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Kagoshima Medical Center

In research, Kagoshima Medical Center stands highest in Medicine (#7,455 of 8,541 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#8,917 of 9,902 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#21,821
of 22,385 · #30,473 all time
Rank in Japan
#841
of 924
Research works
326
▲ 25% vs 2018-21
Citations
3.5k
10.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
4.5%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.88×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
61%
world 40%
International
8%
world 18%
Kagoshima Medical Center

What is Kagoshima Medical Center 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
MedicineField #7,455 of 8,541 4.9%64 #11269
Health SciencesDomain #8,917 of 9,902 4.8%68 #13628

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

Which fields of science does Kagoshima Medical Center work in?

In 2022-now, 82% of research at Kagoshima Medical Center is in Health Sciences, 11% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (77%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (6%), Health Professions (3%). It does 3.2× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 78 fractional works · 81.7% of its workMedicine: 74 fractional works · 77.4% of its workSurgery: 10 fractional works · 10.1% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 8 fractional works · 8.2% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 7 fractional works · 7.5% of its workEpidemiology: 7 fractional works · 7.1% of its workOncology: 6 fractional works · 6.6% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 6 fractional works · 6.5% of its workNeurology: 5 fractional works · 5.4% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 2.5% of its workRheumatology: 2 fractional works · 2.3% of its workDermatology: 2 fractional works · 2.3% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workRehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHepatology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGastroenterology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOphthalmology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNephrology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInternal Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEmergency Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workReproductive Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHematology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Professions: 3 fractional works · 2.8% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPeriodontics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 10 fractional works · 10.8% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 6 fractional works · 6.0% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workImmunology: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 4 fractional works · 4.4% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRadiation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 3 fractional works · 3.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEducation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKKagoshima MedicalCenter96fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences11%Physical Sciences4%Health Sciences82%Social Sciences3%

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 20 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine7477.4%
    2. Health Professions32.8%
    3. Nursing10.7%
    4. Dentistry10.6%
    5. Veterinary00.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology66.0%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology22.2%
    3. Neuroscience21.8%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences10.6%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.2%
    1. Engineering11.4%
    2. Computer Science11.2%
    3. Physics and Astronomy11.2%
    4. Chemistry00.4%
    5. Mathematics00.2%
    1. Social Sciences11.5%
    2. Psychology11.0%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting00.3%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.2%
    5. Arts and Humanities00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.12× its world share, 6 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.18× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.13× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.49× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringMathematics: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.53× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.31× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.05× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.03× its world share, 74 worksMedicineNursing: 1.48× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.28× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.33× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.12× 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, 4.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 20 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine4.03×74 works
  2. Immunology and Microbiology2.18×2 works
  3. Nursing1.48×1 works
  4. Dentistry1.31×1 works
  5. Veterinary1.28×0 works
  6. Neuroscience1.13×2 works
  7. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.12×6 works
  8. Health Professions1.05×3 works
  9. Physics and Astronomy0.53×1 works
  10. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.49×0 works
  11. Psychology0.33×1 works
  12. Chemistry0.24×0 works
  13. Computer Science0.16×1 works
  14. Mathematics0.15×0 works
  15. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.14×1 works
  16. Social Sciences0.12×1 works
  17. Business, Management and Accounting0.11×0 works
  18. Engineering0.10×1 works
  19. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.10×0 works
  20. Arts and Humanities0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Kagoshima Medical Center?

Ranked on the quality score, Masahiro Sonoda, Katsuro Kashima and Masahiko Osako lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Kagoshima Medical Center.

  1. 1 Masahiro Sonoda Japan · #2,863,226 worldwide 1.4k citations · 85 works
  2. 2 Katsuro Kashima Japan · #2,919,909 worldwide 626 citations · 32 works
  3. 3 Masahiko Osako Japan · #2,993,537 worldwide 1.1k citations · 32 works
  4. 4 Hiroyuki Fukase Japan · #3,611,968 worldwide 3.3k citations · 36 works
  5. 5 Haruyo Matsuo Japan · #3,835,305 worldwide 250 citations · 31 works
  6. 6 Kensaku Higashi Japan · #3,902,196 worldwide 23 citations · 19 works
  7. 7 Yumiko Ninomiya Japan · #4,036,157 worldwide 194 citations · 21 works
  8. 8 Masao Yoshinaga Japan · #4,337,132 worldwide 3.3k citations · 199 works
  9. 9 Yutaro Kawabata Japan · #4,465,109 worldwide 8 citations · 16 works
  10. 9 Kana Iwamoto Japan · #4,465,109 worldwide 8 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Kagoshima Medical Center

What are the most cited papers from Kagoshima Medical Center?

