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Daejeon Sun Hospital

In research, Daejeon Sun Hospital stands highest in Health Sciences (#14,014 of 16,688 worldwide), Medicine (#12,437 of 14,558 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#15,760 of 17,446 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Medicine (Medicine is 4.0× its share of world research).

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World rank, all time
#23,305
of 34,923
Rank in South Korea
#343
of 512
Research works
508
▼ 15% vs 2018-21
Citations
2.5k
5.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.0%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.60×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
41%
world 40%
International
5%
world 18%
Daejeon Sun Hospital

What is Daejeon Sun Hospital known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Health SciencesDomain #14,014 of 16,688 4.5%283
MedicineField #12,437 of 14,558 4.6%267
Physical SciencesDomain #15,760 of 17,446 8.3%134

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Daejeon Sun 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Daejeon Sun Hospital work in?

In 2022-now, 84% of research at Daejeon Sun Hospital is in Health Sciences, 9% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (77%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (6%), Dentistry (4%). It does 3.1× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 45 fractional works · 84.4% of its workMedicine: 41 fractional works · 77.3% of its workSurgery: 19 fractional works · 36.1% of its workEpidemiology: 2 fractional works · 4.4% of its workRehabilitation: 2 fractional works · 3.8% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 2 fractional works · 3.7% of its workRheumatology: 2 fractional works · 3.6% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 2 fractional works · 3.3% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 2 fractional works · 3.2% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 2 fractional works · 3.0% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 2.8% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workDermatology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workUrology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHepatology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEmergency Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNephrology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDentistry: 2 fractional works · 3.6% of its workOral Surgery: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workOrthodontics: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPeriodontics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 2.7% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workComplementary and Manual Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLeadership and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmall Animals: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 5 fractional works · 9.0% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 5.9% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workCancer Research: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDevelopmental Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workToxicology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 2 fractional works · 4.3% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRadiation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeuropsychology and Physiological Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGender Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKDaejeon SunHospital54fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences9%Physical Sciences4%Health Sciences84%Social Sciences2%

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 20 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine4177.3%
    2. Dentistry23.6%
    3. Health Professions12.7%
    4. Nursing00.5%
    5. Veterinary00.3%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology35.9%
    2. Neuroscience11.9%
    3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.7%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.3%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology00.2%
    1. Engineering12.3%
    2. Environmental Science00.6%
    3. Materials Science00.6%
    4. Chemistry00.4%
    5. Computer Science00.2%
    6. Physics and Astronomy00.2%
    1. Psychology11.0%
    2. Social Sciences00.8%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting00.3%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Daejeon Sun Hospital specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Medicine takes 4.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. MedicineField · 41.4 works4.0×
← 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: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.10× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.15× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.06× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 7.37× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.04× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.02× its world share, 41 worksMedicineNursing: 1.06× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.29× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.34× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Dentistry, 7.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 20 fields, with their numbers
  1. Dentistry7.37×2 works
  2. Medicine4.02×41 works
  3. Veterinary2.29×0 works
  4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics2.06×0 works
  5. Neuroscience1.15×1 works
  6. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.10×3 works
  7. Nursing1.06×0 works
  8. Health Professions1.04×2 works
  9. Psychology0.34×1 works
  10. Chemistry0.23×0 works
  11. Immunology and Microbiology0.21×0 works
  12. Materials Science0.18×0 works
  13. Engineering0.15×1 works
  14. Environmental Science0.13×0 works
  15. Business, Management and Accounting0.10×0 works
  16. Physics and Astronomy0.09×0 works
  17. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.07×0 works
  18. Social Sciences0.07×0 works
  19. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.05×0 works
  20. Computer Science0.03×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Daejeon Sun Hospital?

Ranked on the quality score, Doo Hoon Sun, Ho Rim Choi and In-Soo Song lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Daejeon Sun Hospital.

  1. 1 Doo Hoon Sun South Korea · #4,850,531 worldwide 242 citations · 33 works
  2. 2 Ho Rim Choi South Korea · #4,982,014 worldwide 9 citations · 17 works
  3. 3 In-Soo Song South Korea · #5,037,940 worldwide 132 citations · 22 works
  4. 4 Ja-Yeong Yoon South Korea · #5,197,147 worldwide 55 citations · 17 works
  5. 5 Je-Gyun Chon South Korea · #5,229,928 worldwide 83 citations · 16 works
  6. 6 Bong-Ju Lee South Korea · #5,379,414 worldwide 23 citations · 20 works
  7. 7 Cheol-U Kim South Korea · #5,501,289 worldwide 54 citations · 23 works
  8. 8 Si Eun Hwang South Korea · #5,758,772 worldwide 195 citations · 28 works
  9. 9 Chul-Hyung Lee South Korea · #6,825,561 worldwide 154 citations · 61 works
All ranked researchers at Daejeon Sun Hospital

What are the most cited papers from Daejeon Sun Hospital?

