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Toyohashi Heart Center

In research, Toyohashi Heart Center stands highest in Health Sciences (#7,247 of 9,902 worldwide) and Medicine (#7,025 of 8,541 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Medicine and Health Sciences (Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine is 31.1× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#22,012
of 22,385 · #22,940 all time
Rank in Japan
#867
of 924
Research works
385
▲ 18% vs 2018-21
Citations
6.1k
15.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.0%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.92×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
43%
world 40%
International
8%
world 18%
Toyohashi Heart Center

What is Toyohashi Heart Center known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Health SciencesDomain #7,247 of 9,902 6.2%71 #4590
MedicineField #7,025 of 8,541 6.4%68 #4969

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Toyohashi Heart 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Toyohashi Heart Center work in?

In 2022-now, 92% of research at Toyohashi Heart Center is in Health Sciences, 7% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (89%), Engineering (5%), Health Professions (2%). It does 3.6× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 82 fractional works · 91.6% of its workMedicine: 80 fractional works · 88.6% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 29 fractional works · 32.7% of its workSurgery: 19 fractional works · 20.7% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 12 fractional works · 13.1% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 5 fractional works · 5.6% of its workEpidemiology: 3 fractional works · 3.6% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNephrology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workReproductive Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHepatology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workFamily Practice: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInternal Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDermatology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPharmacy: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComplementary and Manual Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOral Surgery: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPeriodontics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 6 fractional works · 6.8% of its workEngineering: 4 fractional works · 4.8% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 3.8% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workBiomaterials: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKToyohashi HeartCenter90fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences1%Physical Sciences7%Health Sciences92%Social Sciences0%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 17 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine8088.6%
    2. Health Professions21.9%
    3. Dentistry11.0%
    4. Nursing00.2%
    1. Engineering44.8%
    2. Materials Science11.1%
    3. Computer Science10.7%
    4. Environmental Science00.2%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology10.6%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology00.2%
    3. Neuroscience00.2%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.2%
    1. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.2%
    2. Psychology00.1%
    3. Arts and Humanities00.0%
    4. Social Sciences00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Toyohashi Heart Center specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine takes 31.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield · 29.4 works31×
  2. MedicineField · 79.8 works4.6×
  3. Health SciencesDomain · 82.5 works4.0×
← 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: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.32× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.33× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceDentistry: 2.04× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.70× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.61× its world share, 80 worksMedicineNursing: 0.38× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksPsychology1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 4.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 16 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine4.61×80 works
  2. Dentistry2.04×1 works
  3. Health Professions0.70×2 works
  4. Nursing0.38×0 works
  5. Materials Science0.33×1 works
  6. Engineering0.32×4 works
  7. Immunology and Microbiology0.20×0 works
  8. Neuroscience0.12×0 works
  9. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.11×0 works
  10. Computer Science0.09×1 works
  11. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.09×0 works
  12. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.04×0 works
  13. Environmental Science0.04×0 works
  14. Psychology0.03×0 works
  15. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.02×0 works
  16. Arts and Humanities0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Toyohashi Heart Center?

Ranked on the quality score, Etsuo Tsuchikane, Tetsuo Matsubara and Atsuko Kodama lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Toyohashi Heart Center.

  1. 1 Etsuo Tsuchikane Japan · #457,382 worldwide 8k citations · 312 works
  2. 2 Tetsuo Matsubara Japan · #797,396 worldwide 2.8k citations · 111 works
  3. 3 Atsuko Kodama Japan · #959,921 worldwide 1.1k citations · 37 works
  4. 4 Yasushi Asakura Japan · #978,585 worldwide 3.7k citations · 150 works
  5. 5 Mitsuyasu Terashima Japan · #981,159 worldwide 7.9k citations · 251 works
  6. 6 Osamu Katoh Japan · #1,036,185 worldwide 8.2k citations · 314 works
  7. 7 Akitsugu Oida Japan · #1,231,540 worldwide 1.3k citations · 35 works
  8. 8 Kenya Nasu Japan · #1,249,238 worldwide 4.2k citations · 199 works
  9. 9 Mariko Ehara Japan · #1,261,944 worldwide 2.9k citations · 121 works
  10. 10 Mitsuru Sago Japan · #1,323,315 worldwide 581 citations · 26 works
All ranked researchers at Toyohashi Heart Center

What are the most cited papers from Toyohashi Heart Center?

