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Yukioka Hospital

In research, Yukioka Hospital stands highest in Health Sciences (#9,194 of 16,688 worldwide) and Medicine (#8,798 of 14,558 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Medicine (Medicine is 4.2× its share of world research).

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World rank, all time
#33,237
of 34,923
Rank in Japan
#1,688
of 1,923
Research works
164
▼ 15% vs 2018-21
Citations
2.4k
14.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
2.6%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.94×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
37%
world 40%
International
6%
world 18%
Yukioka Hospital

What is Yukioka 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
Health SciencesDomain #9,194 of 16,688 6.8%142
MedicineField #8,798 of 14,558 6.8%139

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Yukioka 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Yukioka Hospital work in?

In 2022-now, 82% of research at Yukioka Hospital is in Health Sciences, 15% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (82%), Engineering (7%), Computer Science (5%). It does 2.8× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 26 fractional works · 82.1% of its workMedicine: 26 fractional works · 81.7% of its workSurgery: 14 fractional works · 45.2% of its workEpidemiology: 3 fractional works · 9.5% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 2 fractional works · 6.0% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 3.7% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workRehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOphthalmology: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDermatology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHepatology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGastroenterology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workUrology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 5 fractional works · 14.8% of its workEngineering: 2 fractional works · 7.3% of its workMechanics of Materials: 1 fractional works · 3.2% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workComputer Science: 2 fractional works · 5.3% of its workSoftware: 1 fractional works · 3.2% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workApplied Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workLife Sciences: 1 fractional works · 2.8% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSensory Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCancer Research: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKYukioka Hospital31fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences3%Physical Sciences15%Health Sciences82%Social Sciences0%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 11 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine2681.7%
    2. Dentistry00.2%
    3. Health Professions00.1%
    1. Engineering27.3%
    2. Computer Science25.3%
    3. Mathematics01.2%
    4. Materials Science01.0%
    1. Neuroscience01.4%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology01.3%
    1. Psychology00.2%
    2. Decision Sciences00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Yukioka 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 · 25.7 works4.2×
← 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.

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.89× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 0.68× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.49× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringMaterials Science: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.99× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsDentistry: 0.36× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.25× its world share, 26 worksMedicineDecision Sciences: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesPsychology: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksPsychology1×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.

All 11 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine4.25×26 works
  2. Mathematics0.99×0 works
  3. Neuroscience0.89×0 works
  4. Computer Science0.68×2 works
  5. Engineering0.49×2 works
  6. Dentistry0.36×0 works
  7. Materials Science0.30×0 works
  8. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.25×0 works
  9. Decision Sciences0.11×0 works
  10. Psychology0.07×0 works
  11. Health Professions0.05×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Yukioka Hospital?

Ranked on the quality score, Shigeto Nakagawa, Naoko Mizuno and Yutaka Furumitsu lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Yukioka Hospital.

  1. 1 Shigeto Nakagawa Japan · #2,658,587 worldwide 3k citations · 129 works
  2. 2 Naoko Mizuno Japan · #2,803,676 worldwide 1.7k citations · 51 works
  3. 3 Yutaka Furumitsu Japan · #3,525,242 worldwide 735 citations · 21 works
  4. 4 Masao Yukioka Japan · #4,028,142 worldwide 2.3k citations · 76 works
  5. 5 Kazuhiko Yukioka Japan · #5,098,271 worldwide 402 citations · 31 works
All ranked researchers at Yukioka Hospital

What are the most cited papers from Yukioka Hospital?

