Science Explorer Interactive view Map
Hospital / health system · Sagamihara · Japan

Kitasato University Hospital

In research, Kitasato University Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#6,906 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#8,581 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025.

kitasato-u.ac.jp/khp/eng/index.htmlROR OpenAlex
World rank, 2022–2025
#23,084
of 28,054 · #28,199 all time
Rank in Japan
#739
of 1,070
Research works
979
▲ 24% vs 2013–17
Citations
10k
10.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
48%
world 28%

What is Kitasato University 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
MedicineField #6,906 of 10,443 8.0%118 #9632
Health SciencesDomain #8,581 of 11,982 8.8%125 #12499

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Kitasato University 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: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.97× its world share, 8 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.13× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.76× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.95× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.31× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.30× its world share, 7 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.73× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.08× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.98× its world share, 118 worksMedicineNursing: 1.07× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 3.70× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.54× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.03× 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, 4.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Kitasato University Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, Tadasu Sakai lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Kitasato University Hospital.

  1. 1 Tadasu Sakai Japan · #1,246,933 worldwide 13 citations · 28 works
All ranked researchers at Kitasato University Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Kitasato University Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Inflammation, Aging, Epidemiology, Rehabilitation, Elderly Patients, Heart Failure, Prognosis and Quality of Life.

▲ 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. Epidemiology16▲ 2.5×58 topics
  2. Inflammation15▲ 4.6×41 topics
  3. Aging9▲ 11×6 topics
  4. Quality of Life8▲ 3.7×27 topics
  5. Rehabilitation8▲ 12×9 topics
  6. Elderly Patients7▲ 27×4 topics
  7. Treatment7▲ 3.8×25 topics
  8. Heart Failure7▲ 10×10 topics
  9. Prognosis6▲ 12×7 topics
  10. Chemotherapy6▲ 5.6×17 topics
  11. Anxiety6▲ 7.6×7 topics
  12. Risk Factors6▲ 3.2×15 topics
  13. Diagnosis5▲ 3.7×18 topics
  14. Muscle Mass5▲ 30×2 topics
  15. Depression5▲ 3.8×5 topics
  16. Myocardial Infarction5▲ 14×4 topics
  17. Cancer Cachexia5▲ 35×1 topic
  18. Sarcopenia5▲ 35×1 topic
  19. Clinical Practice Guidelines5▲ 5.5×13 topics
  20. Cardiovascular Disease4▲ 2.6×15 topics
  21. Mortality Risk4▲ 12×3 topics
  22. Guidelines4▲ 5.9×10 topics
  23. Management4▲ 3.4×17 topics
  24. Meta-Analysis4▲ 4.4×3 topics
  25. Physical Performance4▲ 28×2 topics
  26. Complications4▲ 5.1×10 topics
  27. Cardiac Rehabilitation4▲ 62×1 topic
  28. Coronary Heart Disease4▲ 62×1 topic
  29. Sedation3▲ 26×2 topics
  30. Echocardiography3▲ 7.8×6 topics
  31. Intensive Care Unit3▲ 17×3 topics
  32. Pain Management3▲ 9.4×7 topics
  33. Antimicrobial Resistance3▲ 10×6 topics
  34. Frailty3▲ 40×1 topic
  35. Geriatric Assessment3▲ 28×1 topic
  36. Cognitive Dysfunction3▲ 32×2 topics
  37. Postoperative Complications3▲ 14×4 topics
  38. Delirium3▲ 34×1 topic
  39. Mechanically Ventilated Patients3▲ 34×1 topic
  40. Radiation Exposure3▲ 18×2 topics

Which research topics does Kitasato University Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Nutrition and Health in Aging, Cardiac Health and Mental Health, Frailty in Older Adults and Intensive Care Unit Cognitive Disorders.

Nutrition and Health in Aging: 5 fractional worksCardiac Health and Mental Health: 4 fractional worksFrailty in Older Adults3Frailty in Older Adults: 3 fractional worksIntensive Care Unit Cogn…3Intensive Care Unit Cognitive Disorders: 3 fractional worksCyclone Separators and Fluid Dynamics: 2 fractional worksAdvanced X-ray and CT Imaging: 2 fractional worksRadiation Dose and Imaging2Radiation Dose and Imaging: 2 fractional worksCerebral Palsy and Movement Disorders: 2 fractional worksCardiovascular and exercise physiology: 2 fractional worksMedical Imaging Techniques and Applications: 2 fractional works
PhysiologyCardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineGeriatrics and GerontologyCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine5 others

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

  1. 1 Nutrition and Health in Aging Physiology 5 works
  2. 2 Cardiac Health and Mental Health Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 4 works
  3. 3 Frailty in Older Adults Geriatrics and Gerontology 3 works
  4. 4 Intensive Care Unit Cognitive Disorders Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine 3 works
  5. 5 Cyclone Separators and Fluid Dynamics Computational Mechanics 2 works
  6. 6 Advanced X-ray and CT Imaging Biomedical Engineering 2 works
  7. 7 Radiation Dose and Imaging Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 2 works
  8. 8 Cerebral Palsy and Movement Disorders Psychiatry and Mental health 2 works
  9. 9 Cardiovascular and exercise physiology Complementary and alternative medicine 2 works
  10. 10 Medical Imaging Techniques and Applications Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 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 available48.3%not open51.7%

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 Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 24% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Other research institutions in Sagamihara

All research institutions in Sagamihara

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.