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Yawata Medical Center

In research, Yawata Medical Center stands highest in Health Sciences (#20,218 of 20,462 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Medicine and Health Sciences — Medicine is 4.2× its share of world research.

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World rank, all time
#42,060
of 42,892
Rank in Japan
#2,066
of 2,112
Research works
202
▲ 82% vs 2013–17
Citations
1.6k
7.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
2.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
66%
world 28%

What is Yawata Medical Center known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Health SciencesDomain #20,218 of 20,462 7.3%122

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Yawata Medical 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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

What does Yawata Medical Center specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Medicine takes 4.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. MedicineField · 30.0 works4.2×
  2. Health SciencesDomain · 31.6 works3.7×
← 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: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.15× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.95× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Engineering: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.47× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.39× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.24× its world share, 30 worksMedicineNursing: 0.93× its world share, 0 worksNursingPsychology: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 4.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Yawata Medical Center?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Revision Surgery, Total Hip Replacement, Complications, Myocardial Infarction, Patient Satisfaction, Arthroplasty and Arrhythmias.

▲ 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. Epidemiology6▲ 4.2×19 topics
  2. Revision Surgery4▲ 93×2 topics
  3. Total Hip Replacement4▲ 93×2 topics
  4. Complications4▲ 21×2 topics
  5. Myocardial Infarction3▲ 39×3 topics
  6. Patient Satisfaction3▲ 28×3 topics
  7. Arrhythmias3▲ 82×2 topics
  8. Arthroplasty3▲ 80×2 topics
  9. Outcomes3▲ 93×1 topic
  10. Total Knee Replacement3▲ 114×1 topic
  11. Ion Channels2▲ 62×2 topics
  12. Sudden Cardiac Death2▲ 82×2 topics
  13. Cardiac Electrophysiology2▲ 152×1 topic
  14. Cardiovascular Disease2▲ 5.9×6 topics
  15. Long-QT Syndrome2▲ 152×1 topic
  16. Cardiac Imaging2▲ 51×2 topics
  17. Coronary Artery Disease2▲ 50×1 topic
  18. Myocardial Perfusion2▲ 87×1 topic
  19. Diagnosis2▲ 6.0×4 topics
  20. Prognosis2▲ 16×2 topics
  21. Quality of Life2▲ 3.7×6 topics
  22. Treatment2▲ 4.2×4 topics
  23. Rehabilitation2▲ 12×5 topics
  24. Cardiac Amyloidosis2▲ 212×1 topic
  25. Hip Arthroplasty2▲ 70×1 topic
  26. Transthyretin2▲ 212×1 topic
  27. Wear Particles2▲ 70×1 topic
  28. Anterior Cruciate Ligament2▲ 102×1 topic
  29. Injury Risk2▲ 102×1 topic
  30. Urinary Incontinence2▲ 51×2 topics
  31. Surgical Treatment1▲ 19×3 topics
  32. Guidelines1▲ 6.9×3 topics
  33. Pelvic Floor Dysfunction1▲ 72×1 topic
  34. Pelvic Organ Prolapse1▲ 72×1 topic
  35. Type 1 Diabetes1▲ 38×2 topics
  36. Echocardiography1▲ 11×3 topics
  37. Osteoarthritis1▲ 24×2 topics
  38. Cytoreductive Surgery1▲ 42×1 topic
  39. Hypoglycemia1▲ 59×1 topic
  40. Insulin Therapy1▲ 22×1 topic

Which research topics does Yawata Medical Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes, Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias, Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics and Amyloidosis: Diagnosis, Treatment, Outcomes.

Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes: 3 fractional worksCardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias: 2 fractional worksCardiac Imaging and Diag…2Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics: 2 fractional worksAmyloidosis: Diagnosis, …2Amyloidosis: Diagnosis, Treatment, Outcomes: 2 fractional worksOrthopaedic implants and arthroplasty: 2 fractional worksKnee injuries and reconstruction techniques: 2 fractional worksPelvic floor disorders t…1Pelvic floor disorders treatments: 1 fractional worksDiabetes Management and Research: 1 fractional worksIntraperitoneal and Appendiceal Malignancies: 1 fractional worksAcute Myocardial Infarction Research: 1 fractional works
SurgeryCardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingMolecular Biology2 others

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

  1. 1 Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes Surgery 3 works
  2. 2 Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 2 works
  3. 3 Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 2 works
  4. 4 Amyloidosis: Diagnosis, Treatment, Outcomes Molecular Biology 2 works
  5. 5 Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty Surgery 2 works
  6. 6 Knee injuries and reconstruction techniques Surgery 2 works
  7. 7 Pelvic floor disorders treatments Rheumatology 1 works
  8. 8 Diabetes Management and Research Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 1 works
  9. 9 Intraperitoneal and Appendiceal Malignancies Surgery 1 works
  10. 10 Acute Myocardial Infarction Research Cardiology and Cardiovascular 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 available65.5%not open34.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors5.1%domestic only94.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Yawata Medical Center's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 82% 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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