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Kitasato University East Hospital

In research, Kitasato University East Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#16,589 of 17,978 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#19,299 of 20,462 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and Surgery — Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine is 8.8× its share of world research.

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World rank, all time
#40,455
of 42,892
Rank in Japan
#1,920
of 2,112
Research works
235
▼ 68% vs 2013–17
Citations
3k
12.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
0.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
41%
world 28%

What is Kitasato University East 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 #16,589 of 17,978 7.7%188
Health SciencesDomain #19,299 of 20,462 7.6%196

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Kitasato University East 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).

What does Kitasato University East Hospital specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine takes 8.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield · 32.9 works8.8×
  2. SurgerySubfield · 44.3 works7.4×
← 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.

Which keywords describe research at Kitasato University East Hospital?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Chemotherapy, Epidemiology, Clinical Practice Guidelines, Endoscopic Resection, Survival Analysis, Gastric Cancer, Molecular Characterization and Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in all years 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. Epidemiology32▲ 3.4×44 topics
  2. Chemotherapy29▲ 18×17 topics
  3. Clinical Practice Guidelines21▲ 16×10 topics
  4. Endoscopic Resection19▲ 85×2 topics
  5. Survival Analysis18▲ 29×4 topics
  6. Gastric Cancer18▲ 61×3 topics
  7. Molecular Characterization18▲ 41×3 topics
  8. Treatment16▲ 5.2×17 topics
  9. Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy16▲ 76×2 topics
  10. Adjuvant Therapy15▲ 57×2 topics
  11. Lymph Node Dissection15▲ 109×1 topic
  12. Metastatic Gastric Cancer15▲ 109×1 topic
  13. Surgical Management14▲ 13×10 topics
  14. Inflammation14▲ 2.5×35 topics
  15. Diagnosis14▲ 5.7×15 topics
  16. Prognostic Factors13▲ 12×9 topics
  17. Immunotherapy11▲ 7.2×10 topics
  18. Neoadjuvant Therapy11▲ 21×4 topics
  19. Pathogenesis10▲ 7.7×10 topics
  20. Genetic Mutations9▲ 7.7×11 topics
  21. Prevention9▲ 9.8×6 topics
  22. PET Imaging9▲ 17×3 topics
  23. Complications8▲ 7.0×8 topics
  24. Imatinib Mesylate8▲ 57×2 topics
  25. PDGFRA Mutations8▲ 110×1 topic
  26. Sunitinib8▲ 110×1 topic
  27. Cholangiocarcinoma7▲ 39×2 topics
  28. Tumor Microenvironment7▲ 8.3×4 topics
  29. Children7▲ 11×5 topics
  30. Breast Cancer6▲ 9.8×4 topics
  31. Imaging6▲ 7.8×3 topics
  32. Hepatocellular Carcinoma6▲ 13×4 topics
  33. Inflammatory Bowel Disease6▲ 25×4 topics
  34. Pancreatic Cancer6▲ 22×2 topics
  35. Chemoradiation6▲ 44×2 topics
  36. Palliative Treatment6▲ 36×2 topics
  37. Adults6▲ 35×2 topics
  38. Review6▲ 19×2 topics
  39. Endoscopic Stenting6▲ 48×1 topic
  40. Esophageal Perforation6▲ 48×1 topic

Which research topics does Kitasato University East Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Probiotics and Fermented Foods, Food Quality and Safety Studies, Tea Polyphenols and Effects and Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes.

Probiotics and Fermented…0Probiotics and Fermented Foods: 0 fractional worksFood Quality and Safety …0Food Quality and Safety Studies: 0 fractional worksTea Polyphenols and Effe…0Tea Polyphenols and Effects: 0 fractional works
Food SciencePathology and Forensic Medicine

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

  1. 1 Probiotics and Fermented Foods Food Science 0 works
  2. 2 Food Quality and Safety Studies Food Science 0 works
  3. 3 Tea Polyphenols and Effects Pathology and Forensic Medicine 0 works
  4. 4 Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 0 works
  5. 5 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 0 works
  6. 6 Inflammatory mediators and NSAID effects Pharmacology 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 available40.6%not open59.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors6.8%domestic only93.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Kitasato University East Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 68% 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.

Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners are in the interactive view on the map.