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Kawasaki Hospital

In research, Kawasaki Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#6,418 of 8,541 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#7,591 of 9,902 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Surgery and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine (Surgery is 8.9× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#18,638
of 22,385 · #22,414 all time
Rank in Japan
#593
of 924
Research works
1.2k
▼ 8% vs 2018-21
Citations
11k
9.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.9%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.83×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
52%
world 40%
International
8%
world 18%
Kawasaki Hospital

What is Kawasaki Hospital known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
MedicineField #6,418 of 8,541 4.5%122 #9657
Health SciencesDomain #7,591 of 9,902 4.5%127 #11717

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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Kawasaki Hospital work in?

In 2022-now, 81% of research at Kawasaki Hospital is in Health Sciences, 9% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (78%), Engineering (5%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (4%). It does 3.3× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 156 fractional works · 80.9% of its workMedicine: 151 fractional works · 78.2% of its workSurgery: 40 fractional works · 20.9% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 20 fractional works · 10.5% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 20 fractional works · 10.1% of its workEpidemiology: 10 fractional works · 5.2% of its workNeurology: 8 fractional works · 4.1% of its workOncology: 7 fractional works · 3.8% of its workRheumatology: 5 fractional works · 2.6% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 5 fractional works · 2.5% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 4 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPhysiology: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workNephrology: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEmergency Medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workInfectious Diseases: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGastroenterology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDermatology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHematology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOphthalmology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHepatology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReproductive Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInternal Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Professions: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmall Animals: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 17 fractional works · 9.0% of its workEngineering: 11 fractional works · 5.5% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Science: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workBiomaterials: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 15 fractional works · 7.6% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 8 fractional works · 3.9% of its workMolecular Biology: 5 fractional works · 2.6% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 4 fractional works · 2.0% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workParasitology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 5 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPsychology: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKKawasaki Hospital193fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences8%Physical Sciences9%Health Sciences81%Social Sciences2%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine15178.2%
    2. Health Professions31.7%
    3. Veterinary10.4%
    4. Dentistry10.3%
    5. Nursing00.2%
    1. Engineering115.5%
    2. Materials Science31.6%
    3. Physics and Astronomy10.5%
    4. Environmental Science10.5%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.3%
    6. Computer Science10.3%
    7. Chemical Engineering00.2%
    8. Chemistry00.1%
    9. Mathematics00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology83.9%
    2. Neuroscience42.0%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology21.0%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.4%
    5. Agricultural and Biological Sciences10.3%
    1. Psychology21.1%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.7%
    3. Social Sciences10.3%
    4. Decision Sciences00.2%
    5. Arts and Humanities00.0%
    6. Business, Management and Accounting00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Kawasaki Hospital specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Surgery takes 8.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. SurgerySubfield · 40.3 works8.9×
  2. Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield · 20.2 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: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.74× its world share, 8 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.97× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.25× its world share, 4 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.16× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.66× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.21× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.36× its world share, 10 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.46× its world share, 3 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.21× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.63× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.65× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.07× its world share, 151 worksMedicineNursing: 0.46× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 3.18× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.32× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.38× 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, 4.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine4.07×151 works
  2. Veterinary3.18×1 works
  3. Neuroscience1.25×4 works
  4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.16×1 works
  5. Immunology and Microbiology0.97×2 works
  6. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.74×8 works
  7. Chemical Engineering0.66×0 works
  8. Health Professions0.65×3 works
  9. Dentistry0.63×1 works
  10. Materials Science0.46×3 works
  11. Nursing0.46×0 works
  12. Psychology0.38×2 works
  13. Engineering0.36×10 works
  14. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.32×1 works
  15. Decision Sciences0.24×0 works
  16. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.21×1 works
  17. Physics and Astronomy0.21×1 works
  18. Environmental Science0.09×1 works
  19. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.06×0 works
  20. Chemistry0.04×0 works
  21. Computer Science0.04×1 works
  22. Mathematics0.04×0 works
  23. Social Sciences0.03×1 works
  24. Arts and Humanities0.01×0 works
  25. Business, Management and Accounting0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Kawasaki Hospital?

Ranked on the quality score, Eriko Yoshida, Kyohei Mikami and Akihito Otsuka lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Kawasaki Hospital.

  1. 1 Eriko Yoshida Japan · #950,089 worldwide 1.8k citations · 90 works
  2. 2 Kyohei Mikami Japan · #3,115,608 worldwide 163 citations · 30 works
  3. 3 Akihito Otsuka Japan · #3,240,791 worldwide 282 citations · 28 works
  4. 4 Hidetoshi Tada Japan · #3,473,413 worldwide 187 citations · 16 works
  5. 5 Kanji Shishido Japan · #3,690,211 worldwide 632 citations · 41 works
  6. 6 Yoshiharu Nishibori Japan · #3,758,916 worldwide 642 citations · 53 works
  7. 7 Yasushi Onozuka Japan · #3,872,881 worldwide 366 citations · 21 works
  8. 8 Seiichiro Ishii Japan · #4,095,745 worldwide 1k citations · 25 works
  9. 9 Toshiro Ohmura Japan · #4,242,308 worldwide 260 citations · 17 works
  10. 10 Susumu Oshima Japan · #4,259,978 worldwide 185 citations · 33 works
All ranked researchers at Kawasaki Hospital

What are the most cited papers from Kawasaki Hospital?

