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Mechanical Engineering research in Japan

The University of Tokyo ranks first in Japan for Mechanical Engineering research in 2022-now (#122 worldwide), followed by Tohoku University and National Institute for Materials Science.

Japan's world rank
#16
of 74 countries, 2022-now
Works, 2022-now
11k
Top-10% rate
4.6%
Ranked institutions
39

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

What is the best university for Mechanical Engineering in Japan?

#InstitutionWorld rankScoreTop-10% rateWorks
1The University of TokyoTokyo #12233.18.1%528
2Tohoku UniversitySendai #15929.57.5%667
3National Institute for Materials ScienceTsukuba #16229.28.0%243
4The University of OsakaOsaka #19226.87.1%543
5Kyoto UniversityKyoto #26022.67.7%250
6Kyushu UniversityFukuoka #31320.07.9%362
7Nagoya UniversityNagoya #32819.44.9%269
8Tokyo Institute of TechnologyTokyo #33419.15.1%306
9Hokkaido UniversitySapporo #40316.57.3%183
10Japan Atomic Energy AgencyTōkai Mura #51313.19.3%105
11Waseda UniversityTokyo #6629.66.2%204
12Keio UniversityTokyo #6759.34.9%129
13National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and TechnologyTsukuba #7547.85.9%210
14Nagoya Institute of TechnologyNagoya #8076.83.2%99
15Ritsumeikan UniversityKyoto #8146.74.9%110
16Tokyo Metropolitan UniversityTokyo #8735.74.6%100
17Hiroshima UniversityHiroshima #8995.34.2%156
18Nippon Steel (Japan)Tokyo #9045.33.7%153
19Kumamoto UniversityKumamoto #9165.17.7%64
20Kobe UniversityKobe #9424.75.7%104
21Kanazawa UniversityKanazawa #9644.44.3%94
22Tokyo University of ScienceTokyo #9904.02.3%140
23University of ToyamaToyama #1,0003.84.2%60
24University of TsukubaTsukuba #1,0073.85.1%84
25Osaka Metropolitan UniversityOsaka #1,0123.72.6%72
26Hitachi (Japan)Tokyo #1,0503.22.5%114
27Okayama UniversityOkayama #1,0593.11.9%77
28Shizuoka UniversityShizuoka #1,0862.74.6%74
29Tokyo University of Agriculture and TechnologyTokyo #1,0892.73.0%99
30University of Electro-CommunicationsTokyo #1,1252.23.4%73
31Nagaoka University of TechnologyNagaoka #1,1282.23.6%64
32Railway Technical Research InstituteKokubunji #1,1631.81.6%82
33Yokohama National UniversityYokohama #1,1721.63.1%106
34Tokyo Denki UniversityTokyo #1,1791.61.7%76
35Shibaura Institute of TechnologyTokyo #1,220109.02.4%101
36University of HyogoKobe #1,224104.01.9%63
37Kyushu Institute of TechnologyKitakyushu #1,23690.02.8%103
38Doshisha UniversityKyoto #1,23789.01.6%61
39Kindai UniversityOsaka #1,24185.01.5%66

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

Who are the top Mechanical Engineering researchers in Japan?

Bidyut Baran Saha, Akihisa Inoue and K. Hono rank highest among researchers based in Japan, on their papers in Mechanical Engineering that reached the world top 10%, beyond the 10% expected.

  1. 1Bidyut Baran Saha#54,803 worldwide overall91.8 of 277 papers here in the top 10%
  2. 2Akihisa Inoue#1,332,010 worldwide overall149.5 of 858 papers here in the top 10%
  3. 3K. Hono#79,377 worldwide overall45.4 of 126 papers here in the top 10%
  4. 4Nobuhiro Tsuji#331,526 worldwide overall69.0 of 228 papers here in the top 10%
  5. 5Keiichi Tomishige#42,937 worldwide overall31.7 of 63 papers here in the top 10%
  6. 6Zenji Horita#507,737 worldwide overall64.0 of 192 papers here in the top 10%
  7. 7Mingwei W. Chen#18,508 worldwide overall28.3 of 62 papers here in the top 10%
  8. 8Hideto Matsuyama#245,924 worldwide overall34.0 of 120 papers here in the top 10%
  9. 9Tomohiro Akiyama#634,506 worldwide overall31.5 of 106 papers here in the top 10%
  10. 10Yoshinao Nakagawa#35,059 worldwide overall23.7 of 43 papers here in the top 10%
  11. 11Jian Ping Gong#103,543 worldwide overall24.4 of 55 papers here in the top 10%
  12. 12Kyaw Thu#325,046 worldwide overall30.5 of 120 papers here in the top 10%
  13. 13Ryosuke Kainuma#224,322 worldwide overall32.0 of 111 papers here in the top 10%
  14. 14Kazuhiro Otsuka#82,242 worldwide overall25.8 of 77 papers here in the top 10%
  15. 15K. Ishida#97,253 worldwide overall25.2 of 76 papers here in the top 10%

Ranked among researchers based in Japan on their work in Mechanical 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 Mechanical Engineering