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Nagoya Medical Center

In research, Nagoya Medical Center stands highest in Medicine (#4,411 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#5,749 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine — Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine is 10.2× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#13,383
of 28,054 · #13,883 all time
Rank in Japan
#350
of 1,070
Research works
1.1k
▼ 7% vs 2013–17
Citations
15k
13.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
50%
world 28%

What is Nagoya Medical Center 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 #4,411 of 10,443 9.3%158 #5164
Health SciencesDomain #5,749 of 11,982 9.1%164 #6892

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

What does Nagoya Medical Center specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine takes 10.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield · 31.6 works10×
← 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: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.26× its world share, 14 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.27× its world share, 5 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.52× its world share, 5 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.75× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.07× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.56× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.50× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.77× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.10× its world share, 158 worksMedicineNursing: 0.46× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.57× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.38× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 4.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Nagoya Medical Center?

Ranked on the composite score, Hideo Saka, Shinji Kunishima and Keizo Horibe lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Nagoya Medical Center.

  1. 1 Hideo Saka Japan · #339,606 worldwide 91 citations · 59 works
  2. 2 Shinji Kunishima Japan · #376,901 worldwide 73 citations · 29 works
  3. 3 Keizo Horibe Japan · #451,745 worldwide 136 citations · 68 works
  4. 4 Hirokazu Nagai Japan · #542,992 worldwide 88 citations · 49 works
  5. 5 Takako Hayashi Japan · #614,315 worldwide 75 citations · 22 works
  6. 6 Suzuko Moritani Japan · #716,899 worldwide 27 citations · 25 works
  7. 7 Masaki Futamura Japan · #772,567 worldwide 23 citations · 30 works
  8. 8 Masasuke Ohno Japan · #883,237 worldwide 31 citations · 16 works
  9. 9 Hiroki Ishikawa Japan · #941,479 worldwide 54 citations · 17 works
  10. 10 Akio Tawa Japan · #978,714 worldwide 23 citations · 18 works
All ranked researchers at Nagoya Medical Center

Which keywords describe research at Nagoya Medical Center?

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

▲ 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. Epidemiology22▲ 2.8×83 topics
  2. Chemotherapy18▲ 13×22 topics
  3. Prognostic Factors12▲ 13×14 topics
  4. Inflammation12▲ 2.8×47 topics
  5. Treatment11▲ 4.4×33 topics
  6. Diagnosis10▲ 5.6×28 topics
  7. Immunotherapy10▲ 7.1×17 topics
  8. Radiotherapy9▲ 12×11 topics
  9. Management8▲ 5.3×24 topics
  10. Quality of Life8▲ 2.8×29 topics
  11. Clinical Practice Guidelines8▲ 7.1×14 topics
  12. Adjuvant Therapy7▲ 29×2 topics
  13. Clinical Trials7▲ 5.1×9 topics
  14. Targeted Therapy6▲ 13×4 topics
  15. Biomarkers5▲ 3.8×13 topics
  16. Neurological Disorders5▲ 4.5×15 topics
  17. Survival Analysis5▲ 9.4×6 topics
  18. Tumor Microenvironment5▲ 5.7×8 topics
  19. Surgical Management5▲ 6.1×17 topics
  20. Metastasis5▲ 7.1×7 topics
  21. Tumor Staging5▲ 22×2 topics
  22. Endoscopic Resection5▲ 23×2 topics
  23. Surgery5▲ 6.7×9 topics
  24. Lung Cancer5▲ 13×2 topics
  25. CT Screening4▲ 34×1 topic
  26. Genetic Mutations4▲ 5.1×16 topics
  27. Positron Emission Tomography4▲ 34×1 topic
  28. Molecular Characterization4▲ 12×5 topics
  29. Lymphoma4▲ 13×3 topics
  30. Mechanical Ventilation4▲ 18×2 topics
  31. Neoadjuvant Therapy4▲ 8.7×5 topics
  32. Rituximab4▲ 14×4 topics
  33. Treatment Guidelines4▲ 9.4×5 topics
  34. Prognosis4▲ 6.1×8 topics
  35. PET Imaging4▲ 12×4 topics
  36. Airway Stenosis4▲ 34×1 topic
  37. Molecular Profiling4▲ 19×3 topics
  38. Tracheostomy4▲ 34×1 topic
  39. Antiretroviral Therapy4▲ 11×6 topics
  40. Autoantibodies4▲ 7.6×8 topics

Which research topics does Nagoya Medical Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment, Tracheal and airway disorders, Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes and Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations.

Lung Cancer Diagnosis an…4Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment: 4 fractional worksTracheal and airway diso…4Tracheal and airway disorders: 4 fractional worksGastric Cancer Managemen…3Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes: 3 fractional worksLung Cancer Treatments a…3Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations: 3 fractional worksCancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers: 3 fractional worksLymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment: 3 fractional worksAcute Lymphoblastic Leuk…2Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia research: 2 fractional worksAcute Myeloid Leukemia Research: 2 fractional worksRheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies: 2 fractional worksCancer Treatment and Pha…2Cancer Treatment and Pharmacology: 2 fractional works
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineOncologyPathology and Forensic MedicinePublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health2 others

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

  1. 1 Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 4 works
  2. 2 Tracheal and airway disorders Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 4 works
  3. 3 Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 3 works
  4. 4 Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 3 works
  5. 5 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 3 works
  6. 6 Lymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment Pathology and Forensic Medicine 3 works
  7. 7 Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia research Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 2 works
  8. 8 Acute Myeloid Leukemia Research Hematology 2 works
  9. 9 Rheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies Rheumatology 2 works
  10. 10 Cancer Treatment and Pharmacology 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 available50.3%not open49.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors10.4%domestic only89.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Nagoya Medical Center's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 7% lower 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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