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Kurume University Hospital

In research, Kurume University Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#8,557 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#10,376 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#22,876
of 28,054 · #29,067 all time
Rank in Japan
#731
of 1,070
Research works
499
▲ 37% vs 2013–17
Citations
6.3k
12.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
60%
world 28%

What is Kurume University Hospital 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 #8,557 of 10,443 7.1%91 #12458
Health SciencesDomain #10,376 of 11,982 6.9%95 #14956

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Kurume University 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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

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: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.01× its world share, 13 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.91× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.70× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.10× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.13× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.49× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.66× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.00× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.00× its world share, 91 worksMedicineNursing: 0.84× its world share, 0 worksNursingBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.03× 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, 4.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Kurume University Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, Masafumi Fukuda and Ryuki Hashida lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Kurume University Hospital.

  1. 1 Masafumi Fukuda Japan · #904,152 worldwide 52 citations · 23 works
  2. 2 Ryuki Hashida Japan · #1,080,739 worldwide 27 citations · 21 works
All ranked researchers at Kurume University Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Kurume University Hospital?

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

▲ 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. Epidemiology11▲ 2.3×41 topics
  2. Chemotherapy10▲ 12×16 topics
  3. Clinical Practice Guidelines9▲ 14×10 topics
  4. Inflammation9▲ 3.5×37 topics
  5. Treatment8▲ 5.8×15 topics
  6. Diagnosis7▲ 6.7×14 topics
  7. Tumor Microenvironment7▲ 13×8 topics
  8. Prognostic Factors7▲ 13×14 topics
  9. Management6▲ 6.8×14 topics
  10. Hepatocellular Carcinoma6▲ 23×3 topics
  11. Cancer5▲ 3.3×23 topics
  12. Oxidative Stress5▲ 2.7×22 topics
  13. Immunotherapy5▲ 6.0×13 topics
  14. Neoadjuvant Therapy5▲ 18×5 topics
  15. Quality of Life4▲ 2.5×18 topics
  16. Metabolic Syndrome4▲ 4.4×11 topics
  17. Surgical Management4▲ 8.1×14 topics
  18. Survival4▲ 25×2 topics
  19. Survival Analysis4▲ 12×5 topics
  20. Rehabilitation4▲ 7.8×7 topics
  21. Biomarkers4▲ 4.3×13 topics
  22. Liver Cancer4▲ 54×1 topic
  23. Radiofrequency Ablation4▲ 29×1 topic
  24. Pancreatic Cancer3▲ 26×3 topics
  25. Radiotherapy3▲ 7.1×10 topics
  26. Molecular Classification3▲ 18×4 topics
  27. Neuroprotection3▲ 7.4×9 topics
  28. Prognosis3▲ 8.0×6 topics
  29. Metastasis3▲ 7.2×8 topics
  30. Treatment Guidelines3▲ 11×5 topics
  31. Diabetes3▲ 4.8×11 topics
  32. Gemcitabine3▲ 33×1 topic
  33. Surgical Complications3▲ 29×1 topic
  34. Genetic Mutations3▲ 5.1×13 topics
  35. Targeted Therapy2▲ 9.4×4 topics
  36. Chronic Kidney Disease2▲ 8.3×6 topics
  37. Surgical Treatment2▲ 10×4 topics
  38. Hepatic Steatosis2▲ 12×2 topics
  39. Molecular Characterization2▲ 11×4 topics
  40. Cholangiocarcinoma2▲ 24×2 topics

Which research topics does Kurume University Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis, Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research, Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment and Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers.

Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis: 4 fractional worksPancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research: 3 fractional worksLiver Disease Diagnosis …2Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment: 2 fractional worksCancer Immunotherapy and…2Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers: 2 fractional worksSalivary Gland Tumors Diagnosis and Treatment: 2 fractional worksColorectal Cancer Treatments and Studies: 2 fractional worksNutrition and Health in …2Nutrition and Health in Aging: 2 fractional worksCholangiocarcinoma and Gallbladder Cancer Studies: 2 fractional worksPelvic floor disorders treatments: 1 fractional worksGastric Cancer Managemen…1Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes: 1 fractional works
HepatologyOncologyEpidemiologySurgery3 others

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

  1. 1 Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis Hepatology 4 works
  2. 2 Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research Oncology 3 works
  3. 3 Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment Epidemiology 2 works
  4. 4 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 2 works
  5. 5 Salivary Gland Tumors Diagnosis and Treatment Surgery 2 works
  6. 6 Colorectal Cancer Treatments and Studies Oncology 2 works
  7. 7 Nutrition and Health in Aging Physiology 2 works
  8. 8 Cholangiocarcinoma and Gallbladder Cancer Studies Surgery 2 works
  9. 9 Pelvic floor disorders treatments Rheumatology 1 works
  10. 10 Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 1 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 available59.7%not open40.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors8.5%domestic only91.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Kurume University Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 37% higher 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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