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Kawasaki Medical School

In research, Kawasaki Medical School stands highest in Medicine (#2,171 of 8,541 worldwide), Health Sciences (#2,685 of 9,902 worldwide) and Surgery (#952 of 1,532 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Nephrology, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism and Surgery (Nephrology is 13.1× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#10,237
of 22,385 · #20,341 all time
Rank in Japan
#257
of 924
Research works
6.6k
◆ 0% vs 2018-21
Citations
100k
15.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.5%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.82×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
43%
world 40%
International
6%
world 18%
Kawasaki Medical School

What is Kawasaki Medical School 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 #2,171 of 8,541 5.8%556 #5956
Health SciencesDomain #2,685 of 9,902 5.9%569 #7925
SurgerySubfield #952 of 1,532 5.3%108 #1992
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #2,092 of 2,964 4.2%69 #3988
Life SciencesDomain #5,142 of 6,403 5.3%111 #8891

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

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022-now. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Medicine#5,956 #2,171
  2. Health Sciences#7,925 #2,685
  3. Surgery#1,992 #952
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#3,988 #2,092
  5. Life Sciences#8,891 #5,142
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

Which fields of science does Kawasaki Medical School work in?

In 2022-now, 80% of research at Kawasaki Medical School is in Health Sciences, 15% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (78%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (9%), Neuroscience (3%). It does 3.4× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 639 fractional works · 80.0% of its workMedicine: 624 fractional works · 78.1% of its workSurgery: 118 fractional works · 14.8% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 67 fractional works · 8.4% of its workEpidemiology: 46 fractional works · 5.8% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 42 fractional works · 5.3% of its workOncology: 38 fractional works · 4.8% of its workPhysiology: 30 fractional works · 3.7% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 29 fractional works · 3.6% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 25 fractional works · 3.1% of its workNeurology: 24 fractional works · 3.0% of its workNephrology: 23 fractional works · 2.8% of its workGastroenterology: 17 fractional works · 2.1% of its workRheumatology: 16 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 16 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 10 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 10 fractional works · 1.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 10 fractional works · 1.3% of its workOphthalmology: 10 fractional works · 1.2% of its workDermatology: 9 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHematology: 9 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHepatology: 9 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGenetics: 8 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 7 fractional works · 0.9% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 7 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPharmacology: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEmergency Medicine: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workReproductive Medicine: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInternal Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRehabilitation: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Professions: 10 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth Information Management: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDentistry: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 123 fractional works · 15.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 75 fractional works · 9.3% of its workMolecular Biology: 35 fractional works · 4.4% of its workGenetics: 15 fractional works · 1.8% of its workCancer Research: 7 fractional works · 0.9% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCell Biology: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEndocrinology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiotechnology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 22 fractional works · 2.7% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeurology: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiological Psychiatry: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSensory Systems: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBehavioral Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 17 fractional works · 2.1% of its workImmunology: 14 fractional works · 1.8% of its workMicrobiology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 21 fractional works · 2.6% of its workEngineering: 8 fractional works · 1.1% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiation: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 16 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPsychology: 7 fractional works · 0.9% of its workClinical Psychology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKKawasaki MedicalSchool798fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences15%Physical Sciences3%Health Sciences80%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 23 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine62478.1%
    2. Health Professions101.2%
    3. Nursing30.4%
    4. Dentistry20.2%
    5. Veterinary00.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology759.3%
    2. Neuroscience222.7%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology172.1%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences60.7%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics40.5%
    1. Engineering81.1%
    2. Environmental Science30.4%
    3. Computer Science30.4%
    4. Materials Science30.3%
    5. Physics and Astronomy20.3%
    6. Chemistry10.2%
    7. Mathematics00.0%
    8. Energy00.0%
    1. Psychology70.9%
    2. Social Sciences60.7%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance30.3%
    4. Arts and Humanities00.1%
    5. 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 Medical School specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Nephrology takes 13.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. NephrologySubfield · 22.7 works13×
  2. Endocrinology, Diabetes and MetabolismSubfield · 42.5 works9.8×
  3. SurgerySubfield · 118.3 works6.3×
← 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: 0.15× its world share, 6 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.75× its world share, 74 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.11× its world share, 17 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.66× its world share, 22 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.46× its world share, 4 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.05× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.07× its world share, 8 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.08× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.09× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.12× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.46× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.47× its world share, 10 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.06× its world share, 624 worksMedicineNursing: 0.82× its world share, 3 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.31× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.16× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.29× its world share, 7 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.06× its world share, 6 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 22 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine4.06×624 works
  2. Immunology and Microbiology2.11×17 works
  3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.75×74 works
  4. Neuroscience1.66×22 works
  5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.46×4 works
  6. Nursing0.82×3 works
  7. Health Professions0.47×10 works
  8. Dentistry0.46×2 works
  9. Veterinary0.31×0 works
  10. Psychology0.29×7 works
  11. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.16×3 works
  12. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.15×6 works
  13. Physics and Astronomy0.12×2 works
  14. Chemistry0.10×1 works
  15. Materials Science0.09×2 works
  16. Environmental Science0.08×3 works
  17. Engineering0.07×8 works
  18. Social Sciences0.06×6 works
  19. Computer Science0.05×3 works
  20. Mathematics0.03×0 works
  21. Arts and Humanities0.02×0 works
  22. Energy0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Kawasaki Medical School?

