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Tokyo City University

In research, Tokyo City University stands highest in Physical Sciences (#5,484 of 12,888 worldwide), Engineering (#3,350 of 6,636 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#6,908 of 10,521 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Nature and Landscape Conservation, Transportation and Control and Systems Engineering — Nature and Landscape Conservation is 8.9× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#9,057
of 28,054 · #8,892 all time
Rank in Japan
#231
of 1,070
Research works
4k
▲ 18% vs 2013–17
Citations
22k
5.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
46%
world 28%

What is Tokyo City University 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 #5,484 of 12,888 6.5%805 #5261
EngineeringField #3,350 of 6,636 4.9%452 #3625
Social SciencesDomain #6,908 of 10,521 10.5%123 #10493
Social SciencesField #4,550 of 6,365 10.2%70 #6485
Environmental ScienceField #2,767 of 3,551 16.0%74 #3760
Computer ScienceField #3,789 of 4,667 6.3%122 #4554
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringSubfield #2,167 of 2,318 3.8%105 #3073
Materials ScienceField #2,360 of 2,468 5.7%67 #3423

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Tokyo City University 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).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Physical Sciences#5,261 #5,484
  2. Engineering#3,625 #3,350
  3. Social Sciences#10,493 #6,908
  4. Social Sciences#6,485 #4,550
  5. Environmental Science#3,760 #2,767
  6. Computer Science#4,554 #3,789
  7. Electrical and Electronic Engineering#3,073 #2,167
  8. Materials Science#3,423 #2,360
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

What does Tokyo City University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Nature and Landscape Conservation takes 8.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Nature and Landscape ConservationSubfield · 21.7 works8.9×
  2. TransportationSubfield · 23.1 works6.8×
  3. Control and Systems EngineeringSubfield · 52.5 works4.8×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

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: 0.56× its world share, 27 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.23× its world share, 12 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.58× its world share, 10 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.38× its world share, 5 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.47× its world share, 8 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.53× its world share, 122 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.90× its world share, 14 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.91× its world share, 8 worksEnergyEngineering: 2.95× its world share, 452 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.46× its world share, 74 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.87× its world share, 67 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.05× its world share, 13 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.85× its world share, 42 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.25× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.15× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.19× its world share, 37 worksMedicineNursing: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.96× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.31× its world share, 9 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.23× its world share, 8 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.99× its world share, 10 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.42× its world share, 9 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.57× its world share, 18 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.54× its world share, 70 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

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

Who are the top researchers at Tokyo City University?

Ranked on the composite score, Takuji HAMAMOTO, Yasuhiro Tanaka and Masanori Shukuya lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Tokyo City University.

  1. 1 Takuji HAMAMOTO Japan · #51,016 worldwide 388 citations · 30 works
  2. 2 Yasuhiro Tanaka Japan · #252,778 worldwide 332 citations · 111 works
  3. 3 Masanori Shukuya Japan · #280,488 worldwide 181 citations · 50 works
  4. 4 Tetsuo Maki Japan · #281,926 worldwide 63 citations · 23 works
  5. 5 Hom Bahadur Rijal Japan · #338,506 worldwide 198 citations · 29 works
  6. 6 Hidehiko Sekiya Japan · #487,322 worldwide 32 citations · 17 works
  7. 7 Daisuke Sato Japan · #506,865 worldwide 60 citations · 55 works
  8. 8 崇 本田 Japan · #782,480 worldwide 0 citations · 15 works
  9. 9 Masahide Kakudate Japan · #825,748 worldwide 2 citations · 19 works
  10. 10 Hiroaki Miyake Japan · #837,146 worldwide 73 citations · 71 works
All ranked researchers at Tokyo City University

Which keywords describe research at Tokyo City University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Deep Learning, Nanocomposites, Neural Networks, Artificial Neural Networks, Ecosystem Management, landscape conservation, Satoyama and Model Predictive Control.

