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Kuma Hospital

In research, Kuma Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#2,761 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#3,905 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Surgery and Medicine — Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism is 65.4× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#15,332
of 28,054 · #18,841 all time
Rank in Japan
#405
of 1,070
Research works
759
▲ 44% vs 2013–17
Citations
25k
32.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
51%
world 28%

What is Kuma 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 #2,761 of 10,443 10.9%90 #3972
Health SciencesDomain #3,905 of 11,982 11.1%92 #5481

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

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism takes 65.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Endocrinology, Diabetes and MetabolismSubfield · 36.9 works65×
  2. SurgerySubfield · 24.1 works9.9×
  3. MedicineField · 89.8 works4.5×
← 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, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.07× its world share, 6 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.14× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.52× its world share, 1 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.33× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.45× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.48× its world share, 90 worksMedicineNursing: 0.76× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Psychology: 0.23× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.10× 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, 4.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Kuma Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, Akihiro Miya, Akira Miyauchi and Minoru Kihara lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Kuma Hospital.

  1. 1 Akihiro Miya Japan · #21,701 worldwide 427 citations · 44 works
  2. 2 Akira Miyauchi Japan · #27,290 worldwide 910 citations · 169 works
  3. 3 Minoru Kihara Japan · #30,820 worldwide 371 citations · 49 works
  4. 4 Yasuhiro Ito Japan · #50,169 worldwide 630 citations · 131 works
  5. 5 Kaoru Kobayashi Japan · #83,703 worldwide 848 citations · 130 works
  6. 6 Kanji Kuma Japan · #133,078 worldwide 192 citations · 54 works
  7. 7 Chisato Tomoda Japan · #135,775 worldwide 231 citations · 21 works
  8. 8 Fumio Matsuzuka Japan · #136,350 worldwide 118 citations · 28 works
  9. 9 Eijun Nishihara Japan · #154,575 worldwide 126 citations · 27 works
  10. 10 Yuuki Takamura Japan · #161,623 worldwide 220 citations · 20 works
All ranked researchers at Kuma Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Kuma Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Thyroid Carcinoma, Ultrasound, Management Guidelines, Differentiated Thyroid Cancer, Thyroid Nodules, Parathyroid Hormone, Postoperative Complications and Hypoparathyroidism.

▲ 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. Thyroid Carcinoma33▲ 637×2 topics
  2. Ultrasound26▲ 250×2 topics
  3. Management Guidelines26▲ 434×2 topics
  4. Differentiated Thyroid Cancer26▲ 634×1 topic
  5. Thyroid Nodules26▲ 634×1 topic
  6. Parathyroid Hormone14▲ 146×2 topics
  7. Postoperative Complications13▲ 96×3 topics
  8. Hypoparathyroidism13▲ 553×1 topic
  9. Thyroid Surgery13▲ 553×1 topic
  10. Cardiovascular Risk8▲ 26×2 topics
  11. Thyroid Dysfunction8▲ 259×1 topic
  12. Thyroid Hormone8▲ 259×1 topic
  13. Branchial Anomalies7▲ 648×1 topic
  14. Thyroglossal Duct Cysts7▲ 648×1 topic
  15. Epidemiology5▲ 1.22×25 topics
  16. Chemotherapy4▲ 6.1×6 topics
  17. Genomic Analysis4▲ 16×4 topics
  18. Radiotherapy4▲ 10.0×5 topics
  19. Metastasis4▲ 10×6 topics
  20. Prognostic Factors3▲ 7.3×6 topics
  21. Mutation Analysis3▲ 38×2 topics
  22. Ovarian Cancer3▲ 32×2 topics
  23. Biomarkers3▲ 3.6×1 topic
  24. Cytoreductive Surgery3▲ 38×1 topic
  25. Growth Hormone2▲ 48×2 topics
  26. Endoscopic Surgery2▲ 23×3 topics
  27. Precision Medicine2▲ 4.7×4 topics
  28. Genetic Mutations2▲ 4.9×3 topics
  29. Parkinson's Disease2▲ 8.7×2 topics
  30. Cushing's Syndrome2▲ 65×1 topic
  31. Dysphonia2▲ 65×1 topic
  32. Human Papillomavirus2▲ 16×2 topics
  33. Pituitary Adenomas2▲ 65×1 topic
  34. Prognosis2▲ 6.1×7 topics
  35. Voice Disorders2▲ 65×1 topic
  36. Cancer Risk2▲ 8.6×5 topics
  37. Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma2▲ 74×1 topic
  38. Salivary Gland Tumors2▲ 74×1 topic
  39. Survival Analysis2▲ 6.2×2 topics
  40. Molecular Characterization2▲ 9.0×2 topics

Which research topics does Kuma Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Thyroid Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment, Thyroid and Parathyroid Surgery, Thyroid Disorders and Treatments and Head and Neck Anomalies.

Thyroid Cancer Diagnosis…26Thyroid Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment: 26 fractional worksThyroid and Parathyroid Surgery: 13 fractional worksThyroid Disorders and Tr…8Thyroid Disorders and Treatments: 8 fractional worksHead and Neck Anomalies7Head and Neck Anomalies: 7 fractional worksOvarian cancer diagnosis and treatment: 3 fractional worksPituitary Gland Disorders and Treatments: 2 fractional worksVoice and Speech Disorders: 2 fractional worksSalivary Gland Tumors Diagnosis and Treatment: 2 fractional worksMedical and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional worksNeuroendocrine Tumor Research Advances: 1 fractional works
Endocrinology, Diabetes and MetabolismSurgeryReproductive MedicinePhysiology2 others

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

  1. 1 Thyroid Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 26 works
  2. 2 Thyroid and Parathyroid Surgery Surgery 13 works
  3. 3 Thyroid Disorders and Treatments Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 8 works
  4. 4 Head and Neck Anomalies Surgery 7 works
  5. 5 Ovarian cancer diagnosis and treatment Reproductive Medicine 3 works
  6. 6 Pituitary Gland Disorders and Treatments Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 2 works
  7. 7 Voice and Speech Disorders Physiology 2 works
  8. 8 Salivary Gland Tumors Diagnosis and Treatment Surgery 2 works
  9. 9 Medical and Biological Sciences Anatomy 1 works
  10. 10 Neuroendocrine Tumor Research Advances Epidemiology 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 available51.1%not open48.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors8.0%domestic only92.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Kuma Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 44% 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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