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Asahikawa Medical University

In research, Asahikawa Medical University stands highest in Medicine (#3,812 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#4,950 of 11,982 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#4,691 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine — Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine is 6.0× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#9,257
of 28,054 · #9,610 all time
Rank in Japan
#237
of 1,070
Research works
2.7k
▼ 4% vs 2013–17
Citations
34k
12.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
59%
world 28%

What is Asahikawa Medical University 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 #3,812 of 10,443 5.9%473 #3510
Health SciencesDomain #4,950 of 11,982 6.1%499 #4654
Life SciencesDomain #4,691 of 7,800 9.8%115 #4905
SurgerySubfield #1,468 of 1,816 6.4%87 #2046
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield #1,104 of 1,144 3.8%61 #2305
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #3,492 of 3,579 9.4%62 #5488

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Asahikawa Medical University 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).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Medicine#3,510 #3,812
  2. Health Sciences#4,654 #4,950
  3. Life Sciences#4,905 #4,691
  4. Surgery#2,046 #1,468
  5. Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine#2,305 #1,104
  6. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#5,488 #3,492
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

What does Asahikawa Medical University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine takes 6.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield · 60.7 works6.0×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

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: 0.12× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.76× its world share, 62 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 3.06× its world share, 20 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.26× its world share, 24 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.83× its world share, 4 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.06× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.16× its world share, 16 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.16× its world share, 5 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.20× its world share, 5 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.19× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.16× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.06× its world share, 3 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.92× its world share, 16 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.73× its world share, 473 worksMedicineNursing: 1.91× its world share, 6 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.86× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.13× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.22× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.06× its world share, 5 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Asahikawa Medical University?

Ranked on the composite score, Yasuaki Saijo, Yasuko Fujita and Toshikatsu Okumura lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Asahikawa Medical University.

  1. 1 Yasuaki Saijo Japan · #76,945 worldwide 243 citations · 49 works
  2. 2 Yasuko Fujita Japan · #240,135 worldwide 65 citations · 37 works
  3. 3 Toshikatsu Okumura Japan · #301,449 worldwide 117 citations · 52 works
  4. 4 Nobuyuki Sato Japan · #331,928 worldwide 142 citations · 64 works
  5. 5 Akemi Ishida‐Yamamoto Japan · #396,076 worldwide 165 citations · 57 works
  6. 6 Shigetaka Yoshida Japan · #462,978 worldwide 58 citations · 37 works
  7. 7 Yuji Nishikawa Japan · #477,348 worldwide 82 citations · 26 works
  8. 8 Mizue Fujii Japan · #614,775 worldwide 1 citations · 20 works
  9. 9 Hiroyuki Kamiya Japan · #724,765 worldwide 38 citations · 25 works
  10. 10 Tokuji Unno Japan · #732,459 worldwide 35 citations · 43 works
All ranked researchers at Asahikawa Medical University

Which keywords describe research at Asahikawa Medical University?

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

▲ 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. Epidemiology67▲ 2.6×102 topics
  2. Inflammation43▲ 3.1×64 topics
  3. Treatment28▲ 3.5×38 topics
  4. Surgical Management27▲ 9.9×19 topics
  5. Diagnosis27▲ 4.4×36 topics
  6. Oxidative Stress25▲ 2.3×37 topics
  7. Risk Factors25▲ 3.4×23 topics
  8. Chemotherapy24▲ 5.3×21 topics
  9. Prognostic Factors20▲ 7.0×14 topics
  10. Immunotherapy20▲ 4.2×17 topics
  11. Quality of Life19▲ 2.0×31 topics
  12. Endovascular Repair19▲ 34×3 topics
  13. Cancer19▲ 2.1×36 topics
  14. Management18▲ 3.6×25 topics
  15. Radiotherapy18▲ 7.2×13 topics
  16. Echocardiography18▲ 9.9×7 topics
  17. Cardiovascular Disease18▲ 2.4×25 topics
  18. Guidelines17▲ 5.5×12 topics
  19. Tumor Microenvironment17▲ 5.7×8 topics
  20. Clinical Practice Guidelines16▲ 4.4×14 topics
  21. Complications16▲ 4.8×17 topics
  22. Metabolic Syndrome14▲ 2.6×18 topics
  23. Genetic Mutations13▲ 4.7×22 topics
  24. Myocardial Infarction12▲ 7.8×7 topics
  25. Surgery12▲ 5.2×11 topics
  26. Urinary Incontinence12▲ 22×2 topics
  27. Aortic Aneurysm11▲ 26×2 topics
  28. Metastasis10▲ 4.7×9 topics
  29. Prognosis10▲ 4.7×9 topics
  30. Treatment Guidelines10▲ 6.9×6 topics
  31. Aortic Dissection9▲ 35×1 topic
  32. Bicuspid Aortic Valve9▲ 35×1 topic
  33. Hepatocellular Carcinoma9▲ 6.7×3 topics
  34. Targeted Therapy9▲ 6.3×5 topics
  35. Surgical Aortic-Valve Replacement8▲ 17×1 topic
  36. Transcatheter Aortic-Valve Replacement8▲ 17×1 topic
  37. Genetic Susceptibility8▲ 13×6 topics
  38. Postoperative Complications8▲ 9.4×4 topics
  39. Molecular Classification8▲ 8.0×4 topics
  40. Survival8▲ 8.9×3 topics

Which research topics does Asahikawa Medical University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Aortic Disease and Treatment Approaches, Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments, Urinary Bladder and Prostate Research and Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers.

Aortic Disease and Treat…9Aortic Disease and Treatment Approaches: 9 fractional worksCardiac Valve Diseases a…8Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments: 8 fractional worksUrinary Bladder and Pros…7Urinary Bladder and Prostate Research: 7 fractional worksCancer Immunotherapy and…7Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers: 7 fractional worksAortic aneurysm repair treatments: 6 fractional worksCardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair: 5 fractional worksCardiac and Coronary Sur…5Cardiac and Coronary Surgery Techniques: 5 fractional worksCongenital Heart Disease Studies: 5 fractional worksPelvic floor disorders treatments: 5 fractional worksCardiac, Anesthesia and …5Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes: 5 fractional works
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineCardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineUrologyOncology3 others

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

  1. 1 Aortic Disease and Treatment Approaches Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 9 works
  2. 2 Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 8 works
  3. 3 Urinary Bladder and Prostate Research Urology 7 works
  4. 4 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 7 works
  5. 5 Aortic aneurysm repair treatments Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 6 works
  6. 6 Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair Surgery 5 works
  7. 7 Cardiac and Coronary Surgery Techniques Surgery 5 works
  8. 8 Congenital Heart Disease Studies Epidemiology 5 works
  9. 9 Pelvic floor disorders treatments Rheumatology 5 works
  10. 10 Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 5 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 available59.3%not open40.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors9.8%domestic only90.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Asahikawa Medical University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 4% lower than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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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Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners are in the interactive view on the map.