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Saitama Cancer Center

In research, Saitama Cancer Center stands highest in Medicine (#5,591 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#7,373 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Oncology, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and Surgery — Oncology is 16.1× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#19,166
of 28,054 · #11,345 all time
Rank in Japan
#535
of 1,070
Research works
1.7k
▼ 6% vs 2013–17
Citations
49k
29.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
39%
world 28%

What is Saitama Cancer 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 #5,591 of 10,443 10.2%134 #5292
Health SciencesDomain #7,373 of 11,982 10.1%136 #7194

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Saitama Cancer 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 Saitama Cancer Center specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Oncology takes 16.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. OncologySubfield · 29.6 works16×
  2. Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield · 25.3 works10×
  3. SurgerySubfield · 29.3 works7.6×
← 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: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.32× its world share, 20 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.03× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.40× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.07× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.23× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.82× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.26× its world share, 134 worksMedicineNursing: 0.35× its world share, 0 worksNursingDecision Sciences: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 4.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Saitama Cancer Center?

Ranked on the composite score, Kenichi Inoue, Hirota Fujiki and Motoo Hozumi lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Saitama Cancer Center.

  1. 1 Kenichi Inoue Japan · #66,386 worldwide 296 citations · 71 works
  2. 2 Hirota Fujiki Japan · #138,216 worldwide 307 citations · 62 works
  3. 3 Motoo Hozumi Japan · #213,915 worldwide 105 citations · 38 works
  4. 4 Yasuhiko Kaneko Japan · #248,056 worldwide 118 citations · 54 works
  5. 5 Hiroki Hara Japan · #287,541 worldwide 202 citations · 77 works
  6. 6 Hiroshi Sakai Japan · #293,117 worldwide 187 citations · 101 works
  7. 7 Yusaku Tagashira Japan · #385,883 worldwide 49 citations · 23 works
  8. 8 Nobuo Maseki Japan · #417,632 worldwide 124 citations · 15 works
  9. 9 Yusuke Nishizawa Japan · #437,751 worldwide 13 citations · 27 works
  10. 10 H Nishimura Japan · #544,117 worldwide 20 citations · 20 works
All ranked researchers at Saitama Cancer Center

Which keywords describe research at Saitama Cancer Center?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Chemotherapy, Endoscopic Resection, Neoadjuvant Therapy, Clinical Practice Guidelines, Tumor Microenvironment, Prognostic Factors, Molecular Characterization and Survival Analysis.

▲ 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. Chemotherapy31▲ 27×21 topics
  2. Endoscopic Resection17▲ 102×2 topics
  3. Neoadjuvant Therapy16▲ 42×5 topics
  4. Clinical Practice Guidelines15▲ 17×10 topics
  5. Tumor Microenvironment14▲ 20×7 topics
  6. Epidemiology14▲ 2.1×29 topics
  7. Molecular Characterization13▲ 46×4 topics
  8. Prognostic Factors13▲ 19×14 topics
  9. Survival Analysis12▲ 27×6 topics
  10. Immunotherapy12▲ 10×15 topics
  11. Chemoradiation10▲ 98×2 topics
  12. Preoperative Chemoradiotherapy10▲ 77×2 topics
  13. Adjuvant Therapy10▲ 47×2 topics
  14. Radiotherapy10▲ 15×12 topics
  15. Gastric Cancer10▲ 51×3 topics
  16. Surgery9▲ 16×4 topics
  17. Cancer9▲ 4.0×28 topics
  18. Barrett's Esophagus9▲ 133×1 topic
  19. Esophageal Carcinoma9▲ 133×1 topic
  20. Targeted Therapy8▲ 23×4 topics
  21. Breast Cancer8▲ 21×9 topics
  22. Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy8▲ 58×2 topics
  23. Lymph Node Dissection8▲ 81×1 topic
  24. Metastatic Gastric Cancer8▲ 81×1 topic
  25. Immune Checkpoint Blockade8▲ 42×1 topic
  26. PD-1 and PD-L18▲ 42×1 topic
  27. Clinical Trials7▲ 6.3×5 topics
  28. Quality of Life7▲ 2.9×14 topics
  29. Precision Medicine6▲ 8.5×4 topics
  30. Genetic Mutations6▲ 9.1×11 topics
  31. Molecular Profiling6▲ 39×3 topics
  32. Metastasis6▲ 11×9 topics
  33. Cetuximab6▲ 40×2 topics
  34. Rituximab6▲ 22×3 topics
  35. Prognosis5▲ 10×6 topics
  36. PET Imaging5▲ 19×4 topics
  37. Therapeutic Targets5▲ 21×5 topics
  38. Molecular Subtypes5▲ 37×3 topics
  39. Surgical Management5▲ 7.4×9 topics
  40. Prognostic Markers5▲ 28×3 topics

Which research topics does Saitama Cancer Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Esophageal Cancer Research and Treatment, Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes, Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers and Colorectal Cancer Treatments and Studies.

Esophageal Cancer Research and Treatment: 9 fractional worksGastric Cancer Management and Outcomes: 8 fractional worksCancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers: 8 fractional worksColorectal Cancer Treatments and Studies: 4 fractional worksLung Cancer Treatments and Mutations: 3 fractional worksCancer Genomics and Diagnostics: 3 fractional worksLymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment: 3 fractional worksPancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research: 3 fractional worksGenetic factors in colorectal cancer: 3 fractional worksChronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Research: 2 fractional works
SurgeryPulmonary and Respiratory MedicineOncologyCancer Research2 others

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

  1. 1 Esophageal Cancer Research and Treatment Surgery 9 works
  2. 2 Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 8 works
  3. 3 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 8 works
  4. 4 Colorectal Cancer Treatments and Studies Oncology 4 works
  5. 5 Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 3 works
  6. 6 Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics Cancer Research 3 works
  7. 7 Lymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment Pathology and Forensic Medicine 3 works
  8. 8 Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research Oncology 3 works
  9. 9 Genetic factors in colorectal cancer Pathology and Forensic Medicine 3 works
  10. 10 Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Research Genetics 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 available39.2%not open60.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Saitama Cancer Center's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 6% lower 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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