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Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization

In research, Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization stands highest in Medicine (#7,168 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#8,424 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#12,510
of 28,054 · #15,588 all time
Rank in Japan
#322
of 1,070
Research works
597
▲ 21% vs 2013–17
Citations
18k
30.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
23.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
64%
world 28%

What is Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization 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 #7,168 of 10,443 22.3%85 #10428
Health SciencesDomain #8,424 of 11,982 22.7%93 #12533

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization 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: 0.20× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 4.53× its world share, 41 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.56× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.37× its world share, 6 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 3.99× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.66× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.06× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.36× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.32× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 2.17× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.73× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.61× its world share, 85 worksMedicineNursing: 3.24× its world share, 3 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.40× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.13× its world share, 6 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.17× its world share, 4 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, 4.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization?

Ranked on the composite score, Hideyasu Kiyomoto and Soichi Ogishima lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization.

  1. 1 Hideyasu Kiyomoto Japan · #390,982 worldwide 59 citations · 26 works
  2. 2 Soichi Ogishima Japan · #449,824 worldwide 113 citations · 32 works
All ranked researchers at Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization

Which keywords describe research at Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Inflammation, Oxidative Stress, Metabolic Syndrome, Cancer, Epidemiology, Cardiovascular Disease, Public Health and Precision Medicine.

▲ 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. Inflammation21▲ 6.0×56 topics
  2. Oxidative Stress17▲ 6.2×41 topics
  3. Epidemiology17▲ 2.5×63 topics
  4. Metabolic Syndrome15▲ 11×15 topics
  5. Cancer12▲ 5.3×37 topics
  6. Cardiovascular Disease11▲ 5.6×23 topics
  7. Public Health9▲ 3.6×14 topics
  8. Precision Medicine6▲ 7.7×8 topics
  9. Chemoprevention6▲ 49×2 topics
  10. Keap1-Nrf2-ARE Pathway6▲ 144×1 topic
  11. Nrf26▲ 144×1 topic
  12. Endothelial Dysfunction6▲ 14×6 topics
  13. Risk Factors6▲ 3.0×12 topics
  14. Hypertension5▲ 11×11 topics
  15. Gene Expression5▲ 5.1×14 topics
  16. Biomarkers5▲ 4.3×13 topics
  17. Genetic Variation5▲ 14×6 topics
  18. Obesity4▲ 3.4×15 topics
  19. Global Burden4▲ 4.7×8 topics
  20. Chronic Disease4▲ 14×3 topics
  21. Maternal Mortality4▲ 11×5 topics
  22. Early-Life Conditions4▲ 44×1 topic
  23. Fetal Development4▲ 24×2 topics
  24. Fetal Programming4▲ 44×1 topic
  25. Insulin Resistance4▲ 5.0×9 topics
  26. Type 2 Diabetes4▲ 10×5 topics
  27. Cardiovascular Health4▲ 12×4 topics
  28. Hyperglycemia4▲ 19×4 topics
  29. Gestational Diabetes Mellitus3▲ 54×1 topic
  30. Maternal Obesity3▲ 54×1 topic
  31. Diabetes Mellitus3▲ 9.6×5 topics
  32. Preeclampsia3▲ 26×2 topics
  33. Cancer Risk3▲ 8.4×6 topics
  34. Blood Pressure3▲ 30×2 topics
  35. Cardiovascular Events3▲ 15×3 topics
  36. Hypertensive Disorders3▲ 29×1 topic
  37. Placental Development3▲ 29×1 topic
  38. Breast Cancer3▲ 7.5×7 topics
  39. Genome-Wide Association3▲ 21×2 topics
  40. Population Genetics3▲ 12×3 topics

Which research topics does Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Genomics, phytochemicals, and oxidative stress, Birth, Development, and Health, Gestational Diabetes Research and Management and Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies.

Genomics, phytochemicals, and oxidative stress: 6 fractional worksBirth, Development, and Health: 4 fractional worksGestational Diabetes Res…3Gestational Diabetes Research and Management: 3 fractional worksPregnancy and preeclamps…3Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies: 3 fractional worksGenetic Associations and Epidemiology: 2 fractional worksMaternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum: 2 fractional worksBlood Pressure and Hyper…2Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies: 2 fractional worksEpigenetics and DNA Methylation: 2 fractional worksLiver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment: 2 fractional worksMetabolomics and Mass Spectrometry Studies: 2 fractional works
Molecular BiologyPediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthObstetrics and GynecologyGenetics3 others

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

  1. 1 Genomics, phytochemicals, and oxidative stress Molecular Biology 6 works
  2. 2 Birth, Development, and Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 4 works
  3. 3 Gestational Diabetes Research and Management Obstetrics and Gynecology 3 works
  4. 4 Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies Obstetrics and Gynecology 3 works
  5. 5 Genetic Associations and Epidemiology Genetics 2 works
  6. 6 Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 2 works
  7. 7 Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 2 works
  8. 8 Epigenetics and DNA Methylation Molecular Biology 2 works
  9. 9 Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment Epidemiology 2 works
  10. 10 Metabolomics and Mass Spectrometry Studies Molecular Biology 2 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 available64.3%not open35.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors15.8%domestic only84.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 21% 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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