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Hamamatsu Medical Center

In research, Hamamatsu Medical Center stands highest in Medicine (#6,933 of 8,541 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#8,272 of 9,902 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#21,323
of 22,385 · #24,323 all time
Rank in Japan
#780
of 924
Research works
761
▼ 3% vs 2018-21
Citations
9.9k
13.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.0%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.90×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
44%
world 40%
International
7%
world 18%
Hamamatsu Medical Center

What is Hamamatsu Medical Center known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
MedicineField #6,933 of 8,541 3.4%69 #8427
Health SciencesDomain #8,272 of 9,902 3.3%73 #10478

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Hamamatsu 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Hamamatsu Medical Center work in?

In 2022-now, 80% of research at Hamamatsu Medical Center is in Health Sciences, 15% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (76%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (10%), Neuroscience (2%). It does 3.2× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 90 fractional works · 79.8% of its workMedicine: 86 fractional works · 76.0% of its workSurgery: 15 fractional works · 13.7% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 11 fractional works · 9.7% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 8 fractional works · 6.8% of its workNeurology: 6 fractional works · 5.0% of its workOncology: 6 fractional works · 5.0% of its workEpidemiology: 5 fractional works · 4.9% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 4 fractional works · 3.2% of its workPhysiology: 3 fractional works · 2.4% of its workHematology: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workInfectious Diseases: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workHepatology: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workRheumatology: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workReproductive Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workInternal Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workDermatology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGastroenterology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNephrology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMicrobiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOral Surgery: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmall Animals: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLife Sciences: 17 fractional works · 15.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 11 fractional works · 9.9% of its workMolecular Biology: 6 fractional works · 5.1% of its workGenetics: 3 fractional works · 2.8% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 3 fractional works · 2.4% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSensory Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiological Psychiatry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPharmaceutical Science: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMicrobiology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysical Sciences: 4 fractional works · 3.6% of its workEngineering: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStatistics and Probability: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKHamamatsu MedicalCenter113fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences15%Physical Sciences4%Health Sciences80%Social Sciences1%

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 21 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine8676.0%
    2. Health Professions21.8%
    3. Nursing11.0%
    4. Dentistry10.6%
    5. Veterinary00.4%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology119.9%
    2. Neuroscience32.4%
    3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics21.3%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology11.2%
    5. Agricultural and Biological Sciences10.6%
    1. Engineering21.7%
    2. Physics and Astronomy10.8%
    3. Mathematics10.6%
    4. Materials Science00.2%
    5. Environmental Science00.2%
    6. Chemistry00.1%
    7. Computer Science00.1%
    1. Social Sciences10.7%
    2. Psychology00.3%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting00.1%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.85× its world share, 11 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.18× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.45× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 3.82× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.11× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.50× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.37× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.31× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.68× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.95× its world share, 86 worksMedicineNursing: 2.11× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.90× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.06× 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, 4.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 21 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine3.95×86 works
  2. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics3.82×2 works
  3. Veterinary2.90×0 works
  4. Nursing2.11×1 works
  5. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.85×11 works
  6. Neuroscience1.45×3 works
  7. Dentistry1.31×1 works
  8. Immunology and Microbiology1.18×1 works
  9. Health Professions0.68×2 works
  10. Mathematics0.50×1 works
  11. Physics and Astronomy0.37×1 works
  12. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.13×1 works
  13. Engineering0.11×2 works
  14. Psychology0.09×0 works
  15. Chemistry0.06×0 works
  16. Social Sciences0.06×1 works
  17. Materials Science0.05×0 works
  18. Business, Management and Accounting0.04×0 works
  19. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.04×0 works
  20. Environmental Science0.03×0 works
  21. Computer Science0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Hamamatsu Medical Center?

Ranked on the quality score, Masahiro Muto, Tatsuo Torizuka and Toshihiko Kanno lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Hamamatsu Medical Center.

  1. 1 Masahiro Muto Japan · #1,673,151 worldwide 1.7k citations · 98 works
  2. 2 Tatsuo Torizuka Japan · #1,928,684 worldwide 4.1k citations · 92 works
  3. 3 Toshihiko Kanno Japan · #1,939,356 worldwide 2.1k citations · 34 works
  4. 4 Mitsuru Niwa Japan · #1,949,937 worldwide 222 citations · 25 works
  5. 5 Masanobu Sakamoto Japan · #2,394,137 worldwide 921 citations · 20 works
  6. 6 Takayuki Iida Japan · #2,812,226 worldwide 2.4k citations · 65 works
  7. 7 Yasushi Iwaoka Japan · #3,249,449 worldwide 1.4k citations · 33 works
  8. 8 Shuji Nobezawa Japan · #3,346,167 worldwide 885 citations · 17 works
  9. 9 Mariko Serizawa Japan · #4,327,712 worldwide 261 citations · 34 works
  10. 10 Keiko NAITO Japan · #4,334,097 worldwide 1.6k citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Hamamatsu Medical Center

What are the most cited papers from Hamamatsu Medical Center?

