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Research in Gwangju

Science Explorer records 1 research institutions in Gwangju, South Korea. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are Chosun University Hospital.

Research institutions
1
1 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
628
▲ 30% vs 2013–17
Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
8.5%
record average 16.5%

A city carries no overall standing here. The composite score is built for institutions and countries, the units its floors and field normalisation were designed around. An empty rank on this page is a statement about the measure, not about the place.

Which research institutions are in Gwangju?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Chosun University HospitalHospital / health system 628 #19,436

By fractional works over the whole record; world rank on research quality in 2022–2025. Bars are scaled to the largest institution in this city, not to anything off the page.

What is Gwangju strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Gwangju is most concentrated in Surgery (6.7× the world share in Surgery).

  1. SurgerySubfield · 24.4 works6.7×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient against the world baseline. Inside a single field a city is a meaningful unit, which is why this is where a city is measured at all.

Which keywords describe research in Gwangju?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Inflammation, Heart Failure, Complications, Metabolic Syndrome, Mortality, Obesity and Guidelines.

▲ 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 city'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. Epidemiology15▲ 2.4×60 topics
  2. Inflammation10▲ 3.2×42 topics
  3. Metabolic Syndrome6▲ 4.3×13 topics
  4. Cardiovascular Disease5▲ 3.1×19 topics
  5. Heart Failure5▲ 8.0×11 topics
  6. Risk Factors5▲ 3.1×20 topics
  7. Obesity5▲ 4.3×15 topics
  8. Oxidative Stress5▲ 1.97×19 topics
  9. Treatment5▲ 2.7×24 topics
  10. Complications5▲ 6.3×11 topics
  11. Mortality5▲ 5.4×11 topics
  12. Cancer5▲ 2.2×22 topics
  13. Immunotherapy4▲ 4.1×13 topics
  14. Diagnosis4▲ 3.0×20 topics
  15. Guidelines4▲ 5.8×10 topics
  16. Neurological Disorders4▲ 4.6×9 topics
  17. Biomarkers4▲ 3.5×8 topics
  18. Global Burden4▲ 4.5×11 topics
  19. Neuroinflammation4▲ 8.1×6 topics
  20. Aging4▲ 4.2×4 topics
  21. Rehabilitation3▲ 5.5×8 topics
  22. Surgical Management3▲ 5.3×9 topics
  23. Alzheimer's Disease3▲ 7.6×5 topics
  24. Neuroimaging3▲ 7.9×6 topics
  25. Revision Surgery3▲ 17×2 topics
  26. Total Hip Replacement3▲ 17×2 topics
  27. Hypertension3▲ 7.2×9 topics
  28. Chronic Pain3▲ 8.8×5 topics
  29. Neurodegeneration3▲ 6.3×6 topics
  30. Biomechanics3▲ 6.0×5 topics
  31. Clinical Guidelines3▲ 6.3×7 topics
  32. Glycemic Control3▲ 12×4 topics
  33. Magnetic Resonance Imaging3▲ 7.0×4 topics
  34. Myocardial Infarction3▲ 7.5×4 topics
  35. Hepatocellular Carcinoma3▲ 7.9×3 topics
  36. Insulin Therapy3▲ 14×3 topics
  37. Clinical Outcomes2▲ 7.4×5 topics
  38. Caregiver Burden2▲ 14×2 topics
  39. Hepatic Steatosis2▲ 9.6×2 topics
  40. Hip Arthroplasty2▲ 24×1 topic

What research is done in Gwangju?

  1. 1 Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty Surgery 2 works
  2. 2 Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research Psychiatry and Mental health 2 works
  3. 3 Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment Epidemiology 2 works
  4. 4 Diabetes Treatment and Management Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 2 works
  5. 5 Anesthesia and Sedative Agents Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine 2 works
  6. 6 Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 2 works
  7. 7 Diabetes and associated disorders Genetics 1 works
  8. 8 Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms Neurology 1 works
  9. 9 Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 1 works
  10. 10 Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation Surgery 1 works

Research output over time

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The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more.