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National Cancer Centre Japan

In research, National Cancer Centre Japan stands highest in Medicine (#4,454 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#5,939 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Oncology and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine — Oncology is 16.0× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#8,633
of 28,054 · #5,783 all time
Rank in Japan
#220
of 1,070
Research works
1.8k
▲ 15% vs 2013–17
Citations
90k
50.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
17.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
40%
world 28%

What is National Cancer Centre Japan 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 #4,454 of 10,443 16.5%165 #2646
Health SciencesDomain #5,939 of 11,982 16.3%170 #3545

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where National Cancer Centre Japan 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 National Cancer Centre Japan specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Oncology takes 16.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. OncologySubfield · 39.6 works16×
  2. Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield · 33.5 works9.9×
← 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: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.43× its world share, 28 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.01× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.65× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.66× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.09× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.09× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.36× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.44× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.49× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.90× its world share, 165 worksMedicineNursing: 1.09× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.23× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.08× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at National Cancer Centre Japan?

Ranked on the composite score, Masuko Katoh, Masaru Katoh and Yukihiro Nakanishi lead among researchers whose main affiliation is National Cancer Centre Japan.

  1. 1 Masuko Katoh Japan · #136,839 worldwide 235 citations · 32 works
  2. 2 Masaru Katoh Japan · #175,765 worldwide 404 citations · 74 works
  3. 3 Yukihiro Nakanishi Japan · #206,628 worldwide 89 citations · 38 works
  4. 4 Masami Suganuma Japan · #369,130 worldwide 141 citations · 36 works
  5. 5 Hitoshi Ichikawa Japan · #404,513 worldwide 89 citations · 26 works
  6. 6 Minoru Esaki Japan · #424,675 worldwide 40 citations · 30 works
  7. 7 Shin Takayama Japan · #1,296,302 worldwide 15 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at National Cancer Centre Japan

Which keywords describe research at National Cancer Centre Japan?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Chemotherapy, Prognostic Factors, Clinical Practice Guidelines, Immunotherapy, Radiotherapy, Targeted Therapy, Clinical Trials and Survival Analysis.

▲ 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. Chemotherapy36▲ 24×22 topics
  2. Prognostic Factors22▲ 23×14 topics
  3. Clinical Practice Guidelines20▲ 17×12 topics
  4. Immunotherapy20▲ 13×17 topics
  5. Radiotherapy15▲ 18×12 topics
  6. Epidemiology15▲ 1.70×52 topics
  7. Targeted Therapy13▲ 27×4 topics
  8. Clinical Trials13▲ 8.9×12 topics
  9. Survival Analysis12▲ 21×6 topics
  10. Tumor Microenvironment12▲ 12×8 topics
  11. Cancer12▲ 3.9×35 topics
  12. Metastasis10▲ 13×10 topics
  13. Breast Cancer10▲ 18×11 topics
  14. Neoadjuvant Therapy10▲ 18×5 topics
  15. Quality of Life9▲ 2.8×22 topics
  16. Biomarkers8▲ 5.4×10 topics
  17. Surgical Management7▲ 8.2×11 topics
  18. Osteosarcoma7▲ 66×1 topic
  19. PET Imaging7▲ 19×4 topics
  20. Soft Tissue Sarcoma7▲ 58×1 topic
  21. Adjuvant Therapy7▲ 25×2 topics
  22. Genetic Mutations7▲ 7.3×13 topics
  23. Molecular Characterization7▲ 18×4 topics
  24. Molecular Classification6▲ 18×4 topics
  25. Endoscopic Resection6▲ 26×2 topics
  26. Genomic Profiling6▲ 25×2 topics
  27. Immune Checkpoint Blockade5▲ 21×1 topic
  28. PD-1 and PD-L15▲ 21×1 topic
  29. Treatment Guidelines5▲ 11×4 topics
  30. Tumor Markers5▲ 29×2 topics
  31. Cancer Incidence5▲ 17×4 topics
  32. Molecular Profiling5▲ 23×3 topics
  33. Lymphoma5▲ 14×3 topics
  34. Rituximab5▲ 15×2 topics
  35. ALK Inhibitors5▲ 35×1 topic
  36. EGFR Mutations5▲ 35×1 topic
  37. Radiation Therapy5▲ 16×5 topics
  38. Tumor Staging5▲ 19×2 topics
  39. Metastatic5▲ 33×2 topics
  40. Gastric Cancer4▲ 18×3 topics

Which research topics does National Cancer Centre Japan publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Sarcoma Diagnosis and Treatment, Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers, Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations and Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research.

Sarcoma Diagnosis and Tr…7Sarcoma Diagnosis and Treatment: 7 fractional worksCancer Immunotherapy and…5Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers: 5 fractional worksLung Cancer Treatments and Mutations: 5 fractional worksPancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research: 4 fractional worksLung Cancer Research Studies: 4 fractional worksGastric Cancer Management and Outcomes: 4 fractional worksLymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment: 4 fractional worksCancer Genomics and Diag…4Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics: 4 fractional worksHER2/EGFR in Cancer Research: 3 fractional worksLung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment: 3 fractional works
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineOncologyPathology and Forensic MedicineCancer Research

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

  1. 1 Sarcoma Diagnosis and Treatment Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 7 works
  2. 2 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 5 works
  3. 3 Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 5 works
  4. 4 Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research Oncology 4 works
  5. 5 Lung Cancer Research Studies Oncology 4 works
  6. 6 Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 4 works
  7. 7 Lymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment Pathology and Forensic Medicine 4 works
  8. 8 Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics Cancer Research 4 works
  9. 9 HER2/EGFR in Cancer Research Oncology 3 works
  10. 10 Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 3 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 available39.5%not open60.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors44.3%domestic only55.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has National Cancer Centre Japan's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 15% 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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