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Taoka Hospital

In research, Taoka Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#8,552 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#10,354 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Surgery — Surgery is 9.4× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#22,828
of 28,054 · #36,537 all time
Rank in Japan
#727
of 1,070
Research works
536
▲ 27% vs 2013–17
Citations
3.9k
7.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
59%
world 28%

What is Taoka 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 #8,552 of 10,443 6.1%80 #14177
Health SciencesDomain #10,354 of 11,982 5.8%84 #17108

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

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Surgery takes 9.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. SurgerySubfield · 23.5 works9.4×
← 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: 0.21× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.96× its world share, 6 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.23× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.52× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.29× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.59× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.32× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.91× its world share, 80 worksMedicineNursing: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.27× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.33× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.26× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.23× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.33× its world share, 4 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.

Who are the top researchers at Taoka Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, Akira Teraoka lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Taoka Hospital.

  1. 1 Akira Teraoka Japan · #1,153,359 worldwide 34 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Taoka Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Taoka Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Clinical Practice Guidelines, Chemotherapy, Nutritional Support, Genetic Factors, Diagnosis, Acute Pancreatitis and Chronic Pancreatitis.

▲ 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. Epidemiology17▲ 4.1×43 topics
  2. Quality of Life7▲ 4.7×19 topics
  3. Clinical Practice Guidelines7▲ 12×10 topics
  4. Chemotherapy7▲ 8.9×16 topics
  5. Diagnosis6▲ 6.6×17 topics
  6. Nutritional Support6▲ 64×3 topics
  7. Genetic Factors6▲ 88×2 topics
  8. Treatment6▲ 4.7×17 topics
  9. Acute Pancreatitis6▲ 129×1 topic
  10. Chronic Pancreatitis6▲ 129×1 topic
  11. Inflammation6▲ 2.5×29 topics
  12. Guidelines5▲ 9.7×9 topics
  13. Management5▲ 5.7×18 topics
  14. Chronic Kidney Disease4▲ 14×6 topics
  15. Risk Factors4▲ 3.1×16 topics
  16. Complications3▲ 6.4×8 topics
  17. Prognostic Factors3▲ 7.0×10 topics
  18. Surgical Management3▲ 7.3×10 topics
  19. Cardiovascular Disease3▲ 2.4×16 topics
  20. Parathyroid Hormone3▲ 30×3 topics
  21. Surgery2▲ 6.5×7 topics
  22. Neoadjuvant Therapy2▲ 9.6×4 topics
  23. Children2▲ 9.2×4 topics
  24. Prevention2▲ 5.0×8 topics
  25. Pathogenesis2▲ 4.0×9 topics
  26. Molecular Characterization2▲ 11×3 topics
  27. Survival Analysis2▲ 7.4×3 topics
  28. Anticoagulant Therapy2▲ 15×4 topics
  29. Rehabilitation2▲ 4.7×6 topics
  30. Antithrombotic Therapy2▲ 22×2 topics
  31. Chemoradiation2▲ 26×2 topics
  32. FGF232▲ 49×1 topic
  33. phosphate2▲ 49×1 topic
  34. Adjuvant Chemotherapy2▲ 22×2 topics
  35. Anal Cancer2▲ 64×1 topic
  36. Hepatocellular Carcinoma2▲ 7.4×2 topics
  37. Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy2▲ 64×1 topic
  38. Tumor Markers2▲ 20×2 topics
  39. Gastric Cancer2▲ 13×2 topics
  40. Preoperative Chemoradiotherapy2▲ 19×2 topics

Which research topics does Taoka Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Pancreatitis Pathology and Treatment, Parathyroid Disorders and Treatments, Colorectal and Anal Carcinomas and Colorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments.

Pancreatitis Pathology a…6Pancreatitis Pathology and Treatment: 6 fractional worksParathyroid Disorders and Treatments: 2 fractional worksColorectal and Anal Carcinomas: 2 fractional worksColorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments: 2 fractional worksDiagnosis and Treatment of Venous Diseases: 1 fractional worksGastric Cancer Management and Outcomes: 1 fractional worksHealthcare Quality and Satisfaction: 1 fractional worksLiver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment: 1 fractional worksGastrointestinal Tumor Research and Treatment: 1 fractional worksPelvic floor disorders treatments: 1 fractional works
SurgeryNephrologyOncologyPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine4 others

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

  1. 1 Pancreatitis Pathology and Treatment Surgery 6 works
  2. 2 Parathyroid Disorders and Treatments Nephrology 2 works
  3. 3 Colorectal and Anal Carcinomas Surgery 2 works
  4. 4 Colorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments Oncology 2 works
  5. 5 Diagnosis and Treatment of Venous Diseases Surgery 1 works
  6. 6 Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 1 works
  7. 7 Healthcare Quality and Satisfaction General Health Professions 1 works
  8. 8 Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment Epidemiology 1 works
  9. 9 Gastrointestinal Tumor Research and Treatment Gastroenterology 1 works
  10. 10 Pelvic floor disorders treatments Rheumatology 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 available59.2%not open40.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors9.5%domestic only90.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Taoka Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 27% 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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