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Oita Medical Center

In research, Oita Medical Center stands highest in Medicine (#7,778 of 17,978 worldwide), Health Sciences (#10,201 of 20,462 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#8,032 of 14,347 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Medicine — Medicine is 4.2× its share of world research.

World rank, all time
#18,397
of 42,892
Rank in Japan
#707
of 2,112
Research works
1.5k
▲ 113% vs 2013–17
Citations
20k
13.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
2.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
36%
world 28%

What is Oita Medical Center 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 #7,778 of 17,978 5.5%918
Health SciencesDomain #10,201 of 20,462 5.5%952
Life SciencesDomain #8,032 of 14,347 8.3%441
Physical SciencesDomain #18,195 of 21,541 10.0%127
SurgerySubfield #3,582 of 4,227 5.2%181
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #6,690 of 7,814 8.1%267
Molecular BiologySubfield #4,623 of 4,961 10.1%151

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

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Medicine takes 4.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. MedicineField · 27.3 works4.2×
← 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: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.31× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.56× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.89× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.11× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.67× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.93× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.16× its world share, 27 worksMedicineNursing: 1.00× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.03× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryPsychology: 0.56× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciencesworld share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 4.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Oita Medical Center?

Ranked on the composite score, Takashi Itoga, Susumu Takayasu and Yasunori Higuchi lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Oita Medical Center.

  1. 1 Takashi Itoga Japan · #424,306 worldwide 53 citations · 30 works
  2. 2 Susumu Takayasu Japan · #426,729 worldwide 94 citations · 53 works
  3. 3 Yasunori Higuchi Japan · #474,832 worldwide 70 citations · 20 works
  4. 4 Kumato Mifune Japan · #550,238 worldwide 37 citations · 18 works
  5. 5 J Shirabe Japan · #707,296 worldwide 0 citations · 18 works
  6. 6 Shigetaka Yanagisawa Japan · #970,703 worldwide 10 citations · 17 works
  7. 7 Noritake Watanabe Japan · #1,058,621 worldwide 4 citations · 15 works
  8. 8 A Ashizawa Japan · #1,070,003 worldwide 5 citations · 17 works
  9. 9 Harumi Mizuki Japan · #1,142,770 worldwide 11 citations · 24 works
  10. 10 Toru Egashira Japan · #1,250,005 worldwide 28 citations · 54 works
All ranked researchers at Oita Medical Center

Which keywords describe research at Oita Medical Center?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Inflammation, Epidemiology, Chemotherapy, Complications, Immunotherapy, Cholangiocarcinoma, Diabetes and Tumor Microenvironment.

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

All 29 words, with their numbers
  1. Epidemiology6▲ 4.4×38 topics
  2. Inflammation5▲ 7.0×20 topics
  3. Chemotherapy2▲ 9.6×8 topics
  4. Complications2▲ 13×9 topics
  5. Immunotherapy2▲ 9.1×7 topics
  6. Cholangiocarcinoma2▲ 68×2 topics
  7. Diabetes2▲ 11×4 topics
  8. Treatment2▲ 4.4×18 topics
  9. Angiogenesis2▲ 15×3 topics
  10. Cardiovascular Disease2▲ 4.5×12 topics
  11. Tumor Microenvironment2▲ 11×6 topics
  12. Macrophages2▲ 26×1 topic
  13. Obesity2▲ 6.1×7 topics
  14. Regeneration2▲ 23×1 topic
  15. Wound Healing2▲ 18×2 topics
  16. Cholecystitis2▲ 106×1 topic
  17. ERCP2▲ 106×1 topic
  18. Neoadjuvant Therapy2▲ 19×2 topics
  19. Cancer1▲ 3.0×12 topics
  20. Pancreatic Cancer1▲ 37×1 topic
  21. Surgical Complications1▲ 50×1 topic
  22. Diagnosis1▲ 4.1×11 topics
  23. Surgical Management1▲ 8.4×5 topics
  24. Genetics1▲ 4.7×6 topics
  25. Prognostic Factors1▲ 7.7×7 topics
  26. Liver Transplantation1▲ 25×2 topics
  27. Metabolic Syndrome1▲ 3.7×6 topics
  28. Mortality1▲ 5.2×6 topics
  29. Quality of Life1▲ 2.1×8 topics

Which research topics does Oita Medical Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Wound Healing and Treatments, Gallbladder and Bile Duct Disorders, Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research and Pediatric Hepatobiliary Diseases and Treatments.

  1. 1 Wound Healing and Treatments Rehabilitation 2 works
  2. 2 Gallbladder and Bile Duct Disorders Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  3. 3 Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research Oncology 1 works
  4. 4 Pediatric Hepatobiliary Diseases and Treatments Surgery 1 works
  5. 5 Pancreatitis Pathology and Treatment Surgery 1 works
  6. 6 Ovarian function and disorders Reproductive Medicine 1 works
  7. 7 melanin and skin pigmentation Cell Biology 1 works
  8. 8 Shoulder and Clavicle Injuries Epidemiology 0 works
  9. 9 Surgical Sutures and Adhesives Surgery 0 works
  10. 10 Radiation Dose and Imaging Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 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 available36.4%not open63.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors4.2%domestic only95.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Oita Medical Center's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 113% 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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