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Shikoku Cancer Center

In research, Shikoku Cancer Center stands highest in Health Sciences (#5,564 of 9,902 worldwide) and Medicine (#5,205 of 8,541 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Oncology and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine (Oncology is 17.9× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#20,346
of 22,385 · #18,294 all time
Rank in Japan
#699
of 924
Research works
988
▼ 9% vs 2018-21
Citations
15k
15.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.5%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.92×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
43%
world 40%
International
7%
world 18%
Shikoku Cancer Center

What is Shikoku Cancer Center known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Health SciencesDomain #5,564 of 9,902 5.7%101 #5432
MedicineField #5,205 of 8,541 5.7%99 #5131

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Shikoku Cancer 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Shikoku Cancer Center work in?

In 2022-now, 87% of research at Shikoku Cancer Center is in Health Sciences, 10% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (86%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (8%), Physics and Astronomy (1%). It does 3.5× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 112 fractional works · 87.3% of its workMedicine: 110 fractional works · 85.7% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 28 fractional works · 21.7% of its workOncology: 26 fractional works · 20.1% of its workSurgery: 16 fractional works · 12.7% of its workEpidemiology: 5 fractional works · 3.9% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 5 fractional works · 3.8% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 5 fractional works · 3.6% of its workRheumatology: 4 fractional works · 2.8% of its workHepatology: 3 fractional works · 2.1% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 3 fractional works · 2.1% of its workReproductive Medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGastroenterology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHematology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDermatology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workUrology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOccupational Therapy: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 13 fractional works · 9.8% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 11 fractional works · 8.3% of its workCancer Research: 5 fractional works · 3.8% of its workGenetics: 3 fractional works · 2.0% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workBiotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysical Sciences: 3 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workRadiation: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Health and Safety: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKShikoku CancerCenter128fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences10%Physical Sciences2%Health Sciences87%Social Sciences1%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 20 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine11085.7%
    2. Health Professions21.2%
    3. Nursing00.3%
    4. Dentistry00.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology118.3%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology10.9%
    3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.4%
    4. Neuroscience00.1%
    5. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.0%
    1. Physics and Astronomy21.3%
    2. Chemical Engineering00.3%
    3. Computer Science00.2%
    4. Engineering00.1%
    5. Mathematics00.1%
    6. Materials Science00.0%
    1. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.2%
    2. Social Sciences00.2%
    3. Psychology00.2%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting00.1%
    5. Arts and Humanities00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Shikoku Cancer Center specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Oncology takes 17.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. OncologySubfield · 25.8 works18×
  2. Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield · 27.9 works14×
← 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: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.56× its world share, 11 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.87× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.23× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.74× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringComputer Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringMathematics: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.58× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.34× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.44× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.46× its world share, 110 worksMedicineNursing: 0.55× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 4.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 19 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine4.46×110 works
  2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.56×11 works
  3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.23×1 works
  4. Immunology and Microbiology0.87×1 works
  5. Chemical Engineering0.74×0 works
  6. Physics and Astronomy0.58×2 works
  7. Nursing0.55×0 works
  8. Health Professions0.44×2 works
  9. Dentistry0.34×0 works
  10. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.11×0 works
  11. Neuroscience0.08×0 works
  12. Mathematics0.08×0 works
  13. Psychology0.06×0 works
  14. Business, Management and Accounting0.04×0 works
  15. Computer Science0.03×0 works
  16. Arts and Humanities0.02×0 works
  17. Social Sciences0.02×0 works
  18. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.01×0 works
  19. Engineering0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Shikoku Cancer Center?

Ranked on the quality score, Tomohiro Nishina, Toshiyuki Kozuki and Naoyuki Nogami lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Shikoku Cancer Center.

  1. 1 Tomohiro Nishina Japan · #230,832 worldwide 11k citations · 504 works
  2. 2 Toshiyuki Kozuki Japan · #410,649 worldwide 6.6k citations · 245 works
  3. 3 Naoyuki Nogami Japan · #565,726 worldwide 22k citations · 249 works
  4. 4 Shinichiro Hori Japan · #902,051 worldwide 3.3k citations · 182 works
  5. 5 Kazuhiro Takehara Japan · #1,515,399 worldwide 6.2k citations · 248 works
  6. 6 Tomohiro Nishina Japan · #1,533,771 worldwide 335 citations · 45 works
  7. 7 Kenjiro Aogi Japan · #1,651,580 worldwide 11k citations · 250 works
  8. 8 Masatoshi Asano Japan · #1,728,831 worldwide 710 citations · 16 works
  9. 9 Atsumi Kojima Japan · #2,163,585 worldwide 1k citations · 32 works
  10. 10 Isao Nozaki Japan · #2,272,710 worldwide 1.6k citations · 100 works
All ranked researchers at Shikoku Cancer Center

What are the most cited papers from Shikoku Cancer Center?

