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Daejeon Sun Hospital

In research, Daejeon Sun Hospital stands highest in Health Sciences (#16,018 of 20,462 worldwide), Medicine (#16,845 of 17,978 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#21,241 of 21,541 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
#35,381
of 42,892
Rank in South Korea
#509
of 596
Research works
508
▼ 39% vs 2013–17
Citations
2.5k
5.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
41%
world 28%

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 #16,018 of 20,462 4.3%283
MedicineField #16,845 of 17,978 4.1%267
Physical SciencesDomain #21,241 of 21,541 1.7%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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

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 · 33.7 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.

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.24× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.70× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.14× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 8.92× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.12× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.96× its world share, 34 worksMedicineNursing: 1.28× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.39× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.05× 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, 8.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Daejeon Sun Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Rehabilitation, Complications, Epidemiology, Mortality, Biomechanics, Revision Surgery, Total Hip Replacement 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. Epidemiology6▲ 3.5×28 topics
  2. Rehabilitation5▲ 28×7 topics
  3. Complications4▲ 19×6 topics
  4. Mortality3▲ 13×7 topics
  5. Biomechanics3▲ 21×6 topics
  6. Revision Surgery3▲ 49×2 topics
  7. Total Hip Replacement3▲ 49×2 topics
  8. Functional Recovery3▲ 40×3 topics
  9. Elderly Patients2▲ 33×2 topics
  10. Surgery2▲ 15×3 topics
  11. Surgical Management2▲ 13×10 topics
  12. Shoulder Function2▲ 60×2 topics
  13. Rotator Cuff Tears2▲ 78×1 topic
  14. Shoulder Pathology2▲ 78×1 topic
  15. Hip Fracture2▲ 126×1 topic
  16. Orthogeriatric Care2▲ 126×1 topic
  17. Surgical Treatment2▲ 23×5 topics
  18. Quality of Life2▲ 3.0×11 topics
  19. Distal Radius Fractures2▲ 75×1 topic
  20. Flexor Tendon Repair2▲ 75×1 topic
  21. Infection Prevention2▲ 45×2 topics
  22. Patient Satisfaction2▲ 12×2 topics
  23. Arthroplasty2▲ 37×2 topics
  24. Internal Fixation2▲ 55×2 topics
  25. Bone Healing2▲ 76×1 topic
  26. Fracture Epidemiology2▲ 76×1 topic
  27. Hip Arthroplasty1▲ 53×1 topic
  28. Radiotherapy1▲ 8.3×4 topics
  29. Wear Particles1▲ 53×1 topic
  30. Degenerative Disc Disease1▲ 31×2 topics
  31. Outcomes1▲ 37×1 topic
  32. Total Knee Replacement1▲ 45×1 topic
  33. Treatment1▲ 2.5×9 topics
  34. Anterior Cruciate Ligament1▲ 60×1 topic
  35. Chemotherapy1▲ 3.6×5 topics
  36. Elbow Injuries1▲ 119×1 topic
  37. Injury Risk1▲ 60×1 topic
  38. Ulnar Collateral Ligament Reconstruction1▲ 119×1 topic
  39. Genomic Selection1▲ 50×1 topic
  40. Plant Breeding1▲ 23×1 topic

Which research topics does Daejeon Sun Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Shoulder Injury and Treatment, Hip and Femur Fractures, Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation and Bone fractures and treatments.

Shoulder Injury and Trea…2Shoulder Injury and Treatment: 2 fractional worksHip and Femur Fractures2Hip and Femur Fractures: 2 fractional worksOrthopedic Surgery and R…2Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation: 2 fractional worksBone fractures and treat…2Bone fractures and treatments: 2 fractional worksOrthopaedic implants and arthroplasty: 1 fractional worksTotal Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes: 1 fractional worksKnee injuries and recons…1Knee injuries and reconstruction techniques: 1 fractional worksElbow and Forearm Trauma Treatment: 1 fractional worksGenetic and phenotypic traits in livestock: 1 fractional worksMusculoskeletal synovial abnormalities and treatments: 1 fractional works
SurgeryEpidemiologyRehabilitationGenetics1 others

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

  1. 1 Shoulder Injury and Treatment Surgery 2 works
  2. 2 Hip and Femur Fractures Surgery 2 works
  3. 3 Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation Surgery 2 works
  4. 4 Bone fractures and treatments Epidemiology 2 works
  5. 5 Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty Surgery 1 works
  6. 6 Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes Surgery 1 works
  7. 7 Knee injuries and reconstruction techniques Surgery 1 works
  8. 8 Elbow and Forearm Trauma Treatment Rehabilitation 1 works
  9. 9 Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock Genetics 1 works
  10. 10 Musculoskeletal synovial abnormalities and treatments Rheumatology 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: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Daejeon Sun Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 39% 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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