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Tohoku Institute of Technology

In research, Tohoku Institute of Technology stands highest in Physical Sciences (#9,177 of 12,888 worldwide) and Engineering (#4,851 of 6,636 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#14,240
of 28,054 · #9,484 all time
Rank in Japan
#374
of 1,070
Research works
1.9k
◆ 1% vs 2013–17
Citations
19k
10.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
35%
world 28%

What is Tohoku Institute of Technology 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 #9,177 of 12,888 8.0%202 #6011
EngineeringField #4,851 of 6,636 10.0%126 #5272

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Tohoku Institute of Technology 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: 0.18× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.45× its world share, 7 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.38× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 4.96× its world share, 22 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 3.34× its world share, 3 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.95× its world share, 4 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.23× its world share, 26 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.31× its world share, 6 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.68× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 3.07× its world share, 126 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.75× its world share, 10 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.13× its world share, 11 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.47× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 2.03× its world share, 12 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.51× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.40× its world share, 21 worksMedicineNursing: 0.31× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.27× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.57× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.41× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.21× its world share, 7 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Neuroscience, 5.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Tohoku Institute of Technology?

Ranked on the composite score, Toyomi Fujita, Tadayoshi Shoji and Atsushi Sato lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Tohoku Institute of Technology.

  1. 1 Toyomi Fujita Japan · #297,169 worldwide 157 citations · 32 works
  2. 2 Tadayoshi Shoji Japan · #524,284 worldwide 94 citations · 37 works
  3. 3 Atsushi Sato Japan · #527,450 worldwide 204 citations · 93 works
  4. 4 Keitaro Hitomi Japan · #570,779 worldwide 98 citations · 59 works
  5. 5 Tsukasa Yoneyama Japan · #573,789 worldwide 12 citations · 26 works
  6. 6 T. Suehiro Japan · #848,453 worldwide 37 citations · 20 works
  7. 7 Y. Hiratate Japan · #855,987 worldwide 52 citations · 21 works
  8. 8 Hideki Tamura Japan · #892,435 worldwide 115 citations · 96 works
  9. 9 B. Devaraj Japan · #923,312 worldwide 16 citations · 16 works
  10. 10 Toshiyuki Onodera Japan · #1,024,722 worldwide 51 citations · 29 works
All ranked researchers at Tohoku Institute of Technology

Which keywords describe research at Tohoku Institute of Technology?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Large-Eddy Simulation, Nanomaterials, Heat Transfer, Electrical Stimulation, Electrode Arrays, Neural Stimulation, Vortex Dynamics and Turbulent Flows.

▲ 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 Learning16▲ 1.75×28 topics
  2. Nanomaterials14▲ 5.0×13 topics
  3. Large-Eddy Simulation13▲ 25×4 topics
  4. Heat Transfer11▲ 8.2×8 topics
  5. Electrical Stimulation11▲ 71×2 topics
  6. Electrode Arrays11▲ 83×1 topic
  7. Neural Stimulation11▲ 83×1 topic
  8. Machine Learning9◆ 1.00×17 topics
  9. Vortex Dynamics9▲ 28×2 topics
  10. Turbulent Flows8▲ 30×2 topics
  11. Boundary Layer Transition8▲ 43×1 topic
  12. Particle Image Velocimetry8▲ 43×1 topic
  13. Biosensors7▲ 4.7×7 topics
  14. High-Order Schemes7▲ 39×1 topic
  15. Turbulence Modeling7▲ 62×1 topic
  16. Sensor Networks6▲ 9.1×2 topics
  17. Turbulent Flow6▲ 18×3 topics
  18. Virtual Reality5▲ 3.8×6 topics
  19. Nonlinear Dynamics5▲ 8.3×2 topics
  20. Flow Control5▲ 31×2 topics
  21. Thermal Management4▲ 4.7×6 topics
  22. Vibration-based Damage Identification4▲ 23×1 topic
  23. Wireless Sensors4▲ 23×1 topic
  24. Synaptic Plasticity4▲ 6.7×3 topics
  25. Microfluidic Devices4▲ 12×2 topics
  26. Wireless Power Transfer4▲ 14×2 topics
  27. Image Quality Assessment3▲ 72×1 topic
  28. Monte Carlo Simulation3▲ 6.2×6 topics
  29. Perceptual Quality3▲ 72×1 topic
  30. Acoustic Sources3▲ 61×1 topic
  31. Boundary Layer3▲ 9.9×3 topics
  32. Jet Noise3▲ 61×1 topic
  33. Dynamic Analysis3▲ 9.1×2 topics
  34. Hydrogels3▲ 6.2×2 topics
  35. Bioinks3▲ 18×1 topic
  36. Bioprinting3▲ 18×1 topic
  37. Room Temperature3▲ 6.9×3 topics
  38. Neuronal Circuits3▲ 13×2 topics
  39. Optical Sensors3▲ 11×2 topics
  40. Working Memory3▲ 11×2 topics

Which research topics does Tohoku Institute of Technology publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Neuroscience and Neural Engineering, Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows, Computational Fluid Dynamics and Aerodynamics and Structural Health Monitoring Techniques.

Neuroscience and Neural …11Neuroscience and Neural Engineering: 11 fractional worksFluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows: 8 fractional worksComputational Fluid Dynamics and Aerodynamics: 7 fractional worksStructural Health Monitoring Techniques: 4 fractional worksImage and Video Quality Assessment: 3 fractional worksAerodynamics and Acoustics in Jet Flows: 3 fractional works3D Printing in Biomedical Research: 3 fractional worksAnalytical Chemistry and Sensors: 3 fractional worksNeural dynamics and brain function: 3 fractional worksVirtual Reality Applications and Impacts: 2 fractional works
Cellular and Molecular NeuroscienceComputational MechanicsCivil and Structural EngineeringComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition5 others

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

  1. 1 Neuroscience and Neural Engineering Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience 11 works
  2. 2 Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows Computational Mechanics 8 works
  3. 3 Computational Fluid Dynamics and Aerodynamics Computational Mechanics 7 works
  4. 4 Structural Health Monitoring Techniques Civil and Structural Engineering 4 works
  5. 5 Image and Video Quality Assessment Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 3 works
  6. 6 Aerodynamics and Acoustics in Jet Flows Aerospace Engineering 3 works
  7. 7 3D Printing in Biomedical Research Biomedical Engineering 3 works
  8. 8 Analytical Chemistry and Sensors Bioengineering 3 works
  9. 9 Neural dynamics and brain function Cognitive Neuroscience 3 works
  10. 10 Virtual Reality Applications and Impacts Human-Computer Interaction 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 available35.3%not open64.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors12.5%domestic only87.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Tohoku Institute of Technology's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 1% 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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