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Shiga University of Medical Science

In research, Shiga University of Medical Science stands highest in Medicine (#2,336 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#2,705 of 11,982 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#2,851 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and Surgery — Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine is 6.3× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#6,090
of 28,054 · #5,229 all time
Rank in Japan
#147
of 1,070
Research works
8.1k
▲ 4% vs 2013–17
Citations
151k
18.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
44%
world 28%

What is Shiga University of Medical Science 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 #2,336 of 10,443 9.1%580 #1916
Health SciencesDomain #2,705 of 11,982 9.0%605 #2433
Life SciencesDomain #2,851 of 7,800 14.0%138 #2278
SurgerySubfield #1,407 of 1,816 6.9%97 #1270
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #3,267 of 3,579 13.5%76 #2321
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield #1,082 of 1,144 4.4%77 #1400

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Shiga University of Medical Science 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).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Medicine#1,916 #2,336
  2. Health Sciences#2,433 #2,705
  3. Life Sciences#2,278 #2,851
  4. Surgery#1,270 #1,407
  5. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#2,321 #3,267
  6. Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine#1,400 #1,082
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

What does Shiga University of Medical Science specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine takes 6.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield · 53.8 works6.3×
  2. Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield · 76.6 works6.2×
  3. SurgerySubfield · 97.5 works5.1×
← 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: 0.10× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.77× its world share, 76 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.50× its world share, 20 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.70× its world share, 35 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.73× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.23× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.31× its world share, 4 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.09× its world share, 6 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.14× its world share, 17 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.05× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.22× its world share, 6 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.15× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.29× its world share, 5 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.85× its world share, 3 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.59× its world share, 12 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.72× its world share, 580 worksMedicineNursing: 2.31× its world share, 9 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.80× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.07× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.08× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.45× its world share, 11 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.07× its world share, 7 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Shiga University of Medical Science?

Ranked on the composite score, Hiroshi Kadotani, Masako Okawa and Shinji Kume lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Shiga University of Medical Science.

  1. 1 Hiroshi Kadotani Japan · #51,344 worldwide 131 citations · 61 works
  2. 2 Masako Okawa Japan · #74,597 worldwide 251 citations · 43 works
  3. 3 Shinji Kume Japan · #80,201 worldwide 366 citations · 44 works
  4. 4 Yoshikuni Kita Japan · #88,817 worldwide 123 citations · 38 works
  5. 5 Hirotsugu Ueshima Japan · #92,241 worldwide 478 citations · 130 works
  6. 6 Takayoshi Tsutamoto Japan · #94,451 worldwide 216 citations · 48 works
  7. 7 Atsunori Kashiwagi Japan · #95,190 worldwide 242 citations · 33 works
  8. 8 Katsuyuki Miura Japan · #107,636 worldwide 562 citations · 125 works
  9. 9 Masakazu Haneda Japan · #124,637 worldwide 290 citations · 51 works
  10. 10 Hiroshi Kimura Japan · #128,039 worldwide 579 citations · 165 works
All ranked researchers at Shiga University of Medical Science

Which keywords describe research at Shiga University of Medical Science?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Inflammation, Chemotherapy, Treatment, Diagnosis, Clinical Practice Guidelines, Cardiovascular Disease and Radiotherapy.

▲ 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. Epidemiology90▲ 2.8×93 topics
  2. Inflammation66▲ 3.9×71 topics
  3. Chemotherapy38▲ 6.7×22 topics
  4. Treatment36▲ 3.6×33 topics
  5. Diagnosis32▲ 4.3×29 topics
  6. Cardiovascular Disease31▲ 3.4×34 topics
  7. Oxidative Stress31▲ 2.3×42 topics
  8. Quality of Life27▲ 2.3×37 topics
  9. Management25▲ 4.0×25 topics
  10. Cancer25▲ 2.3×43 topics
  11. Metabolic Syndrome25▲ 3.8×21 topics
  12. Clinical Practice Guidelines25▲ 5.6×14 topics
  13. Risk Factors24▲ 2.7×26 topics
  14. Immunotherapy24▲ 4.1×18 topics
  15. Radiotherapy21▲ 6.7×11 topics
  16. Prognostic Factors21▲ 5.9×14 topics
  17. Surgical Management20▲ 6.0×20 topics
  18. Obesity19▲ 3.1×20 topics
  19. Tumor Microenvironment18▲ 5.1×7 topics
  20. Pathogenesis17▲ 4.2×16 topics
  21. Complications16▲ 4.0×15 topics
  22. Prognosis16▲ 6.0×9 topics
  23. Neurodegeneration16▲ 6.5×9 topics
  24. Heart Failure15▲ 4.3×13 topics
  25. Guidelines15▲ 3.9×12 topics
  26. Neoadjuvant Therapy15▲ 7.7×5 topics
  27. Global Burden14▲ 3.3×10 topics
  28. Genetic Mutations14▲ 4.0×21 topics
  29. Survival Analysis13▲ 5.8×7 topics
  30. Echocardiography13▲ 5.8×8 topics
  31. Ion Channels12▲ 14×4 topics
  32. Arrhythmias12▲ 17×2 topics
  33. Clinical Guidelines12▲ 5.2×9 topics
  34. Hypertension12▲ 5.0×12 topics
  35. Neurodevelopmental Outcomes11▲ 7.4×6 topics
  36. Molecular Characterization10▲ 7.2×5 topics
  37. Sudden Cardiac Death10▲ 15×2 topics
  38. Survival10▲ 9.2×4 topics
  39. Gastric Cancer10▲ 11×3 topics
  40. Adjuvant Therapy10▲ 9.6×2 topics

Which research topics does Shiga University of Medical Science publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments, Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias, Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research and Gallbladder and Bile Duct Disorders.

Cardiac Valve Diseases a…9Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments: 9 fractional worksCardiac electrophysiolog…9Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias: 9 fractional worksPancreatic and Hepatic O…7Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research: 7 fractional worksGallbladder and Bile Duc…6Gallbladder and Bile Duct Disorders: 6 fractional worksGastric Cancer Management and Outcomes: 6 fractional worksCancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers: 5 fractional worksAmyotrophic Lateral Scle…5Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Research: 5 fractional worksNutrition and Health in Aging: 5 fractional worksAtrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes: 5 fractional worksNeuroinflammation and Ne…5Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms: 5 fractional works
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineOncologyPulmonary and Respiratory MedicineNeurology1 others

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

  1. 1 Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 9 works
  2. 2 Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 9 works
  3. 3 Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research Oncology 7 works
  4. 4 Gallbladder and Bile Duct Disorders Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 6 works
  5. 5 Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 6 works
  6. 6 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 5 works
  7. 7 Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Research Neurology 5 works
  8. 8 Nutrition and Health in Aging Physiology 5 works
  9. 9 Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 5 works
  10. 10 Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms Neurology 5 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 available44.2%not open55.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors8.1%domestic only91.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Shiga University of Medical Science's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 4% 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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