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Sapporo Science Center

In research, Sapporo Science Center stands highest in Health Sciences (#10,211 of 11,982 worldwide) and Medicine (#8,973 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and Surgery — Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine is 21.6× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#20,083
of 28,054 · #16,602 all time
Rank in Japan
#581
of 1,070
Research works
683
▲ 3% vs 2013–17
Citations
13k
18.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
58%
world 28%

What is Sapporo Science 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
Health SciencesDomain #10,211 of 11,982 6.7%120 #16450
MedicineField #8,973 of 10,443 6.8%117 #13920

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

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine takes 21.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield · 33.5 works22×
  2. SurgerySubfield · 30.0 works8.6×
← 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: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.73× its world share, 6 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.96× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.53× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.64× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.75× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.22× its world share, 5 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.46× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.65× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.35× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.70× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.09× its world share, 116 worksMedicineNursing: 0.52× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.79× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.09× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×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 Sapporo Science Center?

Ranked on the composite score, Ken Kobayashi, Katsuhiko Sato and Hidetoshi Ohta lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Sapporo Science Center.

  1. 1 Ken Kobayashi Japan · #425,709 worldwide 55 citations · 54 works
  2. 2 Katsuhiko Sato Japan · #463,059 worldwide 52 citations · 26 works
  3. 3 Hidetoshi Ohta Japan · #1,382,470 worldwide 16 citations · 24 works
  4. 4 Eiji Araki Japan · #1,390,184 worldwide 15 citations · 18 works
  5. 5 Hirosato Doi Japan · #1,395,723 worldwide 4 citations · 17 works
  6. 6 Umihiko Kaneko Japan · #1,423,412 worldwide 17 citations · 19 works
  7. 7 Daisuke Hachinohe Japan · #1,601,529 worldwide 9 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at Sapporo Science Center

Which keywords describe research at Sapporo Science Center?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Percutaneous Coronary Intervention, Atherosclerosis, Catheter Ablation, Guidelines, Coronary Stents, Myocardial Revascularization, Arrhythmias and Echocardiography.

▲ 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. Percutaneous Coronary Intervention17▲ 87×4 topics
  2. Atherosclerosis16▲ 39×6 topics
  3. Catheter Ablation12▲ 65×2 topics
  4. Guidelines11▲ 16×8 topics
  5. Coronary Stents11▲ 172×1 topic
  6. Myocardial Revascularization11▲ 172×1 topic
  7. Arrhythmias10▲ 73×2 topics
  8. Echocardiography9▲ 23×7 topics
  9. Risk Factors9▲ 5.5×13 topics
  10. Epidemiology8▲ 1.39×44 topics
  11. Heart Failure8▲ 12×11 topics
  12. Sudden Cardiac Death8▲ 63×2 topics
  13. Radiofrequency Ablation8▲ 49×2 topics
  14. Cardiomyopathy7▲ 55×2 topics
  15. Surgical Aortic-Valve Replacement7▲ 68×1 topic
  16. Transcatheter Aortic-Valve Replacement7▲ 68×1 topic
  17. Electroanatomic Mapping7▲ 99×1 topic
  18. Ventricular Tachycardia7▲ 99×1 topic
  19. Stroke Prevention6▲ 34×2 topics
  20. Diabetes6▲ 7.9×8 topics
  21. Angioplasty5▲ 61×2 topics
  22. Revascularization5▲ 23×2 topics
  23. Anticoagulant Therapy5▲ 27×3 topics
  24. Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy5▲ 83×1 topic
  25. Claudication5▲ 92×1 topic
  26. Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator5▲ 83×1 topic
  27. Myocardial Infarction5▲ 14×6 topics
  28. Peripheral Arterial Disease5▲ 92×1 topic
  29. Magnetic Resonance Imaging5▲ 13×3 topics
  30. Femoral Access4▲ 133×1 topic
  31. Hemostasis4▲ 32×2 topics
  32. Radial Access4▲ 133×1 topic
  33. Atrial Fibrillation4▲ 30×1 topic
  34. Risk Stratification4▲ 42×1 topic
  35. Endovascular Repair4▲ 34×3 topics
  36. Cardiac Imaging3▲ 19×3 topics
  37. Thrombus Formation3▲ 31×3 topics
  38. Deep Vein Thrombosis3▲ 27×2 topics
  39. Vascular Anomalies3▲ 67×2 topics
  40. Ion Channels3▲ 17×2 topics

Which research topics does Sapporo Science Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics, Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments, Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments and Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies.

Coronary Interventions a…11Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics: 11 fractional worksCardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments: 7 fractional worksCardiac Arrhythmias and …7Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments: 7 fractional worksCardiac pacing and defib…5Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies: 5 fractional worksPeripheral Artery Disease Management: 5 fractional worksVascular Procedures and Complications: 4 fractional worksAtrial Fibrillation Mana…4Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes: 4 fractional worksCardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias: 3 fractional worksVascular anomalies and interventions: 3 fractional worksCardiac Imaging and Diagnostics: 2 fractional works
SurgeryCardiology and Cardiovascular MedicinePulmonary and Respiratory MedicineRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging

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

  1. 1 Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics Surgery 11 works
  2. 2 Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 7 works
  3. 3 Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 7 works
  4. 4 Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 5 works
  5. 5 Peripheral Artery Disease Management Surgery 5 works
  6. 6 Vascular Procedures and Complications Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 4 works
  7. 7 Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 4 works
  8. 8 Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 3 works
  9. 9 Vascular anomalies and interventions Surgery 3 works
  10. 10 Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 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 available57.8%not open42.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors24.9%domestic only75.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Sapporo Science Center's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 3% 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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