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Baba Memorial Hospital

In research, Baba Memorial Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#10,398 of 14,558 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#12,000 of 16,688 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Medicine (Medicine is 4.5× its share of world research).

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World rank, all time
#33,966
of 34,923
Rank in Japan
#1,789
of 1,923
Research works
206
▼ 52% vs 2018-21
Citations
2.9k
14.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
2.5%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.85×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
38%
world 40%
International
6%
world 18%
Baba Memorial Hospital

What is Baba Memorial Hospital known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
MedicineField #10,398 of 14,558 4.7%182
Health SciencesDomain #12,000 of 16,688 4.7%186

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Baba Memorial 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Baba Memorial Hospital work in?

In 2022-now, 91% of research at Baba Memorial Hospital is in Health Sciences, 6% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (86%), Health Professions (5%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (5%). It does 2.9× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 22 fractional works · 90.9% of its workMedicine: 20 fractional works · 86.0% of its workSurgery: 7 fractional works · 27.9% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 2 fractional works · 8.4% of its workOncology: 2 fractional works · 7.4% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 4.9% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 4.6% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 4.5% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 4.5% of its workGastroenterology: 1 fractional works · 3.5% of its workRehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 3.1% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 2.0% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 1.7% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEmergency Medicine: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHepatology: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHematology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOphthalmology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 4.9% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workOccupational Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPharmacy: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 1 fractional works · 5.8% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 4.9% of its workBiotechnology: 1 fractional works · 2.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 3.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPhilosophy: 0 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKBaba MemorialHospital24fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences6%Health Sciences91%Social Sciences3%

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 institution does than the world.

Its 3 domains and 8 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine2086.0%
    2. Health Professions14.9%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology14.9%
    2. Neuroscience00.7%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology00.3%
    1. Arts and Humanities02.1%
    2. Psychology01.1%
    3. Social Sciences00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Baba Memorial Hospital specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Medicine takes 4.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. MedicineField · 20.4 works4.5×
← 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.

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.92× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.43× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceHealth Professions: 1.86× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.47× its world share, 20 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.73× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesPsychology: 0.35× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 4.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 8 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine4.47×20 works
  2. Health Professions1.86×1 works
  3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.92×1 works
  4. Arts and Humanities0.73×0 works
  5. Neuroscience0.43×0 works
  6. Psychology0.35×0 works
  7. Immunology and Microbiology0.23×0 works
  8. Social Sciences0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Baba Memorial Hospital?

Ranked on the quality score, Tsunehiko Suzuki, Yasuo Nakagawa and Yoshinobu Honda lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Baba Memorial Hospital.

  1. 1 Tsunehiko Suzuki Japan · #3,186,719 worldwide 1.3k citations · 37 works
  2. 2 Yasuo Nakagawa Japan · #3,858,381 worldwide 207 citations · 19 works
  3. 3 Yoshinobu Honda Japan · #4,005,649 worldwide 253 citations · 18 works
  4. 4 Masayuki Kamano Japan · #4,112,656 worldwide 366 citations · 21 works
  5. 5 Shintaro Nagaoka Japan · #4,436,597 worldwide 372 citations · 38 works
  6. 6 Yoshiaki Ikai Japan · #4,539,795 worldwide 785 citations · 54 works
  7. 7 Masahiko Atsumi Japan · #4,909,005 worldwide 257 citations · 19 works
  8. 8 Hisatsugu Yagura Japan · #4,917,160 worldwide 339 citations · 21 works
  9. 9 Kazushi Maeda Japan · #5,132,190 worldwide 233 citations · 36 works
  10. 10 Atsunori Nitta Japan · #5,204,463 worldwide 168 citations · 29 works
All ranked researchers at Baba Memorial Hospital

What are the most cited papers from Baba Memorial Hospital?

