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Daegu University

In research, Daegu University stands highest in Physical Sciences (#4,976 of 12,888 worldwide), Health Sciences (#5,430 of 11,982 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#6,057 of 10,521 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#6,282
of 28,054 · #5,822 all time
Rank in South Korea
#116
of 417
Research works
4k
▼ 24% vs 2013–17
Citations
61k
15.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
13.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
52%
world 28%

What is Daegu University 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
Physical SciencesDomain #4,976 of 12,888 13.2%267 #4322
Health SciencesDomain #5,430 of 11,982 12.3%170 #4388
Social SciencesDomain #6,057 of 10,521 24.4%77 #6899
EngineeringField #4,196 of 6,636 13.2%100 #2330
Life SciencesDomain #5,022 of 7,800 10.6%137 #6939
MedicineField #8,267 of 10,443 11.9%137 #8327
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #3,090 of 3,579 14.8%66 #4513

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Daegu 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 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. Physical Sciences#4,322 #4,976
  2. Health Sciences#4,388 #5,430
  3. Social Sciences#6,899 #6,057
  4. Engineering#2,330 #4,196
  5. Life Sciences#6,939 #5,022
  6. Medicine#8,327 #8,267
  7. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#4,513 #3,090
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.

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: 1.35× its world share, 42 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.89× its world share, 66 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.87× its world share, 6 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.12× its world share, 22 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.67× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.41× its world share, 3 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.16× its world share, 12 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.87× its world share, 44 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.38× its world share, 4 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 2.51× its world share, 15 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.02× its world share, 100 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.83× its world share, 27 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.44× its world share, 33 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.79× its world share, 14 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.08× its world share, 16 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.35× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.33× its world share, 23 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.09× its world share, 137 worksMedicineNursing: 2.67× its world share, 8 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.88× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.14× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.34× its world share, 7 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.55× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.22× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.25× its world share, 25 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.43× its world share, 36 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Nursing, 2.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Daegu University?

Ranked on the composite score, Junho Yeo, Young Mi Kim and Jong Won Yun lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Daegu University.

  1. 1 Junho Yeo · #182,126 worldwide 192 citations · 48 works
  2. 2 Young Mi Kim · #206,948 worldwide 168 citations · 71 works
  3. 3 Jong Won Yun · #208,301 worldwide 217 citations · 47 works
  4. 4 Jong‐Hun Park · #299,032 worldwide 96 citations · 35 works
  5. 5 You Chung Chung · #309,717 worldwide 115 citations · 16 works
  6. 6 Kyoung Kim · #394,732 worldwide 46 citations · 28 works
  7. 7 Hee-Yoon Yoon · #395,955 worldwide 2 citations · 38 works
  8. 8 Jeongho Cha · #427,474 worldwide 9 citations · 25 works
  9. 9 Myoung-Kwon Kim · #448,688 worldwide 53 citations · 28 works
  10. 10 Periyasamy Sivagurunathan · #474,409 worldwide 120 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Daegu University

Which keywords describe research at Daegu University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Self-Efficacy, Nanomaterials, Metal-Organic Frameworks, Energy Storage, Oxidative Stress, Neural Plasticity, Social Support and Functional Recovery.

▲ 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. Epidemiology30◆ 1.15×52 topics
  2. Inflammation25▲ 1.86×48 topics
  3. Oxidative Stress25▲ 2.3×33 topics
  4. Nanomaterials24▲ 3.5×12 topics
  5. Cancer19▲ 2.1×39 topics
  6. Energy Storage18▲ 4.3×5 topics
  7. Quality of Life18▲ 1.88×28 topics
  8. Metal-Organic Frameworks17▲ 6.2×5 topics
  9. Social Support16▲ 4.6×11 topics
  10. Self-Efficacy16▲ 9.4×7 topics
  11. Graphene15▲ 3.4×6 topics
  12. Virtual Reality13▲ 4.0×12 topics
  13. Neural Plasticity13▲ 11×5 topics
  14. Antioxidant13▲ 2.9×25 topics
  15. Functional Recovery13▲ 13×3 topics
  16. Water Splitting13▲ 5.3×4 topics
  17. Insulin Resistance12▲ 4.2×8 topics
  18. Constraint-Induced Therapy11▲ 22×1 topic
  19. Metabolic Regulation11▲ 11×4 topics
  20. Metabolism11▲ 3.4×19 topics
  21. Motor Recovery11▲ 22×1 topic
  22. Reactive Oxygen Species11▲ 4.2×12 topics
  23. Rehabilitation11▲ 4.3×8 topics
  24. Electrocatalysis10▲ 5.7×5 topics
  25. Low Back Pain10▲ 9.1×4 topics
  26. Psychological Factors10▲ 7.2×4 topics
  27. Mitochondrial Dysfunction10▲ 5.2×5 topics
  28. Phylogenetic Analysis10▲ 4.8×5 topics
  29. Exercise9▲ 12×2 topics
  30. Elderly9▲ 5.4×3 topics
  31. Catalysts9▲ 6.8×3 topics
  32. Energy Conversion8▲ 6.2×3 topics
  33. Hydrogen Evolution8▲ 9.5×1 topic
  34. Oxygen Reduction8▲ 9.5×1 topic
  35. Disability8▲ 11×3 topics
  36. Carbon-Based Materials8▲ 11×1 topic
  37. Electrochemical Capacitors8▲ 11×1 topic
  38. Brown Adipose Tissue8▲ 23×1 topic
  39. Thermogenesis8▲ 23×1 topic
  40. Elderly Population8▲ 29×2 topics

Which research topics does Daegu University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery, Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion, Supercapacitor Materials and Fabrication and Adipose Tissue and Metabolism.

Stroke Rehabilitation an…11Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery: 11 fractional worksElectrocatalysts for Ene…8Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion: 8 fractional worksSupercapacitor Materials…8Supercapacitor Materials and Fabrication: 8 fractional worksAdipose Tissue and Metab…8Adipose Tissue and Metabolism: 8 fractional worksHealth and Wellbeing Research: 7 fractional worksMusculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation: 6 fractional worksBalance, Gait, and Falls…6Balance, Gait, and Falls Prevention: 6 fractional worksAdvanced battery technol…5Advanced battery technologies research: 5 fractional worksEducation and Learning I…5Education and Learning Interventions: 5 fractional worksAdvanced Photocatalysis …4Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques: 4 fractional works
RehabilitationRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the EnvironmentElectronic, Optical and Magnetic MaterialsPhysiology5 others

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

  1. 1 Stroke Rehabilitation and RecoveryRehabilitation 11 works
  2. 2 Electrocatalysts for Energy ConversionRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 8 works
  3. 3 Supercapacitor Materials and FabricationElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials 8 works
  4. 4 Adipose Tissue and MetabolismPhysiology 8 works
  5. 5 Health and Wellbeing ResearchGeneral Health Professions 7 works
  6. 6 Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitationPharmacology 6 works
  7. 7 Balance, Gait, and Falls PreventionPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation 6 works
  8. 8 Advanced battery technologies researchElectrical and Electronic Engineering 5 works
  9. 9 Education and Learning InterventionsInformation Systems 5 works
  10. 10 Advanced Photocatalysis TechniquesRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 4 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 available51.6%not open48.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors11.8%domestic only88.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Daegu University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 24% 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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