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Kangdong Sacred Heart Hospital

In research, Kangdong Sacred Heart Hospital stands highest in Health Sciences (#4,185 of 11,982 worldwide) and Medicine (#5,918 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#13,456
of 28,054 · #20,552 all time
Rank in South Korea
#244
of 417
Research works
781
▲ 42% vs 2013–17
Citations
10k
13.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
67%
world 28%

What is Kangdong Sacred Heart 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 #4,185 of 11,982 9.8%162 #6235
MedicineField #5,918 of 10,443 9.3%153 #6486

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Kangdong Sacred Heart 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).

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: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.31× its world share, 14 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.60× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.19× its world share, 4 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.73× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.09× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.32× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.11× its world share, 6 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.01× its world share, 153 worksMedicineNursing: 1.38× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.62× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.69× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.70× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.06× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 4.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Kangdong Sacred Heart Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, Jun Ho Park, Yousun Chung and Seung‐Jin Lee lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Kangdong Sacred Heart Hospital.

  1. 1 Jun Ho Park South Korea · #370,522 worldwide 58 citations · 23 works
  2. 2 Yousun Chung South Korea · #751,709 worldwide 21 citations · 24 works
  3. 3 Seung‐Jin Lee South Korea · #999,390 worldwide 11 citations · 17 works
  4. 4 Hyoung Su Kim South Korea · #1,040,254 worldwide 14 citations · 16 works
  5. 5 Myoung Kuk Jang South Korea · #1,151,598 worldwide 16 citations · 18 works
  6. 6 Yerim Kim South Korea · #1,208,058 worldwide 29 citations · 28 works
  7. 7 Sung Pyo Park South Korea · #1,236,328 worldwide 20 citations · 24 works
  8. 8 Kim Hs South Korea · #1,473,113 worldwide 6 citations · 34 works
  9. 9 Gab-Lae Kim South Korea · #1,542,941 worldwide 2 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Kangdong Sacred Heart Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Kangdong Sacred Heart Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Inflammation, Risk Factors, Management, Diagnosis, Treatment, Global Burden and Quality of Life.

▲ 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. Epidemiology34▲ 4.3×86 topics
  2. Inflammation14▲ 3.3×47 topics
  3. Risk Factors11▲ 5.0×20 topics
  4. Treatment10▲ 4.3×28 topics
  5. Management10▲ 6.3×23 topics
  6. Quality of Life10▲ 3.3×29 topics
  7. Diagnosis10▲ 5.2×25 topics
  8. Cardiovascular Disease9▲ 3.9×25 topics
  9. Global Burden8▲ 7.4×10 topics
  10. Surgical Management6▲ 7.6×15 topics
  11. Oxidative Stress6▲ 1.83×26 topics
  12. Rehabilitation6▲ 7.7×10 topics
  13. Metabolic Syndrome6▲ 3.6×18 topics
  14. Complications6▲ 5.7×15 topics
  15. Clinical Practice Guidelines5▲ 5.0×14 topics
  16. Clinical Outcomes5▲ 12×2 topics
  17. Pathogenesis5▲ 4.6×11 topics
  18. Neuroprotection5▲ 6.6×7 topics
  19. Biomechanics4▲ 7.0×6 topics
  20. Glaucoma4▲ 14×4 topics
  21. Guidelines4▲ 4.4×10 topics
  22. Prevention4▲ 5.0×12 topics
  23. Neurodegeneration4▲ 6.7×8 topics
  24. Chronic Kidney Disease4▲ 7.9×5 topics
  25. Ischemic Stroke4▲ 13×4 topics
  26. Diabetic Retinopathy4▲ 18×2 topics
  27. Macular Degeneration4▲ 15×2 topics
  28. Optic Nerve4▲ 18×2 topics
  29. Optical Coherence Tomography4▲ 18×2 topics
  30. Revascularization4▲ 12×2 topics
  31. Clinical Guidelines4▲ 6.1×9 topics
  32. Prevention Guidelines4▲ 17×2 topics
  33. Neuroimaging3▲ 6.3×9 topics
  34. Stroke Prevention3▲ 14×2 topics
  35. Endovascular Therapy3▲ 23×1 topic
  36. Thrombolysis3▲ 23×1 topic
  37. Surgical Treatment3▲ 7.6×3 topics
  38. Antimicrobial Resistance3▲ 7.4×7 topics
  39. Asthma3▲ 14×3 topics
  40. Intraocular Pressure3▲ 16×2 topics

Which research topics does Kangdong Sacred Heart Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Acute Ischemic Stroke Management, Shoulder Injury and Treatment, Glaucoma and retinal disorders and Retinal Diseases and Treatments.

Acute Ischemic Stroke Ma…3Acute Ischemic Stroke Management: 3 fractional worksShoulder Injury and Trea…2Shoulder Injury and Treatment: 2 fractional worksGlaucoma and retinal disorders: 2 fractional worksRetinal Diseases and Treatments: 2 fractional worksAsthma and respiratory diseases: 2 fractional worksChronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research: 2 fractional worksSpine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology: 2 fractional worksCerebrovascular and Caro…2Cerebrovascular and Carotid Artery Diseases: 2 fractional worksLiver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment: 2 fractional worksOrthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation: 2 fractional works
EpidemiologySurgeryOphthalmologyPhysiology2 others

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

  1. 1 Acute Ischemic Stroke Management Epidemiology 3 works
  2. 2 Shoulder Injury and Treatment Surgery 2 works
  3. 3 Glaucoma and retinal disorders Ophthalmology 2 works
  4. 4 Retinal Diseases and Treatments Ophthalmology 2 works
  5. 5 Asthma and respiratory diseases Physiology 2 works
  6. 6 Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  7. 7 Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology Pathology and Forensic Medicine 2 works
  8. 8 Cerebrovascular and Carotid Artery Diseases Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  9. 9 Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment Epidemiology 2 works
  10. 10 Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation Surgery 2 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 available67.3%not open32.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors15.8%domestic only84.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Kangdong Sacred Heart Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 42% higher 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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