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Sendai Medical Center

In research, Sendai Medical Center stands highest in Medicine (#6,991 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#8,482 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Surgery — Surgery is 6.5× its share of world research.

World rank, 2022–2025
#20,590
of 28,054 · #22,938 all time
Rank in Japan
#599
of 1,070
Research works
1k
▲ 10% vs 2013–17
Citations
13k
13.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
44%
world 28%

What is Sendai 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 #6,991 of 10,443 7.5%117 #7434
Health SciencesDomain #8,482 of 11,982 7.5%120 #9917

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

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Surgery takes 6.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. SurgerySubfield · 22.8 works6.5×
← less than its size predictsmore →

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: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.12× its world share, 9 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.72× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.90× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.51× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.18× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.68× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.54× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.07× its world share, 117 worksMedicineNursing: 0.52× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.19× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.55× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.19× its world share, 4 worksSocial Sciencesworld share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

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

Who are the top researchers at Sendai Medical Center?

Ranked on the composite score, Yasushi Suzuki, Jun Horaguchi and Yoshihide Kanno lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Sendai Medical Center.

  1. 1 Yasushi Suzuki Japan · #111,182 worldwide 161 citations · 46 works
  2. 2 Jun Horaguchi Japan · #384,155 worldwide 34 citations · 24 works
  3. 3 Yoshihide Kanno Japan · #535,698 worldwide 27 citations · 28 works
  4. 4 Hiroyoshi Suzuki Japan · #556,322 worldwide 179 citations · 95 works
  5. 5 Kei Ito Japan · #573,462 worldwide 41 citations · 42 works
  6. 6 Takahisa Ogawa Japan · #628,140 worldwide 28 citations · 22 works
  7. 7 Yutaka Noda Japan · #666,389 worldwide 66 citations · 74 works
  8. 8 Naotaka Fujita Japan · #669,381 worldwide 68 citations · 59 works
  9. 9 Shinsuke Koshita Japan · #740,566 worldwide 22 citations · 22 works
  10. 10 Masayuki Ezura Japan · #803,165 worldwide 49 citations · 32 works
All ranked researchers at Sendai Medical Center

Which keywords describe research at Sendai Medical Center?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Chemotherapy, Immunotherapy, Neoadjuvant Therapy, Tumor Microenvironment, Cholangiocarcinoma, Genetic Mutations 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. Epidemiology21▲ 3.5×60 topics
  2. Chemotherapy11▲ 10×15 topics
  3. Immunotherapy10▲ 9.6×16 topics
  4. Inflammation10▲ 3.0×37 topics
  5. Neoadjuvant Therapy8▲ 24×5 topics
  6. Tumor Microenvironment8▲ 12×7 topics
  7. Cholangiocarcinoma7▲ 61×2 topics
  8. Diagnosis7▲ 4.8×22 topics
  9. Genetic Mutations6▲ 9.5×16 topics
  10. Pancreatic Cancer6▲ 37×2 topics
  11. Prognostic Factors6▲ 9.3×14 topics
  12. Treatment6▲ 3.3×24 topics
  13. Gemcitabine6▲ 54×1 topic
  14. Surgical Complications6▲ 48×1 topic
  15. Surgical Management6▲ 9.2×12 topics
  16. Clinical Practice Guidelines6▲ 6.8×12 topics
  17. Cholecystitis5▲ 84×1 topic
  18. ERCP5▲ 84×1 topic
  19. Survival Analysis4▲ 11×5 topics
  20. Prognosis4▲ 8.8×9 topics
  21. Palliative Treatment4▲ 41×2 topics
  22. Guidelines4▲ 5.4×11 topics
  23. Vaccine4▲ 6.3×9 topics
  24. Complications4▲ 5.0×11 topics
  25. Endoscopic Stenting4▲ 53×1 topic
  26. Esophageal Perforation4▲ 53×1 topic
  27. Clinical Trials4▲ 3.6×11 topics
  28. Nutritional Support3▲ 25×2 topics
  29. Pathogenesis3▲ 4.5×10 topics
  30. Genetic Factors3▲ 32×2 topics
  31. Endovascular Treatment3▲ 36×2 topics
  32. Acute Pancreatitis3▲ 48×1 topic
  33. Chronic Pancreatitis3▲ 48×1 topic
  34. Metastasis3▲ 5.7×9 topics
  35. Myocardial Infarction3▲ 8.2×7 topics
  36. Clinical Management3▲ 10×5 topics
  37. Targeted Therapy3▲ 8.0×4 topics
  38. Molecular Characterization2▲ 9.3×4 topics
  39. Children2▲ 6.8×5 topics
  40. Liver Transplantation2▲ 13×2 topics

Which research topics does Sendai Medical Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research, Gallbladder and Bile Duct Disorders, Esophageal and GI Pathology and Pancreatitis Pathology and Treatment.

  1. 1 Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research Oncology 6 works
  2. 2 Gallbladder and Bile Duct Disorders Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 5 works
  3. 3 Esophageal and GI Pathology Surgery 4 works
  4. 4 Pancreatitis Pathology and Treatment Surgery 3 works
  5. 5 Pediatric Hepatobiliary Diseases and Treatments Surgery 2 works
  6. 6 Cholangiocarcinoma and Gallbladder Cancer Studies Surgery 2 works
  7. 7 Intracranial Aneurysms: Treatment and Complications Neurology 2 works
  8. 8 Neuroendocrine Tumor Research Advances Epidemiology 2 works
  9. 9 Respiratory viral infections research Epidemiology 2 works
  10. 10 Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 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 available43.8%not open56.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors6.5%domestic only93.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Sendai Medical Center's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 10% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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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