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Tachikawa Medical Center

In research, Tachikawa Medical Center stands highest in Health Sciences (#14,219 of 16,688 worldwide) and Medicine (#12,442 of 14,558 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#34,385
of 34,923
Rank in Japan
#1,855
of 1,923
Research works
188
▼ 41% vs 2018-21
Citations
2.5k
13.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
3.6%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.79×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
52%
world 40%
International
3%
world 18%
Tachikawa Medical Center

What is Tachikawa Medical Center known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Health SciencesDomain #14,219 of 16,688 3.3%165
MedicineField #12,442 of 14,558 3.3%162

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Tachikawa Medical Center 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Tachikawa Medical Center work in?

In all years, 88% of research at Tachikawa Medical Center is in Health Sciences, 7% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (86%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (4%), Neuroscience (2%). It does 3.6× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 165 fractional works · 87.6% of its workMedicine: 162 fractional works · 85.9% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 41 fractional works · 21.9% of its workSurgery: 27 fractional works · 14.1% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 19 fractional works · 9.9% of its workEpidemiology: 17 fractional works · 9.2% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 15 fractional works · 8.1% of its workOncology: 5 fractional works · 2.6% of its workNeurology: 5 fractional works · 2.6% of its workNephrology: 4 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPhysiology: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workRheumatology: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHepatology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGastroenterology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHematology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOphthalmology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDermatology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOral Surgery: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 14 fractional works · 7.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 8 fractional works · 4.3% of its workMolecular Biology: 6 fractional works · 3.3% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSensory Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workImmunology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 6 fractional works · 3.4% of its workEngineering: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workElectrochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workTransportation: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKTachikawa MedicalCenter188fractional works, all years
Life Sciences7%Physical Sciences3%Health Sciences88%Social Sciences2%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in all years. 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. Medicine16285.9%
    2. Health Professions20.9%
    3. Dentistry10.6%
    4. Nursing10.3%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology84.3%
    2. Neuroscience31.8%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology20.9%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences10.4%
    1. Engineering31.7%
    2. Environmental Science10.7%
    3. Materials Science10.5%
    4. Chemistry10.4%
    5. Computer Science00.1%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.0%
    7. Mathematics00.0%
    1. Psychology10.7%
    2. Social Sciences10.6%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.2%
    4. Arts and Humanities00.1%
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.

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.92× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.60× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.12× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 1.54× its world share, 0 worksChemistryEngineering: 0.42× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringMathematics: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 0.47× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.93× its world share, 10 worksMedicinePsychology: 0.51× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.43× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 10 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine3.93×10 works
  2. Chemistry1.54×0 works
  3. Neuroscience1.12×0 works
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.92×1 works
  5. Immunology and Microbiology0.60×0 works
  6. Psychology0.51×0 works
  7. Health Professions0.47×0 works
  8. Social Sciences0.43×1 works
  9. Engineering0.42×1 works
  10. Mathematics0.11×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Tachikawa Medical Center?

Ranked on the quality score, Masaaki Okabe, Koki Takizawa and Akifumi Uehara lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Tachikawa Medical Center.

  1. 1 Masaaki Okabe Japan · #4,845,527 worldwide 0 citations · 17 works
  2. 2 Koki Takizawa Japan · #4,937,993 worldwide 91 citations · 17 works
  3. 3 Akifumi Uehara Japan · #5,148,146 worldwide 64 citations · 25 works
  4. 4 Ryu Kawai Japan · #5,427,145 worldwide 619 citations · 30 works
  5. 5 Shigetaka Kasuya Japan · #6,065,579 worldwide 151 citations · 54 works
  6. 6 Tsutomu Sugimoto Japan · #6,471,606 worldwide 264 citations · 69 works
  7. 7 Eiji Oda Japan · #6,712,532 worldwide 2.8k citations · 161 works
  8. 8 Shinpei Yoshii Japan · #7,007,964 worldwide 518 citations · 85 works
All ranked researchers at Tachikawa Medical Center

What are the most cited papers from Tachikawa Medical Center?

The most cited paper from Tachikawa Medical Center is "The effect of dapagliflozin treatment on epicardial adipose tissue volume" (Takao Sato, Yoshifusa Aizawa, Sho Yuasa et al., 2018), with 390 citations. Next come "JCS/JHRS 2019 Guideline on Non-Pharmacotherapy of Cardiac Arrhythmias" (200) and "Metabolic syndrome: its history, mechanisms, and limitations" (145).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The effect of dapagliflozin treatment on epicardial adipose tissue volume Takao Sato, Yoshifusa Aizawa, Sho Yuasa et al. · Cardiovascular Diabetology Open access 4 Jan 2018 390
2 JCS/JHRS 2019 Guideline on Non-Pharmacotherapy of Cardiac Arrhythmias Akihiko Nogami et al. · Circulation Journal Open access 31 May 2021 200
3 Metabolic syndrome: its history, mechanisms, and limitations Eiji Oda · Acta Diabetologica 30 Jun 2011 145
4 The Metabolic Syndrome as a Concept of Adipose Tissue Disease Eiji Oda · Hypertension Research Open access 2008 123
5 Uric Acid is Positively Associated with Metabolic Syndrome but Negatively Associated with Diabetes in Japanese Men Eiji Oda, Ryu Kawai, Vijayakumar Sukumaran et al. · Internal Medicine Open access 2009 95
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Tachikawa Medical Center?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Cardiovascular Disease, Metabolic Syndrome, Obesity, Insulin Resistance, Inflammation, Atherosclerosis, Diabetes and Echocardiography.

