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Gunma Chuo Hospital

In research, Gunma Chuo Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#6,939 of 14,558 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#8,483 of 16,688 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Medicine (Medicine is 4.2× its share of world research).

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World rank, all time
#27,281
of 34,923
Rank in Japan
#1,076
of 1,923
Research works
301
▼ 28% vs 2018-21
Citations
4k
13.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.4%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.91×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
57%
world 40%
International
6%
world 18%
Gunma Chuo Hospital

What is Gunma Chuo 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 #6,939 of 14,558 6.3%239
Health SciencesDomain #8,483 of 16,688 6.3%246

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Gunma Chuo 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 Gunma Chuo Hospital work in?

In 2022-now, 82% of research at Gunma Chuo Hospital is in Health Sciences, 11% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (80%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (5%), Physics and Astronomy (3%). It does 3.0× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 41 fractional works · 82.0% of its workMedicine: 40 fractional works · 80.4% of its workSurgery: 13 fractional works · 26.7% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 5 fractional works · 10.0% of its workOncology: 2 fractional works · 4.8% of its workEpidemiology: 2 fractional works · 4.1% of its workNeurology: 2 fractional works · 3.7% of its workRheumatology: 2 fractional works · 3.3% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 2.8% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHepatology: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGastroenterology: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workRehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workDermatology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNephrology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInternal Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workReproductive Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workUrology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHematology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTransplantation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOccupational Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workLife Sciences: 5 fractional works · 10.9% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 5.3% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 2.7% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workToxicology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 3 fractional works · 5.6% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workRadiation: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKGunma ChuoHospital50fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences11%Physical Sciences6%Health Sciences82%Social Sciences2%

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 4 domains and 17 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine4080.4%
    2. Health Professions00.9%
    3. Nursing00.7%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology35.3%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology11.7%
    3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics11.7%
    4. Neuroscience11.4%
    5. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.8%
    1. Physics and Astronomy12.5%
    2. Engineering12.4%
    3. Environmental Science00.3%
    4. Computer Science00.2%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.1%
    1. Psychology11.1%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.3%
    3. Arts and Humanities00.0%
    4. Social Sciences00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Gunma Chuo Hospital specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Medicine takes 4.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. MedicineField · 40.1 works4.2×
← 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: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.98× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.70× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.88× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 4.73× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 1.14× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.36× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.18× its world share, 40 worksMedicineNursing: 1.37× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.36× its world share, 1 worksPsychology1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics, 4.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 16 fields, with their numbers
  1. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics4.73×1 works
  2. Medicine4.18×40 works
  3. Immunology and Microbiology1.70×1 works
  4. Nursing1.37×0 works
  5. Physics and Astronomy1.14×1 works
  6. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.98×3 works
  7. Neuroscience0.88×1 works
  8. Health Professions0.36×0 works
  9. Psychology0.36×1 works
  10. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.17×0 works
  11. Engineering0.16×1 works
  12. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.16×0 works
  13. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.07×0 works
  14. Environmental Science0.07×0 works
  15. Computer Science0.03×0 works
  16. Arts and Humanities0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Gunma Chuo Hospital?

Ranked on the quality score, Yohei Oku, Yousuke Aoki and Tomikazu Mizuno lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Gunma Chuo Hospital.

  1. 1 Yohei Oku Japan · #938,002 worldwide 1.7k citations · 50 works
  2. 2 Yousuke Aoki Japan · #1,442,496 worldwide 1.3k citations · 50 works
  3. 3 Tomikazu Mizuno Japan · #1,646,875 worldwide 615 citations · 18 works
  4. 4 Shinsuke Kiriyama Japan · #1,988,339 worldwide 934 citations · 67 works
  5. 5 Tatsuho Kobayashi Japan · #3,660,300 worldwide 199 citations · 30 works
  6. 6 K Takeuchi Japan · #4,727,510 worldwide 164 citations · 21 works
  7. 7 Hiromi Nishiba Japan · #4,834,730 worldwide 59 citations · 15 works
  8. 8 Hiroshi Naitoh Japan · #6,587,094 worldwide 1.1k citations · 78 works
  9. 9 A Amemiya Japan · #7,709,306 worldwide 546 citations · 375 works
All ranked researchers at Gunma Chuo Hospital

What are the most cited papers from Gunma Chuo Hospital?

