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Osaka Women's and Children's Hospital

In research, Osaka Women's and Children's Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#8,948 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#10,685 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Epidemiology — Epidemiology is 6.6× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#22,523
of 28,054 · #34,260 all time
Rank in Japan
#714
of 1,070
Research works
521
▲ 936% vs 2013–17
Citations
3.6k
6.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
53%
world 28%

What is Osaka Women's and Children's Hospital 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 #8,948 of 10,443 5.1%158 #15227
Health SciencesDomain #10,685 of 11,982 5.2%165 #17230

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Osaka Women's and Children's 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 Osaka Women's and Children's Hospital specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Epidemiology takes 6.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. EpidemiologySubfield · 20.3 works6.6×
← 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, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.81× its world share, 32 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.44× its world share, 5 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.35× its world share, 5 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.31× its world share, 1 worksChemistryEngineering: 0.06× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceDentistry: 1.03× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.46× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.81× its world share, 158 worksMedicineNursing: 2.65× its world share, 3 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.21× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.07× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Osaka Women's and Children's Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, Kaori Fujiwara, Futoshi Matsui and Muneyuki Takeuchi lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Osaka Women's and Children's Hospital.

  1. 1 Kaori Fujiwara Japan · #762,121 worldwide 27 citations · 19 works
  2. 2 Futoshi Matsui Japan · #975,292 worldwide 11 citations · 16 works
  3. 3 Muneyuki Takeuchi Japan · #1,119,697 worldwide 30 citations · 45 works
  4. 4 Shinobu Ida Japan · #1,126,181 worldwide 32 citations · 26 works
  5. 5 Masanobu Kawai Japan · #1,205,916 worldwide 49 citations · 40 works
  6. 6 Yuri Etani Japan · #1,274,603 worldwide 19 citations · 33 works
  7. 7 Itaru Yanagihara Japan · #1,407,592 worldwide 26 citations · 22 works
All ranked researchers at Osaka Women's and Children's Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Osaka Women's and Children's Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Neurodevelopmental Outcomes, Congenital Heart Disease, Cardiac Surgery, Adult Congenital Heart Disease, Pulmonary Valve Replacement, Epidemiology, Preterm Infants and Prenatal Diagnosis.

▲ 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. Neurodevelopmental Outcomes20▲ 49×6 topics
  2. Epidemiology19▲ 2.2×64 topics
  3. Congenital Heart Disease14▲ 79×3 topics
  4. Inflammation13▲ 3.0×31 topics
  5. Cardiac Surgery12▲ 76×2 topics
  6. Adult Congenital Heart Disease12▲ 102×1 topic
  7. Pulmonary Valve Replacement12▲ 102×1 topic
  8. Preterm Infants10▲ 36×4 topics
  9. Prenatal Diagnosis9▲ 28×6 topics
  10. Mechanical Ventilation9▲ 35×2 topics
  11. Echocardiography7▲ 13×6 topics
  12. Genetic Mutations7▲ 7.9×16 topics
  13. Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia7▲ 49×2 topics
  14. Pulmonary Hypertension7▲ 23×3 topics
  15. Cancer7▲ 2.4×26 topics
  16. Maternal Mortality7▲ 14×4 topics
  17. Treatment7▲ 2.6×20 topics
  18. Fetal Surgery6▲ 48×3 topics
  19. Chronic Kidney Disease5▲ 10×7 topics
  20. Lung Stem Cells5▲ 42×1 topic
  21. Respiratory Distress Syndrome5▲ 30×1 topic
  22. Tissue Engineering5▲ 4.0×2 topics
  23. Airway Stenosis5▲ 43×1 topic
  24. Tracheostomy5▲ 43×1 topic
  25. Preterm Birth5▲ 36×2 topics
  26. Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation5▲ 30×2 topics
  27. Heart Failure5▲ 5.2×9 topics
  28. Pathophysiology5▲ 7.1×9 topics
  29. Cardiomyopathy4▲ 23×3 topics
  30. Endothelial Dysfunction4▲ 8.5×3 topics
  31. Intrauterine Infection4▲ 58×2 topics
  32. Antibiotic Prophylaxis4▲ 24×3 topics
  33. Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia4▲ 66×1 topic
  34. Lung Volume4▲ 66×1 topic
  35. Congenital Anomalies4▲ 32×3 topics
  36. Fetal Development4▲ 19×3 topics
  37. Genetic Variants4▲ 10×5 topics
  38. Laparoscopic Surgery4▲ 15×2 topics
  39. Chorioamnionitis4▲ 88×1 topic
  40. Progesterone4▲ 88×1 topic

Which research topics does Osaka Women's and Children's Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Congenital Heart Disease Studies, Neonatal Respiratory Health Research, Tracheal and airway disorders and Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Studies.

Congenital Heart Disease…12Congenital Heart Disease Studies: 12 fractional worksNeonatal Respiratory Health Research: 5 fractional worksTracheal and airway diso…5Tracheal and airway disorders: 5 fractional worksCongenital Diaphragmatic…4Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Studies: 4 fractional worksPreterm Birth and Chorioamnionitis: 4 fractional worksRespiratory Support and Mechanisms: 3 fractional worksParathyroid Disorders an…3Parathyroid Disorders and Treatments: 3 fractional worksCardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments: 3 fractional worksGenetic Syndromes and Imprinting: 3 fractional worksUrological Disorders and Treatments: 3 fractional works
EpidemiologyPulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSurgeryNephrology3 others

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

  1. 1 Congenital Heart Disease Studies Epidemiology 12 works
  2. 2 Neonatal Respiratory Health Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 5 works
  3. 3 Tracheal and airway disorders Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 5 works
  4. 4 Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Studies Surgery 4 works
  5. 5 Preterm Birth and Chorioamnionitis Epidemiology 4 works
  6. 6 Respiratory Support and Mechanisms Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 3 works
  7. 7 Parathyroid Disorders and Treatments Nephrology 3 works
  8. 8 Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 3 works
  9. 9 Genetic Syndromes and Imprinting Genetics 3 works
  10. 10 Urological Disorders and Treatments Urology 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 available53.2%not open46.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors7.8%domestic only92.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Osaka Women's and Children's Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 936% 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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