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Baekseok University

In research, Baekseok University stands highest in Health Sciences (#2,812 of 9,902 worldwide) and Medicine (#3,715 of 8,541 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Surgery (Surgery is 10.5× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#10,420
of 22,385 · #8,291 all time
Rank in South Korea
#169
of 343
Research works
820
▲ 29% vs 2018-21
Citations
5.3k
6.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.9%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.01×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
62%
world 40%
International
8%
world 18%
Baekseok University

What is Baekseok University known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Health SciencesDomain #2,812 of 9,902 16.5%96 #4685
MedicineField #3,715 of 8,541 21.1%70 #6083

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Baekseok University 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 Baekseok University work in?

In 2022-now, 64% of research at Baekseok University is in Health Sciences, 19% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (48%), Health Professions (8%), Social Sciences (7%). It does 2.6× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 125 fractional works · 63.8% of its workMedicine: 95 fractional works · 48.5% of its workSurgery: 48 fractional works · 24.7% of its workRehabilitation: 12 fractional works · 6.0% of its workEpidemiology: 10 fractional works · 5.2% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 4 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPhysiology: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPharmacology: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Informatics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHealth Professions: 15 fractional works · 7.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 7 fractional works · 3.6% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOccupational Therapy: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMedical Laboratory Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDentistry: 8 fractional works · 4.0% of its workOrthodontics: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workOral Surgery: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeneral Dentistry: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPeriodontics: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNursing: 7 fractional works · 3.6% of its workLeadership and Management: 6 fractional works · 2.9% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 36 fractional works · 18.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 14 fractional works · 7.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 6 fractional works · 2.8% of its workHealth: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEducation: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workTransportation: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLaw: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 13 fractional works · 6.4% of its workClinical Psychology: 7 fractional works · 3.6% of its workSocial Psychology: 4 fractional works · 2.0% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 5 fractional works · 2.5% of its workMusic: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workReligious studies: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHistory: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArcheology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workAccounting: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMarketing: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workFinance: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 26 fractional works · 13.1% of its workComputer Science: 14 fractional works · 6.9% of its workInformation Systems: 6 fractional works · 3.0% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workComputer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 8 fractional works · 3.9% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMedia Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 9 fractional works · 4.5% of its workNeuroscience: 5 fractional works · 2.6% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKBaekseokUniversity196fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences4%Physical Sciences13%Health Sciences64%Social Sciences19%

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 23 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine9548.5%
    2. Health Professions157.6%
    3. Dentistry84.0%
    4. Nursing73.6%
    5. Veterinary00.0%
    1. Social Sciences147.2%
    2. Psychology136.4%
    3. Arts and Humanities52.5%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting31.7%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.5%
    6. Decision Sciences00.1%
    1. Computer Science146.9%
    2. Engineering83.9%
    3. Environmental Science31.4%
    4. Materials Science10.6%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.1%
    6. Chemistry00.1%
    7. Mathematics00.1%
    1. Neuroscience52.6%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences20.9%
    3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology20.8%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.1%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Baekseok University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Surgery takes 10.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. SurgerySubfield · 48.3 works11×
← 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: 0.18× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.14× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.62× its world share, 5 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.89× its world share, 14 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.26× its world share, 8 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.28× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsDentistry: 8.34× its world share, 8 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.90× its world share, 15 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.52× its world share, 95 worksMedicineNursing: 7.43× its world share, 7 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.31× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.88× its world share, 5 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.54× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.25× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.11× its world share, 13 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.57× its world share, 14 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Dentistry, 8.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 23 fields, with their numbers
  1. Dentistry8.34×8 works
  2. Nursing7.43×7 works
  3. Health Professions2.90×15 works
  4. Medicine2.52×95 works
  5. Psychology2.11×13 works
  6. Neuroscience1.62×5 works
  7. Computer Science0.89×14 works
  8. Arts and Humanities0.88×5 works
  9. Social Sciences0.57×14 works
  10. Business, Management and Accounting0.54×3 works
  11. Veterinary0.31×0 works
  12. Environmental Science0.28×3 works
  13. Engineering0.26×8 works
  14. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.25×1 works
  15. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.24×0 works
  16. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.18×2 works
  17. Materials Science0.18×1 works
  18. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.14×2 works
  19. Decision Sciences0.13×0 works
  20. Immunology and Microbiology0.12×0 works
  21. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.09×0 works
  22. Mathematics0.07×0 works
  23. Chemistry0.05×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Baekseok University?

