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Kobe Medical Center

In research, Kobe Medical Center stands highest in Medicine (#9,491 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#11,213 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#25,176
of 28,054 · #29,173 all time
Rank in Japan
#872
of 1,070
Research works
671
▼ 18% vs 2013–17
Citations
7.4k
11.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
51%
world 28%

What is Kobe Medical Center 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 #9,491 of 10,443 6.3%87 #12767
Health SciencesDomain #11,213 of 11,982 6.2%93 #15865

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

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.10× its world share, 7 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.26× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.98× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.07× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksChemistryEnergy: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.41× its world share, 7 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.36× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.70× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.49× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.01× its world share, 87 worksMedicineNursing: 1.29× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryDecision Sciences: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.04× its world share, 0 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 Medical Center?

Ranked on the composite score, Minoru Aoki, Masatoshi Shimizu and Kazufumi Imanaka lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Kobe Medical Center.

  1. 1 Minoru Aoki Japan · #523,988 worldwide 32 citations · 35 works
  2. 2 Masatoshi Shimizu Japan · #751,701 worldwide 60 citations · 30 works
  3. 3 Kazufumi Imanaka Japan · #962,548 worldwide 1 citations · 19 works
  4. 4 Satoshi Ishihara Japan · #1,020,525 worldwide 70 citations · 83 works
  5. 5 Takeshi Nishimura Japan · #1,025,136 worldwide 13 citations · 22 works
  6. 6 Akio Todo Japan · #1,066,199 worldwide 16 citations · 20 works
  7. 7 Kousaku Matsubara Japan · #1,283,026 worldwide 7 citations · 21 works
  8. 8 Hitoshi Oh‐oka Japan · #1,397,021 worldwide 0 citations · 15 works
  9. 9 Shinichi Ijuin Japan · #1,492,548 worldwide 4 citations · 18 works
  10. 10 Akihiko Inoue Japan · #1,516,336 worldwide 6 citations · 29 works
All ranked researchers at Kobe Medical Center

Which keywords describe research at Kobe Medical Center?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Hypothermia, Resuscitation, Epidemiology, Survival Rates, Cardiac Arrest, Out-of-Hospital, Heart Failure and Surgical Management.

▲ 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. Epidemiology13▲ 2.9×48 topics
  2. Hypothermia8▲ 97×2 topics
  3. Resuscitation8▲ 54×3 topics
  4. Survival Rates8▲ 70×2 topics
  5. Cardiac Arrest8▲ 117×1 topic
  6. Out-of-Hospital8▲ 117×1 topic
  7. Heart Failure6▲ 12×8 topics
  8. Inflammation6▲ 2.5×38 topics
  9. Surgical Management5▲ 12×14 topics
  10. Thrombosis5▲ 17×6 topics
  11. Treatment5▲ 3.6×22 topics
  12. Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation5▲ 55×2 topics
  13. Cardiogenic Shock5▲ 87×1 topic
  14. Left Ventricular Assist Device5▲ 87×1 topic
  15. Management4▲ 5.0×11 topics
  16. Mortality4▲ 6.5×9 topics
  17. Public Health4▲ 2.6×6 topics
  18. Chemotherapy4▲ 5.3×16 topics
  19. Complications4▲ 7.3×10 topics
  20. Diagnosis4▲ 3.7×16 topics
  21. Infectious Diseases4▲ 11×5 topics
  22. Clinical Practice Guidelines4▲ 6.2×11 topics
  23. Rehabilitation4▲ 8.6×7 topics
  24. Echocardiography4▲ 12×7 topics
  25. Ethical Considerations4▲ 9.5×2 topics
  26. Immunotherapy3▲ 4.2×16 topics
  27. Disaster Response3▲ 39×1 topic
  28. Healthcare Workers3▲ 12×2 topics
  29. Triage3▲ 70×1 topic
  30. CT Imaging3▲ 70×2 topics
  31. Critical Care3▲ 12×8 topics
  32. Radiotherapy3▲ 7.2×8 topics
  33. Prognostic Factors3▲ 6.1×10 topics
  34. Clinical Guidelines3▲ 8.9×5 topics
  35. Pain Management3▲ 11×4 topics
  36. Myocardial Infarction3▲ 10×5 topics
  37. Mechanical Ventilation3▲ 20×2 topics
  38. Acute Lung Injury2▲ 38×1 topic
  39. Rib Fractures2▲ 92×1 topic
  40. Traumatic Chest Injuries2▲ 92×1 topic

Which research topics does Kobe Medical Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation, Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices, Disaster Response and Management and Respiratory Support and Mechanisms.

Cardiac Arrest and Resus…8Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation: 8 fractional worksMechanical Circulatory Support Devices: 5 fractional worksDisaster Response and Management: 3 fractional worksRespiratory Support and …2Respiratory Support and Mechanisms: 2 fractional worksTrauma Management and Di…2Trauma Management and Diagnosis: 2 fractional worksChronic Myeloid Leukemia…2Chronic Myeloid Leukemia Treatments: 2 fractional worksShoulder Injury and Treatment: 1 fractional worksAortic Disease and Treatment Approaches: 1 fractional worksHepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis: 1 fractional worksTrauma and Emergency Care Studies: 1 fractional works
Emergency MedicineBiomedical EngineeringEmergency Medical ServicesPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine3 others

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

  1. 1 Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation Emergency Medicine 8 works
  2. 2 Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices Biomedical Engineering 5 works
  3. 3 Disaster Response and Management Emergency Medical Services 3 works
  4. 4 Respiratory Support and Mechanisms Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  5. 5 Trauma Management and Diagnosis Surgery 2 works
  6. 6 Chronic Myeloid Leukemia Treatments Hematology 2 works
  7. 7 Shoulder Injury and Treatment Surgery 1 works
  8. 8 Aortic Disease and Treatment Approaches Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 1 works
  9. 9 Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis Hepatology 1 works
  10. 10 Trauma and Emergency Care Studies Emergency Medicine 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 available51.0%not open49.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Kobe Medical Center's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 18% 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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