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University of the Sacred Heart

In research, University of the Sacred Heart stands highest in Health Sciences (#2,830 of 11,982 worldwide), Medicine (#2,706 of 10,443 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#5,087 of 10,521 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine — Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine is 6.7× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#6,409
of 28,054 · #7,671 all time
Rank in Japan
#154
of 1,070
Research works
2.2k
▼ 32% vs 2013–17
Citations
43k
19.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
20.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
47%
world 28%

What is University of the Sacred Heart 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
Health SciencesDomain #2,830 of 11,982 21.8%216 #2741
MedicineField #2,706 of 10,443 21.7%196 #2802
Social SciencesDomain #5,087 of 10,521 18.7%156 #5417

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where University of the Sacred Heart 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. Health Sciences#2,741 #2,830
  2. Medicine#2,802 #2,706
  3. Social Sciences#5,417 #5,087
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 University of the Sacred Heart specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine takes 6.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield · 31.8 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: 0.26× its world share, 6 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.84× its world share, 20 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.80× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.83× its world share, 13 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.52× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.31× its world share, 11 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.16× its world share, 11 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.33× its world share, 7 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.18× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 2.08× its world share, 4 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.08× its world share, 13 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.27× its world share, 196 worksMedicineNursing: 0.96× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.54× its world share, 20 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.51× its world share, 22 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.64× its world share, 3 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.89× its world share, 18 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 3.07× its world share, 42 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.91× its world share, 52 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Psychology, 3.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at University of the Sacred Heart?

Ranked on the composite score, Anna Paola Bonola lead among researchers whose main affiliation is University of the Sacred Heart.

  1. 1 Anna Paola Bonola Japan · #681,390 worldwide 0 citations · 23 works
All ranked researchers at University of the Sacred Heart

Which keywords describe research at University of the Sacred Heart?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Treatment, Heart Failure, Guidelines, Myocardial Infarction, Diagnosis, Inflammation and Cardiovascular Disease.

▲ 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. Epidemiology32▲ 1.81×95 topics
  2. Inflammation17▲ 1.80×56 topics
  3. Treatment17▲ 3.0×36 topics
  4. Quality of Life13▲ 2.0×40 topics
  5. Cardiovascular Disease13▲ 2.6×30 topics
  6. Diagnosis13▲ 3.0×32 topics
  7. Heart Failure12▲ 5.9×12 topics
  8. Guidelines11▲ 5.4×11 topics
  9. Public Health11▲ 1.65×34 topics
  10. Obesity11▲ 3.1×17 topics
  11. Mental Health10▲ 1.51×27 topics
  12. Risk Factors9▲ 1.89×28 topics
  13. Chemotherapy9▲ 2.8×20 topics
  14. Myocardial Infarction8▲ 8.2×7 topics
  15. Immunotherapy8▲ 2.6×17 topics
  16. Mortality8▲ 3.1×13 topics
  17. Echocardiography8▲ 6.2×7 topics
  18. Management7▲ 2.1×26 topics
  19. Clinical Practice Guidelines7▲ 3.0×13 topics
  20. Clinical Trials7▲ 2.4×14 topics
  21. Genetics7▲ 2.3×17 topics
  22. Emotion Regulation7▲ 5.1×9 topics
  23. Cardiac Imaging7▲ 12×3 topics
  24. Magnetic Resonance Imaging7▲ 5.7×6 topics
  25. Complications6▲ 2.9×16 topics
  26. Genetic Mutations6▲ 3.2×16 topics
  27. Coronary Artery Disease6▲ 11×3 topics
  28. Psychology6▲ 9.6×7 topics
  29. Social Cognition6▲ 7.3×7 topics
  30. Cardiovascular Risk5▲ 3.9×7 topics
  31. Radiation Exposure5▲ 11×2 topics
  32. Cardiovascular Risk Assessment5▲ 13×2 topics
  33. Personality Traits5▲ 8.0×7 topics
  34. Computed Tomography Angiography5▲ 15×1 topic
  35. Myocardial Perfusion5▲ 15×1 topic
  36. Chamber Quantification4▲ 11×1 topic
  37. Diastolic Function4▲ 11×1 topic
  38. Percutaneous Coronary Intervention4▲ 6.7×4 topics
  39. Catheter Ablation4▲ 7.0×2 topics
  40. Cytoreductive Surgery4▲ 13×2 topics

Which research topics does University of the Sacred Heart publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics, Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors, Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments and Corporate Finance and Governance.

Cardiac Imaging and Diag…5Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics: 5 fractional worksCardiovascular Function …4Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors: 4 fractional worksCardiac Valve Diseases a…4Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments: 4 fractional worksCorporate Finance and Go…3Corporate Finance and Governance: 3 fractional worksOvarian cancer diagnosis and treatment: 3 fractional worksHeart Failure Treatment and Management: 3 fractional worksCardiac, Anesthesia and …3Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes: 3 fractional worksCoronary Interventions and Diagnostics: 2 fractional worksAtrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes: 2 fractional worksEndometrial and Cervical…2Endometrial and Cervical Cancer Treatments: 2 fractional works
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingCardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineAccountingReproductive Medicine2 others

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

  1. 1 Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 5 works
  2. 2 Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 4 works
  3. 3 Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 4 works
  4. 4 Corporate Finance and Governance Accounting 3 works
  5. 5 Ovarian cancer diagnosis and treatment Reproductive Medicine 3 works
  6. 6 Heart Failure Treatment and Management Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 3 works
  7. 7 Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 3 works
  8. 8 Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics Surgery 2 works
  9. 9 Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 2 works
  10. 10 Endometrial and Cervical Cancer Treatments Obstetrics and Gynecology 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 available47.2%not open52.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors74.7%domestic only25.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has University of the Sacred Heart's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 32% 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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