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Research in Kawasaki

Science Explorer records 31 research institutions in Kawasaki, Japan. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are St. Marianna University School of Medicine, Japan Organization of Occupational Health and Safety and Kawasaki Municipal Hospital.

Research institutions
31
5 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
16k
▼ 3% vs 2018-21
Citations
255k
16.0 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
8.6%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1951-2026
76 years on the record
Kawasaki

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 Kawasaki?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1St. Marianna University School of MedicineUniversity 7,678 #9,158
2International Superconductivity Technology CenterResearch facility 2,874 #34,913 all time
3Kanagawa Academy of Science and TechnologyNonprofit 1,024 #17,479 all time
4Central Institute for Experimental AnimalsResearch facility 775 #21,781
5Japan Organization of Occupational Health and SafetyHospital / health system 695 #20,101
6Kawasaki Municipal HospitalHospital / health system 679 #21,036
7New Energy and Industrial Technology Development OrganizationUniversity 462 #19,185 all time
8Tokyo Ohka Kogyo (Japan)Company 384 #24,590 all time
9Nippon Medical School Musashi Kosugi HospitalHospital / health system 335 #21,382
10Canon Anelva (Japan)Company 268 #29,571 all time
11Ohara Memorial Institute for Science of LabourResearch facility 250 #24,489 all time
12Mitutoyo Corporation (Japan)Company 203 #30,333 all time
13Innovation Center of NanoMedicineHospital / health system 157 #10,988 all time
14Cypress Semiconductor Corporation (Japan)Company 137 #33,122 all time
15Den-en Chofu UniversityUniversity 79 not ranked
16Kawasaki City College of NursingUniversity 68 not ranked
17NLT Technologies (Japan)Company 62 not ranked
18OncoTherapy Science (Japan)Company 48 not ranked
19Showa University of MusicUniversity 29 not ranked
20Asai Germanium Research InstituteResearch facility 26 not ranked
21JGC Catalysts and Chemicals (Japan)Company 25 not ranked
22Kawasaki Municipal Kawasaki Science High SchoolUniversity 25 not ranked
23Institute of Super Compression Technologies (Japan)Company 22 not ranked
24Senzoku Gakuen College of MusicUniversity 13 not ranked
25Kawasaki Univ Yato Elementary SchoolUniversity 9 not ranked
26ASM (Japan)Company 5 not ranked
27Japan Institute of the Moving ImageInstitution 3 not ranked
28Kawasaki Municipal Science MuseumArchive 2 not ranked
29TE Connectivity (Japan)Company 2 not ranked
30Institute of Microchemical TechnologyResearch facility 1 not ranked
31Kanagawa Archeology FoundationArchive 0 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.

St. Marianna University School of Medicine: 47.0%International Superconductivity Technology Center: 17.6%Kanagawa Academy of Science and Technology: 6.3%Central Institute for Experimental Animals: 4.7%26 others listed: 24.4%47%largest
St. Marianna University School of Medicine7,678 · 47.0%International Superconductivity Technology Center2,874 · 17.6%Kanagawa Academy of Science and Technology1,024 · 6.3%Central Institute for Experimental Animals775 · 4.7%26 others listed3,989 · 24.4%

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

Which fields of science does Kawasaki work in?

