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Kurume University

In research, Kurume University stands highest in Medicine (#2,556 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#3,330 of 11,982 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#2,834 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Hepatology, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and Pathology and Forensic Medicine — Hepatology is 11.7× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#6,192
of 28,054 · #3,205 all time
Rank in Japan
#149
of 1,070
Research works
13k
▲ 5% vs 2013–17
Citations
232k
17.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
50%
world 28%

What is Kurume University 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 #2,556 of 10,443 7.7%765 #1546
Health SciencesDomain #3,330 of 11,982 7.8%812 #1894
Life SciencesDomain #2,834 of 7,800 8.3%202 #1206
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #1,652 of 3,579 9.3%134 #1187
Social SciencesDomain #7,931 of 10,521 9.9%63 #10140
SurgerySubfield #1,376 of 1,816 5.0%120 #1009
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield #1,010 of 1,144 5.2%104 #802
Molecular BiologySubfield #2,086 of 2,175 8.8%70 #1968
OncologySubfield #745 of 772 7.2%66 #668

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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Medicine#1,546 #2,556
  2. Health Sciences#1,894 #3,330
  3. Life Sciences#1,206 #2,834
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#1,187 #1,652
  5. Social Sciences#10,140 #7,931
  6. Surgery#1,009 #1,376
  7. Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine#802 #1,010
  8. Molecular Biology#1,968 #2,086
  9. Oncology#668 #745
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

What does Kurume University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Hepatology takes 11.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. HepatologySubfield · 25.4 works12×
  2. Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield · 104.1 works6.0×
  3. Pathology and Forensic MedicineSubfield · 34.8 works5.9×
  4. OncologySubfield · 66.2 works5.2×
← 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, 8 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.22× its world share, 134 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.40× its world share, 27 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.61× its world share, 30 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.97× its world share, 4 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.19× its world share, 16 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.11× its world share, 18 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.08× its world share, 5 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.60× its world share, 8 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.13× its world share, 3 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.62× its world share, 9 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.91× its world share, 27 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.52× its world share, 765 worksMedicineNursing: 1.86× its world share, 10 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.64× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.15× its world share, 5 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.08× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.30× its world share, 3 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.17× its world share, 4 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.96× its world share, 33 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.11× its world share, 15 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.

Who are the top researchers at Kurume University?

Ranked on the composite score, Masayasu Kojima, Hisashi Kai and Osamu Tsuruta lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Kurume University.

  1. 1 Masayasu Kojima Japan · #22,987 worldwide 726 citations · 41 works
  2. 2 Hisashi Kai Japan · #44,061 worldwide 356 citations · 52 works
  3. 3 Osamu Tsuruta Japan · #45,674 worldwide 280 citations · 39 works
  4. 4 Tomoaki Hoshino Japan · #77,110 worldwide 179 citations · 62 works
  5. 5 Kyogo Itoh Japan · #79,006 worldwide 323 citations · 36 works
  6. 6 Minoru Hirano Japan · #80,427 worldwide 267 citations · 106 works
  7. 7 Seiya Okuda Japan · #91,703 worldwide 245 citations · 56 works
  8. 8 Takaaki Tokito Japan · #93,429 worldwide 301 citations · 24 works
  9. 9 Hirohisa Yano Japan · #99,208 worldwide 206 citations · 61 works
  10. 10 Toshiro Nakashima Japan · #121,494 worldwide 192 citations · 40 works
All ranked researchers at Kurume University

Which keywords describe research at Kurume University?

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

▲ 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. Epidemiology110▲ 2.5×105 topics
  2. Inflammation85▲ 3.6×71 topics
  3. Diagnosis65▲ 6.2×36 topics
  4. Treatment57▲ 4.1×41 topics
  5. Chemotherapy55▲ 6.9×23 topics
  6. Oxidative Stress43▲ 2.4×46 topics
  7. Management40▲ 4.5×26 topics
  8. Immunotherapy38▲ 4.7×18 topics
  9. Clinical Practice Guidelines38▲ 6.1×13 topics
  10. Cancer38▲ 2.5×44 topics
  11. Quality of Life38▲ 2.3×36 topics
  12. Prognostic Factors36▲ 7.2×14 topics
  13. Metabolic Syndrome34▲ 3.8×20 topics
  14. Cardiovascular Disease34▲ 2.7×32 topics
  15. Tumor Microenvironment33▲ 6.6×8 topics
  16. Surgical Management31▲ 6.6×19 topics
  17. Radiotherapy30▲ 7.0×13 topics
  18. Genetic Mutations30▲ 6.0×22 topics
  19. Prognosis28▲ 7.5×9 topics
  20. Risk Factors27▲ 2.2×32 topics
  21. Hepatocellular Carcinoma26▲ 11×4 topics
  22. Obesity25▲ 2.9×22 topics
  23. Biomarkers24▲ 3.1×15 topics
  24. Echocardiography24▲ 7.8×8 topics
  25. Heart Failure23▲ 4.8×13 topics
  26. Insulin Resistance23▲ 4.5×8 topics
  27. Neurological Disorders22▲ 3.5×18 topics
  28. Survival22▲ 14×4 topics
  29. Rituximab21▲ 12×4 topics
  30. Guidelines20▲ 3.9×13 topics
  31. Neoadjuvant Therapy20▲ 7.4×5 topics
  32. Autoantibodies19▲ 7.3×8 topics
  33. Metastasis19▲ 4.8×12 topics
  34. Survival Analysis18▲ 6.0×7 topics
  35. Thrombosis18▲ 5.7×7 topics
  36. Hepatic Steatosis17▲ 9.6×2 topics
  37. Treatment Guidelines17▲ 6.8×6 topics
  38. Immunosuppressive Therapy16▲ 7.7×6 topics
  39. Molecular Characterization16▲ 8.0×6 topics
  40. Endovascular Repair16▲ 16×3 topics

Which research topics does Kurume University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment, Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers, Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis and Autoimmune Bullous Skin Diseases.

Liver Disease Diagnosis …13Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment: 13 fractional worksCancer Immunotherapy and…13Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers: 13 fractional worksHepatocellular Carcinoma…12Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis: 12 fractional worksAutoimmune Bullous Skin …10Autoimmune Bullous Skin Diseases: 10 fractional worksVoice and Speech Disorders: 9 fractional worksHead and Neck Cancer Studies: 9 fractional worksTracheal and airway diso…8Tracheal and airway disorders: 8 fractional worksAortic Disease and Treatment Approaches: 8 fractional worksNutrition and Health in Aging: 7 fractional worksPancreatic and Hepatic O…7Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research: 7 fractional works
EpidemiologyOncologyHepatologyPathology and Forensic Medicine3 others

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

  1. 1 Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment Epidemiology 13 works
  2. 2 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 13 works
  3. 3 Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis Hepatology 12 works
  4. 4 Autoimmune Bullous Skin Diseases Pathology and Forensic Medicine 10 works
  5. 5 Voice and Speech Disorders Physiology 9 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 Aortic Disease and Treatment Approaches Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 8 works
  9. 9 Nutrition and Health in Aging Physiology 7 works
  10. 10 Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research Oncology 7 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: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Kurume University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 5% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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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Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners are in the interactive view on the map.