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BongSeng Memorial Hospital

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World rank, all time
#34,685
of 34,923
Rank in South Korea
#509
of 512
Research works
128
◆ 2% vs 2018-21
Citations
821
6.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
1.3%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.83×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
61%
world 40%
International
4%
world 18%
BongSeng Memorial Hospital

Which fields of science does BongSeng Memorial Hospital work in?

In 2022-now, 70% of research at BongSeng Memorial Hospital is in Health Sciences, 19% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (62%), Social Sciences (8%), Psychology (8%). It does 2.3× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 16 fractional works · 70.3% of its workMedicine: 14 fractional works · 62.3% of its workSurgery: 2 fractional works · 7.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 6.5% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 6.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 5.8% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 5.8% of its workNephrology: 1 fractional works · 4.4% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 3.9% of its workRheumatology: 1 fractional works · 3.6% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 3.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 2.9% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 2.7% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 1.7% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workDermatology: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHealth Informatics: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workTransplantation: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHepatology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 6.5% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 3.7% of its workHealth Information Management: 1 fractional works · 2.9% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workLeadership and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 4 fractional works · 19.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 8.4% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 4.3% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 2.9% of its workEducation: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPsychology: 2 fractional works · 7.8% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 2.9% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 1.9% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workApplied Psychology: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPhilosophy: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysical Sciences: 1 fractional works · 5.4% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 4.0% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 4.0% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workLife Sciences: 1 fractional works · 5.3% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 2.9% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBiological Psychiatry: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKBongSeng MemorialHospital23fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences5%Physical Sciences5%Health Sciences70%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 13 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine1462.3%
    2. Health Professions26.5%
    3. Nursing01.4%
    1. Social Sciences28.4%
    2. Psychology27.8%
    3. Arts and Humanities01.4%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting01.4%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.0%
    1. Computer Science14.0%
    2. Physics and Astronomy01.4%
    1. Neuroscience12.9%
    2. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics01.4%
    3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology00.9%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 1.80× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 4.08× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.51× its world share, 1 worksComputer SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.65× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 2.47× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.24× its world share, 14 worksMedicineNursing: 2.93× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.50× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.45× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.55× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.66× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics, 4.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 13 fields, with their numbers
  1. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics4.08×0 works
  2. Medicine3.24×14 works
  3. Nursing2.93×0 works
  4. Psychology2.55×2 works
  5. Health Professions2.47×2 works
  6. Neuroscience1.80×1 works
  7. Social Sciences0.66×2 works
  8. Physics and Astronomy0.65×0 works
  9. Computer Science0.51×1 works
  10. Arts and Humanities0.50×0 works
  11. Business, Management and Accounting0.45×0 works
  12. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.18×0 works
  13. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at BongSeng Memorial Hospital?

Ranked on the quality score, Jong Soon Kim, Peel Jung and Y.M. Jae lead among researchers whose main affiliation is BongSeng Memorial Hospital.

  1. 1 Jong Soon Kim South Korea · #4,198,508 worldwide 143 citations · 22 works
  2. 2 Peel Jung South Korea · #4,241,717 worldwide 37 citations · 15 works
  3. 3 Y.M. Jae South Korea · #4,260,670 worldwide 163 citations · 18 works
  4. 4 Byeong Yeon Seong South Korea · #4,901,213 worldwide 1 citations · 20 works
  5. 5 Saeheon Jang South Korea · #5,010,058 worldwide 129 citations · 27 works
  6. 6 Yong Hun Sin South Korea · #5,078,992 worldwide 44 citations · 23 works
  7. 7 Dong Yeol Lee South Korea · #5,661,569 worldwide 196 citations · 26 works
  8. 8 Joon Seok Oh South Korea · #5,687,245 worldwide 717 citations · 69 works
  9. 9 Joong Kyung Kim South Korea · #6,777,071 worldwide 306 citations · 64 works
  10. 10 Jin Ho Lee South Korea · #6,887,459 worldwide 312 citations · 64 works
All ranked researchers at BongSeng Memorial Hospital

What are the most cited papers from BongSeng Memorial Hospital?

