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Toyama University Hospital

In research, Toyama University Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#8,506 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#10,277 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Surgery — Surgery is 6.4× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#17,677
of 28,054 · #22,524 all time
Rank in Japan
#482
of 1,070
Research works
847
▲ 32% vs 2013–17
Citations
9.8k
11.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
52%
world 28%

What is Toyama 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 #8,506 of 10,443 6.4%143 #10870
Health SciencesDomain #10,277 of 11,982 6.2%151 #13608

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

What does Toyama University Hospital specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Surgery takes 6.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. SurgerySubfield · 28.7 works6.4×
← 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, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.13× its world share, 12 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.19× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.32× its world share, 7 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 3.91× its world share, 3 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.59× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.11× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.76× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.91× its world share, 5 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.89× its world share, 143 worksMedicineNursing: 1.59× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.45× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.26× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.68× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.09× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics, 3.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Toyama University Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, Kazuto Tajiri, Kortaro Tanaka and Isao Adachi lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Toyama University Hospital.

  1. 1 Kazuto Tajiri Japan · #174,658 worldwide 87 citations · 29 works
  2. 2 Kortaro Tanaka Japan · #437,475 worldwide 61 citations · 37 works
  3. 3 Isao Adachi Japan · #553,051 worldwide 103 citations · 40 works
  4. 4 Arjun H. Banskota Japan · #642,343 worldwide 52 citations · 21 works
  5. 5 Shutaro Takashima Japan · #994,571 worldwide 22 citations · 30 works
  6. 6 Keiichiro Kita Japan · #1,031,637 worldwide 11 citations · 19 works
  7. 7 Yoshiharu Taguchi Japan · #1,101,402 worldwide 9 citations · 15 works
  8. 8 Isamu Horikoshi Japan · #1,272,724 worldwide 37 citations · 42 works
  9. 9 Ryuji Hayashi Japan · #1,406,397 worldwide 25 citations · 31 works
  10. 10 Makoto Kuranishi Japan · #1,477,299 worldwide 0 citations · 33 works
All ranked researchers at Toyama University Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Toyama University Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Complications, Diagnosis, Treatment, Chemotherapy, Inflammation, Metastasis and Prognostic Factors.

▲ 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. Epidemiology19▲ 2.5×64 topics
  2. Inflammation11▲ 2.9×40 topics
  3. Diagnosis10▲ 5.6×22 topics
  4. Treatment10▲ 4.2×26 topics
  5. Complications10▲ 10×17 topics
  6. Chemotherapy8▲ 6.1×18 topics
  7. Cardiovascular Disease7▲ 3.4×21 topics
  8. Management7▲ 4.7×17 topics
  9. Metastasis7▲ 10×10 topics
  10. Prognostic Factors6▲ 7.4×13 topics
  11. Quality of Life6▲ 2.2×23 topics
  12. Heart Failure6▲ 7.3×11 topics
  13. Clinical Trials6▲ 4.3×7 topics
  14. Biomarkers5▲ 4.0×13 topics
  15. Tumor Microenvironment5▲ 6.1×5 topics
  16. Immunotherapy5▲ 3.7×13 topics
  17. Risk Factors5▲ 2.3×16 topics
  18. Clinical Practice Guidelines5▲ 4.6×13 topics
  19. Guidelines5▲ 5.3×12 topics
  20. Metabolic Syndrome5▲ 3.0×15 topics
  21. Targeted Therapy5▲ 11×3 topics
  22. Neurological Disorders4▲ 4.0×15 topics
  23. Rituximab4▲ 15×4 topics
  24. Thrombosis4▲ 8.3×7 topics
  25. Treatment Guidelines4▲ 11×6 topics
  26. Echocardiography4▲ 7.5×8 topics
  27. Immunity4▲ 5.0×8 topics
  28. Surgical Management4▲ 4.9×16 topics
  29. Critical Care4▲ 7.8×7 topics
  30. Breast Reconstruction3▲ 29×2 topics
  31. Genomic Profiling3▲ 15×2 topics
  32. Hepatocellular Carcinoma3▲ 7.5×4 topics
  33. PET Imaging3▲ 9.2×4 topics
  34. Diabetes Mellitus3▲ 7.6×7 topics
  35. Glycemic Control3▲ 10.0×4 topics
  36. Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation3▲ 19×2 topics
  37. Insulin Therapy3▲ 12×3 topics
  38. Immune Checkpoint Blockade3▲ 13×1 topic
  39. Molecular Profiling3▲ 14×3 topics
  40. PD-1 and PD-L13▲ 13×1 topic

Which research topics does Toyama University Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers, Reconstructive Surgery and Microvascular Techniques, Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations and Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments.

Cancer Immunotherapy and…3Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers: 3 fractional worksReconstructive Surgery a…2Reconstructive Surgery and Microvascular Techniques: 2 fractional worksLung Cancer Treatments a…2Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations: 2 fractional worksCardiac Valve Diseases a…2Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments: 2 fractional worksLung Cancer Research Studies: 2 fractional worksLymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment: 2 fractional worksLymphatic System and Dis…2Lymphatic System and Diseases: 2 fractional worksVascular Malformations and Hemangiomas: 2 fractional worksHepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis: 2 fractional worksDiabetes Management and …2Diabetes Management and Research: 2 fractional works
OncologySurgeryPulmonary and Respiratory MedicineCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine3 others

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

  1. 1 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 3 works
  2. 2 Reconstructive Surgery and Microvascular Techniques Surgery 2 works
  3. 3 Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  4. 4 Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 2 works
  5. 5 Lung Cancer Research Studies Oncology 2 works
  6. 6 Lymphoma Diagnosis and Treatment Pathology and Forensic Medicine 2 works
  7. 7 Lymphatic System and Diseases Oncology 2 works
  8. 8 Vascular Malformations and Hemangiomas Surgery 2 works
  9. 9 Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis Hepatology 2 works
  10. 10 Diabetes Management and Research Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 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 available52.4%not open47.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors9.4%domestic only90.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Toyama University 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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