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Kumamoto Medical Center

In research, Kumamoto Medical Center stands highest in Medicine (#8,346 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#10,176 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#21,344
of 28,054 · #23,781 all time
Rank in Japan
#639
of 1,070
Research works
685
▼ 2% vs 2013–17
Citations
8.7k
12.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
50%
world 28%

What is Kumamoto 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 #8,346 of 10,443 4.8%70 #8182
Health SciencesDomain #10,176 of 11,982 4.8%73 #10412

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Kumamoto 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: 0.31× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.38× its world share, 7 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 4.81× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.22× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.81× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksChemistryEngineering: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 2.31× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.59× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.07× its world share, 70 worksMedicineNursing: 0.70× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.69× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryDecision Sciences: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.24× its world share, 1 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: Immunology and Microbiology, 4.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Kumamoto Medical Center?

Ranked on the composite score, Kazuteru Fujimoto, Michihiro Hidaka and Toshiro Kawakita lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Kumamoto Medical Center.

  1. 1 Kazuteru Fujimoto Japan · #424,901 worldwide 100 citations · 29 works
  2. 2 Michihiro Hidaka Japan · #524,280 worldwide 60 citations · 22 works
  3. 3 Toshiro Kawakita Japan · #1,150,582 worldwide 16 citations · 24 works
  4. 4 Naoki Miyazaki Japan · #1,228,497 worldwide 15 citations · 18 works
  5. 5 Masahiro Harada Japan · #1,379,660 worldwide 27 citations · 33 works
  6. 6 Hiroshi Semba Japan · #1,511,682 worldwide 4 citations · 17 works
  7. 7 Shinji Fujii Japan · #1,526,322 worldwide 14 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Kumamoto Medical Center

Which keywords describe research at Kumamoto Medical Center?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Chemotherapy, Immunotherapy, Prognostic Factors, Management, Radiotherapy, Diagnosis 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. Epidemiology12▲ 3.4×55 topics
  2. Chemotherapy8▲ 13×16 topics
  3. Inflammation6▲ 3.4×36 topics
  4. Immunotherapy6▲ 8.7×15 topics
  5. Prognostic Factors6▲ 14×11 topics
  6. Management5▲ 7.8×16 topics
  7. Diagnosis5▲ 6.2×24 topics
  8. Radiotherapy5▲ 14×8 topics
  9. Treatment5▲ 4.3×21 topics
  10. Surgical Management4▲ 10×9 topics
  11. Tumor Microenvironment4▲ 8.8×7 topics
  12. Clinical Practice Guidelines3▲ 7.1×9 topics
  13. Lymphoma3▲ 22×4 topics
  14. Cancer3▲ 2.6×19 topics
  15. Quality of Life3▲ 2.4×13 topics
  16. Rituximab3▲ 21×4 topics
  17. Autoantibodies3▲ 14×8 topics
  18. Prognosis3▲ 9.4×7 topics
  19. Clinical Trials3▲ 4.5×8 topics
  20. Complications3▲ 6.1×11 topics
  21. Genetic Mutations3▲ 7.0×10 topics
  22. Classification3▲ 6.2×4 topics
  23. Hematopoietic Stem Cells3▲ 34×3 topics
  24. Molecular Profiling2▲ 27×3 topics
  25. Targeted Therapy2▲ 12×4 topics
  26. Neoadjuvant Therapy2▲ 10×4 topics
  27. PET Imaging2▲ 15×4 topics
  28. Adjuvant Therapy2▲ 19×2 topics
  29. Gene Expression Profiling2▲ 28×2 topics
  30. Heart Failure2▲ 5.2×9 topics
  31. Laparoscopic Surgery2▲ 19×3 topics
  32. Pancreatic Cancer2▲ 21×2 topics
  33. Survival Analysis2▲ 8.2×4 topics
  34. Children2▲ 9.1×5 topics
  35. Gemcitabine2▲ 29×1 topic
  36. Surgical Complications2▲ 26×1 topic
  37. Genetic Pathogenesis2▲ 37×1 topic
  38. Hodgkin's Lymphoma2▲ 37×1 topic
  39. Infection2▲ 7.8×5 topics
  40. Survival2▲ 14×2 topics

Which research topics does Kumamoto Medical Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research, Lymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment, Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation and Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations.

Pancreatic and Hepatic O…2Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research: 2 fractional worksLymphoma Diagnosis and T…2Lymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment: 2 fractional worksHematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation: 1 fractional worksLung Cancer Treatments and Mutations: 1 fractional worksLung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment: 1 fractional worksT-cell and Retrovirus Studies: 1 fractional worksNutrition and Health in Aging: 1 fractional worksIntestinal Malrotation a…1Intestinal Malrotation and Obstruction Disorders: 1 fractional worksTraumatic Ocular and Foreign Body Injuries: 1 fractional worksMuscle Physiology and Disorders: 1 fractional works
OncologyPathology and Forensic MedicineHematologyPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine5 others

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

  1. 1 Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research Oncology 2 works
  2. 2 Lymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment Pathology and Forensic Medicine 2 works
  3. 3 Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation Hematology 1 works
  4. 4 Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 1 works
  5. 5 Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 1 works
  6. 6 T-cell and Retrovirus Studies Immunology 1 works
  7. 7 Nutrition and Health in Aging Physiology 1 works
  8. 8 Intestinal Malrotation and Obstruction Disorders Surgery 1 works
  9. 9 Traumatic Ocular and Foreign Body Injuries Ophthalmology 1 works
  10. 10 Muscle Physiology and Disorders Molecular Biology 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 available50.2%not open49.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors8.2%domestic only91.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Kumamoto Medical Center's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 2% 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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