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Kanazawa University Hospital

In research, Kanazawa University Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#3,657 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#4,996 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Oncology and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine — Oncology is 7.5× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#14,448
of 28,054 · #13,249 all time
Rank in Japan
#377
of 1,070
Research works
1.8k
▲ 17% vs 2013–17
Citations
29k
15.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
48%
world 28%

What is Kanazawa University Hospital 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 #3,657 of 10,443 8.5%243 #4414
Health SciencesDomain #4,996 of 11,982 8.7%252 #6052

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Kanazawa University Hospital 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 Kanazawa University Hospital specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Oncology takes 7.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. OncologySubfield · 26.0 works7.5×
  2. Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield · 32.3 works6.8×
← 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: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.66× its world share, 27 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.99× its world share, 6 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.84× its world share, 4 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.80× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.15× its world share, 7 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.38× its world share, 3 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.20× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.74× its world share, 6 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.11× its world share, 243 worksMedicineNursing: 0.40× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.46× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.19× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.02× 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, 4.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Kanazawa University Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, Takeshi Terashima, Masakuni Noguchi and Shinro Matsuo lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Kanazawa University Hospital.

  1. 1 Takeshi Terashima Japan · #630,054 worldwide 62 citations · 41 works
  2. 2 Masakuni Noguchi Japan · #767,558 worldwide 47 citations · 36 works
  3. 3 Shinro Matsuo Japan · #915,978 worldwide 38 citations · 40 works
  4. 4 Hiroko Ikeda Japan · #961,278 worldwide 31 citations · 19 works
  5. 5 Fujitsugu Matsubara Japan · #994,945 worldwide 46 citations · 26 works
  6. 6 Jun Kinoshita Japan · #995,588 worldwide 27 citations · 40 works
  7. 7 Hideharu Kimura Japan · #996,655 worldwide 35 citations · 31 works
  8. 8 Hayato Koba Japan · #1,015,663 worldwide 15 citations · 24 works
  9. 9 Noriyuki Ohkura Japan · #1,041,200 worldwide 20 citations · 23 works
  10. 10 Akihiro Seki Japan · #1,117,931 worldwide 26 citations · 22 works
All ranked researchers at Kanazawa University Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Kanazawa University Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Chemotherapy, Epidemiology, Immunotherapy, Treatment, Clinical Practice Guidelines, Genetic Mutations, Tumor Microenvironment and Inflammation.

▲ 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. Epidemiology32▲ 2.7×75 topics
  2. Chemotherapy21▲ 9.8×20 topics
  3. Inflammation20▲ 3.1×52 topics
  4. Treatment19▲ 5.1×31 topics
  5. Immunotherapy18▲ 8.1×17 topics
  6. Diagnosis15▲ 5.2×27 topics
  7. Cancer14▲ 3.4×31 topics
  8. Clinical Practice Guidelines13▲ 7.8×11 topics
  9. Genetic Mutations13▲ 9.7×16 topics
  10. Tumor Microenvironment13▲ 9.4×8 topics
  11. Prognostic Factors12▲ 8.9×12 topics
  12. Surgical Management12▲ 9.2×16 topics
  13. Neoadjuvant Therapy11▲ 15×5 topics
  14. Management9▲ 3.8×19 topics
  15. Targeted Therapy9▲ 14×5 topics
  16. Clinical Trials9▲ 4.3×10 topics
  17. Survival Analysis8▲ 10×6 topics
  18. Radiotherapy8▲ 6.9×11 topics
  19. Biomarkers8▲ 3.9×11 topics
  20. Metastasis8▲ 7.6×11 topics
  21. Autoantibodies8▲ 11×8 topics
  22. PET Imaging7▲ 14×4 topics
  23. Pancreatic Cancer6▲ 19×2 topics
  24. Complications6▲ 4.1×9 topics
  25. Imaging6▲ 8.1×5 topics
  26. Prognosis6▲ 5.9×9 topics
  27. Surgical Complications6▲ 24×2 topics
  28. Gemcitabine6▲ 27×1 topic
  29. Genomic Analyses6▲ 27×1 topic
  30. Breast Cancer6▲ 7.8×9 topics
  31. Diagnostic Criteria6▲ 8.3×6 topics
  32. Cholangiocarcinoma6▲ 22×2 topics
  33. Cancer Treatment5▲ 7.1×6 topics
  34. Hepatocellular Carcinoma5▲ 7.7×3 topics
  35. Immunohistochemistry5▲ 22×4 topics
  36. Molecular Profiling5▲ 16×3 topics
  37. Palliative Treatment5▲ 24×2 topics
  38. Dosimetry5▲ 22×2 topics
  39. Genomic Profiling5▲ 15×2 topics
  40. Endoscopic Resection5▲ 15×2 topics

Which research topics does Kanazawa University Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research, Neuroendocrine Tumor Research Advances, Esophageal and GI Pathology and IgG4-Related and Inflammatory Diseases.

Pancreatic and Hepatic O…6Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research: 6 fractional worksNeuroendocrine Tumor Res…4Neuroendocrine Tumor Research Advances: 4 fractional worksEsophageal and GI Pathology: 4 fractional worksIgG4-Related and Inflammatory Diseases: 3 fractional worksKnee injuries and reconstruction techniques: 3 fractional worksCancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers: 3 fractional worksHepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis: 3 fractional worksMedical Imaging Techniqu…3Medical Imaging Techniques and Applications: 3 fractional worksLung Cancer Treatments and Mutations: 3 fractional worksGallbladder and Bile Duct Disorders: 3 fractional works
OncologyEpidemiologySurgeryRheumatology3 others

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

  1. 1 Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research Oncology 6 works
  2. 2 Neuroendocrine Tumor Research Advances Epidemiology 4 works
  3. 3 Esophageal and GI Pathology Surgery 4 works
  4. 4 IgG4-Related and Inflammatory Diseases Rheumatology 3 works
  5. 5 Knee injuries and reconstruction techniques Surgery 3 works
  6. 6 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 3 works
  7. 7 Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis Hepatology 3 works
  8. 8 Medical Imaging Techniques and Applications Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 3 works
  9. 9 Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 3 works
  10. 10 Gallbladder and Bile Duct Disorders Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 3 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 available48.5%not open51.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors6.4%domestic only93.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Kanazawa University Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 17% 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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