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Nagara Medical Center

In research, Nagara Medical Center stands highest in Medicine (#10,772 of 14,558 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#12,839 of 16,688 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#29,576
of 34,923
Rank in Japan
#1,281
of 1,923
Research works
248
▼ 42% vs 2018-21
Citations
3.9k
15.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.2%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.81×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
57%
world 40%
International
11%
world 18%
Nagara Medical Center

What is Nagara Medical Center 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 #10,772 of 14,558 5.2%159
Health SciencesDomain #12,839 of 16,688 5.1%164

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Nagara 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 Nagara Medical Center work in?

In 2022-now, 65% of research at Nagara Medical Center is in Health Sciences, 22% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (63%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (10%), Neuroscience (6%). It does 2.4× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 25 fractional works · 65.2% of its workMedicine: 24 fractional works · 62.7% of its workSurgery: 6 fractional works · 15.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 3 fractional works · 6.7% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 2 fractional works · 4.3% of its workOncology: 2 fractional works · 4.1% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 3.0% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 2.8% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workRheumatology: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workReproductive Medicine: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workDermatology: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEmergency Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workTransplantation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHepatology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workUrology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHematology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNephrology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Information Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmall Animals: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPeriodontics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 8 fractional works · 21.8% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 4 fractional works · 9.9% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 6.1% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCancer Research: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 6.0% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 3.6% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 5.1% of its workInsect Science: 2 fractional works · 4.0% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMicrobiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysical Sciences: 3 fractional works · 9.0% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 3.2% of its workComputer Science Applications: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 3.0% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workModeling and Simulation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 4.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workEducation: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workLaw: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSociology and Political Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAccounting: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement Information Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhilosophy: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workApplied Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workALL ITS WORKNagara MedicalCenter39fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences22%Physical Sciences9%Health Sciences65%Social Sciences4%

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. Medicine2462.7%
    2. Health Professions11.7%
    3. Nursing00.3%
    4. Veterinary00.3%
    5. Dentistry00.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology49.9%
    2. Neuroscience26.0%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences25.1%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.8%
    1. Computer Science13.2%
    2. Engineering13.0%
    3. Environmental Science01.0%
    4. Materials Science00.9%
    5. Physics and Astronomy00.4%
    6. Mathematics00.2%
    7. Energy00.2%
    8. Chemistry00.1%
    1. Social Sciences12.1%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting00.6%
    3. Arts and Humanities00.4%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.4%
    5. Psychology00.4%
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: 1.06× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.86× its world share, 4 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.78× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 3.68× its world share, 2 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.41× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.44× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.64× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.26× its world share, 24 worksMedicineNursing: 0.58× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.11× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

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

All 22 fields, with their numbers
  1. Neuroscience3.68×2 works
  2. Medicine3.26×24 works
  3. Veterinary2.11×0 works
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.86×4 works
  5. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.06×2 works
  6. Immunology and Microbiology0.78×0 works
  7. Health Professions0.64×1 works
  8. Nursing0.58×0 works
  9. Dentistry0.44×0 works
  10. Computer Science0.41×1 works
  11. Materials Science0.25×0 works
  12. Environmental Science0.21×0 works
  13. Engineering0.20×1 works
  14. Business, Management and Accounting0.20×0 works
  15. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.20×0 works
  16. Energy0.19×0 works
  17. Physics and Astronomy0.19×0 works
  18. Mathematics0.18×0 works
  19. Social Sciences0.17×1 works
  20. Arts and Humanities0.15×0 works
  21. Psychology0.14×0 works
  22. Chemistry0.09×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Nagara Medical Center?

Ranked on the quality score, Yoko Araki, Satoshi Mishima and Shozo Ohta lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Nagara Medical Center.

  1. 1 Yoko Araki Japan · #717,977 worldwide 2.9k citations · 52 works
  2. 2 Satoshi Mishima Japan · #1,148,673 worldwide 2.6k citations · 42 works
  3. 3 Shozo Ohta Japan · #1,261,774 worldwide 6.7k citations · 37 works
  4. 4 Hiroe Maruyama Japan · #1,508,917 worldwide 1.2k citations · 43 works
  5. 5 Shigemi Tazawa Japan · #1,515,364 worldwide 834 citations · 21 works
  6. 6 Ryoko Ohnishi Japan · #2,851,840 worldwide 563 citations · 16 works
  7. 7 Kenji Ichihara Japan · #3,210,351 worldwide 1.6k citations · 77 works
  8. 8 Tatsuo Kato Japan · #3,696,958 worldwide 1.8k citations · 221 works
  9. 9 Kazu‐Michi Suzuki Japan · #3,902,381 worldwide 290 citations · 15 works
  10. 10 Toshitaka Suzuki Japan · #3,959,523 worldwide 236 citations · 21 works
All ranked researchers at Nagara Medical Center

What are the most cited papers from Nagara Medical Center?