The most cited paper from Baba Memorial Hospital is "Prefrontal and premotor cortices are involved in adapting walking and running speed on the treadmill: an optical imaging study" (Mitsuo Suzuki, Ichiro Miyai, Takeshi Ono et al., 2004), with 464 citations. Next come "Long-term effect of body weight–supported treadmill training in Parkinson's disease: A randomized controlled trial" (285) and "No-Reflow Phenomenon and Lesion Morphology in Patients With Acute Myocardial Infarction" (262).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Prefrontal and premotor cortices are involved in adapting walking and running speed on the treadmill: an optical imaging study Mitsuo Suzuki, Ichiro Miyai, Takeshi Ono et al. · NeuroImage 4 Oct 2004 464
2 Long-term effect of body weight–supported treadmill training in Parkinson's disease: A randomized controlled trial Ichiro Miyai, Yasuyuki Fujimoto, Hiroshi Yamamoto et al. · Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Oct 2002 285
3 No-Reflow Phenomenon and Lesion Morphology in Patients With Acute Myocardial Infarction Atsushi Tanaka, Takahiko Kawarabayashi, Yoshiharu Nishibori et al. · Circulation Open access 7 May 2002 262
4 Activities in the frontal cortex and gait performance are modulated by preparation. An fNIRS study Mitsuo Suzuki, Ichiro Miyai, Takeshi Ono et al. · NeuroImage 18 Sep 2007 228
5 Premotor cortex is involved in restoration of gait in stroke Ichiro Miyai, Hajime Yagura, Ichiro Oda et al. · Annals of Neurology 23 Jul 2002 217
All 62 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Baba Memorial Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Surgical Management, Complications, Epidemiology, Chemotherapy, Diagnosis, Prognostic Factors, Immunotherapy and Quality of Life.

▲ 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 institution's work against its share of the world's. The 13 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 13 words, with their numbers
  1. Epidemiology3▲ 2.9×12 topics
  2. Surgical Management2▲ 22×4 topics
  3. Complications2▲ 16×6 topics
  4. Chemotherapy2▲ 9.9×4 topics
  5. Diagnosis2▲ 7.1×6 topics
  6. Quality of Life2▲ 4.5×7 topics
  7. Prognostic Factors1▲ 14×2 topics
  8. Immunotherapy1▲ 7.8×4 topics
  9. Treatment1▲ 4.5×7 topics
  10. Children1▲ 22×3 topics
  11. Rehabilitation1▲ 12×5 topics
  12. Inflammation1▲ 2.2×7 topics
  13. Tumor Regression1▲ 38×2 topics

Which research topics does Baba Memorial Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Gastrointestinal Tumor Research and Treatment, Colorectal and Anal Carcinomas, Cancer Research and Treatments and Intestinal and Peritoneal Adhesions.

Gastrointestinal Tumor R…1Gastrointestinal Tumor Research and Treatment: 1 fractional worksColorectal and Anal Carc…1Colorectal and Anal Carcinomas: 1 fractional worksCancer Research and Treatments: 1 fractional worksIntestinal and Peritoneal Adhesions: 1 fractional worksIntracranial Aneurysms: Treatment and Complications: 1 fractional worksMeningioma and schwannoma management: 1 fractional worksOrthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation: 1 fractional worksGastrointestinal disorde…1Gastrointestinal disorders and treatments: 1 fractional worksHernia repair and management: 1 fractional worksElbow and Forearm Trauma Treatment: 1 fractional works
GastroenterologySurgeryBiotechnologyNeurology2 others

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

  1. 1 Gastrointestinal Tumor Research and Treatment Gastroenterology 1 works
  2. 2 Colorectal and Anal Carcinomas Surgery 1 works
  3. 3 Cancer Research and Treatments Biotechnology 1 works
  4. 4 Intestinal and Peritoneal Adhesions Surgery 1 works
  5. 5 Intracranial Aneurysms: Treatment and Complications Neurology 1 works
  6. 6 Meningioma and schwannoma management Epidemiology 1 works
  7. 7 Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation Surgery 1 works
  8. 8 Gastrointestinal disorders and treatments Surgery 1 works
  9. 9 Hernia repair and management Surgery 1 works
  10. 10 Elbow and Forearm Trauma Treatment Rehabilitation 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 available38.5%not open61.5%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors6.1%domestic only93.9%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Baba Memorial Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 52% lower than in 2018-2021.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Baba Memorial Hospital as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000083% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%Baba Memorial Hospital0.00016% in 20251990200020102020

Fractional works of Baba Memorial Hospital over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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