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's

Size is fractional works in all years 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. Cardiovascular Disease29▲ 14×19 topics
  2. Metabolic Syndrome26▲ 16×12 topics
  3. Obesity26▲ 19×11 topics
  4. Insulin Resistance23▲ 26×6 topics
  5. Inflammation23▲ 5.1×22 topics
  6. Atherosclerosis16▲ 24×6 topics
  7. Diabetes14▲ 14×8 topics
  8. Echocardiography13▲ 25×6 topics
  9. Glucose Metabolism12▲ 66×2 topics
  10. Cholesterol12▲ 35×2 topics
  11. Epidemiology12▲ 1.55×37 topics
  12. Global Prevalence12▲ 67×2 topics
  13. Lifestyle Intervention12▲ 76×2 topics
  14. Sudden Cardiac Death11▲ 49×2 topics
  15. Arrhythmias11▲ 43×2 topics
  16. Ion Channels10▲ 24×3 topics
  17. Heart Failure9▲ 11×10 topics
  18. Complications9▲ 9.2×12 topics
  19. Endovascular Repair8▲ 51×3 topics
  20. Guidelines8▲ 9.1×9 topics
  21. C-Reactive Protein8▲ 50×2 topics
  22. Cardiac Electrophysiology8▲ 56×1 topic
  23. Long-QT Syndrome8▲ 56×1 topic
  24. Adipose Tissue8▲ 65×2 topics
  25. Surgical Management7▲ 8.6×15 topics
  26. Diagnosis7▲ 3.6×17 topics
  27. Myocardial Infarction7▲ 14×5 topics
  28. Macrophages7▲ 22×2 topics
  29. Type 2 Diabetes7▲ 20×3 topics
  30. Adipokines6▲ 80×1 topic
  31. Hypertension6▲ 9.0×8 topics
  32. Catheter Ablation6▲ 25×2 topics
  33. Thrombosis6▲ 14×4 topics
  34. Coronary Artery Disease5▲ 20×3 topics
  35. Surgical Aortic-Valve Replacement5▲ 36×1 topic
  36. Transcatheter Aortic-Valve Replacement5▲ 36×1 topic
  37. Hepatic Steatosis5▲ 17×2 topics
  38. Aortic Dissection4▲ 59×1 topic
  39. Bicuspid Aortic Valve4▲ 59×1 topic
  40. Mortality Risk4▲ 11×3 topics

Which research topics does Tachikawa Medical Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias, ECG Monitoring and Analysis, Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes and Autoimmune Neurological Disorders and Treatments.

Cardiac electrophysiolog…1Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias: 1 fractional worksECG Monitoring and Analysis: 1 fractional worksAtrial Fibrillation Mana…1Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes: 1 fractional worksAutoimmune Neurological …0Autoimmune Neurological Disorders and Treatments: 0 fractional worksCardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair: 0 fractional worksCardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments: 0 fractional worksLinguistic, Cultural, an…0Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies: 0 fractional worksInfectious Aortic and Vascular Conditions: 0 fractional worksAortic Disease and Treatment Approaches: 0 fractional worksHip and Femur Fractures0Hip and Femur Fractures: 0 fractional works
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineNeurologySurgerySociology and Political Science1 others

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

  1. 1 Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 1 works
  2. 2 ECG Monitoring and Analysis Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 1 works
  3. 3 Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 1 works
  4. 4 Autoimmune Neurological Disorders and Treatments Neurology 0 works
  5. 5 Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair Surgery 0 works
  6. 6 Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 0 works
  7. 7 Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies Sociology and Political Science 0 works
  8. 8 Infectious Aortic and Vascular Conditions Surgery 0 works
  9. 9 Aortic Disease and Treatment Approaches Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 0 works
  10. 10 Hip and Femur Fractures Surgery 0 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 available52.0%not open48.0%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors2.7%domestic only97.3%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Tachikawa Medical Center's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 41% lower 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 Tachikawa Medical Center as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000031% in 2024.

still counting0.00025%0.00050%0.00075%Tachikawa Medical Center0.0000070% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Tachikawa Medical Center over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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