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Osaka Hospital

In research, Osaka Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#4,066 of 8,541 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#4,730 of 9,902 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Surgery and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine (Surgery is 9.8× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#16,104
of 22,385 · #17,091 all time
Rank in Japan
#477
of 924
Research works
1.2k
▲ 19% vs 2018-21
Citations
13k
11.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.4%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.88×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
47%
world 40%
International
6%
world 18%
Osaka Hospital

What is Osaka Hospital known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
MedicineField #4,066 of 8,541 5.2%178 #6006
Health SciencesDomain #4,730 of 9,902 5.0%187 #7315

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Osaka 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Osaka Hospital work in?

In 2022-now, 88% of research at Osaka Hospital is in Health Sciences, 6% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (84%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (3%), Health Professions (2%). It does 3.7× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 221 fractional works · 88.0% of its workMedicine: 212 fractional works · 84.1% of its workSurgery: 58 fractional works · 22.9% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 28 fractional works · 11.1% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 17 fractional works · 6.8% of its workOncology: 15 fractional works · 5.9% of its workEpidemiology: 12 fractional works · 4.6% of its workGastroenterology: 7 fractional works · 2.7% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 6 fractional works · 2.5% of its workRheumatology: 6 fractional works · 2.2% of its workPhysiology: 5 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 5 fractional works · 2.0% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 5 fractional works · 1.9% of its workNeurology: 4 fractional works · 1.7% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workNephrology: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHepatology: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHematology: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInfectious Diseases: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRehabilitation: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOphthalmology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEmergency Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInternal Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDermatology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Professions: 6 fractional works · 2.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDentistry: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOral Surgery: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmall Animals: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLife Sciences: 16 fractional works · 6.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 8 fractional works · 3.3% of its workGenetics: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workMolecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workImmunology: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMicrobiology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 11 fractional works · 4.3% of its workEngineering: 6 fractional works · 2.2% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 4 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Science: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEcology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPsychology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKOsaka Hospital252fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences6%Physical Sciences4%Health Sciences88%Social Sciences1%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 22 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine21284.1%
    2. Health Professions62.3%
    3. Dentistry20.7%
    4. Nursing10.5%
    5. Veterinary10.4%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology83.3%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology41.5%
    3. Neuroscience21.0%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences10.3%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
    1. Engineering62.2%
    2. Environmental Science31.1%
    3. Materials Science10.3%
    4. Computer Science10.3%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.1%
    6. Physics and Astronomy00.1%
    7. Mathematics00.0%
    8. Chemical Engineering00.0%
    1. Psychology20.9%
    2. Arts and Humanities10.4%
    3. Social Sciences00.1%
    4. Decision Sciences00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Osaka Hospital specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Surgery takes 9.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. SurgerySubfield · 57.5 works9.8×
  2. Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield · 27.9 works7.2×
← 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: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.61× its world share, 8 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.54× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.61× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringComputer Science: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.15× its world share, 6 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.23× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.49× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.88× its world share, 6 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.37× its world share, 212 worksMedicineNursing: 0.99× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 3.09× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesDecision Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesPsychology: 0.30× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.01× 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, 4.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 22 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine4.37×212 works
  2. Veterinary3.09×1 works
  3. Immunology and Microbiology1.54×4 works
  4. Dentistry1.49×2 works
  5. Nursing0.99×1 works
  6. Health Professions0.88×6 works
  7. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.61×8 works
  8. Neuroscience0.61×2 works
  9. Psychology0.30×2 works
  10. Environmental Science0.23×3 works
  11. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.15×0 works
  12. Engineering0.15×6 works
  13. Arts and Humanities0.15×1 works
  14. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.09×0 works
  15. Materials Science0.09×1 works
  16. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.07×1 works
  17. Chemical Engineering0.05×0 works
  18. Physics and Astronomy0.05×0 works
  19. Computer Science0.04×1 works
  20. Mathematics0.03×0 works
  21. Decision Sciences0.02×0 works
  22. Social Sciences0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Osaka Hospital?

Ranked on the quality score, Takeshi Fuji, Hidetoshi Furuie and Yoh Arita lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Osaka Hospital.

  1. 1 Takeshi Fuji Japan · #1,580,504 worldwide 4.9k citations · 155 works
  2. 2 Hidetoshi Furuie Japan · #2,008,801 worldwide 853 citations · 38 works
  3. 3 Yoh Arita Japan · #2,132,756 worldwide 1.2k citations · 64 works
  4. 4 Hideki Osawa Japan · #2,389,468 worldwide 1.1k citations · 68 works
  5. 5 Toshifumi Ito Japan · #2,691,269 worldwide 2.3k citations · 91 works
  6. 6 Risato Takeda Japan · #2,946,174 worldwide 128 citations · 16 works
  7. 7 Daisuke Ikegami Japan · #3,139,309 worldwide 576 citations · 22 works
  8. 8 Yukio Shirakabe Japan · #3,141,428 worldwide 528 citations · 21 works
  9. 9 Miwa Miyoshi Japan · #3,691,697 worldwide 255 citations · 49 works
  10. 10 Ko Temporin Japan · #3,780,628 worldwide 432 citations · 29 works
All ranked researchers at Osaka Hospital

What are the most cited papers from Osaka Hospital?

