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Mitsubishi Materials (Japan)

In research, Mitsubishi Materials (Japan) stands highest in Engineering (#5,867 of 9,532 worldwide), Materials Science (#2,374 of 3,771 worldwide) and Materials Chemistry (#1,874 of 2,613 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022-now
#22,020
of 22,385 · #23,669 all time
Rank in Japan
#870
of 924
Research works
960
▲ 18% vs 2018-21
Citations
12k
12.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
2.2%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.93×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
41%
world 40%
International
21%
world 18%
Mitsubishi Materials (Japan)

What is Mitsubishi Materials (Japan) known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
EngineeringField #5,867 of 9,532 4.6%436
Materials ScienceField #2,374 of 3,771 5.1%243
Materials ChemistrySubfield #1,874 of 2,613 3.8%155
Physical SciencesDomain #13,405 of 17,446 4.5%896

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Mitsubishi Materials (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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Mitsubishi Materials (Japan) work in?

In 2022-now, 91% of research at Mitsubishi Materials (Japan) is in Physical Sciences, 5% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (52%), Materials Science (22%), Medicine (5%). It does 2.2× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 65 fractional works · 91.4% of its workEngineering: 37 fractional works · 52.0% of its workMechanical Engineering: 14 fractional works · 19.5% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 8 fractional works · 11.5% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 4 fractional works · 5.8% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 3.8% of its workAerospace Engineering: 2 fractional works · 3.1% of its workMechanics of Materials: 2 fractional works · 3.1% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 2 fractional works · 2.4% of its workComputational Mechanics: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 16 fractional works · 22.3% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 10 fractional works · 14.0% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 2 fractional works · 2.7% of its workCeramics and Composites: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGeneral Materials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiomaterials: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 3 fractional works · 4.4% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3 fractional works · 3.5% of its workGeophysics: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 2 fractional works · 2.6% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workElectrochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSpectroscopy: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 2 fractional works · 2.4% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workFluid Flow and Transfer Processes: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCatalysis: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 4 fractional works · 5.1% of its workMedicine: 4 fractional works · 5.1% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNephrology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOphthalmology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLife Sciences: 2 fractional works · 2.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workStructural Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSociology and Political Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKMitsubishiMaterials (Japan)71fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences2%Physical Sciences91%Health Sciences5%Social Sciences1%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 17 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering3752.0%
    2. Materials Science1622.3%
    3. Environmental Science34.4%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences33.5%
    5. Chemistry22.6%
    6. Computer Science22.4%
    7. Physics and Astronomy11.6%
    8. Chemical Engineering11.5%
    9. Energy11.0%
    10. Mathematics00.2%
    1. Medicine45.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology11.7%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.4%
    3. Neuroscience00.3%
    1. Decision Sciences00.7%
    2. Social Sciences00.4%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.32× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 4.27× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.64× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.31× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.25× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.07× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 3.46× its world share, 37 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.89× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 6.38× its world share, 16 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.71× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyMedicine: 0.27× its world share, 4 worksMedicineDecision Sciences: 0.73× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Social Sciences: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Materials Science, 6.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 17 fields, with their numbers
  1. Materials Science6.38×16 works
  2. Chemical Engineering4.27×1 works
  3. Engineering3.46×37 works
  4. Earth and Planetary Sciences2.25×2 works
  5. Chemistry1.64×2 works
  6. Energy1.07×1 works
  7. Environmental Science0.89×3 works
  8. Decision Sciences0.73×0 works
  9. Physics and Astronomy0.71×1 works
  10. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.32×1 works
  11. Computer Science0.31×2 works
  12. Medicine0.27×4 works
  13. Neuroscience0.19×0 works
  14. Mathematics0.13×0 works
  15. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.08×0 works
  16. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.04×0 works
  17. Social Sciences0.03×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Mitsubishi Materials (Japan)?

Ranked on the quality score, Jun Akikusa, Tadashi Sugihara and Wenbin Dai lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Mitsubishi Materials (Japan).

  1. 1 Jun Akikusa Japan · #1,111,961 worldwide 1.5k citations · 30 works
  2. 2 Tadashi Sugihara Japan · #1,628,634 worldwide 1.4k citations · 55 works
  3. 3 Wenbin Dai Japan · #2,194,878 worldwide 727 citations · 21 works
  4. 4 T. Sugawara Japan · #2,866,849 worldwide 687 citations · 24 works
  5. 5 Koji Hoshino Japan · #3,478,270 worldwide 986 citations · 32 works
  6. 6 Ryoji Nakayama Japan · #3,583,638 worldwide 628 citations · 34 works
  7. 7 Y. Shimanuki Japan · #3,587,435 worldwide 1.2k citations · 51 works
  8. 8 Kunio Ohtsuka Japan · #4,118,440 worldwide 408 citations · 24 works
  9. 9 Tsutomu Atsuki Japan · #4,119,630 worldwide 531 citations · 16 works
  10. 10 Hiroyasu Takeuchi Japan · #4,187,432 worldwide 580 citations · 34 works
All ranked researchers at Mitsubishi Materials (Japan)

What are the most cited papers from Mitsubishi Materials (Japan)?

