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Kyoto Medical Center

In research, Kyoto Medical Center stands highest in Health Sciences (#3,228 of 9,902 worldwide) and Medicine (#2,889 of 8,541 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine (Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine is 9.7× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#10,621
of 22,385 · #11,279 all time
Rank in Japan
#272
of 924
Research works
1.6k
▼ 5% vs 2018-21
Citations
25k
14.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.5%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.81×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
57%
world 40%
International
9%
world 18%
Kyoto Medical Center

What is Kyoto Medical Center 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
Health SciencesDomain #3,228 of 9,902 6.1%328 #4087
MedicineField #2,889 of 8,541 6.0%310 #3429

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Kyoto Medical Center 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 fields of science does Kyoto Medical Center work in?

In 2022-now, 83% of research at Kyoto Medical Center is in Health Sciences, 12% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (79%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (8%), Health Professions (3%). It does 3.5× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 367 fractional works · 83.3% of its workMedicine: 348 fractional works · 78.8% of its workSurgery: 57 fractional works · 12.8% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 55 fractional works · 12.5% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 45 fractional works · 10.2% of its workOncology: 25 fractional works · 5.7% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 22 fractional works · 4.9% of its workNeurology: 17 fractional works · 3.9% of its workEpidemiology: 17 fractional works · 3.9% of its workPhysiology: 11 fractional works · 2.6% of its workInfectious Diseases: 11 fractional works · 2.4% of its workRheumatology: 9 fractional works · 2.1% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 9 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 7 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 7 fractional works · 1.6% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 6 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHematology: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGenetics: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGastroenterology: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInternal Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workReproductive Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNephrology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEmergency Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDermatology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHepatology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Professions: 13 fractional works · 2.9% of its workComplementary and Manual Therapy: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Information Management: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDentistry: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrthodontics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVeterinary: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmall Animals: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLife Sciences: 55 fractional works · 12.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 33 fractional works · 7.6% of its workMolecular Biology: 16 fractional works · 3.7% of its workGenetics: 7 fractional works · 1.5% of its workCancer Research: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCell Biology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEndocrinology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMolecular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 10 fractional works · 2.4% of its workImmunology: 8 fractional works · 1.9% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 7 fractional works · 1.6% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysical Sciences: 11 fractional works · 2.5% of its workEngineering: 5 fractional works · 1.2% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 8 fractional works · 1.9% of its workSocial Sciences: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAnthropology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workClinical Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHistory: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKKyoto MedicalCenter441fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences12%Physical Sciences2%Health Sciences83%Social Sciences2%

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 24 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine34878.8%
    2. Health Professions132.9%
    3. Nursing30.6%
    4. Dentistry30.6%
    5. Veterinary20.4%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology337.6%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology102.4%
    3. Neuroscience71.6%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences20.5%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.3%
    1. Engineering51.2%
    2. Computer Science30.6%
    3. Environmental Science10.2%
    4. Chemistry10.2%
    5. Physics and Astronomy00.1%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.1%
    7. Materials Science00.0%
    8. Mathematics00.0%
    1. Social Sciences30.7%
    2. Psychology30.6%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.3%
    4. Arts and Humanities10.3%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting00.0%
    6. Decision Sciences00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Kyoto Medical Center specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine takes 9.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield · 45.0 works9.7×
  2. Endocrinology, Diabetes and MetabolismSubfield · 21.7 works9.1×
  3. Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield · 55.3 works8.2×
← 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: 0.11× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.42× its world share, 33 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.36× its world share, 10 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.96× its world share, 7 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.96× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.08× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.08× its world share, 5 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.19× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.09× its world share, 13 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.10× its world share, 348 worksMedicineNursing: 1.22× its world share, 3 worksNursingVeterinary: 3.21× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.20× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.05× its world share, 3 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 4.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine4.10×348 works
  2. Veterinary3.21×2 works
  3. Immunology and Microbiology2.36×10 works
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.42×33 works
  5. Nursing1.22×3 works
  6. Dentistry1.19×2 works
  7. Health Professions1.09×13 works
  8. Neuroscience0.96×7 works
  9. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.96×2 works
  10. Psychology0.20×3 works
  11. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.13×1 works
  12. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.11×2 works
  13. Chemistry0.10×1 works
  14. Arts and Humanities0.09×1 works
  15. Computer Science0.08×3 works
  16. Engineering0.08×5 works
  17. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.05×0 works
  18. Environmental Science0.05×1 works
  19. Social Sciences0.05×3 works
  20. Mathematics0.04×0 works
  21. Physics and Astronomy0.04×0 works
  22. Decision Sciences0.03×0 works
  23. Materials Science0.01×0 works
  24. Business, Management and Accounting0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Kyoto Medical Center?

