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National Institute of Technology, Kumamoto College

In research, National Institute of Technology, Kumamoto College stands highest in Physical Sciences (#11,756 of 21,541 worldwide), Engineering (#8,029 of 11,412 worldwide) and Electrical and Electronic Engineering (#4,010 of 4,248 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#25,313
of 28,054 · #20,744 all time
Rank in Japan
#884
of 1,070
Research works
1.2k
▼ 7% vs 2013–17
Citations
10k
8.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
4.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
37%
world 28%

What is National Institute of Technology, Kumamoto College 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
Physical SciencesDomain #11,756 of 21,541 5.3%847
EngineeringField #8,029 of 11,412 5.7%443
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringSubfield #4,010 of 4,248 5.5%166
Life SciencesDomain #13,690 of 14,347 2.9%228
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #7,763 of 7,814 2.1%147

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where National Institute of Technology, Kumamoto College 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: 0.86× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.64× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.37× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.98× its world share, 3 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 0.93× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.64× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 2.70× its world share, 13 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 2.24× its world share, 21 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.01× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.77× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.09× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.50× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.93× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.46× its world share, 6 worksMedicineBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.97× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Neuroscience, 3.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at National Institute of Technology, Kumamoto College?

Ranked on the composite score, Nan Bu, H. Ohyama and Kenichiro Takakura lead among researchers whose main affiliation is National Institute of Technology, Kumamoto College.

  1. 1 Nan Bu Japan · #592,082 worldwide 40 citations · 19 works
  2. 2 H. Ohyama Japan · #839,149 worldwide 79 citations · 49 works
  3. 3 Kenichiro Takakura Japan · #924,981 worldwide 25 citations · 26 works
  4. 4 Isao Tsunoda Japan · #1,090,626 worldwide 15 citations · 36 works
  5. 5 Ichirou Oota Japan · #1,186,120 worldwide 30 citations · 21 works
  6. 6 K. Hayama Japan · #1,303,168 worldwide 18 citations · 27 works
  7. 7 Hirofumi Ohtsuka Japan · #1,376,389 worldwide 6 citations · 16 works
  8. 8 Toyonori Matsuda Japan · #1,400,241 worldwide 8 citations · 15 works
  9. 9 Kazuhiro Koshi Japan · #1,410,202 worldwide 1 citations · 18 works
  10. 10 Yuji Teramoto Japan · #1,468,454 worldwide 37 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at National Institute of Technology, Kumamoto College

Which keywords describe research at National Institute of Technology, Kumamoto College?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Deep Learning, Neural Networks, Virtual Reality, Machine Learning, Heart Rate Variability, Feature Extraction, Assistive Technology and Gait Recognition.

▲ 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. Deep Learning7▲ 3.4×23 topics
  2. Neural Networks5▲ 4.9×12 topics
  3. Machine Learning4▲ 1.95×18 topics
  4. Virtual Reality2▲ 7.0×4 topics
  5. Feature Extraction2▲ 6.5×5 topics
  6. Heart Rate Variability2▲ 25×2 topics
  7. Security2▲ 3.8×5 topics
  8. Assistive Technology1▲ 49×2 topics
  9. Biosensors1▲ 4.5×7 topics
  10. Gait Recognition1▲ 99×1 topic
  11. Human Identification1▲ 99×1 topic
  12. Nonlinear Dynamics1▲ 10×3 topics
  13. Medical Imaging1▲ 4.0×4 topics
  14. Privacy1▲ 7.2×3 topics
  15. Adaptive Control1▲ 14×5 topics
  16. Artificial Neural Networks1▲ 4.2×3 topics
  17. Classification1▲ 4.0×3 topics
  18. Convolutional Neural Networks1▲ 2.7×6 topics
  19. State Estimation1▲ 40×2 topics
  20. Text Mining1▲ 14×3 topics
  21. Artificial Intelligence1▲ 1.24×5 topics
  22. Cardiovascular Disease1▲ 1.51×3 topics
  23. Human-Computer Interaction1▲ 9.7×2 topics
  24. Learning Analytics1▲ 14×2 topics
  25. Quality of Life1▲ 1.26×3 topics
  26. Vibration-based Damage Identification1▲ 27×1 topic
  27. Wireless Sensors1▲ 27×1 topic
  28. Authentication1▲ 10×1 topic
  29. Autonomous Aerial Refueling1▲ 115×1 topic
  30. Backpropagation Learning1▲ 19×1 topic
  31. Biometric Recognition1▲ 67×1 topic
  32. Educational Technology1▲ 1.36×2 topics
  33. Eye Tracking1▲ 38×1 topic
  34. Gaze Estimation1▲ 58×1 topic
  35. Geosynthetics1▲ 32×1 topic
  36. Haptic Interfaces1▲ 28×2 topics
  37. Self-Organizing Maps1▲ 19×1 topic
  38. Soil Reinforcement1▲ 24×1 topic
  39. Vibration Analysis1▲ 5.9×3 topics
  40. Vision-Based Sensor1▲ 115×1 topic

Which research topics does National Institute of Technology, Kumamoto College publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Gait Recognition and Analysis, Structural Health Monitoring Techniques, Biometric Identification and Security and Geotechnical Engineering and Soil Stabilization.

Gait Recognition and Ana…1Gait Recognition and Analysis: 1 fractional worksStructural Health Monito…1Structural Health Monitoring Techniques: 1 fractional worksBiometric Identification and Security: 1 fractional worksGeotechnical Engineering and Soil Stabilization: 1 fractional worksHeart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control: 1 fractional worksGaze Tracking and Assistive Technology: 1 fractional worksNeural Networks and Applications: 1 fractional worksAerospace Engineering an…1Aerospace Engineering and Control Systems: 1 fractional worksAdvanced Adaptive Filtering Techniques: 1 fractional worksSpeech and Audio Processing: 1 fractional works
Biomedical EngineeringCivil and Structural EngineeringSignal ProcessingCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine4 others

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

  1. 1 Gait Recognition and Analysis Biomedical Engineering 1 works
  2. 2 Structural Health Monitoring Techniques Civil and Structural Engineering 1 works
  3. 3 Biometric Identification and Security Signal Processing 1 works
  4. 4 Geotechnical Engineering and Soil Stabilization Civil and Structural Engineering 1 works
  5. 5 Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 1 works
  6. 6 Gaze Tracking and Assistive Technology Human-Computer Interaction 1 works
  7. 7 Neural Networks and Applications Artificial Intelligence 1 works
  8. 8 Aerospace Engineering and Control Systems Aerospace Engineering 1 works
  9. 9 Advanced Adaptive Filtering Techniques Computational Mechanics 1 works
  10. 10 Speech and Audio Processing Signal Processing 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 available36.7%not open63.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors12.4%domestic only87.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has National Institute of Technology, Kumamoto College's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 7% 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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