Tokyo Medical University
In research, Tokyo Medical University stands highest in Medicine (#1,855 of 8,541 worldwide), Health Sciences (#2,195 of 9,902 worldwide) and Surgery (#826 of 1,532 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Otorhinolaryngology, Hematology and Ophthalmology (Otorhinolaryngology is 9.9× its share of world research).
- World rank, 2022-now
- #7,557 of 22,385 · #5,703 all time
- Rank in Japan
- #178 of 924
- Research works
- 12k ◆ 2% vs 2018-21
- Citations
- 187k 16.1 per fractional work
- Top-10% rate
- 6.8% all institutions 10.0%
- vs its own fields
- 0.71× 1.00× is exactly expected
- Open access
- 48% world 40%
- International
- 9% world 18%
What is Tokyo Medical University known for in research?
The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.
| Field | World rank | Where that sits | Top-10% rate | Works | All time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MedicineField | #1,855 of 8,541 | 6.8% | 1,340 | #1816 | |
| Health SciencesDomain | #2,195 of 9,902 | 6.9% | 1,402 | #2087 | |
| SurgerySubfield | #826 of 1,532 | 6.4% | 232 | #1197 | |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField | #1,858 of 2,964 | 6.3% | 196 | #2313 | |
| Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield | #716 of 1,037 | 6.5% | 186 | #960 | |
| EpidemiologySubfield | #641 of 927 | 6.9% | 74 | #1188 | |
| Life SciencesDomain | #4,547 of 6,403 | 5.5% | 325 | #3289 | |
| Molecular BiologySubfield | #1,396 of 1,880 | 5.9% | 107 | #2004 | |
| OncologySubfield | #608 of 755 | 4.9% | 123 | #867 | |
| Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield | #596 of 736 | 9.9% | 70 | #1002 |
Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Tokyo Medical 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).
Which of those standings moved
The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022-now. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.
- Medicine#1,816 #1,855
- Health Sciences#2,087 #2,195
- Surgery#1,197 #826
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#2,313 #1,858
- Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine#960 #716
- Epidemiology#1,188 #641
- Life Sciences#3,289 #4,547
- Molecular Biology#2,004 #1,396
- Oncology#867 #608
- Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine#1,002 #596
A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.
Which fields of science does Tokyo Medical University work in?
In 2022-now, 73% of research at Tokyo Medical University is in Health Sciences, 17% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (70%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (10%), Neuroscience (3%). It does 3.2× the world's share of Health Sciences.
Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.
Its 4 domains and 26 fields, with their numbers
- Health Sciences1,59173.5%
- Medicine1,51970.1%
- Health Professions442.0%
- Dentistry150.7%
- Nursing100.5%
- Veterinary30.1%
- Life Sciences36216.7%
- Physical Sciences1155.3%
- Engineering462.1%
- Computer Science180.8%
- Physics and Astronomy150.7%
- Mathematics100.4%
- Environmental Science80.4%
- Materials Science80.4%
- Chemistry60.3%
- Earth and Planetary Sciences30.1%
- Energy10.0%
- Chemical Engineering00.0%
- Social Sciences984.5%
What does Tokyo Medical University specialise in?
Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Otorhinolaryngology takes 9.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.
- OtorhinolaryngologySubfield · 21.4 works9.9×
- HematologySubfield · 46.5 works7.1×
- OphthalmologySubfield · 36.7 works6.3×
- Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield · 211.1 works6.3×
- OncologySubfield · 138.8 works5.7×
- HepatologySubfield · 23.1 works5.5×
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.
Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.6×. Every wedge is a field page.
All 26 fields, with their numbers
- Medicine3.65×1,519 works
- Immunology and Microbiology2.55×56 works
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.90×219 works
- Neuroscience1.88×66 works
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.61×12 works
- Dentistry1.42×15 works
- Veterinary1.04×3 works
- Nursing0.96×10 works
- Psychology0.79×52 works
- Health Professions0.77×44 works
- Mathematics0.38×10 works
- Physics and Astronomy0.31×15 works
- Decision Sciences0.19×4 works
- Chemistry0.18×6 works
- Engineering0.14×46 works
- Arts and Humanities0.12×7 works
- Computer Science0.11×18 works
- Social Sciences0.11×29 works
- Materials Science0.10×8 works
- Earth and Planetary Sciences0.09×3 works
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.08×8 works
- Environmental Science0.08×8 works
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.08×4 works
- Chemical Engineering0.04×0 works
- Energy0.03×1 works
- Business, Management and Accounting0.02×2 works
- Medicine 3.6×
- Immunology and Microbiology 2.5×
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 1.9×
- Neuroscience 1.9×
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics 1.6×
- Dentistry 1.4×
- Veterinary 1.0×
- Nursing 1.0×
- Psychology 0.8×
- Health Professions 0.8×
- Mathematics 0.4×
- Physics and Astronomy 0.3×
- Decision Sciences 0.2×
- Chemistry 0.2×
- Engineering 0.1×
- Arts and Humanities 0.1×
- Computer Science 0.1×
- Social Sciences 0.1×
- Materials Science 0.1×
- Earth and Planetary Sciences 0.1×
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences 0.1×
- Environmental Science 0.1×
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance 0.1×
- Chemical Engineering 0.0×
- Energy 0.0×
- Business, Management and Accounting 0.0×
Who are the top researchers at Tokyo Medical University?
Ranked on the quality score, Takahiro Ochiya, Yusuke Yoshioka and Namiko Abe lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Tokyo Medical University.
