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Shikoku Cancer Center

In research, Shikoku Cancer Center stands highest in Medicine (#8,221 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#10,041 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Oncology and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine — Oncology is 16.9× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#24,116
of 28,054 · #22,218 all time
Rank in Japan
#798
of 1,070
Research works
988
▲ 3% vs 2013–17
Citations
15k
15.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
43%
world 28%

What is Shikoku Cancer 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 #8,221 of 10,443 8.6%99 #6412
Health SciencesDomain #10,041 of 11,982 8.6%101 #8522

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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

What does Shikoku Cancer Center specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Oncology takes 16.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. OncologySubfield · 22.1 works17×
  2. Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield · 25.4 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, 10 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.82× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.36× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.82× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringComputer Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringMaterials Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.59× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.42× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.45× its world share, 100 worksMedicineNursing: 0.60× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.07× 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.

Who are the top researchers at Shikoku Cancer Center?

Ranked on the composite score, S Takashima, Toshiyuki Kozuki and Kazuhiro Takehara lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Shikoku Cancer Center.

  1. 1 S Takashima Japan · #85,663 worldwide 222 citations · 32 works
  2. 2 Toshiyuki Kozuki Japan · #178,113 worldwide 128 citations · 30 works
  3. 3 Kazuhiro Takehara Japan · #307,672 worldwide 67 citations · 53 works
  4. 4 Naoyuki Nogami Japan · #456,512 worldwide 90 citations · 40 works
  5. 5 Shosuke Moriwaki Japan · #495,277 worldwide 26 citations · 19 works
  6. 6 Hiroshi Suehisa Japan · #496,266 worldwide 43 citations · 19 works
  7. 7 Rieko Nishimura Japan · #535,214 worldwide 25 citations · 24 works
  8. 8 Masaaki Kataoka Japan · #547,006 worldwide 23 citations · 26 works
  9. 9 Shigemitsu Takashima Japan · #558,292 worldwide 70 citations · 48 works
  10. 10 Tohru Ishikawa Japan · #578,592 worldwide 35 citations · 19 works
All ranked researchers at Shikoku Cancer Center

Which keywords describe research at Shikoku Cancer Center?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, 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 2022–2025 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. Chemotherapy21▲ 26×22 topics
  2. Clinical Practice Guidelines13▲ 21×10 topics
  3. Radiotherapy12▲ 27×11 topics
  4. Prognostic Factors11▲ 22×11 topics
  5. Clinical Trials10▲ 13×7 topics
  6. Immunotherapy10▲ 12×15 topics
  7. Targeted Therapy9▲ 35×5 topics
  8. Survival Analysis8▲ 26×6 topics
  9. Neoadjuvant Therapy8▲ 28×5 topics
  10. Epidemiology7▲ 1.57×29 topics
  11. Breast Cancer7▲ 25×10 topics
  12. Adjuvant Therapy7▲ 46×2 topics
  13. Metastasis7▲ 17×9 topics
  14. Tumor Microenvironment6▲ 12×8 topics
  15. Genomic Profiling6▲ 52×2 topics
  16. Surgical Management6▲ 13×7 topics
  17. Biomarkers6▲ 7.3×9 topics
  18. Genetic Mutations6▲ 11×10 topics
  19. Radiation Therapy6▲ 37×4 topics
  20. Molecular Characterization5▲ 26×4 topics
  21. Prostate Cancer5▲ 35×4 topics
  22. Quality of Life5▲ 2.9×15 topics
  23. Molecular Subtypes5▲ 47×3 topics
  24. Endoscopic Resection4▲ 39×2 topics
  25. Precision Medicine4▲ 8.2×4 topics
  26. Treatment Guidelines4▲ 18×3 topics
  27. ALK Inhibitors4▲ 60×1 topic
  28. EGFR Mutations4▲ 60×1 topic
  29. CT Screening4▲ 51×1 topic
  30. Lung Cancer4▲ 20×1 topic
  31. Molecular Profiling4▲ 35×3 topics
  32. PET Imaging4▲ 20×4 topics
  33. Tumor Staging4▲ 31×2 topics
  34. Prognostic Markers4▲ 30×3 topics
  35. Palliative Treatment4▲ 49×2 topics
  36. Cancer Incidence3▲ 22×4 topics
  37. Gastric Cancer3▲ 25×3 topics
  38. Cervical Cancer3▲ 26×2 topics
  39. Clinical Guidelines3▲ 9.0×4 topics
  40. Gene Expression Profiling3▲ 32×2 topics

Which research topics does Shikoku Cancer Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations, Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment, Management of metastatic bone disease and Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes.

Lung Cancer Treatments a…4Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations: 4 fractional worksLung Cancer Diagnosis an…4Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment: 4 fractional worksManagement of metastatic…3Management of metastatic bone disease: 3 fractional worksGastric Cancer Managemen…3Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes: 3 fractional worksCancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers: 2 fractional worksColorectal Cancer Treatments and Studies: 2 fractional worksEndometrial and Cervical…2Endometrial and Cervical Cancer Treatments: 2 fractional worksBreast Cancer Treatment Studies: 2 fractional worksProstate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment: 2 fractional worksMultiple and Secondary P…2Multiple and Secondary Primary Cancers: 2 fractional works
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSurgeryOncologyObstetrics and Gynecology2 others

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

  1. 1 Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 4 works
  2. 2 Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 4 works
  3. 3 Management of metastatic bone disease Surgery 3 works
  4. 4 Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 3 works
  5. 5 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 2 works
  6. 6 Colorectal Cancer Treatments and Studies Oncology 2 works
  7. 7 Endometrial and Cervical Cancer Treatments Obstetrics and Gynecology 2 works
  8. 8 Breast Cancer Treatment Studies Cancer Research 2 works
  9. 9 Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  10. 10 Multiple and Secondary Primary Cancers Epidemiology 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: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Shikoku Cancer 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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