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Kyushu Hospital

In research, Kyushu Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#10,567 of 14,558 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#12,465 of 16,688 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#28,824
of 34,923
Rank in Japan
#1,215
of 1,923
Research works
576
▼ 27% vs 2018-21
Citations
5.5k
9.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
4.0%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.63×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
50%
world 40%
International
4%
world 18%
Kyushu Hospital

What is Kyushu Hospital known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
MedicineField #10,567 of 14,558 3.5%458
Health SciencesDomain #12,465 of 16,688 3.4%477

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Kyushu 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Kyushu Hospital work in?

In 2022-now, 85% of research at Kyushu Hospital is in Health Sciences, 8% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (83%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (5%), Engineering (4%). It does 3.2× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 56 fractional works · 85.2% of its workMedicine: 55 fractional works · 83.0% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 10 fractional works · 15.0% of its workSurgery: 10 fractional works · 14.5% of its workEpidemiology: 7 fractional works · 11.1% of its workOncology: 5 fractional works · 6.8% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 4 fractional works · 6.6% of its workNeurology: 2 fractional works · 3.3% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 2 fractional works · 2.4% of its workRheumatology: 2 fractional works · 2.4% of its workHematology: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workHepatology: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workDermatology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGastroenterology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNephrology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOphthalmology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEmergency Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInternal Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmall Animals: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 5 fractional works · 8.0% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 4.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 2.8% of its workCancer Research: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysical Sciences: 3 fractional works · 4.7% of its workEngineering: 3 fractional works · 3.8% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workArcheology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHistory: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKKyushu Hospital66fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences8%Physical Sciences5%Health Sciences85%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 18 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine5583.0%
    2. Health Professions11.5%
    3. Veterinary00.6%
    4. Dentistry00.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology34.5%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology11.4%
    3. Neuroscience00.8%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.7%
    5. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.6%
    1. Engineering33.8%
    2. Environmental Science00.6%
    3. Computer Science00.2%
    4. Mathematics00.1%
    5. Materials Science00.0%
    1. Arts and Humanities11.0%
    2. Social Sciences00.5%
    3. Psychology00.5%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.85× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.43× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.46× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.99× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.25× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsDentistry: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.59× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.32× its world share, 55 worksMedicineVeterinary: 4.23× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.35× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 4.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 18 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine4.32×55 works
  2. Veterinary4.23×0 works
  3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.99×0 works
  4. Immunology and Microbiology1.43×1 works
  5. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.85×3 works
  6. Health Professions0.59×1 works
  7. Neuroscience0.46×0 works
  8. Arts and Humanities0.35×1 works
  9. Engineering0.25×2 works
  10. Psychology0.17×0 works
  11. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.13×0 works
  12. Environmental Science0.12×0 works
  13. Dentistry0.10×0 works
  14. Mathematics0.05×0 works
  15. Social Sciences0.04×0 works
  16. Computer Science0.03×0 works
  17. Materials Science0.01×0 works
  18. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Kyushu Hospital?

Ranked on the quality score, Akitaka Makiyama, Joeji Wakimoto and Yudai Shinohara lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Kyushu Hospital.

  1. 1 Akitaka Makiyama Japan · #2,316,810 worldwide 2.5k citations · 242 works
  2. 2 Joeji Wakimoto Japan · #2,407,602 worldwide 585 citations · 19 works
  3. 3 Yudai Shinohara Japan · #2,681,063 worldwide 291 citations · 57 works
  4. 4 Chinatsu Makiyama Japan · #2,774,631 worldwide 268 citations · 19 works
  5. 5 Yasushi Iwata Japan · #3,190,640 worldwide 983 citations · 74 works
  6. 6 Hideki Origuchi Japan · #3,291,420 worldwide 1.1k citations · 28 works
  7. 7 Kunitaka Joo Japan · #3,360,412 worldwide 2.8k citations · 38 works
  8. 8 Mamoru Uchida Japan · #3,513,014 worldwide 0 citations · 20 works
  9. 9 Umpei Yamamoto Japan · #3,694,724 worldwide 522 citations · 17 works
  10. 10 Masao Nishizawa Japan · #3,918,418 worldwide 178 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Kyushu Hospital

What are the most cited papers from Kyushu Hospital?

