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Kitano Hospital

In research, Kitano Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#2,616 of 8,541 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#3,118 of 9,902 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and Surgery (Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine is 8.3× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#14,025
of 22,385 · #20,272 all time
Rank in Japan
#395
of 924
Research works
1.4k
▲ 30% vs 2018-21
Citations
19k
13.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.2%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.90×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
49%
world 40%
International
6%
world 18%
Kitano Hospital

What is Kitano 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 #2,616 of 8,541 4.8%197 #5675
Health SciencesDomain #3,118 of 9,902 4.8%200 #7074

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

In 2022-now, 86% of research at Kitano Hospital is in Health Sciences, 11% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (84%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (6%), Neuroscience (3%). It does 3.6× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 228 fractional works · 85.9% of its workMedicine: 223 fractional works · 84.2% of its workSurgery: 49 fractional works · 18.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 34 fractional works · 12.8% of its workNeurology: 16 fractional works · 6.1% of its workOncology: 14 fractional works · 5.3% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 12 fractional works · 4.6% of its workEpidemiology: 11 fractional works · 4.0% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 10 fractional works · 3.7% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 9 fractional works · 3.5% of its workPhysiology: 7 fractional works · 2.7% of its workRheumatology: 7 fractional works · 2.6% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 5 fractional works · 1.8% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGastroenterology: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGenetics: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workNephrology: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workInfectious Diseases: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHepatology: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHematology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workReproductive Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workUrology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOphthalmology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDermatology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInternal Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTransplantation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Professions: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 30 fractional works · 11.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 17 fractional works · 6.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 9 fractional works · 3.3% of its workGenetics: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCancer Research: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeuroscience: 8 fractional works · 2.8% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workNeurology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSensory Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workImmunology: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMicrobiology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 5 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEngineering: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKKitano Hospital265fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences11%Physical Sciences2%Health Sciences86%Social Sciences1%

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 22 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine22384.2%
    2. Health Professions31.2%
    3. Nursing10.4%
    4. Dentistry00.1%
    5. Veterinary00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology176.5%
    2. Neuroscience82.8%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology41.5%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.3%
    5. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.2%
    1. Engineering31.0%
    2. Computer Science10.3%
    3. Physics and Astronomy10.2%
    4. Environmental Science00.1%
    5. Mathematics00.1%
    6. Chemistry00.0%
    7. Materials Science00.0%
    1. Psychology10.4%
    2. Social Sciences10.3%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.2%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting00.0%
    5. Decision Sciences00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Kitano Hospital specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine takes 8.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield · 33.9 works8.3×
  2. SurgerySubfield · 48.5 works7.8×
← 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: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.22× its world share, 17 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.50× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.76× its world share, 8 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.71× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.07× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.47× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.38× its world share, 223 worksMedicineNursing: 0.82× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.46× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.02× 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, 4.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 22 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine4.38×223 works
  2. Neuroscience1.76×8 works
  3. Immunology and Microbiology1.50×4 works
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.22×17 works
  5. Nursing0.82×1 works
  6. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.71×1 works
  7. Health Professions0.47×3 works
  8. Veterinary0.46×0 works
  9. Dentistry0.15×0 works
  10. Psychology0.14×1 works
  11. Physics and Astronomy0.10×1 works
  12. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.09×0 works
  13. Engineering0.07×3 works
  14. Mathematics0.05×0 works
  15. Computer Science0.04×1 works
  16. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.03×0 works
  17. Chemistry0.03×0 works
  18. Environmental Science0.03×0 works
  19. Decision Sciences0.02×0 works
  20. Social Sciences0.02×1 works
  21. Materials Science0.01×0 works
  22. Business, Management and Accounting0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Kitano Hospital?

Ranked on the quality score, Masashi Adachi, Shugo Ueda and Arimichi Takabayashi lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Kitano Hospital.

  1. 1 Masashi Adachi Japan · #1,060,448 worldwide 9.6k citations · 117 works
  2. 2 Shugo Ueda Japan · #1,259,929 worldwide 3.7k citations · 102 works
  3. 3 Arimichi Takabayashi Japan · #1,587,935 worldwide 5.5k citations · 105 works
  4. 4 Motonari Fukui Japan · #1,786,157 worldwide 1.8k citations · 120 works
  5. 5 Chenglong Huang Japan · #2,014,477 worldwide 6.1k citations · 226 works
  6. 6 Hidemoto Saiki Japan · #2,186,421 worldwide 2k citations · 56 works
  7. 7 Masayuki Miyake Japan · #2,291,982 worldwide 5k citations · 98 works
  8. 8 Toshiaki Izumi Japan · #2,612,316 worldwide 2k citations · 131 works
  9. 9 Manabu Ishitoko Japan · #2,878,049 worldwide 527 citations · 18 works
  10. 10 Tetsuya Haruna Japan · #2,893,113 worldwide 1.9k citations · 125 works
All ranked researchers at Kitano Hospital

What are the most cited papers from Kitano Hospital?

