Tokyo Metropolitan University
In research, Tokyo Metropolitan University stands highest in Physical Sciences (#1,657 of 10,670 worldwide), Health Sciences (#2,548 of 9,902 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#1,743 of 6,403 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Condensed Matter Physics, Human-Computer Interaction and Nuclear and High Energy Physics (Condensed Matter Physics is 6.3× its share of world research).
- World rank, 2022-now
- #2,075 of 22,385 · #1,916 all time
- Rank in Japan
- #39 of 924
- Research works
- 26k ▲ 26% vs 2018-21
- Citations
- 430k 16.6 per fractional work
- Top-10% rate
- 4.7% all institutions 10.0%
- vs its own fields
- 0.56× 1.00× is exactly expected
- Open access
- 45% world 40%
- International
- 11% world 18%
What is Tokyo Metropolitan University known for in research?
The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.
| Field | World rank | Where that sits | Top-10% rate | Works | All time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Physical SciencesDomain | #1,657 of 10,670 | 3.4% | 2,108 | #1316 | |
| Health SciencesDomain | #2,548 of 9,902 | 6.0% | 584 | #3970 | |
| Life SciencesDomain | #1,743 of 6,403 | 4.5% | 427 | #1878 | |
| MedicineField | #2,390 of 8,541 | 6.1% | 498 | #3814 | |
| EngineeringField | #1,791 of 5,901 | 2.6% | 792 | #1574 | |
| Social SciencesDomain | #4,359 of 9,585 | 5.7% | 449 | #5536 | |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField | #1,348 of 2,964 | 4.6% | 195 | #1594 | |
| Materials ScienceField | #1,085 of 2,276 | 3.7% | 206 | #1165 | |
| ChemistryField | #760 of 1,299 | 2.7% | 108 | #792 | |
| Molecular BiologySubfield | #1,103 of 1,880 | 4.3% | 102 | #1411 |
Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Tokyo Metropolitan 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).
Which of those standings moved
The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022-now. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.
- Physical Sciences#1,316 #1,657
- Health Sciences#3,970 #2,548
- Life Sciences#1,878 #1,743
- Medicine#3,814 #2,390
- Engineering#1,574 #1,791
- Social Sciences#5,536 #4,359
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#1,594 #1,348
- Materials Science#1,165 #1,085
- Chemistry#792 #760
- Molecular Biology#1,411 #1,103
A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.
Which fields of science does Tokyo Metropolitan University work in?
In 2022-now, 59% of research at Tokyo Metropolitan University is in Physical Sciences, 17% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (21%), Medicine (14%), Computer Science (11%). It does 1.5× the world's share of Physical Sciences.
Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. 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 26 fields, with their numbers
- Physical Sciences2,35558.5%
- Engineering86521.5%
- Computer Science44010.9%
- Physics and Astronomy2426.0%
- Materials Science2385.9%
- Environmental Science2015.0%
- Chemistry1233.1%
- Earth and Planetary Sciences952.4%
- Mathematics842.1%
- Energy391.0%
- Chemical Engineering280.7%
- Health Sciences67016.7%
- Medicine57214.2%
- Health Professions781.9%
- Nursing150.4%
- Veterinary40.1%
- Dentistry20.0%
- Social Sciences50112.4%
- Social Sciences2235.5%
- Psychology1323.3%
- Business, Management and Accounting451.1%
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance441.1%
- Arts and Humanities330.8%
- Decision Sciences240.6%
- Life Sciences49912.4%
What does Tokyo Metropolitan University specialise in?
Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Condensed Matter Physics takes 6.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.
- Condensed Matter PhysicsSubfield · 40.4 works6.3×
- Human-Computer InteractionSubfield · 38.3 works4.6×
- Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsSubfield · 53.6 works4.2×
- Nature and Landscape ConservationSubfield · 37.0 works3.9×
- Signal ProcessingSubfield · 44.0 works3.6×
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.
Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Physics and Astronomy, 2.7×. Every wedge is a field page.
All 26 fields, with their numbers
- Physics and Astronomy2.71×242 works
- Chemical Engineering1.99×28 works
- Chemistry1.95×123 works
- Neuroscience1.80×117 works
- Mathematics1.77×84 works
- Materials Science1.69×238 works
- Earth and Planetary Sciences1.51×95 works
- Engineering1.43×865 works
- Computer Science1.41×440 works
- Psychology1.08×132 works
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.05×226 works
- Energy1.05×39 works
- Environmental Science1.00×201 works
- Veterinary0.75×4 works
- Medicine0.74×572 works
- Nursing0.74×15 works
- Health Professions0.73×78 works
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.66×125 works
- Decision Sciences0.62×24 works
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.57×8 works
- Immunology and Microbiology0.55×22 works
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.51×44 works
- Social Sciences0.44×223 works
- Business, Management and Accounting0.35×45 works
- Arts and Humanities0.28×33 works
- Dentistry0.10×2 works
- Physics and Astronomy 2.7×
- Chemical Engineering 2.0×
- Chemistry 1.9×
- Neuroscience 1.8×
- Mathematics 1.8×
- Materials Science 1.7×
- Earth and Planetary Sciences 1.5×
- Engineering 1.4×
- Computer Science 1.4×
- Psychology 1.1×
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 1.1×
- Energy 1.1×
- Environmental Science 1.0×
- Veterinary 0.8×
- Medicine 0.7×
- Nursing 0.7×
- Health Professions 0.7×
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences 0.7×
- Decision Sciences 0.6×
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics 0.6×
- Immunology and Microbiology 0.6×
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance 0.5×
- Social Sciences 0.4×
- Business, Management and Accounting 0.3×
- Arts and Humanities 0.3×
- Dentistry 0.1×
Who are the top researchers at Tokyo Metropolitan University?
Ranked on the quality score, Masatake Haruta, R. Tanabe and Mai Takeo lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Tokyo Metropolitan University.
- 1
Masatake Haruta
Japan · #33,237 worldwide 42k citations · 303 works
- 2
R. Tanabe
Japan · #100,331 worldwide 4.4k citations · 75 works
- 3
Mai Takeo
Japan · #247,278 worldwide 614 citations · 82 works
- 4
Tomokazu Koshiba
Japan · #280,280 worldwide 15k citations · 156 works
- 5
Ryuhei Nishiyabu
Japan · #324,192 worldwide 4.9k citations · 78 works
- 6
Takayuki Sumiyoshi
Japan · #414,779 worldwide 61k citations · 1,120 works
- 7
Toshiaki Isobe
Japan · #502,059 worldwide 17k citations · 317 works
- 8
Koichiro Tamura
Japan · #525,555 worldwide 268k citations · 134 works
- 9
Kosuke Sato
Japan · #542,133 worldwide 3.8k citations · 203 works
- 10
Yoshitaka Ishisaki
Japan · #592,451 worldwide 6k citations · 204 works
Which keywords describe research at Tokyo Metropolitan University?
By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Deep Learning, Neural Networks, Catalysis, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Machine Learning, Superconductivity and Ecosystem Management.
