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Tokyo Medical and Dental University

In research, Tokyo Medical and Dental University stands highest in Health Sciences (#568 of 11,982 worldwide), Medicine (#740 of 10,443 worldwide) and Surgery (#247 of 1,816 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Orthodontics, Complementary and Manual Therapy and Dentistry — Orthodontics is 24.4× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#2,148
of 28,054 · #1,179 all time
Rank in Japan
#28
of 1,070
Research works
28k
▲ 13% vs 2013–17
Citations
680k
24.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
14.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
45%
world 28%

What is Tokyo Medical and Dental University 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
Health SciencesDomain #568 of 11,982 14.4%1,722 #347
MedicineField #740 of 10,443 14.6%1,376 #460
SurgerySubfield #247 of 1,816 16.1%249 #408
Life SciencesDomain #1,145 of 7,800 15.0%503 #513
Health ProfessionsField #397 of 1,928 15.5%113 #243
DentistryField #98 of 367 12.9%216 #22
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #1,430 of 3,579 14.9%315 #593
Molecular BiologySubfield #1,046 of 2,175 14.1%190 #552
Oral SurgerySubfield #40 of 79 12.2%80 #33
Social SciencesDomain #5,527 of 10,521 20.0%124 #5925

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Tokyo Medical and Dental University 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).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Health Sciences#347 #568
  2. Medicine#460 #740
  3. Surgery#408 #247
  4. Life Sciences#513 #1,145
  5. Health Professions#243 #397
  6. Dentistry#22 #98
  7. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#593 #1,430
  8. Molecular Biology#552 #1,046
  9. Oral Surgery#33 #40
  10. Social Sciences#5,925 #5,527
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

What does Tokyo Medical and Dental University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Orthodontics takes 24.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. OrthodonticsSubfield · 71.0 works24×
  2. Complementary and Manual TherapySubfield · 21.5 works20×
  3. DentistryField · 216.4 works17×
  4. Oral SurgerySubfield · 80.2 works16×
  5. PeriodonticsSubfield · 53.1 works15×
← 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, 15 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.29× its world share, 315 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.86× its world share, 74 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.09× its world share, 88 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.11× its world share, 10 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.73× its world share, 7 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.64× its world share, 26 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.14× its world share, 28 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.04× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.08× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.28× its world share, 107 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.11× its world share, 15 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.39× its world share, 35 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.26× its world share, 8 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.19× its world share, 11 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 17.24× its world share, 216 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.66× its world share, 113 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.77× its world share, 1,376 worksMedicineNursing: 1.20× its world share, 15 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.38× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.11× its world share, 8 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.03× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.11× its world share, 3 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.14× its world share, 8 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.77× its world share, 61 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.13× its world share, 41 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Dentistry, 17.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Tokyo Medical and Dental University?

Ranked on the composite score, Noboru Mizushima, Kyoko Ohno‐Matsui and Yusuke Kinugasa lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Tokyo Medical and Dental University.

  1. 1 Noboru Mizushima Japan · #6,276 worldwide 2.1k citations · 57 works
  2. 2 Kyoko Ohno‐Matsui Japan · #27,684 worldwide 483 citations · 45 works
  3. 3 Yusuke Kinugasa Japan · #36,927 worldwide 332 citations · 57 works
  4. 4 Kenichi Sugihara Japan · #39,719 worldwide 616 citations · 112 works
  5. 5 Yoshinobu Eishi Japan · #42,400 worldwide 340 citations · 51 works
  6. 6 Yukio Hirata Japan · #52,255 worldwide 304 citations · 74 works
  7. 7 Yutaka Nagai Japan · #65,346 worldwide 278 citations · 63 works
  8. 8 Megumi Ishiguro Japan · #66,272 worldwide 289 citations · 36 works
  9. 9 Fumiaki Marumo Japan · #66,389 worldwide 590 citations · 151 works
  10. 10 Takehiko Sasazuki Japan · #69,824 worldwide 331 citations · 64 works
All ranked researchers at Tokyo Medical and Dental University

Which keywords describe research at Tokyo Medical and Dental University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Quality of Life, Inflammation, Treatment, Chemotherapy, Risk Factors, Dental Caries and Cancer.

