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Kitasato Institute Hospital

In research, Kitasato Institute Hospital stands highest in Health Sciences (#9,034 of 11,982 worldwide) and Medicine (#8,421 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#15,744
of 28,054 · #9,168 all time
Rank in Japan
#423
of 1,070
Research works
2.3k
▼ 11% vs 2013–17
Citations
48k
21.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
41%
world 28%

What is Kitasato Institute Hospital 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
Health SciencesDomain #9,034 of 11,982 12.4%77 #6872
MedicineField #8,421 of 10,443 12.8%74 #5260

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Kitasato Institute 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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

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: 0.53× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 4.09× its world share, 28 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 3.23× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.94× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 4.90× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 1.21× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.08× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsDentistry: 1.77× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.26× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.96× its world share, 74 worksMedicineNursing: 2.29× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.74× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.26× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.63× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics, 4.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Kitasato Institute Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, T Ogawa, Katsumi KUME and Akiyasu Baba lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Kitasato Institute Hospital.

  1. 1 T Ogawa Japan · #466,520 worldwide 36 citations · 28 works
  2. 2 Katsumi KUME Japan · #495,228 worldwide 85 citations · 25 works
  3. 3 Akiyasu Baba Japan · #518,377 worldwide 32 citations · 21 works
  4. 4 Kanki Komiyama Japan · #543,612 worldwide 115 citations · 42 works
  5. 5 T. Hata Japan · #585,628 worldwide 78 citations · 36 works
  6. 6 Megumi Shimada Japan · #663,872 worldwide 22 citations · 28 works
  7. 7 Yasukiyo Nakase Japan · #707,518 worldwide 51 citations · 16 works
  8. 8 Haruki Yamada Japan · #786,336 worldwide 125 citations · 80 works
  9. 9 L. S. Ritchie Japan · #834,856 worldwide 42 citations · 30 works
  10. 10 Eiji Kawamura Japan · #1,020,252 worldwide 20 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Kitasato Institute Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Kitasato Institute Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Pathogenesis, Crohn's Disease, Genetics, Immunology, Therapies and Ulcerative Colitis.

▲ 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. Epidemiology25▲ 4.9×66 topics
  2. Inflammatory Bowel Disease14▲ 93×4 topics
  3. Pathogenesis12▲ 19×14 topics
  4. Crohn's Disease10▲ 99×2 topics
  5. Genetics9▲ 10×4 topics
  6. Inflammation9▲ 3.5×41 topics
  7. Immunology9▲ 66×2 topics
  8. Therapies9▲ 156×1 topic
  9. Ulcerative Colitis9▲ 156×1 topic
  10. Diagnosis7▲ 5.6×23 topics
  11. Marine Natural Products7▲ 123×2 topics
  12. Cancer6▲ 3.4×27 topics
  13. Drug Discovery5▲ 18×4 topics
  14. Endophytic Fungi5▲ 43×2 topics
  15. Secondary Metabolites5▲ 53×2 topics
  16. Natural Products5▲ 27×4 topics
  17. Genome Sequencing5▲ 24×2 topics
  18. Antibiotics5▲ 44×1 topic
  19. Microbial Metabolites5▲ 105×1 topic
  20. Treatment5▲ 3.0×24 topics
  21. Management4▲ 4.5×15 topics
  22. Guidelines4▲ 7.1×9 topics
  23. Antibiotic Resistance4▲ 8.5×10 topics
  24. Chemotherapy4▲ 4.3×11 topics
  25. Proton Pump Inhibitors4▲ 46×2 topics
  26. Collagenous Colitis4▲ 125×1 topic
  27. Microscopic Colitis4▲ 125×1 topic
  28. Pharmacology4▲ 12×8 topics
  29. Immune Response4▲ 5.0×13 topics
  30. Clinical Practice Guidelines4▲ 5.1×12 topics
  31. Cancer Therapy3▲ 4.7×12 topics
  32. SARS-CoV-23▲ 8.2×5 topics
  33. Apoptosis3▲ 7.3×9 topics
  34. Vaccine3▲ 5.4×7 topics
  35. Cytokines3▲ 7.2×6 topics
  36. Biological Activities2▲ 12×5 topics
  37. Rheumatoid Arthritis2▲ 20×3 topics
  38. Metagenomics2▲ 20×3 topics
  39. Neoadjuvant Therapy2▲ 7.9×5 topics
  40. Autoantibodies2▲ 7.5×7 topics

Which research topics does Kitasato Institute Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis, Microscopic Colitis and Marine Sponges and Natural Products.

Inflammatory Bowel Disease9Inflammatory Bowel Disease: 9 fractional worksMicrobial Natural Produc…5Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis: 5 fractional worksMicroscopic Colitis4Microscopic Colitis: 4 fractional worksMarine Sponges and Natural Products: 2 fractional worksRheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies: 2 fractional worksAntibiotic Resistance in Bacteria: 1 fractional worksEosinophilic Esophagitis: 1 fractional worksColorectal Cancer Screening and Detection: 1 fractional worksCOVID-19 Clinical Research Studies: 1 fractional worksFungal Biology and Applications: 1 fractional works
GeneticsPharmacologyEpidemiologyBiotechnology5 others

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

  1. 1 Inflammatory Bowel Disease Genetics 9 works
  2. 2 Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis Pharmacology 5 works
  3. 3 Microscopic Colitis Epidemiology 4 works
  4. 4 Marine Sponges and Natural Products Biotechnology 2 works
  5. 5 Rheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies Rheumatology 2 works
  6. 6 Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria Molecular Medicine 1 works
  7. 7 Eosinophilic Esophagitis Surgery 1 works
  8. 8 Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection Oncology 1 works
  9. 9 COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies Infectious Diseases 1 works
  10. 10 Fungal Biology and Applications Pharmacology 1 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 available41.2%not open58.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors10.4%domestic only89.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Kitasato Institute Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 11% lower than in 2013–2017.

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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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