Ranked on the quality score, Naoki Kashihara, Seigo Terawaki and Seiji Kishi lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Kawasaki Medical School.

  1. 1 Naoki Kashihara Japan · #595,404 worldwide 13k citations · 511 works
  2. 2 Seigo Terawaki Japan · #930,282 worldwide 2.5k citations · 41 works
  3. 3 Seiji Kishi Japan · #982,469 worldwide 2.9k citations · 121 works
  4. 4 Kengo Kidokoro Japan · #1,141,289 worldwide 1.8k citations · 84 works
  5. 5 Hiroyuki Kadoya Japan · #1,373,345 worldwide 890 citations · 80 works
  6. 6 Keisuke Hino Japan · #1,482,176 worldwide 16k citations · 226 works
  7. 7 Eiichiro Kanda Japan · #1,492,402 worldwide 4.7k citations · 256 works
  8. 8 Seiki Hirano Japan · #1,595,620 worldwide 1.5k citations · 36 works
  9. 9 Sohji Nishina Japan · #1,699,603 worldwide 1.8k citations · 69 works
  10. 10 Kazuo Tanemoto Japan · #1,776,176 worldwide 4.7k citations · 244 works
All ranked researchers at Kawasaki Medical School

What are the most cited papers from Kawasaki Medical School?

The most cited paper from Kawasaki Medical School is "Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition)" (Daniel J. Klionsky et al., 2016), with 6,023 citations. Next come "Genome-wide association of IL28B with response to pegylated interferon-α and ribavirin therapy for chronic hepatitis C" (2,144) and "Negative Fluid-Attenuated Inversion Recovery- Based Intravenous Thrombolysis Using Recombinant Tissue Plasminogen Activator in Acute Stroke Patients with Unknown Onset Time" (1,934).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition) Daniel J. Klionsky et al. · Autophagy Open access2,467 authors 2 Jan 2016 6,023
2 Genome-wide association of IL28B with response to pegylated interferon-α and ribavirin therapy for chronic hepatitis C Yasuhito Tanaka et al. · Nature Genetics 13 Sep 2009 2,144
3 Negative Fluid-Attenuated Inversion Recovery- Based Intravenous Thrombolysis Using Recombinant Tissue Plasminogen Activator in Acute Stroke Patients with Unknown Onset Time Junya Aoki, Kazumi Kimura, Kensaku Shibazaki et al. · Cerebrovascular Diseases Extra Open access 23 Mar 2013 1,934
4 The Japanese Society of Hypertension Guidelines for the Management of Hypertension (JSH 2019) Satoshi Umemura et al. · Hypertension Research Open access 2 Aug 2019 1,903
5 Kyoto global consensus report on Helicobacter pylori gastritis Kentaro Sugano, Jan F. Tack, Ernst Johan Kuipers et al. · Gut Open access 17 Jul 2015 1,823
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Kawasaki Medical School?

