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Research in Kanazawa

Science Explorer records 26 research institutions in Kanazawa, Japan. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Kanazawa University, Kanazawa Medical University and Mirai Hospital.

Research institutions
26
5 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
50k
▼ 6% vs 2018-21
Citations
874k
17.3 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
9.7%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Kanazawa

A city carries no overall standing here. The quality score is built for institutions and countries, the units its floors and field normalisation were designed around. An empty rank on this page is a statement about the measure, not about the place.

Which research institutions are in Kanazawa?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Kanazawa UniversityUniversity 39,444 #1,120
2Kanazawa Medical UniversityUniversity 6,023 #10,278
3Hokuriku UniversityUniversity 1,850 #19,305
4Ishikawa Prefectural Central HospitalHospital / health system 745 #20,848
5Kanazawa HospitalHospital / health system 648 #27,829 all time
6Mirai HospitalHospital / health system 404 #17,466
7Kanazawa Medical CenterHospital / health system 301 #31,783 all time
8Asanogawa General HospitalHospital / health system 223 #33,868 all time
9Kanazawa Municipal HospitalHospital / health system 197 #33,456 all time
10Kanazawa Technical CollegeUniversity 189 #31,270 all time
11Kanazawa Gakuin UniversityUniversity 178 #25,956 all time
12Kanazawa Seiryo UniversityUniversity 163 #30,409 all time
13Ishikawa Prefectural PoliceGovernment institution 77 not ranked
14Kanazawa College of ArtUniversity 47 not ranked
15Hokuriku Gakuin UniversityUniversity 44 not ranked
16Ishikawa Prefectural Nursing SchoolUniversity 33 not ranked
17Kanagawa Prefectural Kanazawa-Bunko MuseumArchive 28 not ranked
18Ishikawa Prefecture Archaeological CenterArchive 27 not ranked
19Ishikawa Prefectural Museum of ArtArchive 27 not ranked
20Tsudakoma (Japan)Company 27 not ranked
21Kanazawa Municipal Technical High SchoolUniversity 10 not ranked
22Ishikawa Prefectural Technical High SchoolUniversity 8 not ranked
23National Hospital Organization IobyoinHospital / health system 6 not ranked
24Kanazawa Municipal Kenrokuen Elementary SchoolUniversity 5 not ranked
25Ishikawa Prefectural LibraryArchive 3 not ranked
26Ishikawa Prefectural Institute for Educational Research and In-Service TrainingUniversity 3 not ranked

By fractional works over the whole record; world rank on research quality in 2022-now. Bars are scaled to the largest institution in this city, not to anything off the page.

How concentrated the city is

The same institutions as shares of everything the list accounts for. A city that is one university and a city that is twelve read alike as a table and not at all alike here.

Kanazawa University: 77.8%Kanazawa Medical University: 11.9%Hokuriku University: 3.6%Ishikawa Prefectural Central Hospital: 1.5%22 others listed: 5.2%78%largest
Kanazawa University39k · 77.8%Kanazawa Medical University6,023 · 11.9%Hokuriku University1,850 · 3.6%Ishikawa Prefectural Central Hospital745 · 1.5%22 others listed2,648 · 5.2%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which fields of science does Kanazawa work in?

