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Gangnam Severance Hospital

In research, Gangnam Severance Hospital stands highest in Health Sciences (#1,817 of 11,982 worldwide), Medicine (#1,683 of 10,443 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#2,550 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Cancer Research, Surgery and Oncology — Cancer Research is 5.8× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#4,992
of 28,054 · #9,236 all time
Rank in South Korea
#93
of 417
Research works
3k
▲ 27% vs 2013–17
Citations
46k
15.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
17.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
79%
world 28%

What is Gangnam Severance Hospital 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 #1,817 of 11,982 17.4%709 #2911
MedicineField #1,683 of 10,443 17.1%665 #2492
Life SciencesDomain #2,550 of 7,800 16.5%143 #4884
SurgerySubfield #675 of 1,816 19.2%123 #1310
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #2,266 of 3,579 15.6%102 #5080
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield #875 of 1,144 12.1%79 #1533

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Gangnam Severance 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).

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#2,911 #1,817
  2. Medicine#2,492 #1,683
  3. Life Sciences#4,884 #2,550
  4. Surgery#1,310 #675
  5. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#5,080 #2,266
  6. Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine#1,533 #875
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 Gangnam Severance Hospital specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Cancer Research takes 5.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Cancer ResearchSubfield · 23.0 works5.8×
  2. SurgerySubfield · 122.7 works5.7×
  3. OncologySubfield · 58.3 works5.7×
  4. Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield · 79.2 works5.6×
  5. Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield · 53.8 works5.6×
← 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: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.10× its world share, 102 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.59× its world share, 15 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.61× its world share, 24 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.33× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.09× its world share, 6 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.14× its world share, 19 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.04× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.08× its world share, 3 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.24× its world share, 5 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 4.76× its world share, 21 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.67× its world share, 16 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.78× its world share, 665 worksMedicineNursing: 1.36× its world share, 6 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.38× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.08× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.57× its world share, 16 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.05× its world share, 6 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Dentistry, 4.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Gangnam Severance Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, Chul Hwan Park, Joon Seong Park and Jae Keun Kim lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Gangnam Severance Hospital.

  1. 1 Chul Hwan Park South Korea · #168,459 worldwide 137 citations · 33 works
  2. 2 Joon Seong Park South Korea · #467,587 worldwide 78 citations · 54 works
  3. 3 Jae Keun Kim South Korea · #730,592 worldwide 35 citations · 15 works
  4. 4 Seok‐Mo Kim South Korea · #1,071,568 worldwide 20 citations · 28 works
  5. 5 Soong June Bae South Korea · #1,241,276 worldwide 20 citations · 22 works
  6. 6 Chang Ik Yoon South Korea · #1,517,023 worldwide 13 citations · 18 works
All ranked researchers at Gangnam Severance Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Gangnam Severance Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Inflammation, Chemotherapy, Radiotherapy, Clinical Practice Guidelines, Immunotherapy, Tumor Microenvironment and Neoadjuvant Therapy.

▲ 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. Epidemiology91▲ 2.5×107 topics
  2. Inflammation67▲ 3.5×76 topics
  3. Chemotherapy46▲ 7.1×23 topics
  4. Cancer38▲ 3.0×46 topics
  5. Treatment36▲ 3.3×35 topics
  6. Cardiovascular Disease35▲ 3.5×33 topics
  7. Quality of Life35▲ 2.7×42 topics
  8. Immunotherapy33▲ 5.0×18 topics
  9. Oxidative Stress31▲ 2.1×45 topics
  10. Clinical Practice Guidelines30▲ 6.1×14 topics
  11. Diagnosis30▲ 3.5×33 topics
  12. Radiotherapy29▲ 8.1×13 topics
  13. Tumor Microenvironment27▲ 6.8×8 topics
  14. Clinical Trials27▲ 4.5×19 topics
  15. Complications27▲ 5.8×17 topics
  16. Neoadjuvant Therapy25▲ 12×5 topics
  17. Prognostic Factors25▲ 6.2×14 topics
  18. Biomarkers24▲ 3.8×16 topics
  19. Guidelines24▲ 5.6×12 topics
  20. Metabolic Syndrome23▲ 3.1×21 topics
  21. Obesity23▲ 3.4×20 topics
  22. Surgical Management23▲ 6.1×20 topics
  23. Risk Factors23▲ 2.3×25 topics
  24. Genetic Mutations22▲ 5.7×21 topics
  25. Management22▲ 3.1×26 topics
  26. Survival Analysis21▲ 8.5×6 topics
  27. Metastasis21▲ 6.7×12 topics
  28. Heart Failure20▲ 5.0×13 topics
  29. Gene Expression19▲ 3.4×14 topics
  30. Neurological Disorders19▲ 3.6×19 topics
  31. Aging19▲ 3.8×12 topics
  32. Prognosis18▲ 5.9×9 topics
  33. Breast Cancer16▲ 7.5×10 topics
  34. Insulin Resistance16▲ 3.9×9 topics
  35. Atherosclerosis15▲ 6.0×12 topics
  36. Prognostic Markers14▲ 14×3 topics
  37. Echocardiography14▲ 5.6×8 topics
  38. Hepatocellular Carcinoma13▲ 6.6×3 topics
  39. Stroke Prevention12▲ 11×2 topics
  40. Muscle Mass12▲ 12×2 topics

Which research topics does Gangnam Severance Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research, Nutrition and Health in Aging, Breast Cancer Treatment Studies and Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes.

Pancreatic and Hepatic O…9Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research: 9 fractional worksNutrition and Health in …9Nutrition and Health in Aging: 9 fractional worksBreast Cancer Treatment Studies: 9 fractional worksTotal Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes: 8 fractional worksThyroid Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment: 8 fractional worksAtrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes: 8 fractional worksLiver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment: 7 fractional worksSpine and Intervertebral…7Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology: 7 fractional worksRadiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging: 6 fractional worksSpinal Fractures and Fixation Techniques: 6 fractional works
OncologyPhysiologyCancer ResearchSurgery5 others

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

  1. 1 Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research Oncology 9 works
  2. 2 Nutrition and Health in Aging Physiology 9 works
  3. 3 Breast Cancer Treatment Studies Cancer Research 9 works
  4. 4 Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes Surgery 8 works
  5. 5 Thyroid Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 8 works
  6. 6 Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 8 works
  7. 7 Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment Epidemiology 7 works
  8. 8 Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology Pathology and Forensic Medicine 7 works
  9. 9 Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 6 works
  10. 10 Spinal Fractures and Fixation Techniques Surgery 6 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 available79.1%not open20.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors11.6%domestic only88.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Gangnam Severance Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 27% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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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