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Akita University Hospital

In research, Akita University Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#8,587 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#10,389 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#24,919
of 28,054 · #23,776 all time
Rank in Japan
#854
of 1,070
Research works
741
▲ 39% vs 2013–17
Citations
8.6k
11.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
47%
world 28%

What is Akita University Hospital known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
MedicineField #8,587 of 10,443 6.6%90 #5908
Health SciencesDomain #10,389 of 11,982 6.7%94 #7946

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Akita University Hospital sits in it, in the colour of the band that rank falls in. The track under the rate is the rate itself: it carries no world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

Field profile

Location quotient across every field it publishes in: outside the ring is more than an institution of this size would be expected to publish, inside it is less.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.60× its world share, 10 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.29× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.75× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 5.37× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.37× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.16× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 2.06× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.65× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.94× its world share, 90 worksMedicineNursing: 0.82× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.68× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.44× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics, 5.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Akita University Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, Masayoshi Kowada, Toshio Sasajima and Katsuyoshi Mineura lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Akita University Hospital.

  1. 1 Masayoshi Kowada Japan · #26,824 worldwide 384 citations · 49 works
  2. 2 Toshio Sasajima Japan · #610,278 worldwide 27 citations · 26 works
  3. 3 Katsuyoshi Mineura Japan · #715,224 worldwide 62 citations · 36 works
  4. 4 Masatomo Miura Japan · #978,218 worldwide 83 citations · 109 works
  5. 5 Kazuyuki Inoue Japan · #988,141 worldwide 41 citations · 16 works
  6. 6 Etsuko Sato Japan · #1,446,904 worldwide 21 citations · 21 works
All ranked researchers at Akita University Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Akita University Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Inflammation, Prognostic Factors, Chemotherapy, Diagnosis, Surgery, Prognosis and Cancer.

▲ 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 institution'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. Epidemiology17▲ 3.5×53 topics
  2. Inflammation10▲ 4.1×28 topics
  3. Diagnosis6▲ 5.5×21 topics
  4. Chemotherapy6▲ 7.1×17 topics
  5. Prognostic Factors6▲ 11×13 topics
  6. Cancer6▲ 3.5×24 topics
  7. Management5▲ 5.0×18 topics
  8. Treatment4▲ 3.1×20 topics
  9. Risk Factors4▲ 3.3×15 topics
  10. Clinical Practice Guidelines4▲ 6.4×12 topics
  11. Prognosis4▲ 10×8 topics
  12. Surgery4▲ 9.5×7 topics
  13. Aging4▲ 5.8×6 topics
  14. Clinical Trials4▲ 4.7×11 topics
  15. Immunotherapy4▲ 4.5×12 topics
  16. Neoadjuvant Therapy4▲ 13×5 topics
  17. Inflammatory Bowel Disease3▲ 24×5 topics
  18. Meta-Analysis3▲ 4.7×5 topics
  19. Pathogenesis3▲ 5.5×10 topics
  20. Complications3▲ 5.4×11 topics
  21. Genetics3▲ 3.8×8 topics
  22. Radiotherapy3▲ 7.0×9 topics
  23. Endoscopic Resection3▲ 25×2 topics
  24. Biomarkers3▲ 3.6×9 topics
  25. Tumor Microenvironment3▲ 5.5×6 topics
  26. Chemoradiation3▲ 37×2 topics
  27. Rehabilitation3▲ 5.7×7 topics
  28. Barrett's Esophagus2▲ 50×1 topic
  29. Esophageal Carcinoma2▲ 50×1 topic
  30. Preoperative Chemoradiotherapy2▲ 26×2 topics
  31. Muscle Mass2▲ 17×2 topics
  32. Mutation2▲ 10×3 topics
  33. Crohn's Disease2▲ 23×2 topics
  34. Cancer Cachexia2▲ 20×1 topic
  35. Sarcopenia2▲ 20×1 topic
  36. BCR-ABL2▲ 63×1 topic
  37. Imatinib2▲ 63×1 topic
  38. Immunology2▲ 16×1 topic
  39. Rituximab2▲ 11×4 topics
  40. Ulcerative Colitis2▲ 37×1 topic

Which research topics does Akita University Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Esophageal Cancer Research and Treatment, Nutrition and Health in Aging, Chronic Myeloid Leukemia Treatments and Inflammatory Bowel Disease.

Esophageal Cancer Resear…2Esophageal Cancer Research and Treatment: 2 fractional worksNutrition and Health in …2Nutrition and Health in Aging: 2 fractional worksChronic Myeloid Leukemia…2Chronic Myeloid Leukemia Treatments: 2 fractional worksInflammatory Bowel Disease2Inflammatory Bowel Disease: 2 fractional worksCancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers: 2 fractional worksAcute Lymphoblastic Leukemia research: 1 fractional worksMultiple and Secondary P…1Multiple and Secondary Primary Cancers: 1 fractional worksAcute Myeloid Leukemia Research: 1 fractional worksPharmacological Effects and Toxicity Studies: 1 fractional worksChronic Obstructive Pulm…1Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research: 1 fractional works
SurgeryPhysiologyHematologyGenetics5 others

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

  1. 1 Esophageal Cancer Research and Treatment Surgery 2 works
  2. 2 Nutrition and Health in Aging Physiology 2 works
  3. 3 Chronic Myeloid Leukemia Treatments Hematology 2 works
  4. 4 Inflammatory Bowel Disease Genetics 2 works
  5. 5 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 2 works
  6. 6 Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia research Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 1 works
  7. 7 Multiple and Secondary Primary Cancers Epidemiology 1 works
  8. 8 Acute Myeloid Leukemia Research Hematology 1 works
  9. 9 Pharmacological Effects and Toxicity Studies Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 1 works
  10. 10 Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 1 works

How open and international is its research?

Against the world’s own shares — the tick on each track. Both are shares of its output, so they sit on one scale and can be read against each other as well as against the world.

openly available47.4%not open52.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors4.1%domestic only95.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Akita University Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 39% higher than in 2013–2017.

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The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

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