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Showa University Northern Yokohama Hospital

In research, Showa University Northern Yokohama Hospital stands highest in Health Sciences (#8,901 of 11,982 worldwide) and Medicine (#7,931 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Oncology, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and Surgery — Oncology is 10.1× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#23,318
of 28,054 · #23,028 all time
Rank in Japan
#753
of 1,070
Research works
948
▼ 28% vs 2013–17
Citations
13k
14.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
47%
world 28%

What is Showa University Northern Yokohama 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
Health SciencesDomain #8,901 of 11,982 7.8%177 #7216
MedicineField #7,931 of 10,443 7.6%172 #5928

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

What does Showa University Northern Yokohama Hospital specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Oncology takes 10.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. OncologySubfield · 23.1 works10×
  2. Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield · 22.1 works7.1×
  3. SurgerySubfield · 28.6 works6.0×
← 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: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.87× its world share, 9 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.96× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.74× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.80× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.19× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.05× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.55× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.38× its world share, 172 worksMedicineNursing: 2.02× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.31× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.44× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.08× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 4.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Showa University Northern Yokohama Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, Kazuo Ohtsuka, Yoshiki Wada and Masashi Misawa lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Showa University Northern Yokohama Hospital.

  1. 1 Kazuo Ohtsuka Japan · #566,681 worldwide 74 citations · 51 works
  2. 2 Yoshiki Wada Japan · #724,394 worldwide 98 citations · 63 works
  3. 3 Masashi Misawa Japan · #745,210 worldwide 60 citations · 66 works
  4. 4 Yuichi Mori Japan · #771,129 worldwide 43 citations · 38 works
  5. 5 Nobuhiro Fukunari Japan · #819,083 worldwide 17 citations · 16 works
  6. 6 Shin‐ei Kudo Japan · #842,836 worldwide 110 citations · 135 works
  7. 7 Yuichi Mori Japan · #857,502 worldwide 96 citations · 98 works
  8. 8 Toyoki Kudo Japan · #920,606 worldwide 11 citations · 34 works
  9. 9 Katsuro Ichimasa Japan · #923,327 worldwide 34 citations · 36 works
  10. 10 Eiji Hidaka Japan · #1,003,535 worldwide 18 citations · 29 works
All ranked researchers at Showa University Northern Yokohama Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Showa University Northern Yokohama Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Chemotherapy, Guidelines, Clinical Practice Guidelines, Risk Factors, Prevention, Mortality and Colorectal Cancer.

▲ 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. Epidemiology26▲ 3.3×62 topics
  2. Chemotherapy17▲ 12×19 topics
  3. Guidelines17▲ 18×8 topics
  4. Risk Factors15▲ 6.8×18 topics
  5. Clinical Practice Guidelines15▲ 14×12 topics
  6. Prevention13▲ 16×7 topics
  7. Mortality13▲ 11×7 topics
  8. Colorectal Cancer11▲ 69×3 topics
  9. Screening11▲ 57×2 topics
  10. Colonoscopy11▲ 124×1 topic
  11. Polyps11▲ 124×1 topic
  12. Endoscopic Resection10▲ 48×2 topics
  13. Diagnosis10▲ 5.0×27 topics
  14. Molecular Characterization10▲ 26×5 topics
  15. Adjuvant Therapy9▲ 35×2 topics
  16. Inflammation9▲ 2.1×33 topics
  17. Survival Analysis9▲ 16×6 topics
  18. Quality of Life8▲ 2.8×22 topics
  19. Treatment8▲ 3.2×24 topics
  20. Gastric Cancer8▲ 34×3 topics
  21. Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy8▲ 45×2 topics
  22. Lymph Node Dissection8▲ 62×1 topic
  23. Metastatic Gastric Cancer8▲ 62×1 topic
  24. Neoadjuvant Therapy8▲ 16×5 topics
  25. Cardiovascular Disease7▲ 3.1×15 topics
  26. Preoperative Chemoradiotherapy7▲ 41×2 topics
  27. Management6▲ 3.9×18 topics
  28. Precision Medicine6▲ 6.6×5 topics
  29. Medical Imaging6▲ 5.8×4 topics
  30. Adjuvant Chemotherapy6▲ 42×2 topics
  31. Catheter Ablation6▲ 23×2 topics
  32. Chronic Kidney Disease6▲ 11×6 topics
  33. Tumor Markers5▲ 31×2 topics
  34. Parathyroid Hormone5▲ 27×3 topics
  35. Laparoscopic Surgery5▲ 19×2 topics
  36. Quantitative Analysis4▲ 11×2 topics
  37. Rectal Cancer4▲ 57×1 topic
  38. Total Mesorectal Excision4▲ 57×1 topic
  39. Radiomics4▲ 18×1 topic
  40. Texture Analysis4▲ 9.5×2 topics

Which research topics does Showa University Northern Yokohama Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection, Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes, Colorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments and Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging.

Colorectal Cancer Screen…11Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection: 11 fractional worksGastric Cancer Management and Outcomes: 8 fractional worksColorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments: 4 fractional worksRadiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging: 4 fractional worksAtrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes: 4 fractional worksParathyroid Disorders an…3Parathyroid Disorders and Treatments: 3 fractional worksAI in cancer detection: 3 fractional worksKawasaki Disease and Coronary Complications: 2 fractional worksCardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments: 2 fractional worksEsophageal Cancer Research and Treatment: 2 fractional works
OncologyPulmonary and Respiratory MedicineRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine3 others

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

  1. 1 Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection Oncology 11 works
  2. 2 Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 8 works
  3. 3 Colorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments Oncology 4 works
  4. 4 Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 4 works
  5. 5 Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 4 works
  6. 6 Parathyroid Disorders and Treatments Nephrology 3 works
  7. 7 AI in cancer detection Artificial Intelligence 3 works
  8. 8 Kawasaki Disease and Coronary Complications Surgery 2 works
  9. 9 Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 2 works
  10. 10 Esophageal Cancer Research and Treatment Surgery 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 available46.6%not open53.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors10.9%domestic only89.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Showa University Northern Yokohama Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 28% lower 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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