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Kagawa Prefectural Central Hospital

In research, Kagawa Prefectural Central Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#6,713 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#8,212 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and Surgery — Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine is 8.1× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#21,107
of 28,054 · #26,558 all time
Rank in Japan
#625
of 1,070
Research works
825
▲ 91% vs 2013–17
Citations
7k
8.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
54%
world 28%

What is Kagawa 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 #6,713 of 10,443 5.4%164 #8865
Health SciencesDomain #8,212 of 11,982 5.7%172 #10479

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Kagawa 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 Kagawa Prefectural Central Hospital specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine takes 8.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield · 24.0 works8.1×
  2. SurgerySubfield · 34.2 works7.6×
← 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: 0.77× its world share, 8 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.63× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.58× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.33× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringMathematics: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 4.62× its world share, 4 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.61× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.44× its world share, 164 worksMedicineNursing: 0.83× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.83× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.37× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

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

Who are the top researchers at Kagawa Prefectural Central Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, Koichi Takaguchi, Akemi Tsutsui and Takuya Nagano lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Kagawa Prefectural Central Hospital.

  1. 1 Koichi Takaguchi Japan · #154,271 worldwide 102 citations · 34 works
  2. 2 Akemi Tsutsui Japan · #527,675 worldwide 48 citations · 21 works
  3. 3 Takuya Nagano Japan · #535,834 worldwide 29 citations · 26 works
  4. 4 Yuzo Matsumoto Japan · #868,710 worldwide 11 citations · 17 works
  5. 5 Yoshihiko Furuki Japan · #905,713 worldwide 18 citations · 25 works
  6. 6 K. Shiota Japan · #954,750 worldwide 14 citations · 35 works
  7. 7 Shintaro Sukegawa Japan · #1,131,145 worldwide 22 citations · 25 works
  8. 8 Satoshi Kuramoto Japan · #1,177,902 worldwide 33 citations · 24 works
  9. 9 Tomoki Inaba Japan · #1,213,177 worldwide 19 citations · 17 works
  10. 10 Sadanobu Izumi Japan · #1,223,038 worldwide 5 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Kagawa Prefectural Central Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Kagawa Prefectural Central Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Treatment, Diagnosis, Surgical Management, Clinical Practice Guidelines, Complications, Prognosis and 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 2022–2025 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. Epidemiology32▲ 4.2×68 topics
  2. Treatment18▲ 7.6×31 topics
  3. Diagnosis17▲ 9.4×28 topics
  4. Inflammation12▲ 3.1×33 topics
  5. Surgical Management11▲ 14×16 topics
  6. Clinical Practice Guidelines9▲ 9.0×13 topics
  7. Complications9▲ 9.1×9 topics
  8. Chemotherapy9▲ 6.5×18 topics
  9. Prognosis8▲ 13×9 topics
  10. Risk Factors8▲ 3.6×14 topics
  11. Immunotherapy8▲ 5.5×15 topics
  12. Management8▲ 5.0×17 topics
  13. Surgery7▲ 11×8 topics
  14. Pathogenesis7▲ 7.4×14 topics
  15. Guidelines6▲ 6.7×10 topics
  16. Echocardiography6▲ 11×7 topics
  17. Endovascular Repair6▲ 34×3 topics
  18. Autoantibodies5▲ 12×8 topics
  19. Prognostic Factors5▲ 6.5×11 topics
  20. Genetic Mutations5▲ 6.2×15 topics
  21. Meta-Analysis5▲ 4.2×5 topics
  22. Cholangiocarcinoma4▲ 30×2 topics
  23. Prophylaxis4▲ 18×4 topics
  24. Radiotherapy4▲ 6.0×9 topics
  25. Biomechanics4▲ 7.4×6 topics
  26. Liver Transplantation4▲ 18×4 topics
  27. Neoadjuvant Therapy4▲ 9.2×4 topics
  28. Catheter Ablation4▲ 17×2 topics
  29. Pathophysiology4▲ 6.4×8 topics
  30. Rituximab4▲ 13×4 topics
  31. Bacteremia4▲ 25×2 topics
  32. Endoscopic Resection3▲ 18×2 topics
  33. Anticoagulant Therapy3▲ 14×3 topics
  34. Breast Cancer3▲ 7.2×9 topics
  35. Genetic Susceptibility3▲ 18×5 topics
  36. Myasthenia Gravis3▲ 85×1 topic
  37. Neuromuscular Junction3▲ 40×2 topics
  38. Thymic Tumors3▲ 85×1 topic
  39. Cholecystitis3▲ 39×1 topic
  40. ERCP3▲ 39×1 topic

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

By volume in 2022–2025: Myasthenia Gravis and Thymoma, Gallbladder and Bile Duct Disorders, Infective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management and Aortic aneurysm repair treatments.

Myasthenia Gravis and Th…3Myasthenia Gravis and Thymoma: 3 fractional worksGallbladder and Bile Duc…3Gallbladder and Bile Duct Disorders: 3 fractional worksInfective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management: 3 fractional worksAortic aneurysm repair t…2Aortic aneurysm repair treatments: 2 fractional worksPediatric Hepatobiliary …2Pediatric Hepatobiliary Diseases and Treatments: 2 fractional worksAortic Disease and Treatment Approaches: 2 fractional worksAtrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes: 2 fractional worksGastric Cancer Managemen…2Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes: 2 fractional worksCardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments: 2 fractional worksCardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments: 2 fractional works
NeurologyPulmonary and Respiratory MedicineEpidemiologySurgery1 others

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

  1. 1 Myasthenia Gravis and Thymoma Neurology 3 works
  2. 2 Gallbladder and Bile Duct Disorders Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 3 works
  3. 3 Infective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management Epidemiology 3 works
  4. 4 Aortic aneurysm repair treatments Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  5. 5 Pediatric Hepatobiliary Diseases and Treatments Surgery 2 works
  6. 6 Aortic Disease and Treatment Approaches Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  7. 7 Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 2 works
  8. 8 Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  9. 9 Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 2 works
  10. 10 Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 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 available54.1%not open45.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors5.8%domestic only94.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 91% 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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