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Heart Life Hospital

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Research works
83
▼ 16% vs 2018-21
Citations
1k
12.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.4%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
64%
world 40%
International
14%
world 18%
Heart Life Hospital

Not ranked overall: Heart Life Hospital is under the volume floor below which a citation excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

Which fields of science does Heart Life Hospital work in?

In all years, 82% of research at Heart Life Hospital is in Health Sciences, 14% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (75%), Health Professions (5%), Immunology and Microbiology (5%). It does 3.2× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 68 fractional works · 81.7% of its workMedicine: 62 fractional works · 74.6% of its workSurgery: 15 fractional works · 18.6% of its workEpidemiology: 6 fractional works · 6.8% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 5 fractional works · 6.1% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 5 fractional works · 6.1% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 4 fractional works · 4.9% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 3 fractional works · 4.0% of its workNeurology: 2 fractional works · 2.9% of its workRehabilitation: 2 fractional works · 2.7% of its workRheumatology: 2 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workOphthalmology: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGastroenterology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHepatology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHematology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Professions: 4 fractional works · 4.8% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOccupational Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workResearch and Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOral Surgery: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 11 fractional works · 13.8% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 4 fractional works · 4.7% of its workImmunology: 4 fractional works · 4.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 3 fractional works · 3.8% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 3.6% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 2.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLaw: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workStatistics and Probability: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKHeart LifeHospital83fractional works, all years
Life Sciences14%Physical Sciences2%Health Sciences82%Social Sciences3%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in all years. 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 16 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine6274.6%
    2. Health Professions44.8%
    3. Nursing22.1%
    4. Dentistry00.2%
    1. Immunology and Microbiology44.7%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences33.8%
    3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology33.6%
    4. Neuroscience11.6%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
    1. Social Sciences11.3%
    2. Psychology10.8%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting00.3%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.2%
    1. Engineering10.9%
    2. Environmental Science10.7%
    3. Mathematics00.2%
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: 0.68× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.79× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.75× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.07× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceEngineering: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringHealth Professions: 3.92× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.63× its world share, 12 worksMedicineNursing: 7.51× its world share, 1 worksNursingBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.31× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Psychology: 0.49× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Nursing, 7.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 11 fields, with their numbers
  1. Nursing7.51×1 works
  2. Health Professions3.92×2 works
  3. Medicine3.63×12 works
  4. Immunology and Microbiology1.75×0 works
  5. Neuroscience1.07×0 works
  6. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.79×1 works
  7. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.68×0 works
  8. Psychology0.49×0 works
  9. Business, Management and Accounting0.31×0 works
  10. Social Sciences0.15×0 works
  11. Engineering0.06×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Heart Life Hospital?

Ranked on the quality score, Tetsuhiro Sakihara, Norihiko Okushima and Naoji HANASHIRO lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Heart Life Hospital.

  1. 1 Tetsuhiro Sakihara Japan · #2,136,626 worldwide 253 citations · 15 works
  2. 2 Norihiko Okushima Japan · #4,066,072 worldwide 184 citations · 62 works
  3. 3 Naoji HANASHIRO Japan · #4,398,231 worldwide 7 citations · 15 works
  4. 4 Minoru Nishihara Japan · #4,868,333 worldwide 99 citations · 27 works
All ranked researchers at Heart Life Hospital

What are the most cited papers from Heart Life Hospital?

The most cited paper from Heart Life Hospital is "A Genetic Variant of Hepatitis B Virus Divergent from Known Human and Ape Genotypes Isolated from a Japanese Patient and Provisionally Assigned to New Genotype J" (Kanako Tatematsu, Yasuhito Tanaka, Fuat Kurbanov et al., 2009), with 435 citations. Next come "Dose‐intensified chemotherapy alone or in combination with mogamulizumab in newly diagnosed aggressive adult T‐cell leukaemia‐lymphoma: a randomized phase II study" (266) and "Hepatic Crown-Like Structure: A Unique Histological Feature in Non-Alcoholic Steatohepatitis in Mice and Humans" (216).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 A Genetic Variant of Hepatitis B Virus Divergent from Known Human and Ape Genotypes Isolated from a Japanese Patient and Provisionally Assigned to New Genotype J Kanako Tatematsu, Yasuhito Tanaka, Fuat Kurbanov et al. · Journal of Virology Open access 30 Jul 2009 435
2 Dose‐intensified chemotherapy alone or in combination with mogamulizumab in newly diagnosed aggressive adult T‐cell leukaemia‐lymphoma: a randomized phase II study Takashi Ishida et al. · British Journal of Haematology Open access 2 Mar 2015 266
3 Hepatic Crown-Like Structure: A Unique Histological Feature in Non-Alcoholic Steatohepatitis in Mice and Humans Michiko Itoh, Hideaki Kato, Takayoshi Suganami et al. · PLoS ONE Open access 11 Dec 2013 216
4 Effects of clomiphene citrate on the endometrial thickness and echogenic pattern of the endometrium Yasuhiko Nakamura, Mioko Ono, Yutaka Yoshida et al. · Fertility and Sterility Open access Feb 1997 162
5 Effect of lipid-lowering therapy with atorvastatin on atherosclerotic aortic plaques detected by noninvasive magnetic resonance imaging Atsushi Yonemura, Yukihiko Momiyama, Zahi Adel Fayad et al. · Journal of the American College of Cardiology Open access 24 Feb 2005 152
All 58 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Heart Life Hospital?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Complications, Diagnosis, Treatment, Infection, Lymphoma, Surgical Management and Immunotherapy.