- 1
Takahiro Ochiya
Japan · #48,119 worldwide 59k citations · 689 works
- 2
Yusuke Yoshioka
Japan · #104,245 worldwide 12k citations · 156 works
- 3
Namiko Abe
Japan · #165,841 worldwide 8.2k citations · 86 works
- 4
Yusuke Yamamoto
Japan · #204,455 worldwide 11k citations · 363 works
- 5
Takao Itoi
Japan · #306,444 worldwide 38k citations · 1,084 works
- 6
Nobuhiro Tanaka
Japan · #355,564 worldwide 5.7k citations · 201 works
- 7
Katsuko Sudo
Japan · #395,874 worldwide 17k citations · 189 works
- 8
Marta Prieto‐Vila
Japan · #438,743 worldwide 1.7k citations · 45 works
- 9
Mingli Xu
Japan · #902,465 worldwide 3.5k citations · 45 works
- 10
Reisuke H. Takahashi
Japan · #994,562 worldwide 4.5k citations · 59 works
Which keywords describe research at Tokyo Medical University?
By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Chemotherapy, Inflammation, Radiotherapy, Immunotherapy, Clinical Practice Guidelines, Prognostic Factors and Tumor Microenvironment.
- Survival
- Gastric Cancer
- Genomic Analyses
- Surgical Complications
- Cholecystitis
- Pancreatic Cancer
- Adjuvant Therapy
- Pathogenesis
- Prognosis
- Complications
- Neurological Disorders
- Management
- Surgical Management
- Biomarkers
- Prognostic Factors
- Oxidative Stress
- Clinical Practice Guidelines
- Diagnosis
- Immunotherapy
- Inflammation
- Epidemiology
- Chemotherapy
- Treatment
- Cancer
- Radiotherapy
- Tumor Microenvironment
- Quality of Life
- Neoadjuvant Therapy
- Cardiovascular Disease
- Risk Factors
- Genetic Mutations
- Guidelines
- Survival Analysis
- Cholangiocarcinoma
- Metastasis
- Targeted Therapy
- ERCP
- Gemcitabine
- Molecular Characterization
- Endoscopic Resection
Size is fractional works in 2022-now 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
- Epidemiology234▲ 2.7×121 topics
- Inflammation149▲ 3.2×77 topics
- Chemotherapy126▲ 8.2×24 topics
- Immunotherapy85▲ 5.5×19 topics
- Treatment84▲ 3.2×47 topics
- Diagnosis83▲ 4.1×40 topics
- Cancer78▲ 2.7×46 topics
- Clinical Practice Guidelines74▲ 6.2×14 topics
- Radiotherapy73▲ 8.5×13 topics
- Oxidative Stress68▲ 1.92×50 topics
- Tumor Microenvironment68▲ 6.9×8 topics
- Prognostic Factors68▲ 7.2×14 topics
- Quality of Life66▲ 2.1×47 topics
- Biomarkers59▲ 3.9×17 topics
- Neoadjuvant Therapy59▲ 11×5 topics
- Surgical Management59▲ 6.6×20 topics
- Cardiovascular Disease54▲ 2.2×36 topics
- Management52▲ 3.0×27 topics
- Risk Factors52▲ 2.2×34 topics
- Neurological Disorders52▲ 4.2×19 topics
- Genetic Mutations47▲ 4.9×22 topics
- Complications46▲ 4.3×16 topics
- Guidelines44▲ 4.3×13 topics
- Prognosis41▲ 5.7×9 topics
- Survival Analysis40▲ 6.7×7 topics
- Pathogenesis39▲ 3.6×24 topics
- Cholangiocarcinoma37▲ 21×2 topics
- Adjuvant Therapy37▲ 14×2 topics
- Metastasis36▲ 4.9×12 topics
- Pancreatic Cancer29▲ 13×3 topics
- Targeted Therapy29▲ 6.1×5 topics
- Cholecystitis29▲ 31×1 topic
- ERCP29▲ 31×1 topic
- Surgical Complications28▲ 16×2 topics
- Gemcitabine28▲ 18×1 topic
- Genomic Analyses28▲ 18×1 topic
- Molecular Characterization27▲ 7.1×6 topics
- Gastric Cancer27▲ 11×3 topics
- Endoscopic Resection27▲ 12×2 topics
- Survival25▲ 8.3×4 topics
Which research topics does Tokyo Medical University publish most on?
By volume in 2022-now: Gallbladder and Bile Duct Disorders, Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research, Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers and Esophageal and GI Pathology.
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Gallbladder and Bile Duct Disorders Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 29 works
- 2 Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research Oncology 28 works
- 3 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 21 works
- 4 Esophageal and GI Pathology Surgery 20 works
- 5 Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 19 works
- 6 Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 18 works
- 7 Head and Neck Cancer Studies Otorhinolaryngology 15 works
- 8 Pancreatitis Pathology and Treatment Surgery 14 works
- 9 Pediatric Hepatobiliary Diseases and Treatments Surgery 14 works
- 10 Colorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments Oncology 12 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.
World: 40% of research is openly available.
World: 18% is written across borders.
How has Tokyo Medical University's research output changed?
Output in 2022-2025 was 2% higher than in 2018-2021.
The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.
Its share of all research
Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Tokyo Medical University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0081% in 2024.
Fractional works of Tokyo Medical University over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.
How much of it reaches the world top 10%
Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.
Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 8.3% in 2013.
Other research institutions in Tokyo
- The University of Tokyo
- Tokyo Institute of Technology
- Keio University
- Waseda University
- Tokyo University of Science
- Nihon University
- Hitachi (Japan)
- NTT (Japan)
Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners have tabs of their own, above.
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