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Kumamoto University

In research, Kumamoto University stands highest in Health Sciences (#1,008 of 9,902 worldwide), Medicine (#892 of 8,541 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#753 of 6,403 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Hepatology, Nephrology and Immunology (Hepatology is 5.9× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#1,225
of 22,385 · #1,375 all time
Rank in Japan
#22
of 924
Research works
34k
▼ 14% vs 2018-21
Citations
688k
20.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.4%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.80×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
43%
world 40%
International
11%
world 18%
Kumamoto University

What is Kumamoto University known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Health SciencesDomain #1,008 of 9,902 8.1%1,280 #1217
MedicineField #892 of 8,541 8.1%1,226 #1067
Life SciencesDomain #753 of 6,403 8.9%676 #1008
Physical SciencesDomain #1,543 of 10,670 5.3%1,063 #1735
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #574 of 2,964 8.6%404 #802
EngineeringField #1,480 of 5,901 4.7%405 #1601
Molecular BiologySubfield #505 of 1,880 8.7%263 #786
SurgerySubfield #604 of 1,532 8.6%163 #734
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #1,427 of 3,157 11.1%72 #2115
Computer ScienceField #2,262 of 4,417 7.6%127 -

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Kumamoto University 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022-now. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Health Sciences#1,217 #1,008
  2. Medicine#1,067 #892
  3. Life Sciences#1,008 #753
  4. Physical Sciences#1,735 #1,543
  5. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#802 #574
  6. Engineering#1,601 #1,480
  7. Molecular Biology#786 #505
  8. Surgery#734 #604
  9. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#2,115 #1,427
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

Which fields of science does Kumamoto University work in?

In 2022-now, 41% of research at Kumamoto University is in Health Sciences, 33% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (39%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (13%), Engineering (13%). It does 1.8× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 1,447 fractional works · 41.1% of its workMedicine: 1,385 fractional works · 39.4% of its workSurgery: 185 fractional works · 5.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 149 fractional works · 4.2% of its workOncology: 130 fractional works · 3.7% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 112 fractional works · 3.2% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 91 fractional works · 2.6% of its workEpidemiology: 83 fractional works · 2.4% of its workPhysiology: 63 fractional works · 1.8% of its workNeurology: 45 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHepatology: 40 fractional works · 1.1% of its workInfectious Diseases: 38 fractional works · 1.1% of its workNephrology: 34 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 33 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHematology: 32 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 32 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 31 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGenetics: 29 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRheumatology: 28 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPharmacology: 27 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 23 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 20 fractional works · 0.6% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 15 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOphthalmology: 13 fractional works · 0.4% of its workReproductive Medicine: 13 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGastroenterology: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medicine: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDermatology: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRehabilitation: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 35 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth Professions: 38 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 13 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDentistry: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVeterinary: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 1,166 fractional works · 33.1% of its workEngineering: 441 fractional works · 12.5% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 80 fractional works · 2.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 77 fractional works · 2.2% of its workMechanical Engineering: 69 fractional works · 2.0% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 39 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAerospace Engineering: 37 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 36 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMechanics of Materials: 29 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBuilding and Construction: 22 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputational Mechanics: 17 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 14 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOcean Engineering: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 212 fractional works · 6.0% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 130 fractional works · 3.7% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 31 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBiomaterials: 29 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 136 fractional works · 3.9% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 34 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 29 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 15 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 14 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 13 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHardware and Architecture: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInformation Systems: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 14 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 101 fractional works · 2.9% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 18 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 15 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcology: 14 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPollution: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workWater Science and Technology: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 91 fractional works · 2.6% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 53 fractional works · 1.5% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 16 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSpectroscopy: 13 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 54 fractional works · 1.5% of its workAtmospheric Science: 15 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeophysics: 13 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOceanography: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 17 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMathematics: 49 fractional works · 1.4% of its workApplied Mathematics: 13 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematical Physics: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeometry and Topology: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 14 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 49 fractional works · 1.4% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 14 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiation: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 18 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCatalysis: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 16 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 14 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 777 fractional works · 22.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 459 fractional works · 13.0% of its workMolecular Biology: 295 fractional works · 8.4% of its workCancer Research: 37 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCell Biology: 33 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGenetics: 31 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBiotechnology: 13 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiophysics: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysiology: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 14 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 107 fractional works · 3.0% of its workImmunology: 91 fractional works · 2.6% of its workVirology: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 102 fractional works · 2.9% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 37 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 29 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNeurology: 13 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 23 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 82 fractional works · 2.3% of its workPlant Science: 40 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 16 fractional works · 0.5% of its workFood Science: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 27 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPharmacology: 13 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmaceutical Science: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 129 fractional works · 3.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 58 fractional works · 1.7% of its workTransportation: 19 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 16 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEducation: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 14 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 39 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSocial Psychology: 14 fractional works · 0.4% of its workClinical Psychology: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKKumamotoUniversity3,518fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences22%Physical Sciences33%Health Sciences41%Social Sciences4%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Health Sciences1,44741.1%
    1. Medicine1,38539.4%
    2. Health Professions381.1%
    3. Nursing130.4%
    4. Dentistry90.3%
    5. Veterinary20.1%
    1. Engineering44112.5%
    2. Materials Science2126.0%
    3. Computer Science1363.9%
    4. Environmental Science1012.9%
    5. Chemistry912.6%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences541.5%
    7. Mathematics491.4%
    8. Physics and Astronomy491.4%
    9. Chemical Engineering180.5%
    10. Energy160.4%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology45913.0%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology1073.0%
    3. Neuroscience1022.9%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences822.3%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics270.8%
    1. Social Sciences581.7%
    2. Psychology391.1%
    3. Arts and Humanities110.3%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance80.2%
    5. Decision Sciences70.2%
    6. Business, Management and Accounting60.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Kumamoto University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Hepatology takes 5.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. HepatologySubfield · 40.2 works5.9×
  2. NephrologySubfield · 34.2 works4.5×
  3. ImmunologySubfield · 90.8 works3.8×
← 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: 0.49× its world share, 82 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.45× its world share, 459 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 3.02× its world share, 107 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.79× its world share, 102 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.15× its world share, 27 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.46× its world share, 18 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.64× its world share, 91 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.50× its world share, 136 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.97× its world share, 54 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.48× its world share, 16 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.83× its world share, 440 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.58× its world share, 101 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.72× its world share, 212 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.19× its world share, 49 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.63× its world share, 49 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.54× its world share, 9 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.41× its world share, 38 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.05× its world share, 1,385 worksMedicineNursing: 0.75× its world share, 13 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.44× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.10× its world share, 11 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.05× its world share, 6 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.21× its world share, 7 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.10× its world share, 8 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.36× its world share, 39 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.13× its world share, 58 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 3.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Immunology and Microbiology3.02×107 works
  2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2.45×459 works
  3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics2.15×27 works
  4. Medicine2.05×1,385 works
  5. Neuroscience1.79×102 works
  6. Materials Science1.72×212 works
  7. Chemistry1.64×91 works
  8. Chemical Engineering1.46×18 works
  9. Mathematics1.19×49 works
  10. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.97×54 works
  11. Engineering0.83×440 works
  12. Nursing0.75×13 works
  13. Physics and Astronomy0.63×49 works
  14. Environmental Science0.58×101 works
  15. Dentistry0.54×9 works
  16. Computer Science0.50×136 works
  17. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.49×82 works
  18. Energy0.48×16 works
  19. Veterinary0.44×2 works
  20. Health Professions0.41×38 works
  21. Psychology0.36×39 works
  22. Decision Sciences0.21×7 works
  23. Social Sciences0.13×58 works
  24. Arts and Humanities0.10×11 works
  25. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.10×8 works
  26. Business, Management and Accounting0.05×6 works

