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Kansai Medical University

In research, Kansai Medical University stands highest in Medicine (#1,738 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#2,184 of 11,982 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#2,829 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Oncology, Surgery and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine — Oncology is 6.4× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#5,591
of 28,054 · #3,900 all time
Rank in Japan
#136
of 1,070
Research works
9.6k
▲ 23% vs 2013–17
Citations
164k
17.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
42%
world 28%

What is Kansai 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
MedicineField #1,738 of 10,443 9.0%780 #1250
Health SciencesDomain #2,184 of 11,982 9.0%817 #1585
Life SciencesDomain #2,829 of 7,800 10.9%188 #1599
SurgerySubfield #851 of 1,816 9.8%161 #927
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield #901 of 1,144 8.4%100 #1161
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #2,836 of 3,579 11.1%112 #2103
OncologySubfield #680 of 772 10.9%78 #973

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Kansai 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. Medicine#1,250 #1,738
  2. Health Sciences#1,585 #2,184
  3. Life Sciences#1,599 #2,829
  4. Surgery#927 #851
  5. Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine#1,161 #901
  6. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#2,103 #2,836
  7. Oncology#973 #680
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 Kansai Medical University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Oncology takes 6.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. OncologySubfield · 77.7 works6.4×
  2. SurgerySubfield · 160.7 works6.3×
  3. Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield · 100.0 works6.0×
  4. NeurologySubfield · 33.5 works5.4×
← 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: 0.14× its world share, 7 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.94× its world share, 112 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.30× its world share, 25 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.25× its world share, 39 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.13× its world share, 4 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.20× its world share, 3 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.08× its world share, 7 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.14× its world share, 24 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.03× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.16× its world share, 6 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.19× its world share, 4 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.01× its world share, 5 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.90× its world share, 26 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.75× its world share, 780 worksMedicineNursing: 1.13× its world share, 6 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.02× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.50× its world share, 16 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.06× its world share, 9 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Kansai Medical University?

Ranked on the composite score, Takayasu Kurata, Tomohiro Kurosaki and Yoshimasa Tanaka lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Kansai Medical University.

  1. 1 Takayasu Kurata Japan · #3,698 worldwide 1.2k citations · 73 works
  2. 2 Tomohiro Kurosaki Japan · #44,823 worldwide 467 citations · 57 works
  3. 3 Yoshimasa Tanaka Japan · #45,411 worldwide 532 citations · 82 works
  4. 4 Kazuichi Okazaki Japan · #48,032 worldwide 547 citations · 114 works
  5. 5 Akitsugu Yamamoto Japan · #56,419 worldwide 601 citations · 29 works
  6. 6 Ichiro Shiojima Japan · #67,890 worldwide 266 citations · 43 works
  7. 7 Muneo Inaba Japan · #85,931 worldwide 261 citations · 38 works
  8. 8 Yutaka Tashiro Japan · #90,497 worldwide 246 citations · 33 works
  9. 9 Yasukiyo Mori Japan · #108,987 worldwide 192 citations · 40 works
  10. 10 Noboru Tanigawa Japan · #158,881 worldwide 128 citations · 37 works
All ranked researchers at Kansai Medical University

Which keywords describe research at Kansai Medical University?

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

▲ 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. Epidemiology132▲ 3.1×105 topics
  2. Inflammation77▲ 3.4×72 topics
  3. Chemotherapy71▲ 9.4×23 topics
  4. Immunotherapy56▲ 7.2×17 topics
  5. Treatment46▲ 3.5×42 topics
  6. Clinical Practice Guidelines44▲ 7.4×14 topics
  7. Quality of Life43▲ 2.7×40 topics
  8. Diagnosis38▲ 3.8×33 topics
  9. Tumor Microenvironment37▲ 7.7×8 topics
  10. Neoadjuvant Therapy37▲ 15×5 topics
  11. Cancer34▲ 2.4×44 topics
  12. Management34▲ 4.0×27 topics
  13. Prognostic Factors34▲ 7.2×14 topics
  14. Radiotherapy32▲ 7.6×13 topics
  15. Surgical Management32▲ 7.1×20 topics
  16. Genetic Mutations29▲ 6.2×21 topics
  17. Clinical Trials26▲ 3.5×18 topics
  18. Risk Factors25▲ 2.1×28 topics
  19. Prognosis25▲ 7.1×9 topics
  20. Survival Analysis24▲ 8.3×6 topics
  21. Complications24▲ 4.4×16 topics
  22. Guidelines23▲ 4.6×12 topics
  23. Depression22▲ 2.4×19 topics
  24. Surgery22▲ 5.8×10 topics
  25. Targeted Therapy22▲ 9.2×5 topics
  26. Genetics21▲ 2.8×17 topics
  27. Molecular Characterization20▲ 11×5 topics
  28. Neurological Disorders20▲ 3.2×17 topics
  29. Rehabilitation20▲ 4.6×13 topics
  30. Metastasis19▲ 5.2×12 topics
  31. Adjuvant Therapy19▲ 14×2 topics
  32. Clinical Guidelines19▲ 6.0×9 topics
  33. Pathogenesis18▲ 3.4×19 topics
  34. Treatment Guidelines17▲ 7.5×7 topics
  35. Pancreatic Cancer16▲ 14×3 topics
  36. Endoscopic Resection16▲ 15×2 topics
  37. Gemcitabine16▲ 20×1 topic
  38. Surgical Complications16▲ 18×1 topic
  39. Cholangiocarcinoma14▲ 17×2 topics
  40. Preoperative Chemoradiotherapy13▲ 15×2 topics

Which research topics does Kansai Medical University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research, Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers, Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment and Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes.

Pancreatic and Hepatic O…16Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research: 16 fractional worksCancer Immunotherapy and…10Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers: 10 fractional worksLung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment: 9 fractional worksGastric Cancer Management and Outcomes: 9 fractional worksNutrition and Health in Aging: 9 fractional worksLung Cancer Treatments and Mutations: 9 fractional worksEsophageal and GI Pathology: 9 fractional worksGallbladder and Bile Duc…8Gallbladder and Bile Duct Disorders: 8 fractional worksCOVID-19 Clinical Research Studies: 8 fractional worksNeuroendocrine Tumor Research Advances: 7 fractional works
OncologyPulmonary and Respiratory MedicinePhysiologySurgery2 others

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

  1. 1 Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research Oncology 16 works
  2. 2 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 10 works
  3. 3 Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 9 works
  4. 4 Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 9 works
  5. 5 Nutrition and Health in Aging Physiology 9 works
  6. 6 Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 9 works
  7. 7 Esophageal and GI Pathology Surgery 9 works
  8. 8 Gallbladder and Bile Duct Disorders Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 8 works
  9. 9 COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies Infectious Diseases 8 works
  10. 10 Neuroendocrine Tumor Research Advances Epidemiology 7 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 available42.4%not open57.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors6.3%domestic only93.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Kansai Medical University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 23% 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.

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