Question 1

What is Kumamoto University known for?

Accepted Answer

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).

Question 2

How does Kumamoto University rank in research?

Accepted Answer

Kumamoto University ranks #1,225 of 22,385 institutions worldwide on research quality in 2022-now (#1,375 all time), and #22 of 924 in Japan.

Question 3

Who are the top researchers at Kumamoto University?

Accepted Answer

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

Question 4

What are the most cited papers from Kumamoto University?

Accepted Answer

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).

Question 5

Which research topics does Kumamoto University publish most on?

Accepted Answer

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

Question 6

Which keywords describe research at Kumamoto University?

Accepted Answer

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.

Question 7

Which fields of science does Kumamoto University work in?

Accepted Answer

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.

Question 8

Is Kumamoto University's research output growing?

Accepted Answer

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