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Kure Medical Center

In research, Kure Medical Center stands highest in Medicine (#5,373 of 8,541 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#6,518 of 9,902 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Surgery (Surgery is 7.6× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#20,498
of 22,385 · #30,063 all time
Rank in Japan
#712
of 924
Research works
751
▲ 18% vs 2018-21
Citations
8.4k
11.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.4%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.91×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
44%
world 40%
International
6%
world 18%
Kure Medical Center

What is Kure Medical Center 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 #5,373 of 8,541 5.3%105 #11323
Health SciencesDomain #6,518 of 9,902 5.2%108 #13685

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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Kure Medical Center work in?

In 2022-now, 86% of research at Kure Medical Center is in Health Sciences, 10% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (84%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (6%), Neuroscience (2%). It does 3.5× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 120 fractional works · 86.2% of its workMedicine: 117 fractional works · 84.0% of its workSurgery: 25 fractional works · 17.9% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 19 fractional works · 13.3% of its workOncology: 11 fractional works · 8.0% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 10 fractional works · 6.8% of its workEpidemiology: 7 fractional works · 5.2% of its workNeurology: 5 fractional works · 3.6% of its workHepatology: 4 fractional works · 2.9% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 4 fractional works · 2.8% of its workPhysiology: 4 fractional works · 2.6% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 3 fractional works · 2.2% of its workRheumatology: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHematology: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGastroenterology: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workNephrology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDermatology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReproductive Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workInternal Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 15 fractional works · 10.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 8 fractional works · 5.9% of its workMolecular Biology: 4 fractional works · 3.1% of its workCancer Research: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 3 fractional works · 2.3% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDevelopmental Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSensory Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 4 fractional works · 2.6% of its workEngineering: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKKure MedicalCenter139fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences10%Physical Sciences3%Health Sciences86%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 17 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine11784.0%
    2. Health Professions21.4%
    3. Nursing10.6%
    4. Dentistry00.3%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology85.9%
    2. Neuroscience32.3%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology21.4%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.9%
    5. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.0%
    1. Engineering21.7%
    2. Computer Science00.4%
    3. Environmental Science00.2%
    4. Materials Science00.1%
    5. Physics and Astronomy00.1%
    1. Psychology10.4%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.2%
    3. Social Sciences00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Kure Medical Center specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Surgery takes 7.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. SurgerySubfield · 24.9 works7.6×
← 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: 1.10× its world share, 8 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.36× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.40× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.67× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.12× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.56× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.53× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.37× its world share, 117 worksMedicineNursing: 1.24× its world share, 1 worksNursingEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksPsychology1×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.

All 15 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine4.37×117 works
  2. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics2.67×1 works
  3. Neuroscience1.40×3 works
  4. Immunology and Microbiology1.36×2 works
  5. Nursing1.24×1 works
  6. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.10×8 works
  7. Dentistry0.56×0 works
  8. Health Professions0.53×2 works
  9. Psychology0.14×1 works
  10. Engineering0.12×2 works
  11. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.10×0 works
  12. Computer Science0.05×0 works
  13. Environmental Science0.05×0 works
  14. Physics and Astronomy0.05×0 works
  15. Materials Science0.04×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Kure Medical Center?

Ranked on the quality score, Hiroshi Sugino, Ritsu Tamura and Takeshi Mimura lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Kure Medical Center.

  1. 1 Hiroshi Sugino Japan · #1,300,422 worldwide 1.5k citations · 46 works
  2. 2 Ritsu Tamura Japan · #1,734,649 worldwide 1.4k citations · 37 works
  3. 3 Takeshi Mimura Japan · #2,625,763 worldwide 3.4k citations · 152 works
  4. 4 Taizo Hirata Japan · #3,062,549 worldwide 1.1k citations · 51 works
  5. 5 Takashi Sawasaki Japan · #3,185,120 worldwide 351 citations · 16 works
  6. 6 Toshio Kuwai Japan · #3,376,647 worldwide 3.5k citations · 253 works
  7. 7 Hiroki Imagawa Japan · #3,649,935 worldwide 658 citations · 35 works
  8. 8 Mami Okada‐Tsuchioka Japan · #3,711,690 worldwide 489 citations · 30 works
  9. 9 Yuzuru Tamaru Japan · #3,748,909 worldwide 964 citations · 92 works
  10. 10 Hiroki Handa Japan · #3,956,977 worldwide 362 citations · 28 works
All ranked researchers at Kure Medical Center

What are the most cited papers from Kure Medical Center?

