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Kinan Hospital

In research, Kinan Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#5,890 of 8,541 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#7,092 of 9,902 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Surgery (Surgery is 10.3× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#20,736
of 22,385 · #26,617 all time
Rank in Japan
#731
of 924
Research works
593
▼ 3% vs 2018-21
Citations
4.6k
7.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.4%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.93×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
58%
world 40%
International
7%
world 18%
Kinan Hospital

What is Kinan 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 #5,890 of 8,541 6.0%88 #9535
Health SciencesDomain #7,092 of 9,902 5.9%90 #11291

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

In 2022-now, 86% of research at Kinan Hospital is in Health Sciences, 7% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (84%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (3%), Social Sciences (2%). It does 3.5× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 101 fractional works · 86.3% of its workMedicine: 98 fractional works · 84.0% of its workSurgery: 28 fractional works · 24.2% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 14 fractional works · 11.6% of its workOncology: 6 fractional works · 5.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 6 fractional works · 4.9% of its workEpidemiology: 4 fractional works · 3.8% of its workRheumatology: 4 fractional works · 3.8% of its workNeurology: 3 fractional works · 2.5% of its workGenetics: 3 fractional works · 2.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 3 fractional works · 2.2% of its workNephrology: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHematology: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workBiochemistry: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workReproductive Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOphthalmology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGastroenterology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDermatology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workUrology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEmergency Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInternal Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHepatology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOral Surgery: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLife Sciences: 8 fractional works · 6.6% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 4 fractional works · 3.3% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCancer Research: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSoil Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 5 fractional works · 4.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 3 fractional works · 2.3% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSociology and Political Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHistory: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 4 fractional works · 3.0% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workRadiation: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKKinan Hospital117fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences7%Physical Sciences3%Health Sciences86%Social Sciences4%

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. Medicine9884.0%
    2. Health Professions11.1%
    3. Dentistry10.8%
    4. Nursing00.4%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology43.3%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology11.0%
    3. Neuroscience10.9%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.7%
    5. Agricultural and Biological Sciences10.7%
    1. Social Sciences32.3%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.6%
    3. Arts and Humanities10.5%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting10.5%
    5. Psychology00.2%
    1. Physics and Astronomy21.7%
    2. Engineering11.0%
    3. Computer Science00.1%
    4. Environmental Science00.1%
    5. Materials Science00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Kinan Hospital specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Surgery takes 10.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. SurgerySubfield · 28.2 works10×
← 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, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.63× its world share, 4 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.00× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.53× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.03× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.75× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.73× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.41× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.37× its world share, 98 worksMedicineNursing: 0.79× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.30× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.18× its world share, 3 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 4.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 19 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine4.37×98 works
  2. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics2.03×1 works
  3. Dentistry1.73×1 works
  4. Immunology and Microbiology1.00×1 works
  5. Nursing0.79×0 works
  6. Physics and Astronomy0.75×2 works
  7. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.63×4 works
  8. Neuroscience0.53×1 works
  9. Health Professions0.41×1 works
  10. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.30×1 works
  11. Social Sciences0.18×3 works
  12. Arts and Humanities0.17×1 works
  13. Business, Management and Accounting0.16×1 works
  14. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.14×1 works
  15. Engineering0.07×1 works
  16. Psychology0.06×0 works
  17. Environmental Science0.03×0 works
  18. Computer Science0.02×0 works
  19. Materials Science0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Kinan Hospital?

Ranked on the quality score, Sachiyuki Tsukada, Kenji Kurosaka and Naoyuki Hirasawa lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Kinan Hospital.

  1. 1 Sachiyuki Tsukada Japan · #993,133 worldwide 2.6k citations · 118 works
  2. 2 Kenji Kurosaka Japan · #1,099,182 worldwide 1.1k citations · 30 works
  3. 3 Naoyuki Hirasawa Japan · #1,349,096 worldwide 615 citations · 39 works
  4. 4 Motohiro Wakui Japan · #1,574,268 worldwide 735 citations · 31 works
  5. 5 Yasushi Okumoto Japan · #2,313,948 worldwide 800 citations · 26 works
  6. 6 Hiroyuki Ogawa Japan · #2,342,898 worldwide 792 citations · 60 works
  7. 7 Masahiro Nishino Japan · #2,633,862 worldwide 416 citations · 46 works
  8. 8 Hideharu Akagi Japan · #4,090,525 worldwide 494 citations · 26 works
  9. 9 Hiromichi Nakamoto Japan · #4,421,741 worldwide 47 citations · 23 works
  10. 10 Kensuke Ofuchi Japan · #4,673,805 worldwide 66 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Kinan Hospital

What are the most cited papers from Kinan Hospital?