The most cited paper from Mitsubishi Materials (Japan) is "Electric Field Effects in Electrochemical CO 2 Reduction" (Leanne D. Chen, Makoto Urushihara, Karen Chan et al., 2016), with 694 citations. Next come "A High‐Performance Solution‐Processed Organic Photodetector for Near‐Infrared Sensing" (487) and "Micro-texture at the coated tool face for high performance cutting" (320).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Electric Field Effects in Electrochemical CO 2 Reduction Leanne D. Chen, Makoto Urushihara, Karen Chan et al. · ACS Catalysis Open access 22 Sep 2016 694
2 A High‐Performance Solution‐Processed Organic Photodetector for Near‐Infrared Sensing Jianfei Huang, Jaewon Lee, Joachim Vollbrecht et al. · Advanced Materials 12 Nov 2019 487
3 Micro-texture at the coated tool face for high performance cutting Toshiyuki OBIKAWA, Akihiro Kamio, Hidemitsu Takaoka et al. · International Journal of Machine Tools and Manufacture 22 Aug 2011 320
4 Structure–property correlations in Ce-doped garnet phosphors for use in solid state lighting Jennifer L. Wu, Gautam Gundiah, A.K. Cheetham · Chemical Physics Letters 11 May 2007 285
5 Hydrothermal synthesis of biocompatible whiskers Masahiro Yoshimura, Hiroyuki Suda, Kengo Okamoto et al. · Journal of Materials Science Jul 1994 285
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Which keywords describe research at Mitsubishi Materials (Japan)?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Mechanical Properties, Microstructure, Nanoparticles, Sintering, Metal Recovery, Metallurgy, Graphene and Friction Stir Processing.

▲ 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-now 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. Mechanical Properties10▲ 15×15 topics
  2. Microstructure8▲ 22×12 topics
  3. Nanoparticles6▲ 7.3×12 topics
  4. Environmental Impact4▲ 3.6×8 topics
  5. Metal Recovery4▲ 27×3 topics
  6. Sintering4▲ 43×4 topics
  7. Graphene4▲ 7.6×4 topics
  8. Metallurgy4▲ 84×2 topics
  9. Friction Stir Processing4▲ 72×2 topics
  10. Thin Films3▲ 25×6 topics
  11. Spark Plasma Sintering3▲ 47×2 topics
  12. Rare Earth Elements3▲ 31×3 topics
  13. Electromigration3▲ 155×2 topics
  14. Carbon Nanotubes3▲ 13×3 topics
  15. Energy Storage3▲ 6.3×6 topics
  16. Thermal Management3▲ 12×4 topics
  17. Metal Matrix Composites3▲ 51×2 topics
  18. Processing Techniques3▲ 42×2 topics
  19. Aluminum Alloy2▲ 54×1 topic
  20. Reinforcement2▲ 49×1 topic
  21. Cemented Carbides2▲ 64×1 topic
  22. Nanocomposites2▲ 4.3×8 topics
  23. Nanostructured Materials2▲ 20×1 topic
  24. Databases2▲ 113×1 topic
  25. Lithium-ion Batteries2▲ 7.8×3 topics
  26. Thermochemical2▲ 113×1 topic
  27. Composite Materials2▲ 15×3 topics
  28. Nanowires2▲ 22×3 topics
  29. Grain Refinement2▲ 26×3 topics
  30. CO2 Sequestration2▲ 14×3 topics
  31. Microstructural Evolution2▲ 19×3 topics
  32. Electrical Resistivity2▲ 194×2 topics
  33. Sustainable Technology2▲ 25×2 topics
  34. Battery Recycling2▲ 33×1 topic
  35. Hydrometallurgical Processes2▲ 33×1 topic
  36. Low-k Dielectrics2▲ 253×1 topic
  37. Materials2▲ 11×3 topics
  38. Microelectronics2▲ 206×1 topic
  39. Optical Properties2▲ 40×3 topics
  40. Nanotechnology2▲ 13×2 topics

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

By volume in 2022-now: Aluminum Alloys Composites Properties, Advanced materials and composites, Metallurgical Processes and Thermodynamics and Extraction and Separation Processes.

Aluminum Alloys Composit…2Aluminum Alloys Composites Properties: 2 fractional worksAdvanced materials and c…2Advanced materials and composites: 2 fractional worksMetallurgical Processes …2Metallurgical Processes and Thermodynamics: 2 fractional worksExtraction and Separatio…2Extraction and Separation Processes: 2 fractional worksCopper Interconnects and Reliability: 2 fractional works3D IC and TSV technologies: 2 fractional worksConcrete and Cement Mate…2Concrete and Cement Materials Research: 2 fractional worksElectronic Packaging and…1Electronic Packaging and Soldering Technologies: 1 fractional worksMetal Extraction and Bio…1Metal Extraction and Bioleaching: 1 fractional worksAluminum Alloy Microstru…1Aluminum Alloy Microstructure Properties: 1 fractional works
Mechanical EngineeringElectronic, Optical and Magnetic MaterialsElectrical and Electronic EngineeringCivil and Structural Engineering2 others

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

  1. 1 Aluminum Alloys Composites Properties Mechanical Engineering 2 works
  2. 2 Advanced materials and composites Mechanical Engineering 2 works
  3. 3 Metallurgical Processes and Thermodynamics Mechanical Engineering 2 works
  4. 4 Extraction and Separation Processes Mechanical Engineering 2 works
  5. 5 Copper Interconnects and Reliability Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials 2 works
  6. 6 3D IC and TSV technologies Electrical and Electronic Engineering 2 works
  7. 7 Concrete and Cement Materials Research Civil and Structural Engineering 2 works
  8. 8 Electronic Packaging and Soldering Technologies Electrical and Electronic Engineering 1 works
  9. 9 Metal Extraction and Bioleaching Biomedical Engineering 1 works
  10. 10 Aluminum Alloy Microstructure Properties Aerospace Engineering 1 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 available41.1%not open58.9%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors21.0%domestic only79.0%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Mitsubishi Materials (Japan)'s research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 18% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Mitsubishi Materials (Japan) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00022% in 2024.

still counting0.0025%0.0050%0.0075%Mitsubishi Materials (Japan)0.00026% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Mitsubishi Materials (Japan) over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2016Mitsubishi Materials (Japan)6.4% in 201620002010

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 9.6% in 1993.

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