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Hyogo Brain and Heart Center

In research, Hyogo Brain and Heart Center stands highest in Medicine (#11,540 of 17,978 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#14,651 of 20,462 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Medicine and Health Sciences — Medicine is 4.6× its share of world research.

World rank, all time
#34,242
of 42,892
Rank in Japan
#1,464
of 2,112
Research works
633
◆ 0% vs 2013–17
Citations
22k
35.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
4.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
37%
world 28%

What is Hyogo Brain and Heart 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
MedicineField #11,540 of 17,978 12.2%489
Health SciencesDomain #14,651 of 20,462 12.2%496

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Hyogo Brain and Heart 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).

What does Hyogo Brain and Heart Center specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Medicine takes 4.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. MedicineField · 24.1 works4.6×
  2. Health SciencesDomain · 24.4 works3.9×
← less than its size predictsmore →

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.

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.56× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.22× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.49× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.30× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Engineering: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringHealth Professions: 0.35× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.58× its world share, 24 worksMedicineVeterinary: 1.79× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryPsychology: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksPsychologyworld share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 4.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Hyogo Brain and Heart Center?

Ranked on the composite score, Nobutsugu Hirono, Nobuhiko Mukohara and Shigekiyo Fujita lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Hyogo Brain and Heart Center.

  1. 1 Nobutsugu Hirono Japan · #497,224 worldwide 82 citations · 16 works
  2. 2 Nobuhiko Mukohara Japan · #838,754 worldwide 39 citations · 42 works
  3. 3 Shigekiyo Fujita Japan · #973,385 worldwide 16 citations · 15 works
  4. 4 T Higami Japan · #1,162,112 worldwide 7 citations · 21 works
  5. 5 Minoru Yasuda Japan · #1,182,630 worldwide 15 citations · 22 works
  6. 6 Takeshi Sugimoto Japan · #1,214,659 worldwide 17 citations · 49 works
  7. 7 T Asada Japan · #1,515,482 worldwide 4 citations · 17 works
  8. 8 Yasuyo Taniguchi Japan · #1,533,763 worldwide 7 citations · 24 works
  9. 9 Akira Shimane Japan · #1,539,982 worldwide 11 citations · 22 works
  10. 10 Yoshinori Yasaka Japan · #1,556,042 worldwide 11 citations · 22 works
All ranked researchers at Hyogo Brain and Heart Center

Which keywords describe research at Hyogo Brain and Heart Center?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Endovascular Repair, Treatment, Echocardiography, Diagnosis, Guidelines, Complications, Aortic Aneurysm and Aortic Dissection.

▲ 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 29 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 29 words, with their numbers
  1. Endovascular Repair3▲ 144×3 topics
  2. Treatment2▲ 7.5×9 topics
  3. Echocardiography2▲ 33×4 topics
  4. Diagnosis2▲ 8.9×9 topics
  5. Complications2▲ 16×5 topics
  6. Guidelines2▲ 17×6 topics
  7. Aortic Aneurysm2▲ 111×2 topics
  8. Aortic Dissection2▲ 166×1 topic
  9. Bicuspid Aortic Valve2▲ 166×1 topic
  10. Quality of Life2▲ 4.9×5 topics
  11. Risk Factors2▲ 6.4×8 topics
  12. Epidemiology2▲ 1.59×12 topics
  13. Stroke Prevention1▲ 43×2 topics
  14. Surgical Aortic-Valve Replacement1▲ 72×1 topic
  15. Transcatheter Aortic-Valve Replacement1▲ 72×1 topic
  16. Cardiovascular Disease1▲ 3.9×8 topics
  17. Genetic Susceptibility1▲ 46×3 topics
  18. Mortality Risk1▲ 18×2 topics
  19. Nuss Procedure1▲ 1145×1 topic
  20. Pectus Excavatum1▲ 1145×1 topic
  21. Biomechanics1▲ 13×2 topics
  22. Catheter Ablation1▲ 33×2 topics
  23. Congenital Heart Disease1▲ 49×2 topics
  24. Heart Failure1▲ 9.0×7 topics
  25. Matrix Metalloproteinases1▲ 29×2 topics
  26. Mortality1▲ 6.9×6 topics
  27. Management1▲ 4.7×6 topics
  28. Surgery1▲ 11×3 topics
  29. Surgical Management1▲ 9.2×5 topics

Which research topics does Hyogo Brain and Heart Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Aortic Disease and Treatment Approaches, Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments, Pectus Deformity Diagnosis and Treatment and Aortic aneurysm repair treatments.

  1. 1 Aortic Disease and Treatment Approaches Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  2. 2 Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 1 works
  3. 3 Pectus Deformity Diagnosis and Treatment Surgery 1 works
  4. 4 Aortic aneurysm repair treatments Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 1 works
  5. 5 Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 1 works
  6. 6 Congenital Heart Disease Studies Epidemiology 1 works
  7. 7 Cardiac and Coronary Surgery Techniques Surgery 1 works
  8. 8 Infectious Aortic and Vascular Conditions Surgery 1 works
  9. 9 Intracranial Aneurysms: Treatment and Complications Neurology 1 works
  10. 10 Cerebrovascular and Carotid Artery Diseases Pulmonary and Respiratory 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 available37.4%not open62.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors5.2%domestic only94.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Hyogo Brain and Heart Center's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 0% 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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