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's

Size is fractional works in all years 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. Epidemiology17▲ 5.0×39 topics
  2. Treatment6▲ 5.2×19 topics
  3. Complications5▲ 12×11 topics
  4. Diagnosis5▲ 6.3×17 topics
  5. Management4▲ 6.2×13 topics
  6. Risk Factors4▲ 4.7×14 topics
  7. Immunotherapy4▲ 7.2×4 topics
  8. Infection4▲ 17×4 topics
  9. Inflammation4▲ 1.98×27 topics
  10. Lymphoma4▲ 31×2 topics
  11. Surgical Management4▲ 10×11 topics
  12. Cardiovascular Disease4▲ 4.0×17 topics
  13. Viral Transmission4▲ 43×2 topics
  14. Children3▲ 15×5 topics
  15. HTLV-13▲ 184×1 topic
  16. Leukemia3▲ 62×1 topic
  17. Functional Recovery3▲ 29×4 topics
  18. Genetic Characterization3▲ 58×2 topics
  19. Rehabilitation3▲ 8.9×7 topics
  20. Global Burden3▲ 5.8×5 topics
  21. Prognostic Factors3▲ 6.9×8 topics
  22. Pathogenesis2▲ 5.1×5 topics
  23. Chronic Pain2▲ 12×3 topics
  24. Hypertension2▲ 7.8×7 topics
  25. Spinal Fusion2▲ 31×2 topics
  26. Clinical Outcomes2▲ 13×3 topics
  27. Clinical Trials2▲ 4.3×6 topics
  28. Degenerative Disc Disease2▲ 30×2 topics
  29. Motor Recovery2▲ 46×1 topic
  30. Neural Plasticity2▲ 14×1 topic
  31. Radiosurgery2▲ 28×4 topics
  32. Surgical Treatment2▲ 12×2 topics
  33. Heart Failure2▲ 5.5×9 topics
  34. Low Back Pain2▲ 14×2 topics
  35. Pathophysiology2▲ 8.5×5 topics
  36. Intraocular Pressure2▲ 21×2 topics
  37. Myocardial Infarction2▲ 8.1×4 topics
  38. Bluetongue Virus2▲ 82×1 topic
  39. Culicoides Biting Midges2▲ 82×1 topic
  40. Adults2▲ 27×2 topics

Which research topics does Heart Life Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Balance, Gait, and Falls Prevention, Gastrointestinal disorders and treatments, Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Research and Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery.

Balance, Gait, and Falls…1Balance, Gait, and Falls Prevention: 1 fractional worksGastrointestinal disorde…1Gastrointestinal disorders and treatments: 1 fractional worksFood Allergy and Anaphyl…1Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Research: 1 fractional worksStroke Rehabilitation an…1Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery: 1 fractional worksGastrointestinal Tumor Research and Treatment: 0 fractional worksChronic Disease Management Strategies: 0 fractional worksInfant Nutrition and Hea…0Infant Nutrition and Health: 0 fractional worksBone health and osteoporosis research: 0 fractional worksCerebral Palsy and Movement Disorders: 0 fractional worksEosinophilic Esophagitis: 0 fractional works
Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and RehabilitationSurgeryImmunology and AllergyRehabilitation5 others

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

  1. 1 Balance, Gait, and Falls Prevention Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation 1 works
  2. 2 Gastrointestinal disorders and treatments Surgery 1 works
  3. 3 Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Research Immunology and Allergy 1 works
  4. 4 Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery Rehabilitation 1 works
  5. 5 Gastrointestinal Tumor Research and Treatment Gastroenterology 0 works
  6. 6 Chronic Disease Management Strategies Epidemiology 0 works
  7. 7 Infant Nutrition and Health Nutrition and Dietetics 0 works
  8. 8 Bone health and osteoporosis research Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 0 works
  9. 9 Cerebral Palsy and Movement Disorders Psychiatry and Mental health 0 works
  10. 10 Eosinophilic Esophagitis Surgery 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 available64.4%not open35.6%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors14.2%domestic only85.8%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Heart Life Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 16% 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 Heart Life Hospital as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000077% in 2024.

still counting0.00020%0.00040%Heart Life Hospital0.000054% in 2025200020102020

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

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