The most cited paper from Kagoshima Medical Center is "Analysis Of Htlv-I Proviral Load In 202 Ham/Tsp Patients And 243 Asymptomatic Htlv-I Carriers: High Proviral Load Strongly Predisposes To Ham/Tsp" (Masahiro Nagai, Koichiro Usuku, Wataru Matsumoto et al., 1998), with 703 citations. Next come "Treatment and survival among 1594 patients with ATL" (317) and "Standard versus extended lymphadenectomy in radical pancreatoduodenectomy for ductal adenocarcinoma of the head of the pancreas" (292).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Analysis Of Htlv-I Proviral Load In 202 Ham/Tsp Patients And 243 Asymptomatic Htlv-I Carriers: High Proviral Load Strongly Predisposes To Ham/Tsp Masahiro Nagai, Koichiro Usuku, Wataru Matsumoto et al. · Journal of NeuroVirology 1998 703
2 Treatment and survival among 1594 patients with ATL Hiroo Katsuya et al. · Blood Open access 12 Sep 2015 317
3 Standard versus extended lymphadenectomy in radical pancreatoduodenectomy for ductal adenocarcinoma of the head of the pancreas Yuji Nimura, Masato Nagino, Sonshin Takao et al. · Journal of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Sciences 24 Oct 2011 292
4 Normal Values of Echocardiographic Parameters in Relation to Age in a Healthy Japanese Population The JAMP Study Masao Daimon et al. · Circulation Journal Open access 2008 234
5 The Influence of HLA Class I Alleles and Heterozygosity on the Outcome of Human T Cell Lymphotropic Virus Type I Infection Katie JM Jeffery, Asna A. Siddiqui, Mike Bunce et al. · The Journal of Immunology Dec 2000 220
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Kagoshima Medical Center?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Quality of Life, Risk Factors, Echocardiography, Inflammation, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Anticoagulant Therapy and Diagnosis.

▲ 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. Epidemiology9▲ 2.4×55 topics
  2. Inflammation6▲ 2.8×22 topics
  3. Quality of Life5▲ 3.8×20 topics
  4. Risk Factors5▲ 4.4×14 topics
  5. Treatment4▲ 3.8×21 topics
  6. Diagnosis4▲ 4.5×21 topics
  7. Echocardiography3▲ 13×7 topics
  8. Magnetic Resonance Imaging3▲ 14×4 topics
  9. Anticoagulant Therapy3▲ 27×4 topics
  10. Clinical Practice Guidelines3▲ 5.9×11 topics
  11. Prognostic Factors3▲ 7.2×12 topics
  12. Metastasis3▲ 8.8×8 topics
  13. Microbleeds3▲ 78×2 topics
  14. Squamous Cell Carcinoma3▲ 34×3 topics
  15. Neuroinflammation3▲ 10×3 topics
  16. Complications3▲ 5.7×9 topics
  17. Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy2▲ 82×1 topic
  18. Intracerebral Hemorrhage2▲ 82×1 topic
  19. Neurological Disorders2▲ 4.6×7 topics
  20. Perfusion Imaging2▲ 37×2 topics
  21. Radiotherapy2▲ 6.6×6 topics
  22. Global Burden2▲ 4.6×9 topics
  23. Surgical Management2▲ 6.2×10 topics
  24. Immunohistochemistry2▲ 35×3 topics
  25. Prevention Guidelines2▲ 21×2 topics
  26. Rehabilitation2▲ 5.7×6 topics
  27. Prognosis2▲ 6.7×5 topics
  28. Survival Analysis2▲ 8.0×5 topics
  29. Basal Cell Carcinoma2▲ 53×2 topics
  30. Clinical Outcomes2▲ 9.5×2 topics
  31. Revascularization2▲ 13×2 topics
  32. Elderly2▲ 8.2×5 topics
  33. Myocardial Infarction2▲ 8.5×4 topics
  34. Nonmelanoma Skin Cancer2▲ 76×1 topic
  35. Organ Transplant Recipients2▲ 51×2 topics
  36. Skin Cancers2▲ 76×1 topic
  37. Adnexal Neoplasms2▲ 95×1 topic
  38. Extramammary Paget's Disease2▲ 95×1 topic
  39. Parallel Imaging2▲ 42×1 topic
  40. Spectroscopy2▲ 11×1 topic

Which research topics does Kagoshima Medical Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Intracerebral and Subarachnoid Hemorrhage Research, Nonmelanoma Skin Cancer Studies, Cancer and Skin Lesions and Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications.

Intracerebral and Subara…2Intracerebral and Subarachnoid Hemorrhage Research: 2 fractional worksNonmelanoma Skin Cancer …2Nonmelanoma Skin Cancer Studies: 2 fractional worksCancer and Skin Lesions2Cancer and Skin Lesions: 2 fractional worksAdvanced MRI Techniques …2Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications: 2 fractional worksAcute Ischemic Stroke Management: 2 fractional worksDysphagia Assessment and Management: 1 fractional worksCardiac Structural Anoma…1Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair: 1 fractional worksCardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments: 1 fractional worksNutrition and Health in Aging: 1 fractional worksCutaneous Melanoma Detec…1Cutaneous Melanoma Detection and Management: 1 fractional works
NeurologyEpidemiologyDermatologyRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging5 others

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

  1. 1 Intracerebral and Subarachnoid Hemorrhage Research Neurology 2 works
  2. 2 Nonmelanoma Skin Cancer Studies Epidemiology 2 works
  3. 3 Cancer and Skin Lesions Dermatology 2 works
  4. 4 Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 2 works
  5. 5 Acute Ischemic Stroke Management Epidemiology 2 works
  6. 6 Dysphagia Assessment and Management Speech and Hearing 1 works
  7. 7 Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair Surgery 1 works
  8. 8 Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 1 works
  9. 9 Nutrition and Health in Aging Physiology 1 works
  10. 10 Cutaneous Melanoma Detection and Management Oncology 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 available61.4%not open38.6%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors7.9%domestic only92.1%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Kagoshima Medical Center's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 25% higher than in 2018-2021.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Kagoshima Medical Center as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00036% in 2024.

still counting0.00020%0.00040%0.00060%Kagoshima Medical Center0.00050% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Kagoshima Medical Center over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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