The most cited paper from Kawasaki Hospital is "Genetic Analysis of Human Norovirus Strains in Japan in 2016–2017" (Koo Nagasawa et al., 2018), with 1,265 citations. Next come "Scarless Endoscopic Thyroidectomy: Breast Approach for Better Cosmesis" (501) and "The Concept of Metabolic Syndrome: Contribution of Visceral Fat Accumulation and Its Molecular Mechanism" (448).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Genetic Analysis of Human Norovirus Strains in Japan in 2016–2017 Koo Nagasawa et al. · Frontiers in Microbiology Open access 17 Jan 2018 1,265
2 Scarless Endoscopic Thyroidectomy: Breast Approach for Better Cosmesis Masahiro Ohgami, Seiichiro Ishii, Yoshito Arisawa et al. · Surgical Laparoscopy Endoscopy & Percutaneous Techniques Feb 2000 501
3 The Concept of Metabolic Syndrome: Contribution of Visceral Fat Accumulation and Its Molecular Mechanism Yūji Matsuzawa, Tohru Funahashi, Tadashi Nakamura · Journal of Atherosclerosis and Thrombosis Open access 2011 448
4 Characteristics of Patients With Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis Who Develop Hepatocellular Carcinoma Kohichiroh Yasui, Etsuko Hashimoto, Yasuji Komorizono et al. · Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology Open access 13 Feb 2011 426
5 JCS/JSCS/JATS/JSVS 2020 Guidelines on the Management of Valvular Heart Disease Chisato Izumi et al. · Circulation Journal Open access 10 Sep 2020 370
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Kawasaki Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Risk Factors, Epidemiology, Echocardiography, Guidelines, Surgical Management, Complications, Treatment and Diagnosis.

▲ 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-now 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. Epidemiology18▲ 2.4×63 topics
  2. Risk Factors13▲ 6.0×19 topics
  3. Treatment9▲ 3.9×26 topics
  4. Echocardiography8▲ 16×8 topics
  5. Diagnosis8▲ 4.6×21 topics
  6. Guidelines8▲ 9.0×10 topics
  7. Surgical Management8▲ 10×17 topics
  8. Inflammation8▲ 1.84×33 topics
  9. Complications8▲ 7.8×12 topics
  10. Clinical Practice Guidelines7▲ 6.2×14 topics
  11. Quality of Life7▲ 2.4×26 topics
  12. Management6▲ 4.2×18 topics
  13. Endovascular Repair6▲ 38×3 topics
  14. Revascularization6▲ 20×3 topics
  15. Surgical Aortic-Valve Replacement6▲ 41×1 topic
  16. Transcatheter Aortic-Valve Replacement6▲ 41×1 topic
  17. Heart Failure6▲ 6.6×10 topics
  18. Clinical Outcomes5▲ 13×3 topics
  19. Global Burden5▲ 5.0×9 topics
  20. Surgery5▲ 7.9×8 topics
  21. Chemotherapy5▲ 3.8×17 topics
  22. Degenerative Disc Disease5▲ 26×2 topics
  23. Aortic Aneurysm4▲ 36×2 topics
  24. Neoadjuvant Therapy4▲ 9.8×5 topics
  25. Atherosclerosis4▲ 7.9×5 topics
  26. Biomechanics4▲ 7.4×5 topics
  27. Stroke Prevention4▲ 19×2 topics
  28. Diabetes4▲ 4.5×10 topics
  29. Magnetic Resonance Imaging4▲ 8.7×5 topics
  30. Aortic Dissection4▲ 51×1 topic
  31. Bicuspid Aortic Valve4▲ 51×1 topic
  32. Neuroprotection4▲ 5.7×6 topics
  33. Postoperative Complications4▲ 16×4 topics
  34. Anticoagulant Therapy4▲ 16×3 topics
  35. Cardiovascular Risk4▲ 6.1×5 topics
  36. Laparoscopic Surgery4▲ 16×5 topics
  37. Ischemic Stroke4▲ 12×3 topics
  38. Catheter Ablation4▲ 15×2 topics
  39. Prevention Guidelines3▲ 16×2 topics
  40. Endovascular Therapy3▲ 25×1 topic

Which research topics does Kawasaki Hospital publish most on?

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

Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments: 6 fractional worksAortic Disease and Treatment Approaches: 4 fractional worksAcute Ischemic Stroke Ma…3Acute Ischemic Stroke Management: 3 fractional worksCervical and Thoracic My…3Cervical and Thoracic Myelopathy: 3 fractional worksCerebrovascular and Carotid Artery Diseases: 2 fractional worksPeripheral Artery Disease Management: 2 fractional worksAtrial Fibrillation Mana…2Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes: 2 fractional worksSpine and Intervertebral…2Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology: 2 fractional worksCardiovascular Function …2Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors: 2 fractional worksSpinal Hematomas and Com…2Spinal Hematomas and Complications: 2 fractional works
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicinePulmonary and Respiratory MedicineEpidemiologySurgery1 others

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

  1. 1 Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 6 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 3 works
  5. 5 Cerebrovascular and Carotid Artery Diseases Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  6. 6 Peripheral Artery Disease Management Surgery 2 works
  7. 7 Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 2 works
  8. 8 Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology Pathology and Forensic Medicine 2 works
  9. 9 Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 2 works
  10. 10 Spinal Hematomas and Complications Surgery 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: 40% of research is openly available.

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

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Kawasaki Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 8% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Kawasaki Hospital as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00057% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%Kawasaki Hospital0.00089% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Kawasaki Hospital over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2025Kawasaki Hospital4.3% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 9.1% in 2008.

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