The most cited paper from Shikoku Cancer Center is "Osimertinib in Untreated EGFR -Mutated Advanced Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer" (Jean‐Charles Soria et al., 2017), with 5,475 citations. Next come "Atezolizumab for First-Line Treatment of Metastatic Nonsquamous NSCLC" (3,816) and "Adjuvant Chemotherapy for Gastric Cancer with S-1, an Oral Fluoropyrimidine" (2,547).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Osimertinib in Untreated EGFR -Mutated Advanced Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer Jean‐Charles Soria et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 18 Nov 2017 5,475
2 Atezolizumab for First-Line Treatment of Metastatic Nonsquamous NSCLC Mark A. Socinski, Robert M. Jotte, Federico Cappuzzo et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 4 Jun 2018 3,816
3 Adjuvant Chemotherapy for Gastric Cancer with S-1, an Oral Fluoropyrimidine Shinichi Sakuramoto, Mitsuru Sasako, Toshiharu Yamaguchi et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 31 Oct 2007 2,547
4 Trastuzumab Deruxtecan in Previously Treated HER2-Positive Breast Cancer Shanu Modi et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 11 Dec 2019 2,026
5 Adjuvant Capecitabine for Breast Cancer after Preoperative Chemotherapy Norikazu Masuda et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 31 May 2017 1,947
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Shikoku Cancer Center?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Chemotherapy, Clinical Practice Guidelines, Radiotherapy, Prognostic Factors, Clinical Trials, Immunotherapy, Targeted Therapy and Survival Analysis.

▲ 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-now 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. Chemotherapy24▲ 26×22 topics
  2. Clinical Practice Guidelines14▲ 20×10 topics
  3. Radiotherapy13▲ 25×11 topics
  4. Prognostic Factors12▲ 21×11 topics
  5. Clinical Trials11▲ 13×7 topics
  6. Immunotherapy11▲ 12×15 topics
  7. Targeted Therapy10▲ 34×5 topics
  8. Survival Analysis9▲ 25×6 topics
  9. Breast Cancer8▲ 26×10 topics
  10. Neoadjuvant Therapy8▲ 28×5 topics
  11. Epidemiology8▲ 1.61×32 topics
  12. Metastasis8▲ 18×11 topics
  13. Tumor Microenvironment8▲ 13×8 topics
  14. Adjuvant Therapy7▲ 45×2 topics
  15. Genomic Profiling7▲ 49×2 topics
  16. Biomarkers6▲ 7.1×9 topics
  17. Surgical Management6▲ 12×7 topics
  18. Molecular Characterization6▲ 26×4 topics
  19. Radiation Therapy6▲ 34×5 topics
  20. Genetic Mutations6▲ 10×10 topics
  21. Prostate Cancer6▲ 33×4 topics
  22. Endoscopic Resection5▲ 41×2 topics
  23. Precision Medicine5▲ 8.1×4 topics
  24. Molecular Subtypes5▲ 44×3 topics
  25. Treatment Guidelines5▲ 17×3 topics
  26. Molecular Profiling5▲ 38×3 topics
  27. ALK Inhibitors5▲ 58×1 topic
  28. EGFR Mutations5▲ 58×1 topic
  29. Prognostic Markers5▲ 33×3 topics
  30. PET Imaging4▲ 20×4 topics
  31. Tumor Staging4▲ 28×2 topics
  32. CT Screening4▲ 46×1 topic
  33. Lung Cancer4▲ 19×1 topic
  34. Cancer Incidence4▲ 22×4 topics
  35. Gastric Cancer4▲ 28×3 topics
  36. Palliative Treatment4▲ 47×2 topics
  37. Tumor Markers4▲ 33×2 topics
  38. Gene Expression Profiling3▲ 34×2 topics
  39. Immunohistochemistry3▲ 38×4 topics
  40. Ovarian Cancer3▲ 28×3 topics

Which research topics does Shikoku Cancer Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations, Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment, Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes and Management of metastatic bone disease.

Lung Cancer Treatments a…5Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations: 5 fractional worksLung Cancer Diagnosis an…4Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment: 4 fractional worksGastric Cancer Managemen…3Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes: 3 fractional worksManagement of metastatic…3Management of metastatic bone disease: 3 fractional worksCancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers: 3 fractional worksColorectal Cancer Treatments and Studies: 2 fractional worksBreast Cancer Treatment …2Breast Cancer Treatment Studies: 2 fractional worksEndometrial and Cervical Cancer Treatments: 2 fractional worksProstate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment: 2 fractional worksLung Cancer Research Stu…2Lung Cancer Research Studies: 2 fractional works
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSurgeryOncologyCancer Research1 others

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

  1. 1 Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 5 works
  2. 2 Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 4 works
  3. 3 Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 3 works
  4. 4 Management of metastatic bone disease Surgery 3 works
  5. 5 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 3 works
  6. 6 Colorectal Cancer Treatments and Studies Oncology 2 works
  7. 7 Breast Cancer Treatment Studies Cancer Research 2 works
  8. 8 Endometrial and Cervical Cancer Treatments Obstetrics and Gynecology 2 works
  9. 9 Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  10. 10 Lung Cancer Research Studies Oncology 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 available42.7%not open57.3%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors7.1%domestic only92.9%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Shikoku Cancer Center's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 9% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Shikoku Cancer Center as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00044% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%Shikoku Cancer Center0.00049% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Shikoku Cancer Center over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2025Shikoku Cancer Center4.8% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 14.4% in 2016.

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