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Kurashiki Central Hospital

In research, Kurashiki Central Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#5,192 of 8,541 worldwide), Health Sciences (#6,269 of 9,902 worldwide) and Surgery (#1,007 of 1,532 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Rheumatology and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine (Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine is 12.3× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#16,221
of 22,385 · #19,822 all time
Rank in Japan
#480
of 924
Research works
2.4k
▼ 9% vs 2018-21
Citations
24k
10.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.0%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.70×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
49%
world 40%
International
4%
world 18%
Kurashiki Central Hospital

What is Kurashiki Central Hospital 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
MedicineField #5,192 of 8,541 5.9%409 #5412
Health SciencesDomain #6,269 of 9,902 5.8%417 #6594
SurgerySubfield #1,007 of 1,532 4.2%84 #1862
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield #555 of 736 8.9%61 #1122
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield #784 of 1,037 5.5%61 #1276

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Kurashiki Central 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 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. Medicine#5,412 #5,192
  2. Health Sciences#6,594 #6,269
  3. Surgery#1,862 #1,007
  4. Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine#1,122 #555
  5. Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine#1,276 #784
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 Kurashiki Central Hospital work in?

In 2022-now, 91% of research at Kurashiki Central Hospital is in Health Sciences, 6% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (89%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (3%), Health Professions (1%). It does 3.9× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 478 fractional works · 91.2% of its workMedicine: 467 fractional works · 89.2% of its workSurgery: 95 fractional works · 18.2% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 69 fractional works · 13.1% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 68 fractional works · 12.9% of its workEpidemiology: 33 fractional works · 6.4% of its workOncology: 26 fractional works · 5.0% of its workNeurology: 25 fractional works · 4.7% of its workRheumatology: 22 fractional works · 4.2% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 15 fractional works · 2.9% of its workPhysiology: 9 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 9 fractional works · 1.7% of its workInfectious Diseases: 9 fractional works · 1.7% of its workHematology: 8 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGenetics: 6 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 6 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEmergency Medicine: 6 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 6 fractional works · 1.1% of its workNephrology: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHepatology: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInternal Medicine: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRehabilitation: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGastroenterology: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOphthalmology: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReproductive Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workFamily Practice: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workUrology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Professions: 8 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmall Animals: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 29 fractional works · 5.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 15 fractional works · 2.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 6 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGenetics: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrinology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 7 fractional works · 1.4% of its workImmunology: 6 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 10 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEngineering: 7 fractional works · 1.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 7 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPsychology: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKKurashiki CentralHospital524fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences6%Physical Sciences2%Health Sciences91%Social Sciences1%

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 24 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine46789.2%
    2. Health Professions81.5%
    3. Veterinary10.3%
    4. Dentistry10.2%
    5. Nursing10.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology152.8%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology71.4%
    3. Neuroscience40.7%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics30.6%
    5. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.1%
    1. Engineering71.3%
    2. Materials Science10.2%
    3. Physics and Astronomy10.1%
    4. Computer Science10.1%
    5. Chemistry00.1%
    6. Mathematics00.0%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.0%
    8. Environmental Science00.0%
    1. Psychology30.6%
    2. Social Sciences10.2%
    3. Arts and Humanities10.2%
    4. Decision Sciences10.2%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting10.1%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Kurashiki Central Hospital specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine takes 12.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield · 67.6 works12×
  2. RheumatologySubfield · 21.9 works9.2×
  3. Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield · 68.5 works8.5×
  4. NeurologySubfield · 24.8 works8.3×
  5. SurgerySubfield · 95.4 works7.8×
← 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: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.53× its world share, 15 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.39× its world share, 7 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.42× its world share, 4 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.60× its world share, 3 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.09× its world share, 7 worksEngineeringMaterials Science: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.34× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.57× its world share, 8 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.64× its world share, 467 worksMedicineNursing: 0.24× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.89× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.20× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.02× 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, 4.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 22 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine4.64×467 works
  2. Veterinary1.89×1 works
  3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.60×3 works
  4. Immunology and Microbiology1.39×7 works
  5. Health Professions0.57×8 works
  6. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.53×15 works
  7. Neuroscience0.42×4 works
  8. Dentistry0.34×1 works
  9. Nursing0.24×1 works
  10. Psychology0.20×3 works
  11. Decision Sciences0.16×1 works
  12. Engineering0.09×7 works
  13. Materials Science0.06×1 works
  14. Physics and Astronomy0.06×1 works
  15. Arts and Humanities0.06×1 works
  16. Chemistry0.05×0 works
  17. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.05×1 works
  18. Business, Management and Accounting0.04×1 works
  19. Mathematics0.03×0 works
  20. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.02×0 works
  21. Social Sciences0.02×1 works
  22. Computer Science0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Kurashiki Central Hospital?

