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Nara Medical University

In research, Nara Medical University stands highest in Medicine (#1,495 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#2,021 of 11,982 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#2,281 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Hematology, Hepatology and Nephrology — Hematology is 13.8× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#5,364
of 28,054 · #5,456 all time
Rank in Japan
#130
of 1,070
Research works
10k
▲ 30% vs 2013–17
Citations
175k
17.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
42%
world 28%

What is Nara Medical University 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 #1,495 of 10,443 11.6%983 #2037
Health SciencesDomain #2,021 of 11,982 11.6%1,018 #2565
Life SciencesDomain #2,281 of 7,800 12.8%245 #2227
SurgerySubfield #958 of 1,816 9.2%167 #1123
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #2,041 of 3,579 16.0%125 #2246
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield #751 of 1,144 10.5%117 #1157
EpidemiologySubfield #759 of 976 13.9%67 #1218
Molecular BiologySubfield #1,889 of 2,175 18.3%65 #2180
NeuroscienceField #1,062 of 1,168 5.3%73 #1187

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Nara Medical University 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).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Medicine#2,037 #1,495
  2. Health Sciences#2,565 #2,021
  3. Life Sciences#2,227 #2,281
  4. Surgery#1,123 #958
  5. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#2,246 #2,041
  6. Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine#1,157 #751
  7. Epidemiology#1,218 #759
  8. Molecular Biology#2,180 #1,889
  9. Neuroscience#1,187 #1,062
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

What does Nara Medical University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Hematology takes 13.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. HematologySubfield · 55.9 works14×
  2. HepatologySubfield · 32.5 works13×
  3. NephrologySubfield · 26.0 works9.0×
  4. GeneticsSubfield · 25.2 works6.9×
← 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: 0.09× its world share, 6 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.76× its world share, 125 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.83× its world share, 38 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 3.39× its world share, 73 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.77× its world share, 4 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.09× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.04× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.09× its world share, 18 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.11× its world share, 8 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.08× its world share, 4 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.31× its world share, 5 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.12× its world share, 4 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.87× its world share, 6 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.60× its world share, 21 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.83× its world share, 982 worksMedicineNursing: 1.18× its world share, 8 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.71× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.34× its world share, 14 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.04× its world share, 7 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Nara Medical University?

Ranked on the composite score, Hiroshi Fukui, Susumu Tamai and Yoshihiko Saito lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Nara Medical University.

  1. 1 Hiroshi Fukui Japan · #6,486 worldwide 778 citations · 96 works
  2. 2 Susumu Tamai Japan · #61,781 worldwide 216 citations · 32 works
  3. 3 Yoshihiko Saito Japan · #62,297 worldwide 980 citations · 163 works
  4. 4 Kenji Uno Japan · #116,402 worldwide 92 citations · 68 works
  5. 5 Shigeki Taniguchi Japan · #134,119 worldwide 117 citations · 59 works
  6. 6 Toshiaki Yamanaka Japan · #137,263 worldwide 244 citations · 56 works
  7. 7 Masatoshi Hasegawa Japan · #138,279 worldwide 354 citations · 85 works
  8. 8 Yoshihiro Fujimura Japan · #142,606 worldwide 209 citations · 53 works
  9. 9 H Sawada Japan · #164,037 worldwide 81 citations · 33 works
  10. 10 N. Ueda Japan · #167,036 worldwide 131 citations · 41 works
All ranked researchers at Nara Medical University

Which keywords describe research at Nara Medical University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Inflammation, Epidemiology, Diagnosis, Immunotherapy, Management, Treatment, Chemotherapy and Thrombosis.

▲ 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. Epidemiology153▲ 2.9×111 topics
  2. Inflammation128▲ 4.6×75 topics
  3. Diagnosis73▲ 5.9×32 topics
  4. Treatment66▲ 4.1×42 topics
  5. Immunotherapy59▲ 6.2×19 topics
  6. Management59▲ 5.6×24 topics
  7. Oxidative Stress58▲ 2.7×51 topics
  8. Chemotherapy55▲ 5.9×23 topics
  9. Quality of Life49▲ 2.6×38 topics
  10. Cardiovascular Disease46▲ 3.1×35 topics
  11. Neurological Disorders40▲ 5.3×18 topics
  12. Cancer39▲ 2.2×42 topics
  13. Guidelines38▲ 6.0×11 topics
  14. Thrombosis37▲ 10×7 topics
  15. Clinical Practice Guidelines36▲ 5.0×14 topics
  16. Tumor Microenvironment35▲ 6.0×8 topics
  17. Hemostasis35▲ 27×5 topics
  18. Genetics32▲ 3.5×18 topics
  19. Prognosis31▲ 7.2×9 topics
  20. Prognostic Factors31▲ 5.4×14 topics
  21. Genetic Mutations30▲ 5.2×22 topics
  22. Neoadjuvant Therapy29▲ 9.2×5 topics
  23. Mortality28▲ 3.7×12 topics
  24. Surgical Management28▲ 5.2×19 topics
  25. Rehabilitation27▲ 5.0×11 topics
  26. Chronic Kidney Disease26▲ 8.1×8 topics
  27. Prophylaxis25▲ 15×4 topics
  28. Hepatocellular Carcinoma24▲ 8.7×3 topics
  29. Gene Therapy24▲ 9.3×5 topics
  30. Pathophysiology23▲ 5.8×10 topics
  31. Molecular Characterization23▲ 9.8×6 topics
  32. Neuroprotection23▲ 4.9×16 topics
  33. Surgical Treatment22▲ 8.3×6 topics
  34. Neuroimaging22▲ 6.0×10 topics
  35. Recombinant Factor VIIa21▲ 36×2 topics
  36. Inhibitors20▲ 36×3 topics
  37. Efficacy20▲ 20×2 topics
  38. Factor VIII19▲ 100×1 topic
  39. Hemophilia19▲ 100×1 topic
  40. Platelets19▲ 21×2 topics

Which research topics does Nara Medical University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Hemophilia Treatment and Research, Blood Coagulation and Thrombosis Mechanisms, Platelet Disorders and Treatments and Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research.

Hemophilia Treatment and…19Hemophilia Treatment and Research: 19 fractional worksBlood Coagulation and Th…13Blood Coagulation and Thrombosis Mechanisms: 13 fractional worksPlatelet Disorders and Treatments: 13 fractional worksPancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research: 13 fractional worksVestibular and auditory disorders: 12 fractional worksLiver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment: 12 fractional worksBladder and Urothelial Cancer Treatments: 12 fractional worksNutrition and Health in …12Nutrition and Health in Aging: 12 fractional worksComplement system in diseases: 12 fractional worksLiver Disease and Transplantation: 11 fractional works
HematologyOncologyNeurologyEpidemiology4 others

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

  1. 1 Hemophilia Treatment and Research Hematology 19 works
  2. 2 Blood Coagulation and Thrombosis Mechanisms Hematology 13 works
  3. 3 Platelet Disorders and Treatments Hematology 13 works
  4. 4 Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research Oncology 13 works
  5. 5 Vestibular and auditory disorders Neurology 12 works
  6. 6 Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment Epidemiology 12 works
  7. 7 Bladder and Urothelial Cancer Treatments Surgery 12 works
  8. 8 Nutrition and Health in Aging Physiology 12 works
  9. 9 Complement system in diseases Immunology 12 works
  10. 10 Liver Disease and Transplantation Hepatology 11 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 available42.3%not open57.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors8.0%domestic only92.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Nara Medical University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 30% 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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