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Kurume University

In research, Kurume University stands highest in Medicine (#2,643 of 8,541 worldwide), Health Sciences (#3,177 of 9,902 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#2,674 of 6,403 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Hepatology, Pathology and Forensic Medicine and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine (Hepatology is 12.1× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#6,516
of 22,385 · #14,726 all time
Rank in Japan
#143
of 924
Research works
13k
◆ 1% vs 2018-21
Citations
232k
17.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.6%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.67×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
50%
world 40%
International
7%
world 18%
Kurume University

What is Kurume 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
MedicineField #2,643 of 8,541 5.3%765 #9191
Health SciencesDomain #3,177 of 9,902 5.2%812 #11613
Life SciencesDomain #2,674 of 6,403 6.0%202 #4220
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #1,596 of 2,964 6.3%134 #2699
SurgerySubfield #1,020 of 1,532 4.4%120 #2278
Molecular BiologySubfield #1,271 of 1,880 5.2%70 #2313
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield #799 of 1,037 4.7%104 #1575
OncologySubfield #647 of 755 4.2%66 #1302
Social SciencesDomain #9,138 of 9,585 6.6%63 -

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Kurume 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. Medicine#9,191 #2,643
  2. Health Sciences#11,613 #3,177
  3. Life Sciences#4,220 #2,674
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#2,699 #1,596
  5. Surgery#2,278 #1,020
  6. Molecular Biology#2,313 #1,271
  7. Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine#1,575 #799
  8. Oncology#1,302 #647
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 Kurume University work in?

In 2022-now, 71% of research at Kurume University is in Health Sciences, 18% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (67%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (12%), Psychology (3%). It does 3.1× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 908 fractional works · 71.2% of its workMedicine: 855 fractional works · 67.0% of its workSurgery: 131 fractional works · 10.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 112 fractional works · 8.8% of its workOncology: 72 fractional works · 5.7% of its workEpidemiology: 53 fractional works · 4.1% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 49 fractional works · 3.9% of its workPhysiology: 44 fractional works · 3.4% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 40 fractional works · 3.1% of its workNeurology: 35 fractional works · 2.8% of its workHepatology: 30 fractional works · 2.3% of its workRheumatology: 27 fractional works · 2.1% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 23 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 21 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGenetics: 20 fractional works · 1.5% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 19 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 17 fractional works · 1.3% of its workNephrology: 16 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHematology: 15 fractional works · 1.2% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 14 fractional works · 1.1% of its workInfectious Diseases: 12 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOphthalmology: 11 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 11 fractional works · 0.8% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 10 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDermatology: 9 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGastroenterology: 8 fractional works · 0.6% of its workReproductive Medicine: 8 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology: 7 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEmergency Medicine: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workUrology: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInternal Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRehabilitation: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Professions: 30 fractional works · 2.4% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 10 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 8 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNursing: 12 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 11 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 10 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOral Surgery: 7 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 230 fractional works · 18.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 149 fractional works · 11.7% of its workMolecular Biology: 75 fractional works · 5.9% of its workGenetics: 24 fractional works · 1.9% of its workCancer Research: 13 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCell Biology: 12 fractional works · 0.9% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 10 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEndocrinology: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNeuroscience: 36 fractional works · 2.8% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 11 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 9 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNeurology: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 33 fractional works · 2.6% of its workImmunology: 29 fractional works · 2.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 9 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 76 fractional works · 5.9% of its workPsychology: 39 fractional works · 3.1% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 14 fractional works · 1.1% of its workClinical Psychology: 12 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSocial Psychology: 10 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 19 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEducation: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 61 fractional works · 4.8% of its workEngineering: 22 fractional works · 1.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 18 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 17 fractional works · 1.4% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 7 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 9 fractional works · 0.7% of its workStatistics and Probability: 8 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKKurume University1,275fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences18%Physical Sciences5%Health Sciences71%Social Sciences6%

