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Kure Medical Center

In research, Kure Medical Center stands highest in Medicine (#7,617 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#9,462 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Surgery — Surgery is 7.8× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#19,825
of 28,054 · #23,103 all time
Rank in Japan
#568
of 1,070
Research works
751
▼ 15% vs 2013–17
Citations
8.4k
11.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
44%
world 28%

What is Kure 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 #7,617 of 10,443 6.3%105 #11865
Health SciencesDomain #9,462 of 11,982 6.1%108 #14854

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Kure 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).

What does Kure Medical Center specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Surgery takes 7.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. SurgerySubfield · 22.8 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.

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.13× its world share, 8 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.37× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.36× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.99× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.10× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.62× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.54× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.37× its world share, 105 worksMedicineNursing: 1.39× its world share, 1 worksNursingEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 4.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Kure Medical Center?

Ranked on the composite score, Kiyomi Taniyama, Hiroshi Kohno and Toshio Kuwai lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Kure Medical Center.

  1. 1 Kiyomi Taniyama Japan · #307,771 worldwide 88 citations · 49 works
  2. 2 Hiroshi Kohno Japan · #346,830 worldwide 223 citations · 87 works
  3. 3 Toshio Kuwai Japan · #568,085 worldwide 41 citations · 38 works
  4. 4 Takeshi Mimura Japan · #924,156 worldwide 29 citations · 26 works
  5. 5 Takeshi Sudo Japan · #925,817 worldwide 34 citations · 39 works
  6. 6 Kikuo Nakano Japan · #1,041,449 worldwide 37 citations · 45 works
  7. 7 Takehiko Hiramoto Japan · #1,053,153 worldwide 8 citations · 15 works
  8. 8 Kazuya Kuraoka Japan · #1,114,006 worldwide 37 citations · 25 works
  9. 9 Yosuke Shimizu Japan · #1,115,289 worldwide 30 citations · 48 works
  10. 10 Eiichi Takezaki Japan · #1,143,886 worldwide 4 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Kure Medical Center

Which keywords describe research at Kure Medical Center?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Chemotherapy, Treatment, Immunotherapy, Prognostic Factors, Diagnosis, Clinical Practice Guidelines, Inflammation and Neoadjuvant Therapy.

▲ 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▲ 2.3×41 topics
  2. Chemotherapy11▲ 12×18 topics
  3. Treatment11▲ 7.0×20 topics
  4. Inflammation10▲ 4.0×35 topics
  5. Diagnosis8▲ 7.0×21 topics
  6. Immunotherapy8▲ 9.1×15 topics
  7. Prognostic Factors8▲ 15×11 topics
  8. Clinical Practice Guidelines8▲ 11×13 topics
  9. Management6▲ 6.6×18 topics
  10. Neoadjuvant Therapy6▲ 22×5 topics
  11. Surgical Management6▲ 12×12 topics
  12. Genetic Mutations5▲ 9.9×13 topics
  13. Molecular Characterization5▲ 24×4 topics
  14. Tumor Microenvironment5▲ 8.6×6 topics
  15. Heart Failure5▲ 8.8×9 topics
  16. Cholangiocarcinoma4▲ 42×2 topics
  17. Radiotherapy4▲ 8.2×9 topics
  18. Guidelines4▲ 6.6×12 topics
  19. Survival Analysis4▲ 11×5 topics
  20. Genetic Susceptibility4▲ 32×5 topics
  21. Clinical Trials4▲ 4.3×10 topics
  22. Adjuvant Therapy3▲ 22×2 topics
  23. Hepatocellular Carcinoma3▲ 13×3 topics
  24. Metastasis3▲ 7.8×11 topics
  25. Radiofrequency Ablation3▲ 25×2 topics
  26. Survival3▲ 19×2 topics
  27. Liver Cancer3▲ 44×1 topic
  28. Sorafenib3▲ 44×1 topic
  29. Cancer Incidence3▲ 17×2 topics
  30. Clinical Guidelines3▲ 8.2×8 topics
  31. Endoscopic Resection3▲ 24×2 topics
  32. Cancer Risk3▲ 10×4 topics
  33. Gemcitabine3▲ 32×1 topic
  34. Pancreatic Cancer3▲ 21×2 topics
  35. Surgical Complications3▲ 29×1 topic
  36. Breast Cancer3▲ 9.3×7 topics
  37. Therapeutic Strategies3▲ 23×2 topics
  38. Clinical Characteristics3▲ 16×2 topics
  39. Molecular Pathology3▲ 19×2 topics
  40. Multiple Primary Cancers3▲ 104×1 topic

Which research topics does Kure Medical Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis, Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research, Multiple and Secondary Primary Cancers and Cholangiocarcinoma and Gallbladder Cancer Studies.

Hepatocellular Carcinoma…3Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis: 3 fractional worksPancreatic and Hepatic O…3Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research: 3 fractional worksMultiple and Secondary P…3Multiple and Secondary Primary Cancers: 3 fractional worksCholangiocarcinoma and G…2Cholangiocarcinoma and Gallbladder Cancer Studies: 2 fractional worksLung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment: 2 fractional worksGallbladder and Bile Duct Disorders: 2 fractional worksGastric Cancer Managemen…2Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes: 2 fractional worksPleural and Pulmonary Diseases: 2 fractional worksPediatric Hepatobiliary Diseases and Treatments: 2 fractional worksNutrition and Health in …2Nutrition and Health in Aging: 2 fractional works
HepatologyOncologyEpidemiologySurgery2 others

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

  1. 1 Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis Hepatology 3 works
  2. 2 Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research Oncology 3 works
  3. 3 Multiple and Secondary Primary Cancers Epidemiology 3 works
  4. 4 Cholangiocarcinoma and Gallbladder Cancer Studies Surgery 2 works
  5. 5 Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  6. 6 Gallbladder and Bile Duct Disorders Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  7. 7 Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  8. 8 Pleural and Pulmonary Diseases Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  9. 9 Pediatric Hepatobiliary Diseases and Treatments Surgery 2 works
  10. 10 Nutrition and Health in Aging Physiology 2 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 available44.1%not open55.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors5.8%domestic only94.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Kure Medical Center's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 15% 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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