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Tokyo Medical Center

In research, Tokyo Medical Center stands highest in Medicine (#6,639 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#8,369 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#18,528
of 28,054 · #15,599 all time
Rank in Japan
#514
of 1,070
Research works
1.3k
▼ 9% vs 2013–17
Citations
17k
13.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
43%
world 28%

What is Tokyo 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 #6,639 of 10,443 10.9%116 #6907
Health SciencesDomain #8,369 of 11,982 10.8%122 #8368

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Tokyo 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: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.95× its world share, 17 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.86× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 5.28× its world share, 14 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.47× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.08× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.27× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.58× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.14× its world share, 5 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.58× its world share, 116 worksMedicineNursing: 0.94× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.37× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.53× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Neuroscience, 5.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Tokyo Medical Center?

Ranked on the composite score, Takeshi Iwata, Takahiro Yano and Yukihiko Momiyama lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Tokyo Medical Center.

  1. 1 Takeshi Iwata Japan · #207,955 worldwide 217 citations · 58 works
  2. 2 Takahiro Yano Japan · #285,654 worldwide 100 citations · 33 works
  3. 3 Yukihiko Momiyama Japan · #395,712 worldwide 56 citations · 30 works
  4. 4 Takuro Hayashi Japan · #432,795 worldwide 32 citations · 26 works
  5. 5 Koichi Tsunoda Japan · #585,514 worldwide 28 citations · 25 works
  6. 6 S Aotsuka Japan · #589,771 worldwide 43 citations · 15 works
  7. 7 Fumiyuki Goto Japan · #724,580 worldwide 76 citations · 44 works
  8. 8 Tatsuo Matsunaga Japan · #781,302 worldwide 37 citations · 22 works
  9. 9 Yoshiaki Takada Japan · #870,532 worldwide 22 citations · 22 works
  10. 10 Kotaro Miura Japan · #885,644 worldwide 13 citations · 23 works
All ranked researchers at Tokyo Medical Center

Which keywords describe research at Tokyo Medical Center?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Hearing Loss, Macular Degeneration, Inflammation, Treatment, Clinical Practice Guidelines, Chemotherapy and Quality of Life.

▲ 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. Epidemiology18▲ 2.8×74 topics
  2. Inflammation11▲ 3.1×49 topics
  3. Hearing Loss10▲ 50×4 topics
  4. Treatment9▲ 4.3×32 topics
  5. Quality of Life8▲ 3.5×28 topics
  6. Macular Degeneration8▲ 40×3 topics
  7. Chemotherapy7▲ 6.2×22 topics
  8. Clinical Practice Guidelines7▲ 7.4×14 topics
  9. Diagnosis7▲ 4.2×27 topics
  10. Risk Factors6▲ 3.1×20 topics
  11. Genetic Mutations6▲ 7.5×21 topics
  12. Neurological Disorders5▲ 5.6×9 topics
  13. Surgical Management5▲ 7.6×17 topics
  14. Complications5▲ 6.1×14 topics
  15. Neural Plasticity5▲ 17×3 topics
  16. Neuroimaging5▲ 11×10 topics
  17. Prognostic Factors5▲ 6.9×14 topics
  18. Management5▲ 3.6×22 topics
  19. Cochlear Neuropathy4▲ 93×1 topic
  20. Tinnitus4▲ 93×1 topic
  21. Gene Therapy4▲ 14×2 topics
  22. Immunotherapy4▲ 3.7×16 topics
  23. Retinal Stem Cells4▲ 117×1 topic
  24. Retinitis Pigmentosa4▲ 117×1 topic
  25. Health-related Quality of Life4▲ 11×5 topics
  26. Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor4▲ 29×3 topics
  27. Diabetic Retinopathy4▲ 22×2 topics
  28. Glaucoma4▲ 14×4 topics
  29. Language Development4▲ 17×3 topics
  30. Cognition3▲ 15×3 topics
  31. Cognitive Decline3▲ 17×2 topics
  32. Speech Perception3▲ 25×2 topics
  33. Cerebellum3▲ 40×1 topic
  34. Vestibular3▲ 62×1 topic
  35. Age-related Hearing Loss3▲ 53×1 topic
  36. Autoantibodies3▲ 8.2×8 topics
  37. Cochlear Implants3▲ 53×1 topic
  38. Intraocular Pressure3▲ 22×2 topics
  39. Choroidal Thickness3▲ 34×1 topic
  40. Retinal Pigment Epithelium3▲ 34×1 topic

Which research topics does Tokyo Medical Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Hearing, Cochlea, Tinnitus, Genetics, Retinal Development and Disorders, Vestibular and auditory disorders and Hearing Loss and Rehabilitation.

Hearing, Cochlea, Tinnitus, Genetics: 4 fractional worksRetinal Development and Disorders: 4 fractional worksVestibular and auditory …3Vestibular and auditory disorders: 3 fractional worksHearing Loss and Rehabil…3Hearing Loss and Rehabilitation: 3 fractional worksRetinal Diseases and Treatments: 3 fractional worksGlaucoma and retinal disorders: 2 fractional worksGastric Cancer Managemen…2Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes: 2 fractional worksEar Surgery and Otitis Media: 1 fractional worksPancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research: 1 fractional worksTracheal and airway disorders: 1 fractional works
Sensory SystemsMolecular BiologyNeurologyCognitive Neuroscience4 others

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

  1. 1 Hearing, Cochlea, Tinnitus, Genetics Sensory Systems 4 works
  2. 2 Retinal Development and Disorders Molecular Biology 4 works
  3. 3 Vestibular and auditory disorders Neurology 3 works
  4. 4 Hearing Loss and Rehabilitation Cognitive Neuroscience 3 works
  5. 5 Retinal Diseases and Treatments Ophthalmology 3 works
  6. 6 Glaucoma and retinal disorders Ophthalmology 2 works
  7. 7 Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  8. 8 Ear Surgery and Otitis Media Otorhinolaryngology 1 works
  9. 9 Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research Oncology 1 works
  10. 10 Tracheal and airway disorders 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 available43.2%not open56.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors10.3%domestic only89.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Tokyo Medical Center's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 9% lower 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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