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Research in Kurashiki

Science Explorer records 16 research institutions in Kurashiki, Japan. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Kawasaki Medical School, Kawasaki University of Medical Welfare and Kurashiki Central Hospital.

Research institutions
16
4 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
12k
▼ 3% vs 2018-21
Citations
174k
14.7 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
8.3%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1951-2026
76 years on the record
Kurashiki

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 Kurashiki?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Kawasaki Medical SchoolUniversity 6,588 #10,237
2Kurashiki Central HospitalHospital / health system 2,428 #16,221
3Kawasaki University of Medical WelfareUniversity 872 #14,412
4Kurashiki Medical CenterHospital / health system 556 #21,741
5Kawasaki Medical School HospitalHospital / health system 420 #31,887 all time
6Kurashiki University of Science and the ArtsUniversity 366 #34,890 all time
7Okayama Prefectural Kurashiki Chuo High SchoolUniversity 215 #33,208 all time
8Kawasaki College of Allied Health ProfessionsUniversity 88 not ranked
9Mizushima Central HospitalHospital / health system 84 not ranked
10Kurashiki Sakuyo UniversityUniversity 71 not ranked
11Kurashiki City CollegeUniversity 46 not ranked
12Tamashima HospitalHospital / health system 31 not ranked
13Okayama Gakuin UniversityUniversity 20 not ranked
14Okayama Prefectural Kurashiki Technical High SchoolUniversity 10 not ranked
15Okayama Prefectural Mizushima Technical High SchoolUniversity 7 not ranked
16Kurashiki Archaeological MuseumArchive 1 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.

Kawasaki Medical School: 55.8%Kurashiki Central Hospital: 20.6%Kawasaki University of Medical Welfare: 7.4%Kurashiki Medical Center: 4.7%12 others listed: 11.5%56%largest
Kawasaki Medical School6,588 · 55.8%Kurashiki Central Hospital2,428 · 20.6%Kawasaki University of Medical Welfare872 · 7.4%Kurashiki Medical Center556 · 4.7%12 others listed1,359 · 11.5%

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

Which fields of science does Kurashiki work in?

In 2022-now, 79% of research in Kurashiki is in Health Sciences, 13% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (76%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (7%), Neuroscience (3%). It does 3.4× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 1,348 fractional works · 78.6% of its workMedicine: 1,303 fractional works · 76.0% of its workSurgery: 246 fractional works · 14.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 154 fractional works · 9.0% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 102 fractional works · 6.0% of its workEpidemiology: 90 fractional works · 5.3% of its workOncology: 74 fractional works · 4.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 57 fractional works · 3.4% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 55 fractional works · 3.2% of its workPhysiology: 52 fractional works · 3.1% of its workNeurology: 52 fractional works · 3.0% of its workRheumatology: 45 fractional works · 2.6% of its workNephrology: 34 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 29 fractional works · 1.7% of its workInfectious Diseases: 23 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 22 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGastroenterology: 22 fractional works · 1.3% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 22 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 21 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHematology: 19 fractional works · 1.1% of its workReproductive Medicine: 16 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOphthalmology: 15 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGenetics: 15 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHepatology: 15 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPharmacology: 12 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEmergency Medicine: 12 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 12 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 12 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDermatology: 12 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRehabilitation: 11 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInternal Medicine: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrology: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Professions: 33 fractional works · 1.9% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNursing: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDentistry: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 222 fractional works · 13.0% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 120 fractional works · 7.0% of its workMolecular Biology: 58 fractional works · 3.4% of its workGenetics: 23 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCancer Research: 11 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCell Biology: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrinology: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeuroscience: 46 fractional works · 2.7% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 15 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 10 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeurology: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBehavioral Neuroscience: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 31 fractional works · 1.8% of its workImmunology: 23 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMicrobiology: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 17 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPlant Science: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workFood Science: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 76 fractional works · 4.4% of its workEngineering: 40 fractional works · 2.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 22 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 18 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEnvironmental Science: 10 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Science: 10 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiation: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workMaterials Science: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 68 fractional works · 4.0% of its workPsychology: 34 fractional works · 2.0% of its workClinical Psychology: 11 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSocial Psychology: 10 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 24 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSociology and Political Science: 10 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEducation: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArts and Humanities: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKKurashiki1,715fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences13%Physical Sciences4%Health Sciences79%Social Sciences4%

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 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Health Sciences1,34878.6%
    1. Medicine1,30376.0%
    2. Health Professions331.9%
    3. Nursing60.4%
    4. Dentistry40.2%
    5. Veterinary20.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1207.0%
    2. Neuroscience462.7%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology311.8%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences171.0%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics90.5%
    1. Engineering402.3%
    2. Environmental Science100.6%
    3. Computer Science100.6%
    4. Physics and Astronomy60.3%
    5. Materials Science50.3%
    6. Chemistry50.3%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.0%
    8. Mathematics10.0%
    9. Energy00.0%
    1. Psychology342.0%
    2. Social Sciences241.4%
    3. Arts and Humanities40.2%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance40.2%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting20.1%
    6. Decision Sciences10.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Kurashiki strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Kurashiki is most concentrated in Nephrology, Surgery and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine (8.6× the world share in Nephrology).

