Rakuwakai Otowa Hospital
In research, Rakuwakai Otowa Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#9,209 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#10,964 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Surgery — Surgery is 12.5× its share of world research.
- World rank, 2022–2025
- #24,314 of 28,054 · #33,607 all time
- Rank in Japan
- #811 of 1,070
- Research works
- 441 ▼ 3% vs 2013–17
- Citations
- 5.6k 12.8 per fractional work
- Top-10% rate
- 6.9% record average 16.5%
- Open access
- 58% world 28%
What is Rakuwakai Otowa Hospital known for in research?
The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.
| Field | World rank | Where that sits | Top-10% rate | Works | All time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MedicineField | #9,209 of 10,443 | 7.0% | 64 | #13915 | |
| Health SciencesDomain | #10,964 of 11,982 | 7.2% | 69 | #16877 |
Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Rakuwakai Otowa 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 Rakuwakai Otowa Hospital specialise in?
Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Surgery takes 12.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.
- SurgerySubfield · 23.9 works12×
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.
Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 4.1×. Every wedge is a field page.
- Medicine 4.1×
- Dentistry 3.4×
- Veterinary 3.0×
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics 2.1×
- Immunology and Microbiology 2.1×
- Neuroscience 1.6×
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 0.9×
- Health Professions 0.9×
- Nursing 0.9×
- Physics and Astronomy 0.3×
- Psychology 0.3×
- Earth and Planetary Sciences 0.3×
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance 0.1×
- Environmental Science 0.1×
- Engineering 0.1×
- Decision Sciences 0.1×
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences 0.1×
- Social Sciences 0.1×
- Business, Management and Accounting 0.0×
Who are the top researchers at Rakuwakai Otowa Hospital?
Ranked on the composite score, Tatsuro Takei, Michihiro Yamamoto and Yukio Nagasaka lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Rakuwakai Otowa Hospital.
- 1 Tatsuro Takei Japan · #408,346 worldwide 66 citations · 16 works
- 2 Michihiro Yamamoto Japan · #1,169,680 worldwide 21 citations · 18 works
- 3 Yukio Nagasaka Japan · #1,242,072 worldwide 11 citations · 24 works
Which keywords describe research at Rakuwakai Otowa Hospital?
By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Treatment, Diagnosis, Guidelines, Chemotherapy, Surgical Management, Diabetes and Risk Factors.
- Endoscopic Resection
- Chronic Pain
- Targeted Therapy
- Adjuvant Therapy
- Percutaneous Coronary Intervention
- Patient Satisfaction
- Pain Management
- Molecular Characterization
- Prognostic Factors
- Peripheral Arterial Disease
- Neurological Disorders
- Claudication
- Prevention
- Atherosclerosis
- Inflammation
- Diabetes
- Management
- Guidelines
- Risk Factors
- Treatment
- Epidemiology
- Diagnosis
- Chemotherapy
- Quality of Life
- Surgical Management
- Complications
- Revascularization
- Angioplasty
- Surgery
- Immunotherapy
- Pathogenesis
- Clinical Practice Guidelines
- Clinical Trials
- Neoadjuvant Therapy
- Hemostasis
- Pathophysiology
- Prognosis
- Revision Surgery
- Total Hip Replacement
- Diagnostic Imaging
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
- Epidemiology13▲ 3.9×43 topics
- Treatment6▲ 6.4×21 topics
- Diagnosis5▲ 6.9×16 topics
- Risk Factors5▲ 5.3×11 topics
- Chemotherapy4▲ 7.9×13 topics
- Guidelines4▲ 12×8 topics
- Quality of Life4▲ 3.7×14 topics
- Management4▲ 6.6×11 topics
- Surgical Management4▲ 12×11 topics
- Diabetes4▲ 10×7 topics
- Complications4▲ 9.6×11 topics
- Inflammation3▲ 2.0×26 topics
- Revascularization3▲ 22×3 topics
- Atherosclerosis3▲ 12×3 topics
- Angioplasty2▲ 51×2 topics
- Prevention2▲ 7.3×6 topics
- Surgery2▲ 8.7×8 topics
- Claudication2▲ 80×1 topic
- Immunotherapy2▲ 4.0×8 topics
- Neurological Disorders2▲ 5.2×9 topics
- Pathogenesis2▲ 5.8×7 topics
- Peripheral Arterial Disease2▲ 80×1 topic
- Clinical Practice Guidelines2▲ 5.2×6 topics
- Prognostic Factors2▲ 6.0×5 topics
- Clinical Trials2▲ 3.8×6 topics
- Molecular Characterization2▲ 15×3 topics
- Neoadjuvant Therapy2▲ 9.7×4 topics
- Pain Management2▲ 10.0×4 topics
- Hemostasis2▲ 21×2 topics
- Patient Satisfaction2▲ 6.6×4 topics
- Pathophysiology2▲ 6.7×6 topics
- Percutaneous Coronary Intervention2▲ 15×3 topics
- Prognosis2▲ 6.1×6 topics
- Adjuvant Therapy2▲ 15×2 topics
- Revision Surgery2▲ 15×2 topics
- Targeted Therapy2▲ 8.3×3 topics
- Total Hip Replacement2▲ 15×2 topics
- Chronic Pain1▲ 7.9×3 topics
- Diagnostic Imaging1▲ 15×4 topics
- Endoscopic Resection1▲ 18×2 topics
Which research topics does Rakuwakai Otowa Hospital publish most on?
By volume in 2022–2025: Peripheral Artery Disease Management, Vascular Procedures and Complications, Infectious Aortic and Vascular Conditions and Leptospirosis research and findings.
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Peripheral Artery Disease Management Surgery 2 works
- 2 Vascular Procedures and Complications Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 1 works
- 3 Infectious Aortic and Vascular Conditions Surgery 1 works
- 4 Leptospirosis research and findings Parasitology 1 works
- 5 Bladder and Urothelial Cancer Treatments Surgery 1 works
- 6 Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty Surgery 1 works
- 7 Anesthesia and Pain Management Surgery 1 works
- 8 Esophageal and GI Pathology Surgery 1 works
- 9 Gallbladder and Bile Duct Disorders Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 1 works
- 10 Cerebrospinal fluid and hydrocephalus Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience 1 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.
World: 28% of research is openly available.
World: 19% is written across borders.
How has Rakuwakai Otowa Hospital's research output changed?
Output in 2018–2022 was 3% lower than in 2013–2017.
The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.
Other research institutions in Kyoto
- Kyoto University
- Ritsumeikan University
- Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine
- Kyoto Institute of Technology
- Doshisha University
- Kyoto Pharmaceutical University
- Ryukoku University
- Ōtani University
Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners are in the interactive view on the map.