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Saitama Prefecture

In research, Saitama Prefecture stands highest in Medicine (#8,667 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#10,399 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Neurology and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine — Neurology is 22.1× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#23,980
of 28,054 · #10,630 all time
Rank in Japan
#790
of 1,070
Research works
1.6k
▲ 23% vs 2013–17
Citations
26k
16.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
40%
world 28%

What is Saitama Prefecture 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 #8,667 of 10,443 5.3%116 #7942
Health SciencesDomain #10,399 of 11,982 5.4%119 #10533

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

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Neurology takes 22.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. NeurologySubfield · 22.9 works22×
  2. Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield · 20.1 works7.2×
← 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: 0.79× its world share, 7 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.76× its world share, 7 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.71× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.34× its world share, 4 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.47× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.71× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.22× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.66× its world share, 5 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.40× its world share, 11 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.59× its world share, 5 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.51× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.16× its world share, 5 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.41× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.32× its world share, 116 worksMedicineNursing: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 4.14× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.56× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.20× its world share, 4 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 4.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Saitama Prefecture?

Ranked on the composite score, Noboru Takayanagi, Yutaka Sugita and Tsutomu Yanagisawa lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Saitama Prefecture.

  1. 1 Noboru Takayanagi Japan · #137,886 worldwide 119 citations · 46 works
  2. 2 Yutaka Sugita Japan · #151,813 worldwide 93 citations · 35 works
  3. 3 Tsutomu Yanagisawa Japan · #284,390 worldwide 53 citations · 23 works
  4. 4 Yoshinori Kawabata Japan · #287,431 worldwide 81 citations · 59 works
  5. 5 Yosuke Nakano Japan · #438,481 worldwide 37 citations · 25 works
  6. 6 Hiroshi Ishizaka Japan · #541,109 worldwide 85 citations · 18 works
  7. 7 Takashi Ishiguro Japan · #637,705 worldwide 45 citations · 39 works
  8. 8 Tetsuya Ishikawa Japan · #834,975 worldwide 60 citations · 37 works
  9. 9 Kamon Imai Japan · #860,384 worldwide 11 citations · 22 works
  10. 10 Eishin Hoshi Japan · #887,907 worldwide 14 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at Saitama Prefecture

Which keywords describe research at Saitama Prefecture?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Endovascular Treatment, Hemodynamics, Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage, Intracranial Aneurysms, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Genetic Susceptibility, Stroke Prevention and Cerebrovascular Events.

▲ 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. Endovascular Treatment18▲ 171×2 topics
  2. Epidemiology14▲ 1.94×60 topics
  3. Hemodynamics13▲ 141×2 topics
  4. Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage13▲ 204×1 topic
  5. Intracranial Aneurysms13▲ 204×1 topic
  6. Magnetic Resonance Imaging11▲ 23×5 topics
  7. Genetic Susceptibility9▲ 50×5 topics
  8. Stroke Prevention8▲ 39×2 topics
  9. Cerebrovascular Events8▲ 84×2 topics
  10. Carotid Artery Stenosis8▲ 87×1 topic
  11. Endarterectomy8▲ 87×1 topic
  12. Neurological Complications7▲ 62×3 topics
  13. Radiosurgery7▲ 43×3 topics
  14. Genetic Mutations7▲ 8.7×9 topics
  15. Moyamoya Disease7▲ 360×1 topic
  16. RNF213 Gene7▲ 360×1 topic
  17. Surgical Management6▲ 8.1×10 topics
  18. Embolization5▲ 45×3 topics
  19. Clinical Management5▲ 17×5 topics
  20. Echocardiography5▲ 11×8 topics
  21. Diagnosis5▲ 3.0×18 topics
  22. Treatment5▲ 2.3×19 topics
  23. Arteriovenous Malformations5▲ 119×1 topic
  24. Cerebral Cavernous Malformations5▲ 119×1 topic
  25. Risk Factors4▲ 2.2×16 topics
  26. Endovascular Repair4▲ 28×3 topics
  27. Pandemic4▲ 2.2×8 topics
  28. Neuroimaging4▲ 7.9×8 topics
  29. Chronic Kidney Disease4▲ 8.4×8 topics
  30. Fibrosis4▲ 10×5 topics
  31. Cardiac Imaging3▲ 16×3 topics
  32. SARS-CoV-23▲ 5.7×4 topics
  33. ACE2 Receptor3▲ 6.9×3 topics
  34. Surgical Aortic-Valve Replacement3▲ 23×1 topic
  35. Thrombosis3▲ 6.2×6 topics
  36. Transcatheter Aortic-Valve Replacement3▲ 23×1 topic
  37. Anticoagulant Therapy3▲ 12×4 topics
  38. TGF-ß3▲ 9.4×2 topics
  39. Dilated Cardiomyopathy2▲ 18×2 topics
  40. Percutaneous Coronary Intervention2▲ 9.6×4 topics

Which research topics does Saitama Prefecture publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Intracranial Aneurysms: Treatment and Complications, Cerebrovascular and Carotid Artery Diseases, Moyamoya disease diagnosis and treatment and Vascular Malformations Diagnosis and Treatment.

Intracranial Aneurysms: …13Intracranial Aneurysms: Treatment and Complications: 13 fractional worksCerebrovascular and Carotid Artery Diseases: 8 fractional worksMoyamoya disease diagnosis and treatment: 7 fractional worksVascular Malformations D…5Vascular Malformations Diagnosis and Treatment: 5 fractional worksCardiac Valve Diseases a…3Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments: 3 fractional worksAortic Disease and Treat…2Aortic Disease and Treatment Approaches: 2 fractional worksInterstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis: 2 fractional worksCOVID-19 Clinical Research Studies: 2 fractional worksMeningioma and schwannoma management: 2 fractional worksCerebrospinal fluid and hydrocephalus: 2 fractional works
NeurologyPulmonary and Respiratory MedicineRheumatologyCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine3 others

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

  1. 1 Intracranial Aneurysms: Treatment and Complications Neurology 13 works
  2. 2 Cerebrovascular and Carotid Artery Diseases Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 8 works
  3. 3 Moyamoya disease diagnosis and treatment Rheumatology 7 works
  4. 4 Vascular Malformations Diagnosis and Treatment Neurology 5 works
  5. 5 Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 3 works
  6. 6 Aortic Disease and Treatment Approaches Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  7. 7 Interstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  8. 8 COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies Infectious Diseases 2 works
  9. 9 Meningioma and schwannoma management Epidemiology 2 works
  10. 10 Cerebrospinal fluid and hydrocephalus Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience 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 available40.2%not open59.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors9.3%domestic only90.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Saitama Prefecture's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 23% 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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