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Kagoshima Medical Center

In research, Kagoshima Medical Center stands highest in Medicine (#10,165 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#11,738 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#26,903
of 28,054 · #36,565 all time
Rank in Japan
#998
of 1,070
Research works
326
▲ 23% vs 2013–17
Citations
3.5k
10.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
4.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
61%
world 28%

What is Kagoshima 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 #10,165 of 10,443 3.8%64 #15764
Health SciencesDomain #11,738 of 11,982 4.6%68 #18545

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 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: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.16× its world share, 5 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.28× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.79× its world share, 1 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringMathematics: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.57× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.52× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.01× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.03× its world share, 64 worksMedicineNursing: 1.51× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.48× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.30× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.13× 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.

Who are the top researchers at Kagoshima Medical Center?

Ranked on the composite score, Shigeto Matsushita, Hideki Tanaka and Masami Nagashima lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Kagoshima Medical Center.

  1. 1 Shigeto Matsushita Japan · #204,421 worldwide 121 citations · 39 works
  2. 2 Hideki Tanaka Japan · #579,058 worldwide 56 citations · 40 works
  3. 3 Masami Nagashima Japan · #774,691 worldwide 52 citations · 18 works
  4. 4 Masao Yoshinaga Japan · #1,156,232 worldwide 46 citations · 29 works
  5. 5 Masahiro Sonoda Japan · #1,468,358 worldwide 10 citations · 23 works
All ranked researchers at Kagoshima Medical Center

Which keywords describe research at Kagoshima Medical Center?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Echocardiography, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Inflammation, Quality of Life, Diagnosis, Treatment and Prognostic Factors.

▲ 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. Epidemiology7▲ 2.2×48 topics
  2. Inflammation5▲ 3.0×19 topics
  3. Quality of Life4▲ 3.8×19 topics
  4. Treatment4▲ 3.9×19 topics
  5. Diagnosis4▲ 4.8×18 topics
  6. Echocardiography3▲ 15×7 topics
  7. Magnetic Resonance Imaging3▲ 16×4 topics
  8. Risk Factors3▲ 3.7×12 topics
  9. Clinical Practice Guidelines3▲ 6.3×10 topics
  10. Anticoagulant Therapy3▲ 26×4 topics
  11. Prognostic Factors3▲ 7.6×11 topics
  12. Metastasis2▲ 8.8×7 topics
  13. Perfusion Imaging2▲ 43×2 topics
  14. Squamous Cell Carcinoma2▲ 35×3 topics
  15. Neurological Disorders2▲ 5.0×7 topics
  16. Microbleeds2▲ 77×2 topics
  17. Aging2▲ 4.7×5 topics
  18. Complications2▲ 5.0×9 topics
  19. Rehabilitation2▲ 6.3×5 topics
  20. Surgical Management2▲ 6.2×8 topics
  21. Genetic Mutations2▲ 5.5×13 topics
  22. Immunohistochemistry2▲ 33×3 topics
  23. Prognosis2▲ 7.2×4 topics
  24. Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy2▲ 78×1 topic
  25. Elderly2▲ 9.3×5 topics
  26. Intracerebral Hemorrhage2▲ 78×1 topic
  27. Myocardial Infarction2▲ 9.8×4 topics
  28. Radiotherapy2▲ 6.0×6 topics
  29. Parallel Imaging2▲ 47×1 topic
  30. Spectroscopy2▲ 13×1 topic
  31. Basal Cell Carcinoma2▲ 56×2 topics
  32. Nonmelanoma Skin Cancer2▲ 80×1 topic
  33. Organ Transplant Recipients2▲ 53×2 topics
  34. Skin Cancers2▲ 80×1 topic
  35. Survival Analysis2▲ 7.5×5 topics
  36. Adnexal Neoplasms2▲ 87×1 topic
  37. Cardiac Imaging2▲ 15×2 topics
  38. Extramammary Paget's Disease2▲ 87×1 topic
  39. Stroke2▲ 10×2 topics
  40. Muscle Mass1▲ 16×2 topics

Which research topics does Kagoshima Medical Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Intracerebral and Subarachnoid Hemorrhage Research, Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications, Nonmelanoma Skin Cancer Studies and Cancer and Skin Lesions.

Intracerebral and Subara…2Intracerebral and Subarachnoid Hemorrhage Research: 2 fractional worksAdvanced MRI Techniques …2Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications: 2 fractional worksNonmelanoma Skin Cancer Studies: 2 fractional worksCancer and Skin Lesions2Cancer and Skin Lesions: 2 fractional worksDysphagia Assessment and Management: 1 fractional worksCardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments: 1 fractional worksCardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair: 1 fractional worksNutrition and Health in …1Nutrition and Health in Aging: 1 fractional worksCardiac tumors and thrombi: 1 fractional worksAdvanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications: 1 fractional works
NeurologyRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingEpidemiologyDermatology4 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 Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 2 works
  3. 3 Nonmelanoma Skin Cancer Studies Epidemiology 2 works
  4. 4 Cancer and Skin Lesions Dermatology 2 works
  5. 5 Dysphagia Assessment and Management Speech and Hearing 1 works
  6. 6 Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 1 works
  7. 7 Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair Surgery 1 works
  8. 8 Nutrition and Health in Aging Physiology 1 works
  9. 9 Cardiac tumors and thrombi Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 1 works
  10. 10 Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 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: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Kagoshima Medical Center's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 23% 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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