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Kyorin University

In research, Kyorin University stands highest in Medicine (#2,376 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#2,980 of 11,982 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#3,631 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Ophthalmology, Neurology and Rheumatology — Ophthalmology is 11.1× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#6,642
of 28,054 · #4,886 all time
Rank in Japan
#158
of 1,070
Research works
6.5k
▲ 20% vs 2013–17
Citations
113k
17.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
43%
world 28%

What is Kyorin 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 #2,376 of 10,443 10.4%546 #2005
Health SciencesDomain #2,980 of 11,982 10.6%576 #2546
Life SciencesDomain #3,631 of 7,800 12.2%122 #2003
SurgerySubfield #1,359 of 1,816 8.9%70 #1357
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield #982 of 1,144 9.4%68 #1163
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #3,310 of 3,579 11.6%74 #1445

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Kyorin 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#2,005 #2,376
  2. Health Sciences#2,546 #2,980
  3. Life Sciences#2,003 #3,631
  4. Surgery#1,357 #1,359
  5. Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine#1,163 #982
  6. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#1,445 #3,310
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 Kyorin University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Ophthalmology takes 11.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. OphthalmologySubfield · 23.2 works11×
  2. NeurologySubfield · 33.0 works7.3×
  3. RheumatologySubfield · 24.2 works6.8×
  4. Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield · 68.5 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, 5 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.78× its world share, 74 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.30× its world share, 18 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.76× its world share, 22 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.77× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.17× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.18× its world share, 11 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.16× its world share, 18 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.12× its world share, 5 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.26× its world share, 5 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.57× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.17× its world share, 24 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.62× its world share, 546 worksMedicineNursing: 0.88× its world share, 3 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.62× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.12× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.15× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.91× its world share, 22 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.13× its world share, 13 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Kyorin University?

Ranked on the composite score, Kyoko Soejima, Junji Furuse and Tetsuo Shiohara lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Kyorin University.

  1. 1 Kyoko Soejima Japan · #26,939 worldwide 393 citations · 42 works
  2. 2 Junji Furuse Japan · #79,577 worldwide 452 citations · 105 works
  3. 3 Tetsuo Shiohara Japan · #123,184 worldwide 156 citations · 52 works
  4. 4 Tomonori Mizutani Japan · #138,310 worldwide 138 citations · 23 works
  5. 5 Hitoshi Endou Japan · #155,458 worldwide 532 citations · 151 works
  6. 6 Koichi Kozaki Japan · #189,500 worldwide 132 citations · 35 works
  7. 7 Ken Takeuchi Japan · #209,874 worldwide 140 citations · 20 works
  8. 8 Akito Hirakata Japan · #229,560 worldwide 74 citations · 27 works
  9. 9 Annabelle A. Okada Japan · #268,727 worldwide 84 citations · 26 works
  10. 10 Hideki Ohno Japan · #276,943 worldwide 182 citations · 77 works
All ranked researchers at Kyorin University

Which keywords describe research at Kyorin University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Chemotherapy, Inflammation, Diagnosis, Radiotherapy, Treatment, Pathogenesis and Inflammatory Bowel Disease.

▲ 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. Epidemiology98▲ 3.2×100 topics
  2. Inflammation50▲ 3.0×71 topics
  3. Chemotherapy38▲ 7.0×22 topics
  4. Diagnosis38▲ 5.2×33 topics
  5. Treatment37▲ 3.9×42 topics
  6. Radiotherapy30▲ 10.0×13 topics
  7. Immunotherapy28▲ 5.1×18 topics
  8. Risk Factors28▲ 3.2×29 topics
  9. Quality of Life28▲ 2.4×40 topics
  10. Genetics26▲ 4.8×17 topics
  11. Pathogenesis26▲ 6.6×16 topics
  12. Management25▲ 4.1×27 topics
  13. Inflammatory Bowel Disease23▲ 26×5 topics
  14. Clinical Practice Guidelines23▲ 5.4×14 topics
  15. Prognostic Factors21▲ 6.0×14 topics
  16. Cancer20▲ 1.93×38 topics
  17. Surgical Management20▲ 6.0×17 topics
  18. Genetic Mutations19▲ 5.6×21 topics
  19. Guidelines19▲ 5.1×12 topics
  20. Echocardiography18▲ 8.3×8 topics
  21. Immunology18▲ 21×2 topics
  22. Global Burden17▲ 4.1×12 topics
  23. Crohn's Disease16▲ 26×2 topics
  24. Heart Failure16▲ 4.7×13 topics
  25. Molecular Classification15▲ 13×4 topics
  26. Therapies15▲ 44×1 topic
  27. Ulcerative Colitis15▲ 44×1 topic
  28. Complications14▲ 3.6×14 topics
  29. Autoantibodies14▲ 7.4×8 topics
  30. Survival Analysis14▲ 6.3×6 topics
  31. Prognosis13▲ 5.2×9 topics
  32. Treatment Guidelines13▲ 7.8×6 topics
  33. Parkinson's Disease12▲ 6.4×6 topics
  34. Imaging12▲ 5.9×6 topics
  35. Molecular Characterization11▲ 7.9×6 topics
  36. Glioblastoma11▲ 20×1 topic
  37. Temozolomide11▲ 20×1 topic
  38. Regeneration11▲ 6.9×5 topics
  39. Glaucoma10▲ 8.7×4 topics
  40. Pulmonary Hypertension10▲ 9.0×3 topics

Which research topics does Kyorin University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment, CNS Lymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment and Hair Growth and Disorders.

Inflammatory Bowel Disease: 15 fractional worksGlioma Diagnosis and Treatment: 11 fractional worksCNS Lymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment: 8 fractional worksHair Growth and Disorders: 7 fractional worksTracheal and airway disorders: 6 fractional worksRetinal and Macular Surgery: 6 fractional worksPulmonary Hypertension R…6Pulmonary Hypertension Research and Treatments: 6 fractional worksVoice and Speech Disorders: 6 fractional worksRetinal Diseases and Treatments: 6 fractional worksAcute Ischemic Stroke Ma…6Acute Ischemic Stroke Management: 6 fractional works
GeneticsNeurologyUrologyPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine4 others

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

  1. 1 Inflammatory Bowel Disease Genetics 15 works
  2. 2 Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment Genetics 11 works
  3. 3 CNS Lymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment Neurology 8 works
  4. 4 Hair Growth and Disorders Urology 7 works
  5. 5 Tracheal and airway disorders Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 6 works
  6. 6 Retinal and Macular Surgery Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 6 works
  7. 7 Pulmonary Hypertension Research and Treatments Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 6 works
  8. 8 Voice and Speech Disorders Physiology 6 works
  9. 9 Retinal Diseases and Treatments Ophthalmology 6 works
  10. 10 Acute Ischemic Stroke Management Epidemiology 6 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 available43.2%not open56.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors8.4%domestic only91.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Kyorin University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 20% 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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