Line Corporation (Japan)
In research, Line Corporation (Japan) stands highest in Physical Sciences (#5,045 of 12,888 worldwide) and Engineering (#4,110 of 6,636 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Civil and Structural Engineering — Civil and Structural Engineering is 7.2× its share of world research.
- World rank, 2022–2025
- #9,168 of 28,054 · #16,810 all time
- Rank in Japan
- #235 of 1,070
- Research works
- 926 ▲ 43% vs 2013–17
- Citations
- 8.6k 9.3 per fractional work
- Top-10% rate
- 11.0% record average 16.5%
- Open access
- 28% world 28%
What is Line Corporation (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 | #5,045 of 12,888 | 11.0% | 287 | #10052 | |
| EngineeringField | #4,110 of 6,636 | 9.7% | 170 | #6621 |
Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Line Corporation (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 Line Corporation (Japan) specialise in?
Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Civil and Structural Engineering takes 7.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.
- Civil and Structural EngineeringSubfield · 27.3 works7.2×
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: Engineering, 3.5×. Every wedge is a field page.
- Engineering 3.5×
- Chemical Engineering 2.3×
- Materials Science 2.2×
- Computer Science 2.1×
- Energy 1.6×
- Decision Sciences 1.2×
- Chemistry 1.1×
- Environmental Science 1.1×
- Earth and Planetary Sciences 1.0×
- Arts and Humanities 0.4×
- Physics and Astronomy 0.4×
- Mathematics 0.4×
- Immunology and Microbiology 0.3×
- Business, Management and Accounting 0.3×
- Social Sciences 0.2×
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 0.2×
- Neuroscience 0.2×
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance 0.1×
- Medicine 0.1×
- Health Professions 0.1×
- Psychology 0.1×
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences 0.1×
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics 0.0×
Who are the top researchers at Line Corporation (Japan)?
Ranked on the composite score, Ryuichi Yamamoto, Tatsuya Komatsu and Weibin Wang lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Line Corporation (Japan).
- 1 Ryuichi Yamamoto Japan · #837,985 worldwide 126 citations · 104 works
- 2 Tatsuya Komatsu Japan · #864,354 worldwide 38 citations · 22 works
- 3 Weibin Wang Japan · #1,005,755 worldwide 9 citations · 15 works
- 4 Masahito Togami Japan · #1,257,614 worldwide 24 citations · 22 works
- 5 Kentaro Tachibana Japan · #1,427,964 worldwide 22 citations · 15 works
- 6 Weibin Wang Japan · #1,528,802 worldwide 16 citations · 26 works
- 7 Qingshan Feng Japan · #1,615,607 worldwide 5 citations · 17 works
Which keywords describe research at Line Corporation (Japan)?
By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Pipeline, Corrosion, Pitting Corrosion, Deep Learning, Finite Element Analysis, Feature Extraction, Liquefaction and Tunnel.
- Fault Diagnosis
- Stainless Steels
- Steel
- Corrosion Behavior
- Laser Welding
- Welding
- Eddy Current Testing
- Material Characterization
- Defect Detection
- Offshore
- Risk Analysis
- Hydrogen Embrittlement
- Earthquake
- Analysis
- Tunnel
- Feature Extraction
- Mechanical Properties
- Renewable Energy
- Corrosion
- Pipeline
- Deep Learning
- Machine Learning
- Neural Networks
- Pitting Corrosion
- Finite Element Analysis
- Liquefaction
- Convolutional Neural Networks
- Natural Gas
- Seismic
- Numerical Simulation
- Steel Structures
- Reliability Assessment
- Optimization
- Heat Transfer
- Non-Destructive Evaluation
- Process Optimization
- Residual Stress
- Grain Boundary Engineering
- Passive Films
- Deep Neural Networks
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
- Deep Learning28▲ 2.5×40 topics
- Pipeline26▲ 73×3 topics
- Machine Learning24▲ 2.3×32 topics
- Corrosion18▲ 46×6 topics
- Neural Networks18▲ 3.6×27 topics
- Renewable Energy17▲ 3.7×22 topics
- Pitting Corrosion16▲ 101×2 topics
- Mechanical Properties16▲ 5.2×21 topics
- Finite Element Analysis14▲ 19×7 topics
- Feature Extraction14▲ 9.4×4 topics
- Liquefaction14▲ 47×2 topics
- Tunnel14▲ 47×2 topics
- Convolutional Neural Networks13▲ 5.6×7 topics
- Analysis13▲ 42×2 topics
- Natural Gas13▲ 43×3 topics
- Earthquake13▲ 66×1 topic
- Seismic13▲ 66×1 topic
- Hydrogen Embrittlement10▲ 39×3 topics
- Numerical Simulation10▲ 11×11 topics
- Risk Analysis10▲ 31×2 topics
- Steel Structures10▲ 83×2 topics
- Offshore10▲ 182×1 topic
- Reliability Assessment10▲ 73×1 topic
- Defect Detection10▲ 22×3 topics
- Optimization9▲ 6.3×7 topics
- Material Characterization9▲ 24×2 topics
- Heat Transfer9▲ 5.5×12 topics
- Eddy Current Testing8▲ 61×1 topic
- Non-Destructive Evaluation8▲ 61×1 topic
- Welding7▲ 34×2 topics
- Process Optimization7▲ 32×2 topics
- Laser Welding7▲ 43×1 topic
- Residual Stress7▲ 38×1 topic
- Corrosion Behavior6▲ 24×2 topics
- Grain Boundary Engineering6▲ 31×2 topics
- Steel6▲ 43×2 topics
- Passive Films6▲ 58×1 topic
- Stainless Steels6▲ 58×1 topic
- Deep Neural Networks6▲ 17×2 topics
- Fault Diagnosis6▲ 13×4 topics
Which research topics does Line Corporation (Japan) publish most on?
By volume in 2022–2025: Geotechnical Engineering and Underground Structures, Structural Integrity and Reliability Analysis, Non-Destructive Testing Techniques and Welding Techniques and Residual Stresses.
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Geotechnical Engineering and Underground Structures Civil and Structural Engineering 13 works
- 2 Structural Integrity and Reliability Analysis Mechanical Engineering 10 works
- 3 Non-Destructive Testing Techniques Mechanical Engineering 8 works
- 4 Welding Techniques and Residual Stresses Mechanical Engineering 7 works
- 5 Hydrogen embrittlement and corrosion behaviors in metals Metals and Alloys 6 works
- 6 Speech Recognition and Synthesis Artificial Intelligence 6 works
- 7 Speech and Audio Processing Signal Processing 5 works
- 8 Integrated Energy Systems Optimization Electrical and Electronic Engineering 5 works
- 9 Music and Audio Processing Signal Processing 5 works
- 10 Corrosion Behavior and Inhibition Materials Chemistry 4 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 Line Corporation (Japan)'s research output changed?
Output in 2018–2022 was 43% higher 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.