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Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering research in Japan

The University of Tokyo ranks first in Japan for Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering research in 2022-now (#149 worldwide), followed by Waseda University and Hitachi (Japan).

Japan's world rank
#25
of 60 countries, 2022-now
Works, 2022-now
2.2k
Top-10% rate
4.0%
Ranked institutions
3
Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering (Engineering)

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

What is the best university for Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering in Japan?

#InstitutionWorld rankScoreTop-10% rateWorks
1The University of TokyoTokyo #14913.14.6%123
2Waseda UniversityTokyo #2226.15.7%77
3Hitachi (Japan)Tokyo #2682.91.2%67

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

Who are the top Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering researchers in Japan?

Mitsuo Gen, Yong Yin and Ikou Kaku rank highest among researchers based in Japan, on their papers in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering that reached the world top 10%, beyond the 10% expected.

  1. 1Mitsuo Gen#534,453 worldwide overall50.2 of 185 papers here in the top 10%
  2. 2Yong Yin#473,296 worldwide overall26.0 of 71 papers here in the top 10%
  3. 3Ikou Kaku#145,875 worldwide overall13.8 of 34 papers here in the top 10%
  4. 4Tsuyoshi Fujita#446,807 worldwide overall12.5 of 30 papers here in the top 10%
  5. 5Akio Imai#2,369,972 worldwide overall14.8 of 52 papers here in the top 10%
  6. 6Minoru Fujii#327,419 worldwide overall8.1 of 17 papers here in the top 10%
  7. 7Tetsuo Tomiyama#823,630 worldwide overall12.0 of 63 papers here in the top 10%
  8. 8Eiichi Taniguchi#880,919 worldwide overall9.4 of 31 papers here in the top 10%
  9. 9Etsuko Nishimura#1,892,562 worldwide overall10.8 of 46 papers here in the top 10%
  10. 10Satoshi Ohnishi#458,550 worldwide overall5.1 of 11 papers here in the top 10%
  11. 11Toshihide Ibaraki#1,825,700 worldwide overall9.9 of 56 papers here in the top 10%
  12. 12Runwei Cheng#832,287 worldwide overall5.3 of 14 papers here in the top 10%
  13. 13Lu Sun#559,862 worldwide overall3.6 of 8 papers here in the top 10%
  14. 14Shunji Tanaka#1,757,846 worldwide overall5.8 of 25 papers here in the top 10%
  15. 15Ali Gul Qureshi#1,485,336 worldwide overall4.8 of 14 papers here in the top 10%

Ranked among researchers based in Japan on their work in Industrial and Manufacturing 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 Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering