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Kim's Eye Hospital

In research, Kim's Eye Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#8,731 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#10,544 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Ophthalmology, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging and Medicine — Ophthalmology is 148.9× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#25,502
of 28,054 · #31,841 all time
Rank in South Korea
#402
of 417
Research works
519
◆ 0% vs 2013–17
Citations
6.5k
12.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
61%
world 28%

What is Kim's Eye 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 #8,731 of 10,443 7.0%96 #9798
Health SciencesDomain #10,544 of 11,982 7.0%97 #12860

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Kim's Eye 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 Kim's Eye Hospital specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Ophthalmology takes 148.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. OphthalmologySubfield · 42.6 works149×
  2. Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingSubfield · 24.1 works25×
  3. MedicineField · 95.9 works4.7×
  4. Health SciencesDomain · 97.0 works3.9×
← 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: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.52× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.00× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.91× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.62× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceHealth Professions: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.66× its world share, 96 worksMedicineNursing: 1.27× its world share, 1 worksNursingBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.97× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesPsychology: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksPsychology1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 4.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Kim's Eye Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, Dong Won Lee, Young Ju Lew and Hee‐Young Kim lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Kim's Eye Hospital.

  1. 1 Dong Won Lee South Korea · #535,477 worldwide 134 citations · 70 works
  2. 2 Young Ju Lew South Korea · #691,764 worldwide 12 citations · 19 works
  3. 3 Hee‐Young Kim South Korea · #809,006 worldwide 11 citations · 18 works
  4. 4 Chul Gu Kim South Korea · #900,401 worldwide 26 citations · 38 works
  5. 5 Byoung-Yeop Kim South Korea · #999,156 worldwide 23 citations · 28 works
  6. 6 Jong Woo Kim South Korea · #1,028,175 worldwide 8 citations · 23 works
  7. 7 Jung Il Han South Korea · #1,170,994 worldwide 9 citations · 15 works
  8. 8 Han Joo Cho South Korea · #1,295,412 worldwide 25 citations · 19 works
  9. 9 Su Jin Yoo South Korea · #1,311,931 worldwide 14 citations · 20 works
  10. 10 Jae Hui Kim South Korea · #1,353,480 worldwide 15 citations · 31 works
All ranked researchers at Kim's Eye Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Kim's Eye Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Macular Degeneration, Diabetic Retinopathy, Glaucoma, Intravitreal Injection, Myopia, Optic Nerve, Oxidative Stress and Epidemiology.

▲ 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. Macular Degeneration24▲ 181×3 topics
  2. Diabetic Retinopathy22▲ 212×2 topics
  3. Glaucoma21▲ 132×4 topics
  4. Epidemiology20▲ 4.6×18 topics
  5. Intravitreal Injection17▲ 236×2 topics
  6. Myopia16▲ 250×2 topics
  7. Inflammation16▲ 7.0×15 topics
  8. Optic Nerve16▲ 147×2 topics
  9. Oxidative Stress15▲ 8.7×11 topics
  10. Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor15▲ 162×2 topics
  11. Choroidal Thickness14▲ 247×1 topic
  12. Retinal Pigment Epithelium14▲ 247×1 topic
  13. Intraocular Pressure14▲ 152×2 topics
  14. Optical Coherence Tomography14▲ 124×3 topics
  15. Global Prevalence9▲ 93×2 topics
  16. Deep Learning9▲ 2.4×3 topics
  17. Refractive Error9▲ 218×1 topic
  18. Visual Impairment9▲ 173×1 topic
  19. Cardiovascular Risk9▲ 26×2 topics
  20. Retinal Disease8▲ 162×1 topic
  21. Vessel Segmentation8▲ 171×1 topic
  22. Risk Factors7▲ 6.2×4 topics
  23. OCT Imaging7▲ 247×2 topics
  24. Retinal Ganglion Cells7▲ 61×3 topics
  25. Corneal Biomechanics7▲ 195×1 topic
  26. Keratoconus7▲ 195×1 topic
  27. Macular Hole7▲ 305×1 topic
  28. Neurodegeneration7▲ 22×1 topic
  29. Ocular Hypertension7▲ 125×1 topic
  30. Vitreoretinal Surgery7▲ 305×1 topic
  31. COVID-197▲ 4.6×4 topics
  32. ACE2 Receptor6▲ 25×2 topics
  33. Ocular Findings6▲ 207×1 topic
  34. Retinal Artery Occlusion6▲ 207×1 topic
  35. Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis6▲ 106×2 topics
  36. Behçet's Disease6▲ 194×1 topic
  37. Uveitis6▲ 194×1 topic
  38. Femtosecond Laser5▲ 101×1 topic
  39. Intraocular Lens Implantation5▲ 185×1 topic
  40. Endophthalmitis4▲ 102×2 topics

Which research topics does Kim's Eye Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Retinal Diseases and Treatments, Ophthalmology and Visual Impairment Studies, Retinal Imaging and Analysis and Retinal and Macular Surgery.

Retinal Diseases and Treatments: 14 fractional worksOphthalmology and Visual Impairment Studies: 9 fractional worksRetinal Imaging and Anal…8Retinal Imaging and Analysis: 8 fractional worksRetinal and Macular Surg…7Retinal and Macular Surgery: 7 fractional worksGlaucoma and retinal disorders: 7 fractional worksCorneal surgery and disorders: 7 fractional worksRetinal and Optic Condit…6Retinal and Optic Conditions: 6 fractional worksOcular Diseases and Behçet’s Syndrome: 6 fractional worksIntraocular Surgery and Lenses: 5 fractional worksOcular Infections and Treatments: 3 fractional works
OphthalmologyEpidemiologyRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging

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

  1. 1 Retinal Diseases and Treatments Ophthalmology 14 works
  2. 2 Ophthalmology and Visual Impairment Studies Epidemiology 9 works
  3. 3 Retinal Imaging and Analysis Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 8 works
  4. 4 Retinal and Macular Surgery Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 7 works
  5. 5 Glaucoma and retinal disorders Ophthalmology 7 works
  6. 6 Corneal surgery and disorders Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 7 works
  7. 7 Retinal and Optic Conditions Ophthalmology 6 works
  8. 8 Ocular Diseases and Behçet’s Syndrome Ophthalmology 6 works
  9. 9 Intraocular Surgery and Lenses Ophthalmology 5 works
  10. 10 Ocular Infections and Treatments Ophthalmology 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 available61.2%not open38.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors7.8%domestic only92.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Kim's Eye Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 0% 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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