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Himeji Medical Center

In research, Himeji Medical Center stands highest in Medicine (#6,069 of 8,541 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#7,121 of 9,902 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and Surgery (Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine is 12.2× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#20,408
of 22,385 · #32,032 all time
Rank in Japan
#703
of 924
Research works
487
▲ 275% vs 2018-21
Citations
4k
8.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.2%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.87×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
50%
world 40%
International
6%
world 18%
Himeji Medical Center

What is Himeji 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 #6,069 of 8,541 5.3%114 #11926
Health SciencesDomain #7,121 of 9,902 5.3%118 #14079

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Himeji 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 Himeji Medical Center work in?

In 2022-now, 89% of research at Himeji Medical Center is in Health Sciences, 7% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (86%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (5%), Health Professions (3%). It does 3.6× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 138 fractional works · 88.6% of its workMedicine: 133 fractional works · 85.5% of its workSurgery: 33 fractional works · 21.2% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 29 fractional works · 18.8% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 15 fractional works · 9.7% of its workEpidemiology: 10 fractional works · 6.5% of its workOncology: 9 fractional works · 5.6% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 5 fractional works · 3.2% of its workPhysiology: 4 fractional works · 2.4% of its workRheumatology: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workInfectious Diseases: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHepatology: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGastroenterology: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workNeurology: 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 · 1.0% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOphthalmology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHematology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDermatology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNephrology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workInternal Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Professions: 4 fractional works · 2.9% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacy: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Information Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 11 fractional works · 7.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 7 fractional works · 4.6% of its workMolecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrinology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 5 fractional works · 2.9% of its workEngineering: 3 fractional works · 2.2% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRadiation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKHimeji MedicalCenter156fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences7%Physical Sciences3%Health Sciences89%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 22 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine13385.5%
    2. Health Professions42.9%
    3. Dentistry00.1%
    4. Veterinary00.1%
    5. Nursing00.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology74.6%
    2. Neuroscience21.0%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology10.8%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences10.6%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.3%
    1. Engineering32.2%
    2. Physics and Astronomy00.2%
    3. Environmental Science00.2%
    4. Materials Science00.1%
    5. Computer Science00.1%
    6. Energy00.1%
    7. Mathematics00.1%
    1. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.5%
    2. Social Sciences10.4%
    3. Psychology00.2%
    4. Arts and Humanities00.0%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Himeji Medical Center specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine takes 12.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield · 29.3 works12×
  2. SurgerySubfield · 33.0 works9.0×
← 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: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.87× its world share, 7 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.80× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.63× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.79× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.15× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.08× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.45× its world share, 133 worksMedicineNursing: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.68× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.23× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.03× 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, 4.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 22 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine4.45×133 works
  2. Health Professions1.08×4 works
  3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.87×7 works
  4. Immunology and Microbiology0.80×1 works
  5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.79×0 works
  6. Veterinary0.68×0 works
  7. Neuroscience0.63×2 works
  8. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.23×1 works
  9. Dentistry0.22×0 works
  10. Engineering0.15×3 works
  11. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.12×1 works
  12. Physics and Astronomy0.10×0 works
  13. Energy0.08×0 works
  14. Psychology0.07×0 works
  15. Mathematics0.06×0 works
  16. Nursing0.05×0 works
  17. Environmental Science0.03×0 works
  18. Materials Science0.03×0 works
  19. Social Sciences0.03×1 works
  20. Computer Science0.01×0 works
  21. Arts and Humanities0.01×0 works
  22. Business, Management and Accounting0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Himeji Medical Center?

Ranked on the quality score, Hiroshi Iwamura, Tetsuji Kawamura and Akiko Masumoto lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Himeji Medical Center.

  1. 1 Hiroshi Iwamura Japan · #2,019,401 worldwide 2.2k citations · 95 works
  2. 2 Tetsuji Kawamura Japan · #2,459,990 worldwide 1.5k citations · 98 works
  3. 3 Akiko Masumoto Japan · #2,737,080 worldwide 852 citations · 50 works
  4. 4 Yasuto Higashi Japan · #3,482,388 worldwide 3.5k citations · 40 works
  5. 5 Kohei Miyake Japan · #3,727,720 worldwide 193 citations · 18 works
  6. 6 Yoshiro Mochiduki Japan · #3,846,218 worldwide 249 citations · 16 works
  7. 7 Yasutaka Onishi Japan · #3,854,516 worldwide 122 citations · 16 works
  8. 8 Ryota Hiraoka Japan · #3,919,632 worldwide 115 citations · 17 works
  9. 9 Yasuhiko Ishida Japan · #3,994,704 worldwide 178 citations · 15 works
  10. 10 Yasuharu Nakahara Japan · #4,053,032 worldwide 7.5k citations · 119 works
All ranked researchers at Himeji Medical Center

What are the most cited papers from Himeji Medical Center?

