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Nippon Steel (Germany)

In research, Nippon Steel (Germany) stands highest in Physical Sciences (#9,089 of 17,446 worldwide), Mechanical Engineering (#1,799 of 2,525 worldwide) and Engineering (#7,124 of 9,532 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#24,246
of 34,923
Rank in Germany
#1,176
of 1,603
Research works
981
▼ 98% vs 2018-21
Citations
7.3k
7.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
3.5%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.55×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
80%
world 40%
International
50%
world 18%
Nippon Steel (Germany)

What is Nippon Steel (Germany) 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 #9,089 of 17,446 3.4%947
Mechanical EngineeringSubfield #1,799 of 2,525 3.9%342
EngineeringField #7,124 of 9,532 3.6%681
Materials ChemistrySubfield #2,284 of 2,613 2.4%125
Materials ScienceField #3,430 of 3,771 2.3%208

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Nippon Steel (Germany) 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 Nippon Steel (Germany) work in?

In all years, 96% of research at Nippon Steel (Germany) is in Physical Sciences, 2% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (69%), Materials Science (21%), Environmental Science (1%). It does 2.4× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 947 fractional works · 96.5% of its workEngineering: 681 fractional works · 69.4% of its workMechanical Engineering: 342 fractional works · 34.9% of its workMechanics of Materials: 116 fractional works · 11.9% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 55 fractional works · 5.6% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 36 fractional works · 3.7% of its workAerospace Engineering: 35 fractional works · 3.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 33 fractional works · 3.4% of its workComputational Mechanics: 21 fractional works · 2.2% of its workOcean Engineering: 11 fractional works · 1.1% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 9 fractional works · 1.0% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 7 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBuilding and Construction: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 208 fractional works · 21.2% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 125 fractional works · 12.8% of its workMetals and Alloys: 36 fractional works · 3.7% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 21 fractional works · 2.1% of its workGeneral Materials Science: 10 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCeramics and Composites: 9 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 14 fractional works · 1.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workWater Science and Technology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 11 fractional works · 1.2% of its workRadiation: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 9 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 7 fractional works · 0.7% of its workFuel Technology: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 7 fractional works · 0.7% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemical Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCatalysis: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 21 fractional works · 2.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 12 fractional works · 1.3% of its workArcheology: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSociology and Political Science: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTransportation: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 7 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMedicine: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPlant Science: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKNippon Steel(Germany)981fractional works, all years
Life Sciences1%Physical Sciences96%Health Sciences1%Social Sciences2%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in all years. 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 23 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering68169.4%
    2. Materials Science20821.2%
    3. Environmental Science141.4%
    4. Physics and Astronomy111.2%
    5. Chemistry91.0%
    6. Energy70.7%
    7. Computer Science70.7%
    8. Chemical Engineering40.4%
    9. Earth and Planetary Sciences40.4%
    10. Mathematics00.0%
    1. Social Sciences121.3%
    2. Arts and Humanities40.4%
    3. Decision Sciences20.2%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting10.1%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.1%
    6. Psychology10.1%
    1. Medicine40.4%
    2. Health Professions20.2%
    3. Nursing10.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences30.3%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology30.3%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology00.0%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.0%
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.

Chemistry: 8.52× its world share, 0 worksChemistryEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.36× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 3.97× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.24× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMedicine: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksMedicineSocial Sciences: 1.27× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Chemistry, 8.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 6 fields, with their numbers
  1. Chemistry8.52×0 works
  2. Engineering3.97×2 works
  3. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.36×0 works
  4. Social Sciences1.27×0 works
  5. Environmental Science1.24×0 works
  6. Medicine0.14×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Nippon Steel (Germany)?

Ranked on the quality score, Takanobu Inada, Masayuki Wakita and Kunio Yasumoto lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Nippon Steel (Germany).

  1. 1 Takanobu Inada Germany · #1,817,865 worldwide 789 citations · 34 works
  2. 2 Masayuki Wakita Germany · #2,347,904 worldwide 517 citations · 34 works
  3. 3 Kunio Yasumoto Germany · #2,403,625 worldwide 473 citations · 20 works
  4. 4 Hiroyuki Kaibara Germany · #3,239,005 worldwide 6 citations · 29 works
  5. 5 Fukukazu Nakasato Germany · #3,449,543 worldwide 264 citations · 16 works
  6. 6 Hiroshi TOMONO Germany · #3,464,378 worldwide 289 citations · 26 works
  7. 7 Nobutaka YAMAMOTO Germany · #3,745,688 worldwide 30 citations · 21 works
  8. 8 Yoshimasa Kajiwara Germany · #3,808,546 worldwide 305 citations · 24 works
  9. 9 Suguhiro FUKUSHIMA Germany · #3,836,504 worldwide 194 citations · 17 works
  10. 10 Kikusaburo NAGASHIMA Germany · #3,845,710 worldwide 8 citations · 43 works
All ranked researchers at Nippon Steel (Germany)

What are the most cited papers from Nippon Steel (Germany)?

