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National Hospital Organization Kyushu Cancer Center

In research, National Hospital Organization Kyushu Cancer Center stands highest in Medicine (#5,034 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#6,705 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Oncology, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and Surgery — Oncology is 20.1× its share of world research.

World rank, 2022–2025
#18,247
of 28,054 · #17,570 all time
Rank in Japan
#503
of 1,070
Research works
1.6k
▲ 3% vs 2013–17
Citations
28k
17.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
36%
world 28%

What is National Hospital Organization Kyushu Cancer 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 #5,034 of 10,443 9.0%134 #4467
Health SciencesDomain #6,705 of 11,982 9.2%138 #6143

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where National Hospital Organization Kyushu Cancer 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 National Hospital Organization Kyushu Cancer Center specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Oncology takes 20.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. OncologySubfield · 36.9 works20×
  2. Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield · 29.3 works12×
  3. SurgerySubfield · 24.1 works6.3×
← less than its size predictsmore →

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: 0.22× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.78× its world share, 16 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.06× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringMaterials Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.27× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.70× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.47× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.29× its world share, 134 worksMedicineNursing: 1.26× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.28× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciencesworld share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

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

Who are the top researchers at National Hospital Organization Kyushu Cancer Center?

Ranked on the composite score, Masayuki Furukawa, Masafumi Yamaguchi and Naokuni Uike lead among researchers whose main affiliation is National Hospital Organization Kyushu Cancer Center.

  1. 1 Masayuki Furukawa Japan · #65,584 worldwide 234 citations · 33 works
  2. 2 Masafumi Yamaguchi Japan · #85,442 worldwide 247 citations · 39 works
  3. 3 Naokuni Uike Japan · #138,596 worldwide 100 citations · 34 works
  4. 4 Yukito Ichinose Japan · #165,125 worldwide 154 citations · 61 works
  5. 5 Taito Esaki Japan · #188,184 worldwide 175 citations · 54 works
  6. 6 Mitsuo Kozuru Japan · #202,155 worldwide 80 citations · 23 works
  7. 7 Rie Sugimoto Japan · #226,173 worldwide 181 citations · 19 works
  8. 8 Shinichiro Nakamura Japan · #304,099 worldwide 206 citations · 15 works
  9. 9 Mitsuhiro Takenoyama Japan · #381,232 worldwide 119 citations · 60 works
  10. 10 Shinji Ohno Japan · #408,611 worldwide 155 citations · 65 works
All ranked researchers at National Hospital Organization Kyushu Cancer Center

Which keywords describe research at National Hospital Organization Kyushu Cancer Center?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Chemotherapy, Clinical Practice Guidelines, Immunotherapy, Neoadjuvant Therapy, Tumor Microenvironment, Prognostic Factors, Radiotherapy and Molecular Characterization.

▲ 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. Chemotherapy37▲ 32×22 topics
  2. Clinical Practice Guidelines20▲ 22×10 topics
  3. Immunotherapy17▲ 15×15 topics
  4. Neoadjuvant Therapy17▲ 44×5 topics
  5. Tumor Microenvironment17▲ 23×7 topics
  6. Epidemiology14▲ 2.2×31 topics
  7. Prognostic Factors14▲ 19×14 topics
  8. Radiotherapy13▲ 21×11 topics
  9. Inflammation13▲ 3.9×24 topics
  10. Molecular Characterization12▲ 41×5 topics
  11. Survival Analysis12▲ 26×6 topics
  12. Targeted Therapy10▲ 29×4 topics
  13. Clinical Trials10▲ 9.4×10 topics
  14. Adjuvant Therapy10▲ 48×2 topics
  15. Endoscopic Resection10▲ 59×2 topics
  16. Cancer10▲ 4.4×25 topics
  17. Metastasis9▲ 16×9 topics
  18. Breast Cancer9▲ 23×10 topics
  19. Quality of Life8▲ 3.6×14 topics
  20. Immune Checkpoint Blockade7▲ 40×1 topic
  21. PD-1 and PD-L17▲ 40×1 topic
  22. Prognosis7▲ 13×5 topics
  23. Prognostic Markers7▲ 39×3 topics
  24. Molecular Subtypes6▲ 46×3 topics
  25. Aging6▲ 7.1×3 topics
  26. Genomic Profiling6▲ 36×2 topics
  27. Preoperative Chemoradiotherapy6▲ 46×2 topics
  28. Survival6▲ 27×4 topics
  29. ALK Inhibitors6▲ 57×1 topic
  30. EGFR Mutations6▲ 57×1 topic
  31. Gastric Cancer6▲ 32×3 topics
  32. Guidelines6▲ 7.4×5 topics
  33. Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy6▲ 41×2 topics
  34. Cetuximab5▲ 40×2 topics
  35. Lymph Node Dissection5▲ 56×1 topic
  36. Metastatic Gastric Cancer5▲ 56×1 topic
  37. Tumor Staging5▲ 29×2 topics
  38. Chemoradiation5▲ 49×2 topics
  39. Surgical Management5▲ 7.7×8 topics
  40. Metastatic Breast Cancer5▲ 55×2 topics

Which research topics does National Hospital Organization Kyushu Cancer Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers, Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations, Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes and Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment.

  1. 1 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 7 works
  2. 2 Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 6 works
  3. 3 Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 5 works
  4. 4 Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 5 works
  5. 5 Bladder and Urothelial Cancer Treatments Surgery 5 works
  6. 6 Esophageal Cancer Research and Treatment Surgery 4 works
  7. 7 Nutrition and Health in Aging Physiology 4 works
  8. 8 Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research Oncology 4 works
  9. 9 Inflammatory Biomarkers in Disease Prognosis Oncology 4 works
  10. 10 Colorectal Cancer Treatments and Studies Oncology 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 available35.8%not open64.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has National Hospital Organization Kyushu Cancer Center's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 3% 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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