Shizuoka Medical Center
In research, Shizuoka Medical Center stands highest in Medicine (#7,198 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#8,923 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Medicine and Health Sciences — Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine is 17.3× its share of world research.
- World rank, 2022–2025
- #21,255 of 28,054 · #30,679 all time
- Rank in Japan
- #634 of 1,070
- Research works
- 502 ▲ 8% vs 2013–17
- Citations
- 6.5k 12.9 per fractional work
- Top-10% rate
- 8.2% record average 16.5%
- Open access
- 43% world 28%
What is Shizuoka Medical Center known for in research?
The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.
| Field | World rank | Where that sits | Top-10% rate | Works | All time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MedicineField | #7,198 of 10,443 | 7.5% | 102 | #11283 | |
| Health SciencesDomain | #8,923 of 11,982 | 7.7% | 104 | #14279 |
Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Shizuoka 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 Shizuoka Medical Center specialise in?
Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine takes 17.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.
- Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield · 31.3 works17×
- MedicineField · 101.7 works4.5×
- Health SciencesDomain · 103.7 works3.8×
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.
Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 4.5×. Every wedge is a field page.
- Medicine 4.5×
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics 1.4×
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 0.9×
- Neuroscience 0.6×
- Nursing 0.5×
- Immunology and Microbiology 0.5×
- Health Professions 0.5×
- Chemistry 0.3×
- Dentistry 0.3×
- Physics and Astronomy 0.3×
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences 0.1×
- Engineering 0.1×
- Psychology 0.1×
- Environmental Science 0.1×
- Decision Sciences 0.1×
- Earth and Planetary Sciences 0.1×
- Materials Science 0.0×
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance 0.0×
- Social Sciences 0.0×
- Computer Science 0.0×
Who are the top researchers at Shizuoka Medical Center?
Ranked on the composite score, Takuya Umemoto, Norikazu Kawai and Hisato Takagi lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Shizuoka Medical Center.
- 1 Takuya Umemoto Japan · #516,208 worldwide 100 citations · 45 works
- 2 Norikazu Kawai Japan · #717,367 worldwide 36 citations · 23 works
- 3 Hisato Takagi Japan · #760,488 worldwide 142 citations · 98 works
- 4 Hirotaka Yamamoto Japan · #1,098,691 worldwide 23 citations · 19 works
- 5 Yujiro Yokoyama Japan · #1,334,905 worldwide 20 citations · 27 works
Which keywords describe research at Shizuoka Medical Center?
By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Endovascular Repair, Echocardiography, Aortic Aneurysm, Aortic Dissection, Bicuspid Aortic Valve, Risk Factors, Biomechanics and Genetic Susceptibility.
- Neurodevelopmental Outcomes
- Perioperative
- Infective Endocarditis
- Cardiac Risk
- Postoperative Complications
- Surgery
- Vascular Graft Infections
- Mortality
- Ventricular Reconstruction
- Complications
- Percutaneous Coronary Intervention
- Myocardial Infarction
- Treatment
- Surgical Aortic-Valve Replacement
- Thrombus Formation
- Aneurysm Rupture
- Biomechanics
- Risk Factors
- Aortic Dissection
- Echocardiography
- Endovascular Repair
- Aortic Aneurysm
- Bicuspid Aortic Valve
- Epidemiology
- Genetic Susceptibility
- Aneurysm Screening
- Guidelines
- Transcatheter Aortic-Valve Replacement
- Diagnosis
- Heart Failure
- Surgical Management
- Surgical Repair
- Diagnostic Imaging
- Aortic Aneurysms
- Prophylaxis
- Catheter Ablation
- Bacteremia
- Endocarditis Guidelines
- Mortality Risk
- Cardiac Surgery
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
- Endovascular Repair25▲ 253×3 topics
- Echocardiography15▲ 48×7 topics
- Aortic Aneurysm12▲ 169×2 topics
- Aortic Dissection12▲ 255×1 topic
- Bicuspid Aortic Valve12▲ 255×1 topic
- Risk Factors11▲ 8.8×12 topics
- Epidemiology10▲ 2.2×44 topics
- Biomechanics10▲ 28×5 topics
- Genetic Susceptibility10▲ 86×3 topics
- Aneurysm Rupture9▲ 252×1 topic
- Aneurysm Screening9▲ 252×1 topic
- Thrombus Formation9▲ 106×2 topics
- Guidelines7▲ 12×9 topics
- Surgical Aortic-Valve Replacement6▲ 76×1 topic
- Transcatheter Aortic-Valve Replacement6▲ 76×1 topic
- Treatment6▲ 4.3×17 topics
- Diagnosis6▲ 5.5×13 topics
- Myocardial Infarction6▲ 20×4 topics
- Heart Failure5▲ 9.6×11 topics
- Percutaneous Coronary Intervention5▲ 31×4 topics
- Surgical Management4▲ 9.1×9 topics
- Complications4▲ 7.2×10 topics
- Surgical Repair4▲ 87×1 topic
- Ventricular Reconstruction4▲ 87×1 topic
- Diagnostic Imaging4▲ 29×3 topics
- Mortality4▲ 5.5×10 topics
- Aortic Aneurysms4▲ 246×1 topic
- Vascular Graft Infections4▲ 246×1 topic
- Prophylaxis3▲ 22×2 topics
- Surgery3▲ 8.0×7 topics
- Catheter Ablation3▲ 22×2 topics
- Postoperative Complications3▲ 17×2 topics
- Bacteremia3▲ 30×2 topics
- Cardiac Risk3▲ 27×1 topic
- Endocarditis Guidelines3▲ 59×1 topic
- Infective Endocarditis3▲ 59×1 topic
- Mortality Risk3▲ 9.4×3 topics
- Perioperative3▲ 27×1 topic
- Cardiac Surgery2▲ 27×2 topics
- Neurodevelopmental Outcomes2▲ 10×2 topics
Which research topics does Shizuoka Medical Center publish most on?
By volume in 2022–2025: Aortic Disease and Treatment Approaches, Aortic aneurysm repair treatments, Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments and Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair.
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Aortic Disease and Treatment Approaches Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 12 works
- 2 Aortic aneurysm repair treatments Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 9 works
- 3 Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 6 works
- 4 Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair Surgery 4 works
- 5 Infectious Aortic and Vascular Conditions Surgery 4 works
- 6 Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 3 works
- 7 Infective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management Epidemiology 3 works
- 8 Congenital Heart Disease Studies Epidemiology 2 works
- 9 Vascular Procedures and Complications Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
- 10 Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular 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.
World: 28% of research is openly available.
World: 19% is written across borders.
How has Shizuoka Medical Center's research output changed?
Output in 2018–2022 was 8% higher than in 2013–2017.
The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.
Other research institutions in Shizuoka
- Shizuoka University
- University of Shizuoka
- Shizuoka Cancer Center
- Shizuoka General Hospital
- Juntendo University Shizuoka Hospital
- Industrial Research Institute of Shizuoka Prefecture
- Shizuoka City Shimizu Hospital
- Shizuoka Children's Hospital
Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners are in the interactive view on the map.