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Transportation research in Japan

The University of Tokyo ranks first in Japan for Transportation research in 2022-now (#10 worldwide), followed by Kyushu University and Kyoto University.

Japan's world rank
#7
of 49 countries, 2022-now
Works, 2022-now
4.1k
Top-10% rate
5.9%
Ranked institutions
10

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

What is the best university for Transportation in Japan?

#InstitutionWorld rankScoreTop-10% rateWorks
1The University of TokyoTokyo #1053.73.0%547
2Kyushu UniversityFukuoka #3826.82.1%255
3Kyoto UniversityKyoto #6516.06.6%71
4Nagoya UniversityNagoya #8710.16.3%62
5Tokyo Gakugei UniversityTokyo #929.07.6%79
6The University of OsakaOsaka #987.72.5%76
7Yamaguchi UniversityYamaguchi #1036.76.2%193
8University of MiyazakiMiyazaki #1076.05.5%108
9Kindai UniversityOsaka #1203.73.5%108
10Japan Aerospace Exploration AgencyTokyo #1243.01.2%127

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

Who are the top Transportation researchers in Japan?

Xuan Song, Ryosuke Shibasaki and Ryuichi Kitamura rank highest among researchers based in Japan, on their papers in Transportation that reached the world top 10%, beyond the 10% expected.

  1. 1Xuan Song#87,422 worldwide overall18.0 of 40 papers here in the top 10%
  2. 2Ryosuke Shibasaki#1,068,241 worldwide overall17.5 of 68 papers here in the top 10%
  3. 3Ryuichi Kitamura#850,018 worldwide overall21.7 of 105 papers here in the top 10%
  4. 4Ayyoob Sharifi#295 worldwide overall10.3 of 14 papers here in the top 10%
  5. 5Mohammad Javad Koohsari#180,963 worldwide overall12.3 of 34 papers here in the top 10%
  6. 6Renhe Jiang#67,223 worldwide overall10.3 of 22 papers here in the top 10%
  7. 7Haoran Zhang#71,943 worldwide overall10.0 of 23 papers here in the top 10%
  8. 8Tomoki Nakaya#552,064 worldwide overall9.8 of 39 papers here in the top 10%
  9. 9Xiao Zhou#809,801 worldwide overall6.2 of 8 papers here in the top 10%
  10. 10Toshiyuki Yamamoto#750,211 worldwide overall13.2 of 83 papers here in the top 10%
  11. 11Takahiro Yabe#243,599 worldwide overall6.7 of 18 papers here in the top 10%
  12. 12Zipei Fan#521,190 worldwide overall7.0 of 22 papers here in the top 10%
  13. 13Junyi Zhang#661,114 worldwide overall14.2 of 98 papers here in the top 10%
  14. 14Koichiro Oka#1,310,015 worldwide overall8.0 of 30 papers here in the top 10%
  15. 15Yin Long#528,380 worldwide overall5.0 of 9 papers here in the top 10%

Ranked among researchers based in Japan on their work in Transportation 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 Transportation