Ranked on the quality score, Satoru Beppu, Kazutaka Nanba and Mitsuhide Naruse lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Kyoto Medical Center.

  1. 1 Satoru Beppu Japan · #387,944 worldwide 2.2k citations · 55 works
  2. 2 Kazutaka Nanba Japan · #430,606 worldwide 3k citations · 110 works
  3. 3 Mitsuhide Naruse Japan · #657,451 worldwide 20k citations · 443 works
  4. 4 Hikari Tsuji Japan · #672,336 worldwide 1.7k citations · 61 works
  5. 5 Takamasa Ichijo Japan · #674,065 worldwide 4.7k citations · 138 works
  6. 6 Akira Shimatsu Japan · #683,476 worldwide 22k citations · 474 works
  7. 7 Mika Tsuiki Japan · #816,708 worldwide 2.3k citations · 131 works
  8. 8 Noriko Satoh‐Asahara Japan · #831,930 worldwide 3.5k citations · 163 works
  9. 9 Masaharu Akao Japan · #1,137,490 worldwide 11k citations · 570 works
  10. 10 Kohei Kamemura Japan · #1,137,676 worldwide 1.5k citations · 69 works
All ranked researchers at Kyoto Medical Center

What are the most cited papers from Kyoto Medical Center?

The most cited paper from Kyoto Medical Center is "Pheochromocytoma and Paraganglioma: An Endocrine Society Clinical Practice Guideline" (Jacques W.M. Lenders, Quan‐Yang Duh, Graeme Eisenhofer et al., 2014), with 2,828 citations. Next come "Comprehensive diagnostic criteria for IgG4-related disease (IgG4-RD), 2011" (1,661) and "Stomach Is a Major Source of Circulating Ghrelin, and Feeding State Determines Plasma Ghrelin-Like Immunoreactivity Levels in Humans" (1,247).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Pheochromocytoma and Paraganglioma: An Endocrine Society Clinical Practice Guideline Jacques W.M. Lenders, Quan‐Yang Duh, Graeme Eisenhofer et al. · The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism Open access Jun 2014 2,828
2 Comprehensive diagnostic criteria for IgG4-related disease (IgG4-RD), 2011 Hisanori Umehara et al. · Modern Rheumatology 4 Jan 2012 1,661
3 Stomach Is a Major Source of Circulating Ghrelin, and Feeding State Determines Plasma Ghrelin-Like Immunoreactivity Levels in Humans Hiroyuki Ariyasu, Kazuhiko Takaya, Tetsuya Tagami et al. · The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism Oct 2001 1,247
4 Mapping the human genetic architecture of COVID-19 COVID-19 Host Genetics Initiative et al. · Nature Open access3,896 authors 8 Jul 2021 1,130
5 Long-Term Proliferation in Culture and Germline Transmission of Mouse Male Germline Stem Cells1 Mito Kanatsu‐Shinohara, Narumi Ogonuki, Kimiko Inoue et al. · Biology of Reproduction Aug 2003 1,078
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Kyoto Medical Center?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Treatment, Chemotherapy, Guidelines, Inflammation, Diagnosis, Cardiovascular Disease and Heart Failure.