The most cited paper from Nippon Steel (Germany) is "A New Process with the Promise of High Jc in Oxide Superconductors" (Masato Murakami, Mitsuru Morita, Kenji Doi et al., 1989), with 762 citations. Next come "Effect of Grain Size on Thermal and Mechanical Stability of Austenite in Metastable Austenitic Stainless Steel" (223) and "Operation Trial of Hydrogenous Gas Injection of COURSE50 Project at an Experimental Blast Furnace" (158).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 A New Process with the Promise of High Jc in Oxide Superconductors Masato Murakami, Mitsuru Morita, Kenji Doi et al. · Japanese Journal of Applied Physics Jul 1989 762
2 Effect of Grain Size on Thermal and Mechanical Stability of Austenite in Metastable Austenitic Stainless Steel Yoshikazu Matsuoka, Tatsuya Iwasaki, Nobuo Nakada et al. · ISIJ International Open access 2013 223
3 Operation Trial of Hydrogenous Gas Injection of COURSE50 Project at an Experimental Blast Furnace Shiro Watakabe, Kazuya Miyagawa, Shinroku Matsuzaki et al. · ISIJ International Open access 2013 158
4 Ironmaking Technology for the Last 100 Years: Deployment to Advanced Technologies from Introduction of Technological Know-how, and Evolution to Next-generation Process Masaaki Naito, Kanji TAKEDA, Yoshiyuki Matsui · ISIJ International Open access 2015 137
5 Alternative for Evaluating Sour Gas Resistance of Low-Alloy Steels and Corrosion-Resistant Alloys Shigeo Tsujikawa, Akihiro Miyasaka, Masahiko Ueda et al. · CORROSION May 1993 125
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Nippon Steel (Germany)?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Mechanical Properties, Microstructure, Grain Refinement, Microstructural Evolution, High-Strength Steels, Martensite Transformation, Metallurgy and Databases.

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's

Size is fractional works in all years 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 Properties166▲ 18×31 topics
  2. Microstructure163▲ 33×16 topics
  3. Grain Refinement109▲ 78×4 topics
  4. Microstructural Evolution83▲ 50×4 topics
  5. High-Strength Steels77▲ 169×1 topic
  6. Martensite Transformation77▲ 169×1 topic
  7. Metallurgy72▲ 107×2 topics
  8. Databases63▲ 166×1 topic
  9. Thermochemical63▲ 166×1 topic
  10. Energy Efficiency59▲ 7.7×13 topics
  11. Constitutive Modeling56▲ 63×2 topics
  12. Artificial Neural Networks56▲ 14×5 topics
  13. Dynamic Recrystallization54▲ 92×1 topic
  14. Hot Deformation54▲ 92×1 topic
  15. Corrosion Behavior52▲ 59×2 topics
  16. Sustainability50▲ 2.9×10 topics
  17. Grain Boundary Engineering49▲ 64×2 topics
  18. Hydrogen Embrittlement48▲ 48×3 topics
  19. Metallurgical Processes46▲ 203×2 topics
  20. Iron Oxides46▲ 261×1 topic
  21. Reduction Kinetics46▲ 261×1 topic
  22. Numerical Simulation45▲ 14×9 topics
  23. Pitting Corrosion38▲ 75×2 topics
  24. Wear Resistance36▲ 80×2 topics
  25. Passive Films36▲ 102×1 topic
  26. Stainless Steels36▲ 102×1 topic
  27. Cryogenic Treatment35▲ 95×1 topic
  28. Tool Steels35▲ 95×1 topic
  29. Molecular Dynamics Simulation33▲ 22×3 topics
  30. Process Optimization30▲ 47×3 topics
  31. Sulfate-Reducing Bacteria30▲ 42×2 topics
  32. Adsorption Properties29▲ 45×2 topics
  33. Corrosion Inhibitors29▲ 54×1 topic
  34. Metal Corrosion29▲ 54×1 topic
  35. Aerospace Applications28▲ 24×3 topics
  36. Corrosion24▲ 21×6 topics
  37. Residual Stress24▲ 56×2 topics
  38. Welding23▲ 40×3 topics
  39. Laser Welding22▲ 51×2 topics
  40. Material Properties22▲ 17×4 topics

Which research topics does Nippon Steel (Germany) publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Structural Behavior of Reinforced Concrete, Structural Load-Bearing Analysis, Health and Education Studies and Sulfur-Based Synthesis Techniques.

Structural Behavior of R…0Structural Behavior of Reinforced Concrete: 0 fractional worksStructural Load-Bearing …0Structural Load-Bearing Analysis: 0 fractional worksHealth and Education Studies: 0 fractional worksSulfur-Based Synthesis Techniques: 0 fractional worksChemical Synthesis and R…0Chemical Synthesis and Reactions: 0 fractional worksRailway Engineering and Dynamics: 0 fractional worksPancasila Values in Education: 0 fractional worksMechanical Behavior of C…0Mechanical Behavior of Composites: 0 fractional worksInnovative concrete reinforcement materials: 0 fractional worksArabic Language Education Studies: 0 fractional works
Building and ConstructionCivil and Structural EngineeringEducationOrganic Chemistry2 others

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

  1. 1 Structural Behavior of Reinforced Concrete Building and Construction 0 works
  2. 2 Structural Load-Bearing Analysis Civil and Structural Engineering 0 works
  3. 3 Health and Education Studies Education 0 works
  4. 4 Sulfur-Based Synthesis Techniques Organic Chemistry 0 works
  5. 5 Chemical Synthesis and Reactions Organic Chemistry 0 works
  6. 6 Railway Engineering and Dynamics Mechanical Engineering 0 works
  7. 7 Pancasila Values in Education Education 0 works
  8. 8 Mechanical Behavior of Composites Mechanics of Materials 0 works
  9. 9 Innovative concrete reinforcement materials Civil and Structural Engineering 0 works
  10. 10 Arabic Language Education Studies Education 0 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 available79.9%not open20.1%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors49.7%domestic only50.3%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Nippon Steel (Germany)'s research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 98% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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 Nippon Steel (Germany) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000023% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%0.0060%Nippon Steel (Germany)0.000013% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Nippon Steel (Germany) 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 2019Nippon Steel (Germany)1.1% in 201920002010

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 7.3% in 1994.

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