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Kanagawa Children's Medical Center

In research, Kanagawa Children's Medical Center stands highest in Medicine (#8,377 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#10,154 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#23,996
of 28,054 · #23,471 all time
Rank in Japan
#791
of 1,070
Research works
1.2k
▲ 14% vs 2013–17
Citations
15k
12.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
4.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
36%
world 28%

What is Kanagawa Children's 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 #8,377 of 10,443 4.8%104 #8346
Health SciencesDomain #10,154 of 11,982 5.1%107 #11078

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Kanagawa Children's 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: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 4.00× its world share, 32 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.19× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.21× its world share, 3 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.07× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringMaterials Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 0.43× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.63× its world share, 104 worksMedicineNursing: 1.75× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.48× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesPsychology: 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: Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, 4.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Kanagawa Children's Medical Center?

Ranked on the composite score, Yukichi Tanaka, Yoshikazu Kuroki and Takeshi Nagao lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Kanagawa Children's Medical Center.

  1. 1 Yukichi Tanaka Japan · #97,572 worldwide 128 citations · 40 works
  2. 2 Yoshikazu Kuroki Japan · #215,772 worldwide 87 citations · 23 works
  3. 3 Takeshi Nagao Japan · #245,265 worldwide 86 citations · 28 works
  4. 4 Katsuhiko Tachibana Japan · #245,812 worldwide 119 citations · 22 works
  5. 5 Masanori Adachi Japan · #552,695 worldwide 72 citations · 50 works
  6. 6 Ki‐Sung Kim Japan · #604,817 worldwide 26 citations · 22 works
  7. 7 Seizo Suwa Japan · #619,701 worldwide 54 citations · 37 works
  8. 8 Mitsuo Masuno Japan · #651,279 worldwide 30 citations · 24 works
  9. 9 Kazuyuki Kurihara Japan · #702,927 worldwide 5 citations · 23 works
  10. 10 Noriko Aida Japan · #704,297 worldwide 34 citations · 24 works
All ranked researchers at Kanagawa Children's Medical Center

Which keywords describe research at Kanagawa Children's Medical Center?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Genetic Mutations, Neurodevelopmental Outcomes, Congenital Heart Disease, Cardiac Surgery, Prenatal Diagnosis, Adult Congenital Heart Disease and Pulmonary Valve Replacement.

▲ 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▲ 2.9×37 topics
  2. Genetic Mutations10▲ 16×17 topics
  3. Neurodevelopmental Outcomes10▲ 37×5 topics
  4. Congenital Heart Disease9▲ 75×3 topics
  5. Inflammation8▲ 2.7×22 topics
  6. Treatment8▲ 4.2×19 topics
  7. Cardiac Surgery7▲ 68×2 topics
  8. Diagnosis7▲ 5.2×14 topics
  9. Adult Congenital Heart Disease7▲ 89×1 topic
  10. Prenatal Diagnosis7▲ 33×6 topics
  11. Pulmonary Valve Replacement7▲ 89×1 topic
  12. Cancer7▲ 3.5×22 topics
  13. Preterm Infants6▲ 33×4 topics
  14. Management6▲ 4.7×9 topics
  15. Prognostic Factors5▲ 7.6×9 topics
  16. Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia4▲ 45×2 topics
  17. Neural Crest4▲ 77×2 topics
  18. Echocardiography4▲ 11×7 topics
  19. Genetics4▲ 4.0×7 topics
  20. Surgical Management4▲ 6.2×7 topics
  21. Children4▲ 11×4 topics
  22. Pulmonary Hypertension4▲ 18×3 topics
  23. Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation3▲ 30×2 topics
  24. Congenital Anomalies3▲ 38×3 topics
  25. Heart Failure3▲ 5.1×6 topics
  26. Hematopoietic Stem Cells3▲ 26×3 topics
  27. Fetal Surgery3▲ 39×3 topics
  28. Cardiomyopathy3▲ 23×2 topics
  29. Lung Stem Cells3▲ 35×1 topic
  30. Respiratory Distress Syndrome3▲ 25×1 topic
  31. Brain Development3▲ 11×3 topics
  32. Cancer Progression3▲ 9.8×5 topics
  33. Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia3▲ 61×1 topic
  34. Lung Volume3▲ 61×1 topic
  35. Wnt Signaling3▲ 18×3 topics
  36. Fetal Outcome3▲ 42×2 topics
  37. Stem Cells3▲ 7.0×6 topics
  38. Catheter Ablation2▲ 14×2 topics
  39. Fetal Development2▲ 18×3 topics
  40. Gene Expression Regulation2▲ 15×3 topics

Which research topics does Kanagawa Children's Medical Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Congenital Heart Disease Studies, Neonatal Respiratory Health Research, Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Studies and Congenital heart defects research.

Congenital Heart Disease…7Congenital Heart Disease Studies: 7 fractional worksNeonatal Respiratory Health Research: 3 fractional worksCongenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Studies: 3 fractional worksCongenital heart defects research: 2 fractional worksCleft Lip and Palate Research: 2 fractional worksVascular anomalies and interventions: 2 fractional worksGenetics and Neurodevelo…2Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders: 2 fractional worksCraniofacial Disorders and Treatments: 2 fractional worksRNA modifications and cancer: 2 fractional worksFood Allergy and Anaphyl…2Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Research: 2 fractional works
EpidemiologyPulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSurgeryMolecular Biology2 others

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

  1. 1 Congenital Heart Disease Studies Epidemiology 7 works
  2. 2 Neonatal Respiratory Health Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 3 works
  3. 3 Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Studies Surgery 3 works
  4. 4 Congenital heart defects research Molecular Biology 2 works
  5. 5 Cleft Lip and Palate Research Genetics 2 works
  6. 6 Vascular anomalies and interventions Surgery 2 works
  7. 7 Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders Genetics 2 works
  8. 8 Craniofacial Disorders and Treatments Genetics 2 works
  9. 9 RNA modifications and cancer Molecular Biology 2 works
  10. 10 Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Research Immunology and Allergy 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 available35.8%not open64.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors5.9%domestic only94.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Kanagawa Children's Medical Center's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 14% 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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