Kawasaki Heavy Industries (Japan)
In research, Kawasaki Heavy Industries (Japan) stands highest in Physical Sciences (#9,824 of 12,888 worldwide) and Engineering (#6,328 of 6,636 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Mechanical Engineering — Mechanical Engineering is 10.7× its share of world research.
- World rank, 2022–2025
- #19,900 of 28,054 · #8,910 all time
- Rank in Japan
- #574 of 1,070
- Research works
- 1.7k ▼ 11% vs 2013–17
- Citations
- 12k 7.0 per fractional work
- Top-10% rate
- 4.4% record average 16.5%
- Open access
- 37% world 28%
What is Kawasaki Heavy Industries (Japan) known for in research?
The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.
| Field | World rank | Where that sits | Top-10% rate | Works | All time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Physical SciencesDomain | #9,824 of 12,888 | 4.5% | 110 | #5290 | |
| EngineeringField | #6,328 of 6,636 | 4.0% | 83 | #2611 |
Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Kawasaki Heavy Industries (Japan) sits in it, in the colour of the band that rank falls in. The track under the rate is the rate itself: it carries no world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).
What does Kawasaki Heavy Industries (Japan) specialise in?
Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Mechanical Engineering takes 10.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.
- Mechanical EngineeringSubfield · 23.1 works11×
Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.
Field profile
Location quotient across every field it publishes in: outside the ring is more than an institution of this size would be expected to publish, inside it is less.
Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Chemical Engineering, 11.2×. Every wedge is a field page.
- Chemical Engineering 11.2×
- Engineering 4.7×
- Energy 1.9×
- Decision Sciences 1.2×
- Materials Science 1.1×
- Computer Science 0.9×
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance 0.8×
- Earth and Planetary Sciences 0.7×
- Physics and Astronomy 0.5×
- Environmental Science 0.5×
- Chemistry 0.4×
- Mathematics 0.4×
- Health Professions 0.2×
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences 0.1×
- Business, Management and Accounting 0.1×
- Psychology 0.1×
- Arts and Humanities 0.1×
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 0.1×
- Social Sciences 0.1×
- Medicine 0.0×
Who are the top researchers at Kawasaki Heavy Industries (Japan)?
Ranked on the composite score, Minoru Yokoyama, Yuji Shindo and Yasuhiro Kinoshita lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Kawasaki Heavy Industries (Japan).
- 1 Minoru Yokoyama Japan · #671,500 worldwide 20 citations · 23 works
- 2 Yuji Shindo Japan · #839,677 worldwide 118 citations · 36 works
- 3 Yasuhiro Kinoshita Japan · #1,133,321 worldwide 29 citations · 29 works
- 4 Yukio Fukushima Japan · #1,155,664 worldwide 7 citations · 15 works
- 5 Hiroo Fujii Japan · #1,175,396 worldwide 5 citations · 18 works
- 6 Mitsuaki Tanaka Japan · #1,267,130 worldwide 12 citations · 18 works
- 7 Akio Ochi Japan · #1,365,952 worldwide 30 citations · 23 works
- 8 Yuko Hirase Japan · #1,398,907 worldwide 54 citations · 15 works
- 9 Sadao Fujii Japan · #1,529,439 worldwide 20 citations · 20 works
Which keywords describe research at Kawasaki Heavy Industries (Japan)?
By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Heat Transfer, Numerical Simulation, Large-Eddy Simulation, Mechanical Properties, Chemical Kinetics, Microstructure, Emissions and Fluid Dynamics.