Ranked on the quality score, Chang Hee Baek, Gyu Rim Baek and Bo Taek Kim lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Baekseok University.

  1. 1 Chang Hee Baek South Korea · #1,768,324 worldwide 785 citations · 102 works
  2. 2 Gyu Rim Baek South Korea · #1,971,329 worldwide 196 citations · 16 works
  3. 3 Bo Taek Kim South Korea · #2,778,381 worldwide 423 citations · 79 works
  4. 4 Kyungmi Lee South Korea · #3,047,241 worldwide 526 citations · 85 works
  5. 5 Moon-Sun Shin South Korea · #3,391,688 worldwide 100 citations · 23 works
  6. 6 Eun-Hwa Jung South Korea · #3,400,270 worldwide 142 citations · 19 works
  7. 7 Miran Jung South Korea · #3,586,637 worldwide 320 citations · 44 works
  8. 8 Gyoung‐mo Kim South Korea · #3,687,245 worldwide 430 citations · 32 works
  9. 9 Seung Jin Kim South Korea · #3,706,763 worldwide 59 citations · 22 works
  10. 10 Choi HyunJung South Korea · #3,923,215 worldwide 147 citations · 29 works
All ranked researchers at Baekseok University

What are the most cited papers from Baekseok University?

The most cited paper from Baekseok University is "Scarcity Messages" (Praveen Aggarwal, Sung Youl Jun, Jong Ho Huh, 2011), with 337 citations. Next come "In Vivo Self‐Powered Wireless Transmission Using Biocompatible Flexible Energy Harvesters" (245) and "Validating E-learning factors affecting training effectiveness" (197).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Scarcity Messages Praveen Aggarwal, Sung Youl Jun, Jong Ho Huh · Journal of Advertising 5 Sep 2011 337
2 In Vivo Self‐Powered Wireless Transmission Using Biocompatible Flexible Energy Harvesters Dong Hyun Kim, Hong Ju Shin, Hyun-Seung Lee et al. · Advanced Functional Materials Open access 11 May 2017 245
3 Validating E-learning factors affecting training effectiveness Hyochang Lim, Sang-Gun Lee, Ki-Chan Nam · International Journal of Information Management 10 Jan 2007 197
4 Association between gastric intramucosal pH and splanchnic endotoxin, antibody to endotoxin, and tumor necrosis factor-α concentrations in patients undergoing cardiopulmonary bypass Lars W. Andersen, Laurence Landow, Leif Bæk et al. · Critical Care Medicine Feb 1993 191
5 Treadmill Training with Virtual Reality Improves Gait, Balance, and Muscle Strength in Children with Cerebral Palsy Chunhee Cho, Wonjeong Hwang, Sujin Hwang et al. · The Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine Open access 2016 183
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Baekseok University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Shoulder Function, Quality of Life, Rehabilitation, Rotator Cuff Tears, Shoulder Pathology, Self-Efficacy, Muscle Strength and Reconstruction.

