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Ehime Medical Center

In research, Ehime Medical Center stands highest in Health Sciences (#16,140 of 20,462 worldwide) and Medicine (#15,075 of 17,978 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#31,868
of 42,892
Rank in Japan
#1,318
of 2,112
Research works
338
◆ 2% vs 2013–17
Citations
5k
14.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
52%
world 28%

What is Ehime Medical Center 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
Health SciencesDomain #16,140 of 20,462 8.3%262
MedicineField #15,075 of 17,978 8.0%253

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

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: 1.28× its world share, 4 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.93× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.30× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.55× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.61× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 4.45× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.32× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.77× its world share, 37 worksMedicineVeterinary: 1.59× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Psychology: 0.72× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

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

Who are the top researchers at Ehime Medical Center?

Ranked on the composite score, Junichi Funada, Hiroshi Akutsu and Chukwuemeka Umeh lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Ehime Medical Center.

  1. 1 Junichi Funada Japan · #1,456,426 worldwide 13 citations · 18 works
  2. 2 Hiroshi Akutsu Japan · #1,579,136 worldwide 9 citations · 20 works
  3. 3 Chukwuemeka Umeh Japan · #1,583,845 worldwide 0 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Ehime Medical Center

Which keywords describe research at Ehime Medical Center?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Diagnosis, Treatment, Inflammation, Metabolic Syndrome, Management, Echocardiography and Cardiovascular Disease.

▲ 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. Epidemiology7▲ 3.4×45 topics
  2. Diagnosis5▲ 9.6×19 topics
  3. Treatment4▲ 6.8×23 topics
  4. Inflammation4▲ 3.7×29 topics
  5. Cardiovascular Disease3▲ 4.5×14 topics
  6. Metabolic Syndrome3▲ 6.1×8 topics
  7. Management2▲ 6.1×12 topics
  8. Obesity2▲ 5.3×8 topics
  9. Echocardiography2▲ 15×5 topics
  10. Insulin Resistance2▲ 8.4×5 topics
  11. Atherosclerosis2▲ 13×6 topics
  12. Hepatocellular Carcinoma2▲ 17×3 topics
  13. Immune Response2▲ 5.4×9 topics
  14. COVID-192▲ 2.1×4 topics
  15. Genetic Mutations2▲ 6.9×10 topics
  16. Genetics2▲ 4.2×8 topics
  17. Immunotherapy2▲ 4.0×10 topics
  18. Clinical Practice Guidelines1▲ 5.0×10 topics
  19. Guidelines1▲ 5.8×9 topics
  20. Heart Failure1▲ 6.2×5 topics
  21. Antibiotic Resistance1▲ 6.7×5 topics
  22. Cancer1▲ 1.87×16 topics
  23. Complications1▲ 5.2×7 topics
  24. Crohn's Disease1▲ 31×2 topics
  25. Risk Factors1▲ 2.3×10 topics
  26. Chemotherapy1▲ 3.3×8 topics
  27. NAFLD1▲ 20×1 topic
  28. NASH1▲ 20×1 topic
  29. Cardiovascular Risk1▲ 6.8×3 topics
  30. Cystic Fibrosis1▲ 32×2 topics
  31. Diabetes1▲ 4.4×8 topics
  32. Infection Control1▲ 25×2 topics
  33. Neurological Disorders1▲ 3.7×9 topics
  34. Pathogenesis1▲ 4.2×7 topics
  35. Quality of Life1▲ 1.49×15 topics
  36. Surgical Management1▲ 5.0×7 topics
  37. Dental Practice1▲ 45×1 topic
  38. Radiotherapy1▲ 5.2×5 topics
  39. Transmission Routes1▲ 45×1 topic
  40. Virtual Reality1▲ 4.0×2 topics

Which research topics does Ehime Medical Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment, Dental Research and COVID-19, Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics and Mycobacterium research and diagnosis.

Liver Disease Diagnosis …1Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment: 1 fractional worksDental Research and COVI…1Dental Research and COVID-19: 1 fractional worksCoronary Interventions and Diagnostics: 1 fractional worksMycobacterium research and diagnosis: 1 fractional worksCardiovascular Function and Risk Factors: 1 fractional worksLiver Disease and Transplantation: 1 fractional worksCardiac tumors and thrombi: 1 fractional worksAdvanced Radiotherapy Te…1Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques: 1 fractional worksEsophageal and GI Pathology: 1 fractional worksPancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research: 0 fractional works
EpidemiologyGeneral DentistrySurgeryCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine3 others

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

  1. 1 Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment Epidemiology 1 works
  2. 2 Dental Research and COVID-19 General Dentistry 1 works
  3. 3 Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics Surgery 1 works
  4. 4 Mycobacterium research and diagnosis Epidemiology 1 works
  5. 5 Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 1 works
  6. 6 Liver Disease and Transplantation Hepatology 1 works
  7. 7 Cardiac tumors and thrombi Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 1 works
  8. 8 Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques Radiation 1 works
  9. 9 Esophageal and GI Pathology Surgery 1 works
  10. 10 Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research 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 available52.2%not open47.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Ehime Medical Center's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 2% 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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