The most cited paper from Kyushu Hospital is "Primary prevention of cardiovascular disease with pravastatin in Japan (MEGA Study): a prospective randomised controlled trial" (Haruo Nakamura, Kikuo Arakawa, Hiroshige Itakura et al., 2006), with 963 citations. Next come "JCS 2018 Guideline on Diagnosis and Treatment of Acute Coronary Syndrome" (585) and "Association of HTRA1 Mutations and Familial Ischemic Cerebral Small-Vessel Disease" (469).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Primary prevention of cardiovascular disease with pravastatin in Japan (MEGA Study): a prospective randomised controlled trial Haruo Nakamura, Kikuo Arakawa, Hiroshige Itakura et al. · The Lancet Sep 2006 963
2 JCS 2018 Guideline on Diagnosis and Treatment of Acute Coronary Syndrome KAZUO K. KIMURA et al. · Circulation Journal Open access 28 Mar 2019 585
3 Association of HTRA1 Mutations and Familial Ischemic Cerebral Small-Vessel Disease Kenju Hara et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 22 Apr 2009 469
4 Catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia: electrocardiographic characteristics and optimal therapeutic strategies to prevent sudden death Naokata Sumitomo, K Harada, M Nagashima et al. · Heart Open access 13 Dec 2002 359
5 Radiofrequency catheter ablation of premature ventricular complexes from right ventricular outflow tract improves left ventricular dilation and clinical status in patients without structural heart disease Masao Takemoto, Hitoshi Yoshimura, Yurika Ohba et al. · Journal of the American College of Cardiology Open access Apr 2005 352
All 61 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Kyushu Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Prognostic Factors, Treatment, Surgical Management, Diagnosis, Chemotherapy, Neurodevelopmental Outcomes and Congenital Heart 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-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. Epidemiology10▲ 3.7×44 topics
  2. Prognostic Factors5▲ 16×11 topics
  3. Treatment5▲ 5.8×18 topics
  4. Diagnosis4▲ 6.2×18 topics
  5. Surgical Management4▲ 14×8 topics
  6. Chemotherapy3▲ 7.2×16 topics
  7. Inflammation3▲ 2.4×25 topics
  8. Immunotherapy3▲ 6.7×14 topics
  9. Congenital Heart Disease3▲ 56×3 topics
  10. Neurodevelopmental Outcomes3▲ 25×3 topics
  11. Echocardiography3▲ 16×6 topics
  12. Cardiac Surgery3▲ 59×1 topic
  13. Mortality Risk3▲ 19×3 topics
  14. Pulmonary Valve Replacement3▲ 80×1 topic
  15. Cholangiocarcinoma2▲ 44×2 topics
  16. Endothelial Dysfunction2▲ 15×7 topics
  17. Prognosis2▲ 11×7 topics
  18. Complications2▲ 6.8×10 topics
  19. Molecular Pathology2▲ 32×2 topics
  20. Autoantibodies2▲ 13×7 topics
  21. Treatment Guidelines2▲ 15×4 topics
  22. Biliary Tract Cancer2▲ 80×1 topic
  23. Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma2▲ 80×1 topic
  24. Tumor Microenvironment2▲ 6.8×7 topics
  25. Genetic Mutations2▲ 6.7×9 topics
  26. Immune Response2▲ 5.2×8 topics
  27. Clinical Trials2▲ 3.8×6 topics
  28. Heart Failure2▲ 5.8×6 topics
  29. Surgery2▲ 7.3×5 topics
  30. Rituximab2▲ 17×4 topics
  31. Antiviral Therapy2▲ 24×3 topics
  32. Liver Disease2▲ 25×2 topics
  33. Targeted Therapy2▲ 10×4 topics
  34. Chronic Kidney Disease1▲ 8.3×3 topics
  35. PET Imaging1▲ 13×4 topics
  36. Pulmonary Hypertension1▲ 16×2 topics
  37. Endovascular Repair1▲ 23×2 topics
  38. Lymphoma1▲ 11×3 topics
  39. Hepatocellular Carcinoma1▲ 8.5×3 topics
  40. Prophylaxis1▲ 13×4 topics

Which research topics does Kyushu Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Congenital Heart Disease Studies, Cholangiocarcinoma and Gallbladder Cancer Studies, Pulmonary Hypertension Research and Treatments and Coronary Artery Anomalies.

Congenital Heart Disease…3Congenital Heart Disease Studies: 3 fractional worksCholangiocarcinoma and Gallbladder Cancer Studies: 2 fractional worksPulmonary Hypertension Research and Treatments: 1 fractional worksCoronary Artery Anomalies: 1 fractional worksAnatomy and Medical Technology: 1 fractional worksTracheal and airway disorders: 1 fractional worksCancer Immunotherapy and…1Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers: 1 fractional worksAortic Disease and Treatment Approaches: 1 fractional worksCardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments: 1 fractional worksLung Cancer Treatments and Mutations: 1 fractional works
EpidemiologySurgeryPulmonary and Respiratory MedicineBiomedical Engineering2 others

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

  1. 1 Congenital Heart Disease Studies Epidemiology 3 works
  2. 2 Cholangiocarcinoma and Gallbladder Cancer Studies Surgery 2 works
  3. 3 Pulmonary Hypertension Research and Treatments Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 1 works
  4. 4 Coronary Artery Anomalies Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 1 works
  5. 5 Anatomy and Medical Technology Biomedical Engineering 1 works
  6. 6 Tracheal and airway disorders Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 1 works
  7. 7 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 1 works
  8. 8 Aortic Disease and Treatment Approaches Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 1 works
  9. 9 Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 1 works
  10. 10 Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 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 available49.9%not open50.1%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors4.1%domestic only95.9%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Kyushu Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 27% lower than in 2018-2021.

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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 Kyushu Hospital as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00022% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%Kyushu Hospital0.00022% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Kyushu Hospital 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.

5%10%all institutions10.0% in 2022Kyushu Hospital2.5% in 20222020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 3.3% in 2019.

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