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Aerospace Engineering research in Japan

The University of Tokyo ranks first in Japan for Aerospace Engineering research in 2022-now (#53 worldwide), followed by Kyushu University and Tohoku University.

Japan's world rank
#11
of 64 countries, 2022-now
Works, 2022-now
8.9k
Top-10% rate
4.7%
Ranked institutions
31

Research strength only: this says nothing about teaching, admissions or cost.

What is the best university for Aerospace Engineering in Japan?

#InstitutionWorld rankScoreTop-10% rateWorks
1The University of TokyoTokyo #5340.43.5%713
2Kyushu UniversityFukuoka #14325.54.7%393
3Tohoku UniversitySendai #14825.09.0%320
4Tokyo Institute of TechnologyTokyo #19221.15.9%211
5Kyoto UniversityKyoto #20620.16.5%162
6Japan Aerospace Exploration AgencyTokyo #24117.73.3%413
7Nagoya UniversityNagoya #25017.23.7%144
8The University of OsakaOsaka #27715.64.4%181
9Japan Atomic Energy AgencyTōkai Mura #32713.13.7%196
10Hokkaido UniversitySapporo #36611.46.4%100
11Tokyo Gakugei UniversityTokyo #4598.17.5%80
12Keio UniversityTokyo #4667.85.2%83
13Chiba UniversityChiba #4677.89.4%82
14Yamaguchi UniversityYamaguchi #4917.05.7%208
15Tokyo University of ScienceTokyo #5295.94.4%79
16National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and TechnologyTsukuba #5325.86.4%96
17Waseda UniversityTokyo #5355.84.1%109
18National Institute of Information and Communications TechnologyTokyo #5365.72.5%65
19Nagoya Institute of TechnologyNagoya #5395.63.8%67
20National Defense Academy of JapanYokosuka #5615.01.0%61
21University of MiyazakiMiyazaki #5684.85.5%115
22Ritsumeikan UniversityKyoto #5884.35.6%67
23Mitsubishi Electric (Japan)Tokyo #5914.34.8%101
24University of Electro-CommunicationsTokyo #5984.14.3%72
25Tokyo Metropolitan UniversityTokyo #6273.43.7%68
26University of TsukubaTsukuba #6323.24.5%68
27Kindai UniversityOsaka #6443.03.0%115
28Tottori UniversityTottori-shi #6692.43.3%69
29Kyushu Institute of TechnologyKitakyushu #7011.72.9%130
30Yokohama National UniversityYokohama #7081.53.0%76
31Nihon UniversityTokyo #74970.02.4%72

Institutions in Japan above the floor of 40 fractional works in Aerospace Engineering, ordered by their worldwide rank on research quality, 2022-now.

Who are the top Aerospace Engineering researchers in Japan?

Yuichi Otsuka, Nei Kato and Nobuhiro Tsuji rank highest among researchers based in Japan, on their papers in Aerospace Engineering that reached the world top 10%, beyond the 10% expected.

  1. 1Yuichi Otsuka#772,078 worldwide overall23.0 of 83 papers here in the top 10%
  2. 2Nei Kato#963,860 worldwide overall38.7 of 119 papers here in the top 10%
  3. 3Nobuhiro Tsuji#331,526 worldwide overall20.5 of 48 papers here in the top 10%
  4. 4Ryo Ohmura#803,322 worldwide overall14.5 of 48 papers here in the top 10%
  5. 5Yoshihide Tominaga#221,474 worldwide overall13.0 of 36 papers here in the top 10%
  6. 6K. Hono#79,377 worldwide overall13.2 of 38 papers here in the top 10%
  7. 7Seiji Kuroda#925,248 worldwide overall17.0 of 79 papers here in the top 10%
  8. 8Yutaka S. Sato#1,382,849 worldwide overall19.2 of 41 papers here in the top 10%
  9. 9H. Hamagaki#41,510 worldwide overall11.2 of 23 papers here in the top 10%
  10. 10Hideyuki Murakami#1,068,589 worldwide overall13.9 of 53 papers here in the top 10%
  11. 11Stefanus Harjo#581,145 worldwide overall13.0 of 44 papers here in the top 10%
  12. 12Takuro Kawasaki#310,771 worldwide overall10.3 of 20 papers here in the top 10%
  13. 13K. Homma#19,773 worldwide overall9.5 of 15 papers here in the top 10%
  14. 14Kiyoshi Tanida#239,613 worldwide overall9.2 of 16 papers here in the top 10%
  15. 15Hidetoshi Fujii#3,919,514 worldwide overall28.0 of 86 papers here in the top 10%

Ranked among researchers based in Japan on their work in Aerospace Engineering alone: how many more of their papers here reached the world top 10% for their subfield and year than the 10% expected.

How Japan compares with other countries in Aerospace Engineering