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Ajou University Hospital

In research, Ajou University Hospital stands highest in Health Sciences (#5,118 of 11,982 worldwide) and Medicine (#5,282 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Surgery — Surgery is 6.6× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#16,166
of 28,054 · #24,672 all time
Rank in South Korea
#288
of 417
Research works
680
▲ 15% vs 2013–17
Citations
8.1k
11.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
13.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
63%
world 28%

What is Ajou University Hospital 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
Health SciencesDomain #5,118 of 11,982 13.3%124 #8563
MedicineField #5,282 of 10,443 12.7%116 #9278

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Ajou University 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 Ajou University Hospital specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Surgery takes 6.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. SurgerySubfield · 24.1 works6.6×
← 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: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.29× its world share, 11 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.19× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.48× its world share, 4 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.70× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.21× its world share, 5 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.67× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.03× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.85× its world share, 116 worksMedicineNursing: 3.08× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.41× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.22× its world share, 4 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Ajou University Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, Jinoo Kim and Myong Chul Park lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Ajou University Hospital.

  1. 1 Jinoo Kim South Korea · #913,818 worldwide 37 citations · 20 works
  2. 2 Myong Chul Park South Korea · #1,258,305 worldwide 10 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Ajou University Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Ajou University Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Immunotherapy, Diabetes, Mortality, Biomechanics, Management, Obesity and Cardiovascular Disease.

▲ 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. Epidemiology19▲ 3.0×62 topics
  2. Immunotherapy7▲ 6.6×12 topics
  3. Cardiovascular Disease7▲ 3.9×21 topics
  4. Inflammation6▲ 1.98×34 topics
  5. Management6▲ 5.0×17 topics
  6. Obesity6▲ 5.1×15 topics
  7. Mortality6▲ 6.3×10 topics
  8. Diabetes6▲ 7.2×12 topics
  9. Biomechanics5▲ 11×6 topics
  10. Risk Factors5▲ 3.0×16 topics
  11. Diagnosis5▲ 3.4×18 topics
  12. Surgical Management5▲ 7.7×12 topics
  13. Chemotherapy5▲ 4.4×16 topics
  14. Metabolic Syndrome5▲ 3.6×14 topics
  15. Treatment5▲ 2.4×21 topics
  16. Cancer4▲ 2.2×19 topics
  17. Guidelines4▲ 6.0×9 topics
  18. Rehabilitation4▲ 7.0×10 topics
  19. Radiotherapy4▲ 7.0×10 topics
  20. Complications4▲ 5.1×13 topics
  21. Clinical Practice Guidelines4▲ 4.5×11 topics
  22. Global Burden4▲ 4.7×7 topics
  23. Neuroprotection4▲ 7.1×6 topics
  24. Insulin Resistance4▲ 5.3×7 topics
  25. Neuroinflammation4▲ 7.9×5 topics
  26. Atherosclerosis3▲ 7.7×5 topics
  27. Clinical Outcomes3▲ 9.5×5 topics
  28. Molecular Classification3▲ 13×3 topics
  29. Physical Activity3▲ 4.1×6 topics
  30. Radiosurgery3▲ 22×4 topics
  31. Prognosis3▲ 6.0×6 topics
  32. Genomic Analysis3▲ 7.3×3 topics
  33. Revascularization3▲ 12×3 topics
  34. Anticoagulant Therapy3▲ 14×4 topics
  35. Survival Analysis3▲ 6.2×5 topics
  36. Wound Healing3▲ 6.7×5 topics
  37. Ischemic Stroke3▲ 11×3 topics
  38. Glioblastoma2▲ 23×1 topic
  39. Temozolomide2▲ 23×1 topic
  40. Arthroplasty2▲ 16×2 topics

Which research topics does Ajou University Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment, Spinal Fractures and Fixation Techniques, Medical Imaging and Analysis and Brain Metastases and Treatment.

Glioma Diagnosis and Tre…2Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment: 2 fractional worksSpinal Fractures and Fix…2Spinal Fractures and Fixation Techniques: 2 fractional worksMedical Imaging and Analysis: 2 fractional worksBrain Metastases and Treatment: 2 fractional worksObesity, Physical Activity, Diet: 2 fractional worksAcute Ischemic Stroke Management: 2 fractional worksFoot and Ankle Surgery: 2 fractional worksOvarian cancer diagnosis…2Ovarian cancer diagnosis and treatment: 2 fractional worksPain Management and Treatment: 2 fractional worksIntracerebral and Subarachnoid Hemorrhage Research: 1 fractional works
GeneticsSurgeryBiomedical EngineeringPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine6 others

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

  1. 1 Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment Genetics 2 works
  2. 2 Spinal Fractures and Fixation Techniques Surgery 2 works
  3. 3 Medical Imaging and Analysis Biomedical Engineering 2 works
  4. 4 Brain Metastases and Treatment Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  5. 5 Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 2 works
  6. 6 Acute Ischemic Stroke Management Epidemiology 2 works
  7. 7 Foot and Ankle Surgery Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 2 works
  8. 8 Ovarian cancer diagnosis and treatment Reproductive Medicine 2 works
  9. 9 Pain Management and Treatment Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine 2 works
  10. 10 Intracerebral and Subarachnoid Hemorrhage Research Neurology 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 available62.6%not open37.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors10.2%domestic only89.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Ajou University Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 15% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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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