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Showa General Hospital

In research, Showa General Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#8,292 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#10,131 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#23,602
of 28,054 · #29,375 all time
Rank in Japan
#763
of 1,070
Research works
745
▲ 16% vs 2013–17
Citations
7k
9.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
58%
world 28%

What is Showa General Hospital 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 #8,292 of 10,443 5.7%84 #10269
Health SciencesDomain #10,131 of 11,982 5.7%87 #13341

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Showa General Hospital 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).

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: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.24× its world share, 7 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.51× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.23× its world share, 4 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.92× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.38× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.26× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.66× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.10× its world share, 84 worksMedicineNursing: 1.04× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.46× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryPsychology: 0.70× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.03× 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, 4.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Showa General Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, Kazuo Tsutsumi, Nobuo Sasaki and Satoshi Ubukata lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Showa General Hospital.

  1. 1 Kazuo Tsutsumi Japan · #375,470 worldwide 108 citations · 38 works
  2. 2 Nobuo Sasaki Japan · #986,941 worldwide 40 citations · 22 works
  3. 3 Satoshi Ubukata Japan · #1,140,506 worldwide 14 citations · 17 works
  4. 4 Masafumi Kitaoka Japan · #1,302,664 worldwide 14 citations · 17 works
  5. 5 Naoki Kojima Japan · #1,461,928 worldwide 10 citations · 18 works
  6. 6 Yuriko Sato Japan · #1,550,889 worldwide 1 citations · 31 works
All ranked researchers at Showa General Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Showa General Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Diagnosis, Surgical Management, Treatment, Chemotherapy, Surgery, Immunotherapy and Complications.

▲ 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. Epidemiology15▲ 3.5×54 topics
  2. Diagnosis7▲ 7.4×22 topics
  3. Treatment5▲ 4.2×23 topics
  4. Inflammation5▲ 2.4×31 topics
  5. Surgical Management5▲ 12×12 topics
  6. Chemotherapy4▲ 5.8×15 topics
  7. Immunotherapy4▲ 5.5×13 topics
  8. Complications4▲ 6.9×10 topics
  9. Management4▲ 4.4×14 topics
  10. Pathogenesis4▲ 6.6×11 topics
  11. Surgery4▲ 9.6×10 topics
  12. Clinical Practice Guidelines4▲ 6.0×9 topics
  13. Oxidative Stress3▲ 1.92×15 topics
  14. Prognosis3▲ 9.4×7 topics
  15. Neuroimaging3▲ 11×7 topics
  16. Prognostic Factors3▲ 6.9×10 topics
  17. COVID-193▲ 2.1×10 topics
  18. Neurological Disorders3▲ 5.1×12 topics
  19. Risk Factors3▲ 2.5×15 topics
  20. Immune Response3▲ 4.6×11 topics
  21. SARS-CoV-23▲ 7.5×5 topics
  22. Echocardiography2▲ 7.8×5 topics
  23. Radiotherapy2▲ 5.5×7 topics
  24. Clinical Management2▲ 12×7 topics
  25. Genetic Mutations2▲ 4.5×11 topics
  26. Pathophysiology2▲ 6.6×8 topics
  27. Rehabilitation2▲ 4.9×8 topics
  28. Thrombosis2▲ 6.9×5 topics
  29. Diagnostic Imaging2▲ 17×3 topics
  30. Children2▲ 7.5×4 topics
  31. Radiosurgery2▲ 19×4 topics
  32. ACE2 Receptor2▲ 7.0×3 topics
  33. Autoantibodies2▲ 7.3×5 topics
  34. Seizures2▲ 27×2 topics
  35. Stroke2▲ 9.6×4 topics
  36. Treatment Guidelines2▲ 7.8×4 topics
  37. Antibiotic Prophylaxis2▲ 20×3 topics
  38. Antimicrobial Resistance2▲ 8.1×5 topics
  39. Diagnostic Criteria2▲ 7.1×5 topics
  40. Microbial Inactivation2▲ 47×2 topics

Which research topics does Showa General Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Listeria monocytogenes in Food Safety, Orthopedic Infections and Treatments, Esophageal and GI Pathology and COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies.

Listeria monocytogenes i…1Listeria monocytogenes in Food Safety: 1 fractional worksOrthopedic Infections an…1Orthopedic Infections and Treatments: 1 fractional worksEsophageal and GI Pathology: 1 fractional worksCOVID-19 Clinical Resear…1COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies: 1 fractional worksNeurological and metabol…1Neurological and metabolic disorders: 1 fractional worksLiver Disease and Transplantation: 1 fractional worksAppendicitis Diagnosis and Management: 1 fractional worksBrain Metastases and Tre…1Brain Metastases and Treatment: 1 fractional worksIntracranial Aneurysms: Treatment and Complications: 1 fractional worksTumors and Oncological Cases: 1 fractional works
BiotechnologySurgeryInfectious DiseasesEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism5 others

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

  1. 1 Listeria monocytogenes in Food Safety Biotechnology 1 works
  2. 2 Orthopedic Infections and Treatments Surgery 1 works
  3. 3 Esophageal and GI Pathology Surgery 1 works
  4. 4 COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies Infectious Diseases 1 works
  5. 5 Neurological and metabolic disorders Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 1 works
  6. 6 Liver Disease and Transplantation Hepatology 1 works
  7. 7 Appendicitis Diagnosis and Management Emergency Medicine 1 works
  8. 8 Brain Metastases and Treatment Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 1 works
  9. 9 Intracranial Aneurysms: Treatment and Complications Neurology 1 works
  10. 10 Tumors and Oncological Cases Pathology and Forensic Medicine 1 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 available57.7%not open42.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors8.0%domestic only92.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Showa General Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 16% 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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