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Ishikawa Prefectural Central Hospital

In research, Ishikawa Prefectural Central Hospital stands highest in Health Sciences (#6,295 of 9,902 worldwide) and Medicine (#5,443 of 8,541 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and Surgery (Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine is 11.4× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#20,848
of 22,385 · #26,866 all time
Rank in Japan
#740
of 924
Research works
745
▲ 13% vs 2018-21
Citations
7.1k
9.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
4.7%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.92×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
51%
world 40%
International
4%
world 18%
Ishikawa Prefectural Central Hospital

What is Ishikawa Prefectural Central Hospital 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
Health SciencesDomain #6,295 of 9,902 4.4%104 #9641
MedicineField #5,443 of 8,541 4.2%101 #8331

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Ishikawa Prefectural Central 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Ishikawa Prefectural Central Hospital work in?

In 2022-now, 91% of research at Ishikawa Prefectural Central Hospital is in Health Sciences, 6% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (89%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (4%), Health Professions (1%). It does 3.7× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 116 fractional works · 91.4% of its workMedicine: 114 fractional works · 89.3% of its workSurgery: 32 fractional works · 25.2% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 22 fractional works · 17.6% of its workOncology: 11 fractional works · 9.0% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 6 fractional works · 5.1% of its workEpidemiology: 5 fractional works · 4.3% of its workNeurology: 4 fractional works · 3.4% of its workPhysiology: 3 fractional works · 2.4% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 3 fractional works · 2.1% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 3 fractional works · 2.0% of its workGastroenterology: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workRheumatology: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workHematology: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workInfectious Diseases: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workReproductive Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workUrology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDermatology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOphthalmology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHepatology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInternal Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMicrobiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPeriodontics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmall Animals: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 8 fractional works · 6.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 5 fractional works · 4.2% of its workCancer Research: 3 fractional works · 2.0% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMicrobiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workApplied Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysical Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKIshikawaPrefectural…127fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences6%Physical Sciences1%Health Sciences91%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 18 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine11489.3%
    2. Health Professions21.3%
    3. Dentistry00.3%
    4. Veterinary00.3%
    5. Nursing00.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology54.2%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology21.2%
    3. Neuroscience10.5%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
    5. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.1%
    1. Psychology10.8%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.3%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting00.1%
    4. Arts and Humanities00.0%
    1. Engineering10.7%
    2. Environmental Science00.3%
    3. Physics and Astronomy00.1%
    4. Materials Science00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Ishikawa Prefectural Central Hospital specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine takes 11.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield · 22.4 works11×
  2. SurgerySubfield · 32.1 works11×
← 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: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.80× its world share, 5 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.18× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.33× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.37× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Engineering: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.72× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.50× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.64× its world share, 114 worksMedicineNursing: 0.41× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.93× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.28× its world share, 1 worksPsychology1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 4.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 17 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine4.64×114 works
  2. Veterinary1.93×0 works
  3. Immunology and Microbiology1.18×2 works
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.80×5 works
  5. Dentistry0.72×0 works
  6. Health Professions0.50×2 works
  7. Nursing0.41×0 works
  8. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.37×0 works
  9. Neuroscience0.33×1 works
  10. Psychology0.28×1 works
  11. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.14×0 works
  12. Physics and Astronomy0.06×0 works
  13. Engineering0.05×1 works
  14. Environmental Science0.05×0 works
  15. Business, Management and Accounting0.03×0 works
  16. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.02×0 works
  17. Arts and Humanities0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Ishikawa Prefectural Central Hospital?

Ranked on the quality score, Hisashi Doyama, Mayuko Tani and Masaru Nishitsuji lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Ishikawa Prefectural Central Hospital.

  1. 1 Hisashi Doyama Japan · #368,212 worldwide 4.5k citations · 216 works
  2. 2 Mayuko Tani Japan · #544,682 worldwide 635 citations · 24 works
  3. 3 Masaru Nishitsuji Japan · #646,319 worldwide 2.1k citations · 61 works
  4. 4 Koichi Nishi Japan · #988,814 worldwide 2.4k citations · 86 works
  5. 5 Hiroyoshi Nakanishi Japan · #2,002,678 worldwide 686 citations · 60 works
  6. 6 Naohiro Yoshida Japan · #2,082,392 worldwide 1.2k citations · 91 works
  7. 7 Yoshihiko Yabuki Japan · #2,106,290 worldwide 763 citations · 52 works
  8. 8 Kunihiro Tsuji Japan · #2,205,043 worldwide 2.8k citations · 200 works
  9. 9 Tsutomu Hoshiba Japan · #2,239,089 worldwide 465 citations · 52 works
  10. 10 Kazuyoshi Katayanagi Japan · #2,625,459 worldwide 3.2k citations · 70 works
All ranked researchers at Ishikawa Prefectural Central Hospital

What are the most cited papers from Ishikawa Prefectural Central Hospital?

