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Korea Center for Disease Control and Prevention

In research, Korea Center for Disease Control and Prevention stands highest in Health Sciences (#11,517 of 20,462 worldwide), Medicine (#11,415 of 17,978 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#11,055 of 14,347 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#20,708
of 42,892
Rank in South Korea
#306
of 596
Research works
540
▼ 8% vs 2013–17
Citations
17k
30.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
68%
world 28%

What is Korea Center for Disease Control and Prevention known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Health SciencesDomain #11,517 of 20,462 17.8%309
MedicineField #11,415 of 17,978 17.5%273
Life SciencesDomain #11,055 of 14,347 13.9%152

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Korea Center for Disease Control and Prevention 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: 1.72× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.97× its world share, 6 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 4.79× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.77× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.08× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 3.02× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 1.14× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.46× its world share, 19 worksMedicineNursing: 6.37× its world share, 1 worksNursingBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.59× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.84× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.33× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Nursing, 6.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Korea Center for Disease Control and Prevention?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, SARS-CoV-2, Pandemic, Vaccine, COVID-19, ACE2 Receptor, Immune Response and Immunity.

▲ 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 39 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 39 words, with their numbers
  1. Epidemiology10▲ 6.4×36 topics
  2. SARS-CoV-24▲ 33×4 topics
  3. Pandemic4▲ 9.4×5 topics
  4. COVID-194▲ 7.2×8 topics
  5. Vaccine4▲ 24×8 topics
  6. ACE2 Receptor3▲ 30×2 topics
  7. Public Health3▲ 4.8×12 topics
  8. Immune Response3▲ 12×10 topics
  9. Immunity2▲ 14×3 topics
  10. Infectious Diseases2▲ 17×4 topics
  11. Pathogenesis2▲ 11×10 topics
  12. Viral Transmission2▲ 36×3 topics
  13. Coronavirus2▲ 24×2 topics
  14. Mutation2▲ 26×2 topics
  15. antibody2▲ 44×1 topic
  16. spike protein2▲ 44×1 topic
  17. Vaccine Development2▲ 18×5 topics
  18. Antibiotic Resistance1▲ 9.1×6 topics
  19. Antimicrobial Resistance1▲ 17×6 topics
  20. Diagnosis1▲ 3.9×8 topics
  21. Modeling1▲ 14×1 topic
  22. Treatment1▲ 2.9×8 topics
  23. transmission dynamics1▲ 48×1 topic
  24. Depression1▲ 3.8×2 topics
  25. Genetic Diversity1▲ 7.2×5 topics
  26. Obesity1▲ 4.3×5 topics
  27. Cardiovascular Disease1▲ 2.7×9 topics
  28. Infection1▲ 12×4 topics
  29. Pathogenicity1▲ 47×3 topics
  30. Thrombosis1▲ 11×2 topics
  31. Biosensors1▲ 5.2×4 topics
  32. Clinical Characteristics1▲ 21×1 topic
  33. Cytokine Storm1▲ 25×1 topic
  34. Food Safety1▲ 9.7×6 topics
  35. Health1▲ 6.8×2 topics
  36. Inflammation1▲ 1.36×10 topics
  37. Nutrition1▲ 6.2×2 topics
  38. Social Support1▲ 4.9×4 topics
  39. Viral Load1▲ 36×2 topics

Which research topics does Korea Center for Disease Control and Prevention publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research, COVID-19 epidemiological studies, COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies and Nutrition, Health and Food Behavior.

SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research: 2 fractional worksCOVID-19 epidemiological studies: 1 fractional worksCOVID-19 Clinical Resear…1COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies: 1 fractional worksNutrition, Health and Fo…1Nutrition, Health and Food Behavior: 1 fractional worksSARS-CoV-2 detection and testing: 1 fractional worksMosquito-borne diseases and control: 1 fractional worksPsychosocial Factors Imp…1Psychosocial Factors Impacting Youth: 1 fractional worksCOVID-19 and Mental Health: 1 fractional worksAntibiotic Resistance in Bacteria: 1 fractional worksViral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology: 1 fractional works
Infectious DiseasesModeling and SimulationNutrition and DieteticsPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health3 others

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

  1. 1 SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research Infectious Diseases 2 works
  2. 2 COVID-19 epidemiological studies Modeling and Simulation 1 works
  3. 3 COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies Infectious Diseases 1 works
  4. 4 Nutrition, Health and Food Behavior Nutrition and Dietetics 1 works
  5. 5 SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing Infectious Diseases 1 works
  6. 6 Mosquito-borne diseases and control Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 1 works
  7. 7 Psychosocial Factors Impacting Youth Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  8. 8 COVID-19 and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 1 works
  9. 9 Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria Molecular Medicine 1 works
  10. 10 Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology Infectious Diseases 1 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 available67.8%not open32.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors18.3%domestic only81.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Korea Center for Disease Control and Prevention's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 8% 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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