The most cited paper from Toyohashi Heart Center is "Percutaneous Recanalization of Chronically Occluded Coronary Arteries" (Gregg W. Stone et al., 2005), with 564 citations. Next come "Accuracy of In Vivo Coronary Plaque Morphology Assessment" (490) and "Guiding Principles for Chronic Total Occlusion Percutaneous Coronary Intervention" (460).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Percutaneous Recanalization of Chronically Occluded Coronary Arteries Gregg W. Stone et al. · Circulation Open access 17 Oct 2005 564
2 Accuracy of In Vivo Coronary Plaque Morphology Assessment Kenya Nasu, Etsuo Tsuchikane, Osamu Katoh et al. · Journal of the American College of Cardiology Open access Jun 2006 490
3 Guiding Principles for Chronic Total Occlusion Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Emmanouil S. Brilakis et al. · Circulation Open access101 authors 29 Jul 2019 460
4 Randomized Trial Evaluating Percutaneous Coronary Intervention for the Treatment of Chronic Total Occlusion Seung‐Whan Lee et al. · Circulation 28 Feb 2019 413
5 New concept for CTO recanalization using controlled antegrade and retrograde subintimal tracking: the CART technique. Jean‐François Surmely, Etsuo Tsuchikane, Osamu Katoh et al. · PubMed Jul 2006 352
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Toyohashi Heart Center?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Echocardiography, Catheter Ablation, Guidelines, Surgical Aortic-Valve Replacement, Transcatheter Aortic-Valve Replacement, Heart Failure, Atherosclerosis and Percutaneous Coronary Intervention.

▲ 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-now 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. Echocardiography11▲ 43×6 topics
  2. Catheter Ablation10▲ 94×2 topics
  3. Guidelines10▲ 23×7 topics
  4. Surgical Aortic-Valve Replacement8▲ 130×1 topic
  5. Transcatheter Aortic-Valve Replacement8▲ 130×1 topic
  6. Heart Failure8▲ 21×8 topics
  7. Atherosclerosis8▲ 29×4 topics
  8. Percutaneous Coronary Intervention8▲ 62×4 topics
  9. Myocardial Infarction7▲ 31×5 topics
  10. Arrhythmias6▲ 71×2 topics
  11. Epidemiology6▲ 1.67×21 topics
  12. Stroke Prevention6▲ 55×2 topics
  13. Anticoagulant Therapy6▲ 51×3 topics
  14. Radiofrequency Ablation5▲ 56×1 topic
  15. Ventricular Tachycardia5▲ 121×1 topic
  16. Endovascular Repair5▲ 68×3 topics
  17. Risk Factors5▲ 5.3×9 topics
  18. Magnetic Resonance Imaging5▲ 23×2 topics
  19. Cardiac Imaging5▲ 46×3 topics
  20. Atrial Fibrillation5▲ 55×1 topic
  21. Risk Stratification5▲ 75×1 topic
  22. Coronary Stents5▲ 116×1 topic
  23. Myocardial Revascularization5▲ 116×1 topic
  24. Coronary Artery Disease4▲ 41×3 topics
  25. Computed Tomography Angiography4▲ 71×1 topic
  26. Myocardial Perfusion4▲ 71×1 topic
  27. Aortic Dissection4▲ 107×1 topic
  28. Bicuspid Aortic Valve4▲ 107×1 topic
  29. Sudden Cardiac Death4▲ 52×2 topics
  30. Angioplasty4▲ 67×2 topics
  31. Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy3▲ 92×1 topic
  32. Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator3▲ 92×1 topic
  33. Revascularization3▲ 24×3 topics
  34. Complications3▲ 7.3×7 topics
  35. Diabetes3▲ 6.6×2 topics
  36. Cardiopulmonary Bypass3▲ 137×1 topic
  37. Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery3▲ 137×1 topic
  38. Claudication3▲ 83×1 topic
  39. Peripheral Arterial Disease3▲ 83×1 topic
  40. Chamber Quantification3▲ 36×1 topic

Which research topics does Toyohashi Heart Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments, Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments, Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes and Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics.

Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments: 8 fractional worksCardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments: 5 fractional worksAtrial Fibrillation Mana…5Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes: 5 fractional worksCoronary Interventions a…5Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics: 5 fractional worksCardiac Imaging and Diagnostics: 4 fractional worksAortic Disease and Treatment Approaches: 4 fractional worksCardiac pacing and defib…3Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies: 3 fractional worksCardiac and Coronary Surgery Techniques: 3 fractional worksPeripheral Artery Disease Management: 3 fractional worksCardiovascular Function and Risk Factors: 3 fractional works
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSurgeryRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine

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

  1. 1 Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 8 works
  2. 2 Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 5 works
  3. 3 Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 5 works
  4. 4 Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics Surgery 5 works
  5. 5 Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 4 works
  6. 6 Aortic Disease and Treatment Approaches Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 4 works
  7. 7 Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 3 works
  8. 8 Cardiac and Coronary Surgery Techniques Surgery 3 works
  9. 9 Peripheral Artery Disease Management Surgery 3 works
  10. 10 Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 3 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 available43.4%not open56.6%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors7.9%domestic only92.1%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Toyohashi Heart Center's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 18% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting200020102020
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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Toyohashi Heart Center as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00032% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%Toyohashi Heart Center0.00045% in 2025200020102020

Fractional works of Toyohashi Heart Center over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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