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Soma Central Hospital

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World rank, all time
#30,441
of 34,923
Rank in Japan
#1,361
of 1,923
Research works
162
▲ 33% vs 2018-21
Citations
1.9k
11.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.7%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.92×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
64%
world 40%
International
25%
world 18%
Soma Central Hospital

Which fields of science does Soma Central Hospital work in?

In 2022-now, 65% of research at Soma Central Hospital is in Health Sciences, 14% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (56%), Health Professions (8%), Environmental Science (8%). It does 2.4× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 27 fractional works · 65.1% of its workMedicine: 23 fractional works · 56.4% of its workSurgery: 5 fractional works · 11.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 3 fractional works · 8.3% of its workOncology: 2 fractional works · 4.6% of its workInfectious Diseases: 2 fractional works · 4.4% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 3.4% of its workGastroenterology: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workNephrology: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDermatology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEmergency Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHematology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInternal Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workUrology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReproductive Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOphthalmology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Professions: 3 fractional works · 8.1% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 2 fractional works · 4.1% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 3.6% of its workPharmacy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmall Animals: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 6 fractional works · 14.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 3 fractional works · 6.9% of its workSociology and Political Science: 2 fractional works · 3.7% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGender Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workTransportation: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 5.0% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 4.6% of its workFinance: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 4 fractional works · 10.7% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 3.9% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 3.4% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 3.4% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workParasitology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInsect Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 4 fractional works · 10.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 3 fractional works · 8.0% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 2 fractional works · 3.9% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 3.0% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workModeling and Simulation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKSoma CentralHospital41fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences11%Physical Sciences10%Health Sciences65%Social Sciences14%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 19 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine2356.4%
    2. Health Professions38.1%
    3. Nursing00.5%
    4. Veterinary00.2%
    1. Social Sciences36.9%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance25.0%
    3. Psychology01.1%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting00.8%
    5. Decision Sciences00.3%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology23.9%
    2. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics13.4%
    3. Neuroscience01.2%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology01.1%
    5. Agricultural and Biological Sciences01.0%
    1. Environmental Science38.0%
    2. Engineering11.5%
    3. Mathematics00.3%
    4. Chemistry00.2%
    5. Computer Science00.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.74× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.14× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.73× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 9.60× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.61× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 3.06× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.93× its world share, 23 worksMedicineNursing: 0.97× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.50× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.31× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.38× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.54× its world share, 3 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics, 9.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 19 fields, with their numbers
  1. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics9.60×1 works
  2. Health Professions3.06×3 works
  3. Medicine2.93×23 works
  4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance2.31×2 works
  5. Environmental Science1.61×3 works
  6. Veterinary1.50×0 works
  7. Immunology and Microbiology1.14×0 works
  8. Nursing0.97×0 works
  9. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.74×2 works
  10. Neuroscience0.73×0 works
  11. Social Sciences0.54×3 works
  12. Psychology0.38×0 works
  13. Decision Sciences0.30×0 works
  14. Mathematics0.29×0 works
  15. Business, Management and Accounting0.24×0 works
  16. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.22×0 works
  17. Chemistry0.13×0 works
  18. Engineering0.10×1 works
  19. Computer Science0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Soma Central Hospital?

Ranked on the quality score, Kenji Omi, Hiromi Kumakawa and Carlos Alberto Betancur Jiménez lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Soma Central Hospital.

  1. 1 Kenji Omi Japan · #3,380,383 worldwide 110 citations · 19 works
  2. 2 Hiromi Kumakawa Japan · #4,418,120 worldwide 225 citations · 23 works
  3. 3 Carlos Alberto Betancur Jiménez Japan · #4,936,224 worldwide 63 citations · 16 works
  4. 4 Tomohiro Morita Japan · #5,531,799 worldwide 955 citations · 87 works
All ranked researchers at Soma Central Hospital

What are the most cited papers from Soma Central Hospital?

The most cited paper from Soma Central Hospital is "Global burden of respiratory infections due to seasonal influenza in young children: a systematic review and meta-analysis" (Harish Nair et al., 2011), with 1,024 citations. Next come "2016 Comprehensive Update of the Banff Working Group on Liver Allograft Pathology: Introduction of Antibody-Mediated Rejection" (653) and "The Androgen Receptor in Health and Disease" (266).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Global burden of respiratory infections due to seasonal influenza in young children: a systematic review and meta-analysis Harish Nair et al. · The Lancet Review 11 Nov 2011 1,024
2 2016 Comprehensive Update of the Banff Working Group on Liver Allograft Pathology: Introduction of Antibody-Mediated Rejection Anthony Jake Demetris et al. · American Journal of Transplantation Open access 7 Jun 2016 653
3 The Androgen Receptor in Health and Disease Takahiro Μatsumoto, Matomo Sakari, Maiko Okada et al. · Annual Review of Physiology Review 16 Nov 2012 266
4 DNA methyltransferase 3a regulates osteoclast differentiation by coupling to an S-adenosylmethionine–producing metabolic pathway Keizo Nishikawa, Yoriko Iwamoto, Yasuhiro Kobayashi et al. · Nature Medicine 23 Feb 2015 227
5 Extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation in adult patients with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: a retrospective large cohort multicenter study in Japan Akihiko Inoue et al. · Critical Care Open access100 authors 9 May 2022 193
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Which keywords describe research at Soma Central Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Public Health, Epidemiology, Pharmaceutical Industry, Clinical Trials, Chemotherapy, Infectious Diseases, Ethical Considerations and SARS-CoV-2.

