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Nagasaki University Hospital

In research, Nagasaki University Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#6,643 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#7,772 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine — Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine is 6.7× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#14,824
of 28,054 · #16,681 all time
Rank in Japan
#394
of 1,070
Research works
1.8k
▲ 33% vs 2013–17
Citations
23k
12.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
60%
world 28%

What is Nagasaki University Hospital 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 #6,643 of 10,443 6.4%255 #5858
Health SciencesDomain #7,772 of 11,982 6.5%274 #7159

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Nagasaki University 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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

What does Nagasaki University Hospital specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine takes 6.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield · 35.7 works6.7×
← 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: 0.19× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.59× its world share, 29 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 3.67× its world share, 13 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.50× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.68× its world share, 3 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.08× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.14× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.38× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsDentistry: 4.26× its world share, 7 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.91× its world share, 8 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.84× its world share, 255 worksMedicineNursing: 1.57× its world share, 3 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.63× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.19× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.07× its world share, 3 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

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

Who are the top researchers at Nagasaki University Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, Osamu Tasaki, Takeshi Tanaka and Midori Shimada lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Nagasaki University Hospital.

  1. 1 Osamu Tasaki Japan · #278,837 worldwide 103 citations · 23 works
  2. 2 Takeshi Tanaka Japan · #344,502 worldwide 47 citations · 41 works
  3. 3 Midori Shimada Japan · #376,123 worldwide 97 citations · 27 works
  4. 4 Shuntaro Sato Japan · #512,529 worldwide 43 citations · 30 works
  5. 5 Akira Tsujino Japan · #699,573 worldwide 41 citations · 39 works
  6. 6 Hitomi Minami Japan · #712,827 worldwide 23 citations · 17 works
  7. 7 Masato Tashiro Japan · #796,586 worldwide 36 citations · 34 works
  8. 8 Takuya Honda Japan · #906,337 worldwide 98 citations · 79 works
  9. 9 Naoyuki Yamaguchi Japan · #948,035 worldwide 25 citations · 31 works
  10. 10 Kazuto Ashizawa Japan · #955,095 worldwide 25 citations · 37 works
All ranked researchers at Nagasaki University Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Nagasaki University Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Treatment, Diagnosis, Chemotherapy, Pathogenesis, Clinical Practice Guidelines, Prognostic Factors and Immunotherapy.

▲ 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. Epidemiology64▲ 4.7×96 topics
  2. Treatment30▲ 7.1×38 topics
  3. Diagnosis25▲ 7.8×38 topics
  4. Inflammation19▲ 2.6×48 topics
  5. Chemotherapy16▲ 6.8×21 topics
  6. Immunotherapy14▲ 5.6×18 topics
  7. Clinical Practice Guidelines14▲ 7.2×13 topics
  8. Pathogenesis14▲ 7.7×19 topics
  9. Quality of Life13▲ 2.6×29 topics
  10. Prognostic Factors12▲ 8.3×14 topics
  11. Management10▲ 3.6×25 topics
  12. Immune Response9▲ 4.5×16 topics
  13. Radiotherapy9▲ 6.6×12 topics
  14. Surgical Management9▲ 6.0×16 topics
  15. Molecular Characterization8▲ 14×5 topics
  16. Antifungal Therapy8▲ 27×3 topics
  17. Complications8▲ 4.8×13 topics
  18. Autoantibodies8▲ 10×8 topics
  19. Vaccine8▲ 5.8×8 topics
  20. Antibiotic Resistance8▲ 5.8×7 topics
  21. Genetic Mutations8▲ 5.0×19 topics
  22. Clinical Trials7▲ 3.2×14 topics
  23. SARS-CoV-27▲ 6.4×6 topics
  24. Surgery7▲ 5.6×8 topics
  25. Virulence Factors7▲ 13×6 topics
  26. Viral Transmission6▲ 12×4 topics
  27. Endoscopic Resection6▲ 17×2 topics
  28. Prognosis6▲ 5.2×9 topics
  29. Neoadjuvant Therapy6▲ 7.2×5 topics
  30. Survival Analysis6▲ 6.2×5 topics
  31. Chronic Kidney Disease6▲ 6.9×8 topics
  32. Antimicrobial Resistance6▲ 8.2×6 topics
  33. Fibrosis6▲ 8.6×7 topics
  34. Adjuvant Therapy5▲ 12×2 topics
  35. Immunocompromised Patients5▲ 26×2 topics
  36. Lymphoma5▲ 9.5×4 topics
  37. Bacteremia5▲ 19×3 topics
  38. Biofilm Formation5▲ 20×2 topics
  39. Mutation5▲ 7.3×4 topics
  40. Healthcare-Associated Infections5▲ 11×5 topics

Which research topics does Nagasaki University Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Antifungal resistance and susceptibility, Mycobacterium research and diagnosis, Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes and Renal cell carcinoma treatment.

Antifungal resistance an…4Antifungal resistance and susceptibility: 4 fractional worksMycobacterium research a…4Mycobacterium research and diagnosis: 4 fractional worksGastric Cancer Management and Outcomes: 4 fractional worksRenal cell carcinoma treatment: 3 fractional worksFungal Infections and Studies: 3 fractional worksSARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research: 3 fractional worksCancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers: 3 fractional worksInterstitial Lung Diseas…3Interstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis: 3 fractional worksPneumonia and Respiratory Infections: 2 fractional worksInfective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management: 2 fractional works
Infectious DiseasesEpidemiologyPulmonary and Respiratory MedicineOncology

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

  1. 1 Antifungal resistance and susceptibility Infectious Diseases 4 works
  2. 2 Mycobacterium research and diagnosis Epidemiology 4 works
  3. 3 Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 4 works
  4. 4 Renal cell carcinoma treatment Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 3 works
  5. 5 Fungal Infections and Studies Epidemiology 3 works
  6. 6 SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research Infectious Diseases 3 works
  7. 7 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 3 works
  8. 8 Interstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 3 works
  9. 9 Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections Epidemiology 2 works
  10. 10 Infective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management Epidemiology 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 available59.5%not open40.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors7.2%domestic only92.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Nagasaki University Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 33% 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.

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