The most cited paper from BongSeng Memorial Hospital is "Hepatitis B Virus X Protein Induces Hepatic Steatosis Via Transcriptional Activation of SREBP1 and PPARγ" (Kook Hwan Kim, Hye–Jun Shin, Kyeongjin Kim et al., 2007), with 280 citations. Next come "Overview of the Korean Longitudinal Study on Cognitive Aging and Dementia" (147) and "HCV core protein induces hepatic lipid accumulation by activating SREBP1 and PPARγ" (136).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Hepatitis B Virus X Protein Induces Hepatic Steatosis Via Transcriptional Activation of SREBP1 and PPARγ Kook Hwan Kim, Hye–Jun Shin, Kyeongjin Kim et al. · Gastroenterology 27 Mar 2007 280
2 Overview of the Korean Longitudinal Study on Cognitive Aging and Dementia Ji Won Han et al. · Psychiatry Investigation Open access 8 Aug 2018 147
3 HCV core protein induces hepatic lipid accumulation by activating SREBP1 and PPARγ Kook Hwan Kim, Sung Pyo Hong, KyeongJin Kim et al. · Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications 21 Feb 2007 136
4 A mu opioid receptor gene polymorphism (A118G) and naltrexone treatment response in adherent Korean alcohol-dependent patients Sung‐Gon Kim, Cheol‐Min Kim, Cheol-Min Kim et al. · Psychopharmacology 15 Sep 2008 92
5 Molecular mechanism of hypoxia‐mediated hepatic gluconeogenesis by transcriptional regulation Jeong‐Hae Choi, Min Jung Park, Kook Whan Kim et al. · FEBS Letters 21 Apr 2005 87
All 62 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at BongSeng Memorial Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Depression, Social Support, Self-Efficacy, Quality of Life, Psychological Factors, Epidemiology, Treatment and Aging.

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

All 19 words, with their numbers
  1. Depression3▲ 16×7 topics
  2. Social Support2▲ 20×5 topics
  3. Epidemiology2▲ 2.5×10 topics
  4. Self-Efficacy2▲ 36×4 topics
  5. Quality of Life2▲ 5.3×7 topics
  6. Treatment2▲ 5.3×9 topics
  7. Psychological Factors1▲ 28×2 topics
  8. Aging1▲ 9.2×3 topics
  9. Nursing1▲ 27×2 topics
  10. Virtual Reality1▲ 10×2 topics
  11. Cardiovascular Disease1▲ 4.0×7 topics
  12. Diabetes1▲ 9.0×4 topics
  13. Acculturation Stress1▲ 386×1 topic
  14. Anxiety1▲ 9.1×2 topics
  15. Cognitive Training1▲ 46×2 topics
  16. Management1▲ 5.5×4 topics
  17. Multicultural Adolescents1▲ 386×1 topic
  18. Myocardial Infarction1▲ 18×2 topics
  19. Neuroimaging1▲ 16×3 topics

Which research topics does BongSeng Memorial Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Psychosocial Factors Impacting Youth, Education and Learning Interventions, Diverse Approaches in Healthcare and Education Studies and Health and Wellbeing Research.

Psychosocial Factors Imp…1Psychosocial Factors Impacting Youth: 1 fractional worksEducation and Learning I…1Education and Learning Interventions: 1 fractional worksDiverse Approaches in He…1Diverse Approaches in Healthcare and Education Studies: 1 fractional worksHealth and Wellbeing Res…1Health and Wellbeing Research: 1 fractional worksCardiac Health and Mental Health: 1 fractional worksDementia and Cognitive Impairment Research: 1 fractional worksEosinophilic Disorders a…1Eosinophilic Disorders and Syndromes: 1 fractional worksEosinophilic Esophagitis: 0 fractional worksChronic Kidney Disease and Diabetes: 0 fractional worksOrgan Donation and Transplantation: 0 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceInformation SystemsPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthGeneral Health Professions5 others

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

  1. 1 Psychosocial Factors Impacting Youth Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  2. 2 Education and Learning Interventions Information Systems 1 works
  3. 3 Diverse Approaches in Healthcare and Education Studies Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 1 works
  4. 4 Health and Wellbeing Research General Health Professions 1 works
  5. 5 Cardiac Health and Mental Health Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 1 works
  6. 6 Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research Psychiatry and Mental health 1 works
  7. 7 Eosinophilic Disorders and Syndromes Rheumatology 1 works
  8. 8 Eosinophilic Esophagitis Surgery 0 works
  9. 9 Chronic Kidney Disease and Diabetes Nephrology 0 works
  10. 10 Organ Donation and Transplantation Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 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 available61.3%not open38.7%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors4.5%domestic only95.5%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has BongSeng Memorial Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 2% higher than in 2018-2021.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is BongSeng Memorial Hospital as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000083% in 2024.

still counting0.00020%0.00040%0.00060%BongSeng Memorial Hospital0.000063% in 202519801990200020102020

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

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