The most cited paper from Nagara Medical Center is "Histopathological Findings in Brain Tissue Obtained during Epilepsy Surgery" (Ingmar Blümcke et al., 2017), with 947 citations. Next come "Clonal Expansion and Diversification of Cancer-Associated Mutations in Endometriosis and Normal Endometrium" (428) and "Expansions of intronic TTTCA and TTTTA repeats in benign adult familial myoclonic epilepsy" (340).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Histopathological Findings in Brain Tissue Obtained during Epilepsy Surgery Ingmar Blümcke et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 25 Oct 2017 947
2 Clonal Expansion and Diversification of Cancer-Associated Mutations in Endometriosis and Normal Endometrium Kazuaki Suda, Hirofumi Nakaoka, Kosuke Yoshihara et al. · Cell Reports Open access Aug 2018 428
3 Expansions of intronic TTTCA and TTTTA repeats in benign adult familial myoclonic epilepsy Hiroyuki Ishiura et al. · Nature Genetics 27 Feb 2018 340
4 Japanese guidelines for food allergy 2020 Motohiro Ebisawa et al. · Allergology International Open access 29 Apr 2020 296
5 Comparison of bee products based on assays of antioxidant capacities Yoshimi Nakajima, Kazuhiro Tsuruma, Masamitsu Shimazawa et al. · BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine Open access 26 Feb 2009 198
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Which keywords describe research at Nagara Medical Center?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Chemotherapy, Wound Healing, Epidemiology, Neurological Disorders, Neuroimaging, Management, Cerebrospinal Fluid and Glymphatic System.

▲ 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 26 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 26 words, with their numbers
  1. Epidemiology4▲ 2.4×28 topics
  2. Chemotherapy3▲ 9.6×12 topics
  3. Wound Healing2▲ 22×5 topics
  4. Inflammation2▲ 2.5×16 topics
  5. Neurological Disorders2▲ 8.5×4 topics
  6. Management2▲ 5.3×10 topics
  7. Oxidative Stress2▲ 2.6×12 topics
  8. Neuroimaging2▲ 14×3 topics
  9. Treatment2▲ 3.1×12 topics
  10. Diagnosis1▲ 3.7×13 topics
  11. Antioxidant1▲ 4.5×2 topics
  12. Cerebrospinal Fluid1▲ 95×1 topic
  13. Glymphatic System1▲ 95×1 topic
  14. Guidelines1▲ 6.5×7 topics
  15. Quality of Life1▲ 2.2×11 topics
  16. Risk Factors1▲ 2.7×8 topics
  17. Antimicrobial Activity1▲ 18×2 topics
  18. Revision Surgery1▲ 23×2 topics
  19. Total Hip Replacement1▲ 23×2 topics
  20. Biomarkers1▲ 3.9×6 topics
  21. Catheter Ablation1▲ 22×2 topics
  22. Honey1▲ 75×1 topic
  23. Immunotherapy1▲ 3.7×7 topics
  24. Metastasis1▲ 7.8×5 topics
  25. Prenatal Diagnosis1▲ 18×2 topics
  26. Propolis1▲ 75×1 topic

Which research topics does Nagara Medical Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Cerebrospinal fluid and hydrocephalus, Bee Products Chemical Analysis, Fetal and Pediatric Neurological Disorders and Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes.

Cerebrospinal fluid and hydrocephalus: 1 fractional worksBee Products Chemical Analysis: 1 fractional worksFetal and Pediatric Neur…1Fetal and Pediatric Neurological Disorders: 1 fractional worksTotal Knee Arthroplasty …1Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes: 1 fractional worksAtrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes: 1 fractional worksAI and Big Data Applications: 0 fractional worksCorneal Surgery and Trea…0Corneal Surgery and Treatments: 0 fractional worksOnline Learning and Analytics: 0 fractional worksEEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces: 0 fractional worksMuscle Physiology and Di…0Muscle Physiology and Disorders: 0 fractional works
Cellular and Molecular NeuroscienceInsect SciencePediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthSurgery6 others

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

  1. 1 Cerebrospinal fluid and hydrocephalus Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience 1 works
  2. 2 Bee Products Chemical Analysis Insect Science 1 works
  3. 3 Fetal and Pediatric Neurological Disorders Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 1 works
  4. 4 Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes Surgery 1 works
  5. 5 Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 1 works
  6. 6 AI and Big Data Applications Information Systems 0 works
  7. 7 Corneal Surgery and Treatments Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 0 works
  8. 8 Online Learning and Analytics Computer Science Applications 0 works
  9. 9 EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces Cognitive Neuroscience 0 works
  10. 10 Muscle Physiology and Disorders Molecular Biology 0 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 available57.4%not open42.6%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors11.3%domestic only88.7%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Nagara Medical Center's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 42% lower than in 2018-2021.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Nagara Medical Center as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00016% in 2024.

still counting0.00020%0.00040%0.00060%Nagara Medical Center0.00011% in 202519801990200020102020

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