Ranked on the quality score, Hiroshige Yoshioka, Keiichi Igarashi Hanaoka and Akira Kuriyama lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Kurashiki Central Hospital.

  1. 1 Hiroshige Yoshioka Japan · #281,861 worldwide 17k citations · 359 works
  2. 2 Keiichi Igarashi Hanaoka Japan · #603,814 worldwide 1.9k citations · 24 works
  3. 3 Akira Kuriyama Japan · #749,895 worldwide 5.2k citations · 179 works
  4. 4 Kenji Notohara Japan · #951,757 worldwide 18k citations · 284 works
  5. 5 Hiroki Ohara Japan · #1,034,686 worldwide 3.7k citations · 117 works
  6. 6 Machiko Arita Japan · #1,866,977 worldwide 3.2k citations · 131 works
  7. 7 Hironobu Tokumasu Japan · #1,911,207 worldwide 1.1k citations · 58 works
  8. 8 Shunsuke Kubo Japan · #2,044,822 worldwide 329 citations · 56 works
  9. 9 Hiromasa Irie Japan · #2,098,467 worldwide 773 citations · 41 works
  10. 10 Ryuki Chatani Japan · #2,240,299 worldwide 445 citations · 99 works
All ranked researchers at Kurashiki Central Hospital

What are the most cited papers from Kurashiki Central Hospital?

The most cited paper from Kurashiki Central Hospital is "Gefitinib versus cisplatin plus docetaxel in patients with non-small-cell lung cancer harbouring mutations of the epidermal growth factor receptor (WJTOG3405): an open label, randomised phase 3 trial" (Tetsuya Mitsudomi et al., 2009), with 4,130 citations. Next come "Consensus statement on the pathology of IgG4-related disease" (2,616) and "Segmentectomy versus lobectomy in small-sized peripheral non-small-cell lung cancer (JCOG0802/WJOG4607L): a multicentre, open-label, phase 3, randomised, controlled, non-inferiority trial" (1,739).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Gefitinib versus cisplatin plus docetaxel in patients with non-small-cell lung cancer harbouring mutations of the epidermal growth factor receptor (WJTOG3405): an open label, randomised phase 3 trial Tetsuya Mitsudomi et al. · The Lancet Oncology 19 Dec 2009 4,130
2 Consensus statement on the pathology of IgG4-related disease Vikram Deshpande et al. · Modern Pathology Open access 18 May 2012 2,616
3 Segmentectomy versus lobectomy in small-sized peripheral non-small-cell lung cancer (JCOG0802/WJOG4607L): a multicentre, open-label, phase 3, randomised, controlled, non-inferiority trial Hisashi Saji, Morihito Okada, Masahiro Tsuboi et al. · The Lancet Apr 2022 1,739
4 Comprehensive diagnostic criteria for IgG4-related disease (IgG4-RD), 2011 Hisanori Umehara et al. · Modern Rheumatology 4 Jan 2012 1,661
5 International Consensus Diagnostic Criteria for Autoimmune Pancreatitis Tooru Shimosegawa, Suresh T. Chari, Luca Frulloni et al. · Pancreas 16 Mar 2011 1,529
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Kurashiki Central Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Diagnosis, Guidelines, Treatment, Chemotherapy, Complications, Percutaneous Coronary Intervention and Echocardiography.

