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Kanagawa Cancer Center

In research, Kanagawa Cancer Center stands highest in Medicine (#3,370 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#4,681 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Oncology and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine — Oncology is 19.5× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#14,027
of 28,054 · #16,770 all time
Rank in ??
#266
of 692
Research works
1k
▲ 22% vs 2013–17
Citations
19k
18.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
15.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
50%
world 28%

What is Kanagawa Cancer 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 #3,370 of 10,443 14.9%189 #4484
Health SciencesDomain #4,681 of 11,982 15.0%192 #6179

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Kanagawa Cancer 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).

What does Kanagawa Cancer Center specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Oncology takes 19.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. OncologySubfield · 50.8 works19×
  2. Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield · 52.7 works15×
← 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: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.11× its world share, 26 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.68× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.39× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.34× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.33× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.24× its world share, 189 worksMedicineNursing: 0.64× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesDecision Sciences: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.03× 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, 4.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Kanagawa Cancer Center?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Chemotherapy, Tumor Microenvironment, Targeted Therapy, Immunotherapy, Clinical Practice Guidelines, Clinical Trials, Prognostic Factors and Adjuvant Therapy.

▲ 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. Chemotherapy52▲ 32×21 topics
  2. Tumor Microenvironment25▲ 25×7 topics
  3. Targeted Therapy25▲ 49×5 topics
  4. Immunotherapy23▲ 14×16 topics
  5. Clinical Practice Guidelines22▲ 18×12 topics
  6. Clinical Trials22▲ 14×7 topics
  7. Prognostic Factors22▲ 22×12 topics
  8. Adjuvant Therapy20▲ 69×2 topics
  9. Inflammation19▲ 4.0×39 topics
  10. Cancer18▲ 5.7×32 topics
  11. Neoadjuvant Therapy18▲ 32×5 topics
  12. Survival Analysis17▲ 26×7 topics
  13. Endoscopic Resection16▲ 72×2 topics
  14. Metastasis16▲ 20×11 topics
  15. Molecular Characterization15▲ 37×5 topics
  16. Genomic Profiling15▲ 62×2 topics
  17. Radiotherapy15▲ 17×12 topics
  18. Treatment Guidelines13▲ 27×3 topics
  19. ALK Inhibitors13▲ 92×1 topic
  20. EGFR Mutations13▲ 92×1 topic
  21. Gastric Cancer12▲ 47×3 topics
  22. Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy11▲ 59×2 topics
  23. Lymph Node Dissection11▲ 80×1 topic
  24. Metastatic Gastric Cancer11▲ 80×1 topic
  25. Biomarkers10▲ 6.5×13 topics
  26. Tumor Staging9▲ 36×2 topics
  27. CT Screening9▲ 59×1 topic
  28. Lung Cancer9▲ 23×1 topic
  29. Precision Medicine9▲ 8.4×7 topics
  30. Prognostic Markers9▲ 36×3 topics
  31. Tumor Markers9▲ 47×2 topics
  32. BRAF Mutation8▲ 50×2 topics
  33. Surgical Management8▲ 8.7×9 topics
  34. Immunity8▲ 8.6×6 topics
  35. Preoperative Chemoradiotherapy8▲ 42×2 topics
  36. Immune Checkpoint Blockade8▲ 30×1 topic
  37. PD-1 and PD-L18▲ 30×1 topic
  38. Pancreatic Cancer7▲ 29×3 topics
  39. Gemcitabine7▲ 44×1 topic
  40. Surgical Complications7▲ 39×1 topic

Which research topics does Kanagawa Cancer Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations, Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes, Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment and Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers.

Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations: 13 fractional worksGastric Cancer Management and Outcomes: 11 fractional worksLung Cancer Diagnosis an…9Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment: 9 fractional worksCancer Immunotherapy and…8Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers: 8 fractional worksPancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research: 7 fractional worksLung Cancer Research Studies: 6 fractional worksInflammatory Biomarkers …6Inflammatory Biomarkers in Disease Prognosis: 6 fractional worksColorectal Cancer Treatm…5Colorectal Cancer Treatments and Studies: 5 fractional worksEsophageal Cancer Resear…5Esophageal Cancer Research and Treatment: 5 fractional worksNutrition and Health in …5Nutrition and Health in Aging: 5 fractional works
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineOncologySurgeryPhysiology

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

  1. 1 Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 13 works
  2. 2 Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 11 works
  3. 3 Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 9 works
  4. 4 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 8 works
  5. 5 Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research Oncology 7 works
  6. 6 Lung Cancer Research Studies Oncology 6 works
  7. 7 Inflammatory Biomarkers in Disease Prognosis Oncology 6 works
  8. 8 Colorectal Cancer Treatments and Studies Oncology 5 works
  9. 9 Esophageal Cancer Research and Treatment Surgery 5 works
  10. 10 Nutrition and Health in Aging Physiology 5 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 available50.4%not open49.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors10.2%domestic only89.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Kanagawa Cancer Center's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 22% 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.

Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners are in the interactive view on the map.