 10 fractional worksCivil and Geotechnical Engineering Research: 9 fractional worksMechanical stress and fatigue analysis: 7 fractional worksGeotechnical Engineering and Underground Structures: 6 fractional worksStructural Health Monitoring Techniques: 6 fractional works
Mechanical EngineeringCivil and Structural EngineeringIndustrial and Manufacturing EngineeringAerospace Engineering2 others

Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.

  1. 1 Railway Engineering and Dynamics Mechanical Engineering 43 works
  2. 2 Engineering Applied Research Civil and Structural Engineering 23 works
  3. 3 Railway Systems and Energy Efficiency Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 18 works
  4. 4 Aerodynamics and Fluid Dynamics Research Aerospace Engineering 13 works
  5. 5 Geotechnical Engineering and Soil Stabilization Civil and Structural Engineering 11 works
  6. 6 Electrical Contact Performance and Analysis Mechanical Engineering 10 works
  7. 7 Civil and Geotechnical Engineering Research General Engineering 9 works
  8. 8 Mechanical stress and fatigue analysis Mechanics of Materials 7 works
  9. 9 Geotechnical Engineering and Underground Structures Civil and Structural Engineering 6 works
  10. 10 Structural Health Monitoring Techniques Civil and Structural Engineering 6 works

Research output over time

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting10%20%all institutions10.0% in 2025Kokubunji4.5% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 17.8% in 2007.

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