In 2022-now, 68% of research in Kawasaki is in Health Sciences, 14% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (65%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (8%), Engineering (6%). It does 2.9× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 1,217 fractional works · 68.0% of its workMedicine: 1,164 fractional works · 65.1% of its workSurgery: 200 fractional works · 11.2% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 160 fractional works · 8.9% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 99 fractional works · 5.5% of its workOncology: 79 fractional works · 4.4% of its workEpidemiology: 64 fractional works · 3.6% of its workNeurology: 45 fractional works · 2.5% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 40 fractional works · 2.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 40 fractional works · 2.2% of its workRheumatology: 36 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 35 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPhysiology: 30 fractional works · 1.7% of its workNephrology: 29 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 25 fractional works · 1.4% of its workInfectious Diseases: 24 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 23 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHematology: 20 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 16 fractional works · 0.9% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 16 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEmergency Medicine: 16 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGenetics: 16 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDermatology: 15 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOphthalmology: 14 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 13 fractional works · 0.7% of its workReproductive Medicine: 12 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHepatology: 12 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGastroenterology: 11 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInternal Medicine: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRehabilitation: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrology: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Informatics: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workFamily Practice: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Professions: 40 fractional works · 2.2% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 14 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 10 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDentistry: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 254 fractional works · 14.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 146 fractional works · 8.2% of its workMolecular Biology: 82 fractional works · 4.6% of its workGenetics: 20 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCancer Research: 19 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCell Biology: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 13 fractional works · 0.7% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 41 fractional works · 2.3% of its workImmunology: 37 fractional works · 2.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 40 fractional works · 2.3% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 10 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 10 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeurology: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSensory Systems: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 15 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPlant Science: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 11 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 228 fractional works · 12.8% of its workEngineering: 106 fractional works · 5.9% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 39 fractional works · 2.2% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 28 fractional works · 1.5% of its workMechanical Engineering: 10 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAerospace Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOcean Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMaterials Science: 31 fractional works · 1.7% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 13 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiomaterials: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 25 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 12 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 13 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Science: 24 fractional works · 1.4% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 12 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInformation Systems: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 17 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 89 fractional works · 5.0% of its workPsychology: 35 fractional works · 2.0% of its workSocial Psychology: 11 fractional works · 0.6% of its workClinical Psychology: 11 fractional works · 0.6% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 29 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 10 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 15 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStrategy and Management: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKKawasaki1,788fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences14%Physical Sciences13%Health Sciences68%Social Sciences5%

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 Sciences1,21768.0%
    1. Medicine1,16465.1%
    2. Health Professions402.2%
    3. Nursing80.4%
    4. Dentistry30.2%
    5. Veterinary20.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1468.2%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology412.3%
    3. Neuroscience402.3%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences150.8%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics110.6%
    1. Engineering1065.9%
    2. Materials Science311.7%
    3. Environmental Science251.4%
    4. Computer Science241.4%
    5. Physics and Astronomy171.0%
    6. Chemistry80.5%
    7. Mathematics60.4%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences40.2%
    9. Energy30.2%
    10. Chemical Engineering30.2%
    1. Psychology352.0%
    2. Social Sciences291.6%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting90.5%
    4. Arts and Humanities90.5%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance40.2%
    6. Decision Sciences20.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Kawasaki strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Kawasaki is most concentrated in Nephrology, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine (7.1× the world share in Nephrology).

  1. NephrologySubfield · 23.9 works7.1×
  2. Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield · 137.2 works5.7×
  3. Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield · 83.9 works5.1×
  4. SurgerySubfield · 177.5 works4.8×
← 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: 0.17× its world share, 13 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.53× its world share, 127 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.36× its world share, 37 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.35× its world share, 34 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.75× its world share, 10 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.52× its world share, 3 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.29× its world share, 7 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.16× its world share, 19 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.17× its world share, 4 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.23× its world share, 3 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.39× its world share, 92 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.28× its world share, 22 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.49× its world share, 27 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.33× its world share, 6 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.48× its world share, 17 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.30× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.87× its world share, 36 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.38× its world share, 1,014 worksMedicineNursing: 0.92× its world share, 7 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.67× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.19× its world share, 8 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.18× its world share, 9 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.10× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.12× its world share, 4 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.65× its world share, 31 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.13× its world share, 26 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine3.38×1,014 works
  2. Immunology and Microbiology2.36×37 works
  3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.75×10 works
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.53×127 works
  5. Neuroscience1.35×34 works
  6. Nursing0.92×7 works
  7. Health Professions0.87×36 works
  8. Veterinary0.67×1 works
  9. Psychology0.65×31 works
  10. Chemical Engineering0.52×3 works
  11. Materials Science0.49×27 works
  12. Physics and Astronomy0.48×17 works
  13. Engineering0.39×92 works
  14. Mathematics0.33×6 works
  15. Dentistry0.30×2 works
  16. Chemistry0.29×7 works
  17. Environmental Science0.28×22 works
  18. Energy0.23×3 works
  19. Arts and Humanities0.19×8 works
  20. Business, Management and Accounting0.18×9 works
  21. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.17×13 works
  22. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.17×4 works
  23. Computer Science0.16×19 works
  24. Social Sciences0.13×26 works
  25. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.12×4 works
  26. Decision Sciences0.10×2 works

Which keywords describe research in Kawasaki?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Chemotherapy, Inflammation, Diagnosis, Treatment, Immunotherapy, Echocardiography and Heart Failure.

