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Kobe Asahi Hospital

In research, Kobe Asahi Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#15,327 of 17,978 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#18,254 of 20,462 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Medicine — Medicine is 4.0× its share of world research.

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World rank, all time
#29,581
of 42,892
Rank in Japan
#1,204
of 2,112
Research works
305
▼ 13% vs 2013–17
Citations
4.9k
16.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
14.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
42%
world 28%

What is Kobe Asahi 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 #15,327 of 17,978 8.2%219
Health SciencesDomain #18,254 of 20,462 8.0%230

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Kobe Asahi 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 Kobe Asahi Hospital specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Medicine takes 4.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. MedicineField · 36.8 works4.0×
← 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: 0.31× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.72× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.13× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.62× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 3.17× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.97× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.60× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.73× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.64× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.05× its world share, 37 worksMedicineNursing: 0.72× its world share, 0 worksNursingBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.82× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.14× 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 Kobe Asahi Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, Akihiko Takahashi, Takeshi Yamada and Yukio Mizuguchi lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Kobe Asahi Hospital.

  1. 1 Akihiko Takahashi Japan · #199,424 worldwide 143 citations · 56 works
  2. 2 Takeshi Yamada Japan · #796,073 worldwide 61 citations · 60 works
  3. 3 Yukio Mizuguchi Japan · #946,649 worldwide 20 citations · 24 works
  4. 4 Susumu Imoto Japan · #955,691 worldwide 10 citations · 20 works
  5. 5 Norimasa Taniguchi Japan · #1,013,995 worldwide 14 citations · 31 works
  6. 6 Shunsuke Nakajima Japan · #1,030,588 worldwide 7 citations · 26 works
  7. 7 Soo Ryang Kim Japan · #1,213,346 worldwide 24 citations · 23 works
  8. 8 Soo Ki Kim Japan · #1,555,612 worldwide 6 citations · 18 works
All ranked researchers at Kobe Asahi Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Kobe Asahi Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Percutaneous Coronary Intervention, Atherosclerosis, Metabolic Syndrome, Hepatocellular Carcinoma, Inflammation, Insulin Resistance, Epidemiology and Immune Response.

▲ 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. Epidemiology6▲ 3.0×25 topics
  2. Percutaneous Coronary Intervention5▲ 81×2 topics
  3. Inflammation5▲ 5.0×18 topics
  4. Atherosclerosis5▲ 36×4 topics
  5. Metabolic Syndrome4▲ 11×8 topics
  6. Hepatocellular Carcinoma4▲ 40×3 topics
  7. Insulin Resistance4▲ 17×5 topics
  8. Immune Response3▲ 13×6 topics
  9. Coronary Stents3▲ 158×1 topic
  10. Myocardial Revascularization3▲ 158×1 topic
  11. Aging3▲ 12×4 topics
  12. Muscle Mass3▲ 57×2 topics
  13. Hepatic Steatosis3▲ 39×2 topics
  14. NAFLD3▲ 47×1 topic
  15. NASH3▲ 47×1 topic
  16. Treatment3▲ 4.5×13 topics
  17. Liver Disease2▲ 55×3 topics
  18. Prognosis2▲ 16×3 topics
  19. COVID-192▲ 3.6×8 topics
  20. Antiviral Therapy2▲ 48×2 topics
  21. Cancer Cachexia2▲ 53×1 topic
  22. Sarcopenia2▲ 53×1 topic
  23. Femoral Access2▲ 183×1 topic
  24. Radial Access2▲ 183×1 topic
  25. Cardiovascular Disease2▲ 3.6×8 topics
  26. Pandemic2▲ 3.5×5 topics
  27. Diabetes2▲ 7.1×3 topics
  28. Diagnosis2▲ 3.8×13 topics
  29. Obesity2▲ 4.7×5 topics
  30. Guidelines2▲ 7.1×4 topics
  31. Management2▲ 4.1×13 topics
  32. Hepatic Encephalopathy1▲ 56×1 topic
  33. Liver Cirrhosis1▲ 56×1 topic
  34. Alzheimer's Disease1▲ 8.8×2 topics
  35. Hepatitis C Virus1▲ 73×1 topic
  36. Ribavirin1▲ 73×1 topic
  37. Surgery1▲ 7.0×5 topics
  38. Chronic Hepatitis B1▲ 66×1 topic
  39. Hepatitis B Virus1▲ 66×1 topic
  40. Angioplasty1▲ 37×1 topic

Which research topics does Kobe Asahi Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics, Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment, Nutrition and Health in Aging and Vascular Procedures and Complications.

Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics: 3 fractional worksLiver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment: 3 fractional worksNutrition and Health in …2Nutrition and Health in Aging: 2 fractional worksVascular Procedures and …2Vascular Procedures and Complications: 2 fractional worksLiver Disease and Transplantation: 1 fractional worksHepatitis C virus research: 1 fractional worksHepatitis B Virus Studies1Hepatitis B Virus Studies: 1 fractional worksPeripheral Artery Disease Management: 1 fractional worksBody Composition Measurement Techniques: 1 fractional worksDiet and metabolism studies: 1 fractional works
SurgeryEpidemiologyPhysiologyPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine1 others

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

  1. 1 Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics Surgery 3 works
  2. 2 Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment Epidemiology 3 works
  3. 3 Nutrition and Health in Aging Physiology 2 works
  4. 4 Vascular Procedures and Complications Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  5. 5 Liver Disease and Transplantation Hepatology 1 works
  6. 6 Hepatitis C virus research Hepatology 1 works
  7. 7 Hepatitis B Virus Studies Epidemiology 1 works
  8. 8 Peripheral Artery Disease Management Surgery 1 works
  9. 9 Body Composition Measurement Techniques Physiology 1 works
  10. 10 Diet and metabolism studies Physiology 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 available42.0%not open58.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors9.5%domestic only90.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Kobe Asahi Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 13% 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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