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Iwate Prefectural Central Hospital

In research, Iwate Prefectural Central Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#8,402 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#10,218 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Surgery — Surgery is 9.2× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#25,538
of 28,054 · #37,836 all time
Rank in Japan
#899
of 1,070
Research works
643
▲ 27% vs 2013–17
Citations
4.3k
6.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
3.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
60%
world 28%

What is Iwate Prefectural Central Hospital 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 #8,402 of 10,443 3.3%113 #13705
Health SciencesDomain #10,218 of 11,982 3.3%117 #16762

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

What does Iwate Prefectural Central Hospital specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Surgery takes 9.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. SurgerySubfield · 28.9 works9.2×
← 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: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.09× its world share, 8 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.05× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.37× its world share, 3 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.10× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.94× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.74× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.39× its world share, 113 worksMedicineNursing: 1.15× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.05× 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, 4.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Iwate Prefectural Central Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, Naoto Kimura, Akihiro Nakamura and Kenjiro Sato lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Iwate Prefectural Central Hospital.

  1. 1 Naoto Kimura Japan · #169,784 worldwide 137 citations · 51 works
  2. 2 Akihiro Nakamura Japan · #1,239,120 worldwide 39 citations · 31 works
  3. 3 Kenjiro Sato Japan · #1,401,211 worldwide 13 citations · 20 works
  4. 4 Hiroyuki Oura Japan · #1,407,899 worldwide 5 citations · 22 works
All ranked researchers at Iwate Prefectural Central Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Iwate Prefectural Central Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Diagnosis, Complications, Chemotherapy, Treatment, Guidelines, Clinical Practice Guidelines and Surgical Management.

▲ 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. Epidemiology17▲ 3.2×51 topics
  2. Diagnosis10▲ 7.7×18 topics
  3. Treatment9▲ 5.4×20 topics
  4. Complications8▲ 12×11 topics
  5. Chemotherapy8▲ 8.1×17 topics
  6. Guidelines7▲ 12×9 topics
  7. Inflammation7▲ 2.5×22 topics
  8. Risk Factors7▲ 4.5×12 topics
  9. Clinical Practice Guidelines6▲ 8.4×11 topics
  10. Surgical Management6▲ 11×15 topics
  11. Immunotherapy6▲ 5.9×13 topics
  12. Management5▲ 5.0×13 topics
  13. Molecular Characterization5▲ 22×5 topics
  14. Heart Failure5▲ 8.5×6 topics
  15. Echocardiography4▲ 12×6 topics
  16. Diabetes4▲ 5.9×7 topics
  17. Meta-Analysis4▲ 5.0×5 topics
  18. Endovascular Repair4▲ 34×3 topics
  19. Prognosis4▲ 8.6×8 topics
  20. Children4▲ 12×5 topics
  21. Neoadjuvant Therapy4▲ 12×5 topics
  22. Clinical Trials4▲ 4.0×9 topics
  23. Genetic Mutations4▲ 6.2×9 topics
  24. Revascularization4▲ 17×3 topics
  25. Survival Analysis4▲ 9.5×4 topics
  26. Neuroprotection3▲ 7.2×5 topics
  27. Myocardial Infarction3▲ 10×6 topics
  28. Prognostic Factors3▲ 5.6×10 topics
  29. Genetic Susceptibility3▲ 24×3 topics
  30. Imaging3▲ 8.8×5 topics
  31. Percutaneous Coronary Intervention3▲ 16×4 topics
  32. Gastric Cancer3▲ 18×3 topics
  33. Thrombus Formation3▲ 27×3 topics
  34. Atherosclerosis2▲ 6.7×4 topics
  35. Endoscopic Resection2▲ 19×2 topics
  36. Aortic Aneurysm2▲ 29×2 topics
  37. Laparoscopic Surgery2▲ 15×4 topics
  38. Palliative Treatment2▲ 27×2 topics
  39. Functional Recovery2▲ 12×3 topics
  40. Ischemic Stroke2▲ 12×3 topics

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

By volume in 2022–2025: Esophageal and GI Pathology, Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes, Aortic Disease and Treatment Approaches and Cardiac Health and Mental Health.

Esophageal and GI Pathol…2Esophageal and GI Pathology: 2 fractional worksGastric Cancer Managemen…2Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes: 2 fractional worksAortic Disease and Treatment Approaches: 2 fractional worksCardiac Health and Menta…2Cardiac Health and Mental Health: 2 fractional worksAcute Ischemic Stroke Ma…2Acute Ischemic Stroke Management: 2 fractional worksAortic aneurysm repair treatments: 2 fractional worksGastrointestinal disorders and treatments: 2 fractional worksBladder and Urothelial C…2Bladder and Urothelial Cancer Treatments: 2 fractional worksHeart Failure Treatment and Management: 1 fractional worksPeroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptors: 1 fractional works
SurgeryPulmonary and Respiratory MedicineCardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineEpidemiology1 others

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

  1. 1 Esophageal and GI Pathology Surgery 2 works
  2. 2 Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  3. 3 Aortic Disease and Treatment Approaches Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  4. 4 Cardiac Health and Mental Health Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 2 works
  5. 5 Acute Ischemic Stroke Management Epidemiology 2 works
  6. 6 Aortic aneurysm repair treatments Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  7. 7 Gastrointestinal disorders and treatments Surgery 2 works
  8. 8 Bladder and Urothelial Cancer Treatments Surgery 2 works
  9. 9 Heart Failure Treatment and Management Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 1 works
  10. 10 Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptors Molecular Biology 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 available59.7%not open40.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors3.8%domestic only96.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 27% 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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