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Chugoku Central Hospital

In research, Chugoku Central Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#17,680 of 17,978 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#20,273 of 20,462 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#42,538
of 42,892
Rank in Japan
#2,104
of 2,112
Research works
191
▼ 9% vs 2013–17
Citations
1.2k
6.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
3.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
56%
world 28%

What is Chugoku Central 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 #17,680 of 17,978 4.2%158
Health SciencesDomain #20,273 of 20,462 4.3%162

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Chugoku Central 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: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.92× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.54× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.43× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceEnergy: 0.45× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.77× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksDentistryMedicine: 4.12× its world share, 19 worksMedicineBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.43× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Psychology: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.05× 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, 4.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Chugoku Central Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, Yoshihiko Katayama, Toshiaki Okada and Kazuhiro Washio lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Chugoku Central Hospital.

  1. 1 Yoshihiko Katayama Japan · #1,291,918 worldwide 11 citations · 16 works
  2. 2 Toshiaki Okada Japan · #1,407,478 worldwide 22 citations · 17 works
  3. 3 Kazuhiro Washio Japan · #1,514,580 worldwide 6 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Chugoku Central Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Chugoku Central Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Prognostic Factors, Chemotherapy, Immunotherapy, Radiotherapy, Clinical Trials, Targeted Therapy, Hematopoietic Stem Cells and Acute Myeloid Leukemia.

▲ 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 11 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 11 words, with their numbers
  1. Prognostic Factors3▲ 29×11 topics
  2. Chemotherapy3▲ 15×12 topics
  3. Immunotherapy2▲ 10×8 topics
  4. Inflammation2▲ 3.0×12 topics
  5. Clinical Trials1▲ 8.7×4 topics
  6. Epidemiology1▲ 1.42×13 topics
  7. Radiotherapy1▲ 16×7 topics
  8. Targeted Therapy1▲ 24×4 topics
  9. Hematopoietic Stem Cells1▲ 56×2 topics
  10. AML1▲ 85×1 topic
  11. Acute Myeloid Leukemia1▲ 85×1 topic

Which research topics does Chugoku Central Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Acute Myeloid Leukemia Research, Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations, Myeloproliferative Neoplasms: Diagnosis and Treatment and Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment.

Acute Myeloid Leukemia R…1Acute Myeloid Leukemia Research: 1 fractional worksLung Cancer Treatments a…1Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations: 1 fractional worksMyeloproliferative Neoplasms: Diagnosis and Treatment: 1 fractional worksLung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment: 0 fractional worksAcute Lymphoblastic Leuk…0Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia research: 0 fractional worksOccupational and environmental lung diseases: 0 fractional worksCancer Treatment and Pharmacology: 0 fractional worksLaser Applications in De…0Laser Applications in Dentistry and Medicine: 0 fractional worksDermatologic Treatments and Research: 0 fractional worksLung Cancer Research Studies: 0 fractional works
HematologyPulmonary and Respiratory MedicineGeneticsPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health3 others

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

  1. 1 Acute Myeloid Leukemia Research Hematology 1 works
  2. 2 Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 1 works
  3. 3 Myeloproliferative Neoplasms: Diagnosis and Treatment Genetics 1 works
  4. 4 Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 0 works
  5. 5 Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia research Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 0 works
  6. 6 Occupational and environmental lung diseases Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 0 works
  7. 7 Cancer Treatment and Pharmacology Oncology 0 works
  8. 8 Laser Applications in Dentistry and Medicine Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 0 works
  9. 9 Dermatologic Treatments and Research Dermatology 0 works
  10. 10 Lung Cancer Research Studies Oncology 0 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 available55.8%not open44.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors5.3%domestic only94.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Chugoku Central Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 9% lower 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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