The most cited paper from Osaka Hospital is "Hemodialysis-associated hypotension as an independent risk factor for two-year mortality in hemodialysis patients" (Tatsuya Shoji, Yoshiharu Tsubakihara, Masamitsu Fujii et al., 2004), with 666 citations. Next come "Hemodynamic and hormonal effects of human ghrelin in healthy volunteers" (587) and "Prediction of non-responsiveness to standard high-dose gamma-globulin therapy in patients with acute Kawasaki disease before starting initial treatment" (448).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Hemodialysis-associated hypotension as an independent risk factor for two-year mortality in hemodialysis patients Tatsuya Shoji, Yoshiharu Tsubakihara, Masamitsu Fujii et al. · Kidney International Open access 11 Aug 2004 666
2 Hemodynamic and hormonal effects of human ghrelin in healthy volunteers Noritoshi Nagaya, Masayasu Kojima, Masaaki Uematsu et al. · American Journal of Physiology-Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology May 2001 587
3 Prediction of non-responsiveness to standard high-dose gamma-globulin therapy in patients with acute Kawasaki disease before starting initial treatment Tetsuya Sano, Shunji Kurotobi, Kouji Matsuzaki et al. · European Journal of Pediatrics Aug 2006 448
4 Neck and Shoulder Pain After Laminoplasty Noboru Hosono, Kazuo Yonenobu, Keiro Ono · Spine Sep 1996 439
5 Effect of sarcopenia on survival in patients with cirrhosis: A meta-analysis Xinxing Tantai et al. · Journal of Hepatology ReviewOpen access 13 Nov 2021 434
All 61 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Osaka Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Clinical Practice Guidelines, Chemotherapy, Complications, Surgical Management, Diagnosis, Guidelines and Treatment.

▲ 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-now 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. Epidemiology32▲ 3.2×82 topics
  2. Inflammation15▲ 2.9×52 topics
  3. Clinical Practice Guidelines15▲ 11×13 topics
  4. Chemotherapy14▲ 7.6×17 topics
  5. Diagnosis13▲ 5.6×31 topics
  6. Treatment13▲ 4.2×32 topics
  7. Complications12▲ 9.7×14 topics
  8. Surgical Management12▲ 11×17 topics
  9. Risk Factors11▲ 4.1×19 topics
  10. Guidelines10▲ 8.2×11 topics
  11. Management10▲ 4.8×26 topics
  12. Prognostic Factors9▲ 8.6×12 topics
  13. Immunotherapy8▲ 4.5×18 topics
  14. Neoadjuvant Therapy8▲ 13×5 topics
  15. Catheter Ablation8▲ 25×2 topics
  16. Mortality7▲ 5.0×11 topics
  17. Laparoscopic Surgery7▲ 23×5 topics
  18. Heart Failure6▲ 5.8×11 topics
  19. Rehabilitation6▲ 6.3×11 topics
  20. Radiofrequency Ablation6▲ 23×2 topics
  21. Survival Analysis6▲ 8.8×6 topics
  22. Diabetes6▲ 4.7×11 topics
  23. Robotic Surgery6▲ 16×5 topics
  24. Biomechanics6▲ 7.6×5 topics
  25. Preoperative Chemoradiotherapy6▲ 28×2 topics
  26. Surgery6▲ 6.3×9 topics
  27. Arrhythmias5▲ 23×2 topics
  28. Endoscopic Resection5▲ 21×2 topics
  29. Prevention5▲ 4.9×12 topics
  30. Prognosis5▲ 6.3×9 topics
  31. Echocardiography5▲ 6.9×7 topics
  32. Tumor Markers5▲ 23×2 topics
  33. Percutaneous Coronary Intervention5▲ 14×4 topics
  34. Adjuvant Therapy4▲ 14×2 topics
  35. Gastric Cancer4▲ 16×3 topics
  36. Anticoagulant Therapy4▲ 14×4 topics
  37. Electroanatomic Mapping4▲ 34×1 topic
  38. Endovascular Repair4▲ 19×3 topics
  39. Molecular Characterization4▲ 9.4×4 topics
  40. Ventricular Tachycardia4▲ 34×1 topic

Which research topics does Osaka Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments, Colorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments, Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes and Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes.

Cardiac Arrhythmias and …4Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments: 4 fractional worksColorectal Cancer Surgic…4Colorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments: 4 fractional worksGastric Cancer Managemen…4Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes: 4 fractional worksAtrial Fibrillation Mana…4Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes: 4 fractional worksGastrointestinal Tumor Research and Treatment: 3 fractional worksMinimally Invasive Surgical Techniques: 2 fractional worksShoulder Injury and Trea…2Shoulder Injury and Treatment: 2 fractional worksTotal Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes: 2 fractional worksSpine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology: 2 fractional worksSurgical Simulation and …2Surgical Simulation and Training: 2 fractional works
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineOncologyPulmonary and Respiratory MedicineGastroenterology2 others

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

  1. 1 Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 4 works
  2. 2 Colorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments Oncology 4 works
  3. 3 Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 4 works
  4. 4 Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 4 works
  5. 5 Gastrointestinal Tumor Research and Treatment Gastroenterology 3 works
  6. 6 Minimally Invasive Surgical Techniques Surgery 2 works
  7. 7 Shoulder Injury and Treatment Surgery 2 works
  8. 8 Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes Surgery 2 works
  9. 9 Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology Pathology and Forensic Medicine 2 works
  10. 10 Surgical Simulation and Training 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 available46.7%not open53.3%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors5.7%domestic only94.3%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Osaka Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 19% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Osaka Hospital as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00091% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%Osaka Hospital0.0012% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Osaka Hospital over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2025Osaka Hospital4.6% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 8.6% in 2010.

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