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Kyoto Medical Center

In research, Kyoto Medical Center stands highest in Health Sciences (#4,366 of 11,982 worldwide) and Medicine (#4,453 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine — Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine is 10.2× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#9,325
of 28,054 · #12,826 all time
Rank in Japan
#238
of 1,070
Research works
1.6k
▲ 54% vs 2013–17
Citations
25k
14.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
57%
world 28%

What is Kyoto Medical Center 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
Health SciencesDomain #4,366 of 11,982 8.2%328 #5476
MedicineField #4,453 of 10,443 8.1%310 #4676

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

What does Kyoto Medical Center specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine takes 10.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield · 42.2 works10×
  2. Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield · 49.6 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: 0.12× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.47× its world share, 31 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.51× its world share, 10 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.00× its world share, 6 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.00× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.04× its world share, 1 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: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.33× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.07× its world share, 11 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.10× its world share, 310 worksMedicineNursing: 1.28× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 3.43× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesDecision Sciences: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.11× its world share, 1 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.

Who are the top researchers at Kyoto Medical Center?

Ranked on the composite score, Akira Shimatsu, Takeshi Usui and Shunichi Fukuda lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Kyoto Medical Center.

  1. 1 Akira Shimatsu Japan · #208,017 worldwide 335 citations · 85 works
  2. 2 Takeshi Usui Japan · #328,898 worldwide 114 citations · 52 works
  3. 3 Shunichi Fukuda Japan · #370,455 worldwide 95 citations · 20 works
  4. 4 Masahiro Esato Japan · #435,455 worldwide 62 citations · 22 works
  5. 5 Tetsuya Tagami Japan · #489,594 worldwide 92 citations · 32 works
  6. 6 Moritake Iguchi Japan · #489,707 worldwide 81 citations · 41 works
  7. 7 Noriko Satoh Japan · #499,688 worldwide 79 citations · 19 works
  8. 8 Mitsuhide Naruse Japan · #510,041 worldwide 162 citations · 76 works
  9. 9 Nobuyuki Oka Japan · #564,202 worldwide 49 citations · 20 works
  10. 10 Masaharu Akao Japan · #675,747 worldwide 109 citations · 76 works
All ranked researchers at Kyoto Medical Center

Which keywords describe research at Kyoto Medical Center?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Guidelines, Treatment, Inflammation, Chemotherapy, Diagnosis, Cardiovascular Disease and Catheter Ablation.

▲ 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. Epidemiology51▲ 3.3×76 topics
  2. Inflammation32▲ 4.0×69 topics
  3. Treatment28▲ 5.8×35 topics
  4. Guidelines24▲ 13×11 topics
  5. Chemotherapy24▲ 8.5×20 topics
  6. Diagnosis23▲ 6.2×30 topics
  7. Cardiovascular Disease21▲ 4.8×29 topics
  8. Catheter Ablation16▲ 33×2 topics
  9. Immunotherapy16▲ 5.6×18 topics
  10. Clinical Trials15▲ 5.7×15 topics
  11. Stroke Prevention15▲ 32×2 topics
  12. Obesity14▲ 4.8×21 topics
  13. Anticoagulant Therapy14▲ 29×4 topics
  14. Clinical Practice Guidelines14▲ 6.6×14 topics
  15. Heart Failure14▲ 8.3×13 topics
  16. Atrial Fibrillation14▲ 36×2 topics
  17. Cancer14▲ 2.6×37 topics
  18. Risk Stratification14▲ 49×1 topic
  19. Thromboembolism14▲ 49×1 topic
  20. Complications13▲ 6.6×13 topics
  21. Metabolic Syndrome12▲ 3.9×16 topics
  22. Risk Factors12▲ 2.8×21 topics
  23. Prognostic Factors12▲ 7.0×13 topics
  24. Management12▲ 3.8×23 topics
  25. Neurological Disorders11▲ 5.0×14 topics
  26. Hypertension11▲ 9.4×15 topics
  27. Radiotherapy11▲ 7.1×10 topics
  28. Adjuvant Therapy10▲ 19×2 topics
  29. Surgery9▲ 6.8×10 topics
  30. Atherosclerosis9▲ 8.4×10 topics
  31. Surgical Management9▲ 5.5×19 topics
  32. Genetic Mutations9▲ 5.2×17 topics
  33. Tumor Microenvironment9▲ 4.9×8 topics
  34. Cardiovascular Events8▲ 18×4 topics
  35. SARS-CoV-28▲ 6.4×6 topics
  36. Stroke8▲ 11×7 topics
  37. Pathophysiology8▲ 6.4×9 topics
  38. Echocardiography7▲ 7.0×8 topics
  39. Survival Analysis7▲ 6.7×6 topics
  40. Neoadjuvant Therapy7▲ 7.5×5 topics

Which research topics does Kyoto Medical Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes, Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment, Hormonal Regulation and Hypertension and Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors.

Atrial Fibrillation Mana…14Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes: 14 fractional worksLung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment: 6 fractional worksHormonal Regulation and Hypertension: 4 fractional worksCardiovascular Function and Risk Factors: 4 fractional worksBotulinum Toxin and Related Neurological Disorders: 4 fractional worksGastric Cancer Management and Outcomes: 4 fractional worksHeart Failure Treatment …4Heart Failure Treatment and Management: 4 fractional worksCOVID-19 Clinical Research Studies: 4 fractional worksInterstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis: 4 fractional worksTracheal and airway diso…4Tracheal and airway disorders: 4 fractional works
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicinePulmonary and Respiratory MedicineEndocrinology, Diabetes and MetabolismNeurology1 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 6 works
  3. 3 Hormonal Regulation and Hypertension Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 4 works
  4. 4 Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 4 works
  5. 5 Botulinum Toxin and Related Neurological Disorders Neurology 4 works
  6. 6 Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 4 works
  7. 7 Heart Failure Treatment and Management Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 4 works
  8. 8 COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies Infectious Diseases 4 works
  9. 9 Interstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 4 works
  10. 10 Tracheal and airway disorders Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 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: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Kyoto Medical Center's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 54% 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.

Other research institutions in Kyoto

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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.