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Obihiro National Hospital

In research, Obihiro National Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#17,633 of 17,978 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#20,162 of 20,462 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Medicine — Medicine is 3.5× its share of world research.

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World rank, all time
#41,987
of 42,892
Rank in Japan
#2,061
of 2,112
Research works
250
▲ 16% vs 2013–17
Citations
1.3k
5.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
36%
world 28%

What is Obihiro National Hospital known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
MedicineField #17,633 of 17,978 2.2%192
Health SciencesDomain #20,162 of 20,462 2.3%199

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

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Medicine takes 3.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. MedicineField · 20.2 works3.5×
← 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: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.53× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.83× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.66× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.45× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.34× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.58× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringPhysics and Astronomy: 0.50× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.74× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.49× its world share, 20 worksMedicineNursing: 1.28× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.04× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.40× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Psychology: 1.78× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Obihiro National Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, Yoichi Kikuchi, H Kagaya and K Kusajima lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Obihiro National Hospital.

  1. 1 Yoichi Kikuchi Japan · #1,101,319 worldwide 42 citations · 50 works
  2. 2 H Kagaya Japan · #1,134,501 worldwide 1 citations · 15 works
  3. 3 K Kusajima Japan · #1,328,639 worldwide 11 citations · 19 works
  4. 4 Tsuyoshi Tominaga Japan · #1,372,712 worldwide 8 citations · 16 works
  5. 5 Eiji Yatsuyanagi Japan · #1,485,499 worldwide 1 citations · 18 works
  6. 6 Ichiro Miura Japan · #1,496,432 worldwide 8 citations · 19 works
  7. 7 T Sakurada Japan · #1,619,816 worldwide 0 citations · 18 works
All ranked researchers at Obihiro National Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Obihiro National Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Surgical Management, Echocardiography, Endovascular Repair, Inflammation, Prenatal Diagnosis, Neurological Disorders and Gastroschisis.

▲ 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 10 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 10 words, with their numbers
  1. Epidemiology5▲ 3.8×29 topics
  2. Surgical Management2▲ 15×6 topics
  3. Inflammation2▲ 2.8×19 topics
  4. Echocardiography1▲ 14×4 topics
  5. Endovascular Repair1▲ 45×3 topics
  6. Mental Health1▲ 2.4×6 topics
  7. Neurological Disorders1▲ 6.4×5 topics
  8. Prenatal Diagnosis1▲ 24×2 topics
  9. Gastroschisis1▲ 176×1 topic
  10. Omphalocele1▲ 176×1 topic

Which research topics does Obihiro National Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Congenital Anomalies and Fetal Surgery, Aortic Disease and Treatment Approaches, Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum and Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair.

Congenital Anomalies and Fetal Surgery: 1 fractional worksAortic Disease and Treatment Approaches: 1 fractional worksMaternal Mental Health D…1Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum: 1 fractional worksCardiac Structural Anoma…0Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair: 0 fractional worksCardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments: 0 fractional worksEpilepsy research and treatment: 0 fractional worksLower Extremity Biomecha…0Lower Extremity Biomechanics and Pathologies: 0 fractional worksAtrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes: 0 fractional worksNeuroendocrine Tumor Research Advances: 0 fractional worksShoulder Injury and Trea…0Shoulder Injury and Treatment: 0 fractional works
SurgeryPulmonary and Respiratory MedicinePublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine3 others

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

  1. 1 Congenital Anomalies and Fetal Surgery Surgery 1 works
  2. 2 Aortic Disease and Treatment Approaches Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 1 works
  3. 3 Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 1 works
  4. 4 Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair Surgery 0 works
  5. 5 Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 0 works
  6. 6 Epilepsy research and treatment Psychiatry and Mental health 0 works
  7. 7 Lower Extremity Biomechanics and Pathologies Biomedical Engineering 0 works
  8. 8 Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 0 works
  9. 9 Neuroendocrine Tumor Research Advances Epidemiology 0 works
  10. 10 Shoulder Injury and Treatment Surgery 0 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 available36.0%not open64.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors7.4%domestic only92.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Obihiro National Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 16% 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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