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Hiroshima General Hospital

In research, Hiroshima General Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#8,151 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#10,017 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Surgery — Surgery is 8.6× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#21,294
of 28,054 · #32,171 all time
Rank in Japan
#636
of 1,070
Research works
629
▲ 8% vs 2013–17
Citations
6k
9.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
54%
world 28%

What is Hiroshima General Hospital known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
MedicineField #8,151 of 10,443 7.4%90 #12800
Health SciencesDomain #10,017 of 11,982 7.4%93 #15832

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Hiroshima General Hospital 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).

What does Hiroshima General Hospital specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Surgery takes 8.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. SurgerySubfield · 21.5 works8.6×
← 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: 1.25× its world share, 7 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.93× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.52× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.10× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.07× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.57× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.36× its world share, 90 worksMedicineNursing: 1.75× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesDecision Sciences: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.21× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 4.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Hiroshima General Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, Yuichi Fujii, Akira Katayama and Yoichi Sugiyama lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Hiroshima General Hospital.

  1. 1 Yuichi Fujii Japan · #535,396 worldwide 39 citations · 33 works
  2. 2 Akira Katayama Japan · #580,941 worldwide 61 citations · 19 works
  3. 3 Yoichi Sugiyama Japan · #918,984 worldwide 14 citations · 16 works
  4. 4 Hiroki Teragawa Japan · #1,040,811 worldwide 60 citations · 192 works
  5. 5 Taira Kobayashi Japan · #1,207,209 worldwide 18 citations · 23 works
  6. 6 Y Kawaue Japan · #1,324,931 worldwide 9 citations · 16 works
  7. 7 Masaki Hamamoto Japan · #1,540,409 worldwide 4 citations · 20 works
  8. 8 Chikage Oshita Japan · #1,566,480 worldwide 3 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Hiroshima General Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Hiroshima General Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Guidelines, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Epidemiology, Atherosclerosis, Coronary Artery Disease, Risk Factors, Radiation Exposure and Diabetes.

▲ 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. Epidemiology12▲ 2.8×48 topics
  2. Guidelines8▲ 15×10 topics
  3. Magnetic Resonance Imaging7▲ 27×5 topics
  4. Inflammation7▲ 3.2×27 topics
  5. Risk Factors7▲ 6.1×13 topics
  6. Atherosclerosis7▲ 22×7 topics
  7. Coronary Artery Disease6▲ 52×3 topics
  8. Treatment6▲ 4.5×22 topics
  9. Diabetes6▲ 11×10 topics
  10. Radiation Exposure6▲ 54×2 topics
  11. Chemotherapy6▲ 7.5×17 topics
  12. Diagnosis5▲ 5.3×20 topics
  13. Myocardial Infarction5▲ 21×4 topics
  14. Cardiac Imaging5▲ 39×2 topics
  15. Cardiovascular Disease5▲ 4.2×17 topics
  16. Cardiovascular Risk Assessment5▲ 59×2 topics
  17. Computed Tomography Angiography5▲ 71×1 topic
  18. Myocardial Perfusion5▲ 71×1 topic
  19. Revascularization5▲ 30×3 topics
  20. Management4▲ 5.4×20 topics
  21. Angioplasty4▲ 65×2 topics
  22. Heart Failure4▲ 9.0×10 topics
  23. Surgical Management4▲ 9.5×12 topics
  24. Quality of Life4▲ 2.6×18 topics
  25. Claudication4▲ 103×1 topic
  26. Peripheral Arterial Disease4▲ 103×1 topic
  27. Percutaneous Coronary Intervention3▲ 23×3 topics
  28. Clinical Practice Guidelines3▲ 5.4×10 topics
  29. Chronic Kidney Disease3▲ 11×7 topics
  30. Degenerative Disc Disease3▲ 27×2 topics
  31. Pathogenesis3▲ 4.9×6 topics
  32. Prognostic Factors3▲ 5.7×8 topics
  33. Stroke Prevention3▲ 21×2 topics
  34. Hypertension3▲ 8.4×10 topics
  35. Endovascular Repair2▲ 26×3 topics
  36. Prognosis2▲ 6.5×8 topics
  37. Echocardiography2▲ 7.6×5 topics
  38. Critical Care2▲ 8.7×4 topics
  39. Hemostasis2▲ 20×2 topics
  40. Sudden Cardiac Death2▲ 23×2 topics

Which research topics does Hiroshima General Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics, Peripheral Artery Disease Management, Vascular Procedures and Complications and Pain Management and Treatment.

Cardiac Imaging and Diag…5Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics: 5 fractional worksPeripheral Artery Disease Management: 4 fractional worksVascular Procedures and Complications: 2 fractional worksPain Management and Treatment: 2 fractional worksCerebrovascular and Carotid Artery Diseases: 2 fractional worksCervical and Thoracic Myelopathy: 2 fractional worksInflammatory Bowel Disease: 1 fractional worksCardiovascular Disease and Adiposity: 1 fractional worksCardiac Arrest and Resuscitation: 1 fractional worksCardiovascular Health and Disease Prevention: 1 fractional works
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingSurgeryPulmonary and Respiratory MedicineAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine3 others

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

  1. 1 Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 5 works
  2. 2 Peripheral Artery Disease Management Surgery 4 works
  3. 3 Vascular Procedures and Complications Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  4. 4 Pain Management and Treatment Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine 2 works
  5. 5 Cerebrovascular and Carotid Artery Diseases Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  6. 6 Cervical and Thoracic Myelopathy Surgery 2 works
  7. 7 Inflammatory Bowel Disease Genetics 1 works
  8. 8 Cardiovascular Disease and Adiposity Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 1 works
  9. 9 Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation Emergency Medicine 1 works
  10. 10 Cardiovascular Health and Disease Prevention 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 available54.2%not open45.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors4.6%domestic only95.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Hiroshima General Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 8% 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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