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Iwakuni Medical Center

In research, Iwakuni Medical Center stands highest in Medicine (#9,784 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#11,501 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#27,351
of 28,054 · #39,391 all time
Rank in Japan
#1,037
of 1,070
Research works
501
▲ 21% vs 2013–17
Citations
2.9k
5.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
2.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
60%
world 28%

What is Iwakuni Medical Center 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 #9,784 of 10,443 2.6%64 #15362
Health SciencesDomain #11,501 of 11,982 2.5%65 #17684

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Iwakuni 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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

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: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.77× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.20× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.61× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.50× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.52× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.57× its world share, 64 worksMedicineNursing: 0.34× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 3.38× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Psychology: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.07× 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, 4.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Iwakuni Medical Center?

Ranked on the composite score, Satoru Sakuragi, Kazuhiko Kataoka and Y. Yasui lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Iwakuni Medical Center.

  1. 1 Satoru Sakuragi Japan · #687,810 worldwide 26 citations · 21 works
  2. 2 Kazuhiko Kataoka Japan · #994,841 worldwide 17 citations · 38 works
  3. 3 Y. Yasui Japan · #1,021,591 worldwide 9 citations · 18 works
  4. 4 Tomoki Tamura Japan · #1,116,669 worldwide 26 citations · 23 works
  5. 5 Takashi Arata Japan · #1,206,746 worldwide 4 citations · 27 works
  6. 6 Eiji KONAGA Japan · #1,251,236 worldwide 16 citations · 32 works
  7. 7 Kohji Tanakaya Japan · #1,254,812 worldwide 27 citations · 28 works
  8. 8 Shoichi Kuyama Japan · #1,402,887 worldwide 15 citations · 30 works
  9. 9 Fumitaka Taniguchi Japan · #1,429,694 worldwide 1 citations · 16 works
  10. 10 H Ishimitsu Japan · #1,473,567 worldwide 4 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Iwakuni Medical Center

Which keywords describe research at Iwakuni Medical Center?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Chemotherapy, Prognostic Factors, Clinical Practice Guidelines, Diagnosis, Adjuvant Therapy, Surgical Management, Molecular Characterization and Clinical Trials.

▲ 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. Chemotherapy10▲ 19×17 topics
  2. Epidemiology7▲ 2.5×32 topics
  3. Prognostic Factors6▲ 18×10 topics
  4. Clinical Practice Guidelines5▲ 13×8 topics
  5. Diagnosis5▲ 7.4×21 topics
  6. Adjuvant Therapy5▲ 52×2 topics
  7. Surgical Management5▲ 16×8 topics
  8. Molecular Characterization4▲ 34×4 topics
  9. Treatment4▲ 4.9×17 topics
  10. Clinical Trials4▲ 8.7×6 topics
  11. Survival Analysis4▲ 21×5 topics
  12. PET Imaging4▲ 30×4 topics
  13. Prognostic Markers4▲ 48×2 topics
  14. Targeted Therapy4▲ 23×4 topics
  15. Gastric Cancer4▲ 43×3 topics
  16. Immunotherapy4▲ 6.8×11 topics
  17. Cancer3▲ 3.5×10 topics
  18. Management3▲ 6.0×17 topics
  19. Endoscopic Resection3▲ 46×2 topics
  20. Molecular Profiling3▲ 45×3 topics
  21. Lymph Node Dissection3▲ 71×1 topic
  22. Metastatic Gastric Cancer3▲ 71×1 topic
  23. Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy3▲ 51×2 topics
  24. Tumor Microenvironment3▲ 9.3×5 topics
  25. Metastasis3▲ 12×5 topics
  26. Complications3▲ 7.8×10 topics
  27. Genomic Profiling3▲ 37×2 topics
  28. Immunohistochemistry3▲ 53×2 topics
  29. Imaging3▲ 15×3 topics
  30. Imatinib Mesylate3▲ 74×1 topic
  31. Sunitinib3▲ 135×1 topic
  32. Therapeutic Targets3▲ 25×4 topics
  33. Breast Cancer3▲ 15×4 topics
  34. ALK Inhibitors2▲ 56×1 topic
  35. EGFR Mutations2▲ 56×1 topic
  36. Lung Tumors2▲ 200×1 topic
  37. Metastatic Carcinomas2▲ 200×1 topic
  38. Echocardiography2▲ 12×5 topics
  39. Genetic Mutations2▲ 7.1×9 topics
  40. Tumor Staging2▲ 26×2 topics

Which research topics does Iwakuni Medical Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes, Gastrointestinal Tumor Research and Treatment, Metastasis and carcinoma case studies and Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations.

Gastric Cancer Managemen…3Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes: 3 fractional worksGastrointestinal Tumor R…3Gastrointestinal Tumor Research and Treatment: 3 fractional worksMetastasis and carcinoma…2Metastasis and carcinoma case studies: 2 fractional worksLung Cancer Treatments a…2Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations: 2 fractional worksLung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment: 2 fractional worksTracheal and airway disorders: 2 fractional worksMedical Imaging Techniqu…1Medical Imaging Techniques and Applications: 1 fractional worksEsophageal and GI Pathology: 1 fractional worksInflammatory Biomarkers in Disease Prognosis: 1 fractional worksGastrointestinal disorders and treatments: 1 fractional works
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineGastroenterologyRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingSurgery1 others

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

  1. 1 Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 3 works
  2. 2 Gastrointestinal Tumor Research and Treatment Gastroenterology 3 works
  3. 3 Metastasis and carcinoma case studies Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  4. 4 Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  5. 5 Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  6. 6 Tracheal and airway disorders Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  7. 7 Medical Imaging Techniques and Applications Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 1 works
  8. 8 Esophageal and GI Pathology Surgery 1 works
  9. 9 Inflammatory Biomarkers in Disease Prognosis Oncology 1 works
  10. 10 Gastrointestinal disorders and treatments Surgery 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 available59.9%not open40.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors4.3%domestic only95.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Iwakuni Medical Center's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 21% 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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