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

▲ 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. Epidemiology104▲ 3.3×106 topics
  2. Inflammation76▲ 4.5×71 topics
  3. Diagnosis44▲ 5.9×39 topics
  4. Treatment42▲ 4.3×44 topics
  5. Cardiovascular Disease42▲ 4.6×32 topics
  6. Chemotherapy32▲ 5.7×24 topics
  7. Metabolic Syndrome32▲ 4.9×19 topics
  8. Oxidative Stress31▲ 2.4×41 topics
  9. Quality of Life31▲ 2.7×33 topics
  10. Complications28▲ 6.9×16 topics
  11. Management27▲ 4.3×27 topics
  12. Immunotherapy26▲ 4.5×16 topics
  13. Clinical Practice Guidelines26▲ 5.8×14 topics
  14. Diabetes25▲ 6.2×16 topics
  15. Cancer24▲ 2.3×44 topics
  16. Chronic Kidney Disease24▲ 12×8 topics
  17. Risk Factors24▲ 2.7×23 topics
  18. Surgical Management23▲ 7.2×19 topics
  19. Clinical Guidelines22▲ 9.5×8 topics
  20. Heart Failure22▲ 6.2×13 topics
  21. Insulin Resistance22▲ 6.0×10 topics
  22. Guidelines21▲ 5.5×13 topics
  23. Obesity20▲ 3.2×20 topics
  24. Pathogenesis19▲ 4.8×22 topics
  25. Atherosclerosis19▲ 8.2×10 topics
  26. Neoadjuvant Therapy18▲ 9.3×5 topics
  27. Hypertension17▲ 7.5×13 topics
  28. Mortality17▲ 3.8×11 topics
  29. Glycemic Control17▲ 13×4 topics
  30. Insulin Therapy17▲ 17×3 topics
  31. Tumor Microenvironment17▲ 4.7×8 topics
  32. Prognostic Factors17▲ 4.8×14 topics
  33. Genetic Mutations16▲ 4.6×19 topics
  34. Type 2 Diabetes16▲ 8.7×6 topics
  35. Surgery16▲ 5.6×9 topics
  36. Magnetic Resonance Imaging14▲ 6.8×4 topics
  37. Gastric Cancer13▲ 15×3 topics
  38. Children13▲ 6.9×6 topics
  39. Endoscopic Resection12▲ 16×2 topics
  40. Fibrosis12▲ 7.6×8 topics

Which research topics does Kawasaki Medical School publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Diabetes Treatment and Management, Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment, Esophageal Cancer Research and Treatment and Gastroesophageal reflux and treatments.

Diabetes Treatment and M…11Diabetes Treatment and Management: 11 fractional worksLiver Disease Diagnosis …7Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment: 7 fractional worksEsophageal Cancer Research and Treatment: 7 fractional worksGastroesophageal reflux and treatments: 7 fractional worksChronic Kidney Disease and Diabetes: 7 fractional worksHelicobacter pylori-related gastroenterology studies: 7 fractional worksProstate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment: 6 fractional worksEsophageal and GI Pathol…6Esophageal and GI Pathology: 6 fractional worksGastric Cancer Management and Outcomes: 5 fractional worksDialysis and Renal Disease Management: 5 fractional works
Endocrinology, Diabetes and MetabolismEpidemiologySurgeryGastroenterology2 others

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

  1. 1 Diabetes Treatment and Management Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 11 works
  2. 2 Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment Epidemiology 7 works
  3. 3 Esophageal Cancer Research and Treatment Surgery 7 works
  4. 4 Gastroesophageal reflux and treatments Gastroenterology 7 works
  5. 5 Chronic Kidney Disease and Diabetes Nephrology 7 works
  6. 6 Helicobacter pylori-related gastroenterology studies Surgery 7 works
  7. 7 Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 6 works
  8. 8 Esophageal and GI Pathology Surgery 6 works
  9. 9 Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 5 works
  10. 10 Dialysis and Renal Disease Management Nephrology 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: 40% of research is openly available.

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

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Kawasaki Medical School's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 0% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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 Medical School as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0031% in 2024.

still counting0.010%0.020%Kawasaki Medical School0.0029% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Kawasaki Medical School 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 Medical School5.7% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 8.8% in 2008.

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