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Kobe City Nishi-Kobe Medical Center

In research, Kobe City Nishi-Kobe Medical Center stands highest in Health Sciences (#19,629 of 20,462 worldwide) and Medicine (#17,517 of 17,978 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#25,988
of 28,054 · #40,486 all time
Rank in Japan
#932
of 1,070
Research works
246
▲ 265% vs 2013–17
Citations
1.3k
5.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
3.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
60%
world 28%

What is Kobe City Nishi-Kobe Medical Center 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
Health SciencesDomain #19,629 of 20,462 5.2%176
MedicineField #17,517 of 17,978 5.2%166

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Kobe City Nishi-Kobe Medical Center 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: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.16× its world share, 5 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.93× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.61× its world share, 1 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.20× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.59× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.40× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.56× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.91× its world share, 55 worksMedicineNursing: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 3.34× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.90× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.06× 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, 3.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Kobe City Nishi-Kobe Medical Center?

Ranked on the composite score, Yousuke Shimizu and Toshitaka Okuno lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Kobe City Nishi-Kobe Medical Center.

  1. 1 Yousuke Shimizu Japan · #1,420,387 worldwide 4 citations · 15 works
  2. 2 Toshitaka Okuno Japan · #1,582,646 worldwide 5 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at Kobe City Nishi-Kobe Medical Center

Which keywords describe research at Kobe City Nishi-Kobe Medical Center?

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

▲ 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. Epidemiology9▲ 3.2×39 topics
  2. Chemotherapy5▲ 9.2×12 topics
  3. Diagnosis4▲ 6.6×18 topics
  4. Immunotherapy4▲ 7.9×12 topics
  5. Genetic Mutations4▲ 12×11 topics
  6. Treatment4▲ 4.1×17 topics
  7. Radiotherapy4▲ 13×6 topics
  8. Surgical Management3▲ 10×11 topics
  9. Inflammation3▲ 1.71×19 topics
  10. Prognostic Factors2▲ 7.7×9 topics
  11. Adjuvant Therapy2▲ 25×2 topics
  12. Management2▲ 4.0×11 topics
  13. Clinical Practice Guidelines2▲ 5.4×8 topics
  14. Remote Sensing2▲ 2.4×4 topics
  15. Tumor Staging2▲ 26×2 topics
  16. CT Screening2▲ 41×1 topic
  17. Lung Cancer2▲ 16×1 topic
  18. Prevention2▲ 6.1×8 topics
  19. Risk Assessment2▲ 3.8×3 topics
  20. Aging2▲ 4.4×7 topics
  21. Guidelines2▲ 5.3×8 topics
  22. Pathogenesis2▲ 4.5×5 topics
  23. Thrombosis2▲ 8.1×6 topics
  24. Heart Failure2▲ 5.0×7 topics
  25. Inflammatory Bowel Disease2▲ 19×3 topics
  26. Neoadjuvant Therapy2▲ 9.2×5 topics
  27. Crohn's Disease2▲ 26×2 topics
  28. Imaging2▲ 8.1×4 topics
  29. Molecular Classification2▲ 14×3 topics
  30. Surgery2▲ 5.7×8 topics
  31. Echocardiography1▲ 6.8×5 topics
  32. Antiretroviral Therapy1▲ 11×3 topics
  33. Diagnostic Imaging1▲ 16×3 topics
  34. Hazard1▲ 26×1 topic
  35. Landslide1▲ 26×1 topic
  36. Molecular Characterization1▲ 10×4 topics
  37. Cardiovascular Diseases1▲ 17×2 topics
  38. Genetic Susceptibility1▲ 18×5 topics
  39. HIV Infection1▲ 15×2 topics
  40. Radiosurgery1▲ 17×3 topics

Which research topics does Kobe City Nishi-Kobe Medical Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment, Landslides and related hazards, Neurofibromatosis and Schwannoma Cases and Infectious Diseases and Tuberculosis.

Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment: 2 fractional worksLandslides and related hazards: 1 fractional worksNeurofibromatosis and Sc…1Neurofibromatosis and Schwannoma Cases: 1 fractional worksInfectious Diseases and …1Infectious Diseases and Tuberculosis: 1 fractional worksHealthcare Systems and Public Health: 1 fractional worksCardiac Arrest and Resuscitation: 1 fractional worksInflammatory Bowel Disease1Inflammatory Bowel Disease: 1 fractional worksDiabetes and associated …1Diabetes and associated disorders: 1 fractional worksPleural and Pulmonary Di…1Pleural and Pulmonary Diseases: 1 fractional worksPancreatic function and …1Pancreatic function and diabetes: 1 fractional works
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineManagement, Monitoring, Policy and LawNeurologySurgery3 others

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

  1. 1 Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  2. 2 Landslides and related hazards Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 1 works
  3. 3 Neurofibromatosis and Schwannoma Cases Neurology 1 works
  4. 4 Infectious Diseases and Tuberculosis Surgery 1 works
  5. 5 Healthcare Systems and Public Health Epidemiology 1 works
  6. 6 Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation Emergency Medicine 1 works
  7. 7 Inflammatory Bowel Disease Genetics 1 works
  8. 8 Diabetes and associated disorders Genetics 1 works
  9. 9 Pleural and Pulmonary Diseases Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 1 works
  10. 10 Pancreatic function and diabetes Surgery 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 available60.0%not open40.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors5.5%domestic only94.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Kobe City Nishi-Kobe Medical Center's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 265% 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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