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Shiga Medical Center

In research, Shiga Medical Center stands highest in Medicine (#7,573 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#9,361 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Surgery — Surgery is 8.7× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#17,080
of 28,054 · #18,745 all time
Rank in Japan
#459
of 1,070
Research works
635
▲ 116% vs 2013–17
Citations
9.8k
15.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
53%
world 28%

What is Shiga 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 #7,573 of 10,443 7.6%100 #8337
Health SciencesDomain #9,361 of 11,982 7.8%103 #10794

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

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Surgery takes 8.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. SurgerySubfield · 25.3 works8.7×
← 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: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.30× its world share, 9 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.85× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.76× its world share, 4 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.06× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.09× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.29× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.66× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.70× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.16× its world share, 100 worksMedicineNursing: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.38× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.26× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.28× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.08× 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, 4.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Shiga Medical Center?

Ranked on the composite score, Toshikatsu Yokota, Toshikazu Yagi and Kenji Tanigaki lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Shiga Medical Center.

  1. 1 Toshikatsu Yokota Japan · #724,679 worldwide 14 citations · 18 works
  2. 2 Toshikazu Yagi Japan · #911,743 worldwide 21 citations · 20 works
  3. 3 Kenji Tanigaki Japan · #1,089,856 worldwide 73 citations · 15 works
  4. 4 Masahiro Yamada Japan · #1,273,282 worldwide 6 citations · 22 works
  5. 5 Hiroyuki Kurogane Japan · #1,287,645 worldwide 24 citations · 21 works
  6. 6 津田 倫明 Japan · #1,330,040 worldwide 0 citations · 58 works
  7. 7 北村 圭司 Japan · #1,360,651 worldwide 0 citations · 80 works
  8. 8 吉田 英治 Japan · #1,378,915 worldwide 0 citations · 205 works
  9. 9 村山 秀雄 Japan · #1,393,727 worldwide 0 citations · 108 works
All ranked researchers at Shiga Medical Center

Which keywords describe research at Shiga Medical Center?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Chemotherapy, Clinical Practice Guidelines, Epidemiology, Clinical Trials, Diagnosis, Immunotherapy, Survival Analysis and Statins.

▲ 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. Epidemiology13▲ 2.6×55 topics
  2. Chemotherapy9▲ 10×15 topics
  3. Clinical Practice Guidelines7▲ 11×12 topics
  4. Clinical Trials7▲ 8.7×7 topics
  5. Diagnosis7▲ 6.3×26 topics
  6. Immunotherapy6▲ 6.7×14 topics
  7. Treatment6▲ 3.9×23 topics
  8. Survival Analysis6▲ 16×6 topics
  9. Quality of Life5▲ 3.0×21 topics
  10. Statins5▲ 55×2 topics
  11. Genetic Variants5▲ 23×5 topics
  12. Radiotherapy5▲ 10×10 topics
  13. Atherosclerosis5▲ 13×6 topics
  14. Obesity5▲ 4.8×10 topics
  15. Metabolic Syndrome4▲ 4.5×9 topics
  16. Prognostic Factors4▲ 8.2×12 topics
  17. Cardiovascular Disease4▲ 3.2×14 topics
  18. Complications4▲ 7.1×10 topics
  19. C-Reactive Protein4▲ 45×2 topics
  20. Cardiovascular Disease Prevention4▲ 38×2 topics
  21. Management4▲ 4.2×19 topics
  22. Cholesterol-lowering4▲ 71×1 topic
  23. LDL Cholesterol4▲ 93×1 topic
  24. Cholesterol4▲ 21×3 topics
  25. Neoadjuvant Therapy4▲ 12×5 topics
  26. Surgical Management3▲ 6.7×13 topics
  27. Biomechanics3▲ 8.6×5 topics
  28. Diabetes3▲ 5.1×6 topics
  29. Insulin Resistance3▲ 5.5×6 topics
  30. Spinal Fusion3▲ 26×2 topics
  31. Guidelines3▲ 5.2×7 topics
  32. Echocardiography3▲ 8.5×6 topics
  33. Gastric Cancer3▲ 21×3 topics
  34. Metastasis3▲ 6.9×9 topics
  35. Heart Failure3▲ 5.2×10 topics
  36. Lifestyle Intervention3▲ 26×2 topics
  37. Adjuvant Therapy2▲ 15×2 topics
  38. Molecular Characterization2▲ 11×4 topics
  39. Degenerative Disc Disease2▲ 20×2 topics
  40. Prognostic Markers2▲ 16×3 topics

Which research topics does Shiga Medical Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Lipoproteins and Cardiovascular Health, Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins, Spinal Fractures and Fixation Techniques and Scoliosis diagnosis and treatment.

Lipoproteins and Cardiov…4Lipoproteins and Cardiovascular Health: 4 fractional worksDiabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins: 2 fractional worksSpinal Fractures and Fixation Techniques: 2 fractional worksScoliosis diagnosis and treatment: 2 fractional worksGastric Cancer Management and Outcomes: 2 fractional worksSpine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology: 2 fractional worksBreast Cancer Treatment …1Breast Cancer Treatment Studies: 1 fractional worksLipid metabolism and disorders: 1 fractional worksIntraperitoneal and Appendiceal Malignancies: 1 fractional worksSarcoma Diagnosis and Treatment: 1 fractional works
SurgeryEndocrinology, Diabetes and MetabolismPulmonary and Respiratory MedicinePathology and Forensic Medicine2 others

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

  1. 1 Lipoproteins and Cardiovascular Health Surgery 4 works
  2. 2 Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 2 works
  3. 3 Spinal Fractures and Fixation Techniques Surgery 2 works
  4. 4 Scoliosis diagnosis and treatment Surgery 2 works
  5. 5 Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  6. 6 Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology Pathology and Forensic Medicine 2 works
  7. 7 Breast Cancer Treatment Studies Cancer Research 1 works
  8. 8 Lipid metabolism and disorders Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 1 works
  9. 9 Intraperitoneal and Appendiceal Malignancies Surgery 1 works
  10. 10 Sarcoma Diagnosis and Treatment Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 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 available52.6%not open47.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors9.6%domestic only90.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Shiga Medical Center's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 116% 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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