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Hospital / health system · Chuncheon · South Korea

Kangwon National University Hospital

In research, Kangwon National University Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#5,562 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#6,974 of 11,982 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
#12,835
of 28,054 · #22,213 all time
Rank in South Korea
#230
of 417
Research works
881
▲ 18% vs 2013–17
Citations
12k
13.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
70%
world 28%

What is Kangwon National University 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
MedicineField #5,562 of 10,443 9.2%183 #8094
Health SciencesDomain #6,974 of 11,982 9.4%195 #10573

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Kangwon National University 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 Kangwon National University Hospital 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 · 32.4 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: 0.30× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.95× its world share, 13 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.87× its world share, 5 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.31× its world share, 10 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.01× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.12× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.11× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.29× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.29× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.27× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.70× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.46× its world share, 10 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.75× its world share, 183 worksMedicineNursing: 1.11× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesDecision Sciences: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.14× its world share, 9 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.10× its world share, 3 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Kangwon National University Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, Yoonki Hong, Se Jin Lee and Suk-Bae Moon lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Kangwon National University Hospital.

  1. 1 Yoonki Hong South Korea · #788,991 worldwide 21 citations · 17 works
  2. 2 Se Jin Lee South Korea · #1,132,059 worldwide 39 citations · 39 works
  3. 3 Suk-Bae Moon South Korea · #1,198,415 worldwide 16 citations · 19 works
  4. 4 Kun‐Yong Sung South Korea · #1,246,015 worldwide 6 citations · 17 works
  5. 5 Jae‐Won Jang South Korea · #1,357,672 worldwide 25 citations · 22 works
  6. 6 Sunghun Na South Korea · #1,549,125 worldwide 13 citations · 16 works
  7. 7 Byung Ryul Cho South Korea · #1,575,442 worldwide 14 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Kangwon National University Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Kangwon National University Hospital?

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

▲ 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▲ 3.4×81 topics
  2. Inflammation17▲ 3.2×54 topics
  3. Oxidative Stress12▲ 2.8×30 topics
  4. Risk Factors12▲ 4.2×19 topics
  5. Global Burden11▲ 7.9×11 topics
  6. Cardiovascular Disease10▲ 3.4×25 topics
  7. Diagnosis9▲ 3.9×21 topics
  8. Management9▲ 4.4×17 topics
  9. Quality of Life9▲ 2.4×26 topics
  10. Treatment8▲ 2.6×29 topics
  11. Biomarkers6▲ 3.7×15 topics
  12. Mortality6▲ 4.4×11 topics
  13. Guidelines6▲ 5.4×11 topics
  14. Chemotherapy6▲ 3.5×16 topics
  15. Metabolic Syndrome6▲ 2.9×17 topics
  16. Surgical Management6▲ 5.6×13 topics
  17. Rehabilitation6▲ 5.5×9 topics
  18. Clinical Practice Guidelines5▲ 3.8×13 topics
  19. Aging5▲ 3.7×9 topics
  20. Hypertension5▲ 6.9×11 topics
  21. Complications5▲ 4.0×11 topics
  22. Neurodegeneration5▲ 6.6×6 topics
  23. Glaucoma5▲ 13×4 topics
  24. Neurological Disorders5▲ 3.3×12 topics
  25. Neuroimaging4▲ 6.5×7 topics
  26. Percutaneous Coronary Intervention4▲ 13×4 topics
  27. Alzheimer's Disease4▲ 6.0×7 topics
  28. Atherosclerosis4▲ 6.0×8 topics
  29. Cardiovascular Risk4▲ 5.5×7 topics
  30. Endothelial Dysfunction4▲ 6.9×5 topics
  31. Respiratory4▲ 16×2 topics
  32. Wound Healing4▲ 5.6×7 topics
  33. Low Back Pain4▲ 8.4×3 topics
  34. COPD4▲ 21×1 topic
  35. Clinical Outcomes4▲ 6.5×4 topics
  36. Immunohistochemistry4▲ 19×3 topics
  37. Stroke4▲ 7.7×7 topics
  38. spirometry4▲ 21×1 topic
  39. Macular Degeneration3▲ 11×3 topics
  40. Diabetic Retinopathy3▲ 13×2 topics

Which research topics does Kangwon National University Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research, Health and Wellbeing Research, Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research and Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics.

Chronic Obstructive Pulm…4Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research: 4 fractional worksHealth and Wellbeing Res…3Health and Wellbeing Research: 3 fractional worksDementia and Cognitive Impairment Research: 3 fractional worksCoronary Interventions and Diagnostics: 2 fractional worksDiverse Approaches in Healthcare and Education Studies: 2 fractional worksCancer and Skin Lesions: 2 fractional worksRetinal Diseases and Treatments: 2 fractional worksVascular Malformations a…2Vascular Malformations and Hemangiomas: 2 fractional worksOcular Surface and Contact Lens: 2 fractional worksCorneal Surgery and Treatments: 2 fractional works
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineGeneral Health ProfessionsPsychiatry and Mental healthSurgery4 others

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

  1. 1 Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 4 works
  2. 2 Health and Wellbeing Research General Health Professions 3 works
  3. 3 Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research Psychiatry and Mental health 3 works
  4. 4 Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics Surgery 2 works
  5. 5 Diverse Approaches in Healthcare and Education Studies Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 2 works
  6. 6 Cancer and Skin Lesions Dermatology 2 works
  7. 7 Retinal Diseases and Treatments Ophthalmology 2 works
  8. 8 Vascular Malformations and Hemangiomas Surgery 2 works
  9. 9 Ocular Surface and Contact Lens Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 2 works
  10. 10 Corneal Surgery and Treatments Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 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 available69.9%not open30.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors11.8%domestic only88.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Kangwon National University Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 18% 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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