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Kensei Hospital

In research, Kensei Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#11,219 of 14,558 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#13,335 of 16,688 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#28,059
of 34,923
Rank in Japan
#1,146
of 1,923
Research works
288
▲ 5% vs 2018-21
Citations
2.9k
10.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.5%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.76×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
57%
world 40%
International
15%
world 18%
Kensei Hospital

What is Kensei Hospital known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
MedicineField #11,219 of 14,558 4.0%185
Health SciencesDomain #13,335 of 16,688 4.0%198

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Kensei 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 Kensei Hospital work in?

In 2022-now, 69% of research at Kensei Hospital is in Health Sciences, 12% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (64%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (6%), Engineering (5%). It does 2.5× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 30 fractional works · 69.5% of its workMedicine: 27 fractional works · 63.7% of its workSurgery: 6 fractional works · 12.9% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 3 fractional works · 6.4% of its workNeurology: 3 fractional works · 6.0% of its workEpidemiology: 2 fractional works · 5.0% of its workOncology: 2 fractional works · 3.5% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 3.2% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 2.8% of its workGastroenterology: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workOphthalmology: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workRheumatology: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHepatology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNephrology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workReproductive Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDermatology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHematology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 4.9% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth Information Management: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOccupational Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacy: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOral Surgery: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysical Sciences: 5 fractional works · 11.8% of its workEngineering: 2 fractional works · 5.0% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workWater Science and Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 4 fractional works · 10.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 3.7% of its workCultural Studies: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workEducation: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workAccounting: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workManagement Information Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhilosophy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 4 fractional works · 8.7% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 5.6% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCancer Research: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEndocrinology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workParasitology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInsect Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKKensei Hospital43fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences9%Physical Sciences12%Health Sciences69%Social Sciences10%

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 19 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine2763.7%
    2. Health Professions24.9%
    3. Nursing00.4%
    4. Dentistry00.4%
    1. Engineering25.0%
    2. Environmental Science12.5%
    3. Physics and Astronomy12.3%
    4. Computer Science11.9%
    5. Mathematics00.0%
    1. Social Sciences23.7%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting12.6%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance12.3%
    4. Psychology11.2%
    5. Arts and Humanities00.3%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology25.6%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology12.0%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.6%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.3%
    5. Neuroscience00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.06× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.01× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.98× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.24× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.33× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.51× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.04× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.80× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.88× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.31× its world share, 28 worksMedicineNursing: 0.84× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.80× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.05× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.40× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.30× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 19 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine3.31×28 works
  2. Immunology and Microbiology2.01×1 works
  3. Health Professions1.88×2 works
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.06×2 works
  5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.05×1 works
  6. Physics and Astronomy1.04×1 works
  7. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.98×0 works
  8. Nursing0.84×0 works
  9. Dentistry0.80×0 works
  10. Business, Management and Accounting0.80×1 works
  11. Environmental Science0.51×1 works
  12. Psychology0.40×0 works
  13. Engineering0.33×2 works
  14. Social Sciences0.30×2 works
  15. Computer Science0.24×1 works
  16. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.12×0 works
  17. Arts and Humanities0.09×0 works
  18. Neuroscience0.08×0 works
  19. Mathematics0.03×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Kensei Hospital?

Ranked on the quality score, Natsuki Takahashi, Kyota Negishi and Toshinori NIMURA lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Kensei Hospital.

  1. 1 Natsuki Takahashi Japan · #2,528,227 worldwide 548 citations · 16 works
  2. 2 Kyota Negishi Japan · #3,762,921 worldwide 20 citations · 18 works
  3. 3 Toshinori NIMURA Japan · #3,785,114 worldwide 638 citations · 17 works
  4. 4 Takaaki Muto Japan · #4,404,673 worldwide 16 citations · 16 works
  5. 5 Yasutaka Kuniyoshi Japan · #4,714,993 worldwide 307 citations · 54 works
  6. 6 Kan X. Kato Japan · #4,823,954 worldwide 55 citations · 31 works
  7. 7 岡田 正彦 Japan · #4,987,012 worldwide 1 citations · 18 works
  8. 8 Sumie Yasuda Japan · #5,373,706 worldwide 143 citations · 22 works
  9. 9 Norikuni Toibana Japan · #5,410,176 worldwide 221 citations · 27 works
  10. 10 Toshihiro Tanaka Japan · #5,538,034 worldwide 1.1k citations · 82 works
All ranked researchers at Kensei Hospital

What are the most cited papers from Kensei Hospital?

