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Imakiire General Hospital

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World rank, all time
#34,605
of 34,923
Rank in Japan
#1,886
of 1,923
Research works
128
▼ 13% vs 2018-21
Citations
1.5k
12.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
1.8%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.85×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
59%
world 40%
International
9%
world 18%
Imakiire General Hospital

Which fields of science does Imakiire General Hospital work in?

In 2022-now, 80% of research at Imakiire General Hospital is in Health Sciences, 12% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (68%), Health Professions (8%), Immunology and Microbiology (5%). It does 2.6× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 18 fractional works · 80.4% of its workMedicine: 15 fractional works · 67.5% of its workSurgery: 2 fractional works · 10.0% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 2 fractional works · 8.8% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 6.4% of its workRheumatology: 1 fractional works · 5.7% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 5.5% of its workHematology: 1 fractional works · 4.2% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 3.4% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 3.1% of its workDermatology: 1 fractional works · 2.8% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 0 fractional works · 2.0% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 1.9% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workReproductive Medicine: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGastroenterology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 7.6% of its workComplementary and Manual Therapy: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workOccupational Therapy: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 4.7% of its workOral Surgery: 0 fractional works · 2.3% of its workOrthodontics: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGeneral Dentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLeadership and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 3 fractional works · 12.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 4.9% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 4.9% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 3.7% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 3.2% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 4.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workLinguistics and Language: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 2.1% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPhysical Sciences: 1 fractional works · 2.7% of its workEnvironmental Science: 0 fractional works · 2.0% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 2.0% of its workEngineering: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workALL ITS WORKImakiire GeneralHospital22fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences12%Physical Sciences3%Health Sciences80%Social Sciences5%

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 13 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine1567.5%
    2. Health Professions27.6%
    3. Dentistry14.7%
    4. Nursing00.5%
    5. Veterinary00.1%
    1. Immunology and Microbiology14.9%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology13.7%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences13.2%
    4. Neuroscience00.6%
    1. Social Sciences12.5%
    2. Psychology02.1%
    1. Environmental Science02.0%
    2. Engineering00.6%
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: 0.67× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.69× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 4.82× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.36× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceEngineering: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.41× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceDentistry: 9.63× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.88× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.51× its world share, 15 worksMedicineNursing: 0.98× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.11× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryPsychology: 0.71× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Dentistry, 9.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 13 fields, with their numbers
  1. Dentistry9.63×1 works
  2. Immunology and Microbiology4.82×1 works
  3. Medicine3.51×15 works
  4. Health Professions2.88×2 works
  5. Veterinary1.11×0 works
  6. Nursing0.98×0 works
  7. Psychology0.71×0 works
  8. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.69×1 works
  9. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.67×1 works
  10. Environmental Science0.41×0 works
  11. Neuroscience0.36×0 works
  12. Social Sciences0.19×0 works
  13. Engineering0.04×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Imakiire General Hospital?

Ranked on the quality score, Takanori Imakiire, Yoshiyuki Nagano and Koichi Ohkubo lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Imakiire General Hospital.

  1. 1 Takanori Imakiire Japan · #4,759,975 worldwide 178 citations · 38 works
  2. 2 Yoshiyuki Nagano Japan · #4,976,869 worldwide 174 citations · 41 works
  3. 3 Koichi Ohkubo Japan · #5,065,845 worldwide 97 citations · 25 works
  4. 4 Kosuke Obama Japan · #5,510,884 worldwide 328 citations · 37 works
All ranked researchers at Imakiire General Hospital

What are the most cited papers from Imakiire General Hospital?

The most cited paper from Imakiire General Hospital is "Ossification of the Posterior Longitudinal Ligament of the Cervical Spine" (Shunji Matsunaga, Takashi Sakou, 2011), with 332 citations. Next come "Identification of subtype-specific genomic alterations in aggressive adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma" (147) and "Manganese intoxication during total parenteral nutrition: report of two cases and review of the literature" (142).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Ossification of the Posterior Longitudinal Ligament of the Cervical Spine Shunji Matsunaga, Takashi Sakou · Spine 6 Dec 2011 332
2 Identification of subtype-specific genomic alterations in aggressive adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma Aya Oshiro · Blood Open access 17 Feb 2006 147
3 Manganese intoxication during total parenteral nutrition: report of two cases and review of the literature Shuichirou Nagatomo, Fujio Umehara, Kouichi Hanada et al. · Journal of the Neurological Sciences 1999 142
4 Radiographic Predictors for the Development of Myelopathy in Patients With Ossification of the Posterior Longitudinal Ligament Shunji Matsunaga et al. · Spine Nov 2008 126
5 Effect of Early vs Delayed Surgical Treatment on Motor Recovery in Incomplete Cervical Spinal Cord Injury With Preexisting Cervical Stenosis The OSCIS investigators et al. · JAMA Network Open Open access 9 Nov 2021 84
All 61 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which research topics does Imakiire General Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Lymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment, T-cell and Retrovirus Studies, IgG4-Related and Inflammatory Diseases and Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Research.

Lymphoma Diagnosis and T…1Lymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment: 1 fractional worksT-cell and Retrovirus St…1T-cell and Retrovirus Studies: 1 fractional worksIgG4-Related and Inflamm…1IgG4-Related and Inflammatory Diseases: 1 fractional worksChronic Lymphocytic Leuk…1Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Research: 1 fractional worksTemporomandibular Joint Disorders: 0 fractional worksSarcoidosis and Beryllium Toxicity Research: 0 fractional worksOrthodontics and Dentofa…0Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics: 0 fractional worksCancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers: 0 fractional worksTracheal and airway disorders: 0 fractional worksRadioactive contaminatio…0Radioactive contamination and transfer: 0 fractional works
Pathology and Forensic MedicineImmunologyRheumatologyGenetics6 others

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

  1. 1 Lymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment Pathology and Forensic Medicine 1 works
  2. 2 T-cell and Retrovirus Studies Immunology 1 works
  3. 3 IgG4-Related and Inflammatory Diseases Rheumatology 1 works
  4. 4 Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Research Genetics 1 works
  5. 5 Temporomandibular Joint Disorders Complementary and Manual Therapy 0 works
  6. 6 Sarcoidosis and Beryllium Toxicity Research Physiology 0 works
  7. 7 Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics Orthodontics 0 works
  8. 8 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 0 works
  9. 9 Tracheal and airway disorders Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 0 works
  10. 10 Radioactive contamination and transfer Global and Planetary Change 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 available59.3%not open40.7%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors9.3%domestic only90.7%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Imakiire General Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 13% lower than in 2018-2021.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Imakiire General Hospital as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00013% in 2024.

still counting0.00020%0.00040%0.00060%Imakiire General Hospital0.000050% in 20251990200020102020

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

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