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Kanazawa Medical University

In research, Kanazawa Medical University stands highest in Life Sciences (#3,051 of 7,800 worldwide), Medicine (#4,495 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#5,315 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine — Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine is 6.3× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#7,707
of 28,054 · #6,019 all time
Rank in Japan
#197
of 1,070
Research works
5.6k
▲ 4% vs 2013–17
Citations
102k
18.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
46%
world 28%

What is Kanazawa Medical University 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
Life SciencesDomain #3,051 of 7,800 10.5%138 #3166
MedicineField #4,495 of 10,443 7.4%411 #2359
Health SciencesDomain #5,315 of 11,982 7.8%436 #2232
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #2,311 of 3,579 12.7%83 #2538
SurgerySubfield #1,600 of 1,816 5.5%71 #1604
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield #1,064 of 1,144 7.4%61 #1667

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Kanazawa Medical University 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).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Life Sciences#3,166 #3,051
  2. Medicine#2,359 #4,495
  3. Health Sciences#2,232 #5,315
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#2,538 #2,311
  5. Surgery#1,604 #1,600
  6. Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine#1,667 #1,064
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

What does Kanazawa Medical University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine takes 6.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield · 61.0 works6.3×
← 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: 0.20× its world share, 6 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.50× its world share, 83 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.27× its world share, 14 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 3.18× its world share, 32 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.11× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.21× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.06× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.11× its world share, 11 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.26× its world share, 8 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.28× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.23× its world share, 3 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.44× its world share, 4 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.87× its world share, 14 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.41× its world share, 411 worksMedicineNursing: 1.79× its world share, 6 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.21× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesDecision Sciences: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.62× its world share, 12 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.08× its world share, 7 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Kanazawa Medical University?

Ranked on the composite score, Daisuke Koya, Hisanori Umehara and Yasufumi Masaki lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Kanazawa Medical University.

  1. 1 Daisuke Koya Japan · #22,053 worldwide 523 citations · 47 works
  2. 2 Hisanori Umehara Japan · #44,077 worldwide 351 citations · 36 works
  3. 3 Yasufumi Masaki Japan · #100,751 worldwide 200 citations · 33 works
  4. 4 Keizo Kanasaki Japan · #118,636 worldwide 306 citations · 22 works
  5. 5 Takayuki Nojima Japan · #128,786 worldwide 175 citations · 33 works
  6. 6 Masao Ishizaki Japan · #212,711 worldwide 83 citations · 28 works
  7. 7 Yuko Hirose Japan · #243,621 worldwide 96 citations · 26 works
  8. 8 Tomiko Kuhara Japan · #308,247 worldwide 80 citations · 32 works
  9. 9 Liu Zheng Japan · #309,719 worldwide 0 citations · 36 works
  10. 10 Muneko Nishijo Japan · #332,673 worldwide 44 citations · 24 works
All ranked researchers at Kanazawa Medical University

Which keywords describe research at Kanazawa Medical University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Inflammation, Chemotherapy, Oxidative Stress, Prognostic Factors, Cancer, Radiotherapy 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. Epidemiology63▲ 2.5×104 topics
  2. Inflammation50▲ 3.8×72 topics
  3. Oxidative Stress36▲ 3.5×49 topics
  4. Chemotherapy34▲ 7.7×23 topics
  5. Cancer29▲ 3.4×43 topics
  6. Treatment24▲ 3.2×40 topics
  7. Prognostic Factors22▲ 7.9×14 topics
  8. Diagnosis21▲ 3.7×36 topics
  9. Clinical Trials20▲ 4.8×14 topics
  10. Immunotherapy20▲ 4.5×19 topics
  11. Quality of Life19▲ 2.1×33 topics
  12. Radiotherapy18▲ 7.5×12 topics
  13. Management17▲ 3.5×26 topics
  14. Biomarkers16▲ 3.8×15 topics
  15. Metabolic Syndrome16▲ 3.1×20 topics
  16. Surgical Management16▲ 6.2×19 topics
  17. Metastasis16▲ 7.4×11 topics
  18. Cardiovascular Disease15▲ 2.2×31 topics
  19. Targeted Therapy15▲ 11×5 topics
  20. Clinical Practice Guidelines15▲ 4.4×14 topics
  21. Neurological Disorders15▲ 4.1×18 topics
  22. Adjuvant Therapy14▲ 17×2 topics
  23. Tumor Microenvironment13▲ 4.6×8 topics
  24. Diabetes12▲ 4.0×17 topics
  25. Complications12▲ 3.8×14 topics
  26. Genetic Mutations11▲ 4.2×20 topics
  27. Insulin Resistance11▲ 3.8×9 topics
  28. Treatment Guidelines11▲ 7.9×5 topics
  29. Lung Cancer11▲ 9.9×3 topics
  30. Tumor Staging10▲ 14×2 topics
  31. Apoptosis10▲ 5.2×16 topics
  32. Cancer Risk10▲ 7.1×8 topics
  33. CT Screening10▲ 23×1 topic
  34. Positron Emission Tomography10▲ 23×1 topic
  35. Autoantibodies9▲ 6.1×8 topics
  36. Genomic Profiling9▲ 13×2 topics
  37. Tumor Markers8▲ 15×2 topics
  38. Antifungal Therapy8▲ 13×3 topics
  39. Resistance Mechanisms7▲ 14×2 topics
  40. ALK Inhibitors7▲ 19×1 topic

Which research topics does Kanazawa Medical University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment, Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations, Lung Cancer Research Studies and Olfactory and Sensory Function Studies.

Lung Cancer Diagnosis an…10Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment: 10 fractional worksLung Cancer Treatments a…7Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations: 7 fractional worksLung Cancer Research Stu…6Lung Cancer Research Studies: 6 fractional worksOlfactory and Sensory Fu…5Olfactory and Sensory Function Studies: 5 fractional worksAdvanced Glycation End Products research: 5 fractional worksTracheal and airway disorders: 5 fractional worksLiver Disease Diagnosis …4Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment: 4 fractional worksGastric Cancer Management and Outcomes: 4 fractional worksOrthopaedic implants and arthroplasty: 4 fractional worksAdvanced X-ray and CT Im…4Advanced X-ray and CT Imaging: 4 fractional works
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineOncologySensory SystemsClinical Biochemistry3 others

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

  1. 1 Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 10 works
  2. 2 Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 7 works
  3. 3 Lung Cancer Research Studies Oncology 6 works
  4. 4 Olfactory and Sensory Function Studies Sensory Systems 5 works
  5. 5 Advanced Glycation End Products research Clinical Biochemistry 5 works
  6. 6 Tracheal and airway disorders Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 5 works
  7. 7 Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment Epidemiology 4 works
  8. 8 Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 4 works
  9. 9 Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty Surgery 4 works
  10. 10 Advanced X-ray and CT Imaging Biomedical Engineering 4 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 available45.5%not open54.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors9.0%domestic only91.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Kanazawa Medical University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 4% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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.

Other research institutions in Kanazawa

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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.