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Kobe City College of Technology

In research, Kobe City College of Technology stands highest in Physical Sciences (#9,750 of 12,888 worldwide) and Engineering (#6,614 of 6,636 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Engineering — Electrical and Electronic Engineering is 4.8× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#19,420
of 28,054 · #17,787 all time
Rank in Japan
#551
of 1,070
Research works
862
▼ 5% vs 2013–17
Citations
4.5k
5.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
2.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
46%
world 28%

What is Kobe City College of Technology 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 #9,750 of 12,888 1.5%108 #10029
EngineeringField #6,614 of 6,636 0.2%73 #9723

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Kobe City College of Technology 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 Kobe City College of Technology specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Electrical and Electronic Engineering takes 4.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Electrical and Electronic EngineeringSubfield · 20.3 works4.8×
  2. EngineeringField · 73.3 works4.2×
← 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: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.81× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.99× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.32× its world share, 12 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.56× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.92× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 4.15× its world share, 73 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.74× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 2.27× its world share, 9 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.81× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.40× its world share, 4 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksMedicineNursing: 1.73× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.39× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.29× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Engineering, 4.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Kobe City College of Technology?

Ranked on the composite score, Kohji UNO, Toshihiko Shimizu and Tadahiro OYAMA lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Kobe City College of Technology.

  1. 1 Kohji UNO Japan · #298,591 worldwide 26 citations · 39 works
  2. 2 Toshihiko Shimizu Japan · #579,898 worldwide 19 citations · 37 works
  3. 3 Tadahiro OYAMA Japan · #664,986 worldwide 1 citations · 20 works
  4. 4 Tomoyuki Kumano Japan · #917,497 worldwide 9 citations · 17 works
  5. 5 Takeshi Miyamoto Japan · #926,076 worldwide 77 citations · 56 works
  6. 6 Tetsuya KAKINOKI Japan · #962,658 worldwide 15 citations · 27 works
  7. 7 Gozo TSUJIMOTO Japan · #1,116,182 worldwide 39 citations · 63 works
  8. 8 Masahiko Sakai Japan · #1,132,358 worldwide 39 citations · 92 works
  9. 9 Kazuyoshi WASEDA Japan · #1,161,524 worldwide 0 citations · 17 works
  10. 10 Masataka Minami Japan · #1,185,796 worldwide 32 citations · 20 works
All ranked researchers at Kobe City College of Technology

Which keywords describe research at Kobe City College of Technology?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Power Electronics, Renewable Energy Integration, Fault Tolerance, Photovoltaic Systems, Electric Vehicle Charging, Model Predictive Control, Multilevel Converters and Mechanical Properties.

▲ 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. Power Electronics13▲ 34×5 topics
  2. Renewable Energy Integration10▲ 26×3 topics
  3. Deep Learning6▲ 1.44×11 topics
  4. Mechanical Properties6▲ 5.0×13 topics
  5. Neural Networks5▲ 3.0×8 topics
  6. Fault Tolerance5▲ 27×2 topics
  7. Electric Vehicle Charging5▲ 46×2 topics
  8. Photovoltaic Systems5▲ 46×2 topics
  9. Model Predictive Control5▲ 15×1 topic
  10. Multilevel Converters5▲ 71×1 topic
  11. Polymer Composites4▲ 14×3 topics
  12. DC-DC Converters4▲ 61×1 topic
  13. High-Frequency Power Conversion4▲ 61×1 topic
  14. Biomedical Applications4▲ 2.9×6 topics
  15. Thermal Management4▲ 10×4 topics
  16. Robotic Manipulators4▲ 35×3 topics
  17. Self-Assembly4▲ 9.9×3 topics
  18. Modular Robots3▲ 70×1 topic
  19. Self-Reconfiguration3▲ 70×1 topic
  20. Soft Robotics3▲ 39×2 topics
  21. Dynamic Modeling3▲ 63×2 topics
  22. Bioinspired Robotics3▲ 72×1 topic
  23. Continuum Robots3▲ 72×1 topic
  24. Thermal Analysis3▲ 20×4 topics
  25. Efficiency Optimization3▲ 51×2 topics
  26. Grasping3▲ 64×1 topic
  27. Robot Learning3▲ 64×1 topic
  28. STEM Education3▲ 5.2×2 topics
  29. Adaptive Control3▲ 17×5 topics
  30. Kinematic Analysis3▲ 101×1 topic
  31. Path Planning3▲ 18×3 topics
  32. Robot Manipulators3▲ 101×1 topic
  33. High-Frequency Applications2▲ 43×2 topics
  34. Induction Heating2▲ 106×1 topic
  35. Learning Environments2▲ 72×1 topic
  36. Resonant Inverters2▲ 106×1 topic
  37. Robotics Programming2▲ 209×1 topic
  38. Energy Harvesting2▲ 11×2 topics
  39. Boron Nitride2▲ 74×1 topic
  40. Thermal Conductivity2▲ 12×1 topic

Which research topics does Kobe City College of Technology publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Multilevel Inverters and Converters, Advanced DC-DC Converters, Modular Robots and Swarm Intelligence and Soft Robotics and Applications.

Multilevel Inverters and…5Multilevel Inverters and Converters: 5 fractional worksAdvanced DC-DC Converters4Advanced DC-DC Converters: 4 fractional worksModular Robots and Swarm…3Modular Robots and Swarm Intelligence: 3 fractional worksSoft Robotics and Applic…3Soft Robotics and Applications: 3 fractional worksRobot Manipulation and Learning: 3 fractional worksRobotic Mechanisms and Dynamics: 3 fractional worksInduction Heating and In…2Induction Heating and Inverter Technology: 2 fractional worksEducational Robotics and Engineering: 2 fractional worksThermal properties of materials: 2 fractional worksRobotic Path Planning Al…2Robotic Path Planning Algorithms: 2 fractional works
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringMechanical EngineeringBiomedical EngineeringControl and Systems Engineering3 others

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

  1. 1 Multilevel Inverters and Converters Electrical and Electronic Engineering 5 works
  2. 2 Advanced DC-DC Converters Electrical and Electronic Engineering 4 works
  3. 3 Modular Robots and Swarm Intelligence Mechanical Engineering 3 works
  4. 4 Soft Robotics and Applications Biomedical Engineering 3 works
  5. 5 Robot Manipulation and Learning Control and Systems Engineering 3 works
  6. 6 Robotic Mechanisms and Dynamics Control and Systems Engineering 3 works
  7. 7 Induction Heating and Inverter Technology Mechanical Engineering 2 works
  8. 8 Educational Robotics and Engineering Artificial Intelligence 2 works
  9. 9 Thermal properties of materials Materials Chemistry 2 works
  10. 10 Robotic Path Planning Algorithms Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 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 available45.6%not open54.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors5.9%domestic only94.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Kobe City College of Technology's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 5% 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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