▲ 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. Epidemiology159▲ 2.2×114 topics
  2. Inflammation97▲ 2.5×77 topics
  3. Chemotherapy75▲ 5.9×25 topics
  4. Treatment70▲ 3.2×43 topics
  5. Diagnosis65▲ 3.9×36 topics
  6. Immunotherapy59▲ 4.5×19 topics
  7. Quality of Life49▲ 1.90×48 topics
  8. Management47▲ 3.3×29 topics
  9. Oxidative Stress46▲ 1.57×53 topics
  10. Cardiovascular Disease45▲ 2.2×34 topics
  11. Heart Failure44▲ 5.5×13 topics
  12. Clinical Practice Guidelines42▲ 4.3×14 topics
  13. Prognostic Factors41▲ 5.3×14 topics
  14. Surgical Management40▲ 5.5×20 topics
  15. Risk Factors40▲ 2.0×31 topics
  16. Echocardiography39▲ 7.8×8 topics
  17. Guidelines38▲ 4.5×13 topics
  18. Cancer37▲ 1.56×47 topics
  19. Clinical Trials32▲ 2.7×16 topics
  20. Complications32▲ 3.6×17 topics
  21. Chronic Kidney Disease32▲ 7.0×9 topics
  22. Genetic Mutations31▲ 4.0×23 topics
  23. Radiotherapy30▲ 4.2×13 topics
  24. Biomarkers30▲ 2.4×17 topics
  25. Prognosis29▲ 4.9×9 topics
  26. Targeted Therapy28▲ 7.2×5 topics
  27. Tumor Microenvironment28▲ 3.5×8 topics
  28. Neurological Disorders28▲ 2.7×19 topics
  29. Neoadjuvant Therapy28▲ 6.5×5 topics
  30. Cardiovascular Risk25▲ 4.5×9 topics
  31. Surgery24▲ 3.8×11 topics
  32. Treatment Guidelines22▲ 5.8×7 topics
  33. Surgical Aortic-Valve Replacement22▲ 17×1 topic
  34. Transcatheter Aortic-Valve Replacement22▲ 17×1 topic
  35. Molecular Characterization22▲ 6.9×6 topics
  36. Critical Care22▲ 5.0×8 topics
  37. Magnetic Resonance Imaging21▲ 4.7×7 topics
  38. Adjuvant Therapy21▲ 9.3×2 topics
  39. Prenatal Diagnosis18▲ 7.0×7 topics
  40. Cholangiocarcinoma16▲ 11×2 topics

What research is done in Kawasaki?

Cardiac Valve Diseases a…18Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments: 18 fractional worksLung Cancer Treatments a…12Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations: 12 fractional worksCardiovascular Function …11Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors: 11 fractional worksLung Cancer Diagnosis an…11Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment: 11 fractional worksSpinal Fractures and Fixation Techniques: 9 fractional worksGallbladder and Bile Duct Disorders: 9 fractional worksReproductive Biology and…9Reproductive Biology and Fertility: 9 fractional worksPancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research: 8 fractional worksCancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers: 8 fractional worksEsophageal and GI Pathol…8Esophageal and GI Pathology: 8 fractional works
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicinePulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSurgeryPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health1 others

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

  1. 1 Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 18 works
  2. 2 Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 12 works
  3. 3 Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 11 works
  4. 4 Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 11 works
  5. 5 Spinal Fractures and Fixation Techniques Surgery 9 works
  6. 6 Gallbladder and Bile Duct Disorders Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 9 works
  7. 7 Reproductive Biology and Fertility Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 9 works
  8. 8 Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research Oncology 8 works
  9. 9 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 8 works
  10. 10 Esophageal and GI Pathology Surgery 8 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 2025Kawasaki8.5% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 16.5% in 2006.

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