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Kanazawa Medical Center

In research, Kanazawa Medical Center stands highest in Medicine (#13,363 of 17,978 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#16,453 of 20,462 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#35,541
of 42,892
Rank in Japan
#1,549
of 2,112
Research works
301
▲ 18% vs 2013–17
Citations
3.8k
12.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
3.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
58%
world 28%

What is Kanazawa Medical Center known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
MedicineField #13,363 of 17,978 7.5%236
Health SciencesDomain #16,453 of 20,462 7.5%245

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Kanazawa 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: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.49× its world share, 4 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.03× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.14× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.98× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.25× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.94× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.11× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.02× its world share, 44 worksMedicineNursing: 1.04× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.08× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryPsychology: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksPsychology1×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 Kanazawa Medical Center?

Ranked on the composite score, Yasushi Matsumoto, Satoru Sakagami and Toshiyuki Kita lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Kanazawa Medical Center.

  1. 1 Yasushi Matsumoto Japan · #488,107 worldwide 69 citations · 33 works
  2. 2 Satoru Sakagami Japan · #727,707 worldwide 45 citations · 25 works
  3. 3 Toshiyuki Kita Japan · #779,949 worldwide 44 citations · 47 works
  4. 4 Takayuki Higashi Japan · #1,434,665 worldwide 9 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Kanazawa Medical Center

Which keywords describe research at Kanazawa Medical Center?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Inflammation, Diagnosis, Prognosis, Prognostic Factors, Chemotherapy, Immunotherapy and Clinical Trials.

▲ 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. Epidemiology8▲ 3.8×42 topics
  2. Inflammation5▲ 4.3×37 topics
  3. Diagnosis3▲ 6.5×16 topics
  4. Chemotherapy3▲ 7.1×12 topics
  5. Treatment3▲ 4.1×15 topics
  6. Prognosis3▲ 15×8 topics
  7. Prognostic Factors3▲ 11×10 topics
  8. Immunotherapy2▲ 6.3×11 topics
  9. Clinical Trials2▲ 6.4×8 topics
  10. Cancer2▲ 3.1×15 topics
  11. Oxidative Stress2▲ 2.4×21 topics
  12. Radiotherapy2▲ 9.6×7 topics
  13. Risk Factors2▲ 3.5×9 topics
  14. Surgical Management2▲ 9.0×11 topics
  15. Global Burden2▲ 5.8×8 topics
  16. Genetic Mutations2▲ 6.8×9 topics
  17. Aging2▲ 5.3×6 topics
  18. Breast Cancer2▲ 12×4 topics
  19. Biomarkers2▲ 3.9×6 topics
  20. Complications2▲ 5.2×6 topics
  21. Elderly2▲ 10×3 topics
  22. Diagnostic Criteria1▲ 11×3 topics
  23. Autoimmune Pancreatitis1▲ 166×1 topic
  24. IgG4-Related Disease1▲ 166×1 topic
  25. Imaging1▲ 8.8×3 topics
  26. Metastasis1▲ 6.8×6 topics
  27. Rehabilitation1▲ 6.0×4 topics
  28. Rituximab Therapy1▲ 82×2 topics
  29. Tumor Microenvironment1▲ 5.4×6 topics
  30. Physical Performance1▲ 24×2 topics
  31. Radiosurgery1▲ 23×3 topics
  32. Targeted Therapy1▲ 9.4×3 topics
  33. Gait Analysis1▲ 19×3 topics
  34. Genomic Profiling1▲ 18×2 topics
  35. Low Back Pain1▲ 11×4 topics
  36. Muscle Mass1▲ 18×2 topics
  37. Parkinson's Disease1▲ 7.7×5 topics
  38. Prognostic Markers1▲ 19×2 topics
  39. Injury Prevention1▲ 15×2 topics
  40. Muscle Strength1▲ 17×3 topics

Which research topics does Kanazawa Medical Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: IgG4-Related and Inflammatory Diseases, Nutrition and Health in Aging, Sports injuries and prevention and Balance, Gait, and Falls Prevention.

IgG4-Related and Inflamm…1IgG4-Related and Inflammatory Diseases: 1 fractional worksNutrition and Health in …1Nutrition and Health in Aging: 1 fractional worksSports injuries and prev…1Sports injuries and prevention: 1 fractional worksBalance, Gait, and Falls…1Balance, Gait, and Falls Prevention: 1 fractional worksPleural and Pulmonary Diseases: 1 fractional worksBreast Lesions and Carcinomas: 1 fractional worksMetastasis and carcinoma…1Metastasis and carcinoma case studies: 1 fractional worksNeuroendocrine Tumor Research Advances: 1 fractional worksLung Cancer Research Studies: 1 fractional worksVasculitis and related c…1Vasculitis and related conditions: 1 fractional works
RheumatologyPhysiologyOrthopedics and Sports MedicinePhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation4 others

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

  1. 1 IgG4-Related and Inflammatory Diseases Rheumatology 1 works
  2. 2 Nutrition and Health in Aging Physiology 1 works
  3. 3 Sports injuries and prevention Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 1 works
  4. 4 Balance, Gait, and Falls Prevention Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation 1 works
  5. 5 Pleural and Pulmonary Diseases Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 1 works
  6. 6 Breast Lesions and Carcinomas Pathology and Forensic Medicine 1 works
  7. 7 Metastasis and carcinoma case studies Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 1 works
  8. 8 Neuroendocrine Tumor Research Advances Epidemiology 1 works
  9. 9 Lung Cancer Research Studies Oncology 1 works
  10. 10 Vasculitis and related conditions Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 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 available57.5%not open42.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors6.9%domestic only93.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Kanazawa Medical Center's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 18% 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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