The most cited paper from Himeji Medical Center is "Addictive Personality and Problematic Mobile Phone Use" (Motoharu Takao, SUSUMU Y. TAKAHASHI, Masayoshi Kitamura, 2009), with 425 citations. Next come "Time-to-Furosemide Treatment and Mortality in Patients Hospitalized With Acute Heart Failure" (336) and "Delta-Shaped Anastomosis in Totally Laparoscopic Billroth I Gastrectomy: New Technique of Intraabdominal Gastroduodenostomy1" (317).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Addictive Personality and Problematic Mobile Phone Use Motoharu Takao, SUSUMU Y. TAKAHASHI, Masayoshi Kitamura · CyberPsychology & Behavior Oct 2009 425
2 Time-to-Furosemide Treatment and Mortality in Patients Hospitalized With Acute Heart Failure Yuya Matsue et al. · Journal of the American College of Cardiology Open access Jun 2017 336
3 Delta-Shaped Anastomosis in Totally Laparoscopic Billroth I Gastrectomy: New Technique of Intraabdominal Gastroduodenostomy1 Seiichiro Kanaya, Takashi Gomi, Hirohito Momoi et al. · Journal of the American College of Surgeons Aug 2002 317
4 VEGF, basic-FGF, and TGF-beta in Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis: a novel mechanism of chronic intestinal inflammation Shigeo Kanazawa, Tsukasa Tsunoda, Eishi Onuma et al. · The American Journal of Gastroenterology Mar 2001 232
5 Safety and pharmacokinetics of nintedanib and pirfenidone in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis Takashi Ogura, Hiroyuki Taniguchi, Arata Azuma et al. · European Respiratory Journal 10 Dec 2014 218
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Himeji Medical Center?

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

▲ 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. Epidemiology18▲ 2.9×60 topics
  2. Diagnosis10▲ 6.6×25 topics
  3. Treatment9▲ 4.7×22 topics
  4. Clinical Practice Guidelines8▲ 9.8×13 topics
  5. Chemotherapy8▲ 7.5×17 topics
  6. Guidelines8▲ 11×10 topics
  7. Inflammation8▲ 2.4×30 topics
  8. Surgical Management7▲ 11×14 topics
  9. Complications7▲ 9.1×11 topics
  10. Risk Factors7▲ 4.1×15 topics
  11. Echocardiography7▲ 16×7 topics
  12. Management6▲ 5.1×18 topics
  13. Endovascular Repair6▲ 42×3 topics
  14. Myocardial Infarction6▲ 15×7 topics
  15. Atherosclerosis5▲ 12×5 topics
  16. Heart Failure5▲ 7.7×11 topics
  17. Surgery5▲ 9.8×7 topics
  18. Percutaneous Coronary Intervention5▲ 25×4 topics
  19. Surgical Aortic-Valve Replacement5▲ 45×1 topic
  20. Transcatheter Aortic-Valve Replacement5▲ 45×1 topic
  21. Neoadjuvant Therapy5▲ 13×5 topics
  22. Mortality5▲ 5.3×8 topics
  23. Magnetic Resonance Imaging4▲ 11×3 topics
  24. Prognostic Factors4▲ 5.9×10 topics
  25. Clinical Guidelines4▲ 8.3×6 topics
  26. Coronary Stents4▲ 57×1 topic
  27. Myocardial Revascularization4▲ 57×1 topic
  28. Radiotherapy4▲ 6.2×11 topics
  29. Adjuvant Therapy4▲ 18×2 topics
  30. Aortic Aneurysm4▲ 36×2 topics
  31. Molecular Characterization4▲ 13×4 topics
  32. Cardiac Imaging4▲ 19×3 topics
  33. Aortic Dissection3▲ 48×1 topic
  34. Bacteremia3▲ 28×3 topics
  35. Bicuspid Aortic Valve3▲ 48×1 topic
  36. Biomechanics3▲ 6.8×5 topics
  37. Endoscopic Resection3▲ 21×2 topics
  38. Interstitial Lung Disease3▲ 31×2 topics
  39. Prophylaxis3▲ 16×3 topics
  40. Preoperative Chemoradiotherapy3▲ 24×2 topics

Which research topics does Himeji Medical Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments, Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics, Aortic Disease and Treatment Approaches and Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics.

Cardiac Valve Diseases a…5Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments: 5 fractional worksCoronary Interventions a…4Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics: 4 fractional worksAortic Disease and Treat…3Aortic Disease and Treatment Approaches: 3 fractional worksCardiac Imaging and Diag…3Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics: 3 fractional worksInfective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management: 3 fractional worksInterstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis: 2 fractional worksGastric Cancer Managemen…2Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes: 2 fractional worksTracheal and airway disorders: 2 fractional worksEsophageal and GI Pathology: 2 fractional worksColorectal Cancer Surgic…2Colorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments: 2 fractional works
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSurgeryPulmonary and Respiratory MedicineRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging2 others

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

  1. 1 Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 5 works
  2. 2 Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics Surgery 4 works
  3. 3 Aortic Disease and Treatment Approaches Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 3 works
  4. 4 Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 3 works
  5. 5 Infective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management Epidemiology 3 works
  6. 6 Interstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  7. 7 Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  8. 8 Tracheal and airway disorders Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  9. 9 Esophageal and GI Pathology Surgery 2 works
  10. 10 Colorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments Oncology 2 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 available50.1%not open49.9%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors5.6%domestic only94.4%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Himeji Medical Center's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 275% higher 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 Himeji Medical Center as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00067% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%Himeji Medical Center0.00058% in 202519801990200020102020

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

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