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Tokushima University Hospital

In research, Tokushima University Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#5,967 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#7,544 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine — Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine is 9.4× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#19,484
of 28,054 · #20,323 all time
Rank in Japan
#554
of 1,070
Research works
1k
▲ 19% vs 2013–17
Citations
12k
12.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
63%
world 28%

What is Tokushima University 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 #5,967 of 10,443 8.3%157 #8029
Health SciencesDomain #7,544 of 11,982 8.4%168 #8125

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

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

  1. Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield · 21.2 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: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.45× its world share, 16 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.72× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.17× its world share, 4 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.12× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.14× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.17× its world share, 6 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.32× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 3.61× its world share, 4 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.14× its world share, 6 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.82× its world share, 157 worksMedicineNursing: 0.82× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.57× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesDecision Sciences: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.24× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.30× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.10× its world share, 3 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Tokushima University Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, Masaji Nishimura, Y Torii and Kenya Kusunose lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Tokushima University Hospital.

  1. 1 Masaji Nishimura Japan · #326,122 worldwide 65 citations · 33 works
  2. 2 Y Torii Japan · #448,194 worldwide 55 citations · 25 works
  3. 3 Kenya Kusunose Japan · #499,824 worldwide 226 citations · 96 works
  4. 4 Susumu Nishio Japan · #646,960 worldwide 46 citations · 28 works
  5. 5 Taiga Itagaki Japan · #655,266 worldwide 49 citations · 20 works
  6. 6 Jun Oto Japan · #870,211 worldwide 24 citations · 21 works
  7. 7 Yukina Hirata Japan · #928,352 worldwide 32 citations · 20 works
  8. 8 Kenshi Takechi Japan · #1,033,623 worldwide 14 citations · 17 works
  9. 9 Yoshihito Saijo Japan · #1,160,683 worldwide 21 citations · 27 works
  10. 10 Emiko Nakataki Japan · #1,210,984 worldwide 18 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at Tokushima University Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Tokushima University Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Heart Failure, Epidemiology, Echocardiography, Inflammation, Diagnosis, Treatment, Guidelines and Cardiovascular Disease.

▲ 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. Epidemiology19▲ 2.3×64 topics
  2. Inflammation14▲ 3.1×47 topics
  3. Treatment11▲ 4.3×27 topics
  4. Heart Failure11▲ 12×11 topics
  5. Diagnosis10▲ 5.2×23 topics
  6. Cardiovascular Disease9▲ 3.8×21 topics
  7. Echocardiography9▲ 16×7 topics
  8. Quality of Life8▲ 2.6×21 topics
  9. Obesity8▲ 4.6×12 topics
  10. Guidelines7▲ 7.3×9 topics
  11. Chemotherapy7▲ 4.8×18 topics
  12. Clinical Practice Guidelines7▲ 5.9×12 topics
  13. Genetic Mutations7▲ 7.2×14 topics
  14. Management6▲ 3.8×18 topics
  15. Oxidative Stress6▲ 1.84×22 topics
  16. Prognosis6▲ 8.7×8 topics
  17. Neurological Disorders6▲ 4.8×11 topics
  18. Metabolic Syndrome5▲ 3.0×14 topics
  19. Aging5▲ 4.3×6 topics
  20. Cardiovascular Risk5▲ 7.6×7 topics
  21. Chamber Quantification4▲ 27×1 topic
  22. Diastolic Function4▲ 27×1 topic
  23. Prognostic Factors4▲ 4.9×13 topics
  24. Chronic Kidney Disease4▲ 8.2×7 topics
  25. Surgical Management4▲ 4.7×16 topics
  26. Magnetic Resonance Imaging4▲ 7.0×6 topics
  27. Myocardial Infarction4▲ 7.4×6 topics
  28. Muscle Mass3▲ 14×2 topics
  29. Endothelial Dysfunction3▲ 6.6×7 topics
  30. Mechanical Ventilation3▲ 14×2 topics
  31. Minimal Residual Disease3▲ 22×2 topics
  32. Treatment Guidelines3▲ 7.2×6 topics
  33. Parkinson's Disease3▲ 6.2×6 topics
  34. Percutaneous Coronary Intervention3▲ 11×3 topics
  35. Proteasome Inhibitors3▲ 22×2 topics
  36. Diagnosis Criteria3▲ 42×1 topic
  37. International Myeloma Working Group3▲ 42×1 topic
  38. Cardiac Imaging3▲ 12×3 topics
  39. Stroke3▲ 7.9×6 topics
  40. Sedation3▲ 16×2 topics

Which research topics does Tokushima University Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors, Multiple Myeloma Research and Treatments, Nutrition and Health in Aging and Respiratory Support and Mechanisms.

Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors: 4 fractional worksMultiple Myeloma Research and Treatments: 3 fractional worksNutrition and Health in Aging: 2 fractional worksRespiratory Support and Mechanisms: 2 fractional worksCardiac Imaging and Diagnostics: 2 fractional worksCoronary Interventions and Diagnostics: 2 fractional worksCardiac, Anesthesia and …2Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes: 2 fractional worksHeart Failure Treatment and Management: 2 fractional worksPulmonary Hypertension Research and Treatments: 2 fractional worksAnesthesia and Sedative …2Anesthesia and Sedative Agents: 2 fractional works
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineHematologyPhysiologyPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine3 others

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

  1. 1 Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 4 works
  2. 2 Multiple Myeloma Research and Treatments Hematology 3 works
  3. 3 Nutrition and Health in Aging Physiology 2 works
  4. 4 Respiratory Support and Mechanisms Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  5. 5 Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 2 works
  6. 6 Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics Surgery 2 works
  7. 7 Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 2 works
  8. 8 Heart Failure Treatment and Management Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 2 works
  9. 9 Pulmonary Hypertension Research and Treatments Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  10. 10 Anesthesia and Sedative Agents Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine 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 available63.2%not open36.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors7.8%domestic only92.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Tokushima University Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 19% 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.

Other research institutions in Tokushima

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Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners are in the interactive view on the map.