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Tokyo Women's Medical University

In research, Tokyo Women's Medical University stands highest in Medicine (#1,797 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#2,364 of 11,982 worldwide) and Surgery (#795 of 1,816 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Nephrology, Neurology and Genetics — Nephrology is 9.5× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#7,026
of 28,054 · #3,390 all time
Rank in Japan
#173
of 1,070
Research works
14k
▼ 6% vs 2013–17
Citations
266k
19.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
37%
world 28%

What is Tokyo Women's Medical 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
MedicineField #1,797 of 10,443 8.5%1,042 #796
Health SciencesDomain #2,364 of 11,982 8.5%1,080 #1032
SurgerySubfield #795 of 1,816 10.8%182 #441
Life SciencesDomain #4,046 of 7,800 7.8%186 #1974
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield #934 of 1,144 6.5%121 #621
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield #658 of 738 5.0%98 #727
Physical SciencesDomain #11,723 of 12,888 9.4%74 #6464
EpidemiologySubfield #888 of 976 7.6%60 #819
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #3,376 of 3,579 8.3%116 #2010
NeurologySubfield #318 of 336 5.3%67 #535

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Tokyo Women's 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 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. Medicine#796 #1,797
  2. Health Sciences#1,032 #2,364
  3. Surgery#441 #795
  4. Life Sciences#1,974 #4,046
  5. Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine#621 #934
  6. Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine#727 #658
  7. Physical Sciences#6,464 #11,723
  8. Epidemiology#819 #888
  9. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#2,010 #3,376
  10. Neurology#535 #318
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 Women's Medical University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Nephrology takes 9.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. NephrologySubfield · 28.2 works9.5×
  2. NeurologySubfield · 66.6 works8.5×
  3. GeneticsSubfield · 30.8 works8.2×
  4. Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield · 98.2 works6.8×
  5. RheumatologySubfield · 42.6 works6.8×
  6. Endocrinology, Diabetes and MetabolismSubfield · 49.9 works6.7×
← 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: 0.08× its world share, 5 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.59× its world share, 116 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.63× its world share, 22 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.78× its world share, 40 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.66× its world share, 3 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.12× its world share, 3 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.06× its world share, 7 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.21× its world share, 3 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.22× its world share, 45 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.10× its world share, 7 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.14× its world share, 7 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.09× its world share, 3 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.16× its world share, 8 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.65× its world share, 23 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.96× its world share, 1,042 worksMedicineNursing: 0.83× its world share, 6 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.67× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.04× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.04× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.16× its world share, 5 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.24× its world share, 10 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.07× its world share, 11 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 Women's Medical University?

Ranked on the composite score, Kayoko Saito, Michio Itabashi and Teruo Okano lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Tokyo Women's Medical University.

  1. 1 Kayoko Saito Japan · #61,450 worldwide 457 citations · 84 works
  2. 2 Michio Itabashi Japan · #65,529 worldwide 279 citations · 54 works
  3. 3 Teruo Okano Japan · #66,487 worldwide 1.3k citations · 203 works
  4. 4 Tomokatsu Hori Japan · #75,432 worldwide 517 citations · 126 works
  5. 5 Yasuhisa Sakurai Japan · #78,355 worldwide 214 citations · 34 works
  6. 6 Masakazu Yamamoto Japan · #88,355 worldwide 519 citations · 152 works
  7. 7 Masaki Takeuchi Japan · #116,843 worldwide 111 citations · 50 works
  8. 8 Satoru Nagata Japan · #118,842 worldwide 222 citations · 48 works
  9. 9 Masakazu Yamamoto Japan · #122,912 worldwide 157 citations · 24 works
  10. 10 Hiroyuki Sakurai Japan · #137,865 worldwide 221 citations · 88 works
All ranked researchers at Tokyo Women's Medical University

Which keywords describe research at Tokyo Women's Medical University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Inflammation, Epidemiology, Treatment, Heart Failure, Immunotherapy, Genetic Mutations, Diagnosis and Echocardiography.