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. Medicine85567.0%
    2. Health Professions302.4%
    3. Nursing120.9%
    4. Dentistry100.8%
    5. Veterinary10.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology14911.7%
    2. Neuroscience362.8%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology332.6%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences90.7%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics40.3%
    1. Psychology393.1%
    2. Social Sciences191.5%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance60.5%
    4. Arts and Humanities50.4%
    5. Decision Sciences30.3%
    6. Business, Management and Accounting30.2%
    1. Engineering221.7%
    2. Computer Science171.4%
    3. Mathematics90.7%
    4. Environmental Science50.4%
    5. Physics and Astronomy40.3%
    6. Materials Science20.1%
    7. Chemistry10.1%
    8. Chemical Engineering00.0%
    9. Energy00.0%
    10. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Kurume University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Hepatology takes 12.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. HepatologySubfield · 29.7 works12×
  2. Pathology and Forensic MedicineSubfield · 39.7 works6.0×
  3. Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield · 111.8 works5.7×
← 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: 0.14× its world share, 9 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.19× its world share, 149 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.56× its world share, 33 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.72× its world share, 36 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.94× its world share, 4 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.18× its world share, 17 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.12× its world share, 22 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.08× its world share, 5 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.04× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.58× its world share, 9 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.14× its world share, 4 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.67× its world share, 10 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.91× its world share, 30 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.49× its world share, 855 worksMedicineNursing: 1.86× its world share, 12 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.63× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.14× its world share, 5 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.07× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.28× its world share, 3 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.21× its world share, 6 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.02× its world share, 39 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.12× its world share, 19 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine3.49×855 works
  2. Immunology and Microbiology2.56×33 works
  3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2.19×149 works
  4. Nursing1.86×12 works
  5. Neuroscience1.72×36 works
  6. Dentistry1.67×10 works
  7. Psychology1.02×39 works
  8. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.94×4 works
  9. Health Professions0.91×30 works
  10. Veterinary0.63×1 works
  11. Mathematics0.58×9 works
  12. Decision Sciences0.28×3 works
  13. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.21×6 works
  14. Computer Science0.18×17 works
  15. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.14×9 works
  16. Physics and Astronomy0.14×4 works
  17. Arts and Humanities0.14×5 works
  18. Engineering0.12×22 works
  19. Social Sciences0.12×19 works
  20. Environmental Science0.08×5 works
  21. Chemical Engineering0.07×0 works
  22. Chemistry0.07×1 works
  23. Business, Management and Accounting0.07×3 works
  24. Materials Science0.04×2 works
  25. Energy0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Kurume University?

Ranked on the quality score, Naotada Ishihara, Masayasu Kojima and Tatsuhiro Shibata lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Kurume University.

  1. 1 Naotada Ishihara Japan · #84,097 worldwide 15k citations · 103 works
  2. 2 Masayasu Kojima Japan · #198,479 worldwide 42k citations · 331 works
  3. 3 Tatsuhiro Shibata Japan · #467,846 worldwide 5.8k citations · 137 works
  4. 4 Yuki Shiimura Japan · #539,155 worldwide 1.1k citations · 34 works
  5. 5 Hideki Iwamoto Japan · #597,268 worldwide 5.7k citations · 339 works
  6. 6 Takaya Ishihara Japan · #634,483 worldwide 2k citations · 45 works
  7. 7 Takumi Kawaguchi Japan · #681,096 worldwide 25k citations · 522 works
  8. 8 Kazutaka Murata Japan · #817,853 worldwide 3.6k citations · 62 works
  9. 9 Makiko Hayashi Japan · #834,090 worldwide 4.3k citations · 130 works
  10. 10 Yoshinori N. Ohnishi Japan · #999,747 worldwide 2.2k citations · 28 works
All ranked researchers at Kurume University

What are the most cited papers from Kurume University?

The most cited paper from Kurume University is "A new definition for metabolic dysfunction-associated fatty liver disease: An international expert consensus statement" (Mohammed Eslam et al., 2020), with 4,540 citations. Next come "Ghrelin: Structure and Function" (2,808) and "Japanese Society for Cancer of the Colon and Rectum (JSCCR) guidelines 2016 for the treatment of colorectal cancer" (2,496).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 A new definition for metabolic dysfunction-associated fatty liver disease: An international expert consensus statement Mohammed Eslam et al. · Journal of Hepatology Open access 8 Apr 2020 4,540
2 Ghrelin: Structure and Function Masayasu Kojima, Kenji Kangawa · Physiological Reviews Review 23 Mar 2005 2,808
3 Japanese Society for Cancer of the Colon and Rectum (JSCCR) guidelines 2016 for the treatment of colorectal cancer Japanese Society for Cancer of the Colon and Rectum et al. · International Journal of Clinical Oncology Open access 27 Mar 2017 2,496
4 International validation of the consensus Immunoscore for the classification of colon cancer: a prognostic and accuracy study Franck Pagès et al. · The Lancet May 2018 2,133
5 Indices of relative weight and obesity Ancel B. Keys, Flaminio Fidanza, Martti J. Karvonen et al. · Journal of Chronic Diseases Jul 1972 2,085
All 61 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Kurume University?

