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Sakurabashi Watanabe Hospital

In research, Sakurabashi Watanabe Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#8,908 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#10,713 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Surgery and Medicine — Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine is 31.8× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#24,139
of 28,054 · #22,101 all time
Rank in Japan
#800
of 1,070
Research works
658
▲ 55% vs 2013–17
Citations
11k
17.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
47%
world 28%

What is Sakurabashi Watanabe 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 #8,908 of 10,443 5.2%108 #8083
Health SciencesDomain #10,713 of 11,982 5.0%113 #10781

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

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine takes 31.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield · 46.1 works32×
  2. SurgerySubfield · 21.7 works6.7×
  3. MedicineField · 107.9 works4.1×
← 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: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.96× its world share, 7 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.45× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.29× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.73× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.17× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.38× its world share, 8 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.34× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.83× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.70× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.06× its world share, 108 worksMedicineNursing: 2.29× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.30× its world share, 1 worksPsychology1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

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

Who are the top researchers at Sakurabashi Watanabe Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, Kenshi Fujii, Yorihiko Higashino and Katsuomi Iwakura lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Sakurabashi Watanabe Hospital.

  1. 1 Kenshi Fujii Japan · #32,337 worldwide 541 citations · 101 works
  2. 2 Yorihiko Higashino Japan · #116,294 worldwide 488 citations · 21 works
  3. 3 Katsuomi Iwakura Japan · #198,622 worldwide 269 citations · 89 works
  4. 4 Takazo Minamino Japan · #216,517 worldwide 152 citations · 19 works
  5. 5 Takafumi Oka Japan · #350,831 worldwide 32 citations · 27 works
  6. 6 Satoshi Watanabe Japan · #644,280 worldwide 46 citations · 32 works
  7. 7 Yuko Toyoshima Japan · #733,555 worldwide 23 citations · 21 works
  8. 8 Nobuaki Tanaka Japan · #773,889 worldwide 123 citations · 91 works
  9. 9 Koichi Inoue Japan · #775,731 worldwide 97 citations · 85 works
  10. 10 Makito Ozawa Japan · #859,086 worldwide 18 citations · 20 works
All ranked researchers at Sakurabashi Watanabe Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Sakurabashi Watanabe Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Catheter Ablation, Arrhythmias, Guidelines, Stroke Prevention, Echocardiography, Sudden Cardiac Death, Heart Failure and Anticoagulant Therapy.

▲ 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. Catheter Ablation20▲ 119×2 topics
  2. Arrhythmias16▲ 129×2 topics
  3. Guidelines13▲ 21×7 topics
  4. Stroke Prevention11▲ 69×2 topics
  5. Echocardiography11▲ 30×7 topics
  6. Sudden Cardiac Death11▲ 97×2 topics
  7. Epidemiology10▲ 1.90×35 topics
  8. Heart Failure10▲ 17×10 topics
  9. Anticoagulant Therapy10▲ 58×1 topic
  10. Atrial Fibrillation10▲ 73×1 topic
  11. Radiofrequency Ablation10▲ 68×1 topic
  12. Ventricular Tachycardia10▲ 144×1 topic
  13. Ion Channels9▲ 58×2 topics
  14. Cardiovascular Disease7▲ 4.8×13 topics
  15. Calcium Signaling7▲ 68×2 topics
  16. Cardiac Electrophysiology7▲ 113×1 topic
  17. Long-QT Syndrome7▲ 113×1 topic
  18. Atherosclerosis7▲ 17×3 topics
  19. Inflammation6▲ 2.3×24 topics
  20. Percutaneous Coronary Intervention6▲ 34×4 topics
  21. Surgical Aortic-Valve Replacement6▲ 61×1 topic
  22. Transcatheter Aortic-Valve Replacement6▲ 61×1 topic
  23. Myocardial Infarction6▲ 17×6 topics
  24. Obesity6▲ 5.3×8 topics
  25. Magnetic Resonance Imaging5▲ 14×4 topics
  26. Minimally Invasive Surgery5▲ 64×2 topics
  27. Coronary Stents5▲ 82×1 topic
  28. Myocardial Revascularization5▲ 82×1 topic
  29. Inflammatory Response4▲ 49×3 topics
  30. Cardiac Imaging4▲ 27×3 topics
  31. Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy4▲ 79×1 topic
  32. Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator4▲ 79×1 topic
  33. Mortality4▲ 5.5×9 topics
  34. Cardiopulmonary Bypass4▲ 141×1 topic
  35. Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery4▲ 141×1 topic
  36. Coronary Artery Disease4▲ 26×3 topics
  37. Hypertension4▲ 9.6×8 topics
  38. Cardiovascular Risk Assessment3▲ 29×2 topics
  39. Computed Tomography Angiography3▲ 35×1 topic
  40. Endovascular Repair3▲ 28×3 topics

Which research topics does Sakurabashi Watanabe Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes, Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments, Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias and Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments.

Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes: 10 fractional worksCardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments: 10 fractional worksCardiac electrophysiolog…7Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias: 7 fractional worksCardiac Valve Diseases a…6Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments: 6 fractional worksCoronary Interventions and Diagnostics: 5 fractional worksCardiac pacing and defibrillation studies: 4 fractional worksCardiac and Coronary Sur…4Cardiac and Coronary Surgery Techniques: 4 fractional worksCardiac Imaging and Diagnostics: 3 fractional worksAortic Disease and Treatment Approaches: 3 fractional worksCardiovascular Function and Risk Factors: 3 fractional works
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSurgeryRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine

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

  1. 1 Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 10 works
  2. 2 Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 10 works
  3. 3 Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 7 works
  4. 4 Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 6 works
  5. 5 Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics Surgery 5 works
  6. 6 Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 4 works
  7. 7 Cardiac and Coronary Surgery Techniques Surgery 4 works
  8. 8 Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 3 works
  9. 9 Aortic Disease and Treatment Approaches Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 3 works
  10. 10 Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 3 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 available46.9%not open53.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors5.7%domestic only94.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Sakurabashi Watanabe Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 55% 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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