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Kobe Children's Hospital

In research, Kobe Children's Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#6,116 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#7,824 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025.

World rank, 2022–2025
#21,158
of 28,054 · #29,223 all time
Rank in Japan
#629
of 1,070
Research works
798
▲ 75% vs 2013–17
Citations
8.6k
10.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
39%
world 28%

What is Kobe Children's 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 #6,116 of 10,443 4.7%140 #9046
Health SciencesDomain #7,824 of 11,982 4.8%144 #11905

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Kobe Children's 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.

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.85× its world share, 17 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.48× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.20× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.09× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Engineering: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringPhysics and Astronomy: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.49× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.21× its world share, 140 worksMedicineNursing: 1.47× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.03× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryPsychology: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciencesworld share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 4.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Kobe Children's Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, Chikara Tsugawa, Makiko Yoshida and Eiji Nishijima lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Kobe Children's Hospital.

  1. 1 Chikara Tsugawa Japan · #286,383 worldwide 47 citations · 21 works
  2. 2 Makiko Yoshida Japan · #344,778 worldwide 180 citations · 15 works
  3. 3 Eiji Nishijima Japan · #755,861 worldwide 13 citations · 19 works
  4. 4 Hiroshi Kurosawa Japan · #769,495 worldwide 69 citations · 37 works
  5. 5 Masahiro Yamaguchi Japan · #960,982 worldwide 27 citations · 32 works
  6. 6 Daiichiro Hasegawa Japan · #990,990 worldwide 42 citations · 27 works
  7. 7 Naoki Yoshimura Japan · #1,042,663 worldwide 20 citations · 24 works
  8. 8 Kosaku Maeda Japan · #1,047,042 worldwide 23 citations · 17 works
  9. 9 Tetsuro Kagawa Japan · #1,148,962 worldwide 14 citations · 16 works
  10. 10 Yoshiyuki Kosaka Japan · #1,164,164 worldwide 32 citations · 28 works
All ranked researchers at Kobe Children's Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Kobe Children's Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Prenatal Diagnosis, Diagnosis, Neurodevelopmental Outcomes, Mechanical Ventilation, Fetal Surgery, Airway Stenosis and Tracheostomy.

▲ 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▲ 3.6×58 topics
  2. Inflammation10▲ 2.7×26 topics
  3. Prenatal Diagnosis9▲ 36×6 topics
  4. Diagnosis9▲ 5.5×28 topics
  5. Treatment7▲ 3.5×24 topics
  6. Neurodevelopmental Outcomes7▲ 23×6 topics
  7. Mechanical Ventilation7▲ 37×2 topics
  8. Fetal Surgery7▲ 75×3 topics
  9. Airway Stenosis6▲ 66×1 topic
  10. Tracheostomy6▲ 66×1 topic
  11. Management6▲ 4.7×20 topics
  12. Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation6▲ 47×2 topics
  13. Surgical Management6▲ 8.6×12 topics
  14. Complications6▲ 6.5×9 topics
  15. Preterm Infants6▲ 26×3 topics
  16. Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia5▲ 105×1 topic
  17. Lung Volume5▲ 105×1 topic
  18. Pathogenesis5▲ 5.8×9 topics
  19. Immunotherapy5▲ 4.1×10 topics
  20. Genetic Mutations5▲ 6.5×13 topics
  21. Palliative Treatment4▲ 39×2 topics
  22. Congenital Heart Disease4▲ 30×2 topics
  23. Cardiac Surgery4▲ 33×2 topics
  24. Congenital Anomalies4▲ 41×3 topics
  25. Prognostic Factors4▲ 5.4×9 topics
  26. Surgery4▲ 6.7×8 topics
  27. Adult Congenital Heart Disease4▲ 42×1 topic
  28. Pathophysiology4▲ 7.5×8 topics
  29. Pulmonary Valve Replacement4▲ 42×1 topic
  30. Clinical Management4▲ 13×5 topics
  31. Endoscopic Stenting4▲ 47×1 topic
  32. Esophageal Perforation4▲ 47×1 topic
  33. Prognosis4▲ 6.8×7 topics
  34. SARS-CoV-24▲ 6.8×5 topics
  35. Pulmonary Hypertension4▲ 14×3 topics
  36. Thrombosis4▲ 7.2×6 topics
  37. Critical Care3▲ 8.5×8 topics
  38. Echocardiography3▲ 7.2×7 topics
  39. Genetic Variants3▲ 11×5 topics
  40. Respiratory Distress Syndrome3▲ 22×2 topics

Which research topics does Kobe Children's Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Tracheal and airway disorders, Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Studies, Congenital Heart Disease Studies and Esophageal and GI Pathology.

  1. 1 Tracheal and airway disorders Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 6 works
  2. 2 Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Studies Surgery 5 works
  3. 3 Congenital Heart Disease Studies Epidemiology 4 works
  4. 4 Esophageal and GI Pathology Surgery 4 works
  5. 5 Neonatal Respiratory Health Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 3 works
  6. 6 Renal Diseases and Glomerulopathies Nephrology 2 works
  7. 7 Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment Genetics 2 works
  8. 8 Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 2 works
  9. 9 Streptococcal Infections and Treatments Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 2 works
  10. 10 Neonatal and fetal brain pathology Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 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 available39.0%not open61.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors6.7%domestic only93.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Kobe Children's Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 75% higher 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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