The most cited paper from Kensei Hospital is "Unstable expansion of CAG repeat in hereditary dentatorubral–pallidoluysian atrophy (DRPLA)" (Reiji Koide, Takeshi Ikeuchi, Osamu Onodera et al., 1994), with 1,123 citations. Next come "Investigation of the IgE-Binding Proteins in Soybeans by Immunoblotting with the Sera of the Soybean-Sensitive Patients with Atopic Dermatitis." (230) and "Dentatorubral‐pallidoluysian atrophy: Clinical features are closely related to unstable expansions of trinucleotide (CAG) repeat" (169).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Unstable expansion of CAG repeat in hereditary dentatorubral–pallidoluysian atrophy (DRPLA) Reiji Koide, Takeshi Ikeuchi, Osamu Onodera et al. · Nature Genetics 1994 1,123
2 Investigation of the IgE-Binding Proteins in Soybeans by Immunoblotting with the Sera of the Soybean-Sensitive Patients with Atopic Dermatitis. Tadashi Ogawa, Noriko Bando, Hideaki Tsuji et al. · Journal of Nutritional Science and Vitaminology Open access 1991 230
3 Dentatorubral‐pallidoluysian atrophy: Clinical features are closely related to unstable expansions of trinucleotide (CAG) repeat Takeshi Ikeuchi et al. · Annals of Neurology Jun 1995 169
4 Clinical and psychological aspects of restless legs syndrome in uremic patients on hemodialysis Jiro Takaki, Tadahiro Nishi, Masaomi Nangaku et al. · American Journal of Kidney Diseases Apr 2003 162
5 Plasma Acetone Metabolism in the Fasting Human Georg Reichard, Agnes C. Haff, C L Skutches et al. · Journal of Clinical Investigation Open access Apr 1979 157
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Which keywords describe research at Kensei Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Treatment, Pathogenesis, Diagnosis, Genetic Mutations, Chemotherapy, Complications and Inflammatory Bowel Disease.

▲ 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 24 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 24 words, with their numbers
  1. Epidemiology4▲ 2.5×26 topics
  2. Treatment3▲ 4.9×12 topics
  3. Diagnosis2▲ 5.0×9 topics
  4. Chemotherapy2▲ 5.6×10 topics
  5. Pathogenesis2▲ 7.7×6 topics
  6. Genetic Mutations2▲ 8.5×7 topics
  7. Complications2▲ 7.0×5 topics
  8. Inflammatory Bowel Disease1▲ 27×5 topics
  9. Immunotherapy1▲ 4.1×4 topics
  10. Acupuncture1▲ 46×2 topics
  11. Heart Failure1▲ 6.0×5 topics
  12. Inflammation1▲ 1.30×12 topics
  13. Management1▲ 3.4×8 topics
  14. Pain Relief1▲ 69×2 topics
  15. Prognosis1▲ 8.6×4 topics
  16. Quality of Life1▲ 1.87×7 topics
  17. Endovascular Treatment1▲ 43×2 topics
  18. Neurological Disorders1▲ 4.4×5 topics
  19. Rheumatoid Arthritis1▲ 26×3 topics
  20. Surgical Management1▲ 6.3×6 topics
  21. Bee Venom1▲ 136×1 topic
  22. Melittin1▲ 136×1 topic
  23. Opinion Dynamics1▲ 87×1 topic
  24. Social Influence1▲ 11×1 topic

Which research topics does Kensei Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Opinion Dynamics and Social Influence, Healthcare and Venom Research, Intracranial Aneurysms: Treatment and Complications and Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions.

Opinion Dynamics and Soc…1Opinion Dynamics and Social Influence: 1 fractional worksHealthcare and Venom Res…1Healthcare and Venom Research: 1 fractional worksIntracranial Aneurysms: …1Intracranial Aneurysms: Treatment and Complications: 1 fractional worksMaternal and Perinatal H…1Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions: 1 fractional worksInflammatory Bowel Disease: 1 fractional worksLymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment: 1 fractional worksNeuroendocrine Tumor Res…1Neuroendocrine Tumor Research Advances: 1 fractional worksCNS Lymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment: 0 fractional worksCentral Venous Catheters and Hemodialysis: 0 fractional worksPeripheral Neuropathies …0Peripheral Neuropathies and Disorders: 0 fractional works
Statistical and Nonlinear PhysicsPharmacologyNeurologyObstetrics and Gynecology4 others

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

  1. 1 Opinion Dynamics and Social Influence Statistical and Nonlinear Physics 1 works
  2. 2 Healthcare and Venom Research Pharmacology 1 works
  3. 3 Intracranial Aneurysms: Treatment and Complications Neurology 1 works
  4. 4 Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions Obstetrics and Gynecology 1 works
  5. 5 Inflammatory Bowel Disease Genetics 1 works
  6. 6 Lymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment Pathology and Forensic Medicine 1 works
  7. 7 Neuroendocrine Tumor Research Advances Epidemiology 1 works
  8. 8 CNS Lymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment Neurology 0 works
  9. 9 Central Venous Catheters and Hemodialysis Emergency Medical Services 0 works
  10. 10 Peripheral Neuropathies and Disorders Neurology 0 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 available57.4%not open42.6%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors15.2%domestic only84.8%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Kensei Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 5% higher than in 2018-2021.

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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 Kensei Hospital as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00024% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%Kensei Hospital0.00016% in 202519801990200020102020

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

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