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Showa University Hospital

In research, Showa University Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#5,039 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#6,687 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#17,636
of 28,054 · #23,647 all time
Rank in Japan
#480
of 1,070
Research works
774
▲ 48% vs 2013–17
Citations
7.5k
9.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
57%
world 28%

What is Showa University 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 #5,039 of 10,443 8.0%161 #7704
Health SciencesDomain #6,687 of 11,982 7.8%170 #9210

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Showa University 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: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.15× its world share, 12 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.53× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.81× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 4.48× its world share, 3 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.16× its world share, 5 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.76× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.25× its world share, 7 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.09× its world share, 161 worksMedicineNursing: 1.46× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.60× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.56× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics, 4.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Showa University Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, M Kurihara, Jun-Ichiro Kinoshita and Takanari Fujii lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Showa University Hospital.

  1. 1 M Kurihara Japan · #248,797 worldwide 46 citations · 33 works
  2. 2 Jun-Ichiro Kinoshita Japan · #492,879 worldwide 47 citations · 18 works
  3. 3 Takanari Fujii Japan · #1,540,160 worldwide 4 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Showa University Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Showa University Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Chemotherapy, Inflammation, Guidelines, Treatment, Quality of Life, Low Back Pain and Heart Failure.

▲ 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. Epidemiology21▲ 2.6×62 topics
  2. Inflammation12▲ 2.9×48 topics
  3. Chemotherapy10▲ 7.1×21 topics
  4. Quality of Life9▲ 3.2×25 topics
  5. Treatment9▲ 3.7×28 topics
  6. Diagnosis7▲ 3.9×24 topics
  7. Guidelines7▲ 7.3×11 topics
  8. Management7▲ 4.3×23 topics
  9. Heart Failure6▲ 7.0×11 topics
  10. Low Back Pain6▲ 17×3 topics
  11. Clinical Practice Guidelines6▲ 5.3×12 topics
  12. Rehabilitation6▲ 7.1×7 topics
  13. Spinal Fusion6▲ 28×2 topics
  14. Complications6▲ 5.4×13 topics
  15. Surgical Management6▲ 6.6×15 topics
  16. Degenerative Disc Disease5▲ 28×2 topics
  17. Tumor Microenvironment5▲ 5.8×8 topics
  18. Myocardial Infarction5▲ 11×5 topics
  19. Surgery5▲ 7.0×9 topics
  20. Surgical Treatment5▲ 12×4 topics
  21. Echocardiography5▲ 8.7×8 topics
  22. Chronic Kidney Disease5▲ 9.5×8 topics
  23. Clinical Outcomes5▲ 11×6 topics
  24. Neurodevelopmental Outcomes5▲ 12×4 topics
  25. Prevention5▲ 5.4×11 topics
  26. Neoadjuvant Therapy4▲ 9.4×5 topics
  27. Percutaneous Coronary Intervention4▲ 16×4 topics
  28. Prognostic Factors4▲ 5.0×13 topics
  29. Elderly4▲ 8.7×4 topics
  30. Spinal Surgery4▲ 27×2 topics
  31. Atherosclerosis4▲ 7.1×5 topics
  32. Dysphagia4▲ 33×2 topics
  33. Magnetic Resonance Imaging4▲ 7.8×4 topics
  34. Mortality Risk4▲ 8.4×5 topics
  35. Congenital Heart Disease4▲ 24×3 topics
  36. Endoscopic Resection4▲ 20×2 topics
  37. Intervertebral Disc4▲ 30×1 topic
  38. Lumbar Disc Degeneration4▲ 30×1 topic
  39. Cardiac Surgery4▲ 25×2 topics
  40. Stroke4▲ 10×6 topics

Which research topics does Showa University Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology, Congenital Heart Disease Studies, Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics and Esophageal and GI Pathology.

Spine and Intervertebral…4Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology: 4 fractional worksCongenital Heart Disease…4Congenital Heart Disease Studies: 4 fractional worksCoronary Interventions a…3Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics: 3 fractional worksEsophageal and GI Pathol…3Esophageal and GI Pathology: 3 fractional worksDysphagia Assessment and Management: 3 fractional worksCancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers: 2 fractional worksMedical Imaging and Anal…2Medical Imaging and Analysis: 2 fractional worksCardiac Imaging and Diagnostics: 2 fractional worksEsophageal Cancer Research and Treatment: 2 fractional worksGastric Cancer Managemen…2Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes: 2 fractional works
Pathology and Forensic MedicineEpidemiologySurgerySpeech and Hearing4 others

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

  1. 1 Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology Pathology and Forensic Medicine 4 works
  2. 2 Congenital Heart Disease Studies Epidemiology 4 works
  3. 3 Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics Surgery 3 works
  4. 4 Esophageal and GI Pathology Surgery 3 works
  5. 5 Dysphagia Assessment and Management Speech and Hearing 3 works
  6. 6 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 2 works
  7. 7 Medical Imaging and Analysis Biomedical Engineering 2 works
  8. 8 Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 2 works
  9. 9 Esophageal Cancer Research and Treatment Surgery 2 works
  10. 10 Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes Pulmonary and Respiratory 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 available57.1%not open42.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors12.7%domestic only87.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Showa University Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 48% 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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