▲ 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. Epidemiology57▲ 3.3×77 topics
  2. Inflammation36▲ 3.8×71 topics
  3. Treatment31▲ 5.7×35 topics
  4. Chemotherapy26▲ 8.3×20 topics
  5. Guidelines26▲ 12×11 topics
  6. Diagnosis25▲ 6.2×30 topics
  7. Cardiovascular Disease24▲ 4.7×29 topics
  8. Obesity17▲ 5.0×22 topics
  9. Clinical Practice Guidelines17▲ 6.8×14 topics
  10. Immunotherapy16▲ 5.1×18 topics
  11. Clinical Trials16▲ 5.5×16 topics
  12. Heart Failure16▲ 8.1×13 topics
  13. Catheter Ablation16▲ 29×2 topics
  14. Stroke Prevention15▲ 28×2 topics
  15. Complications15▲ 6.8×13 topics
  16. Cancer15▲ 2.5×38 topics
  17. Anticoagulant Therapy14▲ 26×4 topics
  18. Risk Factors14▲ 3.0×23 topics
  19. Atrial Fibrillation14▲ 32×2 topics
  20. Metabolic Syndrome14▲ 3.9×16 topics
  21. Risk Stratification14▲ 43×1 topic
  22. Thromboembolism14▲ 43×1 topic
  23. Prognostic Factors12▲ 6.5×13 topics
  24. Management12▲ 3.5×24 topics
  25. Radiotherapy12▲ 7.1×10 topics
  26. Hypertension12▲ 9.2×15 topics
  27. Neurological Disorders12▲ 4.5×14 topics
  28. Adjuvant Therapy11▲ 21×2 topics
  29. Atherosclerosis10▲ 8.1×11 topics
  30. Genetic Mutations10▲ 5.3×17 topics
  31. Diabetes10▲ 4.5×14 topics
  32. Tumor Microenvironment10▲ 5.0×8 topics
  33. Surgery10▲ 6.4×10 topics
  34. Cardiovascular Events10▲ 18×4 topics
  35. Surgical Management9▲ 5.1×19 topics
  36. Echocardiography8▲ 6.7×8 topics
  37. Stroke8▲ 10×7 topics
  38. Tumor Staging8▲ 16×2 topics
  39. Fibrosis8▲ 8.9×8 topics
  40. Gastric Cancer8▲ 16×3 topics

Which research topics does Kyoto Medical Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes, Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment, Hormonal Regulation and Hypertension and Interstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis.

Atrial Fibrillation Mana…14Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes: 14 fractional worksLung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment: 7 fractional worksHormonal Regulation and Hypertension: 5 fractional worksInterstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis: 5 fractional worksCardiovascular Function and Risk Factors: 5 fractional worksHeart Failure Treatment and Management: 5 fractional worksCancer Immunotherapy and…4Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers: 4 fractional worksGastric Cancer Managemen…4Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes: 4 fractional worksTracheal and airway diso…4Tracheal and airway disorders: 4 fractional worksBotulinum Toxin and Rela…4Botulinum Toxin and Related Neurological Disorders: 4 fractional works
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicinePulmonary and Respiratory MedicineEndocrinology, Diabetes and MetabolismOncology1 others

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

  1. 1 Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 14 works
  2. 2 Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 7 works
  3. 3 Hormonal Regulation and Hypertension Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 5 works
  4. 4 Interstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 5 works
  5. 5 Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 5 works
  6. 6 Heart Failure Treatment and Management Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 5 works
  7. 7 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 4 works
  8. 8 Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 4 works
  9. 9 Tracheal and airway disorders Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 4 works
  10. 10 Botulinum Toxin and Related Neurological Disorders Neurology 4 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 available56.9%not open43.1%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

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

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Kyoto Medical Center's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 5% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Kyoto Medical Center as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0017% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%Kyoto Medical Center0.0017% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Kyoto Medical Center 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 2025Kyoto Medical Center5.0% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 10.2% in 2005.

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