The most cited paper from Daejeon Sun Hospital is "Palmitate induces ER calcium depletion and apoptosis in mouse podocytes subsequent to mitochondrial oxidative stress" (Shangcheng Xu, Sungmo Nam, J-H Kim et al., 2015), with 204 citations. Next come "A coronary heart disease prediction model: the Korean Heart Study" (199) and "Conservative Treatment of Tuberculosis of the Lumbar and Lumbosacral Spine" (176).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Palmitate induces ER calcium depletion and apoptosis in mouse podocytes subsequent to mitochondrial oxidative stress Shangcheng Xu, Sungmo Nam, J-H Kim et al. · Cell Death and Disease Open access 19 Nov 2015 204
2 A coronary heart disease prediction model: the Korean Heart Study Sun Ha Jee et al. · BMJ Open Open access May 2014 199
3 Conservative Treatment of Tuberculosis of the Lumbar and Lumbosacral Spine Myung-Sang Moon, Young‐Wan Moon, Jeong-Lim Moon et al. · Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research May 2002 176
4 Breast density change as a predictive surrogate for response to adjuvant endocrine therapy in hormone receptor positive breast cancer Jisun Kim, Wonshik Han, Hyeong‐Gon Moon et al. · Breast Cancer Research Open access 6 Jul 2012 103
5 Clinical and Radiologic Evaluation of Arthroscopic Medial Meniscus Root Tear Refixation: Comparison of the Modified Mason‐Allen Stitch and Simple Stitches Dhong Won Lee, Min Kyu Kim, Ho Su Jang et al. · Arthroscopy The Journal of Arthroscopic and Related Surgery Open access 9 Aug 2014 100
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Daejeon Sun Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Rehabilitation, Epidemiology, Complications, Biomechanics, Revision Surgery, Total Hip Replacement, Mortality 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-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. Epidemiology7▲ 3.3×30 topics
  2. Rehabilitation5▲ 25×7 topics
  3. Complications5▲ 17×6 topics
  4. Biomechanics4▲ 21×6 topics
  5. Revision Surgery3▲ 50×2 topics
  6. Total Hip Replacement3▲ 50×2 topics
  7. Mortality3▲ 11×9 topics
  8. Functional Recovery3▲ 35×3 topics
  9. Surgical Management3▲ 12×10 topics
  10. Degenerative Disc Disease3▲ 50×2 topics
  11. Elderly Patients2▲ 27×2 topics
  12. Arthroplasty2▲ 46×2 topics
  13. Shoulder Function2▲ 52×2 topics
  14. Surgery2▲ 13×3 topics
  15. Surgical Treatment2▲ 23×5 topics
  16. Quality of Life2▲ 3.0×12 topics
  17. Distal Radius Fractures2▲ 80×1 topic
  18. Flexor Tendon Repair2▲ 80×1 topic
  19. Rotator Cuff Tears2▲ 66×1 topic
  20. Shoulder Pathology2▲ 66×1 topic
  21. Hip Fracture2▲ 105×1 topic
  22. Orthogeriatric Care2▲ 105×1 topic
  23. Patient Satisfaction2▲ 12×2 topics
  24. Dysphagia2▲ 51×2 topics
  25. Hip Arthroplasty2▲ 55×1 topic
  26. Infection Prevention2▲ 36×2 topics
  27. Outcomes2▲ 38×1 topic
  28. Total Knee Replacement2▲ 46×1 topic
  29. Wear Particles2▲ 55×1 topic
  30. Anterior Cervical Discectomy2▲ 100×1 topic
  31. Cervical Spine Surgery2▲ 100×1 topic
  32. Internal Fixation2▲ 46×2 topics
  33. Radiotherapy2▲ 7.5×5 topics
  34. Bone Healing2▲ 62×1 topic
  35. Elbow Injuries2▲ 135×1 topic
  36. Fracture Epidemiology2▲ 62×1 topic
  37. Spinal Fusion2▲ 29×2 topics
  38. Ulnar Collateral Ligament Reconstruction2▲ 135×1 topic
  39. Clinical Outcomes1▲ 10×2 topics
  40. Anterior Cruciate Ligament1▲ 51×1 topic

Which research topics does Daejeon Sun Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Shoulder Injury and Treatment, Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation, Hip and Femur Fractures and Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty.

Shoulder Injury and Trea…2Shoulder Injury and Treatment: 2 fractional worksOrthopedic Surgery and R…2Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation: 2 fractional worksHip and Femur Fractures: 2 fractional worksOrthopaedic implants and…2Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty: 2 fractional worksTotal Knee Arthroplasty …2Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes: 2 fractional worksCervical and Thoracic Myelopathy: 2 fractional worksElbow and Forearm Trauma Treatment: 2 fractional worksBone fractures and treat…2Bone fractures and treatments: 2 fractional worksKnee injuries and reconstruction techniques: 1 fractional worksGenetic and phenotypic traits in livestock: 1 fractional works
SurgeryRehabilitationEpidemiologyGenetics

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

  1. 1 Shoulder Injury and Treatment Surgery 2 works
  2. 2 Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation Surgery 2 works
  3. 3 Hip and Femur Fractures Surgery 2 works
  4. 4 Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty Surgery 2 works
  5. 5 Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes Surgery 2 works
  6. 6 Cervical and Thoracic Myelopathy Surgery 2 works
  7. 7 Elbow and Forearm Trauma Treatment Rehabilitation 2 works
  8. 8 Bone fractures and treatments Epidemiology 2 works
  9. 9 Knee injuries and reconstruction techniques Surgery 1 works
  10. 10 Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock Genetics 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 available41.2%not open58.8%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors5.1%domestic only94.9%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Daejeon Sun Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 15% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
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 Daejeon Sun Hospital as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00012% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%Daejeon Sun Hospital0.00021% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Daejeon Sun Hospital 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.

5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2014Daejeon Sun Hospital8.7% in 20142010

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 8.7% in 2014.

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