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.
| Field | World rank | Where that sits | Top-10% rate | Works | All 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.
- Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield · 28.2 works20×
- SurgerySubfield · 20.4 works6.5×
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, 4.2×. Every wedge is a field page.
- Medicine 4.2×
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics 4.0×
- Nursing 0.8×
- Neuroscience 0.7×
- Immunology and Microbiology 0.6×
- Engineering 0.6×
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 0.5×
- Health Professions 0.5×
- Psychology 0.2×
- Decision Sciences 0.2×
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance 0.1×
- Physics and Astronomy 0.1×
- Environmental Science 0.1×
- Computer Science 0.1×
- Earth and Planetary Sciences 0.0×
- Social Sciences 0.0×
- Mathematics 0.0×
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 Ken Okumura Japan · #65,035 worldwide 315 citations · 65 works
- 2 Kazuhiro Nishigami Japan · #421,711 worldwide 51 citations · 22 works
- 3 Kōichi Nakao Japan · #471,835 worldwide 196 citations · 82 works
- 4 Toru Nishi Japan · #512,509 worldwide 36 citations · 16 works
- 5 Kazuya Ichikado Japan · #640,523 worldwide 55 citations · 25 works
- 6 Toshihiro Honda Japan · #735,300 worldwide 8 citations · 19 works
- 7 Shodo Fujioka Japan · #811,799 worldwide 20 citations · 20 works
- 8 Yuichiro Inatomi Japan · #980,884 worldwide 28 citations · 24 works
- 9 Keiko Hayano Japan · #995,908 worldwide 10 citations · 16 works
- 10 Kazuya Hayasaki Japan · #1,204,356 worldwide 11 citations · 16 works
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.
- Endovascular Repair
- Sudden Cardiac Death
- Prophylaxis
- Surgical Management
- Management
- Hypothermia
- Survival Rates
- Arrhythmias
- Surgical Aortic-Valve Replacement
- Surgical Repair
- Thromboembolism
- Chemotherapy
- Treatment
- Risk Factors
- Echocardiography
- Myocardial Infarction
- Cardiogenic Shock
- Thrombosis
- Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation
- Epidemiology
- Heart Failure
- Percutaneous Coronary Intervention
- Guidelines
- Catheter Ablation
- Left Ventricular Assist Device
- Anticoagulant Therapy
- Stroke Prevention
- Diagnosis
- Atrial Fibrillation
- Risk Stratification
- Cardiovascular Disease
- Ventricular Reconstruction
- Transcatheter Aortic-Valve Replacement
- Resuscitation
- Cardiac Arrest
- Radiofrequency Ablation
- Electroanatomic Mapping
- Ventricular Tachycardia
- Neuroprotection
- Surgery
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
- Heart Failure16▲ 28×13 topics
- Epidemiology12▲ 2.2×34 topics
- Percutaneous Coronary Intervention11▲ 63×4 topics
- Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation10▲ 94×2 topics
- Guidelines10▲ 15×8 topics
- Thrombosis10▲ 26×6 topics
- Catheter Ablation9▲ 58×2 topics
- Cardiogenic Shock9▲ 148×1 topic
- Left Ventricular Assist Device9▲ 148×1 topic
- Myocardial Infarction8▲ 27×5 topics
- Anticoagulant Therapy8▲ 48×3 topics
- Echocardiography8▲ 22×7 topics
- Stroke Prevention7▲ 42×2 topics
- Risk Factors7▲ 4.5×13 topics
- Diagnosis6▲ 5.2×16 topics
- Treatment6▲ 3.8×16 topics
- Atrial Fibrillation6▲ 44×2 topics
- Chemotherapy6▲ 6.2×15 topics
- Risk Stratification6▲ 59×1 topic
- Thromboembolism6▲ 59×1 topic
- Cardiovascular Disease6▲ 3.7×15 topics
- Surgical Repair5▲ 95×1 topic
- Ventricular Reconstruction5▲ 95×1 topic
- Surgical Aortic-Valve Replacement5▲ 52×1 topic
- Transcatheter Aortic-Valve Replacement5▲ 52×1 topic
- Arrhythmias5▲ 38×2 topics
- Resuscitation5▲ 27×2 topics
- Survival Rates4▲ 34×2 topics
- Cardiac Arrest4▲ 57×1 topic
- Hypothermia4▲ 44×1 topic
- Radiofrequency Ablation4▲ 30×2 topics
- Management4▲ 4.0×12 topics
- Electroanatomic Mapping4▲ 57×1 topic
- Surgical Management4▲ 6.8×7 topics
- Ventricular Tachycardia4▲ 57×1 topic
- Prophylaxis4▲ 21×4 topics
- Neuroprotection3▲ 7.1×6 topics
- Sudden Cardiac Death3▲ 29×2 topics
- Surgery3▲ 6.7×7 topics
- 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.
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices Biomedical Engineering 9 works
- 2 Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 6 works
- 3 Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair Surgery 5 works
- 4 Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 5 works
- 5 Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation Emergency Medicine 4 works
- 6 Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 4 works
- 7 Aortic Disease and Treatment Approaches Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 3 works
- 8 Cardiac and Coronary Surgery Techniques Surgery 2 works
- 9 Acute Ischemic Stroke Management Epidemiology 2 works
- 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.
World: 28% of research is openly available.
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.
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 Kumamoto
- Kumamoto University
- Sojo University
- Kumamoto University Hospital
- National Institute of Technology, Kumamoto College
- Kyushu Okinawa Agricultural Research Center
- Kumamoto Health Science University
- Kyushu Tokai University
- Kumamoto City Hospital
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.