The most cited paper from Kure Medical Center is "The Japanese Society of Hypertension Guidelines for the Management of Hypertension (JSH 2019)" (Satoshi Umemura et al., 2019), with 1,903 citations. Next come "Association of Hypoadiponectinemia With Coronary Artery Disease in Men" (1,431) and "Adjuvant chemotherapy of S-1 versus gemcitabine for resected pancreatic cancer: a phase 3, open-label, randomised, non-inferiority trial (JASPAC 01)" (1,145).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The Japanese Society of Hypertension Guidelines for the Management of Hypertension (JSH 2019) Satoshi Umemura et al. · Hypertension Research Open access 2 Aug 2019 1,903
2 Association of Hypoadiponectinemia With Coronary Artery Disease in Men Masahiro Kumada, Shinji Kihara, Satoru Sumitsuji et al. · Arteriosclerosis Thrombosis and Vascular Biology 2003 1,431
3 Adjuvant chemotherapy of S-1 versus gemcitabine for resected pancreatic cancer: a phase 3, open-label, randomised, non-inferiority trial (JASPAC 01) Katsuhiko Uesaka, Narikazu Boku, Akira Fukutomi et al. · The Lancet 3 Jun 2016 1,145
4 Increased oxidative stress in obesity: Implications for metabolic syndrome, diabetes, hypertension, dyslipidemia, atherosclerosis, and cancer Morihiro Matsuda, Iichiro Shimomura · Obesity Research & Clinical Practice 14 Jun 2013 653
5 ITPKC functional polymorphism associated with Kawasaki disease susceptibility and formation of coronary artery aneurysms Yoshihiro Onouchi et al. · Nature Genetics Open access 16 Dec 2007 525
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Kure Medical Center?

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

▲ 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. Epidemiology13▲ 2.3×44 topics
  2. Treatment12▲ 6.8×21 topics
  3. Chemotherapy11▲ 11×18 topics
  4. Inflammation10▲ 3.5×36 topics
  5. Diagnosis9▲ 7.2×22 topics
  6. Immunotherapy9▲ 8.6×15 topics
  7. Prognostic Factors8▲ 14×11 topics
  8. Clinical Practice Guidelines8▲ 10×13 topics
  9. Heart Failure7▲ 11×10 topics
  10. Management7▲ 6.4×19 topics
  11. Neoadjuvant Therapy7▲ 21×5 topics
  12. Surgical Management6▲ 11×12 topics
  13. Genetic Mutations6▲ 9.1×14 topics
  14. Molecular Characterization6▲ 22×4 topics
  15. Guidelines5▲ 7.8×12 topics
  16. Tumor Microenvironment5▲ 7.7×6 topics
  17. Cholangiocarcinoma4▲ 37×2 topics
  18. Echocardiography4▲ 11×8 topics
  19. Radiotherapy4▲ 7.4×10 topics
  20. Survival Analysis4▲ 11×5 topics
  21. Clinical Trials4▲ 4.1×10 topics
  22. Genetic Susceptibility4▲ 29×5 topics
  23. Adjuvant Therapy4▲ 20×2 topics
  24. Metastasis4▲ 7.4×11 topics
  25. Hepatocellular Carcinoma3▲ 12×3 topics
  26. Clinical Guidelines3▲ 8.1×8 topics
  27. Endoscopic Resection3▲ 24×2 topics
  28. Radiofrequency Ablation3▲ 23×2 topics
  29. Survival3▲ 17×3 topics
  30. Liver Cancer3▲ 39×1 topic
  31. Sorafenib3▲ 39×1 topic
  32. Surgery3▲ 6.3×7 topics
  33. Cancer Incidence3▲ 16×2 topics
  34. Breast Cancer3▲ 8.3×7 topics
  35. Cancer Risk3▲ 9.4×4 topics
  36. Gemcitabine3▲ 30×1 topic
  37. Pancreatic Cancer3▲ 20×2 topics
  38. Surgical Complications3▲ 26×1 topic
  39. Therapeutic Strategies3▲ 20×2 topics
  40. Clinical Characteristics3▲ 16×2 topics

Which research topics does Kure Medical Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: 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…3Cholangiocarcinoma and Gallbladder Cancer Studies: 3 fractional worksPleural and Pulmonary Diseases: 2 fractional worksGastric Cancer Management and Outcomes: 2 fractional worksHeart Failure Treatment …2Heart Failure Treatment and Management: 2 fractional worksLung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment: 2 fractional worksCardiac pacing and defibrillation studies: 2 fractional worksGallbladder and Bile Duc…2Gallbladder and Bile Duct Disorders: 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 3 works
  5. 5 Pleural and Pulmonary Diseases Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  6. 6 Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  7. 7 Heart Failure Treatment and Management Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 2 works
  8. 8 Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  9. 9 Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 2 works
  10. 10 Gallbladder and Bile Duct Disorders Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 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: 40% of research is openly available.

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

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Kure Medical Center's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 18% higher 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 Kure Medical Center as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00047% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%Kure Medical Center0.00059% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Kure Medical Center 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 2025Kure Medical Center3.5% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 7.2% in 2013.

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