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Higashihiroshima Medical Center

In research, Higashihiroshima Medical Center stands highest in Physical Sciences (#16,035 of 21,541 worldwide), Engineering (#9,975 of 11,412 worldwide) and Medicine (#16,185 of 17,978 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#23,958
of 28,054 · #28,316 all time
Rank in Japan
#789
of 1,070
Research works
573
▲ 16% vs 2013–17
Citations
6.2k
10.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
38%
world 28%

What is Higashihiroshima Medical Center 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
Physical SciencesDomain #16,035 of 21,541 10.8%218
EngineeringField #9,975 of 11,412 10.8%127
MedicineField #16,185 of 17,978 7.6%228
Health SciencesDomain #18,941 of 20,462 7.5%237

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Higashihiroshima 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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

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: 0.46× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.81× its world share, 5 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.73× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.58× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.93× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.62× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.51× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.68× its world share, 6 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.71× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.70× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.79× its world share, 13 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.51× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.67× its world share, 3 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.05× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.45× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.28× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.62× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.28× its world share, 48 worksMedicineNursing: 0.77× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.34× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.61× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.47× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.43× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.98× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.81× its world share, 11 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 2.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Higashihiroshima Medical Center?

Ranked on the composite score, Satoshi Shibata, Masashi Inoue and Hiroaki Harada lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Higashihiroshima Medical Center.

  1. 1 Satoshi Shibata Japan · #1,020,129 worldwide 29 citations · 32 works
  2. 2 Masashi Inoue Japan · #1,093,165 worldwide 25 citations · 16 works
  3. 3 Hiroaki Harada Japan · #1,139,402 worldwide 5 citations · 19 works
  4. 4 Eriko Shigeto Japan · #1,230,321 worldwide 9 citations · 18 works
All ranked researchers at Higashihiroshima Medical Center

Which keywords describe research at Higashihiroshima Medical Center?

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

▲ 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. Epidemiology7▲ 1.56×40 topics
  2. Chemotherapy6▲ 8.4×16 topics
  3. Treatment5▲ 3.6×18 topics
  4. Inflammation4▲ 1.95×29 topics
  5. Diagnosis4▲ 4.3×15 topics
  6. Clinical Practice Guidelines4▲ 6.9×9 topics
  7. Surgical Management4▲ 8.5×9 topics
  8. Prognostic Factors4▲ 7.9×9 topics
  9. Immunotherapy3▲ 3.7×10 topics
  10. Cancer3▲ 1.93×13 topics
  11. Neoadjuvant Therapy3▲ 11×5 topics
  12. Guidelines2▲ 4.9×9 topics
  13. Prognosis2▲ 6.7×7 topics
  14. Survival Analysis2▲ 7.8×4 topics
  15. Adjuvant Therapy2▲ 16×2 topics
  16. Gastric Cancer2▲ 18×3 topics
  17. Management2▲ 2.5×10 topics
  18. Tumor Microenvironment2▲ 4.1×5 topics
  19. Genetic Mutations2▲ 4.1×10 topics
  20. Higher Education2▲ 3.2×5 topics
  21. Radiotherapy2▲ 4.5×6 topics
  22. Complications2▲ 3.3×10 topics
  23. Clinical Guidelines2▲ 5.3×6 topics
  24. Molecular Characterization2▲ 8.8×4 topics
  25. PET Imaging2▲ 9.3×4 topics
  26. Catheter Ablation2▲ 12×2 topics
  27. Endoscopic Resection2▲ 14×2 topics
  28. Molecular Pathology2▲ 13×3 topics
  29. Radiofrequency Ablation2▲ 14×2 topics
  30. Rehabilitation2▲ 3.7×8 topics
  31. Imatinib Mesylate1▲ 23×1 topic
  32. Prognostic Markers1▲ 11×3 topics
  33. Sunitinib1▲ 42×1 topic
  34. Cholangiocarcinoma1▲ 14×2 topics
  35. Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition1▲ 11×3 topics
  36. Pancreatic Cancer1▲ 10×2 topics
  37. Preoperative Chemoradiotherapy1▲ 14×2 topics
  38. Gemcitabine1▲ 14×1 topic
  39. Molecular Profiling1▲ 11×3 topics
  40. Surgical Complications1▲ 13×1 topic

Which research topics does Higashihiroshima Medical Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Gastrointestinal Tumor Research and Treatment, Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment, Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes and Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research.

Gastrointestinal Tumor R…1Gastrointestinal Tumor Research and Treatment: 1 fractional worksLung Cancer Diagnosis an…1Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment: 1 fractional worksGastric Cancer Management and Outcomes: 1 fractional worksPancreatic and Hepatic O…1Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research: 1 fractional worksNutrition and Health in …1Nutrition and Health in Aging: 1 fractional worksPleural and Pulmonary Diseases: 1 fractional worksCholangiocarcinoma and Gallbladder Cancer Studies: 1 fractional worksMetastasis and carcinoma…1Metastasis and carcinoma case studies: 1 fractional worksAtrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes: 1 fractional worksHepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis: 1 fractional works
GastroenterologyPulmonary and Respiratory MedicineOncologyPhysiology3 others

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

  1. 1 Gastrointestinal Tumor Research and Treatment Gastroenterology 1 works
  2. 2 Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 1 works
  3. 3 Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 1 works
  4. 4 Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research Oncology 1 works
  5. 5 Nutrition and Health in Aging Physiology 1 works
  6. 6 Pleural and Pulmonary Diseases Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 1 works
  7. 7 Cholangiocarcinoma and Gallbladder Cancer Studies Surgery 1 works
  8. 8 Metastasis and carcinoma case studies Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 1 works
  9. 9 Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 1 works
  10. 10 Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis Hepatology 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 available38.3%not open61.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors15.9%domestic only84.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Higashihiroshima Medical Center'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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