Who are the top researchers at Kumamoto University?

Ranked on the quality score, Takatsugu Ishimoto, Yuichi Oike and Ryo Shimizu lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Kumamoto University.

  1. 1 Takatsugu Ishimoto Japan · #95,407 worldwide 15k citations · 485 works
  2. 2 Yuichi Oike Japan · #101,116 worldwide 20k citations · 359 works
  3. 3 Ryo Shimizu Japan · #110,668 worldwide 7k citations · 44 works
  4. 4 Terumasa Ikeda Japan · #123,671 worldwide 8.4k citations · 112 works
  5. 5 Hesham Nasser Japan · #137,050 worldwide 7.5k citations · 74 works
  6. 6 Kazuya Yamagata Japan · #170,164 worldwide 13k citations · 185 works
  7. 7 Kosuke Mima Japan · #173,940 worldwide 9.9k citations · 276 works
  8. 8 Shinichiro Sawa Japan · #190,441 worldwide 11k citations · 182 works
  9. 9 Keishi Miyata Japan · #191,702 worldwide 5.9k citations · 145 works
  10. 10 Tadahito Yasuda Japan · #201,891 worldwide 2.5k citations · 99 works
All ranked researchers at Kumamoto University

What are the most cited papers from Kumamoto University?

The most cited paper from Kumamoto University is "Evaluation of Factors Related to Late Recurrence - Later than 10 Years after the Initial Treatment - in Primary Breast Cancer" (Reiki Nishimura, Tomofumi Osako, Yasuyuki Nishiyama et al., 2013), with 13,212 citations. Next come "A new concept for macromolecular therapeutics in cancer chemotherapy: mechanism of tumoritropic accumulation of proteins and the antitumor agent smancs." (6,800) and "Tumor vascular permeability and the EPR effect in macromolecular therapeutics: a review" (6,577).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Evaluation of Factors Related to Late Recurrence - Later than 10 Years after the Initial Treatment - in Primary Breast Cancer Reiki Nishimura, Tomofumi Osako, Yasuyuki Nishiyama et al. · Oncology Open access 2013 13,212
2 A new concept for macromolecular therapeutics in cancer chemotherapy: mechanism of tumoritropic accumulation of proteins and the antitumor agent smancs. Yasuhiro Matsumura, Hiroshi Maeda · PubMed Dec 1986 6,800
3 Tumor vascular permeability and the EPR effect in macromolecular therapeutics: a review Hiroshi Maeda, Jun Wu, Tomohiro Sawa et al. · Journal of Controlled Release Mar 2000 6,577
4 Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition) Daniel J. Klionsky et al. · Autophagy Open access2,467 authors 2 Jan 2016 6,023
5 Efficient selection for high-expression transfectants with a novel eukaryotic vector Hitoshi Niwa, Ken‐ichi Yamamura, Jun‐ichi Miyazaki · Gene Dec 1991 5,233
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Kumamoto University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Inflammation, Cancer, Treatment, Diagnosis, Prognosis, Epidemiology, Immunotherapy and Tumor Microenvironment.

