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Toyama Prefectural Central Hospital

In research, Toyama Prefectural Central Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#9,954 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#11,619 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Surgery — Surgery is 9.4× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#26,948
of 28,054 · #35,652 all time
Rank in Japan
#1,004
of 1,070
Research works
681
▲ 32% vs 2013–17
Citations
5.4k
8.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
2.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
49%
world 28%

What is Toyama Prefectural Central 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 #9,954 of 10,443 2.0%88 #12090
Health SciencesDomain #11,619 of 11,982 2.0%91 #15245

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Toyama Prefectural Central 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).

What does Toyama Prefectural Central Hospital specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Surgery takes 9.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. SurgerySubfield · 22.6 works9.4×
← 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, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.90× its world share, 5 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.99× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.33× its world share, 1 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.18× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.42× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.47× its world share, 88 worksMedicineNursing: 2.08× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.36× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesDecision Sciences: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.06× 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, 4.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Toyama Prefectural Central Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, Hirokazu Taniguchi, Naohito Hatta and Atsuo Miwa lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Toyama Prefectural Central Hospital.

  1. 1 Hirokazu Taniguchi Japan · #72,012 worldwide 214 citations · 43 works
  2. 2 Naohito Hatta Japan · #294,147 worldwide 106 citations · 31 works
  3. 3 Atsuo Miwa Japan · #486,361 worldwide 21 citations · 23 works
  4. 4 Masahide Kaji Japan · #632,545 worldwide 34 citations · 25 works
  5. 5 Kazuhisa Yabushita Japan · #677,698 worldwide 40 citations · 41 works
  6. 6 Kazuo Usuda Japan · #733,954 worldwide 18 citations · 28 works
  7. 7 Masahiko Tsuji Japan · #843,585 worldwide 8 citations · 17 works
  8. 8 Kiichi Maeda Japan · #949,226 worldwide 16 citations · 17 works
  9. 9 Hideki Miyazawa Japan · #1,014,081 worldwide 18 citations · 19 works
  10. 10 Akio Uchiyama Japan · #1,146,893 worldwide 12 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Toyama Prefectural Central Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Toyama Prefectural Central Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Prognostic Factors, Complications, Chemotherapy, Guidelines, Catheter Ablation, Arrhythmias and Diagnosis.

▲ 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. Epidemiology10▲ 2.4×39 topics
  2. Chemotherapy5▲ 6.9×14 topics
  3. Treatment5▲ 4.0×15 topics
  4. Prognostic Factors5▲ 11×11 topics
  5. Complications5▲ 9.1×8 topics
  6. Diagnosis5▲ 4.8×9 topics
  7. Catheter Ablation4▲ 36×2 topics
  8. Guidelines4▲ 9.4×6 topics
  9. Arrhythmias4▲ 41×2 topics
  10. Mortality4▲ 5.9×6 topics
  11. Clinical Practice Guidelines3▲ 6.1×8 topics
  12. Risk Factors3▲ 3.0×8 topics
  13. Surgical Management3▲ 8.2×7 topics
  14. Echocardiography3▲ 12×6 topics
  15. PET Imaging3▲ 16×4 topics
  16. Heart Failure3▲ 6.2×5 topics
  17. Radiofrequency Ablation3▲ 26×2 topics
  18. Cardiomyopathy3▲ 29×2 topics
  19. Rituximab3▲ 18×3 topics
  20. Electroanatomic Mapping3▲ 52×1 topic
  21. Molecular Characterization3▲ 14×3 topics
  22. Ventricular Tachycardia3▲ 52×1 topic
  23. Fetal Surgery2▲ 44×3 topics
  24. Surgical Treatment2▲ 12×4 topics
  25. Percutaneous Coronary Intervention2▲ 17×4 topics
  26. Survival Analysis2▲ 8.5×5 topics
  27. Genetic Testing2▲ 20×3 topics
  28. Hemostasis2▲ 23×3 topics
  29. Congenital Heart Disease2▲ 25×2 topics
  30. Molecular Profiling2▲ 22×3 topics
  31. Biomechanics2▲ 6.6×4 topics
  32. Prenatal Diagnosis2▲ 14×3 topics
  33. Robotic Surgery2▲ 14×4 topics
  34. Cancer Risk2▲ 8.8×3 topics
  35. Femoral Access2▲ 85×1 topic
  36. Pain Management2▲ 8.5×4 topics
  37. Radial Access2▲ 85×1 topic
  38. Spinal Fusion2▲ 20×2 topics
  39. Stroke Prevention2▲ 16×2 topics
  40. Sudden Cardiac Death2▲ 24×2 topics

Which research topics does Toyama Prefectural Central Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments, Vascular Procedures and Complications, Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes and Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Studies.

Cardiac Arrhythmias and …3Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments: 3 fractional worksVascular Procedures and …2Vascular Procedures and Complications: 2 fractional worksAtrial Fibrillation Mana…2Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes: 2 fractional worksCongenital Diaphragmatic…2Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Studies: 2 fractional worksLymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment: 2 fractional worksCardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias: 1 fractional worksSpinal Fractures and Fix…1Spinal Fractures and Fixation Techniques: 1 fractional worksSpine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology: 1 fractional worksGastric Cancer Management and Outcomes: 1 fractional worksPancreatic and Hepatic O…1Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research: 1 fractional works
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicinePulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSurgeryPathology and Forensic Medicine1 others

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

  1. 1 Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 3 works
  2. 2 Vascular Procedures and Complications Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  3. 3 Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 2 works
  4. 4 Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Studies Surgery 2 works
  5. 5 Lymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment Pathology and Forensic Medicine 2 works
  6. 6 Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 1 works
  7. 7 Spinal Fractures and Fixation Techniques Surgery 1 works
  8. 8 Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology Pathology and Forensic Medicine 1 works
  9. 9 Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 1 works
  10. 10 Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research Oncology 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 available48.8%not open51.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors3.2%domestic only96.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Toyama Prefectural Central Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 32% 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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