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Kawasaki Medical School

In research, Kawasaki Medical School stands highest in Medicine (#3,098 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#4,203 of 11,982 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#3,519 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Surgery and Neurology — Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism is 9.3× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#8,153
of 28,054 · #7,953 all time
Rank in Japan
#210
of 1,070
Research works
6.6k
▲ 3% vs 2013–17
Citations
100k
15.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
43%
world 28%

What is Kawasaki Medical School 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 #3,098 of 10,443 10.0%556 #2436
Health SciencesDomain #4,203 of 11,982 10.1%569 #3229
Life SciencesDomain #3,519 of 7,800 9.7%111 #3260
SurgerySubfield #1,232 of 1,816 9.1%108 #1090
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #2,743 of 3,579 9.6%69 #3001

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Kawasaki Medical School 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#2,436 #3,098
  2. Health Sciences#3,229 #4,203
  3. Life Sciences#3,260 #3,519
  4. Surgery#1,090 #1,232
  5. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#3,001 #2,743
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 Kawasaki Medical School specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism takes 9.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Endocrinology, Diabetes and MetabolismSubfield · 35.8 works9.3×
  2. SurgerySubfield · 107.6 works6.5×
  3. NeurologySubfield · 22.7 works5.6×
← 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, 5 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.82× its world share, 69 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.03× its world share, 14 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.59× its world share, 18 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.57× its world share, 4 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.04× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.07× its world share, 8 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.09× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.10× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.09× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.42× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.48× its world share, 9 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.06× its world share, 556 worksMedicineNursing: 0.83× its world share, 3 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.34× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.16× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.26× its world share, 6 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.05× its world share, 5 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 Kawasaki Medical School?

Ranked on the composite score, Hiroshi Sonoo, Atsushi Tsuruta and Naoki Kashihara lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Kawasaki Medical School.

  1. 1 Hiroshi Sonoo Japan · #38,117 worldwide 271 citations · 46 works
  2. 2 Atsushi Tsuruta Japan · #80,417 worldwide 278 citations · 28 works
  3. 3 Naoki Kashihara Japan · #87,497 worldwide 323 citations · 75 works
  4. 4 Katsuhiko Shimizu Japan · #89,112 worldwide 204 citations · 63 works
  5. 5 Kensaku Shibazaki Japan · #168,405 worldwide 83 citations · 27 works
  6. 6 Nozomi Watanabe Japan · #177,128 worldwide 181 citations · 61 works
  7. 7 Teruyoshi Kume Japan · #178,162 worldwide 170 citations · 48 works
  8. 8 Hideaki Kaneto Japan · #196,065 worldwide 168 citations · 43 works
  9. 9 Teruhito Aihara Japan · #237,232 worldwide 99 citations · 41 works
  10. 10 Yoshiki Yagita Japan · #238,433 worldwide 59 citations · 29 works
All ranked researchers at Kawasaki Medical School

Which keywords describe research at Kawasaki Medical School?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Inflammation, Diagnosis, Cardiovascular Disease, Treatment, Chemotherapy, Metabolic Syndrome and Complications.

▲ 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. Epidemiology93▲ 3.3×103 topics
  2. Inflammation70▲ 4.7×71 topics
  3. Diagnosis41▲ 6.2×37 topics
  4. Treatment38▲ 4.4×42 topics
  5. Cardiovascular Disease37▲ 4.7×32 topics
  6. Metabolic Syndrome30▲ 5.1×19 topics
  7. Chemotherapy29▲ 5.8×23 topics
  8. Oxidative Stress28▲ 2.4×40 topics
  9. Quality of Life27▲ 2.6×32 topics
  10. Management25▲ 4.5×27 topics
  11. Complications25▲ 7.0×16 topics
  12. Clinical Practice Guidelines23▲ 6.0×14 topics
  13. Cancer23▲ 2.4×44 topics
  14. Immunotherapy23▲ 4.5×16 topics
  15. Diabetes23▲ 6.5×15 topics
  16. Surgical Management22▲ 7.6×19 topics
  17. Risk Factors22▲ 2.8×22 topics
  18. Insulin Resistance20▲ 6.2×9 topics
  19. Chronic Kidney Disease20▲ 11×8 topics
  20. Heart Failure19▲ 6.1×13 topics
  21. Guidelines18▲ 5.5×13 topics
  22. Pathogenesis18▲ 5.0×22 topics
  23. Atherosclerosis18▲ 8.9×10 topics
  24. Clinical Guidelines18▲ 8.7×8 topics
  25. Obesity18▲ 3.3×20 topics
  26. Hypertension16▲ 7.8×13 topics
  27. Tumor Microenvironment15▲ 4.8×8 topics
  28. Prognostic Factors15▲ 4.8×14 topics
  29. Neoadjuvant Therapy14▲ 8.7×5 topics
  30. Surgery14▲ 5.8×9 topics
  31. Global Burden14▲ 3.7×11 topics
  32. Genetic Mutations14▲ 4.4×19 topics
  33. Glycemic Control14▲ 12×4 topics
  34. Insulin Therapy14▲ 16×3 topics
  35. Type 2 Diabetes13▲ 8.2×5 topics
  36. Prognosis13▲ 5.4×7 topics
  37. Magnetic Resonance Imaging12▲ 6.6×4 topics
  38. Gastric Cancer12▲ 15×3 topics
  39. Children12▲ 6.9×6 topics
  40. Endoscopic Resection11▲ 15×2 topics

Which research topics does Kawasaki Medical School publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Diabetes Treatment and Management, Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment, Helicobacter pylori-related gastroenterology studies and Esophageal Cancer Research and Treatment.

Diabetes Treatment and M…9Diabetes Treatment and Management: 9 fractional worksLiver Disease Diagnosis …7Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment: 7 fractional worksHelicobacter pylori-related gastroenterology studies: 6 fractional worksEsophageal Cancer Research and Treatment: 6 fractional worksChronic Kidney Disease and Diabetes: 5 fractional worksGastroesophageal reflux and treatments: 5 fractional worksEsophageal and GI Pathology: 5 fractional worksCoronary Interventions a…5Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics: 5 fractional worksGastric Cancer Management and Outcomes: 5 fractional worksEosinophilic Esophagitis: 5 fractional works
Endocrinology, Diabetes and MetabolismEpidemiologySurgeryNephrology2 others

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

  1. 1 Diabetes Treatment and Management Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 9 works
  2. 2 Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment Epidemiology 7 works
  3. 3 Helicobacter pylori-related gastroenterology studies Surgery 6 works
  4. 4 Esophageal Cancer Research and Treatment Surgery 6 works
  5. 5 Chronic Kidney Disease and Diabetes Nephrology 5 works
  6. 6 Gastroesophageal reflux and treatments Gastroenterology 5 works
  7. 7 Esophageal and GI Pathology Surgery 5 works
  8. 8 Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics Surgery 5 works
  9. 9 Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 5 works
  10. 10 Eosinophilic Esophagitis Surgery 5 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 available42.8%not open57.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors5.6%domestic only94.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Kawasaki Medical School's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 3% 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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