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Kobe City Medical Center General Hospital

In research, Kobe City Medical Center General Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#3,005 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#4,073 of 11,982 worldwide) and Surgery (#1,506 of 1,816 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Neurology, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and Rheumatology — Neurology is 9.5× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#11,441
of 28,054 · #14,855 all time
Rank in Japan
#283
of 1,070
Research works
2.7k
▲ 24% vs 2013–17
Citations
28k
10.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
49%
world 28%

What is Kobe City Medical Center General 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 #3,005 of 10,443 6.7%481 #3844
Health SciencesDomain #4,073 of 11,982 6.7%500 #5176
SurgerySubfield #1,506 of 1,816 6.4%84 #2657
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield #1,057 of 1,144 5.1%75 #1654

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Kobe City Medical Center General 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).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Medicine#3,844 #3,005
  2. Health Sciences#5,176 #4,073
  3. Surgery#2,657 #1,506
  4. Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine#1,654 #1,057
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

What does Kobe City Medical Center General Hospital specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Neurology takes 9.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. NeurologySubfield · 31.0 works9.5×
  2. Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield · 75.3 works8.6×
  3. RheumatologySubfield · 20.8 works8.0×
  4. Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield · 44.4 works7.4×
  5. SurgerySubfield · 83.9 works6.3×
← 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: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.90× its world share, 27 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.81× its world share, 10 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.18× its world share, 11 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.91× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.04× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.07× its world share, 6 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.12× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.90× its world share, 5 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.65× its world share, 10 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.39× its world share, 481 worksMedicineNursing: 0.80× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.13× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.26× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.02× 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, 4.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Kobe City Medical Center General Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, Hisateru Yasui, Hirotoshi Imamura and Hiroaki Nishioka lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Kobe City Medical Center General Hospital.

  1. 1 Hisateru Yasui Japan · #89,891 worldwide 288 citations · 48 works
  2. 2 Hirotoshi Imamura Japan · #94,164 worldwide 169 citations · 46 works
  3. 3 Hiroaki Nishioka Japan · #123,276 worldwide 300 citations · 54 works
  4. 4 Nobuyuki Sakai Japan · #124,190 worldwide 276 citations · 98 works
  5. 5 Akihito Tsuji Japan · #143,340 worldwide 251 citations · 70 works
  6. 6 Mikiya Beppu Japan · #287,558 worldwide 167 citations · 16 works
  7. 7 Takeshi Kitai Japan · #341,996 worldwide 208 citations · 73 works
  8. 8 Nobuyuki Katakami Japan · #359,912 worldwide 156 citations · 67 works
  9. 9 Yutaka Furukawa Japan · #400,209 worldwide 277 citations · 110 works
  10. 10 Ryo Tachikawa Japan · #448,941 worldwide 37 citations · 22 works
All ranked researchers at Kobe City Medical Center General Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Kobe City Medical Center General Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Diagnosis, Treatment, Chemotherapy, Prognostic Factors, Immunotherapy, Surgical Management and Guidelines.

▲ 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. Epidemiology71▲ 3.1×94 topics
  2. Treatment38▲ 5.4×36 topics
  3. Diagnosis36▲ 6.9×32 topics
  4. Chemotherapy32▲ 7.9×23 topics
  5. Immunotherapy24▲ 6.0×18 topics
  6. Prognostic Factors24▲ 9.8×14 topics
  7. Management24▲ 5.2×25 topics
  8. Inflammation23▲ 1.92×56 topics
  9. Surgical Management22▲ 9.3×20 topics
  10. Clinical Practice Guidelines22▲ 6.9×14 topics
  11. Guidelines22▲ 8.1×12 topics
  12. Risk Factors21▲ 3.3×23 topics
  13. Genetic Mutations21▲ 8.4×21 topics
  14. Echocardiography16▲ 11×7 topics
  15. Complications15▲ 5.2×14 topics
  16. Prognosis14▲ 7.8×9 topics
  17. Clinical Trials14▲ 3.7×10 topics
  18. Autoantibodies14▲ 11×8 topics
  19. Stroke Prevention14▲ 20×2 topics
  20. Surgery14▲ 6.9×11 topics
  21. Heart Failure13▲ 5.3×12 topics
  22. Revascularization13▲ 15×3 topics
  23. Molecular Characterization13▲ 13×5 topics
  24. Anticoagulant Therapy12▲ 17×4 topics
  25. Endovascular Treatment12▲ 37×2 topics
  26. Pathogenesis12▲ 4.2×17 topics
  27. Survival Analysis12▲ 7.7×6 topics
  28. Thrombosis12▲ 7.3×7 topics
  29. Neuroprotection11▲ 5.6×9 topics
  30. Rituximab11▲ 13×4 topics
  31. Neoadjuvant Therapy11▲ 8.0×5 topics
  32. SARS-CoV-211▲ 5.8×6 topics
  33. Catheter Ablation11▲ 15×2 topics
  34. Surgical Aortic-Valve Replacement11▲ 26×1 topic
  35. Transcatheter Aortic-Valve Replacement11▲ 26×1 topic
  36. Magnetic Resonance Imaging10▲ 7.2×6 topics
  37. Pathophysiology10▲ 6.1×8 topics
  38. Clinical Management10▲ 10×8 topics
  39. Endovascular Repair10▲ 21×3 topics
  40. Prophylaxis10▲ 13×4 topics

Which research topics does Kobe City Medical Center General Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments, Intracranial Aneurysms: Treatment and Complications, Acute Ischemic Stroke Management and Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes.

Cardiac Valve Diseases a…11Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments: 11 fractional worksIntracranial Aneurysms: …9Intracranial Aneurysms: Treatment and Complications: 9 fractional worksAcute Ischemic Stroke Ma…7Acute Ischemic Stroke Management: 7 fractional worksAtrial Fibrillation Mana…7Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes: 7 fractional worksCerebrovascular and Carotid Artery Diseases: 7 fractional worksGastric Cancer Management and Outcomes: 6 fractional worksInterstitial Lung Diseas…5Interstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis: 5 fractional worksAortic Disease and Treatment Approaches: 5 fractional worksCOVID-19 Clinical Research Studies: 5 fractional worksInfective Endocarditis D…5Infective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management: 5 fractional works
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineNeurologyEpidemiologyPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine1 others

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

  1. 1 Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 11 works
  2. 2 Intracranial Aneurysms: Treatment and Complications Neurology 9 works
  3. 3 Acute Ischemic Stroke Management Epidemiology 7 works
  4. 4 Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 7 works
  5. 5 Cerebrovascular and Carotid Artery Diseases Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 7 works
  6. 6 Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 6 works
  7. 7 Interstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 5 works
  8. 8 Aortic Disease and Treatment Approaches Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 5 works
  9. 9 COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies Infectious Diseases 5 works
  10. 10 Infective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management Epidemiology 5 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 available49.1%not open50.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors5.2%domestic only94.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Kobe City Medical Center General Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 24% 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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