Research Introduction

The Institute of Fluid Science (IFS) has upheld “Research First” principle and the tradition of “Practice-Oriented Research and Education” at Tohoku University since this institute’s inauguration in 1943 as the Institute of High-Speed Mechanics, and has pledged commitment to the formation of theories regarding fiow, as well as applications thereof.

IFS consists of four research divisions and two attached research centers : Creative Flow Research Division, Complex Flow Research Division, Nanoscale Flow Research Division, Collaborative Research Division, and attached Global Collaborative Research and Education Center for Integrated Flow Science (IFS-GCORE), and attached Lyon Center.

Research Results

Research Results

2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Original Papers (English)※1 188 217 164 189 172
Original Papers (other than English) 6 5 9 15 10
Presentations at International Conferences ※2 349 388 303 309 329
Presentations at Domestic Conferences 273 261 256 296 283
Total 816 871 732 809 794
※1
Original papers refer to the papers published in the peer-reviewed academic journals, highly evaluated academic journals that are equivalent to the above journals, or in the proceedings. They also refer to the short notes, preliminary reports, invited papers or tutorial papers. They do not include proceedings, papers, summaries of lectures or abstracts without peer review.
※2
It does not include above-mentioned original papers.

International Collaborative Researches

2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Individual Collaborative Researches 58 60 51 52 -※3
Publicly Offered Collaborative Researches 41 56 60 70 50
Leadership Collaborative Researches 6 3 5 0 3
Total 105 119 116 122 53
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Not calculated due to changes in Tohoku University database specifications.