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Social Insurance Saitama Chuo Hospital

In research, Social Insurance Saitama Chuo Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#3,702 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#5,081 of 11,982 worldwide) and Surgery (#1,358 of 1,816 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Surgery and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine — Surgery is 8.8× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#15,448
of 28,054 · #14,898 all time
Rank in Japan
#409
of 1,070
Research works
2.1k
▲ 69% vs 2013–17
Citations
24k
11.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
49%
world 28%

What is Social Insurance Saitama Chuo 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 #3,702 of 10,443 8.6%360 #4941
Health SciencesDomain #5,081 of 11,982 8.5%372 #6473
SurgerySubfield #1,358 of 1,816 8.6%88 #2562

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Social Insurance Saitama Chuo 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#4,941 #3,702
  2. Health Sciences#6,473 #5,081
  3. Surgery#2,562 #1,358
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 Social Insurance Saitama Chuo Hospital specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Surgery takes 8.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. SurgerySubfield · 87.5 works8.8×
  2. Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield · 47.3 works7.3×
← 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: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.92× its world share, 21 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.21× its world share, 5 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.14× its world share, 8 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.54× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.06× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.09× its world share, 6 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.12× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.58× its world share, 6 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.43× its world share, 360 worksMedicineNursing: 1.23× its world share, 3 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.84× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.24× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.04× 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 Social Insurance Saitama Chuo Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, Mitsumasa Hashimoto, Shigeru Hirabayashi and Taro Maruyama lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Social Insurance Saitama Chuo Hospital.

  1. 1 Mitsumasa Hashimoto Japan · #666,130 worldwide 24 citations · 21 works
  2. 2 Shigeru Hirabayashi Japan · #712,372 worldwide 32 citations · 19 works
  3. 3 Taro Maruyama Japan · #854,116 worldwide 59 citations · 20 works
  4. 4 Osami Yamamoto Japan · #955,326 worldwide 4 citations · 16 works
  5. 5 Shigeru Obayashi Japan · #1,523,303 worldwide 7 citations · 30 works
  6. 6 Koichi Soga Japan · #1,549,798 worldwide 2 citations · 22 works
  7. 7 Sayuki Kobayashi Japan · #1,571,866 worldwide 9 citations · 21 works
All ranked researchers at Social Insurance Saitama Chuo Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Social Insurance Saitama Chuo Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Complications, Chemotherapy, Diagnosis, Prognostic Factors, Surgical Management, Guidelines and Inflammation.

▲ 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. Epidemiology53▲ 3.2×92 topics
  2. Inflammation24▲ 2.8×53 topics
  3. Diagnosis22▲ 5.5×34 topics
  4. Chemotherapy20▲ 6.8×20 topics
  5. Complications20▲ 9.3×17 topics
  6. Treatment20▲ 3.8×36 topics
  7. Prognostic Factors18▲ 9.8×13 topics
  8. Management16▲ 4.9×27 topics
  9. Surgical Management16▲ 9.3×20 topics
  10. Guidelines15▲ 7.8×12 topics
  11. Immunotherapy15▲ 5.0×17 topics
  12. Risk Factors13▲ 2.9×25 topics
  13. Quality of Life13▲ 2.1×38 topics
  14. Clinical Practice Guidelines12▲ 5.3×14 topics
  15. Cardiovascular Disease11▲ 2.4×28 topics
  16. Genetic Mutations11▲ 6.0×19 topics
  17. Heart Failure10▲ 5.5×11 topics
  18. Surgery10▲ 6.8×10 topics
  19. Mortality10▲ 3.9×11 topics
  20. Neoadjuvant Therapy9▲ 9.3×5 topics
  21. Revision Surgery9▲ 17×2 topics
  22. Total Hip Replacement9▲ 17×2 topics
  23. Tumor Microenvironment9▲ 4.8×7 topics
  24. Neurological Disorders8▲ 3.5×18 topics
  25. Cholangiocarcinoma8▲ 24×2 topics
  26. Molecular Characterization8▲ 10×5 topics
  27. Radiotherapy8▲ 4.8×11 topics
  28. Echocardiography7▲ 6.1×8 topics
  29. Survival Analysis7▲ 6.0×6 topics
  30. Prognosis7▲ 4.8×9 topics
  31. Cholecystitis7▲ 37×1 topic
  32. ERCP7▲ 37×1 topic
  33. Radiosurgery7▲ 17×4 topics
  34. Percutaneous Coronary Intervention6▲ 11×4 topics
  35. Endovascular Treatment6▲ 26×2 topics
  36. Health-related Quality of Life6▲ 6.2×5 topics
  37. Surgical Treatment6▲ 7.5×6 topics
  38. Rituximab6▲ 9.3×4 topics
  39. PET Imaging6▲ 8.1×4 topics
  40. Prenatal Diagnosis6▲ 8.8×7 topics

Which research topics does Social Insurance Saitama Chuo Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Gallbladder and Bile Duct Disorders, Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes, Esophageal and GI Pathology and Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty.

Gallbladder and Bile Duc…7Gallbladder and Bile Duct Disorders: 7 fractional worksTotal Knee Arthroplasty …5Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes: 5 fractional worksEsophageal and GI Pathol…4Esophageal and GI Pathology: 4 fractional worksOrthopaedic implants and…4Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty: 4 fractional worksPancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research: 4 fractional worksIntracranial Aneurysms: Treatment and Complications: 4 fractional worksPediatric Hepatobiliary …3Pediatric Hepatobiliary Diseases and Treatments: 3 fractional worksSarcoma Diagnosis and Treatment: 3 fractional worksSpine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology: 3 fractional worksHead and Neck Surgical O…3Head and Neck Surgical Oncology: 3 fractional works
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSurgeryOncologyNeurology1 others

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

  1. 1 Gallbladder and Bile Duct Disorders Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 7 works
  2. 2 Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes Surgery 5 works
  3. 3 Esophageal and GI Pathology Surgery 4 works
  4. 4 Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty Surgery 4 works
  5. 5 Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research Oncology 4 works
  6. 6 Intracranial Aneurysms: Treatment and Complications Neurology 4 works
  7. 7 Pediatric Hepatobiliary Diseases and Treatments Surgery 3 works
  8. 8 Sarcoma Diagnosis and Treatment Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 3 works
  9. 9 Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology Pathology and Forensic Medicine 3 works
  10. 10 Head and Neck Surgical Oncology Surgery 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 available49.3%not open50.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors7.1%domestic only92.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Social Insurance Saitama Chuo Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 69% 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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