▲ 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-now 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. Epidemiology5▲ 2.8×28 topics
  2. Public Health4▲ 6.5×10 topics
  3. Pharmaceutical Industry2▲ 138×2 topics
  4. Clinical Trials2▲ 7.3×6 topics
  5. Pandemic2▲ 4.8×4 topics
  6. Chemotherapy2▲ 6.7×7 topics
  7. Infectious Diseases2▲ 13×5 topics
  8. Ethical Considerations2▲ 12×5 topics
  9. Health Effects2▲ 6.7×3 topics
  10. Fukushima Daiichi2▲ 238×1 topic
  11. Radionuclides2▲ 102×2 topics
  12. SARS-CoV-22▲ 13×3 topics
  13. nuclear accident2▲ 238×1 topic
  14. Inflammation2▲ 1.68×11 topics
  15. ACE2 Receptor1▲ 16×2 topics
  16. Climate Change1▲ 1.27×4 topics
  17. Clinical Practice Guidelines1▲ 6.1×6 topics
  18. Disaster Response1▲ 45×1 topic
  19. Mortality1▲ 5.8×7 topics
  20. Triage1▲ 83×1 topic
  21. Conflict of Interest1▲ 343×1 topic
  22. Diagnosis1▲ 3.4×11 topics
  23. Mutation1▲ 18×3 topics
  24. Research Outcome1▲ 343×1 topic
  25. Complications1▲ 5.7×5 topics
  26. Endoscopic Resection1▲ 30×2 topics
  27. Gastric Cancer1▲ 26×2 topics
  28. Healthcare Access1▲ 11×3 topics
  29. Quality of Life1▲ 1.96×11 topics
  30. Risk Factors1▲ 2.6×8 topics
  31. Vaccine1▲ 7.1×4 topics
  32. Genetic Mutations1▲ 6.2×7 topics
  33. Neoadjuvant Therapy1▲ 11×3 topics
  34. Pathogenesis1▲ 5.3×6 topics
  35. Risk Perception1▲ 9.9×2 topics
  36. Survival Analysis1▲ 9.7×3 topics
  37. Thrombosis1▲ 9.5×3 topics
  38. Treatment1▲ 2.1×9 topics
  39. Environmental Management1▲ 6.0×1 topic
  40. Water Quality1▲ 6.1×1 topic

Which research topics does Soma Central Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Radioactive contamination and transfer, Disaster Response and Management, Pharmaceutical industry and healthcare and Public Health and Environmental Issues.

Radioactive contaminatio…2Radioactive contamination and transfer: 2 fractional worksDisaster Response and Ma…1Disaster Response and Management: 1 fractional worksPharmaceutical industry …1Pharmaceutical industry and healthcare: 1 fractional worksPublic Health and Enviro…1Public Health and Environmental Issues: 1 fractional worksGastric Cancer Management and Outcomes: 1 fractional worksSARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research: 1 fractional worksPharmaceutical Economics…1Pharmaceutical Economics and Policy: 1 fractional worksEsophageal and GI Pathology: 1 fractional worksRisk Perception and Management: 1 fractional worksGeriatric Care and Nursi…1Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes: 1 fractional works
Global and Planetary ChangeEmergency Medical ServicesPharmacologyHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis6 others

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

  1. 1 Radioactive contamination and transfer Global and Planetary Change 2 works
  2. 2 Disaster Response and Management Emergency Medical Services 1 works
  3. 3 Pharmaceutical industry and healthcare Pharmacology 1 works
  4. 4 Public Health and Environmental Issues Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 1 works
  5. 5 Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 1 works
  6. 6 SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research Infectious Diseases 1 works
  7. 7 Pharmaceutical Economics and Policy Economics and Econometrics 1 works
  8. 8 Esophageal and GI Pathology Surgery 1 works
  9. 9 Risk Perception and Management Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  10. 10 Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes General Health Professions 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 available63.6%not open36.4%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors25.2%domestic only74.8%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Soma Central Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 33% higher than in 2018-2021.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Soma Central Hospital as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00011% in 2024.

still counting0.00020%0.00040%Soma Central Hospital0.00019% in 20251990200020102020

Fractional works of Soma Central Hospital over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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