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Fukuoka University Hospital

In research, Fukuoka University Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#8,070 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#9,855 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and Surgery — Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine is 9.0× its share of world research.

World rank, 2022–2025
#16,994
of 28,054 · #28,340 all time
Rank in Japan
#457
of 1,070
Research works
810
▲ 16% vs 2013–17
Citations
7.6k
9.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
55%
world 28%

What is Fukuoka University Hospital 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 #8,070 of 10,443 4.8%140 #11615
Health SciencesDomain #9,855 of 11,982 4.9%144 #14577

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

What does Fukuoka University Hospital specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine takes 9.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield · 23.3 works9.0×
  2. SurgerySubfield · 24.9 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: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.95× its world share, 8 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 3.08× its world share, 5 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.34× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 3.82× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.12× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.18× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.49× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.32× its world share, 140 worksMedicineNursing: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.91× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 4.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Fukuoka University Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, Yasushi Takamatsu, Hideko Nakashima and Makoto Hamasaki lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Fukuoka University Hospital.

  1. 1 Yasushi Takamatsu Japan · #131,059 worldwide 115 citations · 52 works
  2. 2 Hideko Nakashima Japan · #781,761 worldwide 33 citations · 16 works
  3. 3 Makoto Hamasaki Japan · #936,620 worldwide 47 citations · 25 works
  4. 4 Naoki Hamada Japan · #1,027,153 worldwide 28 citations · 34 works
  5. 5 Hideichi Wada Japan · #1,126,232 worldwide 1 citations · 17 works
  6. 6 Kentaro Ogata Japan · #1,360,450 worldwide 6 citations · 30 works
  7. 7 Masaki Fujita Japan · #1,487,119 worldwide 23 citations · 26 works
All ranked researchers at Fukuoka University Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Fukuoka University Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Chemotherapy, Diagnosis, Treatment, Immunotherapy, Inflammation, Clinical Practice Guidelines and Prognostic Factors.

▲ 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. Epidemiology26▲ 3.8×70 topics
  2. Inflammation12▲ 3.3×47 topics
  3. Chemotherapy11▲ 9.4×16 topics
  4. Diagnosis11▲ 7.0×27 topics
  5. Treatment10▲ 5.1×25 topics
  6. Immunotherapy8▲ 6.8×16 topics
  7. Clinical Practice Guidelines7▲ 7.8×14 topics
  8. Immune Response7▲ 6.9×13 topics
  9. Management7▲ 5.0×22 topics
  10. Prognostic Factors6▲ 8.8×12 topics
  11. Quality of Life6▲ 2.4×23 topics
  12. Cardiovascular Disease6▲ 3.0×21 topics
  13. Tumor Microenvironment5▲ 7.1×7 topics
  14. Clinical Trials5▲ 4.6×6 topics
  15. Heart Failure5▲ 7.0×10 topics
  16. Risk Factors5▲ 2.8×17 topics
  17. Surgical Management5▲ 6.9×14 topics
  18. Genetic Mutations5▲ 6.5×15 topics
  19. Targeted Therapy5▲ 12×3 topics
  20. Thrombosis4▲ 9.0×6 topics
  21. Complications4▲ 4.9×13 topics
  22. Antibiotic Resistance4▲ 6.1×8 topics
  23. Radiotherapy4▲ 6.0×10 topics
  24. Guidelines4▲ 4.8×10 topics
  25. Tumor Markers4▲ 28×2 topics
  26. Fibrosis4▲ 12×6 topics
  27. Metastasis4▲ 6.3×6 topics
  28. Neoadjuvant Therapy4▲ 9.2×5 topics
  29. TGF-ß4▲ 14×3 topics
  30. Treatment Guidelines3▲ 9.1×5 topics
  31. Crohn's Disease3▲ 24×2 topics
  32. Echocardiography3▲ 6.9×7 topics
  33. Adjuvant Therapy3▲ 14×2 topics
  34. SARS-CoV-23▲ 5.7×4 topics
  35. Interstitial Lung Disease3▲ 27×2 topics
  36. Percutaneous Coronary Intervention3▲ 13×4 topics
  37. Endovascular Treatment3▲ 29×2 topics
  38. Immune Checkpoint Blockade3▲ 15×1 topic
  39. PD-1 and PD-L13▲ 15×1 topic
  40. Clinical Management3▲ 9.1×5 topics

Which research topics does Fukuoka University Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers, Interstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis, Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations and Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment.

  1. 1 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 3 works
  2. 2 Interstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  3. 3 Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  4. 4 Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  5. 5 Lung Cancer Research Studies Oncology 2 works
  6. 6 Mycobacterium research and diagnosis Epidemiology 2 works
  7. 7 Gallbladder and Bile Duct Disorders Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  8. 8 Esophageal and GI Pathology Surgery 2 works
  9. 9 COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies Infectious Diseases 2 works
  10. 10 Colorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments Oncology 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 available54.9%not open45.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors5.0%domestic only95.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Fukuoka University Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 16% 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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