The most cited paper from Hamamatsu Medical Center is "De-escalating and escalating treatments for early-stage breast cancer: the St. Gallen International Expert Consensus Conference on the Primary Therapy of Early Breast Cancer 2017" (Giuseppe Curigliano et al., 2017), with 1,263 citations. Next come "Microglial activation and dopamine terminal loss in early Parkinson's disease" (848) and "Atrial Remodeling and Atrial Fibrillation" (736).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 De-escalating and escalating treatments for early-stage breast cancer: the St. Gallen International Expert Consensus Conference on the Primary Therapy of Early Breast Cancer 2017 Giuseppe Curigliano et al. · Annals of Oncology Open access 11 Jun 2017 1,263
2 Microglial activation and dopamine terminal loss in early Parkinson's disease Yasuomi Ouchi, Etsuji Yoshikawa, Yoshimoto Sekine et al. · Annals of Neurology 24 Jan 2005 848
3 Atrial Remodeling and Atrial Fibrillation Stanley Nattel, Masafumi Harada · Journal of the American College of Cardiology Open access 22 Mar 2014 736
4 Curcumin Maintenance Therapy for Ulcerative Colitis: Randomized, Multicenter, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial Hiroyuki Hanai, Takayuki Iida, Ken Takeuchi et al. · Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology 14 Nov 2006 703
5 Florbetaben PET imaging to detect amyloid beta plaques in Alzheimer's disease: Phase 3 study Osama Sabri et al. · Alzheimer s & Dementia Open access 27 Mar 2015 628
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Hamamatsu Medical Center?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Diagnosis, Treatment, Management, Guidelines, Inflammation, Clinical Practice Guidelines and Neurological Disorders.

▲ 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. Epidemiology14▲ 3.1×53 topics
  2. Diagnosis9▲ 8.3×24 topics
  3. Treatment8▲ 6.0×22 topics
  4. Inflammation8▲ 3.2×30 topics
  5. Management7▲ 7.7×20 topics
  6. Cancer6▲ 3.6×28 topics
  7. Guidelines5▲ 9.9×10 topics
  8. Risk Factors5▲ 3.8×11 topics
  9. Clinical Practice Guidelines4▲ 7.3×9 topics
  10. Neurological Disorders4▲ 6.8×13 topics
  11. Cardiovascular Disease4▲ 3.3×17 topics
  12. Chemotherapy4▲ 5.3×18 topics
  13. Quality of Life4▲ 2.5×16 topics
  14. Immunotherapy4▲ 4.5×12 topics
  15. Prognosis4▲ 9.7×7 topics
  16. Mortality4▲ 5.5×8 topics
  17. Prognostic Factors3▲ 6.6×11 topics
  18. Genetic Mutations3▲ 5.8×14 topics
  19. Pathophysiology3▲ 8.9×7 topics
  20. Thrombosis3▲ 9.0×6 topics
  21. Antithrombotic Therapy3▲ 30×2 topics
  22. Complications3▲ 4.9×5 topics
  23. Rehabilitation3▲ 5.8×6 topics
  24. Surgery3▲ 6.6×6 topics
  25. Catheter Ablation2▲ 18×2 topics
  26. Clinical Trials2▲ 3.4×8 topics
  27. Radiofrequency Ablation2▲ 21×2 topics
  28. Pregnancy2▲ 10×9 topics
  29. Hemostasis2▲ 20×4 topics
  30. Metastasis2▲ 5.9×7 topics
  31. Immunity2▲ 4.8×6 topics
  32. PET Imaging2▲ 11×5 topics
  33. Molecular Characterization2▲ 9.9×5 topics
  34. Prophylaxis2▲ 14×4 topics
  35. Elderly Patients2▲ 9.8×4 topics
  36. Revision Surgery2▲ 13×2 topics
  37. Stroke Prevention2▲ 14×2 topics
  38. Targeted Therapy2▲ 7.7×5 topics
  39. Total Hip Replacement2▲ 13×2 topics
  40. Adjuvant Therapy2▲ 12×2 topics

Which research topics does Hamamatsu Medical Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Blood Coagulation and Thrombosis Mechanisms, Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes, Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes and Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty.

Blood Coagulation and Th…2Blood Coagulation and Thrombosis Mechanisms: 2 fractional worksCardiac, Anesthesia and …1Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes: 1 fractional worksAtrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes: 1 fractional worksOrthopaedic implants and arthroplasty: 1 fractional worksHepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis: 1 fractional worksNutrition and Health in Aging: 1 fractional worksVitamin D Research Studies: 1 fractional worksCardiac Arrhythmias and …1Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments: 1 fractional worksLung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment: 1 fractional worksVenous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management: 1 fractional works
HematologyCardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSurgeryHepatology4 others

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

  1. 1 Blood Coagulation and Thrombosis Mechanisms Hematology 2 works
  2. 2 Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 1 works
  3. 3 Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 1 works
  4. 4 Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty Surgery 1 works
  5. 5 Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis Hepatology 1 works
  6. 6 Nutrition and Health in Aging Physiology 1 works
  7. 7 Vitamin D Research Studies Pathology and Forensic Medicine 1 works
  8. 8 Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 1 works
  9. 9 Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 1 works
  10. 10 Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management Internal Medicine 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 available44.4%not open55.6%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors7.3%domestic only92.7%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Hamamatsu Medical Center's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 3% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
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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 Hamamatsu Medical Center as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00046% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%Hamamatsu Medical Center0.00039% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Hamamatsu Medical Center over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2025Hamamatsu Medical Center2.0% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 9.1% in 2020.

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