The most cited paper from Kitano Hospital is "Prospective Cohort Study of Transarterial Chemoembolization for Unresectable Hepatocellular Carcinoma in 8510 Patients" (Kenichi Takayasu, Shigeki Arii, Iwao Ikai et al., 2006), with 813 citations. Next come "Familial gastrointestinal stromal tumours with germline mutation of the KIT gene" (595) and "CD4 + CD25 + regulatory T cells in patients with gastrointestinal malignancies" (480).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Prospective Cohort Study of Transarterial Chemoembolization for Unresectable Hepatocellular Carcinoma in 8510 Patients Kenichi Takayasu, Shigeki Arii, Iwao Ikai et al. · Gastroenterology Open access Aug 2006 813
2 Familial gastrointestinal stromal tumours with germline mutation of the KIT gene Toshirou Nishida, Seiichi Hirota, Masahiko Taniguchi et al. · Nature Genetics Aug 1998 595
3 CD4 + CD25 + regulatory T cells in patients with gastrointestinal malignancies Tetsuro Sasada, Motohide Kimura, Yuka Yoshida et al. · Cancer 16 Jul 2003 480
4 Inflammation-Related Biomarkers for the Prediction of Prognosis in Colorectal Cancer Patients Takehito Yamamoto, Kenji Kawada, Kazutaka Obama · International Journal of Molecular Sciences Open access 27 Jul 2021 468
5 A phase I/II study of gemcitabine-based chemotherapy plus curcumin for patients with gemcitabine-resistant pancreatic cancer Masashi Kanai, Kenichi Yoshimura, Masanori Asada et al. · Cancer Chemotherapy and Pharmacology Open access 21 Sep 2010 402
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Kitano Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Treatment, Clinical Practice Guidelines, Surgical Management, Diagnosis, Chemotherapy, Genetic Mutations 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. Epidemiology28▲ 2.7×73 topics
  2. Treatment19▲ 5.9×33 topics
  3. Inflammation16▲ 2.9×47 topics
  4. Diagnosis14▲ 5.8×25 topics
  5. Clinical Practice Guidelines14▲ 9.4×13 topics
  6. Chemotherapy13▲ 7.0×18 topics
  7. Surgical Management13▲ 12×17 topics
  8. Genetic Mutations12▲ 11×19 topics
  9. Prognostic Factors11▲ 9.6×13 topics
  10. Immunotherapy10▲ 5.3×16 topics
  11. Survival Analysis9▲ 13×6 topics
  12. Neurological Disorders9▲ 6.0×16 topics
  13. Quality of Life8▲ 2.1×28 topics
  14. Cardiovascular Disease7▲ 2.5×22 topics
  15. Guidelines7▲ 5.8×11 topics
  16. Management7▲ 3.4×17 topics
  17. Neoadjuvant Therapy7▲ 11×5 topics
  18. Autoantibodies7▲ 11×7 topics
  19. Radiosurgery6▲ 26×4 topics
  20. Radiotherapy6▲ 5.8×8 topics
  21. Molecular Characterization6▲ 13×6 topics
  22. Cholangiocarcinoma6▲ 27×2 topics
  23. Clinical Management6▲ 12×8 topics
  24. Complications5▲ 4.1×11 topics
  25. Endoscopic Resection5▲ 20×2 topics
  26. Heart Failure5▲ 4.6×10 topics
  27. Molecular Classification5▲ 14×4 topics
  28. Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy5▲ 23×2 topics
  29. Parkinson's Disease5▲ 7.4×6 topics
  30. Adjuvant Therapy5▲ 14×2 topics
  31. Gastric Cancer5▲ 16×3 topics
  32. Endovascular Treatment5▲ 31×2 topics
  33. Fibrosis5▲ 8.9×6 topics
  34. Robotic Surgery4▲ 11×5 topics
  35. Liver Transplantation4▲ 14×4 topics
  36. Degenerative Disc Disease4▲ 16×2 topics
  37. Glycemic Control4▲ 9.8×4 topics
  38. Lymph Node Dissection4▲ 27×1 topic
  39. Metastatic Gastric Cancer4▲ 27×1 topic
  40. Rituximab4▲ 10×4 topics

Which research topics does Kitano Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes, Gallbladder and Bile Duct Disorders, Pediatric Hepatobiliary Diseases and Treatments and Pituitary Gland Disorders and Treatments.

Gastric Cancer Managemen…4Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes: 4 fractional worksGallbladder and Bile Duc…4Gallbladder and Bile Duct Disorders: 4 fractional worksPediatric Hepatobiliary Diseases and Treatments: 3 fractional worksPituitary Gland Disorders and Treatments: 3 fractional worksGastrointestinal Tumor Research and Treatment: 3 fractional worksEsophageal and GI Pathology: 2 fractional worksColorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments: 2 fractional worksVascular Malformations D…2Vascular Malformations Diagnosis and Treatment: 2 fractional worksCervical and Thoracic Myelopathy: 2 fractional worksIntracranial Aneurysms: Treatment and Complications: 2 fractional works
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSurgeryEndocrinology, Diabetes and MetabolismGastroenterology2 others

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

  1. 1 Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 4 works
  2. 2 Gallbladder and Bile Duct Disorders Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 4 works
  3. 3 Pediatric Hepatobiliary Diseases and Treatments Surgery 3 works
  4. 4 Pituitary Gland Disorders and Treatments Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 3 works
  5. 5 Gastrointestinal Tumor Research and Treatment Gastroenterology 3 works
  6. 6 Esophageal and GI Pathology Surgery 2 works
  7. 7 Colorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments Oncology 2 works
  8. 8 Vascular Malformations Diagnosis and Treatment Neurology 2 works
  9. 9 Cervical and Thoracic Myelopathy Surgery 2 works
  10. 10 Intracranial Aneurysms: Treatment and Complications Neurology 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 available49.1%not open50.9%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

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

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Kitano Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 30% 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 Kitano Hospital as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00098% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%0.0060%Kitano Hospital0.0010% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Kitano 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 2025Kitano Hospital6.4% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 14.4% in 2011.

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