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Miwa Hospital

In research, Miwa Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#6,393 of 8,541 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#7,675 of 9,902 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Surgery (Surgery is 9.0× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#18,948
of 22,385 · #28,941 all time
Rank in Japan
#617
of 924
Research works
817
▲ 27% vs 2018-21
Citations
11k
13.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.0%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.83×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
50%
world 40%
International
15%
world 18%
Miwa Hospital

What is Miwa Hospital 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
MedicineField #6,393 of 8,541 7.9%116 #11183
Health SciencesDomain #7,675 of 9,902 8.0%122 #13473

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Miwa 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 Miwa Hospital work in?

In 2022-now, 81% of research at Miwa Hospital is in Health Sciences, 8% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (76%), Neuroscience (3%), Health Professions (3%). It does 3.3× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 137 fractional works · 80.6% of its workMedicine: 129 fractional works · 76.3% of its workSurgery: 36 fractional works · 21.0% of its workOncology: 12 fractional works · 6.8% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 10 fractional works · 6.0% of its workEpidemiology: 8 fractional works · 4.5% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 6 fractional works · 3.5% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 4 fractional works · 2.6% of its workRheumatology: 4 fractional works · 2.4% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 3 fractional works · 2.0% of its workHepatology: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPhysiology: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workDermatology: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workOphthalmology: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workNeurology: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPharmacology: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workNephrology: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHematology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGastroenterology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workUrology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInternal Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReproductive Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Informatics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Professions: 5 fractional works · 3.0% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOccupational Therapy: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmall Animals: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 14 fractional works · 8.0% of its workNeuroscience: 6 fractional works · 3.4% of its workNeurology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBehavioral Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSensory Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 5 fractional works · 2.9% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 10 fractional works · 5.7% of its workEngineering: 5 fractional works · 2.8% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnvironmental Science: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistics and Probability: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 10 fractional works · 5.7% of its workPsychology: 5 fractional works · 2.7% of its workSocial Psychology: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 4 fractional works · 2.2% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCultural Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% 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: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKMiwa Hospital169fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences8%Physical Sciences6%Health Sciences81%Social Sciences6%

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 22 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine12976.3%
    2. Health Professions53.0%
    3. Veterinary10.8%
    4. Nursing00.3%
    5. Dentistry00.2%
    1. Neuroscience63.4%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology52.9%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences10.8%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology10.7%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
    1. Engineering52.8%
    2. Environmental Science21.2%
    3. Computer Science10.5%
    4. Mathematics10.3%
    5. Physics and Astronomy10.3%
    6. Chemistry00.3%
    7. Materials Science00.2%
    1. Psychology52.7%
    2. Social Sciences42.2%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.3%
    4. Arts and Humanities00.2%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Miwa Hospital specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Surgery takes 9.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. SurgerySubfield · 35.5 works9.0×
← 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, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.55× its world share, 5 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.73× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.12× its world share, 6 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.19× its world share, 5 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.24× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.29× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.38× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.12× its world share, 5 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.97× its world share, 129 worksMedicineNursing: 0.60× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 6.16× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.89× its world share, 5 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.18× its world share, 4 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 6.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 22 fields, with their numbers
  1. Veterinary6.16×1 works
  2. Medicine3.97×129 works
  3. Neuroscience2.12×6 works
  4. Health Professions1.12×5 works
  5. Psychology0.89×5 works
  6. Immunology and Microbiology0.73×1 works
  7. Nursing0.60×0 works
  8. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.55×5 works
  9. Dentistry0.38×0 works
  10. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.32×0 works
  11. Mathematics0.29×1 works
  12. Environmental Science0.24×2 works
  13. Engineering0.19×5 works
  14. Chemistry0.18×0 works
  15. Social Sciences0.18×4 works
  16. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.17×1 works
  17. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.16×1 works
  18. Physics and Astronomy0.15×1 works
  19. Arts and Humanities0.08×0 works
  20. Materials Science0.07×0 works
  21. Computer Science0.06×1 works
  22. Business, Management and Accounting0.05×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Miwa Hospital?

Ranked on the quality score, Takahiko Hyakumachi, Yuichiro Abe and Takashi Mizuguchi lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Miwa Hospital.

  1. 1 Takahiko Hyakumachi Japan · #1,964,922 worldwide 844 citations · 37 works
  2. 2 Yuichiro Abe Japan · #2,421,904 worldwide 2.2k citations · 126 works
  3. 3 Takashi Mizuguchi Japan · #2,806,521 worldwide 302 citations · 17 works
  4. 4 Masataka Fujikawa Japan · #2,860,665 worldwide 216 citations · 28 works
  5. 5 Yasushi Yanagibashi Japan · #3,083,504 worldwide 784 citations · 21 works
  6. 6 Meidai Kasai Japan · #3,588,285 worldwide 617 citations · 55 works
  7. 7 Masaki Murayama Japan · #3,786,157 worldwide 1.1k citations · 38 works
  8. 8 Shigenobu Sato Japan · #3,807,070 worldwide 861 citations · 35 works
  9. 9 Seiji Ohira Japan · #5,068,026 worldwide 1.4k citations · 86 works
  10. 10 Masahiro Kishimoto Japan · #5,130,557 worldwide 175 citations · 18 works
All ranked researchers at Miwa Hospital

What are the most cited papers from Miwa Hospital?

