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Chiba Cancer Center

In research, Chiba Cancer Center stands highest in Medicine (#7,641 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#9,486 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Oncology, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and Surgery — Oncology is 15.1× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#10,718
of 28,054 · #13,514 all time
Rank in Japan
#268
of 1,070
Research works
1.7k
▲ 7% vs 2013–17
Citations
33k
19.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
41%
world 28%

What is Chiba Cancer Center 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 #7,641 of 10,443 9.8%127 #6582
Health SciencesDomain #9,486 of 11,982 9.6%130 #8819

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Chiba Cancer Center 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).

What does Chiba Cancer Center specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Oncology takes 15.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. OncologySubfield · 30.4 works15×
  2. Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield · 26.5 works9.7×
  3. SurgerySubfield · 26.5 works6.3×
← 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: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3.08× its world share, 29 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 5.03× its world share, 9 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.44× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.95× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.38× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.08× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.40× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.52× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.31× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.72× its world share, 127 worksMedicineNursing: 0.84× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.75× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 5.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Chiba Cancer Center?

Ranked on the composite score, Shuichi Hironaka, Hiroki Nagase and Akira Nakagawara lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Chiba Cancer Center.

  1. 1 Shuichi Hironaka Japan · #52,445 worldwide 312 citations · 38 works
  2. 2 Hiroki Nagase Japan · #111,917 worldwide 324 citations · 42 works
  3. 3 Akira Nakagawara Japan · #111,942 worldwide 326 citations · 71 works
  4. 4 Tetsuo Ueno Japan · #208,272 worldwide 74 citations · 31 works
  5. 5 Kazuo Hatano Japan · #389,559 worldwide 56 citations · 49 works
  6. 6 Shigeru Sakiyama Japan · #486,375 worldwide 111 citations · 19 works
  7. 7 Miki Ohira Japan · #514,374 worldwide 99 citations · 38 works
  8. 8 Keizo Takenaga Japan · #518,919 worldwide 78 citations · 30 works
  9. 9 Nobuhiro Takiguchi Japan · #718,857 worldwide 27 citations · 33 works
  10. 10 Akihiro Cho Japan · #721,390 worldwide 8 citations · 21 works
All ranked researchers at Chiba Cancer Center

Which keywords describe research at Chiba Cancer Center?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Chemotherapy, Clinical Practice Guidelines, Immunotherapy, Prognostic Factors, Neoadjuvant Therapy, Tumor Microenvironment, Survival Analysis and Radiotherapy.

▲ 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. Chemotherapy27▲ 22×20 topics
  2. Clinical Practice Guidelines18▲ 19×13 topics
  3. Epidemiology16▲ 2.3×47 topics
  4. Immunotherapy15▲ 12×16 topics
  5. Prognostic Factors15▲ 19×12 topics
  6. Neoadjuvant Therapy13▲ 30×5 topics
  7. Tumor Microenvironment12▲ 15×7 topics
  8. Cancer11▲ 4.5×34 topics
  9. Survival Analysis11▲ 22×6 topics
  10. Radiotherapy11▲ 15×11 topics
  11. Inflammation10▲ 2.6×35 topics
  12. Targeted Therapy9▲ 23×4 topics
  13. Endoscopic Resection9▲ 51×2 topics
  14. Clinical Trials7▲ 6.0×9 topics
  15. Quality of Life7▲ 2.8×15 topics
  16. Complications7▲ 7.7×10 topics
  17. Adjuvant Therapy7▲ 29×2 topics
  18. Preoperative Chemoradiotherapy6▲ 46×2 topics
  19. Gastric Cancer6▲ 31×3 topics
  20. Molecular Characterization6▲ 20×5 topics
  21. Surgical Management6▲ 8.4×10 topics
  22. Gene Expression6▲ 5.5×11 topics
  23. Chemoradiation6▲ 48×2 topics
  24. Surgery5▲ 8.6×6 topics
  25. Genetic Mutations5▲ 6.9×13 topics
  26. Metastasis5▲ 8.8×9 topics
  27. Osteosarcoma5▲ 61×1 topic
  28. Soft Tissue Sarcoma5▲ 53×1 topic
  29. Immune Checkpoint Blockade5▲ 26×1 topic
  30. PD-1 and PD-L15▲ 26×1 topic
  31. Molecular Subtypes5▲ 32×3 topics
  32. Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy5▲ 33×2 topics
  33. Breast Cancer5▲ 11×9 topics
  34. Lymph Node Dissection5▲ 45×1 topic
  35. Metastatic Gastric Cancer5▲ 45×1 topic
  36. Precision Medicine5▲ 5.6×7 topics
  37. Tumor Markers5▲ 32×2 topics
  38. Barrett's Esophagus4▲ 60×1 topic
  39. Esophageal Carcinoma4▲ 60×1 topic
  40. Cancer Immunotherapy4▲ 15×3 topics

Which research topics does Chiba Cancer Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Sarcoma Diagnosis and Treatment, Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers, Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes and Esophageal Cancer Research and Treatment.

Sarcoma Diagnosis and Tr…5Sarcoma Diagnosis and Treatment: 5 fractional worksCancer Immunotherapy and…5Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers: 5 fractional worksGastric Cancer Managemen…5Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes: 5 fractional worksEsophageal Cancer Resear…4Esophageal Cancer Research and Treatment: 4 fractional worksPancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research: 4 fractional worksLung Cancer Treatments and Mutations: 3 fractional worksCancer Genomics and Diag…3Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics: 3 fractional worksColorectal Cancer Treatments and Studies: 2 fractional worksLung Cancer Research Studies: 2 fractional worksBreast Cancer Treatment Studies: 2 fractional works
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineOncologySurgeryCancer Research

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

  1. 1 Sarcoma Diagnosis and Treatment Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 5 works
  2. 2 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 5 works
  3. 3 Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 5 works
  4. 4 Esophageal Cancer Research and Treatment Surgery 4 works
  5. 5 Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research Oncology 4 works
  6. 6 Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 3 works
  7. 7 Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics Cancer Research 3 works
  8. 8 Colorectal Cancer Treatments and Studies Oncology 2 works
  9. 9 Lung Cancer Research Studies Oncology 2 works
  10. 10 Breast Cancer Treatment Studies Cancer Research 2 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 available40.8%not open59.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors9.0%domestic only91.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Chiba Cancer Center's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 7% 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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