▲ 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. Epidemiology123▲ 2.3×105 topics
  2. Inflammation100▲ 3.5×70 topics
  3. Treatment75▲ 4.5×37 topics
  4. Immunotherapy59▲ 6.0×18 topics
  5. Cardiovascular Disease58▲ 3.8×32 topics
  6. Diagnosis57▲ 4.5×34 topics
  7. Oxidative Stress56▲ 2.5×43 topics
  8. Heart Failure52▲ 8.8×13 topics
  9. Genetic Mutations51▲ 8.6×20 topics
  10. Neurological Disorders44▲ 5.6×19 topics
  11. Echocardiography41▲ 11×8 topics
  12. Management39▲ 3.6×29 topics
  13. Quality of Life38▲ 1.95×39 topics
  14. Metabolic Syndrome37▲ 3.3×19 topics
  15. Prognostic Factors36▲ 6.0×14 topics
  16. Cardiovascular Risk35▲ 8.3×9 topics
  17. Chemotherapy35▲ 3.6×25 topics
  18. Complications34▲ 4.9×16 topics
  19. Autoantibodies33▲ 10×8 topics
  20. Surgical Management32▲ 5.7×19 topics
  21. Chronic Kidney Disease32▲ 9.6×8 topics
  22. Obesity31▲ 3.0×19 topics
  23. Guidelines30▲ 4.7×12 topics
  24. Radiotherapy29▲ 5.5×11 topics
  25. Clinical Practice Guidelines29▲ 3.8×14 topics
  26. Prognosis28▲ 6.1×9 topics
  27. Magnetic Resonance Imaging23▲ 6.7×7 topics
  28. Thrombosis23▲ 6.0×7 topics
  29. Regenerative Medicine23▲ 6.5×6 topics
  30. Molecular Classification22▲ 11×4 topics
  31. Myocardial Infarction22▲ 6.7×6 topics
  32. Therapy21▲ 7.7×6 topics
  33. Neoadjuvant Therapy21▲ 6.5×5 topics
  34. Clinical Guidelines20▲ 5.2×8 topics
  35. Fibrosis20▲ 7.7×8 topics
  36. Clinical Management20▲ 8.2×7 topics
  37. Molecular Characterization20▲ 8.0×5 topics
  38. Stroke18▲ 7.3×7 topics
  39. Epilepsy17▲ 12×4 topics
  40. Renal Function16▲ 13×5 topics

Which research topics does Tokyo Women's Medical University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment, Rheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies, Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors and Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments.

Glioma Diagnosis and Tre…14Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment: 14 fractional worksRheumatoid Arthritis Res…14Rheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies: 14 fractional worksCardiovascular Function and Risk Factors: 13 fractional worksCardiac Valve Diseases a…13Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments: 13 fractional worksCongenital Heart Disease…13Congenital Heart Disease Studies: 13 fractional worksRenal cell carcinoma treatment: 11 fractional worksNeurological disorders and treatments: 10 fractional worksPituitary Gland Disorder…10Pituitary Gland Disorders and Treatments: 10 fractional worksMechanical Circulatory Support Devices: 10 fractional worksCardiac pacing and defibrillation studies: 10 fractional works
GeneticsRheumatologyCardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineEpidemiology4 others

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

  1. 1 Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment Genetics 14 works
  2. 2 Rheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies Rheumatology 14 works
  3. 3 Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 13 works
  4. 4 Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 13 works
  5. 5 Congenital Heart Disease Studies Epidemiology 13 works
  6. 6 Renal cell carcinoma treatment Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 11 works
  7. 7 Neurological disorders and treatments Neurology 10 works
  8. 8 Pituitary Gland Disorders and Treatments Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 10 works
  9. 9 Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices Biomedical Engineering 10 works
  10. 10 Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 10 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 available37.4%not open62.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors9.5%domestic only90.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Tokyo Women's Medical University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 6% 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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