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Research in Ōtsu

Science Explorer records 10 research institutions in Ōtsu, Japan. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are Shiga University of Medical Science, Shiga University of Medical Science Hospital and Otsu Red Cross Hospital.

Research institutions
10
3 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
10k
▲ 7% vs 2013–17
Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
9.2%
record average 16.5%

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Which research institutions are in Ōtsu?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Shiga University of Medical ScienceUniversity 8,110 #6,090
2Nippon Electric Glass (Japan)Company 1,025 #8,671 all time
3Otsu Red Cross HospitalHospital / health system 469 #24,680
4Shiga University of Medical Science HospitalHospital / health system 373 #21,655
5Shiga Junior CollegeUniversity 156 #39,927 all time
6Biwako Seikei Sport CollegeUniversity 54 not ranked
7Seian University of Art and DesignUniversity 19 not ranked
8Shiga Prefectural Education CenterUniversity 15 not ranked
9Museum of Modern ArtArchive 12 not ranked
10Shiga Prefectural Higashi Otsu High SchoolUniversity 9 not ranked

By fractional works over the whole record; world rank on research quality in 2022–2025. 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.

Shiga University of Medical Science: 79.2%Nippon Electric Glass (Japan): 10.0%Otsu Red Cross Hospital: 4.6%Shiga University of Medical Science Hospital: 3.6%6 others listed: 2.6%79%largest
Shiga University of Medical Science8,110 · 79.2%Nippon Electric Glass (Japan)1,025 · 10.0%Otsu Red Cross Hospital469 · 4.6%Shiga University of Medical Science Hospital373 · 3.6%6 others listed265 · 2.6%

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What is Ōtsu strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Ōtsu is most concentrated in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and Surgery (5.9× the world share in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine).

  1. Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield · 90.7 works5.9×
  2. Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield · 60.5 works5.8×
  3. SurgerySubfield · 120.0 works5.2×
← 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.

Which keywords describe research in Ōtsu?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Inflammation, Chemotherapy, Treatment, Diagnosis, Clinical Practice Guidelines, Surgical Management and Prognostic Factors.

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

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 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. Epidemiology112▲ 2.9×100 topics
  2. Inflammation75▲ 3.6×71 topics
  3. Chemotherapy47▲ 6.8×22 topics
  4. Treatment44▲ 3.7×37 topics
  5. Diagnosis39▲ 4.3×33 topics
  6. Oxidative Stress35▲ 2.1×43 topics
  7. Cardiovascular Disease34▲ 3.0×34 topics
  8. Clinical Practice Guidelines32▲ 6.0×14 topics
  9. Risk Factors31▲ 2.8×29 topics
  10. Quality of Life31▲ 2.1×38 topics
  11. Immunotherapy30▲ 4.2×18 topics
  12. Management30▲ 3.8×27 topics
  13. Cancer28▲ 2.1×44 topics
  14. Metabolic Syndrome28▲ 3.4×21 topics
  15. Prognostic Factors26▲ 6.0×14 topics
  16. Surgical Management26▲ 6.3×20 topics
  17. Radiotherapy24▲ 6.2×11 topics
  18. Complications22▲ 4.4×15 topics
  19. Obesity21▲ 2.8×20 topics
  20. Tumor Microenvironment21▲ 4.8×7 topics
  21. Pathogenesis20▲ 4.0×18 topics
  22. Neoadjuvant Therapy19▲ 8.2×5 topics
  23. Guidelines19▲ 4.1×12 topics
  24. Prognosis19▲ 5.8×9 topics
  25. Heart Failure17▲ 4.1×13 topics
  26. Neurodegeneration17▲ 5.7×9 topics
  27. Survival Analysis16▲ 6.1×7 topics
  28. Genetic Mutations16▲ 3.7×21 topics
  29. Echocardiography15▲ 5.6×8 topics
  30. Molecular Characterization15▲ 8.3×5 topics
  31. Clinical Guidelines14▲ 5.0×9 topics
  32. Arrhythmias14▲ 15×2 topics
  33. Ion Channels13▲ 12×4 topics
  34. Neurodevelopmental Outcomes13▲ 7.0×6 topics
  35. Adjuvant Therapy13▲ 10×2 topics
  36. Endoscopic Resection13▲ 13×2 topics
  37. Gastric Cancer13▲ 11×3 topics
  38. Survival11▲ 8.3×4 topics
  39. Catheter Ablation11▲ 9.0×2 topics
  40. Sudden Cardiac Death11▲ 13×2 topics

What research is done in Ōtsu?

  1. 1 Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 9 works
  2. 2 Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 9 works
  3. 3 Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research Oncology 8 works
  4. 4 Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 8 works
  5. 5 Gallbladder and Bile Duct Disorders Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 7 works
  6. 6 Esophageal and GI Pathology Surgery 6 works
  7. 7 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 6 works
  8. 8 Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 6 works
  9. 9 Nutrition and Health in Aging Physiology 6 works
  10. 10 Gastrointestinal disorders and treatments Surgery 5 works

Research output over time

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