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Gachon University Gil Medical Center

In research, Gachon University Gil Medical Center stands highest in Health Sciences (#2,641 of 11,982 worldwide), Medicine (#2,523 of 10,443 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#4,628 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Surgery — Surgery is 5.5× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#7,737
of 28,054 · #8,730 all time
Rank in South Korea
#143
of 417
Research works
2.6k
▼ 15% vs 2013–17
Citations
38k
14.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
13.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
64%
world 28%

What is Gachon University Gil Medical Center 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 #2,641 of 11,982 13.1%359 #2750
MedicineField #2,523 of 10,443 12.9%334 #2300
Life SciencesDomain #4,628 of 7,800 18.9%63 #5405
SurgerySubfield #1,323 of 1,816 11.2%62 #1353

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Gachon University Gil Medical Center 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#2,750 #2,641
  2. Medicine#2,300 #2,523
  3. Life Sciences#5,405 #4,628
  4. Surgery#1,353 #1,323
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 Gachon University Gil Medical Center specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Surgery takes 5.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. SurgerySubfield · 62.0 works5.5×
← 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: 0.18× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.36× its world share, 35 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.67× its world share, 8 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.75× its world share, 14 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.99× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.31× its world share, 12 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.26× its world share, 19 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.38× its world share, 9 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.09× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.18× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 2.23× its world share, 5 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.17× its world share, 15 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.59× its world share, 334 worksMedicineNursing: 1.72× its world share, 4 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.08× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.14× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.63× its world share, 9 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.07× its world share, 4 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Gachon University Gil Medical Center?

Ranked on the composite score, Kwang Kon Koh, Jun‐Won Chung and Woo Sung Choi lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Gachon University Gil Medical Center.

  1. 1 Kwang Kon Koh South Korea · #85,150 worldwide 191 citations · 47 works
  2. 2 Jun‐Won Chung South Korea · #228,243 worldwide 51 citations · 33 works
  3. 3 Woo Sung Choi South Korea · #275,225 worldwide 65 citations · 19 works
  4. 4 Jae Hoon Lee South Korea · #292,321 worldwide 86 citations · 26 works
  5. 5 Seung Hwan Han South Korea · #300,599 worldwide 97 citations · 37 works
  6. 6 Park Dong Kyun South Korea · #362,696 worldwide 2 citations · 35 works
  7. 7 Mi‐Seung Shin South Korea · #422,614 worldwide 64 citations · 47 works
  8. 8 Yun Soo Kim South Korea · #464,728 worldwide 29 citations · 29 works
  9. 9 Kyoung Oh Kim South Korea · #477,940 worldwide 17 citations · 28 works
  10. 10 Ju Hyun Kim South Korea · #522,723 worldwide 28 citations · 24 works
All ranked researchers at Gachon University Gil Medical Center

Which keywords describe research at Gachon University Gil Medical Center?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Mortality, Inflammation, Cardiovascular Disease, Guidelines, Clinical Practice Guidelines, Risk Factors and Complications.

▲ 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. Epidemiology55▲ 2.9×99 topics
  2. Inflammation29▲ 2.9×62 topics
  3. Cardiovascular Disease22▲ 4.0×29 topics
  4. Mortality22▲ 7.8×12 topics
  5. Oxidative Stress20▲ 2.5×39 topics
  6. Risk Factors18▲ 3.5×21 topics
  7. Quality of Life17▲ 2.5×38 topics
  8. Treatment17▲ 2.9×38 topics
  9. Diagnosis16▲ 3.5×29 topics
  10. Clinical Practice Guidelines15▲ 5.6×13 topics
  11. Guidelines14▲ 6.3×12 topics
  12. Complications14▲ 5.7×17 topics
  13. Cancer13▲ 2.0×36 topics
  14. Chemotherapy13▲ 3.9×21 topics
  15. Metabolic Syndrome13▲ 3.2×18 topics
  16. Management13▲ 3.3×20 topics
  17. Surgical Management10▲ 5.3×16 topics
  18. Global Burden10▲ 3.9×10 topics
  19. Obesity10▲ 2.8×16 topics
  20. Surgical Treatment10▲ 10×5 topics
  21. Insulin Resistance9▲ 4.1×10 topics
  22. Clinical Outcomes9▲ 8.5×5 topics
  23. Biomechanics8▲ 5.6×8 topics
  24. Survival Analysis8▲ 6.2×7 topics
  25. Degenerative Disc Disease8▲ 17×2 topics
  26. Prevention8▲ 3.7×12 topics
  27. Surgery8▲ 4.4×11 topics
  28. Medical Image Analysis7▲ 7.9×4 topics
  29. Health Outcomes7▲ 5.2×6 topics
  30. Magnetic Resonance Imaging7▲ 5.6×4 topics
  31. Neoadjuvant Therapy7▲ 6.1×5 topics
  32. Cardiovascular Risk7▲ 4.5×8 topics
  33. Chronic Kidney Disease7▲ 5.9×8 topics
  34. Spinal Fusion6▲ 14×2 topics
  35. Treatment Guidelines6▲ 5.9×7 topics
  36. Gastric Cancer6▲ 11×3 topics
  37. Low Back Pain6▲ 7.3×3 topics
  38. Matrix Metalloproteinases6▲ 8.4×4 topics
  39. Stroke Prevention5▲ 9.3×2 topics
  40. Spinal Surgery5▲ 14×2 topics

Which research topics does Gachon University Gil Medical Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology, Trauma and Emergency Care Studies, Medical Imaging and Analysis and Spinal Fractures and Fixation Techniques.

Spine and Intervertebral…5Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology: 5 fractional worksTrauma and Emergency Car…4Trauma and Emergency Care Studies: 4 fractional worksMedical Imaging and Analysis: 4 fractional worksSpinal Fractures and Fixation Techniques: 4 fractional worksRadiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging: 4 fractional worksGastric Cancer Management and Outcomes: 4 fractional worksAir Quality and Health Impacts: 3 fractional worksSkin Protection and Aging3Skin Protection and Aging: 3 fractional worksLiver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment: 3 fractional worksOrgan Transplantation Techniques and Outcomes: 3 fractional works
Pathology and Forensic MedicineEmergency MedicineBiomedical EngineeringSurgery5 others

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

  1. 1 Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology Pathology and Forensic Medicine 5 works
  2. 2 Trauma and Emergency Care Studies Emergency Medicine 4 works
  3. 3 Medical Imaging and Analysis Biomedical Engineering 4 works
  4. 4 Spinal Fractures and Fixation Techniques Surgery 4 works
  5. 5 Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 4 works
  6. 6 Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 4 works
  7. 7 Air Quality and Health Impacts Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 3 works
  8. 8 Skin Protection and Aging Dermatology 3 works
  9. 9 Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment Epidemiology 3 works
  10. 10 Organ Transplantation Techniques and Outcomes Surgery 3 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 available64.2%not open35.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors8.6%domestic only91.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Gachon University Gil Medical Center's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 15% 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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