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Saiseikai Kumamoto Hospital

In research, Saiseikai Kumamoto Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#7,969 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#9,831 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and Surgery — Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine is 20.2× its share of world research.

World rank, 2022–2025
#24,881
of 28,054 · #31,266 all time
Rank in Japan
#850
of 1,070
Research works
756
▲ 18% vs 2013–17
Citations
8.4k
11.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
52%
world 28%

What is Saiseikai Kumamoto 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 #7,969 of 10,443 7.9%109 #9421
Health SciencesDomain #9,831 of 11,982 7.8%111 #11689

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Saiseikai Kumamoto 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 Saiseikai Kumamoto Hospital specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine takes 20.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield · 28.2 works20×
  2. SurgerySubfield · 20.4 works6.5×
← 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.

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.49× its world share, 4 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.57× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.70× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 3.97× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.55× its world share, 11 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.45× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.24× its world share, 108 worksMedicineNursing: 0.83× its world share, 0 worksNursingDecision Sciences: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.03× 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 Saiseikai Kumamoto Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, Ken Okumura, Kazuhiro Nishigami and Kōichi Nakao lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Saiseikai Kumamoto Hospital.

  1. 1 Ken Okumura Japan · #65,035 worldwide 315 citations · 65 works
  2. 2 Kazuhiro Nishigami Japan · #421,711 worldwide 51 citations · 22 works
  3. 3 Kōichi Nakao Japan · #471,835 worldwide 196 citations · 82 works
  4. 4 Toru Nishi Japan · #512,509 worldwide 36 citations · 16 works
  5. 5 Kazuya Ichikado Japan · #640,523 worldwide 55 citations · 25 works
  6. 6 Toshihiro Honda Japan · #735,300 worldwide 8 citations · 19 works
  7. 7 Shodo Fujioka Japan · #811,799 worldwide 20 citations · 20 works
  8. 8 Yuichiro Inatomi Japan · #980,884 worldwide 28 citations · 24 works
  9. 9 Keiko Hayano Japan · #995,908 worldwide 10 citations · 16 works
  10. 10 Kazuya Hayasaki Japan · #1,204,356 worldwide 11 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Saiseikai Kumamoto Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Saiseikai Kumamoto Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Heart Failure, Percutaneous Coronary Intervention, Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation, Guidelines, Thrombosis, Catheter Ablation, Cardiogenic Shock and Left Ventricular Assist Device.

▲ 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. Heart Failure16▲ 28×13 topics
  2. Epidemiology12▲ 2.2×34 topics
  3. Percutaneous Coronary Intervention11▲ 63×4 topics
  4. Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation10▲ 94×2 topics
  5. Guidelines10▲ 15×8 topics
  6. Thrombosis10▲ 26×6 topics
  7. Catheter Ablation9▲ 58×2 topics
  8. Cardiogenic Shock9▲ 148×1 topic
  9. Left Ventricular Assist Device9▲ 148×1 topic
  10. Myocardial Infarction8▲ 27×5 topics
  11. Anticoagulant Therapy8▲ 48×3 topics
  12. Echocardiography8▲ 22×7 topics
  13. Stroke Prevention7▲ 42×2 topics
  14. Risk Factors7▲ 4.5×13 topics
  15. Diagnosis6▲ 5.2×16 topics
  16. Treatment6▲ 3.8×16 topics
  17. Atrial Fibrillation6▲ 44×2 topics
  18. Chemotherapy6▲ 6.2×15 topics
  19. Risk Stratification6▲ 59×1 topic
  20. Thromboembolism6▲ 59×1 topic
  21. Cardiovascular Disease6▲ 3.7×15 topics
  22. Surgical Repair5▲ 95×1 topic
  23. Ventricular Reconstruction5▲ 95×1 topic
  24. Surgical Aortic-Valve Replacement5▲ 52×1 topic
  25. Transcatheter Aortic-Valve Replacement5▲ 52×1 topic
  26. Arrhythmias5▲ 38×2 topics
  27. Resuscitation5▲ 27×2 topics
  28. Survival Rates4▲ 34×2 topics
  29. Cardiac Arrest4▲ 57×1 topic
  30. Hypothermia4▲ 44×1 topic
  31. Radiofrequency Ablation4▲ 30×2 topics
  32. Management4▲ 4.0×12 topics
  33. Electroanatomic Mapping4▲ 57×1 topic
  34. Surgical Management4▲ 6.8×7 topics
  35. Ventricular Tachycardia4▲ 57×1 topic
  36. Prophylaxis4▲ 21×4 topics
  37. Neuroprotection3▲ 7.1×6 topics
  38. Sudden Cardiac Death3▲ 29×2 topics
  39. Surgery3▲ 6.7×7 topics
  40. Endovascular Repair3▲ 27×2 topics

Which research topics does Saiseikai Kumamoto Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices, Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes, Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair and Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments.

  1. 1 Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices Biomedical Engineering 9 works
  2. 2 Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 6 works
  3. 3 Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair Surgery 5 works
  4. 4 Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 5 works
  5. 5 Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation Emergency Medicine 4 works
  6. 6 Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 4 works
  7. 7 Aortic Disease and Treatment Approaches Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 3 works
  8. 8 Cardiac and Coronary Surgery Techniques Surgery 2 works
  9. 9 Acute Ischemic Stroke Management Epidemiology 2 works
  10. 10 Infective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management Epidemiology 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 available52.3%not open47.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors5.8%domestic only94.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Saiseikai Kumamoto Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 18% 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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