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Showa University Fujigaoka Hospital

In research, Showa University Fujigaoka Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#5,016 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#6,666 of 11,982 worldwide) and Surgery (#1,654 of 1,816 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Surgery and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine — Surgery is 10.4× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#17,985
of 28,054 · #19,634 all time
Rank in Japan
#494
of 1,070
Research works
2.4k
▲ 11% vs 2013–17
Citations
22k
9.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
45%
world 28%

What is Showa University Fujigaoka 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 #5,016 of 10,443 5.4%239 #6469
Health SciencesDomain #6,666 of 11,982 5.5%245 #8541
SurgerySubfield #1,654 of 1,816 3.8%67 #3014

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

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Medicine#6,469 #5,016
  2. Health Sciences#8,541 #6,666
  3. Surgery#3,014 #1,654
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

What does Showa University Fujigaoka Hospital specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Surgery takes 10.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. SurgerySubfield · 67.3 works10×
  2. Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield · 37.3 works8.8×
← 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: 0.15× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.93× its world share, 14 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.43× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.07× its world share, 5 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.89× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.06× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.06× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.34× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.50× its world share, 239 worksMedicineNursing: 1.34× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.11× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesPsychology: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksPsychology1×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 Showa University Fujigaoka Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, Ashio Yoshimura, Kazuaki Inoue and Shozo Koshikawa lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Showa University Fujigaoka Hospital.

  1. 1 Ashio Yoshimura Japan · #310,032 worldwide 83 citations · 22 works
  2. 2 Kazuaki Inoue Japan · #469,439 worldwide 78 citations · 35 works
  3. 3 Shozo Koshikawa Japan · #530,224 worldwide 64 citations · 57 works
  4. 4 Jun Sasaki Japan · #569,167 worldwide 46 citations · 28 works
  5. 5 Terukuni Ideura Japan · #614,020 worldwide 49 citations · 25 works
  6. 6 Toshiyuki Mitsuya Japan · #624,100 worldwide 29 citations · 24 works
  7. 7 Hiroshi Suzuki Japan · #754,143 worldwide 202 citations · 178 works
  8. 8 Yuichi Takano Japan · #824,748 worldwide 32 citations · 46 works
  9. 9 Genshu Tate Japan · #847,210 worldwide 26 citations · 19 works
  10. 10 Wataru Ichikawa Japan · #854,076 worldwide 68 citations · 56 works
All ranked researchers at Showa University Fujigaoka Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Showa University Fujigaoka Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Chemotherapy, Diagnosis, Immunotherapy, Cholangiocarcinoma, Treatment, Neoadjuvant Therapy and Tumor Microenvironment.

▲ 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. Epidemiology42▲ 3.8×68 topics
  2. Chemotherapy23▲ 12×18 topics
  3. Inflammation19▲ 3.3×41 topics
  4. Diagnosis18▲ 7.2×22 topics
  5. Treatment18▲ 5.5×26 topics
  6. Immunotherapy17▲ 8.6×15 topics
  7. Cholangiocarcinoma16▲ 72×2 topics
  8. Neoadjuvant Therapy14▲ 22×5 topics
  9. Tumor Microenvironment14▲ 11×6 topics
  10. Surgical Management13▲ 12×16 topics
  11. Clinical Practice Guidelines13▲ 8.6×14 topics
  12. Pancreatic Cancer12▲ 39×2 topics
  13. Cholecystitis12▲ 100×1 topic
  14. ERCP12▲ 100×1 topic
  15. Prognostic Factors12▲ 9.6×13 topics
  16. Gemcitabine11▲ 57×1 topic
  17. Surgical Complications11▲ 51×1 topic
  18. Complications11▲ 8.2×13 topics
  19. Cardiovascular Disease11▲ 3.6×24 topics
  20. Management11▲ 5.1×21 topics
  21. Atherosclerosis10▲ 13×7 topics
  22. Percutaneous Coronary Intervention9▲ 25×4 topics
  23. Guidelines8▲ 5.9×11 topics
  24. Coronary Stents7▲ 63×1 topic
  25. Myocardial Revascularization7▲ 63×1 topic
  26. Magnetic Resonance Imaging7▲ 10×4 topics
  27. Myocardial Infarction7▲ 11×6 topics
  28. Liver Transplantation7▲ 20×4 topics
  29. Anticoagulant Therapy6▲ 18×4 topics
  30. Gastric Cancer6▲ 20×3 topics
  31. Endoscopic Resection6▲ 22×2 topics
  32. Survival Analysis6▲ 7.8×6 topics
  33. Nutritional Support6▲ 23×3 topics
  34. Palliative Treatment6▲ 32×2 topics
  35. Adjuvant Therapy6▲ 16×2 topics
  36. Endoscopic Stenting6▲ 45×1 topic
  37. Esophageal Perforation6▲ 45×1 topic
  38. Etiology6▲ 33×3 topics
  39. Molecular Characterization6▲ 11×5 topics
  40. Alagille Syndrome5▲ 81×1 topic

Which research topics does Showa University Fujigaoka Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Gallbladder and Bile Duct Disorders, Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research, Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics and Esophageal and GI Pathology.

Gallbladder and Bile Duct Disorders: 12 fractional worksPancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research: 11 fractional worksCoronary Interventions a…7Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics: 7 fractional worksEsophageal and GI Pathol…6Esophageal and GI Pathology: 6 fractional worksPediatric Hepatobiliary Diseases and Treatments: 5 fractional worksPancreatitis Pathology and Treatment: 5 fractional worksGastric Cancer Managemen…5Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes: 5 fractional worksCholangiocarcinoma and Gallbladder Cancer Studies: 4 fractional worksGastrointestinal disorders and treatments: 4 fractional worksCardiac Imaging and Diagnostics: 3 fractional works
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineOncologySurgeryRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging

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

  1. 1 Gallbladder and Bile Duct Disorders Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 12 works
  2. 2 Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research Oncology 11 works
  3. 3 Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics Surgery 7 works
  4. 4 Esophageal and GI Pathology Surgery 6 works
  5. 5 Pediatric Hepatobiliary Diseases and Treatments Surgery 5 works
  6. 6 Pancreatitis Pathology and Treatment Surgery 5 works
  7. 7 Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 5 works
  8. 8 Cholangiocarcinoma and Gallbladder Cancer Studies Surgery 4 works
  9. 9 Gastrointestinal disorders and treatments Surgery 4 works
  10. 10 Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 3 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 available45.4%not open54.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors4.4%domestic only95.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Showa University Fujigaoka Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 11% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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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