▲ 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. Epidemiology66▲ 3.1×91 topics
  2. Diagnosis39▲ 8.1×34 topics
  3. Treatment38▲ 5.9×34 topics
  4. Guidelines34▲ 14×12 topics
  5. Inflammation27▲ 2.4×50 topics
  6. Chemotherapy26▲ 7.0×20 topics
  7. Risk Factors25▲ 4.3×19 topics
  8. Complications24▲ 9.0×16 topics
  9. Percutaneous Coronary Intervention23▲ 33×4 topics
  10. Echocardiography23▲ 16×8 topics
  11. Atherosclerosis22▲ 14×6 topics
  12. Management20▲ 4.7×24 topics
  13. Heart Failure19▲ 8.3×12 topics
  14. Catheter Ablation18▲ 28×2 topics
  15. Clinical Practice Guidelines17▲ 5.9×13 topics
  16. Stroke Prevention17▲ 26×2 topics
  17. Surgical Management17▲ 7.8×17 topics
  18. Anticoagulant Therapy17▲ 25×4 topics
  19. Immunotherapy15▲ 4.0×17 topics
  20. Surgical Aortic-Valve Replacement15▲ 40×1 topic
  21. Transcatheter Aortic-Valve Replacement15▲ 40×1 topic
  22. Genetic Mutations13▲ 5.7×15 topics
  23. Magnetic Resonance Imaging13▲ 9.9×5 topics
  24. Prognostic Factors13▲ 5.8×13 topics
  25. Myocardial Infarction13▲ 11×6 topics
  26. Atrial Fibrillation13▲ 25×2 topics
  27. Endovascular Repair13▲ 28×3 topics
  28. Risk Stratification13▲ 33×1 topic
  29. Thromboembolism13▲ 33×1 topic
  30. Coronary Stents12▲ 54×1 topic
  31. Myocardial Revascularization12▲ 54×1 topic
  32. Endovascular Treatment12▲ 41×2 topics
  33. Revascularization12▲ 14×3 topics
  34. Autoantibodies12▲ 9.4×8 topics
  35. Cardiac Imaging12▲ 18×3 topics
  36. Rehabilitation11▲ 5.1×10 topics
  37. Prophylaxis10▲ 15×4 topics
  38. Embolization9▲ 27×4 topics
  39. Neoadjuvant Therapy9▲ 7.3×5 topics
  40. Radiation Exposure8▲ 16×2 topics

Which research topics does Kurashiki Central Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments, Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes, Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics and Intracranial Aneurysms: Treatment and Complications.

Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments: 15 fractional worksAtrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes: 13 fractional worksCoronary Interventions a…12Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics: 12 fractional worksIntracranial Aneurysms: …8Intracranial Aneurysms: Treatment and Complications: 8 fractional worksAortic Disease and Treatment Approaches: 7 fractional worksCardiac Imaging and Diagnostics: 7 fractional worksPeripheral Artery Diseas…6Peripheral Artery Disease Management: 6 fractional worksCardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments: 6 fractional worksVascular Procedures and Complications: 6 fractional worksCardiac pacing and defibrillation studies: 5 fractional works
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSurgeryNeurologyPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine1 others

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

  1. 1 Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 15 works
  2. 2 Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 13 works
  3. 3 Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics Surgery 12 works
  4. 4 Intracranial Aneurysms: Treatment and Complications Neurology 8 works
  5. 5 Aortic Disease and Treatment Approaches Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 7 works
  6. 6 Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 7 works
  7. 7 Peripheral Artery Disease Management Surgery 6 works
  8. 8 Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 6 works
  9. 9 Vascular Procedures and Complications Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 6 works
  10. 10 Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 5 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 available49.3%not open50.7%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors3.9%domestic only96.1%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Kurashiki Central Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 9% 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 Kurashiki Central Hospital as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0025% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%Kurashiki Central Hospital0.0020% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Kurashiki Central Hospital 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 2025Kurashiki Central Hospital6.4% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 14.1% in 2010.

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