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Tokyo Metropolitan Children's Medical Center

In research, Tokyo Metropolitan Children's Medical Center stands highest in Medicine (#6,964 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#8,388 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#19,001
of 28,054 · #17,536 all time
Rank in Japan
#528
of 1,070
Research works
1k
▲ 47% vs 2013–17
Citations
12k
12.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
4.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
38%
world 28%

What is Tokyo Metropolitan Children's 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 #6,964 of 10,443 4.5%171 #7252
Health SciencesDomain #8,388 of 11,982 4.7%182 #9411

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Tokyo Metropolitan Children's 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: 0.16× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.96× its world share, 23 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.58× its world share, 6 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.46× its world share, 5 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.63× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksChemistryEngineering: 0.05× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.61× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.07× its world share, 6 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.97× its world share, 171 worksMedicineNursing: 2.79× its world share, 3 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.55× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryDecision Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.25× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.06× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 4.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Tokyo Metropolitan Children's Medical Center?

Ranked on the composite score, Hiroyuki Satoh, Masaru Miura and Atsushi Makimoto lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Tokyo Metropolitan Children's Medical Center.

  1. 1 Hiroyuki Satoh Japan · #39,071 worldwide 352 citations · 52 works
  2. 2 Masaru Miura Japan · #334,717 worldwide 75 citations · 36 works
  3. 3 Atsushi Makimoto Japan · #710,419 worldwide 51 citations · 31 works
  4. 4 Yusuke Hagiwara Japan · #845,450 worldwide 22 citations · 19 works
  5. 5 Gen Nishimura Japan · #911,614 worldwide 96 citations · 100 works
  6. 6 K Miyai Japan · #1,056,494 worldwide 30 citations · 15 works
  7. 7 Sahoko Miyama Japan · #1,146,543 worldwide 15 citations · 16 works
  8. 8 Masataka Honda Japan · #1,192,383 worldwide 17 citations · 29 works
  9. 9 Hiroshi Hataya Japan · #1,209,991 worldwide 27 citations · 24 works
  10. 10 Riku Hamada Japan · #1,327,644 worldwide 21 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Tokyo Metropolitan Children's Medical Center

Which keywords describe research at Tokyo Metropolitan Children's Medical Center?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Diagnosis, Management, Surgical Management, Treatment, Children, Pathogenesis and Complications.

▲ 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. Epidemiology43▲ 4.8×73 topics
  2. Diagnosis13▲ 6.4×30 topics
  3. Management12▲ 6.8×19 topics
  4. Inflammation12▲ 2.5×31 topics
  5. Treatment10▲ 3.9×29 topics
  6. Surgical Management9▲ 9.5×14 topics
  7. Pathogenesis8▲ 6.8×14 topics
  8. Children7▲ 14×7 topics
  9. Complications7▲ 6.5×12 topics
  10. Quality of Life7▲ 2.0×17 topics
  11. Genetic Mutations6▲ 6.4×19 topics
  12. Neurodevelopmental Outcomes6▲ 15×5 topics
  13. Genetics6▲ 3.8×11 topics
  14. Prognostic Factors6▲ 6.0×12 topics
  15. Prenatal Diagnosis6▲ 17×6 topics
  16. Neurological Disorders5▲ 4.2×11 topics
  17. Chemotherapy5▲ 3.3×16 topics
  18. Treatment Guidelines5▲ 10×5 topics
  19. Clinical Practice Guidelines5▲ 4.0×8 topics
  20. Preterm Infants5▲ 17×4 topics
  21. SARS-CoV-24▲ 6.1×5 topics
  22. Congenital Heart Disease4▲ 23×3 topics
  23. Pathophysiology4▲ 6.3×9 topics
  24. Viral Infections4▲ 34×2 topics
  25. Clinical Management4▲ 11×7 topics
  26. Prevalence4▲ 4.3×6 topics
  27. Cardiac Surgery4▲ 24×1 topic
  28. Chronic Kidney Disease4▲ 7.2×7 topics
  29. Echocardiography4▲ 6.4×7 topics
  30. Fetal Surgery4▲ 32×3 topics
  31. Mechanical Ventilation4▲ 15×2 topics
  32. Pulmonary Valve Replacement4▲ 32×1 topic
  33. Vaccine Development4▲ 6.6×5 topics
  34. Antibiotic Prophylaxis4▲ 20×3 topics
  35. Genetic Variants4▲ 9.1×5 topics
  36. Pulmonary Hypertension4▲ 11×2 topics
  37. Hydrocephalus3▲ 34×2 topics
  38. Virulence Factors3▲ 10×6 topics
  39. Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation3▲ 18×2 topics
  40. Intravenous Immunoglobulin3▲ 20×3 topics

Which research topics does Tokyo Metropolitan Children's Medical Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Congenital Heart Disease Studies, Tracheal and airway disorders, Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Research and Respiratory viral infections research.

Congenital Heart Disease…4Congenital Heart Disease Studies: 4 fractional worksTracheal and airway diso…3Tracheal and airway disorders: 3 fractional worksFood Allergy and Anaphylaxis Research: 3 fractional worksRespiratory viral infections research: 3 fractional worksKawasaki Disease and Coronary Complications: 2 fractional worksCongenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Studies: 2 fractional worksNeonatal Respiratory Health Research: 2 fractional worksStreptococcal Infections…2Streptococcal Infections and Treatments: 2 fractional worksCerebrospinal fluid and hydrocephalus: 2 fractional worksSexual Differentiation and Disorders: 2 fractional works
EpidemiologyPulmonary and Respiratory MedicineImmunology and AllergySurgery3 others

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

  1. 1 Congenital Heart Disease Studies Epidemiology 4 works
  2. 2 Tracheal and airway disorders Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 3 works
  3. 3 Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Research Immunology and Allergy 3 works
  4. 4 Respiratory viral infections research Epidemiology 3 works
  5. 5 Kawasaki Disease and Coronary Complications Surgery 2 works
  6. 6 Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Studies Surgery 2 works
  7. 7 Neonatal Respiratory Health Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  8. 8 Streptococcal Infections and Treatments Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 2 works
  9. 9 Cerebrospinal fluid and hydrocephalus Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience 2 works
  10. 10 Sexual Differentiation and Disorders Molecular Biology 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 available38.5%not open61.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors11.3%domestic only88.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Tokyo Metropolitan Children's Medical Center's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 47% 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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