The most cited paper from Yukioka Hospital is "Functional haplotypes of PADI4, encoding citrullinating enzyme peptidylarginine deiminase 4, are associated with rheumatoid arthritis" (Akari Suzuki et al., 2003), with 1,172 citations. Next come "Meta-analysis identifies nine new loci associated with rheumatoid arthritis in the Japanese population" (336) and "Increased thickness of the arterial intima‐media detected by ultrasonography in patients with rheumatoid arthritis" (314).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Functional haplotypes of PADI4, encoding citrullinating enzyme peptidylarginine deiminase 4, are associated with rheumatoid arthritis Akari Suzuki et al. · Nature Genetics 27 Jun 2003 1,172
2 Meta-analysis identifies nine new loci associated with rheumatoid arthritis in the Japanese population Yukinori Okada et al. · Nature Genetics 25 Mar 2012 336
3 Increased thickness of the arterial intima‐media detected by ultrasonography in patients with rheumatoid arthritis Yasuro Kumeda, Masaaki Inaba, Hitoshi Goto et al. · Arthritis & Rheumatism Jun 2002 314
4 The resident's ridge as an arthroscopic landmark for anatomical femoral tunnel drilling in ACL reconstruction Konsei Shino, Tomoyuki Suzuki, Takehiko Iwahashi et al. · Knee Surgery Sports Traumatology Arthroscopy 13 Nov 2009 162
5 Changes in the incidence and prevalence of rheumatoid arthritis in Kamitonda, Wakayama, Japan, 1965–1996 K Shichikawa, Koji Inoue, Shigenaga Hirota et al. · Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases Open access Dec 1999 142
All 61 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Yukioka Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Anterior Cruciate Ligament, Injury Risk, Epidemiology, Shoulder Function, Complications, Rehabilitation, Rotator Cuff Tears and Shoulder Pathology.

▲ 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-now 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 23 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 23 words, with their numbers
  1. Anterior Cruciate Ligament6▲ 448×1 topic
  2. Epidemiology6▲ 4.7×11 topics
  3. Injury Risk6▲ 448×1 topic
  4. Shoulder Function4▲ 142×2 topics
  5. Complications4▲ 23×5 topics
  6. Rehabilitation3▲ 27×2 topics
  7. Rotator Cuff Tears3▲ 157×1 topic
  8. Shoulder Pathology3▲ 157×1 topic
  9. Arthroplasty2▲ 68×2 topics
  10. Patient Satisfaction2▲ 20×2 topics
  11. Health-related Quality of Life2▲ 25×2 topics
  12. Total Hip Replacement2▲ 46×1 topic
  13. Total Knee Replacement2▲ 85×1 topic
  14. Acromioclavicular Joint2▲ 202×1 topic
  15. Clavicle Fractures2▲ 202×1 topic
  16. Surgical Management2▲ 12×2 topics
  17. Biomechanics1▲ 15×4 topics
  18. Risk Factors1▲ 3.5×4 topics
  19. Adhesion1▲ 138×1 topic
  20. Automated Testing1▲ 126×1 topic
  21. Gecko1▲ 138×1 topic
  22. Intraocular Pressure1▲ 36×2 topics
  23. Software Fault Localization1▲ 126×1 topic

Which research topics does Yukioka Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Knee injuries and reconstruction techniques, Shoulder Injury and Treatment, Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes and Shoulder and Clavicle Injuries.

Knee injuries and recons…6Knee injuries and reconstruction techniques: 6 fractional worksShoulder Injury and Treatment: 3 fractional worksTotal Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes: 2 fractional worksShoulder and Clavicle Injuries: 2 fractional worksAdhesion, Friction, and …1Adhesion, Friction, and Surface Interactions: 1 fractional worksSoftware Testing and Debugging Techniques: 1 fractional worksSports injuries and prevention: 1 fractional worksNerve Injury and Rehabilitation: 1 fractional worksOrthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation: 1 fractional worksCorneal surgery and disorders: 1 fractional works
SurgeryEpidemiologyMechanics of MaterialsSoftware2 others

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

  1. 1 Knee injuries and reconstruction techniques Surgery 6 works
  2. 2 Shoulder Injury and Treatment Surgery 3 works
  3. 3 Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes Surgery 2 works
  4. 4 Shoulder and Clavicle Injuries Epidemiology 2 works
  5. 5 Adhesion, Friction, and Surface Interactions Mechanics of Materials 1 works
  6. 6 Software Testing and Debugging Techniques Software 1 works
  7. 7 Sports injuries and prevention Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 1 works
  8. 8 Nerve Injury and Rehabilitation Surgery 1 works
  9. 9 Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation Surgery 1 works
  10. 10 Corneal surgery and disorders Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 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 available37.4%not open62.6%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors6.3%domestic only93.7%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Yukioka Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 15% lower than in 2018-2021.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Yukioka Hospital as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000076% in 2024.

still counting0.00020%0.00040%0.00060%Yukioka Hospital0.000041% in 20251990200020102020

Fractional works of Yukioka Hospital over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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