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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.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll 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.

  1. Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield · 31.3 works17×
  2. MedicineField · 101.7 works4.5×
  3. Health SciencesDomain · 103.7 works3.8×
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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: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.88× its world share, 6 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.52× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.58× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.41× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.31× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.12× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.26× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.49× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.49× its world share, 102 worksMedicineNursing: 0.53× its world share, 0 worksNursingDecision Sciences: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciencesworld share
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Rings at 0.5×, and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 4.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

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. 1 Takuya Umemoto Japan · #516,208 worldwide 100 citations · 45 works
  2. 2 Norikazu Kawai Japan · #717,367 worldwide 36 citations · 23 works
  3. 3 Hisato Takagi Japan · #760,488 worldwide 142 citations · 98 works
  4. 4 Hirotaka Yamamoto Japan · #1,098,691 worldwide 23 citations · 19 works
  5. 5 Yujiro Yokoyama Japan · #1,334,905 worldwide 20 citations · 27 works
All ranked researchers at Shizuoka Medical Center

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.

▲ 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. Endovascular Repair25▲ 253×3 topics
  2. Echocardiography15▲ 48×7 topics
  3. Aortic Aneurysm12▲ 169×2 topics
  4. Aortic Dissection12▲ 255×1 topic
  5. Bicuspid Aortic Valve12▲ 255×1 topic
  6. Risk Factors11▲ 8.8×12 topics
  7. Epidemiology10▲ 2.2×44 topics
  8. Biomechanics10▲ 28×5 topics
  9. Genetic Susceptibility10▲ 86×3 topics
  10. Aneurysm Rupture9▲ 252×1 topic
  11. Aneurysm Screening9▲ 252×1 topic
  12. Thrombus Formation9▲ 106×2 topics
  13. Guidelines7▲ 12×9 topics
  14. Surgical Aortic-Valve Replacement6▲ 76×1 topic
  15. Transcatheter Aortic-Valve Replacement6▲ 76×1 topic
  16. Treatment6▲ 4.3×17 topics
  17. Diagnosis6▲ 5.5×13 topics
  18. Myocardial Infarction6▲ 20×4 topics
  19. Heart Failure5▲ 9.6×11 topics
  20. Percutaneous Coronary Intervention5▲ 31×4 topics
  21. Surgical Management4▲ 9.1×9 topics
  22. Complications4▲ 7.2×10 topics
  23. Surgical Repair4▲ 87×1 topic
  24. Ventricular Reconstruction4▲ 87×1 topic
  25. Diagnostic Imaging4▲ 29×3 topics
  26. Mortality4▲ 5.5×10 topics
  27. Aortic Aneurysms4▲ 246×1 topic
  28. Vascular Graft Infections4▲ 246×1 topic
  29. Prophylaxis3▲ 22×2 topics
  30. Surgery3▲ 8.0×7 topics
  31. Catheter Ablation3▲ 22×2 topics
  32. Postoperative Complications3▲ 17×2 topics
  33. Bacteremia3▲ 30×2 topics
  34. Cardiac Risk3▲ 27×1 topic
  35. Endocarditis Guidelines3▲ 59×1 topic
  36. Infective Endocarditis3▲ 59×1 topic
  37. Mortality Risk3▲ 9.4×3 topics
  38. Perioperative3▲ 27×1 topic
  39. Cardiac Surgery2▲ 27×2 topics
  40. 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.

  1. 1 Aortic Disease and Treatment Approaches Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 12 works
  2. 2 Aortic aneurysm repair treatments Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 9 works
  3. 3 Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 6 works
  4. 4 Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair Surgery 4 works
  5. 5 Infectious Aortic and Vascular Conditions Surgery 4 works
  6. 6 Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 3 works
  7. 7 Infective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management Epidemiology 3 works
  8. 8 Congenital Heart Disease Studies Epidemiology 2 works
  9. 9 Vascular Procedures and Complications Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  10. 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.

openly available43.3%not open56.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors15.7%domestic only84.3%

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.

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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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