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Tochigi Cancer Center

In research, Tochigi Cancer Center stands highest in Medicine (#10,694 of 17,978 worldwide), Health Sciences (#13,739 of 20,462 worldwide) and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine (#2,457 of 2,717 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#26,151
of 28,054 · #31,177 all time
Rank in Japan
#946
of 1,070
Research works
664
▲ 18% vs 2013–17
Citations
11k
16.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
39%
world 28%

What is Tochigi Cancer 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
MedicineField #10,694 of 17,978 6.6%536
Health SciencesDomain #13,739 of 20,462 6.6%543
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield #2,457 of 2,717 6.8%132

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Tochigi Cancer 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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

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: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.21× its world share, 8 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.54× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.87× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.29× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringMaterials Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.66× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.19× its world share, 58 worksMedicineNursing: 0.52× its world share, 0 worksNursingEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.38× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 4.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Tochigi Cancer Center?

Ranked on the composite score, Kenjiro Kotake, Kokichi Sugano and Yasuo Koyama lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Tochigi Cancer Center.

  1. 1 Kenjiro Kotake Japan · #53,842 worldwide 286 citations · 33 works
  2. 2 Kokichi Sugano Japan · #101,355 worldwide 171 citations · 39 works
  3. 3 Yasuo Koyama Japan · #291,601 worldwide 87 citations · 38 works
  4. 4 Keigo Tominaga Japan · #615,575 worldwide 15 citations · 19 works
  5. 5 Jiro Ando Japan · #617,646 worldwide 14 citations · 18 works
  6. 6 Shin Fujita Japan · #629,197 worldwide 53 citations · 19 works
  7. 7 Naoto Miyazawa Japan · #841,590 worldwide 8 citations · 16 works
  8. 8 Shoichi Hishinuma Japan · #940,831 worldwide 5 citations · 16 works
  9. 9 Rie Nakahara Japan · #983,805 worldwide 18 citations · 20 works
  10. 10 Seiji Igarashi Japan · #1,000,054 worldwide 22 citations · 30 works
All ranked researchers at Tochigi Cancer Center

Which keywords describe research at Tochigi Cancer Center?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Chemotherapy, Clinical Practice Guidelines, Prognostic Factors, Neoadjuvant Therapy, Tumor Microenvironment, Immunotherapy, Survival Analysis and Tumor Markers.

▲ 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. Chemotherapy14▲ 29×19 topics
  2. Clinical Practice Guidelines9▲ 24×9 topics
  3. Prognostic Factors8▲ 25×10 topics
  4. Neoadjuvant Therapy6▲ 39×5 topics
  5. Epidemiology6▲ 2.2×21 topics
  6. Tumor Microenvironment6▲ 18×8 topics
  7. Immunotherapy6▲ 11×15 topics
  8. Survival Analysis4▲ 23×6 topics
  9. Inflammation4▲ 2.6×18 topics
  10. Endoscopic Resection4▲ 54×2 topics
  11. Tumor Markers4▲ 67×2 topics
  12. Metastasis4▲ 16×10 topics
  13. Preoperative Chemoradiotherapy4▲ 67×2 topics
  14. Cancer4▲ 3.8×22 topics
  15. Gastric Cancer3▲ 39×3 topics
  16. Molecular Characterization3▲ 25×4 topics
  17. Surgical Management3▲ 11×8 topics
  18. Targeted Therapy3▲ 20×4 topics
  19. Adjuvant Therapy3▲ 33×2 topics
  20. Quality of Life3▲ 3.0×10 topics
  21. Clinical Trials3▲ 6.0×5 topics
  22. Osteosarcoma3▲ 86×1 topic
  23. Soft Tissue Sarcoma3▲ 75×1 topic
  24. Laparoscopic Surgery3▲ 34×4 topics
  25. Chemoradiation3▲ 56×2 topics
  26. Prevention3▲ 8.7×6 topics
  27. Adjuvant Chemotherapy2▲ 50×2 topics
  28. Biomarkers2▲ 4.9×6 topics
  29. Immune Checkpoint Blockade2▲ 31×1 topic
  30. PD-1 and PD-L12▲ 31×1 topic
  31. Prognostic Markers2▲ 31×3 topics
  32. Lymph Node Dissection2▲ 54×1 topic
  33. Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy2▲ 38×1 topic
  34. Radiotherapy2▲ 8.4×11 topics
  35. Breast Cancer2▲ 13×7 topics
  36. Rectal Cancer2▲ 81×1 topic
  37. Surgery2▲ 8.6×4 topics
  38. Total Mesorectal Excision2▲ 81×1 topic
  39. Guidelines2▲ 6.2×7 topics
  40. Molecular Profiling2▲ 29×3 topics

Which research topics does Tochigi Cancer Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Sarcoma Diagnosis and Treatment, Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers, Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes and Colorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments.

Sarcoma Diagnosis and Tr…3Sarcoma Diagnosis and Treatment: 3 fractional worksCancer Immunotherapy and…2Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers: 2 fractional worksGastric Cancer Managemen…2Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes: 2 fractional worksColorectal Cancer Surgic…2Colorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments: 2 fractional worksLung Cancer Research Studies: 2 fractional worksPancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research: 2 fractional worksEsophageal Cancer Resear…2Esophageal Cancer Research and Treatment: 2 fractional worksAI in cancer detection: 2 fractional worksCholangiocarcinoma and Gallbladder Cancer Studies: 1 fractional worksMetastasis and carcinoma…1Metastasis and carcinoma case studies: 1 fractional works
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineOncologySurgeryArtificial Intelligence

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

  1. 1 Sarcoma Diagnosis and Treatment Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 3 works
  2. 2 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 2 works
  3. 3 Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  4. 4 Colorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments Oncology 2 works
  5. 5 Lung Cancer Research Studies Oncology 2 works
  6. 6 Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research Oncology 2 works
  7. 7 Esophageal Cancer Research and Treatment Surgery 2 works
  8. 8 AI in cancer detection Artificial Intelligence 2 works
  9. 9 Cholangiocarcinoma and Gallbladder Cancer Studies Surgery 1 works
  10. 10 Metastasis and carcinoma case studies Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 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 available39.4%not open60.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Tochigi Cancer Center's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 18% higher 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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