The most cited paper from Kinan Hospital is "Familial gastrointestinal stromal tumours with germline mutation of the KIT gene" (Toshirou Nishida, Seiichi Hirota, Masahiko Taniguchi et al., 1998), with 595 citations. Next come "Napkin-Ring Sign on Coronary CT Angiography for the Prediction of Acute Coronary Syndrome" (355) and "Prevalence of spontaneous coronary artery dissection in patients with acute coronary syndrome" (346).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Familial gastrointestinal stromal tumours with germline mutation of the KIT gene Toshirou Nishida, Seiichi Hirota, Masahiko Taniguchi et al. · Nature Genetics Aug 1998 595
2 Napkin-Ring Sign on Coronary CT Angiography for the Prediction of Acute Coronary Syndrome Kenichiro Otsuka, Shota Fukuda, Atsushi Tanaka et al. · JACC. Cardiovascular imaging Open access 13 Mar 2013 355
3 Prevalence of spontaneous coronary artery dissection in patients with acute coronary syndrome Tsuyoshi Nishiguchi, Atsushi Tanaka, Yuichi Ozaki et al. · European Heart Journal Acute Cardiovascular Care 11 Sep 2013 346
4 A genome-wide association study identifies three new risk loci for Kawasaki disease Yoshihiro Onouchi et al. · Nature Genetics 25 Mar 2012 341
5 Effect of Atorvastatin Therapy on Fibrous Cap Thickness in Coronary Atherosclerotic Plaque as Assessed by Optical Coherence Tomography Kenichi Komukai, Takashi Kubo, Hironori Kitabata et al. · Journal of the American College of Cardiology Open access 24 Nov 2014 300
All 61 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Kinan Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Immunotherapy, Complications, Revision Surgery, Total Hip Replacement, Surgical Management, Rehabilitation and Prognostic Factors.

▲ 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▲ 3.8×49 topics
  2. Immunotherapy9▲ 11×11 topics
  3. Complications9▲ 16×11 topics
  4. Revision Surgery8▲ 57×2 topics
  5. Total Hip Replacement8▲ 57×2 topics
  6. Rehabilitation6▲ 13×9 topics
  7. Surgical Management6▲ 13×16 topics
  8. Chemotherapy6▲ 6.8×14 topics
  9. Quality of Life5▲ 3.2×16 topics
  10. Prognostic Factors5▲ 10×13 topics
  11. Inflammation5▲ 2.1×22 topics
  12. Health-related Quality of Life5▲ 18×3 topics
  13. Patient Satisfaction5▲ 13×2 topics
  14. Radiotherapy5▲ 10×7 topics
  15. Arthroplasty5▲ 40×2 topics
  16. Outcomes4▲ 45×1 topic
  17. Total Knee Replacement4▲ 55×1 topic
  18. Metastasis4▲ 11×5 topics
  19. Hip Arthroplasty4▲ 59×1 topic
  20. Surgical Treatment4▲ 18×4 topics
  21. Treatment4▲ 2.9×17 topics
  22. Wear Particles4▲ 59×1 topic
  23. Clinical Practice Guidelines4▲ 6.1×10 topics
  24. Diagnosis4▲ 3.6×17 topics
  25. Heart Failure4▲ 7.0×10 topics
  26. Mortality4▲ 5.5×8 topics
  27. Molecular Classification3▲ 19×4 topics
  28. Hemorrhage3▲ 38×3 topics
  29. Radiosurgery3▲ 28×3 topics
  30. Urinary Incontinence3▲ 34×2 topics
  31. Surgery3▲ 7.3×8 topics
  32. Brain Metastases3▲ 86×1 topic
  33. Whole-Brain Radiation Therapy3▲ 86×1 topic
  34. Glioblastoma3▲ 32×1 topic
  35. Temozolomide3▲ 32×1 topic
  36. Echocardiography2▲ 7.8×6 topics
  37. Tumor Markers2▲ 25×2 topics
  38. Critical Care2▲ 8.2×6 topics
  39. Pelvic Floor Dysfunction2▲ 42×1 topic
  40. Pelvic Organ Prolapse2▲ 42×1 topic

Which research topics does Kinan Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes, Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty, Brain Metastases and Treatment and Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment.

Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes: 4 fractional worksOrthopaedic implants and arthroplasty: 4 fractional worksBrain Metastases and Tre…3Brain Metastases and Treatment: 3 fractional worksGlioma Diagnosis and Tre…3Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment: 3 fractional worksPelvic floor disorders treatments: 2 fractional worksHip disorders and treatments: 2 fractional worksAdvanced Radiotherapy Te…2Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques: 2 fractional worksLung Cancer Research Studies: 2 fractional worksHip and Femur Fractures2Hip and Femur Fractures: 2 fractional worksBlood transfusion and management: 2 fractional works
SurgeryPulmonary and Respiratory MedicineGeneticsRheumatology3 others

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

  1. 1 Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes Surgery 4 works
  2. 2 Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty Surgery 4 works
  3. 3 Brain Metastases and Treatment Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 3 works
  4. 4 Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment Genetics 3 works
  5. 5 Pelvic floor disorders treatments Rheumatology 2 works
  6. 6 Hip disorders and treatments Surgery 2 works
  7. 7 Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques Radiation 2 works
  8. 8 Lung Cancer Research Studies Oncology 2 works
  9. 9 Hip and Femur Fractures Surgery 2 works
  10. 10 Blood transfusion and management Biochemistry 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 available57.8%not open42.2%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors7.0%domestic only93.0%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Kinan Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 3% lower 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 Kinan Hospital as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00044% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%Kinan Hospital0.00051% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Kinan 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 2025Kinan Hospital1.9% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 11.3% in 2023.

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