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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.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll 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.

  1. Mechanical EngineeringSubfield · 23.1 works11×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

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.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Chemical Engineering: 11.15× its world share, 5 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.44× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.93× its world share, 8 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.74× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.91× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 4.72× its world share, 83 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.49× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.05× its world share, 4 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.42× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.50× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.19× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.80× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Chemical Engineering, 11.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

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. 1 Minoru Yokoyama Japan · #671,500 worldwide 20 citations · 23 works
  2. 2 Yuji Shindo Japan · #839,677 worldwide 118 citations · 36 works
  3. 3 Yasuhiro Kinoshita Japan · #1,133,321 worldwide 29 citations · 29 works
  4. 4 Yukio Fukushima Japan · #1,155,664 worldwide 7 citations · 15 works
  5. 5 Hiroo Fujii Japan · #1,175,396 worldwide 5 citations · 18 works
  6. 6 Mitsuaki Tanaka Japan · #1,267,130 worldwide 12 citations · 18 works
  7. 7 Akio Ochi Japan · #1,365,952 worldwide 30 citations · 23 works
  8. 8 Yuko Hirase Japan · #1,398,907 worldwide 54 citations · 15 works
  9. 9 Sadao Fujii Japan · #1,529,439 worldwide 20 citations · 20 works
All ranked researchers at Kawasaki Heavy Industries (Japan)

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.

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

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 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
  1. Heat Transfer10▲ 16×7 topics
  2. Numerical Simulation8▲ 23×7 topics
  3. Mechanical Properties7▲ 6.1×12 topics
  4. Large-Eddy Simulation6▲ 28×5 topics
  5. Deep Learning6▲ 1.55×14 topics
  6. Chemical Kinetics6▲ 57×2 topics
  7. Microstructure5▲ 8.8×8 topics
  8. Emissions4▲ 18×4 topics
  9. Fluid Dynamics4▲ 26×3 topics
  10. Failure Analysis4▲ 36×2 topics
  11. Material Properties4▲ 32×2 topics
  12. Combustion4▲ 48×1 topic
  13. Process Optimization4▲ 44×2 topics
  14. Soot Formation4▲ 66×1 topic
  15. Design Optimization3▲ 75×1 topic
  16. Structural Analysis3▲ 31×1 topic
  17. Combustion Instabilities3▲ 45×2 topics
  18. Welding3▲ 40×2 topics
  19. Laser Welding3▲ 53×1 topic
  20. Residual Stress3▲ 47×1 topic
  21. Virtual Prototyping3▲ 27×2 topics
  22. Separation Control3▲ 85×2 topics
  23. Boundary Layer3▲ 18×3 topics
  24. Assembly Planning2▲ 28×1 topic
  25. CO2 Capture Technology2▲ 60×1 topic
  26. Carbon Dioxide Capture2▲ 24×1 topic
  27. Design for Manufacture2▲ 28×1 topic
  28. Electrocatalysis2▲ 7.1×3 topics
  29. Multi-Agent Systems2▲ 11×4 topics
  30. Numerical Modeling2▲ 19×3 topics
  31. Premixed Combustion2▲ 53×1 topic
  32. Turbulent Flames2▲ 53×1 topic
  33. Grasping2▲ 53×1 topic
  34. Robot Learning2▲ 53×1 topic
  35. CO2 Capture2▲ 12×2 topics
  36. Machine Vision2▲ 8.2×2 topics
  37. Vehicle Dynamics2▲ 33×2 topics
  38. Microstructural Evolution2▲ 12×3 topics
  39. Autonomous Vehicles2▲ 8.2×2 topics
  40. 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.

  1. 1 Advanced Combustion Engine Technologies Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes 4 works
  2. 2 Engineering Applied Research Civil and Structural Engineering 3 works
  3. 3 Welding Techniques and Residual Stresses Mechanical Engineering 3 works
  4. 4 Manufacturing Process and Optimization Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 2 works
  5. 5 Carbon Dioxide Capture Technologies Mechanical Engineering 2 works
  6. 6 Combustion and flame dynamics Computational Mechanics 2 works
  7. 7 Robot Manipulation and Learning Control and Systems Engineering 2 works
  8. 8 Advanced Manufacturing and Logistics Optimization Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 2 works
  9. 9 Advanced Welding Techniques Analysis Mechanical Engineering 2 works
  10. 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.

openly available36.9%not open63.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors8.8%domestic only91.2%

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.

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The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

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