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Wakayama Medical University

In research, Wakayama Medical University stands highest in Medicine (#2,633 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#3,542 of 11,982 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#2,844 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Surgery, Pathology and Forensic Medicine and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine — Surgery is 6.8× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#5,760
of 28,054 · #5,371 all time
Rank in Japan
#139
of 1,070
Research works
6.7k
▲ 9% vs 2013–17
Citations
123k
18.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
43%
world 28%

What is Wakayama Medical University 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 #2,633 of 10,443 8.8%687 #1701
Health SciencesDomain #3,542 of 11,982 8.7%715 #2219
Life SciencesDomain #2,844 of 7,800 9.1%168 #2512
SurgerySubfield #708 of 1,816 10.9%151 #630
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield #644 of 1,144 11.4%93 #758
OncologySubfield #673 of 772 11.3%68 #857
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #3,444 of 3,579 7.5%89 #3544

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Wakayama Medical University 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. Medicine#1,701 #2,633
  2. Health Sciences#2,219 #3,542
  3. Life Sciences#2,512 #2,844
  4. Surgery#630 #708
  5. Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine#758 #644
  6. Oncology#857 #673
  7. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#3,544 #3,444
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 Wakayama Medical University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Surgery takes 6.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. SurgerySubfield · 151.2 works6.8×
  2. Pathology and Forensic MedicineSubfield · 32.8 works6.7×
  3. Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield · 93.2 works6.4×
  4. OncologySubfield · 67.8 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: 0.11× its world share, 5 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.76× its world share, 89 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.68× its world share, 25 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.34× its world share, 36 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 4.00× its world share, 13 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.40× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.36× its world share, 5 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.07× its world share, 5 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.11× its world share, 16 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.08× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.23× its world share, 8 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.25× its world share, 3 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.14× its world share, 3 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.60× its world share, 3 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.69× its world share, 17 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.78× its world share, 687 worksMedicineNursing: 1.73× its world share, 8 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.02× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.31× its world share, 9 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.03× its world share, 4 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics, 4.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Wakayama Medical University?

Ranked on the composite score, Masaki Ueno, Hiroki Yamaue and Nobuyuki Yamamoto lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Wakayama Medical University.

  1. 1 Masaki Ueno Japan · #57,862 worldwide 256 citations · 37 works
  2. 2 Hiroki Yamaue Japan · #77,864 worldwide 491 citations · 132 works
  3. 3 Nobuyuki Yamamoto Japan · #79,020 worldwide 576 citations · 154 works
  4. 4 Mikihito Nakamori Japan · #124,912 worldwide 100 citations · 37 works
  5. 5 Akio Kuroi Japan · #131,833 worldwide 140 citations · 35 works
  6. 6 Osamu Masuo Japan · #163,275 worldwide 140 citations · 23 works
  7. 7 Shinya Hayami Japan · #175,357 worldwide 230 citations · 19 works
  8. 8 Takashi Kubo Japan · #175,774 worldwide 320 citations · 105 works
  9. 9 Toshio Imanishi Japan · #177,737 worldwide 181 citations · 43 works
  10. 10 Yasuteru Muragaki Japan · #180,931 worldwide 129 citations · 35 works
All ranked researchers at Wakayama Medical University

Which keywords describe research at Wakayama Medical University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Chemotherapy, Epidemiology, Immunotherapy, Inflammation, Neoadjuvant Therapy, Tumor Microenvironment, Treatment 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. Epidemiology107▲ 2.9×99 topics
  2. Chemotherapy72▲ 11×23 topics
  3. Inflammation64▲ 3.2×75 topics
  4. Immunotherapy56▲ 8.3×18 topics
  5. Treatment49▲ 4.3×36 topics
  6. Neoadjuvant Therapy40▲ 18×5 topics
  7. Diagnosis39▲ 4.4×32 topics
  8. Tumor Microenvironment39▲ 9.3×8 topics
  9. Management33▲ 4.4×26 topics
  10. Clinical Practice Guidelines32▲ 6.3×14 topics
  11. Prognostic Factors32▲ 7.7×14 topics
  12. Oxidative Stress31▲ 2.0×44 topics
  13. Cancer28▲ 2.2×41 topics
  14. Clinical Trials26▲ 4.1×14 topics
  15. Surgical Management25▲ 6.4×19 topics
  16. Cardiovascular Disease23▲ 2.2×32 topics
  17. Genetic Mutations23▲ 5.7×22 topics
  18. Pancreatic Cancer23▲ 22×3 topics
  19. Surgical Complications23▲ 30×2 topics
  20. Survival Analysis23▲ 8.8×7 topics
  21. Gemcitabine23▲ 33×1 topic
  22. Genomic Analyses23▲ 33×1 topic
  23. Complications22▲ 4.8×16 topics
  24. Molecular Characterization21▲ 12×5 topics
  25. Radiotherapy20▲ 5.5×11 topics
  26. Surgery20▲ 5.9×11 topics
  27. Guidelines19▲ 4.4×12 topics
  28. Endoscopic Resection19▲ 20×2 topics
  29. Spinal Fusion19▲ 21×2 topics
  30. Degenerative Disc Disease18▲ 21×2 topics
  31. Targeted Therapy18▲ 8.3×4 topics
  32. Cholangiocarcinoma17▲ 23×2 topics
  33. Adjuvant Therapy16▲ 14×2 topics
  34. Low Back Pain16▲ 9.6×4 topics
  35. Myocardial Infarction15▲ 6.9×6 topics
  36. Surgical Treatment15▲ 8.1×6 topics
  37. Clinical Guidelines15▲ 5.4×9 topics
  38. Gastric Cancer13▲ 13×3 topics
  39. Cardiac Imaging13▲ 11×3 topics
  40. Spinal Surgery13▲ 17×2 topics

Which research topics does Wakayama Medical University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research, Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology, Gallbladder and Bile Duct Disorders and Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes.

Pancreatic and Hepatic O…23Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research: 23 fractional worksSpine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology: 11 fractional worksGallbladder and Bile Duc…11Gallbladder and Bile Duct Disorders: 11 fractional worksGastric Cancer Managemen…11Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes: 11 fractional worksEsophageal Cancer Research and Treatment: 8 fractional worksLung Cancer Treatments and Mutations: 8 fractional worksPancreatitis Pathology a…8Pancreatitis Pathology and Treatment: 8 fractional worksCancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers: 8 fractional worksScoliosis diagnosis and treatment: 8 fractional worksCardiac Imaging and Diag…7Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics: 7 fractional works
OncologyPathology and Forensic MedicinePulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSurgery1 others

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

  1. 1 Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research Oncology 23 works
  2. 2 Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology Pathology and Forensic Medicine 11 works
  3. 3 Gallbladder and Bile Duct Disorders Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 11 works
  4. 4 Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 11 works
  5. 5 Esophageal Cancer Research and Treatment Surgery 8 works
  6. 6 Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 8 works
  7. 7 Pancreatitis Pathology and Treatment Surgery 8 works
  8. 8 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 8 works
  9. 9 Scoliosis diagnosis and treatment Surgery 8 works
  10. 10 Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 7 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 available43.2%not open56.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors8.2%domestic only91.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Wakayama Medical University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 9% 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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Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners are in the interactive view on the map.