▲ 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 Learning68▲ 1.95×61 topics
  2. Sustainability40▲ 1.59×41 topics
  3. Neural Networks38▲ 2.4×28 topics
  4. Nanocomposites37▲ 4.4×17 topics
  5. Machine Learning34◆ 1.01×53 topics
  6. Climate Change32▲ 1.17×52 topics
  7. Remote Sensing25▲ 1.99×27 topics
  8. Artificial Neural Networks24▲ 4.9×6 topics
  9. Mechanical Properties23▲ 2.4×27 topics
  10. Biodiversity23▲ 3.0×12 topics
  11. Energy Efficiency21▲ 2.2×21 topics
  12. Convolutional Neural Networks20▲ 2.7×12 topics
  13. Community Participation20▲ 5.2×3 topics
  14. Ecosystem Management19▲ 32×3 topics
  15. Model Predictive Control19▲ 7.3×5 topics
  16. Virtual Reality19▲ 3.8×12 topics
  17. Satoyama19▲ 184×1 topic
  18. landscape conservation19▲ 184×1 topic
  19. Interfaces16▲ 29×2 topics
  20. Polymer16▲ 22×2 topics
  21. Dielectrics16▲ 48×1 topic
  22. Partial Discharge16▲ 48×1 topic
  23. Nonlinear Systems16▲ 7.3×6 topics
  24. Thermal Comfort16▲ 12×2 topics
  25. Unmanned Aerial Vehicles15▲ 7.9×4 topics
  26. Stability Analysis14▲ 8.4×5 topics
  27. Autonomous Vehicles14▲ 6.5×4 topics
  28. Energy Consumption13▲ 5.7×6 topics
  29. Finite Element Analysis13▲ 5.5×8 topics
  30. Nonlinear Dynamics13▲ 5.7×7 topics
  31. Design12▲ 7.4×4 topics
  32. Modernization12▲ 6.6×2 topics
  33. Adaptive Control12▲ 8.7×6 topics
  34. Energy Simulation12▲ 13×2 topics
  35. Air Force12▲ 9.3×1 topic
  36. Sharia Law12▲ 7.8×1 topic
  37. Transport Policy12▲ 9.0×1 topic
  38. Warfare12▲ 9.3×1 topic
  39. Distributed Control11▲ 9.7×2 topics
  40. Robust Control11▲ 14×2 topics

Which research topics does Tokyo City University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Urban and spatial planning, High voltage insulation and dielectric phenomena, Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies and Legal and Regulatory Analysis.

Urban and spatial planning: 19 fractional worksHigh voltage insulation and dielectric phenomena: 16 fractional worksLinguistic, Cultural, an…12Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies: 12 fractional worksLegal and Regulatory Ana…12Legal and Regulatory Analysis: 12 fractional worksMilitary Technology and Strategies: 12 fractional worksBuilding Energy and Comfort Optimization: 10 fractional worksAdaptive Control of Nonl…7Adaptive Control of Nonlinear Systems: 7 fractional worksStructural Health Monitoring Techniques: 7 fractional worksNeural Networks and Applications: 6 fractional worksStability and Control of Uncertain Systems: 6 fractional works
Nature and Landscape ConservationMaterials ChemistrySociology and Political ScienceTransportation5 others

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

  1. 1 Urban and spatial planning Nature and Landscape Conservation 19 works
  2. 2 High voltage insulation and dielectric phenomena Materials Chemistry 16 works
  3. 3 Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies Sociology and Political Science 12 works
  4. 4 Legal and Regulatory Analysis Transportation 12 works
  5. 5 Military Technology and Strategies Aerospace Engineering 12 works
  6. 6 Building Energy and Comfort Optimization Building and Construction 10 works
  7. 7 Adaptive Control of Nonlinear Systems Control and Systems Engineering 7 works
  8. 8 Structural Health Monitoring Techniques Civil and Structural Engineering 7 works
  9. 9 Neural Networks and Applications Artificial Intelligence 6 works
  10. 10 Stability and Control of Uncertain Systems Control and Systems Engineering 6 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 available46.3%not open53.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors11.7%domestic only88.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Tokyo City University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 18% higher 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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