In 2022-now, 44% of research in Kanazawa is in Health Sciences, 31% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (41%), Engineering (11%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (10%). It does 1.9× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 2,524 fractional works · 44.0% of its workMedicine: 2,374 fractional works · 41.4% of its workSurgery: 424 fractional works · 7.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 301 fractional works · 5.3% of its workOncology: 192 fractional works · 3.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 156 fractional works · 2.7% of its workEpidemiology: 147 fractional works · 2.6% of its workPhysiology: 111 fractional works · 1.9% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 96 fractional works · 1.7% of its workRheumatology: 89 fractional works · 1.5% of its workNeurology: 81 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 79 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 70 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 63 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHematology: 50 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHepatology: 42 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 41 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInfectious Diseases: 40 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNephrology: 37 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology: 36 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGenetics: 35 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 33 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDermatology: 30 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOphthalmology: 26 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 23 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRehabilitation: 23 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGastroenterology: 22 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEmergency Medicine: 19 fractional works · 0.3% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 13 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 13 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 83 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHealth Professions: 101 fractional works · 1.8% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 29 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 14 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 13 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 12 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 33 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNursing: 27 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 24 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 16 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVeterinary: 5 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 1,781 fractional works · 31.1% of its workEngineering: 645 fractional works · 11.2% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 161 fractional works · 2.8% of its workMechanical Engineering: 107 fractional works · 1.9% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 95 fractional works · 1.7% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 51 fractional works · 0.9% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 49 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAerospace Engineering: 43 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMechanics of Materials: 31 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputational Mechanics: 25 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 20 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 19 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBuilding and Construction: 18 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOcean Engineering: 13 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 14 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 243 fractional works · 4.2% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 87 fractional works · 1.5% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 46 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInformation Systems: 30 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 30 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 25 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 25 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 217 fractional works · 3.8% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 117 fractional works · 2.0% of its workBiomaterials: 34 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 31 fractional works · 0.5% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 24 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 179 fractional works · 3.1% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 43 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 23 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcology: 22 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPollution: 19 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 14 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 14 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 29 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 157 fractional works · 2.7% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 59 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 31 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRadiation: 22 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 18 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 14 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 148 fractional works · 2.6% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 90 fractional works · 1.6% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 18 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSpectroscopy: 17 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 23 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 82 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGeophysics: 28 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAtmospheric Science: 25 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 28 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMathematics: 74 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMathematical Physics: 19 fractional works · 0.3% of its workApplied Mathematics: 18 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeometry and Topology: 14 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 24 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemical Engineering: 20 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 16 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 982 fractional works · 17.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 547 fractional works · 9.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 303 fractional works · 5.3% of its workGenetics: 58 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCancer Research: 57 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCell Biology: 48 fractional works · 0.8% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 17 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry: 16 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiotechnology: 12 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 36 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeuroscience: 212 fractional works · 3.7% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 77 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 51 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNeurology: 23 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 20 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSensory Systems: 17 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 24 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 90 fractional works · 1.6% of its workImmunology: 75 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 88 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPlant Science: 27 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 21 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInsect Science: 14 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 26 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 45 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPharmacology: 24 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmaceutical Science: 17 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 449 fractional works · 7.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 181 fractional works · 3.1% of its workSociology and Political Science: 60 fractional works · 1.1% of its workTransportation: 29 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEducation: 22 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCultural Studies: 13 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDemography: 12 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 45 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPsychology: 145 fractional works · 2.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 47 fractional works · 0.8% of its workClinical Psychology: 40 fractional works · 0.7% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 33 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 17 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 52 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 30 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 21 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 27 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDecision Sciences: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKKanazawa5,736fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences17%Physical Sciences31%Health Sciences44%Social Sciences8%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this city does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Health Sciences2,52444.0%
    1. Medicine2,37441.4%
    2. Health Professions1011.8%
    3. Nursing270.5%
    4. Dentistry160.3%
    5. Veterinary50.1%
    1. Engineering64511.2%
    2. Computer Science2434.2%
    3. Materials Science2173.8%
    4. Environmental Science1793.1%
    5. Physics and Astronomy1572.7%
    6. Chemistry1482.6%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences821.4%
    8. Mathematics741.3%
    9. Chemical Engineering200.4%
    10. Energy160.3%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology5479.5%
    2. Neuroscience2123.7%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology901.6%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences881.5%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics450.8%
    1. Social Sciences1813.1%
    2. Psychology1452.5%
    3. Arts and Humanities520.9%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance300.5%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting270.5%
    6. Decision Sciences150.3%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Kanazawa strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Kanazawa is most concentrated in Hepatology, Rheumatology and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine (3.6× the world share in Hepatology).

  1. HepatologySubfield · 35.0 works3.6×
  2. RheumatologySubfield · 78.2 works3.4×
  3. Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield · 259.3 works3.3×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient against the world baseline. Inside a single field a city is a meaningful unit, which is why this is where a city is measured at all.

The whole field profile

All 26 fields at once: above the ring is more than a place this size would be expected to do. A specialist and a generalist produce the same ranked list and a completely different shape.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.33× its world share, 79 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.78× its world share, 480 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.51× its world share, 77 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.29× its world share, 188 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.28× its world share, 41 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.95× its world share, 17 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.64× its world share, 130 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.55× its world share, 218 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.92× its world share, 73 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.24× its world share, 11 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.77× its world share, 584 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.63× its world share, 158 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.08× its world share, 191 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.13× its world share, 68 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.23× its world share, 138 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.60× its world share, 15 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.67× its world share, 90 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.15× its world share, 2,093 worksMedicineNursing: 0.93× its world share, 23 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.63× its world share, 4 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.30× its world share, 44 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.15× its world share, 24 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.26× its world share, 13 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.26× its world share, 28 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.82× its world share, 127 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.24× its world share, 154 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Neuroscience, 2.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Neuroscience2.29×188 works
  2. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics2.28×41 works
  3. Medicine2.15×2,093 works
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.78×480 works
  5. Chemistry1.64×130 works
  6. Immunology and Microbiology1.51×77 works
  7. Physics and Astronomy1.23×138 works
  8. Mathematics1.13×68 works
  9. Materials Science1.08×191 works
  10. Chemical Engineering0.95×17 works
  11. Nursing0.93×23 works
  12. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.92×73 works
  13. Psychology0.82×127 works
  14. Engineering0.77×584 works
  15. Health Professions0.67×90 works
  16. Environmental Science0.63×158 works
  17. Veterinary0.63×4 works
  18. Dentistry0.60×15 works
  19. Computer Science0.55×218 works
  20. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.33×79 works
  21. Arts and Humanities0.30×44 works
  22. Decision Sciences0.26×13 works
  23. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.26×28 works
  24. Energy0.24×11 works
  25. Social Sciences0.24×154 works
  26. Business, Management and Accounting0.15×24 works

