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Tokyo-Kita Medical Center

In research, Tokyo-Kita Medical Center stands highest in Medicine (#5,522 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#7,056 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#21,128
of 28,054 · #30,893 all time
Rank in Japan
#626
of 1,070
Research works
378
▲ 93% vs 2013–17
Citations
2.7k
7.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
4.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
54%
world 28%

What is Tokyo-Kita Medical Center 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 #5,522 of 10,443 4.9%101 #8941
Health SciencesDomain #7,056 of 11,982 5.0%105 #11723

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Tokyo-Kita Medical 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: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.19× its world share, 8 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.08× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.07× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.13× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.53× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.80× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.30× its world share, 101 worksMedicineNursing: 0.51× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 3.01× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 4.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Tokyo-Kita Medical Center?

Ranked on the composite score, Hirotoshi Hamaguchi, Akihiro Yoshida and Kaoru Takami lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Tokyo-Kita Medical Center.

  1. 1 Hirotoshi Hamaguchi Japan · #490,228 worldwide 54 citations · 15 works
  2. 2 Akihiro Yoshida Japan · #1,051,915 worldwide 0 citations · 19 works
  3. 3 Kaoru Takami Japan · #1,444,595 worldwide 2 citations · 26 works
  4. 4 Shigeyasu Tsuda Japan · #1,471,583 worldwide 6 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Tokyo-Kita Medical Center

Which keywords describe research at Tokyo-Kita Medical Center?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Clinical Practice Guidelines, Chemotherapy, Diagnosis, Guidelines, Catheter Ablation, Echocardiography and Treatment.

▲ 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. Epidemiology13▲ 2.7×52 topics
  2. Diagnosis7▲ 5.8×16 topics
  3. Chemotherapy6▲ 7.1×17 topics
  4. Clinical Practice Guidelines6▲ 9.2×13 topics
  5. Treatment6▲ 4.1×17 topics
  6. Guidelines6▲ 9.9×7 topics
  7. Catheter Ablation5▲ 35×2 topics
  8. Echocardiography5▲ 14×6 topics
  9. Inflammation5▲ 1.81×28 topics
  10. Prognostic Factors4▲ 8.2×11 topics
  11. Risk Factors4▲ 3.3×13 topics
  12. Stroke Prevention4▲ 30×2 topics
  13. Quality of Life4▲ 2.3×19 topics
  14. Anticoagulant Therapy4▲ 26×4 topics
  15. Clinical Trials4▲ 4.3×8 topics
  16. Complications4▲ 5.7×9 topics
  17. Genetic Susceptibility3▲ 30×5 topics
  18. Surgical Management3▲ 6.6×13 topics
  19. Hearing Loss3▲ 23×3 topics
  20. Atrial Fibrillation3▲ 25×1 topic
  21. Risk Stratification3▲ 35×1 topic
  22. Rituximab3▲ 17×4 topics
  23. Survival Analysis3▲ 9.3×6 topics
  24. Heart Failure3▲ 5.7×6 topics
  25. Neoadjuvant Therapy3▲ 11×5 topics
  26. Acute Otitis Media3▲ 121×1 topic
  27. Otitis Media3▲ 121×1 topic
  28. Surgical Aortic-Valve Replacement3▲ 31×1 topic
  29. Transcatheter Aortic-Valve Replacement3▲ 31×1 topic
  30. Surgery3▲ 6.4×6 topics
  31. Arrhythmias3▲ 23×2 topics
  32. Genetic Mutations3▲ 4.9×11 topics
  33. Endovascular Repair2▲ 23×2 topics
  34. Cardiac Imaging2▲ 16×3 topics
  35. Preoperative Chemoradiotherapy2▲ 24×2 topics
  36. Radiofrequency Ablation2▲ 18×2 topics
  37. Laparoscopic Surgery2▲ 16×4 topics
  38. Molecular Profiling2▲ 18×3 topics
  39. Myocardial Infarction2▲ 7.6×3 topics
  40. Prophylaxis2▲ 14×3 topics

Which research topics does Tokyo-Kita Medical Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes, Ear Surgery and Otitis Media, Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments and Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments.

Atrial Fibrillation Mana…3Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes: 3 fractional worksEar Surgery and Otitis M…3Ear Surgery and Otitis Media: 3 fractional worksCardiac Valve Diseases a…3Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments: 3 fractional worksCardiac Arrhythmias and …2Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments: 2 fractional worksCardiac tumors and thrombi: 2 fractional worksCardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair: 2 fractional worksColorectal Cancer Surgic…2Colorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments: 2 fractional worksAortic Disease and Treat…2Aortic Disease and Treatment Approaches: 2 fractional worksCardiac, Anesthesia and …1Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes: 1 fractional worksCerebrovascular and Caro…1Cerebrovascular and Carotid Artery Diseases: 1 fractional works
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineOtorhinolaryngologySurgeryOncology1 others

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

  1. 1 Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 3 works
  2. 2 Ear Surgery and Otitis Media Otorhinolaryngology 3 works
  3. 3 Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 3 works
  4. 4 Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 2 works
  5. 5 Cardiac tumors and thrombi Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 2 works
  6. 6 Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair Surgery 2 works
  7. 7 Colorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments Oncology 2 works
  8. 8 Aortic Disease and Treatment Approaches Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  9. 9 Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 1 works
  10. 10 Cerebrovascular and Carotid Artery Diseases 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 available53.7%not open46.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors8.7%domestic only91.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Tokyo-Kita Medical Center's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 93% 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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