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Toyota Central Research and Development Laboratories (Japan)

In research, Toyota Central Research and Development Laboratories (Japan) stands highest in Physical Sciences (#2,841 of 12,888 worldwide), Engineering (#3,070 of 6,636 worldwide) and Electrical and Electronic Engineering (#1,778 of 2,318 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and Energy — Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment is 8.3× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#5,029
of 28,054 · #1,757 all time
Rank in Japan
#115
of 1,070
Research works
4.1k
▲ 22% vs 2013–17
Citations
149k
36.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
24%
world 28%

What is Toyota Central Research and Development Laboratories (Japan) 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 #2,841 of 12,888 10.6%430 #1189
EngineeringField #3,070 of 6,636 10.7%202 #1662
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringSubfield #1,778 of 2,318 12.3%86 #987
Materials ScienceField #2,158 of 2,468 10.6%72 #522

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Toyota Central Research and Development Laboratories (Japan) 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#1,189 #2,841
  2. Engineering#1,662 #3,070
  3. Electrical and Electronic Engineering#987 #1,778
  4. Materials Science#522 #2,158
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 Toyota Central Research and Development Laboratories (Japan) specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment takes 8.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the EnvironmentSubfield · 30.4 works8.3×
  2. EnergyField · 32.1 works7.3×
← 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: 0.15× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.46× its world share, 12 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.91× its world share, 7 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.46× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 8.22× its world share, 14 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 2.61× its world share, 20 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.24× its world share, 46 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.38× its world share, 3 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 7.29× its world share, 32 worksEnergyEngineering: 2.81× its world share, 202 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.36× its world share, 9 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 4.33× its world share, 72 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 2.98× its world share, 32 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.12× its world share, 11 worksMedicineNursing: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.55× its world share, 3 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.14× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.11× its world share, 6 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Chemical Engineering, 8.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Toyota Central Research and Development Laboratories (Japan)?

Ranked on the composite score, Nobuo Kamiya, Yoshiaki Fukushima and Arimitsu Usuki lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Toyota Central Research and Development Laboratories (Japan).

  1. 1 Nobuo Kamiya Japan · #25,744 worldwide 781 citations · 75 works
  2. 2 Yoshiaki Fukushima Japan · #32,834 worldwide 519 citations · 37 works
  3. 3 Arimitsu Usuki Japan · #43,591 worldwide 1.1k citations · 30 works
  4. 4 Osami Kamigaito Japan · #45,420 worldwide 603 citations · 31 works
  5. 5 Toshio Kurauchi Japan · #59,881 worldwide 652 citations · 27 works
  6. 6 Akane Okada Japan · #63,840 worldwide 1k citations · 26 works
  7. 7 Masaya Kawasumi Japan · #81,091 worldwide 925 citations · 24 works
  8. 8 Yasunori Taga Japan · #95,290 worldwide 524 citations · 59 works
  9. 9 Naoki Hasegawa Japan · #100,248 worldwide 430 citations · 25 works
  10. 10 Takeshi Ohwaki Japan · #143,387 worldwide 245 citations · 24 works
All ranked researchers at Toyota Central Research and Development Laboratories (Japan)

Which keywords describe research at Toyota Central Research and Development Laboratories (Japan)?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Cathode Materials, Lithium-ion Batteries, Nanomaterials, Catalysis, Energy Storage, Metal-Organic Frameworks, Electrocatalysis and Catalysts.

▲ 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. Nanomaterials31▲ 6.1×13 topics
  2. Cathode Materials30▲ 16×3 topics
  3. Lithium-ion Batteries30▲ 15×3 topics
  4. Catalysis27▲ 8.5×19 topics
  5. Energy Storage27▲ 8.6×8 topics
  6. Metal-Organic Frameworks25▲ 13×5 topics
  7. Electrocatalysis24▲ 17×5 topics
  8. Catalysts23▲ 25×3 topics
  9. Water Splitting22▲ 13×4 topics
  10. Nanoparticles22▲ 3.6×23 topics
  11. Rechargeable Batteries20▲ 15×2 topics
  12. Energy Conversion18▲ 19×3 topics
  13. Sustainable Energy17▲ 19×3 topics
  14. Fuel Cells17▲ 22×2 topics
  15. Battery Technology16▲ 12×2 topics
  16. Hydrogen Evolution16▲ 26×1 topic
  17. Oxygen Reduction16▲ 26×1 topic
  18. Battery Materials15▲ 19×1 topic
  19. Nanostructured Anodes15▲ 19×1 topic
  20. Polymer Electrolyte Membranes15▲ 41×1 topic
  21. Proton Exchange Membranes15▲ 41×1 topic
  22. Graphene14▲ 4.2×10 topics
  23. Nanostructures13▲ 6.6×15 topics
  24. Thermal Management13▲ 8.0×4 topics
  25. Carbon Dioxide12▲ 16×3 topics
  26. Semiconductors12▲ 7.8×5 topics
  27. Ionic Conductivity11▲ 17×2 topics
  28. Electric Vehicles10▲ 7.4×4 topics
  29. Lithium-Sulfur Batteries10▲ 15×1 topic
  30. Solid-State Electrolytes10▲ 17×1 topic
  31. CO2 Reduction10▲ 9.6×2 topics
  32. Safety Concerns9▲ 12×2 topics
  33. Entanglement9▲ 13×4 topics
  34. Molecular Dynamics8▲ 11×4 topics
  35. Renewable Fuels8▲ 15×2 topics
  36. Battery Management Systems8▲ 11×1 topic
  37. Light-Emitting Diodes8▲ 11×2 topics
  38. Metal Recovery8▲ 8.5×3 topics
  39. Quantum Information8▲ 15×2 topics
  40. Thermal Runaway8▲ 11×1 topic

Which research topics does Toyota Central Research and Development Laboratories (Japan) publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion, Advancements in Battery Materials, Fuel Cells and Related Materials and Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies.

Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion: 16 fractional worksAdvancements in Battery Materials: 15 fractional worksFuel Cells and Related M…15Fuel Cells and Related Materials: 15 fractional worksAdvanced Battery Materia…10Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies: 10 fractional worksAdvanced Battery Technologies Research: 8 fractional worksCatalytic Processes in Materials Science: 7 fractional worksQuantum Computing Algori…6Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture: 6 fractional worksMachine Learning in Materials Science: 6 fractional worksCO2 Reduction Techniques and Catalysts: 6 fractional worksExtraction and Separation Processes: 6 fractional works
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the EnvironmentElectrical and Electronic EngineeringAutomotive EngineeringMaterials Chemistry2 others

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

  1. 1 Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 16 works
  2. 2 Advancements in Battery Materials Electrical and Electronic Engineering 15 works
  3. 3 Fuel Cells and Related Materials Electrical and Electronic Engineering 15 works
  4. 4 Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies Electrical and Electronic Engineering 10 works
  5. 5 Advanced Battery Technologies Research Automotive Engineering 8 works
  6. 6 Catalytic Processes in Materials Science Materials Chemistry 7 works
  7. 7 Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture Artificial Intelligence 6 works
  8. 8 Machine Learning in Materials Science Materials Chemistry 6 works
  9. 9 CO2 Reduction Techniques and Catalysts Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 6 works
  10. 10 Extraction and Separation Processes Mechanical 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 available24.3%not open75.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors19.5%domestic only80.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Toyota Central Research and Development Laboratories (Japan)'s research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 22% 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.

Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners are in the interactive view on the map.