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Catholic University of Korea

In research, Catholic University of Korea stands highest in Health Sciences (#311 of 11,982 worldwide), Medicine (#313 of 10,443 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#758 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Otorhinolaryngology, Hepatology and Ophthalmology — Otorhinolaryngology is 6.4× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#1,252
of 28,054 · #2,157 all time
Rank in South Korea
#30
of 417
Research works
22k
▼ 6% vs 2013–17
Citations
351k
16.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
16.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
56%
world 28%

What is Catholic University of Korea 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 #311 of 11,982 15.3%2,402 #603
MedicineField #313 of 10,443 15.0%2,237 #715
Life SciencesDomain #758 of 7,800 17.0%619 #1427
SurgerySubfield #289 of 1,816 13.8%376 #508
Computer ScienceField #866 of 4,667 24.1%107 #2167
Social SciencesDomain #2,271 of 10,521 28.8%259 #3204
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #829 of 3,579 17.8%361 #1698
Physical SciencesDomain #3,611 of 12,888 16.3%373 #4329
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield #324 of 1,144 12.1%204 #553
EpidemiologySubfield #289 of 976 16.3%173 #569

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Catholic University of Korea 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).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Health Sciences#603 #311
  2. Medicine#715 #313
  3. Life Sciences#1,427 #758
  4. Surgery#508 #289
  5. Computer Science#2,167 #866
  6. Social Sciences#3,204 #2,271
  7. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#1,698 #829
  8. Physical Sciences#4,329 #3,611
  9. Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine#553 #324
  10. Epidemiology#569 #289
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

What does Catholic University of Korea specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Otorhinolaryngology takes 6.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. OtorhinolaryngologySubfield · 23.4 works6.4×
  2. HepatologySubfield · 39.4 works5.6×
  3. OphthalmologySubfield · 51.4 works5.3×
  4. GastroenterologySubfield · 20.9 works4.8×
  5. HematologySubfield · 49.1 works4.4×
← 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: 0.17× its world share, 30 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.86× its world share, 361 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.99× its world share, 110 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.65× its world share, 98 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.49× its world share, 19 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.26× its world share, 3 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.30× its world share, 17 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.38× its world share, 107 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.06× its world share, 3 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.18× its world share, 6 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.22× its world share, 120 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.21× its world share, 38 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.36× its world share, 46 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.22× its world share, 10 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.27× its world share, 22 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.76× its world share, 31 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.04× its world share, 100 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.18× its world share, 2,237 worksMedicineNursing: 1.69× its world share, 30 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.76× its world share, 4 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.14× its world share, 15 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.17× its world share, 21 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.43× its world share, 15 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.29× its world share, 22 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.88× its world share, 98 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.19× its world share, 88 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Catholic University of Korea?

Ranked on the composite score, Dai‐Jin Kim, Hyun Cho and Myung Ah Lee lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Catholic University of Korea.

  1. 1 Dai‐Jin Kim South Korea · #20,032 worldwide 661 citations · 46 works
  2. 2 Hyun Cho South Korea · #46,196 worldwide 332 citations · 33 works
  3. 3 Myung Ah Lee South Korea · #65,715 worldwide 238 citations · 31 works
  4. 4 Seung Kew Yoon South Korea · #82,375 worldwide 244 citations · 71 works
  5. 5 Ki‐Bae Seung South Korea · #86,880 worldwide 207 citations · 36 works
  6. 6 Joo‐Yong Lee South Korea · #133,585 worldwide 310 citations · 21 works
  7. 7 Tae‐Min Kim South Korea · #138,668 worldwide 157 citations · 40 works
  8. 8 Kook Jin Ahn South Korea · #143,467 worldwide 141 citations · 39 works
  9. 9 Sung Won Kim South Korea · #147,608 worldwide 159 citations · 57 works
  10. 10 Hun‐Sung Kim South Korea · #148,661 worldwide 107 citations · 31 works
All ranked researchers at Catholic University of Korea

Which keywords describe research at Catholic University of Korea?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Inflammation, Chemotherapy, Treatment, Quality of Life, Clinical Practice Guidelines, Diagnosis and Cancer.

