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Takano Hospital

In research, Takano Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#17,363 of 17,978 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#20,021 of 20,462 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Medicine — Medicine is 3.2× its share of world research.

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World rank, all time
#41,559
of 42,892
Rank in Japan
#2,028
of 2,112
Research works
289
▼ 11% vs 2013–17
Citations
2.9k
10.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
56%
world 28%

What is Takano Hospital 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
MedicineField #17,363 of 17,978 4.2%211
Health SciencesDomain #20,021 of 20,462 4.2%216

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Takano 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 Takano Hospital specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Medicine takes 3.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. MedicineField · 20.0 works3.2×
← 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: 0.51× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.33× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.18× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.71× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.96× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.41× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.52× its world share, 1 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.38× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.05× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.42× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.17× its world share, 20 worksMedicineNursing: 0.35× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 3.74× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Psychology: 3.28× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 3.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Takano Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, Kazutaka Yamada, Y. Tsuji and Kazutaka Yamada lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Takano Hospital.

  1. 1 Kazutaka Yamada Japan · #1,039,482 worldwide 18 citations · 16 works
  2. 2 Y. Tsuji Japan · #1,083,967 worldwide 6 citations · 18 works
  3. 3 Kazutaka Yamada Japan · #1,091,154 worldwide 18 citations · 22 works
  4. 4 Masahiro Takano Japan · #1,126,259 worldwide 35 citations · 52 works
  5. 5 K. Takagi Japan · #1,308,536 worldwide 9 citations · 15 works
  6. 6 M Hashimoto Japan · #1,409,291 worldwide 3 citations · 16 works
  7. 7 Shota Takano Japan · #1,442,091 worldwide 2 citations · 18 works
  8. 8 Masafumi Tanaka Japan · #1,545,986 worldwide 4 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at Takano Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Takano Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Quality of Life, Epidemiology, Chemotherapy, Chemoradiation, Anal Cancer, Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy, Fistulas and Hemorrhoids.

▲ 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 27 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 27 words, with their numbers
  1. Epidemiology5▲ 3.8×19 topics
  2. Quality of Life4▲ 9.2×6 topics
  3. Chemoradiation3▲ 143×2 topics
  4. Chemotherapy3▲ 13×5 topics
  5. Anal Cancer3▲ 338×1 topic
  6. Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy3▲ 338×1 topic
  7. Fistulas2▲ 186×1 topic
  8. Hemorrhoids2▲ 350×1 topic
  9. Reactive Oxygen Species2▲ 13×3 topics
  10. Meta-Analysis2▲ 8.3×6 topics
  11. Nanoparticles2▲ 3.9×2 topics
  12. Photodynamic Therapy2▲ 22×2 topics
  13. Personality Traits1▲ 34×2 topics
  14. Psychopathology1▲ 23×2 topics
  15. Surgical Treatment1▲ 21×2 topics
  16. Borderline Personality Disorder1▲ 206×1 topic
  17. DSM-51▲ 206×1 topic
  18. Psychological Impact1▲ 12×2 topics
  19. Rehabilitation1▲ 9.7×3 topics
  20. Diagnosis1▲ 3.8×7 topics
  21. Immunotherapy1▲ 4.6×3 topics
  22. Inflammation1▲ 1.63×14 topics
  23. Treatment1▲ 2.8×4 topics
  24. Hypersexual Disorder1▲ 111×1 topic
  25. Pelvic Floor Dysfunction1▲ 68×1 topic
  26. Pornography Consumption1▲ 111×1 topic
  27. Urinary Incontinence1▲ 40×1 topic

Which research topics does Takano Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Colorectal and Anal Carcinomas, Anorectal Disease Treatments and Outcomes, Personality Disorders and Psychopathology and Pelvic floor disorders treatments.

Colorectal and Anal Carc…3Colorectal and Anal Carcinomas: 3 fractional worksAnorectal Disease Treatments and Outcomes: 2 fractional worksPersonality Disorders and Psychopathology: 1 fractional worksPelvic floor disorders treatments: 1 fractional worksSexuality, Behavior, and Technology: 1 fractional worksNanoplatforms for cancer…1Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics: 1 fractional worksPhotodynamic Therapy Research Studies: 1 fractional worksDiverticular Disease and Complications: 1 fractional worksInflammatory Bowel Disease: 0 fractional worksCardiac Health and Mental Health: 0 fractional works
SurgeryClinical PsychologyRheumatologyBiomedical Engineering3 others

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

  1. 1 Colorectal and Anal Carcinomas Surgery 3 works
  2. 2 Anorectal Disease Treatments and Outcomes Surgery 2 works
  3. 3 Personality Disorders and Psychopathology Clinical Psychology 1 works
  4. 4 Pelvic floor disorders treatments Rheumatology 1 works
  5. 5 Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology Clinical Psychology 1 works
  6. 6 Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics Biomedical Engineering 1 works
  7. 7 Photodynamic Therapy Research Studies Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 1 works
  8. 8 Diverticular Disease and Complications Surgery 1 works
  9. 9 Inflammatory Bowel Disease Genetics 0 works
  10. 10 Cardiac Health and Mental Health Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 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 available55.7%not open44.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors8.5%domestic only91.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Takano Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 11% 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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