National Traffic Safety and Environment Laboratory
In research, National Traffic Safety and Environment Laboratory stands highest in Engineering (#6,752 of 11,412 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#16,233 of 21,541 worldwide), over all time.
- World rank, all time
- #31,046 of 42,892
- Rank in Japan
- #1,275 of 2,112
- Research works
- 426 ▼ 36% vs 2013–17
- Citations
- 2.9k 6.8 per fractional work
- Top-10% rate
- 2.4% record average 16.5%
- Open access
- 45% world 28%
What is National Traffic Safety and Environment Laboratory known for in research?
The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.
| Field | World rank | Where that sits | Top-10% rate | Works |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EngineeringField | #6,752 of 11,412 | 5.3% | 270 | |
| Physical SciencesDomain | #16,233 of 21,541 | 5.9% | 352 |
Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where National Traffic Safety and Environment Laboratory 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.
Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Engineering, 4.5×. Every wedge is a field page.
- Engineering 4.5×
- Psychology 2.4×
- Chemical Engineering 2.2×
- Environmental Science 1.2×
- Computer Science 1.1×
- Decision Sciences 0.8×
- Health Professions 0.4×
- Social Sciences 0.4×
- Earth and Planetary Sciences 0.2×
- Materials Science 0.1×
- Medicine 0.1×
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance 0.1×
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 0.1×
- Arts and Humanities 0.1×
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences 0.0×
Who are the top researchers at National Traffic Safety and Environment Laboratory?
Ranked on the composite score, Masuhisa TANIMOTO, Yasuhiro Sato and Matsuo Odaka lead among researchers whose main affiliation is National Traffic Safety and Environment Laboratory.
- 1 Masuhisa TANIMOTO Japan · #320,984 worldwide 87 citations · 23 works
- 2 Yasuhiro Sato Japan · #650,485 worldwide 109 citations · 54 works
- 3 Matsuo Odaka Japan · #685,059 worldwide 37 citations · 20 works
- 4 Yasuhiro Matsui Japan · #932,966 worldwide 64 citations · 36 works
- 5 Daisuke Kawano Japan · #1,004,761 worldwide 20 citations · 16 works
- 6 Takeshi Mizuma Japan · #1,073,730 worldwide 8 citations · 27 works
- 7 Kazumoto Morita Japan · #1,278,863 worldwide 8 citations · 22 works
- 8 Hiroyuki Yamada Japan · #1,334,633 worldwide 32 citations · 39 works
- 9 Michiaki Sekine Japan · #1,418,834 worldwide 6 citations · 18 works
- 10 Norifumi Mizushima Japan · #1,425,151 worldwide 10 citations · 15 works
Which keywords describe research at National Traffic Safety and Environment Laboratory?
By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Driver Behavior, Autonomous Vehicles, Energy Efficiency, Injury Severity, Traffic Accidents, Electric Vehicles, Traffic Management and Numerical Simulation.
- Warning Design
- Wireless Sensor Networks
- Energy Storage Systems
- Tire-Road Friction Estimation
- Forest Carbon Stocks
- Active Steering
- Tool Wear
- Railway Dynamics
- Automation
- Traffic Flow
- Fuel Consumption
- Intelligent Transportation Systems
- Design Optimization
- Rolling Contact Fatigue
- Model Predictive Control
- Railway Timetabling
- Traffic Management
- Electric Vehicles
- Injury Severity
- Autonomous Vehicles
- Driver Behavior
- Energy Efficiency
- Traffic Accidents
- Deep Learning
- Numerical Simulation
- Train Scheduling
- Control Systems
- Structural Analysis
- Finite Element Method
- Eco-Driving
- High-Speed Trains
- Optimization
- Ground Vibration
- Trust
- Vehicle Dynamics
- Control Strategies
- Lidar Remote Sensing
- Data Analysis
- Hybrid Vehicles
- Traffic Signs
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
- Driver Behavior5▲ 144×2 topics
- Autonomous Vehicles4▲ 41×4 topics
- Energy Efficiency4▲ 8.6×3 topics
- Injury Severity3▲ 93×1 topic
- Traffic Accidents3▲ 167×1 topic
- Electric Vehicles3▲ 24×3 topics
- Deep Learning3▲ 1.89×6 topics
- Traffic Management3▲ 136×2 topics
- Numerical Simulation3▲ 20×2 topics
- Railway Timetabling3▲ 341×1 topic
- Train Scheduling3▲ 341×1 topic
- Model Predictive Control2▲ 22×2 topics
- Control Systems2▲ 29×3 topics
- Rolling Contact Fatigue2▲ 82×2 topics
- Structural Analysis2▲ 48×2 topics
- Design Optimization2▲ 112×1 topic
- Finite Element Method2▲ 45×1 topic
- Intelligent Transportation Systems2▲ 30×3 topics
- Eco-Driving2▲ 82×1 topic
- Fuel Consumption2▲ 57×1 topic
- High-Speed Trains2▲ 63×3 topics
- Traffic Flow2▲ 38×2 topics
- Optimization2▲ 8.2×4 topics
- Automation2▲ 55×1 topic
- Ground Vibration2▲ 137×1 topic
- Railway Dynamics2▲ 137×1 topic
- Trust2▲ 13×1 topic
- Tool Wear1▲ 24×3 topics
- Vehicle Dynamics1▲ 56×2 topics
- Active Steering1▲ 107×1 topic
- Control Strategies1▲ 22×2 topics
- Forest Carbon Stocks1▲ 49×1 topic
- Lidar Remote Sensing1▲ 49×1 topic
- Tire-Road Friction Estimation1▲ 107×1 topic
- Data Analysis1▲ 10×2 topics
- Energy Storage Systems1▲ 19×1 topic
- Hybrid Vehicles1▲ 74×1 topic
- Wireless Sensor Networks1▲ 6.3×2 topics
- Traffic Signs1▲ 320×1 topic
- Warning Design1▲ 320×1 topic
Which research topics does National Traffic Safety and Environment Laboratory publish most on?
By volume in 2022–2025: Traffic and Road Safety, Railway Systems and Energy Efficiency, Engineering Applied Research and Vehicle emissions and performance.
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Traffic and Road Safety Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality 3 works
- 2 Railway Systems and Energy Efficiency Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 3 works
- 3 Engineering Applied Research Civil and Structural Engineering 2 works
- 4 Vehicle emissions and performance Automotive Engineering 2 works
- 5 Railway Engineering and Dynamics Mechanical Engineering 2 works
- 6 Human-Automation Interaction and Safety Social Psychology 2 works
- 7 Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications Environmental Engineering 1 works
- 8 Vehicle Dynamics and Control Systems Automotive Engineering 1 works
- 9 Electric and Hybrid Vehicle Technologies Automotive Engineering 1 works
- 10 Safety Warnings and Signage Social Psychology 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.
World: 28% of research is openly available.
World: 19% is written across borders.
How has National Traffic Safety and Environment Laboratory's research output changed?
Output in 2018–2022 was 36% lower 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.
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