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Research in Wakayama

Science Explorer records 18 research institutions in Wakayama, Japan. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are Wakayama Medical University, Wakayama University and Japanese Red Cross Society Wakayama Medical Center.

Research institutions
18
4 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
15k
▲ 4% vs 2013–17
Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
7.5%
record average 16.5%

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Which research institutions are in Wakayama?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Wakayama Medical UniversityUniversity 6,707 #5,760
2Wakayama UniversityUniversity 3,939 #10,676
3Japanese Red Cross Society Wakayama Medical CenterHospital / health system 716 #21,674
4Kinan HospitalHospital / health system 593 #22,648
5Kihoku hospitalHospital / health system 513 #32,064 all time
6National College of Technology, Wakayama CollegeUniversity 512 #17,445 all time
7Misato ObservatoryArchive 437 #22,069 all time
8Hidaka HospitalHospital / health system 386 #36,418 all time
9Naga Municipal HospitalHospital / health system 377 #35,092 all time
10Wakayama Rosai HospitalHospital / health system 265 #39,832 all time
11Wakayama Department of Agriculture, Forestry and FisheriesGovernment institution 163 #42,094 all time
12Shima Seiki (Japan)Company 54 not ranked
13Wakayama Prefecture Wakayama School for the BlindUniversity 32 not ranked
14Wakayama Shin-Ai Women's Junior CollegeUniversity 27 not ranked
15Saika Technological Institute FoundationResearch facility 22 not ranked
16Wakayama City Culture and Sports Promotion FoundationNonprofit 7 not ranked
17Foundation Wakayama Prefecture Cultural Property CenterInstitution 6 not ranked
18Wakayama Prefectural Board of EducationGovernment institution 1 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.

Wakayama Medical University: 45.4%Wakayama University: 26.7%Japanese Red Cross Society Wakayama Medical Center: 4.9%Kinan Hospital: 4.0%14 others listed: 19.0%45%largest
Wakayama Medical University6,707 · 45.4%Wakayama University3,939 · 26.7%Japanese Red Cross Society Wakayama Medical Center716 · 4.9%Kinan Hospital593 · 4.0%14 others listed2,802 · 19.0%

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What is Wakayama strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Wakayama is most concentrated in Transportation, Surgery and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine (7.9× the world share in Transportation).

  1. TransportationSubfield · 51.4 works7.9×
  2. SurgerySubfield · 230.2 works5.0×
  3. Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield · 141.4 works4.7×
  4. Pathology and Forensic MedicineSubfield · 44.6 works4.4×
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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 Wakayama?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Chemotherapy, Immunotherapy, Inflammation, Modernization, Treatment, Science and Neoadjuvant Therapy.

▲ 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. Epidemiology173▲ 2.2×109 topics
  2. Chemotherapy97▲ 7.1×24 topics
  3. Inflammation90▲ 2.2×75 topics
  4. Immunotherapy79▲ 5.7×18 topics
  5. Treatment74▲ 3.1×41 topics
  6. Diagnosis64▲ 3.5×36 topics
  7. Clinical Practice Guidelines50▲ 4.7×14 topics
  8. Management50▲ 3.2×29 topics
  9. Culture50▲ 4.8×7 topics
  10. Literature49▲ 4.6×7 topics
  11. History49▲ 3.6×5 topics
  12. Modernization48▲ 13×2 topics
  13. Tumor Microenvironment48▲ 5.5×8 topics
  14. Philosophy48▲ 5.5×6 topics
  15. Prognostic Factors47▲ 5.5×14 topics
  16. Science47▲ 9.8×4 topics
  17. Ethnicity47▲ 6.4×3 topics
  18. Neoadjuvant Therapy47▲ 10×5 topics
  19. Unmanned Aerial Vehicles47▲ 13×3 topics
  20. Social Influence47▲ 11×2 topics
  21. Design46▲ 14×2 topics
  22. International Trade Law46▲ 18×2 topics
  23. Islam46▲ 11×1 topic
  24. Sharia Law46▲ 16×1 topic
  25. Air Force46▲ 19×1 topic
  26. Legal Regulation46▲ 11×1 topic
  27. Transport Policy46▲ 19×1 topic
  28. Warfare46▲ 19×1 topic
  29. Complications42▲ 4.2×17 topics
  30. Surgical Management41▲ 5.1×20 topics
  31. Genetic Mutations34▲ 4.0×23 topics
  32. Survival Analysis32▲ 6.1×7 topics
  33. Surgery31▲ 4.5×12 topics
  34. Molecular Characterization29▲ 8.4×6 topics
  35. Pancreatic Cancer26▲ 12×3 topics
  36. Spinal Fusion25▲ 13×2 topics
  37. Endoscopic Resection25▲ 13×2 topics
  38. Surgical Complications25▲ 16×2 topics
  39. Gemcitabine25▲ 17×1 topic
  40. Genomic Analyses25▲ 17×1 topic

What research is done in Wakayama?

  1. 1 Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies Sociology and Political Science 46 works
  2. 2 Legal and Regulatory Analysis Transportation 46 works
  3. 3 Military Technology and Strategies Aerospace Engineering 46 works
  4. 4 Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research Oncology 25 works
  5. 5 Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 15 works
  6. 6 Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology Pathology and Forensic Medicine 15 works
  7. 7 Gallbladder and Bile Duct Disorders Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 13 works
  8. 8 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 11 works
  9. 9 Scoliosis diagnosis and treatment Surgery 10 works
  10. 10 Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis Hepatology 10 works

Research output over time

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