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

▲ 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. Epidemiology126▲ 2.5×110 topics
  2. Inflammation96▲ 3.6×72 topics
  3. Diagnosis75▲ 6.3×39 topics
  4. Treatment65▲ 4.2×42 topics
  5. Chemotherapy58▲ 6.4×23 topics
  6. Oxidative Stress48▲ 2.3×47 topics
  7. Management45▲ 4.5×26 topics
  8. Quality of Life43▲ 2.3×38 topics
  9. Cancer41▲ 2.4×44 topics
  10. Clinical Practice Guidelines41▲ 5.8×14 topics
  11. Cardiovascular Disease40▲ 2.7×35 topics
  12. Immunotherapy40▲ 4.3×18 topics
  13. Metabolic Syndrome39▲ 3.8×20 topics
  14. Prognostic Factors37▲ 6.7×14 topics
  15. Tumor Microenvironment35▲ 6.0×8 topics
  16. Surgical Management33▲ 6.3×19 topics
  17. Genetic Mutations33▲ 5.8×23 topics
  18. Radiotherapy32▲ 6.4×13 topics
  19. Prognosis32▲ 7.6×9 topics
  20. Hepatocellular Carcinoma28▲ 11×4 topics
  21. Heart Failure28▲ 4.9×13 topics
  22. Obesity28▲ 2.8×22 topics
  23. Echocardiography27▲ 7.5×8 topics
  24. Insulin Resistance26▲ 4.6×9 topics
  25. Neurological Disorders26▲ 3.6×19 topics
  26. Biomarkers26▲ 2.9×15 topics
  27. Rituximab23▲ 13×4 topics
  28. Survival23▲ 13×4 topics
  29. Guidelines23▲ 3.8×13 topics
  30. Autoantibodies22▲ 7.3×8 topics
  31. Thrombosis22▲ 6.1×7 topics
  32. Neoadjuvant Therapy20▲ 6.7×5 topics
  33. Survival Analysis19▲ 5.5×7 topics
  34. Chronic Kidney Disease19▲ 6.0×7 topics
  35. Immunosuppressive Therapy19▲ 7.8×6 topics
  36. Atherosclerosis19▲ 5.2×11 topics
  37. Treatment Guidelines19▲ 6.8×6 topics
  38. Hepatic Steatosis18▲ 9.7×2 topics
  39. Molecular Characterization17▲ 7.8×6 topics
  40. Endovascular Repair16▲ 14×3 topics

Which research topics does Kurume University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment, Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis, Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers and Autoimmune Bullous Skin Diseases.

Liver Disease Diagnosis …14Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment: 14 fractional worksHepatocellular Carcinoma…14Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis: 14 fractional worksCancer Immunotherapy and…14Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers: 14 fractional worksAutoimmune Bullous Skin …12Autoimmune Bullous Skin Diseases: 12 fractional worksVoice and Speech Disorders: 10 fractional worksHead and Neck Cancer Studies: 9 fractional worksTracheal and airway diso…8Tracheal and airway disorders: 8 fractional worksLiver Disease and Transplantation: 8 fractional worksAortic Disease and Treatment Approaches: 8 fractional worksNutrition and Health in …8Nutrition and Health in Aging: 8 fractional works
EpidemiologyHepatologyOncologyPathology and Forensic Medicine3 others

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

  1. 1 Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment Epidemiology 14 works
  2. 2 Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis Hepatology 14 works
  3. 3 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 14 works
  4. 4 Autoimmune Bullous Skin Diseases Pathology and Forensic Medicine 12 works
  5. 5 Voice and Speech Disorders Physiology 10 works
  6. 6 Head and Neck Cancer Studies Otorhinolaryngology 9 works
  7. 7 Tracheal and airway disorders Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 8 works
  8. 8 Liver Disease and Transplantation Hepatology 8 works
  9. 9 Aortic Disease and Treatment Approaches Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 8 works
  10. 10 Nutrition and Health in Aging Physiology 8 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 available50.2%not open49.8%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors6.8%domestic only93.2%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Kurume University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 1% 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 Kurume University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0045% in 2024.

still counting0.020%0.040%0.060%Kurume University0.0048% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Kurume 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 2025Kurume University5.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 7.7% in 2020.

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