▲ 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 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. Shoulder Function35▲ 207×2 topics
  2. Quality of Life25▲ 8.7×19 topics
  3. Rehabilitation24▲ 31×5 topics
  4. Rotator Cuff Tears22▲ 183×1 topic
  5. Shoulder Pathology22▲ 183×1 topic
  6. Epidemiology21▲ 2.7×23 topics
  7. Self-Efficacy16▲ 31×7 topics
  8. Muscle Strength13▲ 61×2 topics
  9. Reconstruction13▲ 38×2 topics
  10. Brachial Plexus12▲ 272×1 topic
  11. Nerve Transfer12▲ 272×1 topic
  12. Complications12▲ 12×5 topics
  13. Social Support10▲ 9.8×10 topics
  14. Acromioclavicular Joint9▲ 189×1 topic
  15. Clavicle Fractures9▲ 189×1 topic
  16. Surgical Management9▲ 11×2 topics
  17. Elbow Injuries8▲ 204×1 topic
  18. Ulnar Collateral Ligament Reconstruction8▲ 204×1 topic
  19. Job Satisfaction8▲ 9.7×7 topics
  20. Chronic Pain7▲ 17×3 topics
  21. Virtual Reality7▲ 7.1×6 topics
  22. Stress Management6▲ 30×3 topics
  23. Mental Health6▲ 2.1×19 topics
  24. Clinical Competence6▲ 205×1 topic
  25. Nursing Professionalism6▲ 205×1 topic
  26. Pain Management6▲ 12×4 topics
  27. Health Locus of Control5▲ 87×1 topic
  28. Health-Promoting Behaviors5▲ 87×1 topic
  29. Postoperative Pain5▲ 26×1 topic
  30. Regional Anesthesia5▲ 44×1 topic
  31. Psychological Factors4▲ 11×6 topics
  32. Low Back Pain4▲ 12×4 topics
  33. Coping Strategies4▲ 7.4×4 topics
  34. Lifelong Learning4▲ 9.2×3 topics
  35. Functional Recovery4▲ 12×2 topics
  36. Constraint-Induced Therapy3▲ 22×1 topic
  37. Motor Recovery3▲ 22×1 topic
  38. Neural Plasticity3▲ 9.6×2 topics
  39. Distance Education3▲ 8.5×2 topics
  40. Online Education3▲ 8.1×1 topic

Which research topics does Baekseok University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Shoulder Injury and Treatment, Nerve Injury and Rehabilitation, Shoulder and Clavicle Injuries and Elbow and Forearm Trauma Treatment.

Shoulder Injury and Trea…22Shoulder Injury and Treatment: 22 fractional worksNerve Injury and Rehabil…12Nerve Injury and Rehabilitation: 12 fractional worksShoulder and Clavicle In…9Shoulder and Clavicle Injuries: 9 fractional worksElbow and Forearm Trauma Treatment: 8 fractional worksHealthcare Education and Workforce Issues: 6 fractional worksHealth and Wellbeing Res…5Health and Wellbeing Research: 5 fractional worksAnesthesia and Pain Management: 5 fractional worksStroke Rehabilitation and Recovery: 3 fractional worksEducation and Learning Interventions: 3 fractional worksOrthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation: 2 fractional works
SurgeryEpidemiologyRehabilitationLeadership and Management2 others

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

  1. 1 Shoulder Injury and Treatment Surgery 22 works
  2. 2 Nerve Injury and Rehabilitation Surgery 12 works
  3. 3 Shoulder and Clavicle Injuries Epidemiology 9 works
  4. 4 Elbow and Forearm Trauma Treatment Rehabilitation 8 works
  5. 5 Healthcare Education and Workforce Issues Leadership and Management 6 works
  6. 6 Health and Wellbeing Research General Health Professions 5 works
  7. 7 Anesthesia and Pain Management Surgery 5 works
  8. 8 Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery Rehabilitation 3 works
  9. 9 Education and Learning Interventions Information Systems 3 works
  10. 10 Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation Surgery 2 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 available62.2%not open37.8%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors8.5%domestic only91.5%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Baekseok University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 29% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting200020102020
grewheldshrank

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 Baekseok University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00083% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%Baekseok University0.00083% in 2025200020102020

Fractional works of Baekseok University over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting10%20%all institutions10.0% in 2025Baekseok University8.3% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 17.6% in 2022.

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