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Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (Japan)

In research, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (Japan) stands highest in Physical Sciences (#10,690 of 12,888 worldwide) and Engineering (#5,725 of 6,636 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#21,854
of 28,054 · #4,709 all time
Rank in Japan
#679
of 1,070
Research works
2.1k
▼ 11% vs 2013–17
Citations
25k
11.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
16%
world 28%

What is Mitsubishi 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 #10,690 of 12,888 8.8%123 #2883
EngineeringField #5,725 of 6,636 9.0%90 #1573

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Mitsubishi 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).

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: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 8.80× its world share, 4 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.33× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.80× its world share, 8 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.11× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.45× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 4.63× its world share, 90 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.38× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 2.52× its world share, 11 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.38× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.78× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.32× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksMedicineNursing: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksNursingBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.85× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.32× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.04× 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, 8.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (Japan)?

Ranked on the composite score, Toshimitsu Tetsui, Yoshiaki Takeuchi and Jun Izumi lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (Japan).

  1. 1 Toshimitsu Tetsui Japan · #384,627 worldwide 102 citations · 15 works
  2. 2 Yoshiaki Takeuchi Japan · #547,713 worldwide 42 citations · 25 works
  3. 3 Jun Izumi Japan · #718,651 worldwide 77 citations · 27 works
  4. 4 Genta Takano Japan · #948,489 worldwide 18 citations · 15 works
  5. 5 Yasushi Oda Japan · #1,156,167 worldwide 41 citations · 15 works
  6. 6 M. Onozuka Japan · #1,291,349 worldwide 41 citations · 27 works
  7. 7 Toshihide IGARI Japan · #1,400,214 worldwide 20 citations · 28 works
  8. 8 Naoki Ogawa Japan · #1,462,710 worldwide 22 citations · 15 works
  9. 9 Hitoshi Sakamoto Japan · #1,531,115 worldwide 15 citations · 17 works
  10. 10 H. Yamamoto Japan · #1,569,089 worldwide 13 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (Japan)

Which keywords describe research at Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (Japan)?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Heat Transfer, Large-Eddy Simulation, Numerical Simulation, Boundary Layer, Fluid Dynamics, Chemical Kinetics, Separation Control and Film Cooling.

▲ 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 Transfer17▲ 26×13 topics
  2. Large-Eddy Simulation11▲ 45×5 topics
  3. Numerical Simulation9▲ 24×8 topics
  4. Boundary Layer6▲ 39×3 topics
  5. Fluid Dynamics6▲ 34×3 topics
  6. Chemical Kinetics6▲ 51×2 topics
  7. Separation Control6▲ 171×2 topics
  8. Film Cooling6▲ 279×1 topic
  9. Turbine6▲ 279×1 topic
  10. Microstructure5▲ 6.8×6 topics
  11. Energy Efficiency4▲ 3.4×9 topics
  12. Failure Analysis4▲ 32×2 topics
  13. Finite Element Method4▲ 31×3 topics
  14. Multiphase Flow4▲ 34×3 topics
  15. Material Properties4▲ 29×2 topics
  16. Product Development4▲ 53×2 topics
  17. Structural Analysis4▲ 31×2 topics
  18. Design Optimization4▲ 72×1 topic
  19. Fatigue Analysis4▲ 93×1 topic
  20. Thermal Management4▲ 8.2×6 topics
  21. Turbulent Flows4▲ 27×3 topics
  22. Fluid-Structure Interaction4▲ 18×4 topics
  23. Finite Element Analysis3▲ 11×6 topics
  24. Hydrogen Embrittlement3▲ 30×3 topics
  25. Vortex Dynamics3▲ 22×3 topics
  26. Combustion3▲ 38×2 topics
  27. Combustion Instabilities3▲ 37×1 topic
  28. Internal Combustion Engines3▲ 50×1 topic
  29. Nonlinear Dynamics3▲ 10×4 topics
  30. Oxidation Resistance3▲ 22×2 topics
  31. Power Electronics3▲ 6.9×6 topics
  32. Soot Formation3▲ 50×1 topic
  33. Turbulent Flames3▲ 58×1 topic
  34. Microstructural Evolution3▲ 14×4 topics
  35. Molten Salt3▲ 67×1 topic
  36. Nuclear Reactor3▲ 67×1 topic
  37. Stability Analysis3▲ 13×2 topics
  38. Vibration Analysis3▲ 7.9×4 topics
  39. Accident Tolerant Fuels3▲ 57×1 topic
  40. Fuel Cladding3▲ 57×1 topic

Which research topics does Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (Japan) publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Turbomachinery Performance and Optimization, Engineering Applied Research, Combustion and flame dynamics and Advanced Combustion Engine Technologies.

Turbomachinery Performance and Optimization: 6 fractional worksEngineering Applied Research: 4 fractional worksCombustion and flame dyn…3Combustion and flame dynamics: 3 fractional worksAdvanced Combustion Engi…3Advanced Combustion Engine Technologies: 3 fractional worksNuclear reactor physics and engineering: 3 fractional worksNuclear Materials and Properties: 3 fractional worksFatigue and fracture mec…2Fatigue and fracture mechanics: 2 fractional worksHigh Temperature Alloys …2High Temperature Alloys and Creep: 2 fractional worksGraphite, nuclear techno…2Graphite, nuclear technology, radiation studies: 2 fractional worksFluid Dynamics and Turbu…2Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows: 2 fractional works
Aerospace EngineeringCivil and Structural EngineeringComputational MechanicsFluid Flow and Transfer Processes3 others

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

  1. 1 Turbomachinery Performance and Optimization Aerospace Engineering 6 works
  2. 2 Engineering Applied Research Civil and Structural Engineering 4 works
  3. 3 Combustion and flame dynamics Computational Mechanics 3 works
  4. 4 Advanced Combustion Engine Technologies Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes 3 works
  5. 5 Nuclear reactor physics and engineering Aerospace Engineering 3 works
  6. 6 Nuclear Materials and Properties Materials Chemistry 3 works
  7. 7 Fatigue and fracture mechanics Mechanics of Materials 2 works
  8. 8 High Temperature Alloys and Creep Mechanical Engineering 2 works
  9. 9 Graphite, nuclear technology, radiation studies Materials Chemistry 2 works
  10. 10 Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows Computational Mechanics 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 available15.9%not open84.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors21.5%domestic only78.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Mitsubishi 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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