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Hamamatsu University

In research, Hamamatsu University stands highest in Medicine (#4,055 of 8,541 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#5,120 of 9,902 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#13,984
of 22,385 · #14,908 all time
Rank in Japan
#392
of 924
Research works
1.1k
▲ 18% vs 2018-21
Citations
18k
16.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.5%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.95×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
41%
world 40%
International
13%
world 18%
Hamamatsu University

What is Hamamatsu University 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 #4,055 of 8,541 6.6%87 #5309
Health SciencesDomain #5,120 of 9,902 7.2%92 #6808

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Hamamatsu University 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 University work in?

In 2022-now, 61% of research at Hamamatsu University is in Health Sciences, 17% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (57%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (9%), Engineering (8%). It does 2.5× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 112 fractional works · 60.5% of its workMedicine: 106 fractional works · 57.1% of its workSurgery: 18 fractional works · 9.8% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 13 fractional works · 7.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 8 fractional works · 4.6% of its workEpidemiology: 8 fractional works · 4.4% of its workPhysiology: 6 fractional works · 3.4% of its workOncology: 6 fractional works · 3.0% of its workNephrology: 4 fractional works · 2.2% of its workNeurology: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workRheumatology: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHematology: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHepatology: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workDermatology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInfectious Diseases: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOphthalmology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGastroenterology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workTransplantation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Professions: 5 fractional works · 2.4% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 31 fractional works · 16.7% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 18 fractional works · 9.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 8 fractional works · 4.3% of its workGenetics: 4 fractional works · 2.1% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEndocrinology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiotechnology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMolecular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 6 fractional works · 3.0% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBehavioral Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 5 fractional works · 2.5% of its workImmunology: 4 fractional works · 2.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmaceutical Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 31 fractional works · 16.5% of its workEngineering: 15 fractional works · 8.3% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 7 fractional works · 3.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMechanics of Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMedia Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Science: 5 fractional works · 2.8% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMaterials Science: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRadiation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workWater Science and Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSpectroscopy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 12 fractional works · 6.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 4 fractional works · 2.3% of its workEducation: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychology: 4 fractional works · 2.1% of its workClinical Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAccounting: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKHamamatsuUniversity186fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences17%Physical Sciences17%Health Sciences61%Social Sciences6%

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 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine10657.1%
    2. Health Professions52.4%
    3. Nursing10.8%
    4. Dentistry00.2%
    5. Veterinary00.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology189.4%
    2. Neuroscience63.0%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology52.5%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics20.9%
    5. Agricultural and Biological Sciences20.8%
    1. Engineering158.3%
    2. Computer Science52.8%
    3. Materials Science31.5%
    4. Physics and Astronomy21.3%
    5. Environmental Science21.2%
    6. Chemistry10.6%
    7. Energy10.3%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.2%
    9. Chemical Engineering00.2%
    1. Social Sciences42.3%
    2. Psychology42.1%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.7%
    4. Arts and Humanities10.6%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting10.5%
    6. Decision Sciences00.1%
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: 0.18× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.77× its world share, 18 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.45× its world share, 5 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.84× its world share, 6 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.65× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.61× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.37× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.36× its world share, 5 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.36× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.55× its world share, 15 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.24× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.44× its world share, 3 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.60× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.44× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.92× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.97× its world share, 106 worksMedicineNursing: 1.54× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.34× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.68× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.18× its world share, 4 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine2.97×106 works
  2. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics2.65×2 works
  3. Immunology and Microbiology2.45×5 works
  4. Neuroscience1.84×6 works
  5. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.77×18 works
  6. Nursing1.54×1 works
  7. Health Professions0.92×4 works
  8. Psychology0.68×4 works
  9. Chemical Engineering0.61×0 works
  10. Physics and Astronomy0.60×2 works
  11. Engineering0.55×15 works
  12. Materials Science0.44×3 works
  13. Dentistry0.44×0 works
  14. Chemistry0.37×1 works
  15. Computer Science0.36×5 works
  16. Energy0.36×1 works
  17. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.34×1 works
  18. Veterinary0.26×0 works
  19. Environmental Science0.24×2 works
  20. Arts and Humanities0.22×1 works
  21. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.18×2 works
  22. Social Sciences0.18×4 works
  23. Business, Management and Accounting0.17×1 works
  24. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.16×0 works
  25. Decision Sciences0.08×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Hamamatsu University?

Ranked on the quality score, Akiko Nomoto, Isao Matsushita and Motoki Eguchi lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Hamamatsu University.

  1. 1 Akiko Nomoto Japan · #3,124,993 worldwide 394 citations · 24 works
  2. 2 Isao Matsushita Japan · #3,909,969 worldwide 636 citations · 16 works
  3. 3 Motoki Eguchi Japan · #4,101,415 worldwide 141 citations · 18 works
  4. 4 Y Nishimura Japan · #4,675,942 worldwide 336 citations · 20 works
  5. 5 Yasushi Maruyama Japan · #4,871,846 worldwide 284 citations · 22 works
  6. 6 N Harada Japan · #5,019,665 worldwide 670 citations · 32 works
  7. 7 Kyosuke Kojima Japan · #5,061,540 worldwide 139 citations · 17 works
  8. 8 Michio Kimura Japan · #5,122,897 worldwide 176 citations · 29 works
  9. 9 Yūji Awaga Japan · #5,214,633 worldwide 172 citations · 19 works
  10. 10 Katsuyuki Kojima Japan · #5,401,004 worldwide 210 citations · 29 works
All ranked researchers at Hamamatsu University

What are the most cited papers from Hamamatsu University?

