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Kochi Medical School Hospital

In research, Kochi Medical School Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#5,557 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#7,039 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine — Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine is 7.4× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#16,743
of 28,054 · #11,671 all time
Rank in Japan
#445
of 1,070
Research works
3.8k
▼ 3% vs 2013–17
Citations
59k
15.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
40%
world 28%

What is Kochi Medical School 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 #5,557 of 10,443 5.6%219 #4538
Health SciencesDomain #7,039 of 11,982 5.5%230 #5976

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Kochi Medical School 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 Kochi Medical School Hospital specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine takes 7.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield · 31.7 works7.4×
← 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: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.34× its world share, 20 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.11× its world share, 6 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.81× its world share, 8 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.69× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.10× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.16× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.56× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.98× its world share, 7 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.08× its world share, 219 worksMedicineNursing: 1.90× its world share, 3 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.35× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.27× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.04× 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, 4.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Kochi Medical School Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, Jun Takata, Ichiro Kubonishi and Masanori Nishinaga lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Kochi Medical School Hospital.

  1. 1 Jun Takata Japan · #200,261 worldwide 17 citations · 33 works
  2. 2 Ichiro Kubonishi Japan · #328,293 worldwide 119 citations · 31 works
  3. 3 Masanori Nishinaga Japan · #334,451 worldwide 69 citations · 28 works
  4. 4 Atsuki Fukushima Japan · #387,422 worldwide 100 citations · 37 works
  5. 5 Haruo Saito Japan · #421,445 worldwide 113 citations · 57 works
  6. 6 Y Ohtsuki Japan · #438,996 worldwide 56 citations · 31 works
  7. 7 Keijiro Araki Japan · #498,637 worldwide 20 citations · 25 works
  8. 8 Koreaki Mori Japan · #508,856 worldwide 89 citations · 60 works
  9. 9 Kozo Matsubayashi Japan · #521,301 worldwide 39 citations · 37 works
  10. 10 Masafumi Ono Japan · #526,741 worldwide 77 citations · 32 works
All ranked researchers at Kochi Medical School Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Kochi Medical School Hospital?

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

▲ 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. Epidemiology40▲ 3.6×87 topics
  2. Diagnosis19▲ 7.2×30 topics
  3. Treatment18▲ 5.4×30 topics
  4. Inflammation17▲ 2.9×50 topics
  5. Chemotherapy15▲ 7.7×19 topics
  6. Immunotherapy12▲ 6.1×15 topics
  7. Clinical Practice Guidelines12▲ 7.9×14 topics
  8. Management12▲ 5.4×21 topics
  9. Quality of Life11▲ 2.8×25 topics
  10. Surgical Management11▲ 9.7×16 topics
  11. Neoadjuvant Therapy10▲ 15×5 topics
  12. Prognostic Factors9▲ 7.7×13 topics
  13. Guidelines9▲ 6.8×11 topics
  14. Cancer8▲ 2.1×29 topics
  15. Molecular Characterization7▲ 14×5 topics
  16. Complications7▲ 4.9×14 topics
  17. Surgery7▲ 7.0×8 topics
  18. Autoantibodies7▲ 10×7 topics
  19. Neurological Disorders6▲ 4.0×12 topics
  20. Rehabilitation6▲ 5.6×8 topics
  21. Prognosis6▲ 6.6×7 topics
  22. Genetic Mutations6▲ 4.8×14 topics
  23. Echocardiography6▲ 7.4×8 topics
  24. Radiotherapy5▲ 5.0×11 topics
  25. Tumor Microenvironment5▲ 4.3×8 topics
  26. Molecular Profiling5▲ 19×3 topics
  27. Heart Failure5▲ 4.3×11 topics
  28. Reactive Oxygen Species5▲ 4.6×6 topics
  29. Photodynamic Therapy5▲ 8.2×4 topics
  30. Rituximab5▲ 12×4 topics
  31. Endoscopic Resection5▲ 17×2 topics
  32. Endovascular Repair4▲ 18×3 topics
  33. Preoperative Chemoradiotherapy4▲ 20×2 topics
  34. Hepatocellular Carcinoma4▲ 7.0×3 topics
  35. Immunohistochemistry4▲ 19×3 topics
  36. PET Imaging4▲ 8.4×3 topics
  37. Therapeutic Targets4▲ 9.4×6 topics
  38. Adjuvant Therapy4▲ 11×2 topics
  39. Clinical Management4▲ 7.9×8 topics
  40. Urinary Incontinence4▲ 17×2 topics

Which research topics does Kochi Medical School Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Bladder and Urothelial Cancer Treatments, Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis, Metastasis and carcinoma case studies and Abdominal vascular conditions and treatments.

Bladder and Urothelial C…4Bladder and Urothelial Cancer Treatments: 4 fractional worksHepatocellular Carcinoma…3Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis: 3 fractional worksMetastasis and carcinoma case studies: 3 fractional worksAbdominal vascular conditions and treatments: 3 fractional worksPhotodynamic Therapy Research Studies: 3 fractional worksVasculitis and related conditions: 2 fractional worksEsophageal and GI Pathology: 2 fractional worksUrinary Bladder and Pros…2Urinary Bladder and Prostate Research: 2 fractional worksEsophageal Cancer Research and Treatment: 2 fractional worksGastric Cancer Management and Outcomes: 2 fractional works
SurgeryHepatologyPulmonary and Respiratory MedicineUrology

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

  1. 1 Bladder and Urothelial Cancer Treatments Surgery 4 works
  2. 2 Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis Hepatology 3 works
  3. 3 Metastasis and carcinoma case studies Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 3 works
  4. 4 Abdominal vascular conditions and treatments Surgery 3 works
  5. 5 Photodynamic Therapy Research Studies Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 3 works
  6. 6 Vasculitis and related conditions Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  7. 7 Esophageal and GI Pathology Surgery 2 works
  8. 8 Urinary Bladder and Prostate Research Urology 2 works
  9. 9 Esophageal Cancer Research and Treatment Surgery 2 works
  10. 10 Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 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 available39.8%not open60.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors7.1%domestic only92.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Kochi Medical School Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 3% 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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