The most cited paper from Miwa Hospital is "Prognostic significance of the nocturnal decline in blood pressure in individuals with and without high 24-h blood pressure" (Takayoshi Ohkubo, Atsushi Hozawa, Junko Yamaguchi et al., 2002), with 1,061 citations. Next come "Home blood pressure measurement has a stronger predictive power for mortality than does screening blood pressure measurement" (746) and "Prognostic Significance of Blood Pressure and Heart Rate Variabilities" (611).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Prognostic significance of the nocturnal decline in blood pressure in individuals with and without high 24-h blood pressure Takayoshi Ohkubo, Atsushi Hozawa, Junko Yamaguchi et al. · Journal of Hypertension Nov 2002 1,061
2 Home blood pressure measurement has a stronger predictive power for mortality than does screening blood pressure measurement Takayoshi Ohkubo, Yutaka Imai, Ichiro Tsuji et al. · Journal of Hypertension Jul 1998 746
3 Prognostic Significance of Blood Pressure and Heart Rate Variabilities Masahiro Kikuya, Atsushi Hozawa, Takayoshi Ohokubo et al. · Hypertension Nov 2000 611
4 Prognosis of “Masked” Hypertension and “White-Coat” Hypertension Detected by 24-h Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring Takayoshi Ohkubo, Masahiro Kikuya, Hirohito Metoki et al. · Journal of the American College of Cardiology Open access 13 Jul 2005 578
5 Endobronchial Ultrasonography Using a Guide Sheath Increases the Ability To Diagnose Peripheral Pulmonary Lesions Endoscopically Noriaki Kurimoto, Teruomi Miyazawa, Seiji Okimasa et al. · CHEST Journal Sep 2004 567
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Miwa Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Treatment, Inflammation, Diagnosis, Clinical Practice Guidelines, Complications, Chemotherapy and Surgical Management.

▲ 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. Epidemiology26▲ 3.9×75 topics
  2. Inflammation13▲ 3.6×35 topics
  3. Treatment11▲ 5.3×28 topics
  4. Diagnosis10▲ 6.2×25 topics
  5. Quality of Life9▲ 3.5×31 topics
  6. Chemotherapy8▲ 7.0×17 topics
  7. Clinical Practice Guidelines8▲ 9.1×12 topics
  8. Complications8▲ 9.5×15 topics
  9. Surgical Management8▲ 11×15 topics
  10. Prognostic Factors7▲ 9.6×12 topics
  11. Tumor Microenvironment7▲ 9.0×6 topics
  12. Management6▲ 4.8×17 topics
  13. Immunotherapy6▲ 4.8×12 topics
  14. Cholangiocarcinoma6▲ 42×2 topics
  15. Mortality5▲ 5.3×11 topics
  16. Hepatocellular Carcinoma5▲ 14×3 topics
  17. Neoadjuvant Therapy5▲ 12×5 topics
  18. Revision Surgery5▲ 22×2 topics
  19. Total Hip Replacement5▲ 22×2 topics
  20. Neurological Disorders4▲ 4.5×10 topics
  21. Pancreatic Cancer4▲ 23×2 topics
  22. Surgical Complications4▲ 30×2 topics
  23. Metastasis4▲ 7.0×7 topics
  24. Molecular Pathology4▲ 23×2 topics
  25. Therapeutic Strategies4▲ 23×2 topics
  26. Biliary Tract Cancer4▲ 58×1 topic
  27. Gemcitabine4▲ 31×1 topic
  28. Genomic Analyses4▲ 31×1 topic
  29. Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma4▲ 58×1 topic
  30. Spinal Fusion4▲ 22×2 topics
  31. Surgical Treatment3▲ 10×4 topics
  32. Low Back Pain3▲ 11×4 topics
  33. Pathophysiology3▲ 6.7×7 topics
  34. Prognostic Markers3▲ 17×3 topics
  35. Survival3▲ 13×2 topics
  36. Headache Disorders3▲ 73×1 topic
  37. Migraine3▲ 42×1 topic
  38. Radiofrequency Ablation3▲ 17×2 topics
  39. Liver Cancer3▲ 30×1 topic
  40. Sorafenib3▲ 30×1 topic

Which research topics does Miwa Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Cholangiocarcinoma and Gallbladder Cancer Studies, Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research, Migraine and Headache Studies and Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis.

Cholangiocarcinoma and G…4Cholangiocarcinoma and Gallbladder Cancer Studies: 4 fractional worksPancreatic and Hepatic O…4Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research: 4 fractional worksMigraine and Headache St…3Migraine and Headache Studies: 3 fractional worksHepatocellular Carcinoma…3Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis: 3 fractional worksOrthopaedic implants and arthroplasty: 2 fractional worksTotal Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes: 2 fractional worksGallbladder and Bile Duc…2Gallbladder and Bile Duct Disorders: 2 fractional worksLiver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment: 2 fractional worksSpine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology: 2 fractional worksInflammatory Biomarkers …2Inflammatory Biomarkers in Disease Prognosis: 2 fractional works
SurgeryOncologyPsychiatry and Mental healthHepatology3 others

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

  1. 1 Cholangiocarcinoma and Gallbladder Cancer Studies Surgery 4 works
  2. 2 Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research Oncology 4 works
  3. 3 Migraine and Headache Studies Psychiatry and Mental health 3 works
  4. 4 Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis Hepatology 3 works
  5. 5 Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty Surgery 2 works
  6. 6 Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes Surgery 2 works
  7. 7 Gallbladder and Bile Duct Disorders Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  8. 8 Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment Epidemiology 2 works
  9. 9 Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology Pathology and Forensic Medicine 2 works
  10. 10 Inflammatory Biomarkers in Disease Prognosis Oncology 2 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 available49.7%not open50.3%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors15.2%domestic only84.8%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Miwa Hospital's research output changed?

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

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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 Miwa Hospital as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00072% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%Miwa Hospital0.00061% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Miwa 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.

still counting5%10%15%Miwa Hospital10.9% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 13.6% in 2004.

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