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Kawasaki Hospital

In research, Kawasaki Hospital stands highest in Health Sciences (#9,612 of 11,982 worldwide) and Medicine (#8,456 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Surgery — Surgery is 8.8× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#23,134
of 28,054 · #23,496 all time
Rank in Japan
#743
of 1,070
Research works
1.2k
▲ 9% vs 2013–17
Citations
11k
9.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
52%
world 28%

What is Kawasaki 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
Health SciencesDomain #9,612 of 11,982 5.6%127 #10595
MedicineField #8,456 of 10,443 5.6%122 #8214

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

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Surgery takes 8.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. SurgerySubfield · 32.4 works8.8×
← 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: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.71× its world share, 6 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.99× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.32× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.22× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.60× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringComputer Science: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.38× its world share, 9 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.53× its world share, 3 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.49× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.65× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.03× its world share, 122 worksMedicineNursing: 0.56× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 3.88× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.34× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.41× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.03× 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, 4.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Kawasaki Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, J Soneda, Hidenori Matsuoka and Manabu Goto lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Kawasaki Hospital.

  1. 1 J Soneda Japan · #744,768 worldwide 24 citations · 16 works
  2. 2 Hidenori Matsuoka Japan · #838,103 worldwide 10 citations · 23 works
  3. 3 Manabu Goto Japan · #1,129,698 worldwide 11 citations · 17 works
  4. 4 Nobuhiro Takeuchi Japan · #1,299,132 worldwide 3 citations · 15 works
  5. 5 Yoshiharu Nishibori Japan · #1,375,225 worldwide 10 citations · 15 works
  6. 6 Yusuke Nomura Japan · #1,473,716 worldwide 6 citations · 29 works
  7. 7 Yoshifumi Tsuboi Japan · #1,510,595 worldwide 20 citations · 18 works
  8. 8 Yoshio Akita Japan · #1,534,446 worldwide 4 citations · 22 works
All ranked researchers at Kawasaki Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Kawasaki Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Risk Factors, Epidemiology, Echocardiography, Complications, Surgical Management, Treatment, Endovascular Repair and Surgical Aortic-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. Epidemiology15▲ 2.5×59 topics
  2. Risk Factors10▲ 5.8×19 topics
  3. Treatment7▲ 3.9×24 topics
  4. Echocardiography7▲ 17×7 topics
  5. Complications7▲ 8.8×12 topics
  6. Diagnosis6▲ 4.3×18 topics
  7. Inflammation6▲ 1.85×27 topics
  8. Surgical Management6▲ 9.3×16 topics
  9. Endovascular Repair5▲ 40×3 topics
  10. Management5▲ 4.3×17 topics
  11. Quality of Life5▲ 2.3×22 topics
  12. Clinical Practice Guidelines5▲ 6.0×13 topics
  13. Surgical Aortic-Valve Replacement5▲ 45×1 topic
  14. Transcatheter Aortic-Valve Replacement5▲ 45×1 topic
  15. Clinical Outcomes5▲ 15×3 topics
  16. Revascularization5▲ 20×3 topics
  17. Surgery5▲ 8.6×7 topics
  18. Guidelines5▲ 6.3×10 topics
  19. Global Burden4▲ 5.2×9 topics
  20. Degenerative Disc Disease4▲ 29×2 topics
  21. Chemotherapy4▲ 3.7×15 topics
  22. Aortic Aneurysm4▲ 41×2 topics
  23. Neoadjuvant Therapy4▲ 11×5 topics
  24. Heart Failure4▲ 5.7×9 topics
  25. Magnetic Resonance Imaging4▲ 9.7×5 topics
  26. Aortic Dissection4▲ 57×1 topic
  27. Bicuspid Aortic Valve4▲ 57×1 topic
  28. Biomechanics4▲ 7.8×5 topics
  29. Neuroprotection3▲ 6.2×5 topics
  30. Ischemic Stroke3▲ 14×3 topics
  31. Stroke Prevention3▲ 16×2 topics
  32. Prevention Guidelines3▲ 18×2 topics
  33. Endovascular Therapy3▲ 27×1 topic
  34. Laparoscopic Surgery3▲ 15×5 topics
  35. Parkinson's Disease3▲ 7.3×7 topics
  36. Thrombolysis3▲ 27×1 topic
  37. Dysphagia3▲ 28×2 topics
  38. Preoperative Chemoradiotherapy3▲ 22×2 topics
  39. Spinal Surgery3▲ 22×2 topics
  40. Treatment Guidelines3▲ 7.7×5 topics

Which research topics does Kawasaki Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments, Aortic Disease and Treatment Approaches, Acute Ischemic Stroke Management and Cervical and Thoracic Myelopathy.

Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments: 5 fractional worksAortic Disease and Treatment Approaches: 4 fractional worksAcute Ischemic Stroke Management: 3 fractional worksCervical and Thoracic Myelopathy: 2 fractional worksSpine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology: 2 fractional worksCerebrovascular and Carotid Artery Diseases: 2 fractional worksSpinal Fractures and Fix…2Spinal Fractures and Fixation Techniques: 2 fractional worksKawasaki Disease and Cor…2Kawasaki Disease and Coronary Complications: 2 fractional worksInfective Endocarditis D…2Infective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management: 2 fractional worksColorectal Cancer Surgic…2Colorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments: 2 fractional works
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicinePulmonary and Respiratory MedicineEpidemiologySurgery2 others

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

  1. 1 Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 5 works
  2. 2 Aortic Disease and Treatment Approaches Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 4 works
  3. 3 Acute Ischemic Stroke Management Epidemiology 3 works
  4. 4 Cervical and Thoracic Myelopathy Surgery 2 works
  5. 5 Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology Pathology and Forensic Medicine 2 works
  6. 6 Cerebrovascular and Carotid Artery Diseases Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  7. 7 Spinal Fractures and Fixation Techniques Surgery 2 works
  8. 8 Kawasaki Disease and Coronary Complications Surgery 2 works
  9. 9 Infective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management Epidemiology 2 works
  10. 10 Colorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments Oncology 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 available52.5%not open47.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors7.7%domestic only92.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Kawasaki Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 9% 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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