The most cited paper from Gunma Chuo Hospital is "Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy (SBRT) for Operable Stage I Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer: Can SBRT Be Comparable to Surgery?" (Hiroshi Onishi, Hiroki Shirato, Yasushi Nagata et al., 2010), with 621 citations. Next come "Kabuki make‐up (Niikawa‐Kuroki) syndrome: A study of 62 patients" (459) and "Clinical Practice Guidelines for Hepatocellular Carcinoma: The Japan Society of Hepatology 2021 version (5th JSH‐HCC Guidelines)" (291).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy (SBRT) for Operable Stage I Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer: Can SBRT Be Comparable to Surgery? Hiroshi Onishi, Hiroki Shirato, Yasushi Nagata et al. · International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics 17 Jul 2010 621
2 Kabuki make‐up (Niikawa‐Kuroki) syndrome: A study of 62 patients Norio Niikawa et al. · American Journal of Medical Genetics Nov 1988 459
3 Clinical Practice Guidelines for Hepatocellular Carcinoma: The Japan Society of Hepatology 2021 version (5th JSH‐HCC Guidelines) Kiyoshi Hasegawa et al. · Hepatology Research Open access 24 Feb 2023 291
4 Stereotactic body radiotherapy for small hepatocellular carcinoma: A retrospective outcome analysis in 185 patients Naoko Sanuki, Atsuya Takeda, Yohei Oku et al. · Acta Oncologica Open access 21 Aug 2013 267
5 Twenty-Four-Hour Blood Pressure–Lowering Effect of a Sodium-Glucose Cotransporter 2 Inhibitor in Patients With Diabetes and Uncontrolled Nocturnal Hypertension Kazuomi Kario et al. · Circulation Open access 17 Jan 2019 252
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Gunma Chuo Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Complications, Revision Surgery, Total Hip Replacement, Inflammation, Patient Satisfaction, Chemotherapy and Arthroplasty.

▲ 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 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. Epidemiology9▲ 4.5×34 topics
  2. Inflammation5▲ 4.5×23 topics
  3. Complications5▲ 19×13 topics
  4. Revision Surgery4▲ 58×2 topics
  5. Total Hip Replacement4▲ 58×2 topics
  6. Patient Satisfaction3▲ 20×3 topics
  7. Chemotherapy3▲ 8.1×11 topics
  8. Arthroplasty3▲ 57×2 topics
  9. Surgical Management3▲ 13×7 topics
  10. Outcomes3▲ 63×1 topic
  11. Total Knee Replacement3▲ 76×1 topic
  12. Clinical Practice Guidelines2▲ 9.1×8 topics
  13. Treatment2▲ 3.9×16 topics
  14. Diagnosis2▲ 4.4×13 topics
  15. Management2▲ 5.0×14 topics
  16. Anterior Cruciate Ligament2▲ 85×1 topic
  17. Injury Risk2▲ 85×1 topic
  18. Quality of Life2▲ 2.4×12 topics
  19. Radiotherapy2▲ 9.3×6 topics
  20. Risk Factors2▲ 3.0×10 topics
  21. Guidelines2▲ 6.4×9 topics
  22. Immunotherapy2▲ 4.2×7 topics
  23. Dosimetry1▲ 36×1 topic
  24. Genetic Mutations1▲ 6.2×7 topics
  25. Inflammatory Bowel Disease1▲ 22×3 topics
  26. Prognostic Factors1▲ 6.2×8 topics
  27. Radiotherapy Physics1▲ 60×1 topic
  28. Adjuvant Therapy1▲ 19×2 topics
  29. Aging1▲ 4.4×4 topics
  30. Survival Analysis1▲ 8.4×4 topics
  31. Biomechanics1▲ 7.1×6 topics
  32. Clinical Guidelines1▲ 7.2×7 topics
  33. Hip Arthroplasty1▲ 37×1 topic
  34. Neoadjuvant Therapy1▲ 9.5×5 topics
  35. Pathogenesis1▲ 4.5×7 topics
  36. Prognosis1▲ 6.5×4 topics
  37. Wear Particles1▲ 37×1 topic
  38. Endovascular Treatment1▲ 37×2 topics
  39. Gastroschisis1▲ 112×1 topic
  40. Omphalocele1▲ 112×1 topic

Which research topics does Gunma Chuo Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes, Knee injuries and reconstruction techniques, Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques and Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty.

Total Knee Arthroplasty …3Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes: 3 fractional worksKnee injuries and reconstruction techniques: 2 fractional worksAdvanced Radiotherapy Techniques: 1 fractional worksOrthopaedic implants and arthroplasty: 1 fractional worksCongenital Anomalies and Fetal Surgery: 1 fractional worksInflammatory Bowel Disease1Inflammatory Bowel Disease: 1 fractional worksNutrition and Health in Aging: 1 fractional worksIntracranial Aneurysms: Treatment and Complications: 1 fractional worksHepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis: 1 fractional worksPharmacy and Medical Practices: 1 fractional works
SurgeryRadiationGeneticsPhysiology3 others

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

  1. 1 Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes Surgery 3 works
  2. 2 Knee injuries and reconstruction techniques Surgery 2 works
  3. 3 Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques Radiation 1 works
  4. 4 Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty Surgery 1 works
  5. 5 Congenital Anomalies and Fetal Surgery Surgery 1 works
  6. 6 Inflammatory Bowel Disease Genetics 1 works
  7. 7 Nutrition and Health in Aging Physiology 1 works
  8. 8 Intracranial Aneurysms: Treatment and Complications Neurology 1 works
  9. 9 Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis Hepatology 1 works
  10. 10 Pharmacy and Medical Practices Pharmacology 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 available56.6%not open43.4%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors6.4%domestic only93.6%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Gunma Chuo Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 28% 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 Gunma Chuo Hospital as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00018% in 2024.

still counting0.00020%0.00040%0.00060%Gunma Chuo Hospital0.00016% in 202519801990200020102020

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

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