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Nippon Medical School

In research, Nippon Medical School stands highest in Medicine (#1,004 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#1,471 of 11,982 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#2,440 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Dermatology, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine — Dermatology is 7.5× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#4,592
of 28,054 · #3,550 all time
Rank in Japan
#94
of 1,070
Research works
13k
◆ 0% vs 2013–17
Citations
200k
14.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
53%
world 28%

What is Nippon Medical School 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 #1,004 of 10,443 11.0%909 #1117
Health SciencesDomain #1,471 of 11,982 11.0%938 #1449
Life SciencesDomain #2,440 of 7,800 13.0%203 #1473
SurgerySubfield #877 of 1,816 10.9%146 #653
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield #742 of 1,144 9.7%116 #796
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #2,535 of 3,579 14.0%126 #1688
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield #581 of 738 9.5%79 #736
Molecular BiologySubfield #1,836 of 2,175 16.1%71 #1773
OncologySubfield #692 of 772 11.0%68 #953

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Nippon Medical School 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#1,117 #1,004
  2. Health Sciences#1,449 #1,471
  3. Life Sciences#1,473 #2,440
  4. Surgery#653 #877
  5. Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine#796 #742
  6. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#1,688 #2,535
  7. Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine#736 #581
  8. Molecular Biology#1,773 #1,836
  9. Oncology#953 #692
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 Nippon Medical School specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Dermatology takes 7.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. DermatologySubfield · 23.9 works7.5×
  2. Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield · 79.3 works6.2×
  3. Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield · 116.2 works6.2×
  4. Obstetrics and GynecologySubfield · 20.8 works5.9×
  5. HematologySubfield · 20.6 works5.6×
← 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: 0.06× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.94× its world share, 126 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.81× its world share, 35 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.63× its world share, 32 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.39× its world share, 6 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.16× its world share, 3 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.07× its world share, 6 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.14× its world share, 26 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.11× its world share, 7 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.06× its world share, 3 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.08× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.43× its world share, 3 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.63× its world share, 20 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.87× its world share, 909 worksMedicineNursing: 0.93× its world share, 6 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.54× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.02× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.20× its world share, 5 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.34× its world share, 13 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.06× its world share, 9 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 Nippon Medical School?

Ranked on the composite score, Kaoru Kubota, Ruby Pawankar and Kazumi Kimura lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Nippon Medical School.

  1. 1 Kaoru Kubota Japan · #23,447 worldwide 517 citations · 76 works
  2. 2 Ruby Pawankar Japan · #32,646 worldwide 325 citations · 44 works
  3. 3 Kazumi Kimura Japan · #70,275 worldwide 392 citations · 126 works
  4. 4 Oichi Kawanami Japan · #86,372 worldwide 322 citations · 26 works
  5. 5 Keiji Tanaka Japan · #90,165 worldwide 554 citations · 121 works
  6. 6 Shoji Kudoh Japan · #95,581 worldwide 164 citations · 60 works
  7. 7 Iwao Sugitani Japan · #97,590 worldwide 157 citations · 41 works
  8. 8 Norio Matsukura Japan · #99,070 worldwide 148 citations · 48 works
  9. 9 Junya Aoki Japan · #99,338 worldwide 147 citations · 44 works
  10. 10 Kozui Kida Japan · #144,413 worldwide 91 citations · 44 works
All ranked researchers at Nippon Medical School

Which keywords describe research at Nippon Medical School?

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

▲ 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. Epidemiology133▲ 2.8×106 topics
  2. Inflammation87▲ 3.4×75 topics
  3. Treatment64▲ 4.3×41 topics
  4. Diagnosis59▲ 5.2×37 topics
  5. Chemotherapy53▲ 6.2×23 topics
  6. Quality of Life47▲ 2.7×38 topics
  7. Management46▲ 4.8×26 topics
  8. Cancer44▲ 2.6×46 topics
  9. Oxidative Stress38▲ 1.93×45 topics
  10. Immunotherapy37▲ 4.3×19 topics
  11. Guidelines35▲ 6.2×12 topics
  12. Risk Factors34▲ 2.5×29 topics
  13. Prognostic Factors34▲ 6.4×14 topics
  14. Cardiovascular Disease32▲ 2.3×35 topics
  15. Complications31▲ 5.1×17 topics
  16. Clinical Trials30▲ 3.7×17 topics
  17. Fibrosis30▲ 13×8 topics
  18. Clinical Practice Guidelines30▲ 4.5×14 topics
  19. Heart Failure29▲ 5.5×13 topics
  20. Targeted Therapy26▲ 9.8×5 topics
  21. Autoantibodies26▲ 9.2×8 topics
  22. TGF-ß26▲ 14×4 topics
  23. Biomarkers26▲ 3.1×14 topics
  24. Surgical Management26▲ 5.2×20 topics
  25. Genetic Mutations25▲ 4.7×22 topics
  26. Echocardiography24▲ 7.4×8 topics
  27. Tumor Microenvironment24▲ 4.5×8 topics
  28. Treatment Guidelines23▲ 8.7×6 topics
  29. Endothelial Dysfunction22▲ 8.0×7 topics
  30. Interstitial Lung Disease22▲ 29×2 topics
  31. Neoadjuvant Therapy22▲ 7.5×5 topics
  32. Neuroprotection21▲ 5.0×16 topics
  33. Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition21▲ 19×3 topics
  34. Catheter Ablation21▲ 14×2 topics
  35. Molecular Characterization20▲ 9.0×6 topics
  36. Stroke Prevention18▲ 12×2 topics
  37. Arrhythmias17▲ 15×2 topics
  38. Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis17▲ 30×1 topic
  39. Myofibroblast17▲ 30×1 topic
  40. Anticoagulant Therapy16▲ 11×4 topics

Which research topics does Nippon Medical School publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Interstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis, Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations, Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes and Dermatology and Skin Diseases.

Interstitial Lung Diseas…17Interstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis: 17 fractional worksLung Cancer Treatments a…12Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations: 12 fractional worksAtrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes: 11 fractional worksDermatology and Skin Diseases: 10 fractional worksCancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers: 10 fractional worksCardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments: 10 fractional worksGastric Cancer Management and Outcomes: 9 fractional worksAllergic Rhinitis and Se…8Allergic Rhinitis and Sensitization: 8 fractional worksAcute Ischemic Stroke Management: 8 fractional worksAsthma and respiratory diseases: 8 fractional works
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineCardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineDermatologyOncology3 others

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

  1. 1 Interstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 17 works
  2. 2 Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 12 works
  3. 3 Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 11 works
  4. 4 Dermatology and Skin Diseases Dermatology 10 works
  5. 5 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 10 works
  6. 6 Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 10 works
  7. 7 Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 9 works
  8. 8 Allergic Rhinitis and Sensitization Immunology and Allergy 8 works
  9. 9 Acute Ischemic Stroke Management Epidemiology 8 works
  10. 10 Asthma and respiratory diseases Physiology 8 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 available52.7%not open47.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors7.1%domestic only92.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Nippon Medical School's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 0% lower than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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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