▲ 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. Epidemiology282▲ 2.8×122 topics
  2. Inflammation165▲ 3.1×79 topics
  3. Quality of Life148▲ 4.0×47 topics
  4. Treatment91▲ 2.9×49 topics
  5. Cancer84▲ 2.4×48 topics
  6. Risk Factors83▲ 2.9×37 topics
  7. Chemotherapy72▲ 4.0×24 topics
  8. Oxidative Stress71▲ 1.68×56 topics
  9. Clinical Trials64▲ 3.7×18 topics
  10. Clinical Practice Guidelines61▲ 4.3×14 topics
  11. Diagnosis61▲ 2.5×38 topics
  12. Neurological Disorders59▲ 4.0×18 topics
  13. Immunotherapy59▲ 3.2×19 topics
  14. Genetic Mutations57▲ 5.1×23 topics
  15. Prevention55▲ 5.1×16 topics
  16. Management54▲ 2.7×29 topics
  17. Dental Caries48▲ 19×2 topics
  18. Global Burden47▲ 3.4×12 topics
  19. Complications46▲ 3.6×17 topics
  20. Diagnostic Criteria46▲ 8.0×10 topics
  21. Rehabilitation45▲ 4.4×12 topics
  22. Bone Regeneration45▲ 15×2 topics
  23. Surgical Management44▲ 4.1×20 topics
  24. Prognostic Factors41▲ 3.7×14 topics
  25. Radiotherapy41▲ 4.1×13 topics
  26. Guidelines40▲ 3.4×12 topics
  27. Neoadjuvant Therapy40▲ 6.7×5 topics
  28. Dental Materials40▲ 28×1 topic
  29. Restorative Dentistry40▲ 28×1 topic
  30. Angiogenesis39▲ 4.6×16 topics
  31. Psychological Factors33▲ 6.1×6 topics
  32. Biomaterials32▲ 5.3×6 topics
  33. Catheter Ablation31▲ 9.8×2 topics
  34. Revascularization30▲ 7.6×4 topics
  35. Stroke29▲ 6.3×7 topics
  36. Fluoride29▲ 21×2 topics
  37. Oral Health29▲ 20×2 topics
  38. Remineralization28▲ 26×1 topic
  39. Dental Implants26▲ 20×1 topic
  40. Peri-implant Diseases26▲ 20×1 topic

Which research topics does Tokyo Medical and Dental University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Dental materials and restorations, Dental Health and Care Utilization, Dental Implant Techniques and Outcomes and Endodontics and Root Canal Treatments.

Dental materials and res…40Dental materials and restorations: 40 fractional worksDental Health and Care U…28Dental Health and Care Utilization: 28 fractional worksDental Implant Technique…26Dental Implant Techniques and Outcomes: 26 fractional worksEndodontics and Root Can…25Endodontics and Root Canal Treatments: 25 fractional worksTemporomandibular Joint Disorders: 21 fractional worksOrthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics: 21 fractional worksOral microbiology and pe…20Oral microbiology and periodontitis research: 20 fractional worksBone Tissue Engineering Materials: 19 fractional worksDysphagia Assessment and Management: 18 fractional worksCardiac Arrhythmias and …16Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments: 16 fractional works
OrthodonticsPeriodonticsOral SurgeryComplementary and Manual Therapy3 others

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

  1. 1 Dental materials and restorations Orthodontics 40 works
  2. 2 Dental Health and Care Utilization Periodontics 28 works
  3. 3 Dental Implant Techniques and Outcomes Oral Surgery 26 works
  4. 4 Endodontics and Root Canal Treatments Oral Surgery 25 works
  5. 5 Temporomandibular Joint Disorders Complementary and Manual Therapy 21 works
  6. 6 Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics Orthodontics 21 works
  7. 7 Oral microbiology and periodontitis research Periodontics 20 works
  8. 8 Bone Tissue Engineering Materials Biomedical Engineering 19 works
  9. 9 Dysphagia Assessment and Management Speech and Hearing 18 works
  10. 10 Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 16 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 available45.2%not open54.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors10.1%domestic only89.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Tokyo Medical and Dental University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 13% 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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