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Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine

In research, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine stands highest in Medicine (#1,488 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#2,004 of 11,982 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#2,236 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Oncology and Physiology — Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine is 5.9× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#4,606
of 28,054 · #3,541 all time
Rank in Japan
#95
of 1,070
Research works
15k
▲ 11% vs 2013–17
Citations
285k
18.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
12.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
40%
world 28%

What is Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine 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 #1,488 of 10,443 11.6%1,030 #1344
Health SciencesDomain #2,004 of 11,982 11.7%1,067 #1745
Life SciencesDomain #2,236 of 7,800 13.8%288 #1452
SurgerySubfield #778 of 1,816 10.1%151 #737
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #1,817 of 3,579 14.6%186 #1569
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield #684 of 1,144 11.0%131 #729
Physical SciencesDomain #9,249 of 12,888 13.3%72 #10412
Molecular BiologySubfield #1,689 of 2,175 14.1%106 #1424
PhysiologySubfield #478 of 548 18.2%64 #753
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingSubfield #521 of 569 11.0%60 #368

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine 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#1,344 #1,488
  2. Health Sciences#1,745 #2,004
  3. Life Sciences#1,452 #2,236
  4. Surgery#737 #778
  5. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#1,569 #1,817
  6. Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine#729 #684
  7. Physical Sciences#10,412 #9,249
  8. Molecular Biology#1,424 #1,689
  9. Physiology#753 #478
  10. Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging#368 #521
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 Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine takes 5.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield · 131.5 works5.9×
  2. OncologySubfield · 88.9 works5.4×
  3. PhysiologySubfield · 64.1 works5.1×
← 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: 0.17× its world share, 12 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.40× its world share, 186 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.55× its world share, 37 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.00× its world share, 47 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.13× its world share, 6 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.34× its world share, 8 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.07× its world share, 8 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.13× its world share, 27 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.11× its world share, 8 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.12× its world share, 6 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.32× its world share, 5 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.26× its world share, 8 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.86× its world share, 6 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.46× its world share, 18 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.69× its world share, 1,030 worksMedicineNursing: 1.69× its world share, 12 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.52× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.12× its world share, 5 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.01× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.06× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.26× its world share, 11 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.04× its world share, 8 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine?

Ranked on the composite score, Shinsaku Imashuku, Masahide Hamaguchi and Kenji Morimoto lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine.

  1. 1 Shinsaku Imashuku Japan · #15,384 worldwide 674 citations · 63 works
  2. 2 Masahide Hamaguchi Japan · #60,955 worldwide 312 citations · 61 works
  3. 3 Kenji Morimoto Japan · #63,928 worldwide 262 citations · 30 works
  4. 4 Harukuni Tokuda Japan · #66,515 worldwide 225 citations · 51 works
  5. 5 Toshiharu Yamaguchi Japan · #68,745 worldwide 296 citations · 67 works
  6. 6 Mayumi Ueta Japan · #111,362 worldwide 170 citations · 38 works
  7. 7 Hiroki Taniguchi Japan · #119,733 worldwide 170 citations · 54 works
  8. 8 Satoaki Matoba Japan · #138,976 worldwide 366 citations · 79 works
  9. 9 Hoyoku Nishino Japan · #139,819 worldwide 248 citations · 69 works
  10. 10 Kotaro Ozasa Japan · #145,894 worldwide 161 citations · 52 works
All ranked researchers at Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine

Which keywords describe research at Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Inflammation, Epidemiology, Chemotherapy, Clinical Practice Guidelines, Immunotherapy, Endoscopic Resection, Neoadjuvant Therapy and Prognosis.

▲ 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. Epidemiology148▲ 2.6×110 topics
  2. Inflammation122▲ 4.0×76 topics
  3. Chemotherapy83▲ 8.1×23 topics
  4. Clinical Practice Guidelines57▲ 7.2×14 topics
  5. Cancer57▲ 2.9×48 topics
  6. Immunotherapy55▲ 5.3×18 topics
  7. Oxidative Stress53▲ 2.2×51 topics
  8. Treatment51▲ 2.9×37 topics
  9. Diagnosis50▲ 3.7×35 topics
  10. Cardiovascular Disease47▲ 2.9×34 topics
  11. Risk Factors45▲ 2.8×25 topics
  12. Quality of Life42▲ 2.0×40 topics
  13. Metabolic Syndrome41▲ 3.5×23 topics
  14. Endoscopic Resection40▲ 28×2 topics
  15. Management40▲ 3.5×27 topics
  16. Neoadjuvant Therapy39▲ 11×5 topics
  17. Prognostic Factors38▲ 6.0×14 topics
  18. Prognosis37▲ 7.7×9 topics
  19. Obesity36▲ 3.3×21 topics
  20. Tumor Microenvironment35▲ 5.5×8 topics
  21. Biomarkers34▲ 3.5×15 topics
  22. Aging34▲ 4.4×16 topics
  23. Survival Analysis33▲ 8.4×7 topics
  24. Clinical Trials33▲ 3.4×18 topics
  25. Genetic Mutations32▲ 5.1×22 topics
  26. Guidelines32▲ 4.8×13 topics
  27. Molecular Characterization32▲ 12×6 topics
  28. Adjuvant Therapy31▲ 17×2 topics
  29. Neurological Disorders31▲ 3.7×20 topics
  30. Surgery30▲ 6.0×12 topics
  31. Radiotherapy30▲ 5.4×12 topics
  32. Gastric Cancer29▲ 18×3 topics
  33. Surgical Management28▲ 4.7×19 topics
  34. Echocardiography27▲ 6.8×8 topics
  35. Metastasis26▲ 5.2×12 topics
  36. Preoperative Chemoradiotherapy25▲ 22×2 topics
  37. Targeted Therapy24▲ 7.5×5 topics
  38. Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy24▲ 20×2 topics
  39. Lymph Node Dissection22▲ 26×1 topic
  40. Metastatic Gastric Cancer22▲ 26×1 topic

Which research topics does Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes, Esophageal Cancer Research and Treatment, Nutrition and Health in Aging and Ocular Surface and Contact Lens.

Gastric Cancer Managemen…22Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes: 22 fractional worksEsophageal Cancer Resear…18Esophageal Cancer Research and Treatment: 18 fractional worksNutrition and Health in Aging: 17 fractional worksOcular Surface and Contact Lens: 13 fractional worksCorneal surgery and disorders: 12 fractional worksCancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers: 12 fractional worksCardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments: 12 fractional worksCongenital Heart Disease…11Congenital Heart Disease Studies: 11 fractional worksLung Cancer Treatments and Mutations: 11 fractional worksCorneal Surgery and Treatments: 11 fractional works
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSurgeryPhysiologyPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health4 others

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

  1. 1 Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 22 works
  2. 2 Esophageal Cancer Research and Treatment Surgery 18 works
  3. 3 Nutrition and Health in Aging Physiology 17 works
  4. 4 Ocular Surface and Contact Lens Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 13 works
  5. 5 Corneal surgery and disorders Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 12 works
  6. 6 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 12 works
  7. 7 Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 12 works
  8. 8 Congenital Heart Disease Studies Epidemiology 11 works
  9. 9 Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 11 works
  10. 10 Corneal Surgery and Treatments Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 11 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 available39.7%not open60.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 11% 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.

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.