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Researcher · The University of Tokyo · Japan

Ikuo Towhata

Ikuo Towhata publishes mostly in Civil and Structural Engineering, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law and Mechanics of Materials, on topics such as Geotechnical Engineering and Underground Structures, Geotechnical Engineering and Soil Mechanics and Landslides and related hazards.

ORCID 0000-0001-7814-685X OpenAlex
World rank
#167,858
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in Japan
#4,182
of 114,622
Works
87
Citations
373
Citations per work
4.3

What does Ikuo Towhata research?

Civil and Structural Engineering: 49.5%Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 9.9%Mechanics of Materials: 6.9%Geophysics: 5.0%other fields: 28.7%50%top field
Civil and Structural Engineering49.5%Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law9.9%Mechanics of Materials6.9%Geophysics5.0%other fields28.7%

Shares of their own output, by the field each of their topics belongs to. The grey slice is everything not listed.

  1. 1Civil and Structural Engineering50% of their works
  2. 2Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law10% of their works
  3. 3Mechanics of Materials7% of their works
  4. 4Geophysics5% of their works
  5. 5Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality5% of their works
  6. 6Mechanical Engineering4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Ikuo Towhata's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Seismic, Tunnel, Liquefaction Resistance, Particle Shape Effects, Hazard, Landslide, Geosynthetics and Soil Reinforcement.

Size is their works in the topics tagged with each word, from their 8 largest topics. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 16 words, with their numbers
  1. Seismic131 topic
  2. Tunnel131 topic
  3. Liquefaction Resistance121 topic
  4. Particle Shape Effects121 topic
  5. Hazard101 topic
  6. Landslide101 topic
  7. Geosynthetics91 topic
  8. Soil Reinforcement91 topic
  9. Fracture61 topic
  10. Rock Mechanics61 topic
  11. Slope Stability Analysis51 topic
  12. Spatial Variability51 topic
  13. Geosynthetic Clay Liners31 topic
  14. Landfill Gas31 topic
  15. Seismic Noise21 topic
  16. Tomography21 topic

Where does Ikuo Towhata work?

Ikuo Towhata's main affiliation in the publication record is The University of Tokyo, Japan.

How many publications and citations does Ikuo Towhata have?

Science Explorer counts 87 works and 373 citations for Ikuo Towhata, ranking #167,858 of 1,633,909 researchers worldwide on the composite score.

Ranked on field-normalised excellence (50%), output (30%) and citations (20%). Counts come from OpenAlex author records, which occasionally merge different people who share a name or split one person into several.

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