The most cited paper from Ishikawa Prefectural Central Hospital is "Mapping the human genetic architecture of COVID-19" (COVID-19 Host Genetics Initiative et al., 2021), with 1,130 citations. Next come "Nivolumab plus chemotherapy versus placebo plus chemotherapy in patients with HER2-negative, untreated, unresectable advanced or recurrent gastric or gastro-oesophageal junction cancer (ATTRACTION-4): a randomised, multicentre, double-blind, placebo-controlled, phase 3 trial" (808) and "Erlotinib plus bevacizumab versus erlotinib alone in patients with EGFR-positive advanced non-squamous non-small-cell lung cancer (NEJ026): interim analysis of an open-label, randomised, multicentre, phase 3 trial" (646).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Mapping the human genetic architecture of COVID-19 COVID-19 Host Genetics Initiative et al. · Nature Open access3,896 authors 8 Jul 2021 1,130
2 Nivolumab plus chemotherapy versus placebo plus chemotherapy in patients with HER2-negative, untreated, unresectable advanced or recurrent gastric or gastro-oesophageal junction cancer (ATTRACTION-4): a randomised, multicentre, double-blind, placebo-controlled, phase 3 trial Yoon‐Koo Kang et al. · The Lancet Oncology Open access 11 Jan 2022 808
3 Erlotinib plus bevacizumab versus erlotinib alone in patients with EGFR-positive advanced non-squamous non-small-cell lung cancer (NEJ026): interim analysis of an open-label, randomised, multicentre, phase 3 trial Haruhiro Saito et al. · The Lancet Oncology Open access 8 Apr 2019 646
4 IgG4-related Sclerosing Cholangitis With and Without Hepatic Inflammatory Pseudotumor, and Sclerosing Pancreatitis-associated Sclerosing Cholangitis Yoh Zen, Kenichi Harada, Motoko Sasaki et al. · The American Journal of Surgical Pathology 31 Aug 2004 542
5 Mesorectal Excision With or Without Lateral Lymph Node Dissection for Clinical Stage II/III Lower Rectal Cancer (JCOG0212) Shin Fujita et al. · Annals of Surgery Open access 11 Mar 2017 449
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Ishikawa Prefectural Central Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Chemotherapy, Clinical Practice Guidelines, Endoscopic Resection, Molecular Characterization, Gastric Cancer, Adjuvant Therapy, Survival Analysis and Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy.

▲ 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. Chemotherapy18▲ 20×20 topics
  2. Epidemiology15▲ 3.0×55 topics
  3. Clinical Practice Guidelines13▲ 18×12 topics
  4. Endoscopic Resection12▲ 99×2 topics
  5. Gastric Cancer12▲ 82×3 topics
  6. Molecular Characterization12▲ 52×4 topics
  7. Adjuvant Therapy11▲ 69×2 topics
  8. Survival Analysis11▲ 31×5 topics
  9. Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy10▲ 95×2 topics
  10. Lymph Node Dissection10▲ 133×1 topic
  11. Metastatic Gastric Cancer10▲ 133×1 topic
  12. Clinical Trials9▲ 10×6 topics
  13. Inflammation7▲ 2.7×23 topics
  14. Statins7▲ 78×2 topics
  15. Diagnosis7▲ 5.8×26 topics
  16. Neoadjuvant Therapy7▲ 22×5 topics
  17. Genetic Variants6▲ 28×4 topics
  18. Genetic Mutations6▲ 11×10 topics
  19. Immunotherapy6▲ 6.6×14 topics
  20. Surgical Management6▲ 11×12 topics
  21. C-Reactive Protein6▲ 58×2 topics
  22. Cardiovascular Disease Prevention6▲ 50×2 topics
  23. Cholesterol-lowering6▲ 94×1 topic
  24. LDL Cholesterol6▲ 126×1 topic
  25. Treatment5▲ 3.4×20 topics
  26. Tumor Microenvironment5▲ 9.3×7 topics
  27. Prognostic Factors5▲ 8.7×12 topics
  28. Surgery5▲ 11×7 topics
  29. Atherosclerosis4▲ 12×6 topics
  30. Complications4▲ 7.1×12 topics
  31. Guidelines4▲ 7.1×11 topics
  32. Management4▲ 4.3×16 topics
  33. Cholesterol4▲ 23×3 topics
  34. Metabolic Syndrome4▲ 3.8×8 topics
  35. Preoperative Chemoradiotherapy4▲ 38×2 topics
  36. Chemoradiation4▲ 43×2 topics
  37. Prevention3▲ 6.3×8 topics
  38. Echocardiography3▲ 9.4×7 topics
  39. Barrett's Esophagus3▲ 53×1 topic
  40. Esophageal Carcinoma3▲ 53×1 topic

Which research topics does Ishikawa Prefectural Central Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes, Lipoproteins and Cardiovascular Health, Esophageal Cancer Research and Treatment and Esophageal and GI Pathology.

Gastric Cancer Managemen…10Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes: 10 fractional worksLipoproteins and Cardiov…6Lipoproteins and Cardiovascular Health: 6 fractional worksEsophageal Cancer Resear…3Esophageal Cancer Research and Treatment: 3 fractional worksEsophageal and GI Pathology: 2 fractional worksCancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers: 2 fractional worksGastrointestinal Tumor Research and Treatment: 2 fractional worksHelicobacter pylori-related gastroenterology studies: 2 fractional worksDiabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins: 2 fractional worksCancer, Lipids, and Metabolism: 2 fractional worksPancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research: 2 fractional works
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSurgeryOncologyGastroenterology2 others

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

  1. 1 Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 10 works
  2. 2 Lipoproteins and Cardiovascular Health Surgery 6 works
  3. 3 Esophageal Cancer Research and Treatment Surgery 3 works
  4. 4 Esophageal and GI Pathology Surgery 2 works
  5. 5 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 2 works
  6. 6 Gastrointestinal Tumor Research and Treatment Gastroenterology 2 works
  7. 7 Helicobacter pylori-related gastroenterology studies Surgery 2 works
  8. 8 Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 2 works
  9. 9 Cancer, Lipids, and Metabolism Cancer Research 2 works
  10. 10 Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research 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 available50.7%not open49.3%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors3.6%domestic only96.4%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Ishikawa Prefectural Central Hospital's research output changed?

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

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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 Ishikawa Prefectural Central Hospital as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00044% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%Ishikawa Prefectural Central Hospital0.00040% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Ishikawa Prefectural Central Hospital over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2025Ishikawa Prefectural Central Hospital4.5% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 9.0% in 2014.

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