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Tokyo Women's Medical University Hospital

In research, Tokyo Women's Medical University Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#5,566 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#7,158 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#19,380
of 28,054 · #25,290 all time
Rank in Japan
#549
of 1,070
Research works
857
▲ 95% vs 2013–17
Citations
12k
14.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
20.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
40%
world 28%

What is Tokyo Women's Medical University Hospital 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 #5,566 of 10,443 20.1%101 #8242
Health SciencesDomain #7,158 of 11,982 22.0%110 #10308

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Tokyo Women's Medical University Hospital 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: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.79× its world share, 5 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.92× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.53× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.13× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceDentistry: 1.58× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.27× its world share, 8 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.17× its world share, 101 worksMedicineNursing: 1.54× its world share, 1 worksNursingBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 4.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Tokyo Women's Medical University Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, Ai Shiraishi, F Halberg and Hidetaka Wakabayashi lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Tokyo Women's Medical University Hospital.

  1. 1 Ai Shiraishi Japan · #538,400 worldwide 50 citations · 16 works
  2. 2 F Halberg Japan · #601,781 worldwide 25 citations · 19 works
  3. 3 Hidetaka Wakabayashi Japan · #668,030 worldwide 78 citations · 46 works
  4. 4 Yukihiro Hamada Japan · #796,125 worldwide 43 citations · 25 works
  5. 5 Makoto Shinagawa Japan · #822,179 worldwide 17 citations · 15 works
  6. 6 Tetsuro Kajiwara Japan · #890,264 worldwide 19 citations · 23 works
  7. 7 Hirokazu Yagawa Japan · #948,238 worldwide 2 citations · 18 works
  8. 8 Fumihiko Nagano Japan · #1,000,471 worldwide 38 citations · 18 works
  9. 9 K Suma Japan · #1,184,007 worldwide 35 citations · 45 works
  10. 10 Yoshifumi Kido Japan · #1,206,376 worldwide 7 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Tokyo Women's Medical University Hospital

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

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Inflammation, Aging, Muscle Mass, Prognosis, Cancer Cachexia, Sarcopenia, Rehabilitation and Epidemiology.

▲ 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. Inflammation18▲ 6.7×34 topics
  2. Epidemiology13▲ 2.5×56 topics
  3. Aging12▲ 17×5 topics
  4. Muscle Mass11▲ 80×2 topics
  5. Prognosis11▲ 26×7 topics
  6. Cancer Cachexia9▲ 86×1 topic
  7. Sarcopenia9▲ 86×1 topic
  8. Rehabilitation7▲ 15×6 topics
  9. Treatment7▲ 4.7×21 topics
  10. Quality of Life7▲ 3.7×12 topics
  11. Elderly7▲ 21×4 topics
  12. Neurological Disorders6▲ 8.7×9 topics
  13. Immunotherapy6▲ 6.5×13 topics
  14. Molecular Characterization6▲ 25×4 topics
  15. Nutritional Support5▲ 46×3 topics
  16. Prognostic Factors5▲ 9.6×11 topics
  17. Stroke5▲ 22×5 topics
  18. Genetic Mutations5▲ 8.9×13 topics
  19. Chemotherapy5▲ 5.3×10 topics
  20. Dysphagia5▲ 61×1 topic
  21. Swallowing5▲ 114×1 topic
  22. Clinical Guidelines4▲ 11×6 topics
  23. Obesity4▲ 3.9×7 topics
  24. Clinical Practice Guidelines4▲ 5.3×8 topics
  25. Endoscopic Resection4▲ 29×2 topics
  26. Heart Failure4▲ 6.6×10 topics
  27. Magnetic Resonance Imaging4▲ 11×4 topics
  28. Gastric Cancer3▲ 24×3 topics
  29. Cerebrovascular Events3▲ 50×2 topics
  30. Survival Analysis3▲ 9.3×5 topics
  31. Therapy3▲ 12×3 topics
  32. Cytokines3▲ 8.5×6 topics
  33. Autism Spectrum Disorders3▲ 21×2 topics
  34. Elderly Patients3▲ 13×3 topics
  35. Metastatic3▲ 34×1 topic
  36. Physical Performance3▲ 24×2 topics
  37. Renal Cell Carcinoma3▲ 62×1 topic
  38. Ischemic Stroke3▲ 14×4 topics
  39. Stroke Prevention3▲ 18×2 topics
  40. Feeding Problems2▲ 53×1 topic

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

By volume in 2022–2025: Nutrition and Health in Aging, Dysphagia Assessment and Management, Renal cell carcinoma treatment and Child Nutrition and Feeding Issues.

Nutrition and Health in …9Nutrition and Health in Aging: 9 fractional worksDysphagia Assessment and…5Dysphagia Assessment and Management: 5 fractional worksRenal cell carcinoma tre…3Renal cell carcinoma treatment: 3 fractional worksChild Nutrition and Feeding Issues: 2 fractional worksCerebrovascular and Carotid Artery Diseases: 2 fractional worksGastric Cancer Managemen…2Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes: 2 fractional worksBody Composition Measurement Techniques: 2 fractional worksRheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies: 2 fractional worksRenal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments: 2 fractional worksFrailty in Older Adults: 2 fractional works
PhysiologySpeech and HearingPulmonary and Respiratory MedicinePsychiatry and Mental health3 others

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

  1. 1 Nutrition and Health in Aging Physiology 9 works
  2. 2 Dysphagia Assessment and Management Speech and Hearing 5 works
  3. 3 Renal cell carcinoma treatment Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 3 works
  4. 4 Child Nutrition and Feeding Issues Psychiatry and Mental health 2 works
  5. 5 Cerebrovascular and Carotid Artery Diseases Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  6. 6 Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  7. 7 Body Composition Measurement Techniques Physiology 2 works
  8. 8 Rheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies Rheumatology 2 works
  9. 9 Renal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments Transplantation 2 works
  10. 10 Frailty in Older Adults Geriatrics and Gerontology 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 available39.5%not open60.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors9.9%domestic only90.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 95% 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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