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Saku Central Hospital

In research, Saku Central Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#9,611 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#11,331 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Medicine and Health Sciences — Medicine is 4.6× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#26,368
of 28,054 · #34,357 all time
Rank in Japan
#960
of 1,070
Research works
548
▲ 24% vs 2013–17
Citations
5.2k
9.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
57%
world 28%

What is Saku Central 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 #9,611 of 10,443 6.2%64 #11270
Health SciencesDomain #11,331 of 11,982 6.3%66 #14378

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

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Medicine takes 4.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. MedicineField · 64.2 works4.6×
  2. Health SciencesDomain · 66.2 works4.0×
← 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.

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.48× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.98× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.53× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.65× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.15× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringPhysics and Astronomy: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.05× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.85× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.59× its world share, 64 worksMedicineNursing: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksNursingBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.10× 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, 4.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Saku Central Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, Tsuneo Oyama, Yukihiro Tatekawa and Akiko Takahashi lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Saku Central Hospital.

  1. 1 Tsuneo Oyama Japan · #110,702 worldwide 149 citations · 52 works
  2. 2 Yukihiro Tatekawa Japan · #775,202 worldwide 13 citations · 17 works
  3. 3 Akiko Takahashi Japan · #1,436,259 worldwide 13 citations · 33 works
All ranked researchers at Saku Central Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Saku Central Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Chemotherapy, Diagnosis, Immunotherapy, Neoadjuvant Therapy, Tumor Microenvironment, Clinical Practice Guidelines and Endoscopic Resection.

▲ 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. Epidemiology12▲ 4.0×43 topics
  2. Chemotherapy8▲ 16×12 topics
  3. Diagnosis6▲ 8.1×15 topics
  4. Immunotherapy5▲ 9.8×8 topics
  5. Neoadjuvant Therapy5▲ 29×3 topics
  6. Inflammation5▲ 3.2×23 topics
  7. Tumor Microenvironment4▲ 14×4 topics
  8. Clinical Practice Guidelines4▲ 11×10 topics
  9. Endoscopic Resection4▲ 52×2 topics
  10. Treatment4▲ 4.2×15 topics
  11. Management3▲ 5.9×9 topics
  12. Pancreatic Cancer3▲ 41×1 topic
  13. Risk Factors3▲ 4.2×14 topics
  14. Surgical Complications3▲ 55×1 topic
  15. Surgical Management3▲ 11×11 topics
  16. Survival Analysis3▲ 16×5 topics
  17. Prognostic Factors3▲ 9.3×7 topics
  18. Gastric Cancer3▲ 35×3 topics
  19. Adjuvant Therapy3▲ 28×2 topics
  20. Global Burden3▲ 6.7×7 topics
  21. Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy3▲ 42×2 topics
  22. Complications2▲ 6.8×10 topics
  23. Metastasis2▲ 9.9×5 topics
  24. Molecular Characterization2▲ 18×3 topics
  25. Cholangiocarcinoma2▲ 39×2 topics
  26. Lymph Node Dissection2▲ 51×1 topic
  27. Metastatic Gastric Cancer2▲ 51×1 topic
  28. Immunohistochemistry2▲ 40×3 topics
  29. Surgery2▲ 8.3×4 topics
  30. Breast Cancer2▲ 12×4 topics
  31. Prognostic Markers2▲ 26×2 topics
  32. Genetic Factors2▲ 37×2 topics
  33. Molecular Profiling2▲ 25×2 topics
  34. Respiratory2▲ 26×2 topics
  35. COPD2▲ 35×1 topic
  36. Clinical Guidelines2▲ 8.2×7 topics
  37. Preoperative Chemoradiotherapy2▲ 30×2 topics
  38. spirometry2▲ 35×1 topic
  39. Chemoradiation2▲ 35×2 topics
  40. Genetic Susceptibility2▲ 23×4 topics

Which research topics does Saku Central Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research, Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research and Esophageal Cancer Research and Treatment.

Pancreatic and Hepatic O…3Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research: 3 fractional worksGastric Cancer Management and Outcomes: 2 fractional worksChronic Obstructive Pulm…2Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research: 2 fractional worksEsophageal Cancer Resear…2Esophageal Cancer Research and Treatment: 2 fractional worksMetastasis and carcinoma case studies: 1 fractional worksPancreatitis Pathology and Treatment: 1 fractional worksCholangiocarcinoma and G…1Cholangiocarcinoma and Gallbladder Cancer Studies: 1 fractional worksGallbladder and Bile Duct Disorders: 1 fractional worksTreatment of Major Depression: 1 fractional worksLung Cancer Research Studies: 1 fractional works
OncologyPulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSurgeryPharmacology

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

  1. 1 Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research Oncology 3 works
  2. 2 Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  3. 3 Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  4. 4 Esophageal Cancer Research and Treatment Surgery 2 works
  5. 5 Metastasis and carcinoma case studies Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 1 works
  6. 6 Pancreatitis Pathology and Treatment Surgery 1 works
  7. 7 Cholangiocarcinoma and Gallbladder Cancer Studies Surgery 1 works
  8. 8 Gallbladder and Bile Duct Disorders Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 1 works
  9. 9 Treatment of Major Depression Pharmacology 1 works
  10. 10 Lung Cancer Research Studies Oncology 1 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 available57.4%not open42.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors6.4%domestic only93.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Saku Central Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 24% 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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