- Tribological Performance
- Microstructural Evolution
- Machine Vision
- Robot Learning
- Turbulent Flames
- Numerical Modeling
- Electrocatalysis
- Carbon Dioxide Capture
- Assembly Planning
- Separation Control
- Residual Stress
- Welding
- Structural Analysis
- Soot Formation
- Combustion
- Failure Analysis
- Emissions
- Chemical Kinetics
- Large-Eddy Simulation
- Numerical Simulation
- Heat Transfer
- Mechanical Properties
- Deep Learning
- Microstructure
- Fluid Dynamics
- Material Properties
- Process Optimization
- Design Optimization
- Combustion Instabilities
- Laser Welding
- Virtual Prototyping
- Boundary Layer
- CO2 Capture Technology
- Design for Manufacture
- Multi-Agent Systems
- Premixed Combustion
- Grasping
- CO2 Capture
- Vehicle Dynamics
- Autonomous Vehicles
Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of this institution'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
- Heat Transfer10▲ 16×7 topics
- Numerical Simulation8▲ 23×7 topics
- Mechanical Properties7▲ 6.1×12 topics
- Large-Eddy Simulation6▲ 28×5 topics
- Deep Learning6▲ 1.55×14 topics
- Chemical Kinetics6▲ 57×2 topics
- Microstructure5▲ 8.8×8 topics
- Emissions4▲ 18×4 topics
- Fluid Dynamics4▲ 26×3 topics
- Failure Analysis4▲ 36×2 topics
- Material Properties4▲ 32×2 topics
- Combustion4▲ 48×1 topic
- Process Optimization4▲ 44×2 topics
- Soot Formation4▲ 66×1 topic
- Design Optimization3▲ 75×1 topic
- Structural Analysis3▲ 31×1 topic
- Combustion Instabilities3▲ 45×2 topics
- Welding3▲ 40×2 topics
- Laser Welding3▲ 53×1 topic
- Residual Stress3▲ 47×1 topic
- Virtual Prototyping3▲ 27×2 topics
- Separation Control3▲ 85×2 topics
- Boundary Layer3▲ 18×3 topics
- Assembly Planning2▲ 28×1 topic
- CO2 Capture Technology2▲ 60×1 topic
- Carbon Dioxide Capture2▲ 24×1 topic
- Design for Manufacture2▲ 28×1 topic
- Electrocatalysis2▲ 7.1×3 topics
- Multi-Agent Systems2▲ 11×4 topics
- Numerical Modeling2▲ 19×3 topics
- Premixed Combustion2▲ 53×1 topic
- Turbulent Flames2▲ 53×1 topic
- Grasping2▲ 53×1 topic
- Robot Learning2▲ 53×1 topic
- CO2 Capture2▲ 12×2 topics
- Machine Vision2▲ 8.2×2 topics
- Vehicle Dynamics2▲ 33×2 topics
- Microstructural Evolution2▲ 12×3 topics
- Autonomous Vehicles2▲ 8.2×2 topics
- Tribological Performance2▲ 29×2 topics
Which research topics does Kawasaki Heavy Industries (Japan) publish most on?
By volume in 2022–2025: Advanced Combustion Engine Technologies, Engineering Applied Research, Welding Techniques and Residual Stresses and Manufacturing Process and Optimization.
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Advanced Combustion Engine Technologies Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes 4 works
- 2 Engineering Applied Research Civil and Structural Engineering 3 works
- 3 Welding Techniques and Residual Stresses Mechanical Engineering 3 works
- 4 Manufacturing Process and Optimization Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 2 works
- 5 Carbon Dioxide Capture Technologies Mechanical Engineering 2 works
- 6 Combustion and flame dynamics Computational Mechanics 2 works
- 7 Robot Manipulation and Learning Control and Systems Engineering 2 works
- 8 Advanced Manufacturing and Logistics Optimization Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 2 works
- 9 Advanced Welding Techniques Analysis Mechanical Engineering 2 works
- 10 Turbomachinery Performance and Optimization Aerospace Engineering 2 works
How open and international is its research?
Against the world’s own shares — the tick on each track. Both are shares of its output, so they sit on one scale and can be read against each other as well as against the world.
World: 28% of research is openly available.
World: 19% is written across borders.
How has Kawasaki Heavy Industries (Japan)'s research output changed?
Output in 2018–2022 was 11% lower than in 2013–2017.
The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.
Other research institutions in Tokyo
- The University of Tokyo
- Tokyo Institute of Technology
- Keio University
- Waseda University
- Tokyo University of Science
- Nihon University
- Hitachi (Japan)
- NTT (Japan)
Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners are in the interactive view on the map.