- Cross-modal Plasticity
- Audio-Visual Speech Recognition
- Fall Risk
- Haptic Interfaces
- Muscle Strength
- Physical Performance
- landscape conservation
- Cultural Landscape
- Ecosystem Management
- Polymerization
- Social Influence
- Invasive Species
- Biosensors
- Virtual Reality
- Nanoparticles
- Biomedical Applications
- Catalysis
- Biodiversity
- Machine Learning
- Climate Change
- Deep Learning
- Epidemiology
- Neural Networks
- Sustainability
- Inflammation
- Mechanical Properties
- Nanocomposites
- Nanostructures
- Self-Assembly
- Superconductivity
- Hydrogenation
- Habitat Fragmentation
- Functional Recovery
- Satoyama
- Evolutionary Algorithms
- Network Dynamics
- Organometallic Chemistry
- Nanotubes
- Gait Speed
- Speech Enhancement
Size is fractional works in 2022-now 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
- Deep Learning208▲ 1.50×79 topics
- Climate Change118◆ 1.08×78 topics
- Epidemiology110▼ 0.69×122 topics
- Machine Learning108▼ 0.80×81 topics
- Neural Networks104▲ 1.68×38 topics
- Biodiversity72▲ 2.4×27 topics
- Sustainability71▼ 0.72×63 topics
- Catalysis69▲ 2.6×28 topics
- Inflammation66▼ 0.77×79 topics
- Biomedical Applications66▲ 1.38×35 topics
- Mechanical Properties59▲ 1.49×36 topics
- Nanoparticles58◆ 1.14×40 topics
- Nanocomposites44▲ 1.38×20 topics
- Virtual Reality43▲ 2.2×16 topics
- Nanostructures42▲ 2.6×17 topics
- Biosensors41▲ 2.1×12 topics
- Self-Assembly39▲ 3.0×12 topics
- Invasive Species37▲ 2.2×21 topics
- Superconductivity34▲ 4.9×9 topics
- Social Influence34▲ 4.0×3 topics
- Hydrogenation30▲ 4.3×5 topics
- Polymerization28▲ 7.3×6 topics
- Habitat Fragmentation28▲ 3.2×5 topics
- Ecosystem Management28▲ 12×2 topics
- Functional Recovery28▲ 4.5×4 topics
- Cultural Landscape26▲ 20×2 topics
- Satoyama26▲ 67×1 topic
- landscape conservation26▲ 67×1 topic
- Evolutionary Algorithms24▲ 5.8×5 topics
- Physical Performance22▲ 5.7×2 topics
- Network Dynamics22▲ 5.5×3 topics
- Muscle Strength22▲ 4.9×4 topics
- Organometallic Chemistry21▲ 12×5 topics
- Haptic Interfaces20▲ 8.8×2 topics
- Nanotubes19▲ 6.1×4 topics
- Fall Risk19▲ 10×1 topic
- Gait Speed19▲ 10×1 topic
- Audio-Visual Speech Recognition18▲ 8.6×1 topic
- Speech Enhancement18▲ 8.6×1 topic
- Cross-modal Plasticity17▲ 10×1 topic
Which research topics does Tokyo Metropolitan University publish most on?
By volume in 2022-now: Urban and spatial planning, Balance, Gait, and Falls Prevention, Speech and Audio Processing and Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery.
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Urban and spatial planning Nature and Landscape Conservation 26 works
- 2 Balance, Gait, and Falls Prevention Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation 19 works
- 3 Speech and Audio Processing Signal Processing 18 works
- 4 Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery Rehabilitation 17 works
- 5 Tactile and Sensory Interactions Cognitive Neuroscience 17 works
- 6 Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies Sociology and Political Science 16 works
- 7 Legal and Regulatory Analysis Transportation 16 works
- 8 Military Technology and Strategies Aerospace Engineering 16 works
- 9 Virtual Reality Applications and Impacts Human-Computer Interaction 14 works
- 10 Color perception and design Social Psychology 13 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: 40% of research is openly available.
World: 18% is written across borders.
How has Tokyo Metropolitan University's research output changed?
Output in 2022-2025 was 26% higher than in 2018-2021.
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 Tokyo Metropolitan University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.018% in 2024.
Fractional works of Tokyo Metropolitan University 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.
Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 7.3% in 1995.
Other research institutions in Tokyo
- The University of Tokyo
- Tokyo Institute of Technology
- Keio University
- Waseda University
- Tokyo University of Science
- Nihon University
- Hitachi (Japan)
- NTT (Japan)
Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners have tabs of their own, above.
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