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Yokufukai Hospital

In research, Yokufukai Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#17,186 of 17,978 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#19,777 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
#40,951
of 42,892
Rank in Japan
#1,963
of 2,112
Research works
255
▲ 8% vs 2013–17
Citations
3.3k
13.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
58%
world 28%

What is Yokufukai Hospital 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
MedicineField #17,186 of 17,978 6.4%188
Health SciencesDomain #19,777 of 20,462 6.6%199

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Yokufukai Hospital 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 Yokufukai Hospital 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 · 24.1 works4.2×
  2. Health SciencesDomain · 24.9 works3.6×
← 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: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.06× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.29× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.09× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.46× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksChemistryEngineering: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.34× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.77× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.75× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.22× its world share, 24 worksMedicineNursing: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.38× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryPsychology: 0.37× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.11× its world share, 0 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.

Who are the top researchers at Yokufukai Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, E Otomo, Makoto Hibino and Michio Hayakawa lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Yokufukai Hospital.

  1. 1 E Otomo Japan · #867,057 worldwide 30 citations · 43 works
  2. 2 Makoto Hibino Japan · #1,286,033 worldwide 19 citations · 15 works
  3. 3 Michio Hayakawa Japan · #1,415,639 worldwide 11 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Yokufukai Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Yokufukai Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Complications, Diagnosis, Treatment, Palliative Treatment, Endoscopic Stenting, Esophageal Perforation and Chemotherapy.

▲ 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 31 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 31 words, with their numbers
  1. Epidemiology7▲ 5.8×32 topics
  2. Complications4▲ 24×8 topics
  3. Diagnosis3▲ 11×13 topics
  4. Treatment3▲ 8.5×11 topics
  5. Inflammation2▲ 3.6×18 topics
  6. Palliative Treatment2▲ 111×2 topics
  7. Endoscopic Stenting2▲ 145×1 topic
  8. Esophageal Perforation2▲ 145×1 topic
  9. Chemotherapy2▲ 8.7×6 topics
  10. Clinical Practice Guidelines2▲ 11×7 topics
  11. Endoscopic Resection2▲ 57×2 topics
  12. Quality of Life2▲ 3.6×8 topics
  13. Surgical Management2▲ 13×8 topics
  14. Adjuvant Therapy2▲ 41×2 topics
  15. Children2▲ 22×3 topics
  16. Surgery2▲ 14×3 topics
  17. Molecular Characterization1▲ 24×2 topics
  18. Pathogenesis1▲ 8.9×5 topics
  19. Survival Analysis1▲ 16×2 topics
  20. Bacteremia1▲ 54×2 topics
  21. Gastric Cancer1▲ 37×1 topic
  22. Lymph Node Dissection1▲ 71×1 topic
  23. Prognostic Factors1▲ 9.0×4 topics
  24. Surgical Treatment1▲ 20×4 topics
  25. Imaging1▲ 14×2 topics
  26. Prophylaxis1▲ 28×2 topics
  27. Virulence Factors1▲ 24×3 topics
  28. Endocarditis Guidelines1▲ 92×1 topic
  29. Infective Endocarditis1▲ 92×1 topic
  30. Intussusception1▲ 96×1 topic
  31. Meckel's Diverticulum1▲ 96×1 topic

Which research topics does Yokufukai Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Esophageal and GI Pathology, Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes, Gastrointestinal disorders and treatments and Infective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management.

Esophageal and GI Pathol…2Esophageal and GI Pathology: 2 fractional worksGastric Cancer Management and Outcomes: 1 fractional worksGastrointestinal disorde…1Gastrointestinal disorders and treatments: 1 fractional worksInfective Endocarditis D…1Infective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management: 1 fractional worksGastrointestinal Tumor Research and Treatment: 1 fractional worksStreptococcal Infections and Treatments: 1 fractional worksMetastasis and carcinoma…1Metastasis and carcinoma case studies: 1 fractional worksForeign Body Medical Cases: 0 fractional worksHernia repair and management: 0 fractional worksTracheal and airway disorders: 0 fractional works
SurgeryPulmonary and Respiratory MedicineEpidemiologyGastroenterology2 others

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

  1. 1 Esophageal and GI Pathology Surgery 2 works
  2. 2 Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 1 works
  3. 3 Gastrointestinal disorders and treatments Surgery 1 works
  4. 4 Infective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management Epidemiology 1 works
  5. 5 Gastrointestinal Tumor Research and Treatment Gastroenterology 1 works
  6. 6 Streptococcal Infections and Treatments Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 1 works
  7. 7 Metastasis and carcinoma case studies Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 1 works
  8. 8 Foreign Body Medical Cases Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 0 works
  9. 9 Hernia repair and management Surgery 0 works
  10. 10 Tracheal and airway disorders Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 0 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 available57.9%not open42.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors5.5%domestic only94.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Yokufukai Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 8% 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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