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Korea Health Promotion Institute

In research, Korea Health Promotion Institute stands highest in Health Sciences (#12,865 of 20,462 worldwide) and Medicine (#13,690 of 17,978 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#22,409
of 28,054 · #31,080 all time
Rank in South Korea
#372
of 417
Research works
320
▼ 5% vs 2013–17
Citations
6.1k
19.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
12.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
66%
world 28%

What is Korea Health Promotion Institute 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 #12,865 of 20,462 18.8%195
MedicineField #13,690 of 17,978 20.6%144

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Korea Health Promotion Institute 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: 0.53× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.36× its world share, 6 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.66× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.40× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.19× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.08× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.47× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsDentistry: 2.98× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 8.09× its world share, 17 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.91× its world share, 29 worksMedicineNursing: 7.54× its world share, 3 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.81× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.59× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.20× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.60× its world share, 6 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 8.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Korea Health Promotion Institute?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Metabolic Syndrome, Health Education, Public Health, Health Promoting Schools, School Health Promotion, Obesity, Cancer Risk and Inflammation.

▲ 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. Public Health6▲ 5.5×15 topics
  2. Metabolic Syndrome6▲ 9.4×11 topics
  3. Inflammation6▲ 3.4×21 topics
  4. Health Education5▲ 15×2 topics
  5. Health Promoting Schools5▲ 426×1 topic
  6. School Health Promotion5▲ 426×1 topic
  7. Obesity5▲ 8.0×11 topics
  8. Cancer Risk4▲ 25×5 topics
  9. Cardiovascular Disease4▲ 4.7×14 topics
  10. Insulin Resistance4▲ 9.8×5 topics
  11. Risk Factors4▲ 4.0×12 topics
  12. Social Determinants4▲ 21×3 topics
  13. Social Support4▲ 7.8×10 topics
  14. Health Consequences3▲ 15×4 topics
  15. Quality of Life3▲ 2.9×10 topics
  16. Primary Care3▲ 11×3 topics
  17. Community Health3▲ 24×3 topics
  18. Psychiatric Disorders3▲ 29×2 topics
  19. Health Equity3▲ 13×4 topics
  20. Health3▲ 8.7×4 topics
  21. Smoking Cessation3▲ 119×1 topic
  22. Tobacco Use3▲ 119×1 topic
  23. Advocacy2▲ 104×1 topic
  24. Pediatrics2▲ 104×1 topic
  25. Self-Efficacy2▲ 11×4 topics
  26. Consumer Preferences2▲ 37×2 topics
  27. Hepatocellular Carcinoma2▲ 14×2 topics
  28. Lifestyle2▲ 88×2 topics
  29. Preventive Services2▲ 49×2 topics
  30. Dietary Behavior2▲ 228×1 topic
  31. Eating Habits2▲ 228×1 topic
  32. Nutrition2▲ 6.0×2 topics
  33. Chronic Disease Prevention2▲ 174×2 topics
  34. Health Outcomes2▲ 9.6×5 topics
  35. Corporate Political Activity2▲ 72×1 topic
  36. International Law2▲ 8.2×2 topics
  37. NAFLD2▲ 21×1 topic
  38. NASH2▲ 21×1 topic
  39. Non-Communicable Diseases2▲ 8.4×1 topic
  40. Behavior Change2▲ 16×4 topics

Which research topics does Korea Health Promotion Institute publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: School Health and Nursing Education, Smoking Behavior and Cessation, Child and Adolescent Health and Nutrition, Health and Food Behavior.

School Health and Nursin…5School Health and Nursing Education: 5 fractional worksSmoking Behavior and Cessation: 3 fractional worksChild and Adolescent Hea…2Child and Adolescent Health: 2 fractional worksNutrition, Health and Fo…2Nutrition, Health and Food Behavior: 2 fractional worksGlobal Public Health Policies and Epidemiology: 2 fractional worksLiver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment: 2 fractional worksHealth and Wellbeing Res…2Health and Wellbeing Research: 2 fractional worksHealth Promotion and Cardiovascular Prevention: 1 fractional worksNutritional Studies and Diet: 1 fractional worksGlobal Health Care Issues: 1 fractional works
Speech and HearingPhysiologyGeneral Health ProfessionsNutrition and Dietetics3 others

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

  1. 1 School Health and Nursing Education Speech and Hearing 5 works
  2. 2 Smoking Behavior and Cessation Physiology 3 works
  3. 3 Child and Adolescent Health General Health Professions 2 works
  4. 4 Nutrition, Health and Food Behavior Nutrition and Dietetics 2 works
  5. 5 Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 2 works
  6. 6 Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment Epidemiology 2 works
  7. 7 Health and Wellbeing Research General Health Professions 2 works
  8. 8 Health Promotion and Cardiovascular Prevention Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 1 works
  9. 9 Nutritional Studies and Diet Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 1 works
  10. 10 Global Health Care Issues General Health Professions 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 available66.1%not open33.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors26.0%domestic only74.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Korea Health Promotion Institute's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 5% 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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