  1. NephrologySubfield · 28.1 works8.6×
  2. SurgerySubfield · 221.0 works6.3×
  3. Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield · 135.2 works5.8×
  4. Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield · 91.9 works5.8×
  5. Endocrinology, Diabetes and MetabolismSubfield · 46.0 works5.6×
← 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: 0.19× its world share, 14 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.37× its world share, 110 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.83× its world share, 28 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.56× its world share, 38 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.50× its world share, 8 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.19× its world share, 4 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.07× its world share, 8 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.16× its world share, 36 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.10× its world share, 8 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.09× its world share, 5 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.11× its world share, 4 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.45× its world share, 3 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.73× its world share, 29 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.96× its world share, 1,148 worksMedicineNursing: 0.74× its world share, 6 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.09× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.05× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.02× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.11× its world share, 4 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.66× its world share, 30 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.09× its world share, 17 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 4.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine3.96×1,148 works
  2. Immunology and Microbiology1.83×28 works
  3. Neuroscience1.56×38 works
  4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.50×8 works
  5. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.37×110 works
  6. Veterinary1.09×2 works
  7. Nursing0.74×6 works
  8. Health Professions0.73×29 works
  9. Psychology0.66×30 works
  10. Dentistry0.45×3 works
  11. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.19×14 works
  12. Chemistry0.19×4 works
  13. Engineering0.16×36 works
  14. Physics and Astronomy0.11×4 works
  15. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.11×4 works
  16. Environmental Science0.10×8 works
  17. Materials Science0.09×5 works
  18. Social Sciences0.09×17 works
  19. Computer Science0.07×8 works
  20. Decision Sciences0.06×1 works
  21. Arts and Humanities0.05×2 works
  22. Mathematics0.03×1 works
  23. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.02×0 works
  24. Energy0.02×0 works
  25. Business, Management and Accounting0.02×1 works

Which keywords describe research in Kurashiki?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Diagnosis, Inflammation, Treatment, Chemotherapy, Guidelines, Complications and Management.

▲ 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. Epidemiology219▲ 3.2×115 topics
  2. Inflammation122▲ 3.4×78 topics
  3. Diagnosis98▲ 6.1×39 topics
  4. Treatment91▲ 4.4×47 topics
  5. Quality of Life68▲ 2.8×41 topics
  6. Chemotherapy67▲ 5.5×24 topics
  7. Cardiovascular Disease64▲ 3.3×33 topics
  8. Management61▲ 4.5×28 topics
  9. Guidelines58▲ 7.2×13 topics
  10. Complications58▲ 6.8×17 topics
  11. Risk Factors56▲ 3.0×29 topics
  12. Clinical Practice Guidelines52▲ 5.5×14 topics
  13. Oxidative Stress48▲ 1.72×49 topics
  14. Immunotherapy47▲ 3.8×19 topics
  15. Heart Failure46▲ 6.0×13 topics
  16. Surgical Management44▲ 6.3×20 topics
  17. Atherosclerosis43▲ 8.7×11 topics
  18. Metabolic Syndrome42▲ 3.1×21 topics
  19. Diabetes41▲ 4.8×18 topics
  20. Prognostic Factors35▲ 4.7×14 topics
  21. Chronic Kidney Disease34▲ 8.0×9 topics
  22. Genetic Mutations34▲ 4.5×21 topics
  23. Pathogenesis34▲ 3.9×23 topics
  24. Clinical Guidelines33▲ 6.5×9 topics
  25. Percutaneous Coronary Intervention33▲ 14×4 topics
  26. Magnetic Resonance Imaging32▲ 7.5×5 topics
  27. Echocardiography30▲ 6.3×8 topics
  28. Neoadjuvant Therapy30▲ 7.4×5 topics
  29. Tumor Microenvironment30▲ 3.9×8 topics
  30. Surgery29▲ 4.9×10 topics
  31. Survival Analysis27▲ 5.7×6 topics
  32. Cardiovascular Risk26▲ 4.9×9 topics
  33. Autoantibodies25▲ 6.2×8 topics
  34. Radiation Exposure24▲ 14×2 topics
  35. Anticoagulant Therapy23▲ 11×4 topics
  36. Glycemic Control23▲ 8.4×4 topics
  37. Stroke Prevention23▲ 11×2 topics
  38. Insulin Therapy23▲ 11×3 topics
  39. Catheter Ablation22▲ 11×2 topics
  40. Revascularization22▲ 8.2×3 topics

What research is done in Kurashiki?

Coronary Interventions a…16Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics: 16 fractional worksCardiac Valve Diseases a…15Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments: 15 fractional worksAtrial Fibrillation Mana…14Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes: 14 fractional worksCardiac Imaging and Diag…13Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics: 13 fractional worksIntracranial Aneurysms: Treatment and Complications: 11 fractional worksDiabetes Treatment and Management: 10 fractional worksRadiation Dose and Imaging10Radiation Dose and Imaging: 10 fractional worksEndometriosis Research and Treatment: 9 fractional worksGastric Cancer Management and Outcomes: 8 fractional worksLiver Disease Diagnosis …8Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment: 8 fractional works
SurgeryCardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingNeurology4 others

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

  1. 1 Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics Surgery 16 works
  2. 2 Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 15 works
  3. 3 Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 14 works
  4. 4 Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 13 works
  5. 5 Intracranial Aneurysms: Treatment and Complications Neurology 11 works
  6. 6 Diabetes Treatment and Management Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 10 works
  7. 7 Radiation Dose and Imaging Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 10 works
  8. 8 Endometriosis Research and Treatment Reproductive Medicine 9 works
  9. 9 Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 8 works
  10. 10 Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment Epidemiology 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 2025Kurashiki9.1% 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 2008.

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