Which keywords describe research in Kanazawa?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Inflammation, Chemotherapy, Cancer, Oxidative Stress, Prognostic Factors, Immunotherapy and Treatment.

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's

Size is fractional works in 2022-now in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of this city's work against its share of the world's. The 40 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 40 words, with their numbers
  1. Epidemiology349▲ 1.53×126 topics
  2. Inflammation260▲ 2.1×81 topics
  3. Oxidative Stress180▲ 1.91×62 topics
  4. Cancer172▲ 2.2×52 topics
  5. Chemotherapy159▲ 3.9×24 topics
  6. Treatment148▲ 2.1×50 topics
  7. Immunotherapy129▲ 3.1×19 topics
  8. Diagnosis118▲ 2.2×40 topics
  9. Prognostic Factors111▲ 4.5×14 topics
  10. Quality of Life106▲ 1.28×52 topics
  11. Cardiovascular Disease105▲ 1.61×38 topics
  12. Clinical Trials103▲ 2.7×19 topics
  13. Clinical Practice Guidelines99▲ 3.1×14 topics
  14. Surgical Management94▲ 4.0×20 topics
  15. Metabolic Syndrome93▲ 2.0×23 topics
  16. Management91▲ 1.98×31 topics
  17. Genetic Mutations86▲ 3.4×23 topics
  18. Tumor Microenvironment80▲ 3.1×8 topics
  19. Neurological Disorders79▲ 2.4×19 topics
  20. Biomarkers78▲ 1.94×17 topics
  21. Radiotherapy77▲ 3.4×13 topics
  22. Complications65▲ 2.3×17 topics
  23. Diabetes62▲ 2.1×20 topics
  24. Metastasis57▲ 2.9×12 topics
  25. Biomechanics56▲ 3.2×12 topics
  26. Targeted Therapy54▲ 4.3×5 topics
  27. Prognosis54▲ 2.8×9 topics
  28. Self-Assembly54▲ 2.9×12 topics
  29. Neoadjuvant Therapy52▲ 3.8×5 topics
  30. Imaging51▲ 3.7×11 topics
  31. Cancer Risk50▲ 3.9×10 topics
  32. Genetic Variants50▲ 4.9×7 topics
  33. Autoantibodies50▲ 3.7×8 topics
  34. Molecular Characterization47▲ 4.7×6 topics
  35. Adjuvant Therapy43▲ 6.0×2 topics
  36. Statins40▲ 9.7×2 topics
  37. Revision Surgery39▲ 5.3×2 topics
  38. Total Hip Replacement39▲ 5.3×2 topics
  39. Genomic Profiling37▲ 6.2×2 topics
  40. Endoscopic Resection36▲ 6.3×2 topics

What research is done in Kanazawa?

Lipoproteins and Cardiov…25Lipoproteins and Cardiovascular Health: 25 fractional worksMedical Imaging Techniqu…24Medical Imaging Techniques and Applications: 24 fractional worksGastric Cancer Management and Outcomes: 21 fractional worksPancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research: 19 fractional worksSarcoma Diagnosis and Treatment: 19 fractional worksTotal Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes: 18 fractional worksAdvanced X-ray and CT Imaging: 18 fractional worksLung Cancer Treatments a…18Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations: 18 fractional worksCancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers: 18 fractional worksKnee injuries and reconstruction techniques: 18 fractional works
SurgeryRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingPulmonary and Respiratory MedicineOncology1 others

Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.

  1. 1 Lipoproteins and Cardiovascular Health Surgery 25 works
  2. 2 Medical Imaging Techniques and Applications Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 24 works
  3. 3 Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 21 works
  4. 4 Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research Oncology 19 works
  5. 5 Sarcoma Diagnosis and Treatment Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 19 works
  6. 6 Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes Surgery 18 works
  7. 7 Advanced X-ray and CT Imaging Biomedical Engineering 18 works
  8. 8 Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 18 works
  9. 9 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 18 works
  10. 10 Knee injuries and reconstruction techniques Surgery 18 works

Research output over time

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The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting10%20%all institutions10.0% in 2025Kanazawa9.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 15.1% in 2013.

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