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University of Tokyo Health Sciences

In research, University of Tokyo Health Sciences stands highest in Health Sciences (#5,329 of 11,982 worldwide) and Medicine (#5,092 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#13,811
of 28,054 · #16,382 all time
Rank in Japan
#366
of 1,070
Research works
888
▲ 53% vs 2013–17
Citations
19k
21.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
15.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
49%
world 28%

What is University of Tokyo Health Sciences 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 #5,329 of 11,982 17.9%138 #5888
MedicineField #5,092 of 10,443 17.0%120 #6991

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where University of Tokyo Health Sciences 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: 0.17× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.76× its world share, 8 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.24× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.35× its world share, 4 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.64× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.21× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.34× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.17× its world share, 5 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.15× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.73× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.66× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.87× its world share, 15 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.11× its world share, 120 worksMedicineNursing: 1.45× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.43× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.33× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.47× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.83× its world share, 11 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.54× its world share, 14 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

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

Who are the top researchers at University of Tokyo Health Sciences?

Ranked on the composite score, Naoko Ichikawa, Takahiro Kiuchi and Hiroko Okada lead among researchers whose main affiliation is University of Tokyo Health Sciences.

  1. 1 Naoko Ichikawa Japan · #613,043 worldwide 8 citations · 16 works
  2. 2 Takahiro Kiuchi Japan · #1,042,191 worldwide 39 citations · 34 works
  3. 3 Hiroko Okada Japan · #1,384,547 worldwide 12 citations · 22 works
  4. 4 Tsuyoshi Okuhara Japan · #1,558,422 worldwide 11 citations · 19 works
All ranked researchers at University of Tokyo Health Sciences

Which keywords describe research at University of Tokyo Health Sciences?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Quality of Life, Clinical Practice Guidelines, Management, Inflammation, Rehabilitation, Risk Factors and Global Burden.

▲ 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. Epidemiology27▲ 3.4×85 topics
  2. Quality of Life11▲ 4.0×35 topics
  3. Inflammation10▲ 2.3×47 topics
  4. Social Media8▲ 2.7×5 topics
  5. Public Health8▲ 2.6×23 topics
  6. Risk Factors8▲ 3.4×24 topics
  7. Management7▲ 4.7×20 topics
  8. Cardiovascular Disease7▲ 3.1×22 topics
  9. Treatment7▲ 2.8×31 topics
  10. Clinical Practice Guidelines7▲ 6.1×14 topics
  11. Diagnosis6▲ 3.5×24 topics
  12. Mental Health6▲ 2.2×17 topics
  13. Global Burden6▲ 5.6×11 topics
  14. Biomarkers6▲ 4.2×14 topics
  15. Depression6▲ 3.2×18 topics
  16. Rehabilitation6▲ 7.0×11 topics
  17. Mortality5▲ 4.5×11 topics
  18. Chemotherapy5▲ 3.4×20 topics
  19. Prevention5▲ 5.5×13 topics
  20. Critical Care4▲ 9.7×7 topics
  21. Aging4▲ 4.1×9 topics
  22. Social Support4▲ 4.0×9 topics
  23. Guidelines4▲ 4.5×10 topics
  24. Heart Failure4▲ 4.7×10 topics
  25. Medical Education4▲ 7.6×8 topics
  26. Anxiety4▲ 4.0×7 topics
  27. Elderly Patients4▲ 11×4 topics
  28. Risk Perception4▲ 6.9×3 topics
  29. Global Access4▲ 20×2 topics
  30. Sepsis4▲ 11×4 topics
  31. COVID-19 Vaccine4▲ 24×1 topic
  32. Vaccine Hesitancy4▲ 26×1 topic
  33. Radiotherapy3▲ 4.4×12 topics
  34. Chronic Kidney Disease3▲ 6.8×7 topics
  35. Psychological Impact3▲ 5.0×5 topics
  36. Prognosis3▲ 4.9×8 topics
  37. Chronic Disease Management3▲ 8.2×5 topics
  38. Fake News3▲ 20×1 topic
  39. Information Seeking Behavior3▲ 29×2 topics
  40. Misinformation3▲ 20×1 topic

Which research topics does University of Tokyo Health Sciences publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy, Misinformation and Its Impacts, Health Literacy and Information Accessibility and Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment.

Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy: 4 fractional worksMisinformation and Its Impacts: 3 fractional worksHealth Literacy and Info…2Health Literacy and Information Accessibility: 2 fractional worksSepsis Diagnosis and Tre…2Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment: 2 fractional worksCOVID-19 and Mental Health: 2 fractional worksMaternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum: 2 fractional worksFrailty in Older Adults1Frailty in Older Adults: 1 fractional worksDelphi Technique in Research: 1 fractional worksSurgical Simulation and Training: 1 fractional worksInterstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis: 1 fractional works
HealthSociology and Political ScienceGeneral Health ProfessionsEpidemiology5 others

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

  1. 1 Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy Health 4 works
  2. 2 Misinformation and Its Impacts Sociology and Political Science 3 works
  3. 3 Health Literacy and Information Accessibility General Health Professions 2 works
  4. 4 Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment Epidemiology 2 works
  5. 5 COVID-19 and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 2 works
  6. 6 Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 2 works
  7. 7 Frailty in Older Adults Geriatrics and Gerontology 1 works
  8. 8 Delphi Technique in Research Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  9. 9 Surgical Simulation and Training Surgery 1 works
  10. 10 Interstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 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 available48.6%not open51.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors20.8%domestic only79.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has University of Tokyo Health Sciences's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 53% 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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