▲ 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-now 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. Epidemiology181▲ 1.29×122 topics
  2. Inflammation176▲ 2.4×82 topics
  3. Cancer134▲ 2.8×51 topics
  4. Treatment121▲ 2.8×46 topics
  5. Oxidative Stress111▲ 1.91×60 topics
  6. Diagnosis106▲ 3.2×39 topics
  7. Immunotherapy93▲ 3.7×19 topics
  8. Chemotherapy82▲ 3.3×25 topics
  9. Prognosis75▲ 6.4×9 topics
  10. Tumor Microenvironment74▲ 4.6×8 topics
  11. Nanoparticles68▲ 1.54×41 topics
  12. Clinical Practice Guidelines62▲ 3.2×14 topics
  13. Cardiovascular Disease57▲ 1.42×37 topics
  14. Management57▲ 2.0×29 topics
  15. Mechanical Properties56▲ 1.61×33 topics
  16. Prognostic Factors55▲ 3.6×14 topics
  17. Metabolic Syndrome54▲ 1.90×22 topics
  18. Cancer Therapy53▲ 2.7×20 topics
  19. Immunity50▲ 3.5×11 topics
  20. Surgical Management49▲ 3.4×20 topics
  21. Immune Response48▲ 2.4×21 topics
  22. Heart Failure48▲ 3.0×14 topics
  23. Aging47▲ 2.4×16 topics
  24. Neoadjuvant Therapy43▲ 5.1×5 topics
  25. Radiotherapy42▲ 3.0×13 topics
  26. Genetic Mutations40▲ 2.6×23 topics
  27. Hepatocellular Carcinoma39▲ 5.5×3 topics
  28. Echocardiography39▲ 4.0×8 topics
  29. Magnetic Resonance Imaging36▲ 4.0×8 topics
  30. Chronic Kidney Disease35▲ 4.0×8 topics
  31. Myocardial Infarction34▲ 4.2×7 topics
  32. Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance33▲ 17×2 topics
  33. Cardiac Amyloidosis30▲ 40×1 topic
  34. Transthyretin30▲ 40×1 topic
  35. Cholangiocarcinoma30▲ 10×2 topics
  36. Lymphoma29▲ 5.2×4 topics
  37. Survival28▲ 5.7×4 topics
  38. Radiation Exposure25▲ 7.4×2 topics
  39. Microstructure Evolution23▲ 8.8×5 topics
  40. Corrosion Resistance22▲ 9.1×4 topics

Which research topics does Kumamoto University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Amyloidosis: Diagnosis, Treatment, Outcomes, Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers, Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis and Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research.

Amyloidosis: Diagnosis, …30Amyloidosis: Diagnosis, Treatment, Outcomes: 30 fractional worksCancer Immunotherapy and…21Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers: 21 fractional worksHepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis: 19 fractional worksPancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research: 18 fractional worksNutrition and Health in Aging: 18 fractional worksCardiac Imaging and Diagnostics: 16 fractional worksCardiovascular Function and Risk Factors: 16 fractional worksMagnesium Alloys: Proper…16Magnesium Alloys: Properties and Applications: 16 fractional worksCholangiocarcinoma and Gallbladder Cancer Studies: 15 fractional worksGallbladder and Bile Duct Disorders: 15 fractional works
Molecular BiologyOncologyHepatologyPhysiology5 others

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

  1. 1 Amyloidosis: Diagnosis, Treatment, Outcomes Molecular Biology 30 works
  2. 2 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 21 works
  3. 3 Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis Hepatology 19 works
  4. 4 Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research Oncology 18 works
  5. 5 Nutrition and Health in Aging Physiology 18 works
  6. 6 Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 16 works
  7. 7 Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 16 works
  8. 8 Magnesium Alloys: Properties and Applications Biomaterials 16 works
  9. 9 Cholangiocarcinoma and Gallbladder Cancer Studies Surgery 15 works
  10. 10 Gallbladder and Bile Duct Disorders Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 15 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 available42.6%not open57.4%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors11.1%domestic only88.9%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Kumamoto University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 14% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Kumamoto University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.013% in 2024.

still counting0.025%0.050%0.075%Kumamoto University0.014% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Kumamoto University over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2025Kumamoto University7.3% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 8.1% in 2023.

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