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Ocean Engineering research in Japan

The University of Tokyo ranks first in Japan for Ocean Engineering research in 2022-now (#83 worldwide), followed by Kyoto University and The University of Osaka.

Japan's world rank
#17
of 54 countries, 2022-now
Works, 2022-now
2.5k
Top-10% rate
4.5%
Ranked institutions
5

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

What is the best university for Ocean Engineering in Japan?

#InstitutionWorld rankScoreTop-10% rateWorks
1The University of TokyoTokyo #8322.68.4%173
2Kyoto UniversityKyoto #16210.95.3%66
3The University of OsakaOsaka #1937.87.2%64
4Kyushu UniversityFukuoka #1967.56.9%74
5Tohoku UniversitySendai #2175.77.1%69

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

Who are the top Ocean Engineering researchers in Japan?

Koji Arai, Naota Hanasaki and Shinsuke Tanabe rank highest among researchers based in Japan, on their papers in Ocean Engineering that reached the world top 10%, beyond the 10% expected.

  1. 1Koji Arai#6,560 worldwide overall10.8 of 27 papers here in the top 10%
  2. 2Naota Hanasaki#95,637 worldwide overall13.1 of 51 papers here in the top 10%
  3. 3Shinsuke Tanabe#410,957 worldwide overall10.3 of 28 papers here in the top 10%
  4. 4Katsuhiro Nishinari#683,442 worldwide overall12.3 of 52 papers here in the top 10%
  5. 5Taikan Oki#521,214 worldwide overall9.2 of 35 papers here in the top 10%
  6. 6Yujing Jiang#753,339 worldwide overall12.3 of 32 papers here in the top 10%
  7. 6Nobuhiro Fusetani#921,533 worldwide overall8.0 of 26 papers here in the top 10%
  8. 8K. Kokeyama#9,864 worldwide overall6.5 of 18 papers here in the top 10%
  9. 9Haoran Zhang#71,943 worldwide overall7.3 of 26 papers here in the top 10%
  10. 10Yasuo Ogawa#2,532,999 worldwide overall6.9 of 28 papers here in the top 10%
  11. 11Sherif A. El‐Safty#113,849 worldwide overall5.3 of 6 papers here in the top 10%
  12. 12Takeshi Tsuji#969,763 worldwide overall8.2 of 44 papers here in the top 10%
  13. 13S. Morisaki#1,321 worldwide overall4.3 of 6 papers here in the top 10%
  14. 14Y. Aso#24,581 worldwide overall5.3 of 18 papers here in the top 10%
  15. 15Tamao Noguchi#2,023,571 worldwide overall5.7 of 20 papers here in the top 10%

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