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National Hospital Organization Mito Medical Center

In research, National Hospital Organization Mito Medical Center stands highest in Medicine (#8,247 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#10,058 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Surgery — Surgery is 9.2× its share of world research.

World rank, 2022–2025
#24,510
of 28,054 · #27,696 all time
Rank in Japan
#822
of 1,070
Research works
611
▲ 21% vs 2013–17
Citations
5.4k
8.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
4.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
68%
world 28%

What is National Hospital Organization Mito 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 #8,247 of 10,443 4.2%122 #11476
Health SciencesDomain #10,058 of 11,982 4.4%126 #14466

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

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Surgery takes 9.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. SurgerySubfield · 30.5 works9.2×
← 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: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.49× its world share, 4 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.32× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.91× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.47× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.65× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.67× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.50× its world share, 122 worksMedicineNursing: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.69× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesDecision Sciences: 0.35× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.48× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 4.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at National Hospital Organization Mito Medical Center?

Ranked on the composite score, Asuka Tsuchiya, Kenji Yuzawa and Hiroyuki Ariga lead among researchers whose main affiliation is National Hospital Organization Mito Medical Center.

  1. 1 Asuka Tsuchiya Japan · #891,490 worldwide 13 citations · 15 works
  2. 2 Kenji Yuzawa Japan · #1,149,138 worldwide 16 citations · 18 works
  3. 3 Hiroyuki Ariga Japan · #1,563,579 worldwide 2 citations · 18 works
  4. 4 Satoshi Yoneyama Japan · #1,610,530 worldwide 3 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at National Hospital Organization Mito Medical Center

Which keywords describe research at National Hospital Organization Mito Medical Center?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Clinical Trials, Chemotherapy, Immunotherapy, Targeted Therapy, Surgical Management, Prognostic Factors and Diagnosis.

▲ 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. Epidemiology19▲ 3.4×53 topics
  2. Clinical Trials9▲ 9.7×10 topics
  3. Chemotherapy9▲ 9.0×14 topics
  4. Inflammation9▲ 2.9×28 topics
  5. Immunotherapy8▲ 8.4×11 topics
  6. Treatment8▲ 4.4×26 topics
  7. Targeted Therapy8▲ 24×4 topics
  8. Surgical Management7▲ 12×15 topics
  9. Diagnosis7▲ 5.5×24 topics
  10. Prognostic Factors7▲ 11×12 topics
  11. Degenerative Disc Disease5▲ 40×2 topics
  12. Spinal Fusion5▲ 38×2 topics
  13. Clinical Outcomes5▲ 17×4 topics
  14. Low Back Pain5▲ 21×3 topics
  15. Management5▲ 4.4×17 topics
  16. Complications5▲ 6.7×9 topics
  17. Surgical Treatment5▲ 17×3 topics
  18. Tumor Microenvironment5▲ 7.4×4 topics
  19. Risk Factors4▲ 2.9×15 topics
  20. Metastasis4▲ 9.0×4 topics
  21. Biomarkers4▲ 4.3×6 topics
  22. Treatment Guidelines4▲ 14×4 topics
  23. Genetic Mutations4▲ 6.5×7 topics
  24. Prognosis4▲ 8.6×8 topics
  25. ALK Inhibitors4▲ 44×1 topic
  26. EGFR Mutations4▲ 44×1 topic
  27. Spinal Surgery4▲ 35×2 topics
  28. Biomechanics4▲ 8.6×4 topics
  29. Intervertebral Disc4▲ 39×1 topic
  30. Lumbar Disc Degeneration4▲ 39×1 topic
  31. Neoadjuvant Therapy3▲ 10×4 topics
  32. Tumor Markers3▲ 28×2 topics
  33. Genomic Profiles3▲ 53×1 topic
  34. Small-Cell Lung Cancer3▲ 53×1 topic
  35. Radiotherapy3▲ 5.5×7 topics
  36. Atherosclerosis3▲ 7.1×5 topics
  37. Imaging3▲ 8.0×4 topics
  38. Surgical Complications3▲ 23×2 topics
  39. Pedicle Screw Fixation3▲ 48×1 topic
  40. Vertebroplasty3▲ 48×1 topic

Which research topics does National Hospital Organization Mito Medical Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations, Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology, Lung Cancer Research Studies and Spinal Fractures and Fixation Techniques.

  1. 1 Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 4 works
  2. 2 Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology Pathology and Forensic Medicine 4 works
  3. 3 Lung Cancer Research Studies Oncology 3 works
  4. 4 Spinal Fractures and Fixation Techniques Surgery 3 works
  5. 5 Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research Oncology 2 works
  6. 6 Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation Surgery 2 works
  7. 7 Neuroendocrine Tumor Research Advances Epidemiology 2 works
  8. 8 Gastrointestinal disorders and treatments Surgery 2 works
  9. 9 Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  10. 10 Cervical and Thoracic Myelopathy Surgery 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 available68.4%not open31.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors6.3%domestic only93.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has National Hospital Organization Mito Medical Center's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 21% 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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