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Osaka Prefectural Medical Center

In research, Osaka Prefectural Medical Center stands highest in Medicine (#2,558 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#3,410 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine — Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine is 12.0× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#12,370
of 28,054 · #17,475 all time
Rank in Japan
#315
of 1,070
Research works
1.3k
▲ 19% vs 2013–17
Citations
17k
13.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
49%
world 28%

What is Osaka Prefectural 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 #2,558 of 10,443 11.2%177 #4032
Health SciencesDomain #3,410 of 11,982 11.1%182 #5319

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

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine takes 12.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield · 26.5 works12×
  2. Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield · 23.8 works7.4×
← 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, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.01× its world share, 11 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.78× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.82× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.73× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Engineering: 0.14× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.13× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.50× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.38× its world share, 177 worksMedicineNursing: 0.84× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.17× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesDecision Sciences: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.03× 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, 4.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Osaka Prefectural Medical Center?

Ranked on the composite score, Yoshiharu Tsubakihara, Mitsunori Ohta and Tomonori Hirashima lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Osaka Prefectural Medical Center.

  1. 1 Yoshiharu Tsubakihara Japan · #217,154 worldwide 103 citations · 43 works
  2. 2 Mitsunori Ohta Japan · #219,114 worldwide 91 citations · 21 works
  3. 3 Tomonori Hirashima Japan · #263,094 worldwide 93 citations · 39 works
  4. 4 Kazuma Yamakawa Japan · #357,256 worldwide 121 citations · 39 works
  5. 5 Satoshi Fujimi Japan · #440,596 worldwide 81 citations · 34 works
  6. 6 Noriyuki Okada Japan · #752,869 worldwide 30 citations · 21 works
  7. 7 Kiichiro Ito Japan · #767,483 worldwide 0 citations · 17 works
  8. 8 Satoru Doi Japan · #789,105 worldwide 39 citations · 16 works
  9. 9 Masashi Yamamoto Japan · #878,555 worldwide 26 citations · 29 works
  10. 10 Tsutomu Yasumitsu Japan · #983,543 worldwide 42 citations · 26 works
All ranked researchers at Osaka Prefectural Medical Center

Which keywords describe research at Osaka Prefectural Medical Center?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Treatment, Chemotherapy, Diagnosis, Heart Failure, Guidelines, Clinical Practice Guidelines and Inflammation.

▲ 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. Epidemiology30▲ 3.7×69 topics
  2. Treatment18▲ 7.0×29 topics
  3. Chemotherapy17▲ 11×18 topics
  4. Diagnosis15▲ 7.8×26 topics
  5. Inflammation15▲ 3.5×43 topics
  6. Heart Failure15▲ 17×12 topics
  7. Guidelines12▲ 13×11 topics
  8. Clinical Practice Guidelines12▲ 10×11 topics
  9. Management9▲ 5.7×20 topics
  10. Quality of Life9▲ 2.9×21 topics
  11. Cardiovascular Disease9▲ 3.8×21 topics
  12. Echocardiography9▲ 15×6 topics
  13. Neoadjuvant Therapy8▲ 17×5 topics
  14. Prognostic Factors8▲ 8.6×11 topics
  15. Obesity8▲ 4.7×15 topics
  16. Risk Factors7▲ 3.0×20 topics
  17. Immunotherapy7▲ 4.7×16 topics
  18. Catheter Ablation7▲ 26×2 topics
  19. Clinical Trials6▲ 4.6×12 topics
  20. Radiotherapy6▲ 8.0×11 topics
  21. Endoscopic Resection6▲ 30×2 topics
  22. Adjuvant Therapy6▲ 23×2 topics
  23. Molecular Characterization6▲ 16×4 topics
  24. Targeted Therapy6▲ 13×4 topics
  25. Asthma6▲ 30×2 topics
  26. Survival Analysis6▲ 10×6 topics
  27. Surgical Management6▲ 6.8×16 topics
  28. Prognosis6▲ 8.2×9 topics
  29. Preoperative Chemoradiotherapy6▲ 33×2 topics
  30. Tumor Microenvironment5▲ 5.8×7 topics
  31. Surgery5▲ 7.0×9 topics
  32. Anticoagulant Therapy5▲ 18×3 topics
  33. Thrombosis5▲ 8.3×5 topics
  34. Cardiovascular Risk5▲ 7.1×6 topics
  35. Myocardial Infarction4▲ 9.1×6 topics
  36. Gastric Cancer4▲ 18×3 topics
  37. Tumor Markers4▲ 26×2 topics
  38. Atrial Fibrillation4▲ 20×2 topics
  39. Radiofrequency Ablation4▲ 19×2 topics
  40. Sudden Cardiac Death4▲ 24×2 topics

Which research topics does Osaka Prefectural Medical Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes, Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors, Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes and Asthma and respiratory diseases.

Atrial Fibrillation Mana…4Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes: 4 fractional worksCardiovascular Function …4Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors: 4 fractional worksGastric Cancer Management and Outcomes: 4 fractional worksAsthma and respiratory diseases: 3 fractional worksCardiac pacing and defibrillation studies: 3 fractional worksHeart Failure Treatment and Management: 3 fractional worksColorectal Cancer Treatments and Studies: 3 fractional worksCardiac Arrhythmias and …3Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments: 3 fractional worksAllergic Rhinitis and Sensitization: 3 fractional worksColorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments: 3 fractional works
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicinePulmonary and Respiratory MedicinePhysiologyOncology1 others

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

  1. 1 Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 4 works
  2. 2 Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 4 works
  3. 3 Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 4 works
  4. 4 Asthma and respiratory diseases Physiology 3 works
  5. 5 Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 3 works
  6. 6 Heart Failure Treatment and Management Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 3 works
  7. 7 Colorectal Cancer Treatments and Studies Oncology 3 works
  8. 8 Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 3 works
  9. 9 Allergic Rhinitis and Sensitization Immunology and Allergy 3 works
  10. 10 Colorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments Oncology 3 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 available48.7%not open51.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Osaka Prefectural Medical Center's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 19% 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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