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Kyoto City Hospital

In research, Kyoto City Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#7,239 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#8,932 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Surgery — Surgery is 7.1× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#23,224
of 28,054 · #25,707 all time
Rank in Japan
#749
of 1,070
Research works
934
▲ 48% vs 2013–17
Citations
11k
11.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
49%
world 28%

What is Kyoto City 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 #7,239 of 10,443 9.2%103 #8494
Health SciencesDomain #8,932 of 11,982 8.9%109 #10930

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Kyoto City 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).

What does Kyoto City Hospital specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Surgery takes 7.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. SurgerySubfield · 23.5 works7.1×
← 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: 0.26× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.28× its world share, 10 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.40× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.63× its world share, 4 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.44× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.12× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.34× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.62× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 2.23× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.93× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.78× its world share, 103 worksMedicineNursing: 1.16× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.26× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryDecision Sciences: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.80× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.19× its world share, 4 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Kyoto City Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, 益治 久世, Shuichi Hida and Kumi Nakamura lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Kyoto City Hospital.

  1. 1 益治 久世 Japan · #379,385 worldwide 0 citations · 24 works
  2. 2 Shuichi Hida Japan · #537,768 worldwide 27 citations · 18 works
  3. 3 Kumi Nakamura Japan · #580,407 worldwide 23 citations · 21 works
  4. 4 武志 吉川 Japan · #632,788 worldwide 1 citations · 19 works
  5. 5 S Dokoh Japan · #651,339 worldwide 37 citations · 25 works
  6. 6 M Kuze Japan · #977,030 worldwide 0 citations · 19 works
  7. 7 Kosho Takasu Japan · #1,195,858 worldwide 15 citations · 22 works
All ranked researchers at Kyoto City Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Kyoto City Hospital?

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

▲ 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. Epidemiology15▲ 2.8×61 topics
  2. Inflammation8▲ 2.8×35 topics
  3. Treatment8▲ 4.5×27 topics
  4. Chemotherapy8▲ 7.8×18 topics
  5. Diagnosis7▲ 5.5×22 topics
  6. Prognostic Factors6▲ 10×11 topics
  7. Clinical Practice Guidelines6▲ 7.7×14 topics
  8. Risk Factors5▲ 3.3×19 topics
  9. Adjuvant Therapy4▲ 23×2 topics
  10. Surgical Management4▲ 7.1×11 topics
  11. Management4▲ 3.6×16 topics
  12. Complications4▲ 5.6×13 topics
  13. Surgery4▲ 7.8×9 topics
  14. Clinical Trials4▲ 4.0×9 topics
  15. Radiotherapy4▲ 6.9×11 topics
  16. Endoscopic Resection4▲ 25×2 topics
  17. Spinal Fusion4▲ 26×2 topics
  18. Molecular Characterization3▲ 13×5 topics
  19. Gastric Cancer3▲ 19×3 topics
  20. Guidelines3▲ 4.7×9 topics
  21. Low Back Pain3▲ 13×2 topics
  22. Survival Analysis3▲ 8.0×5 topics
  23. Pathogenesis3▲ 4.1×12 topics
  24. Revision Surgery3▲ 17×2 topics
  25. Total Hip Replacement3▲ 17×2 topics
  26. Surgical Treatment3▲ 10×5 topics
  27. Degenerative Disc Disease3▲ 20×2 topics
  28. Genetic Mutations3▲ 4.5×13 topics
  29. Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy3▲ 21×2 topics
  30. Clinical Outcomes2▲ 8.0×2 topics
  31. Lymph Node Dissection2▲ 28×1 topic
  32. Metastatic Gastric Cancer2▲ 28×1 topic
  33. Spinal Surgery2▲ 21×2 topics
  34. Intervertebral Disc2▲ 23×1 topic
  35. Lumbar Disc Degeneration2▲ 23×1 topic
  36. Neoadjuvant Therapy2▲ 6.7×5 topics
  37. PET Imaging2▲ 9.2×4 topics
  38. Chronic Pain2▲ 6.9×5 topics
  39. Dosimetry2▲ 20×2 topics
  40. Robotic Surgery2▲ 10×5 topics

Which research topics does Kyoto City Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes, Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology, Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty and Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment.

Gastric Cancer Managemen…2Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes: 2 fractional worksSpine and Intervertebral…2Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology: 2 fractional worksOrthopaedic implants and…2Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty: 2 fractional worksLung Cancer Diagnosis an…2Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment: 2 fractional worksMental Health Research Topics: 2 fractional worksGastrointestinal Tumor Research and Treatment: 1 fractional worksCentral Venous Catheters…1Central Venous Catheters and Hemodialysis: 1 fractional worksNutrition and Health in Aging: 1 fractional worksScoliosis diagnosis and treatment: 1 fractional worksAdvanced Radiotherapy Te…1Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques: 1 fractional works
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicinePathology and Forensic MedicineSurgeryExperimental and Cognitive Psychology4 others

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

  1. 1 Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  2. 2 Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology Pathology and Forensic Medicine 2 works
  3. 3 Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty Surgery 2 works
  4. 4 Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  5. 5 Mental Health Research Topics Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 2 works
  6. 6 Gastrointestinal Tumor Research and Treatment Gastroenterology 1 works
  7. 7 Central Venous Catheters and Hemodialysis Emergency Medical Services 1 works
  8. 8 Nutrition and Health in Aging Physiology 1 works
  9. 9 Scoliosis diagnosis and treatment Surgery 1 works
  10. 10 Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques Radiation 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 available49.1%not open50.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors6.4%domestic only93.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Kyoto City Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 48% 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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