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Saitama Children's Medical Center

In research, Saitama Children's Medical Center stands highest in Medicine (#7,942 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#9,722 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Surgery — Surgery is 9.3× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#20,939
of 28,054 · #25,956 all time
Rank in Japan
#613
of 1,070
Research works
942
▲ 77% vs 2013–17
Citations
11k
12.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
36%
world 28%

What is Saitama Children's Medical 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 #7,942 of 10,443 8.5%152 #9346
Health SciencesDomain #9,722 of 11,982 8.3%157 #12135

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

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Surgery takes 9.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. SurgerySubfield · 40.5 works9.3×
← 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: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.46× its world share, 14 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.48× its world share, 5 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.51× its world share, 4 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Engineering: 0.06× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringDentistry: 0.37× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.83× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.27× its world share, 152 worksMedicineNursing: 1.24× its world share, 1 worksNursingEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.04× its world share, 1 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 Children's Medical Center?

Ranked on the composite score, Yumiko Sato, Ryoji Hanada and Hiroshi Kishimoto lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Saitama Children's Medical Center.

  1. 1 Yumiko Sato Japan · #197,285 worldwide 79 citations · 29 works
  2. 2 Ryoji Hanada Japan · #266,823 worldwide 89 citations · 48 works
  3. 3 Hiroshi Kishimoto Japan · #351,137 worldwide 93 citations · 25 works
  4. 4 Tetsuya Ishimaru Japan · #364,653 worldwide 42 citations · 33 works
  5. 5 Hiroshi Nishimoto Japan · #368,112 worldwide 186 citations · 67 works
  6. 6 Yujiro Tanaka Japan · #522,829 worldwide 42 citations · 33 works
  7. 7 Ryuki Matsuura Japan · #719,850 worldwide 34 citations · 17 works
  8. 8 Motoi Kato Japan · #730,008 worldwide 18 citations · 15 works
  9. 9 Shin‐ichiro Hamano Japan · #775,577 worldwide 34 citations · 26 works
  10. 10 Katsuaki Taira Japan · #826,313 worldwide 0 citations · 21 works
All ranked researchers at Saitama Children's Medical Center

Which keywords describe research at Saitama Children's Medical Center?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Diagnosis, Treatment, Management, Complications, Inflammation, Surgical Management and Prognostic Factors.

▲ 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. Epidemiology26▲ 3.6×53 topics
  2. Diagnosis13▲ 7.5×25 topics
  3. Treatment13▲ 5.7×29 topics
  4. Inflammation12▲ 3.2×35 topics
  5. Management10▲ 6.9×17 topics
  6. Complications9▲ 9.9×11 topics
  7. Surgical Management8▲ 11×10 topics
  8. Prognostic Factors8▲ 9.6×9 topics
  9. Genetic Mutations8▲ 9.5×15 topics
  10. Surgery7▲ 11×7 topics
  11. Neurodevelopmental Outcomes7▲ 20×6 topics
  12. Prenatal Diagnosis7▲ 25×6 topics
  13. Genetics6▲ 4.8×7 topics
  14. Immunotherapy6▲ 4.6×9 topics
  15. Prognosis6▲ 10.0×7 topics
  16. Critical Care6▲ 13×8 topics
  17. Fetal Surgery6▲ 56×3 topics
  18. Chemotherapy5▲ 4.1×10 topics
  19. Pathogenesis5▲ 5.5×12 topics
  20. Antibiotic Prophylaxis5▲ 34×2 topics
  21. Children5▲ 12×6 topics
  22. Antiepileptic Drugs5▲ 35×2 topics
  23. Preterm Infants5▲ 22×4 topics
  24. Respiratory Distress Syndrome5▲ 32×2 topics
  25. Classification4▲ 5.3×3 topics
  26. Clinical Practice Guidelines4▲ 4.4×7 topics
  27. Guidelines4▲ 5.0×8 topics
  28. Echocardiography4▲ 7.5×6 topics
  29. Molecular Classification4▲ 14×3 topics
  30. Radiotherapy4▲ 5.2×4 topics
  31. Cognitive Function4▲ 10×4 topics
  32. Congenital Heart Disease4▲ 22×3 topics
  33. Rituximab4▲ 13×4 topics
  34. Diagnostic Imaging3▲ 17×3 topics
  35. Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation3▲ 24×2 topics
  36. Pediatric3▲ 32×3 topics
  37. Cerebral Palsy3▲ 25×2 topics
  38. Epilepsy3▲ 17×3 topics
  39. Robotic Surgery3▲ 12×4 topics
  40. Genetic Factors3▲ 25×2 topics

Which research topics does Saitama Children's Medical Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Congenital Heart Disease Studies, Epilepsy research and treatment, Pediatric Urology and Nephrology Studies and Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia research.

Congenital Heart Disease…3Congenital Heart Disease Studies: 3 fractional worksEpilepsy research and tr…3Epilepsy research and treatment: 3 fractional worksPediatric Urology and Nephrology Studies: 3 fractional worksAcute Lymphoblastic Leuk…3Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia research: 3 fractional worksEsophageal and GI Pathol…3Esophageal and GI Pathology: 3 fractional worksUltrasound in Clinical Applications: 3 fractional worksCongenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Studies: 3 fractional worksGlioma Diagnosis and Tre…3Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment: 3 fractional worksTesticular diseases and treatments: 3 fractional worksNeonatal and fetal brain pathology: 2 fractional works
EpidemiologyPsychiatry and Mental healthPediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health3 others

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

  1. 1 Congenital Heart Disease Studies Epidemiology 3 works
  2. 2 Epilepsy research and treatment Psychiatry and Mental health 3 works
  3. 3 Pediatric Urology and Nephrology Studies Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 3 works
  4. 4 Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia research Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 3 works
  5. 5 Esophageal and GI Pathology Surgery 3 works
  6. 6 Ultrasound in Clinical Applications Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine 3 works
  7. 7 Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Studies Surgery 3 works
  8. 8 Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment Genetics 3 works
  9. 9 Testicular diseases and treatments Surgery 3 works
  10. 10 Neonatal and fetal brain pathology Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 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 available36.3%not open63.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors7.0%domestic only93.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Saitama Children's Medical Center's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 77% 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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