The most cited paper from Hamamatsu University is "Mutations of Chromosome 5q21 Genes in FAP and Colorectal Cancer Patients" (Isamu Nishisho et al., 1991), with 1,899 citations. Next come "Curcumin Maintenance Therapy for Ulcerative Colitis: Randomized, Multicenter, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial" (703) and "Estimation of glomerular filtration rate by the MDRD study equation modified for Japanese patients with chronic kidney disease" (544).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Mutations of Chromosome 5q21 Genes in FAP and Colorectal Cancer Patients Isamu Nishisho et al. · Science 9 Aug 1991 1,899
2 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
3 Estimation of glomerular filtration rate by the MDRD study equation modified for Japanese patients with chronic kidney disease Enyu Imai et al. · Clinical and Experimental Nephrology 23 Mar 2007 544
4 Prevalence of chronic kidney disease in the Japanese general population Enyu Imai, Masaru Horio, Tsuyoshi Watanabe et al. · Clinical and Experimental Nephrology 10 Jun 2009 536
5 Efficacy and safety of remimazolam versus propofol for general anesthesia: a multicenter, single-blind, randomized, parallel-group, phase IIb/III trial Matsuyuki Doi, Kiyoshi Morita, Junzo Takeda et al. · Journal of Anesthesia 16 May 2020 495
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Hamamatsu University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Inflammation, Epidemiology, Prognosis, Treatment, Chronic Kidney Disease, Fibrosis, TGF-ß and Surgery.

▲ 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. Epidemiology16▲ 2.1×60 topics
  2. Inflammation15▲ 3.9×49 topics
  3. Treatment7▲ 3.2×27 topics
  4. Cardiovascular Disease6▲ 2.9×20 topics
  5. Cancer6▲ 2.4×31 topics
  6. Diagnosis6▲ 3.2×20 topics
  7. Management5▲ 3.5×18 topics
  8. Prognosis5▲ 8.1×8 topics
  9. Chronic Kidney Disease4▲ 9.2×7 topics
  10. Surgery4▲ 6.5×9 topics
  11. Aging4▲ 4.0×6 topics
  12. Heart Failure4▲ 4.9×9 topics
  13. Risk Factors4▲ 2.0×23 topics
  14. Chemotherapy4▲ 3.0×15 topics
  15. Fibrosis4▲ 11×5 topics
  16. Global Burden4▲ 3.9×9 topics
  17. TGF-ß4▲ 13×4 topics
  18. Neoadjuvant Therapy4▲ 8.6×5 topics
  19. Guidelines4▲ 4.2×11 topics
  20. Spinal Fusion4▲ 20×2 topics
  21. Meta-Analysis3▲ 3.1×10 topics
  22. Endoscopic Resection3▲ 18×2 topics
  23. Genetic Mutations3▲ 4.0×15 topics
  24. Prognostic Factors3▲ 4.0×12 topics
  25. Echocardiography3▲ 6.3×7 topics
  26. Muscle Mass3▲ 13×2 topics
  27. Preoperative Chemoradiotherapy3▲ 19×2 topics
  28. Biomechanics2▲ 4.5×5 topics
  29. Barrett's Esophagus2▲ 32×1 topic
  30. Cancer Cachexia2▲ 14×1 topic
  31. Esophageal Carcinoma2▲ 32×1 topic
  32. Molecular Characterization2▲ 7.3×6 topics
  33. Sarcopenia2▲ 14×1 topic
  34. Hemodialysis2▲ 15×2 topics
  35. Sepsis2▲ 6.8×5 topics
  36. Degenerative Disc Disease2▲ 13×2 topics
  37. Interstitial Lung Disease2▲ 18×2 topics
  38. Scoliosis2▲ 38×1 topic
  39. Spinal Deformity2▲ 38×1 topic
  40. Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition2▲ 11×2 topics

Which research topics does Hamamatsu University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Esophageal Cancer Research and Treatment, Nutrition and Health in Aging, Scoliosis diagnosis and treatment and Interstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis.

Esophageal Cancer Resear…2Esophageal Cancer Research and Treatment: 2 fractional worksNutrition and Health in …2Nutrition and Health in Aging: 2 fractional worksScoliosis diagnosis and …2Scoliosis diagnosis and treatment: 2 fractional worksInterstitial Lung Diseas…2Interstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis: 2 fractional worksSpinal Fractures and Fixation Techniques: 2 fractional worksDialysis and Renal Disease Management: 1 fractional worksSpine and Intervertebral…1Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology: 1 fractional worksChronic Kidney Disease a…1Chronic Kidney Disease and Diabetes: 1 fractional worksFrailty in Older Adults1Frailty in Older Adults: 1 fractional worksCardiovascular Function …1Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors: 1 fractional works
SurgeryPhysiologyPulmonary and Respiratory MedicineNephrology3 others

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

  1. 1 Esophageal Cancer Research and Treatment Surgery 2 works
  2. 2 Nutrition and Health in Aging Physiology 2 works
  3. 3 Scoliosis diagnosis and treatment Surgery 2 works
  4. 4 Interstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  5. 5 Spinal Fractures and Fixation Techniques Surgery 2 works
  6. 6 Dialysis and Renal Disease Management Nephrology 1 works
  7. 7 Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology Pathology and Forensic Medicine 1 works
  8. 8 Chronic Kidney Disease and Diabetes Nephrology 1 works
  9. 9 Frailty in Older Adults Geriatrics and Gerontology 1 works
  10. 10 Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors Cardiology and Cardiovascular 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 available40.9%not open59.1%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors12.7%domestic only87.3%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Hamamatsu University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 18% higher 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 Hamamatsu University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00062% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%Hamamatsu University0.00089% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Hamamatsu University 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 University4.6% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 14.9% in 2019.

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