▲ 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. Epidemiology361▲ 2.5×123 topics
  2. Inflammation261▲ 3.4×83 topics
  3. Quality of Life144▲ 2.7×51 topics
  4. Treatment142▲ 3.2×48 topics
  5. Cancer129▲ 2.6×55 topics
  6. Oxidative Stress126▲ 2.1×56 topics
  7. Chemotherapy124▲ 4.8×24 topics
  8. Diagnosis113▲ 3.3×38 topics
  9. Cardiovascular Disease112▲ 2.8×37 topics
  10. Clinical Practice Guidelines102▲ 5.1×14 topics
  11. Immunotherapy88▲ 3.4×18 topics
  12. Metabolic Syndrome86▲ 2.9×22 topics
  13. Risk Factors86▲ 2.1×32 topics
  14. Management83▲ 2.9×31 topics
  15. Prognostic Factors81▲ 5.1×14 topics
  16. Biomarkers80▲ 3.2×17 topics
  17. Complications74▲ 4.0×17 topics
  18. Tumor Microenvironment64▲ 3.9×8 topics
  19. Obesity63▲ 2.3×24 topics
  20. Clinical Trials62▲ 2.5×19 topics
  21. Depression62▲ 1.92×23 topics
  22. Surgical Management61▲ 4.1×20 topics
  23. Mortality60▲ 2.9×13 topics
  24. Neurological Disorders59▲ 2.9×19 topics
  25. Radiotherapy59▲ 4.2×13 topics
  26. Global Burden58▲ 3.0×12 topics
  27. Insulin Resistance53▲ 3.2×10 topics
  28. Immunity52▲ 3.5×11 topics
  29. Survival Analysis52▲ 5.2×7 topics
  30. Guidelines52▲ 3.0×13 topics
  31. Metastasis50▲ 4.1×12 topics
  32. Prognosis47▲ 4.0×9 topics
  33. Rehabilitation47▲ 3.2×12 topics
  34. Neoadjuvant Therapy42▲ 5.0×5 topics
  35. Hepatocellular Carcinoma40▲ 5.2×3 topics
  36. Robotic Surgery39▲ 7.4×5 topics
  37. Molecular Characterization38▲ 5.9×6 topics
  38. Gastric Cancer36▲ 8.7×3 topics
  39. Adjuvant Therapy34▲ 7.4×2 topics
  40. Endoscopic Resection30▲ 8.2×2 topics

Which research topics does Catholic University of Korea publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes, Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging, Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment and Thyroid Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment.

Gastric Cancer Managemen…21Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes: 21 fractional worksRadiomics and Machine Le…20Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging: 20 fractional worksLiver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment: 19 fractional worksThyroid Cancer Diagnosis…18Thyroid Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment: 18 fractional worksCancer Immunotherapy and…18Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers: 18 fractional worksSpine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology: 17 fractional worksImmune Cell Function and Interaction: 16 fractional worksHepatocellular Carcinoma…16Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis: 16 fractional worksRetinal Diseases and Treatments: 15 fractional worksNutrition and Health in Aging: 15 fractional works
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingEpidemiologyEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism6 others

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

  1. 1 Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 21 works
  2. 2 Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 20 works
  3. 3 Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment Epidemiology 19 works
  4. 4 Thyroid Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 18 works
  5. 5 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 18 works
  6. 6 Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology Pathology and Forensic Medicine 17 works
  7. 7 Immune Cell Function and Interaction Immunology 16 works
  8. 8 Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis Hepatology 16 works
  9. 9 Retinal Diseases and Treatments Ophthalmology 15 works
  10. 10 Nutrition and Health in Aging Physiology 15 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 available56.0%not open44.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors13.2%domestic only86.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Catholic University of Korea's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 6% lower than in 2013–2017.

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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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