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Iwate Medical University

In research, Iwate Medical University stands highest in Health Sciences (#2,217 of 11,982 worldwide), Medicine (#2,764 of 10,443 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#4,826 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Dentistry and Neurology — Dentistry is 6.5× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#7,381
of 28,054 · #6,304 all time
Rank in Japan
#184
of 1,070
Research works
8.6k
▲ 11% vs 2013–17
Citations
119k
13.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
46%
world 28%

What is Iwate Medical University 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
Health SciencesDomain #2,217 of 11,982 8.6%625 #2649
MedicineField #2,764 of 10,443 8.2%571 #2923
Life SciencesDomain #4,826 of 7,800 6.5%141 #2672
SurgerySubfield #1,291 of 1,816 7.9%108 #1287
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield #995 of 1,144 6.9%78 #1154
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #3,239 of 3,579 7.0%97 #2697

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Iwate Medical University 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).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Health Sciences#2,649 #2,217
  2. Medicine#2,923 #2,764
  3. Life Sciences#2,672 #4,826
  4. Surgery#1,287 #1,291
  5. Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine#1,154 #995
  6. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#2,697 #3,239
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

What does Iwate Medical University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Dentistry takes 6.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. DentistryField · 26.5 works6.5×
  2. NeurologySubfield · 29.3 works6.1×
← 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: 0.11× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.18× its world share, 97 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.88× its world share, 16 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.51× its world share, 20 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.25× its world share, 4 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.34× its world share, 4 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.04× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.11× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.17× its world share, 21 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.12× its world share, 5 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.09× its world share, 3 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.34× its world share, 3 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.20× its world share, 4 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 6.54× its world share, 26 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.01× its world share, 22 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.56× its world share, 571 worksMedicineNursing: 1.27× its world share, 5 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.75× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.13× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.35× its world share, 9 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.07× its world share, 8 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Dentistry, 6.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Iwate Medical University?

Ranked on the composite score, Chizuka Idé, Kunihiro Yoshioka and Kozo Tanno lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Iwate Medical University.

  1. 1 Chizuka Idé Japan · #108,445 worldwide 230 citations · 51 works
  2. 2 Kunihiro Yoshioka Japan · #114,951 worldwide 127 citations · 39 works
  3. 3 Kozo Tanno Japan · #116,536 worldwide 149 citations · 41 works
  4. 4 Koujiro Tohyama Japan · #146,115 worldwide 270 citations · 20 works
  5. 5 Akira Suwabe Japan · #177,150 worldwide 58 citations · 35 works
  6. 6 Mamoru Satoh Japan · #180,836 worldwide 182 citations · 37 works
  7. 7 Toshimi Chiba Japan · #216,438 worldwide 79 citations · 34 works
  8. 8 Ryo Takata Japan · #234,066 worldwide 34 citations · 31 works
  9. 9 Yasuo Terayama Japan · #240,338 worldwide 96 citations · 47 works
  10. 10 Hideo Tohgi Japan · #240,796 worldwide 97 citations · 50 works
All ranked researchers at Iwate Medical University

Which keywords describe research at Iwate Medical University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Chemotherapy, Epidemiology, Inflammation, Immunotherapy, Surgical Management, Treatment, Prognostic Factors and Genetic Mutations.

▲ 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. Epidemiology82▲ 2.5×105 topics
  2. Inflammation56▲ 3.2×74 topics
  3. Chemotherapy48▲ 8.1×20 topics
  4. Treatment37▲ 3.6×39 topics
  5. Immunotherapy35▲ 5.9×17 topics
  6. Quality of Life32▲ 2.7×39 topics
  7. Diagnosis31▲ 4.0×34 topics
  8. Management29▲ 4.4×27 topics
  9. Cancer28▲ 2.5×43 topics
  10. Clinical Practice Guidelines27▲ 5.9×14 topics
  11. Prognostic Factors27▲ 7.3×13 topics
  12. Surgical Management27▲ 7.8×20 topics
  13. Genetic Mutations26▲ 7.2×22 topics
  14. Oxidative Stress25▲ 1.86×45 topics
  15. Molecular Characterization23▲ 16×6 topics
  16. Clinical Trials23▲ 4.2×14 topics
  17. Tumor Microenvironment23▲ 6.3×8 topics
  18. Magnetic Resonance Imaging23▲ 11×7 topics
  19. Cardiovascular Disease22▲ 2.4×31 topics
  20. Risk Factors21▲ 2.3×23 topics
  21. Biomarkers19▲ 3.4×16 topics
  22. Metabolic Syndrome18▲ 2.7×20 topics
  23. Metastasis18▲ 6.4×12 topics
  24. Guidelines18▲ 4.7×12 topics
  25. Radiotherapy18▲ 5.7×12 topics
  26. Obesity17▲ 2.7×17 topics
  27. Cancer Therapy16▲ 3.4×15 topics
  28. Complications16▲ 3.8×16 topics
  29. Hepatocellular Carcinoma15▲ 8.6×3 topics
  30. Neoadjuvant Therapy14▲ 7.4×5 topics
  31. Angiogenesis14▲ 5.3×14 topics
  32. Targeted Therapy13▲ 7.1×5 topics
  33. Survival Analysis13▲ 5.6×6 topics
  34. Echocardiography12▲ 5.5×7 topics
  35. Stroke Prevention11▲ 11×2 topics
  36. Endovascular Treatment11▲ 22×2 topics
  37. Genetic Susceptibility11▲ 14×5 topics
  38. Survival11▲ 9.6×4 topics
  39. Cerebrovascular Events11▲ 24×2 topics
  40. Adjuvant Therapy10▲ 9.6×2 topics

Which research topics does Iwate Medical University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Cerebrovascular and Carotid Artery Diseases, Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers, Intracranial Aneurysms: Treatment and Complications and Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment.

Cerebrovascular and Caro…10Cerebrovascular and Carotid Artery Diseases: 10 fractional worksCancer Immunotherapy and…9Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers: 9 fractional worksIntracranial Aneurysms: Treatment and Complications: 8 fractional worksLiver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment: 7 fractional worksHepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis: 7 fractional worksBladder and Urothelial Cancer Treatments: 7 fractional worksCancer Genomics and Diagnostics: 7 fractional worksProstate Cancer Treatmen…6Prostate Cancer Treatment and Research: 6 fractional worksCardiac Imaging and Diagnostics: 6 fractional worksCardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments: 6 fractional works
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineOncologyNeurologyEpidemiology5 others

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

  1. 1 Cerebrovascular and Carotid Artery Diseases Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 10 works
  2. 2 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 9 works
  3. 3 Intracranial Aneurysms: Treatment and Complications Neurology 8 works
  4. 4 Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment Epidemiology 7 works
  5. 5 Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis Hepatology 7 works
  6. 6 Bladder and Urothelial Cancer Treatments Surgery 7 works
  7. 7 Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics Cancer Research 7 works
  8. 8 Prostate Cancer Treatment and Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 6 works
  9. 9 Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 6 works
  10. 10 Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 6 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 available45.8%not open54.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors5.6%domestic only94.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Iwate Medical University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 11% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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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