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Korea National Institute of Health

In research, Korea National Institute of Health stands highest in Medicine (#7,762 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#9,126 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#11,973
of 28,054 · #14,984 all time
Rank in South Korea
#217
of 417
Research works
1.1k
▼ 36% vs 2013–17
Citations
27k
23.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
18.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
63%
world 28%

What is Korea National Institute of Health 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 #7,762 of 10,443 20.1%80 #10526
Health SciencesDomain #9,126 of 11,982 20.6%87 #11130

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Korea National Institute of Health 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: 0.91× its world share, 7 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 4.22× its world share, 37 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 5.60× its world share, 9 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.80× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.65× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.33× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.12× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.11× its world share, 9 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.26× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.61× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.52× its world share, 80 worksMedicineNursing: 3.54× its world share, 3 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.97× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.64× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.26× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.52× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.11× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 5.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Korea National Institute of Health?

Ranked on the composite score, Young Jin Kim, Yoon Shin Cho and Min Jin Go lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Korea National Institute of Health.

  1. 1 Young Jin Kim South Korea · #28,219 worldwide 1.8k citations · 34 works
  2. 2 Yoon Shin Cho South Korea · #140,933 worldwide 811 citations · 19 works
  3. 3 Min Jin Go South Korea · #164,734 worldwide 703 citations · 18 works
  4. 4 Bok‐Ghee Han South Korea · #282,272 worldwide 375 citations · 15 works
  5. 5 Mi‐Sun Park South Korea · #310,090 worldwide 60 citations · 22 works
  6. 6 Deog‐Yong Lee South Korea · #497,666 worldwide 29 citations · 19 works
  7. 7 Hyun‐Young Park South Korea · #575,039 worldwide 110 citations · 68 works
  8. 8 Hye‐Ja Lee South Korea · #701,446 worldwide 18 citations · 16 works
  9. 9 E-Hyun Shin South Korea · #828,806 worldwide 37 citations · 15 works
  10. 10 Won–Ho Kim South Korea · #1,235,412 worldwide 46 citations · 30 works
All ranked researchers at Korea National Institute of Health

Which keywords describe research at Korea National Institute of Health?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Cardiovascular Disease, Inflammation, Metabolic Syndrome, Vaccine, Oxidative Stress, Obesity and Public Health.

▲ 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. Epidemiology26▲ 3.9×62 topics
  2. Cardiovascular Disease17▲ 9.2×24 topics
  3. Inflammation17▲ 4.9×46 topics
  4. Oxidative Stress12▲ 4.2×34 topics
  5. Metabolic Syndrome10▲ 7.8×13 topics
  6. Public Health10▲ 4.4×23 topics
  7. Vaccine10▲ 14×9 topics
  8. Obesity9▲ 7.0×16 topics
  9. Immune Response8▲ 8.1×14 topics
  10. Insulin Resistance7▲ 9.7×7 topics
  11. Cancer7▲ 3.3×26 topics
  12. Pandemic7▲ 4.0×6 topics
  13. SARS-CoV-27▲ 13×5 topics
  14. Pathogenesis6▲ 7.4×12 topics
  15. ACE2 Receptor6▲ 14×2 topics
  16. Health Effects6▲ 5.9×10 topics
  17. Immunity6▲ 8.4×5 topics
  18. Mortality6▲ 5.8×10 topics
  19. Aging5▲ 5.7×11 topics
  20. Infection5▲ 11×7 topics
  21. Viral Transmission4▲ 18×3 topics
  22. Coronavirus4▲ 12×2 topics
  23. Particulate Matter4▲ 16×2 topics
  24. Vaccine Development4▲ 9.5×8 topics
  25. Antibiotic Resistance4▲ 6.0×8 topics
  26. Diabetes4▲ 4.6×10 topics
  27. Global Burden of Disease4▲ 9.4×2 topics
  28. Mutation4▲ 12×2 topics
  29. antibody4▲ 21×1 topic
  30. spike protein4▲ 21×1 topic
  31. Air Pollution4▲ 17×1 topic
  32. Fine Particulate Air Pollution4▲ 24×1 topic
  33. Pathogenicity4▲ 33×4 topics
  34. Genetic Variation4▲ 9.7×7 topics
  35. Hepatocellular Carcinoma4▲ 9.9×3 topics
  36. Hypertension3▲ 7.1×9 topics
  37. Hepatic Steatosis3▲ 13×2 topics
  38. Antimicrobial Resistance3▲ 9.4×7 topics
  39. Cancer Risk3▲ 7.9×6 topics
  40. Transcriptional Regulation3▲ 11×5 topics

Which research topics does Korea National Institute of Health publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research, Air Quality and Health Impacts, Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment and Nutrition and Health in Aging.

SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 …4SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research: 4 fractional worksAir Quality and Health I…4Air Quality and Health Impacts: 4 fractional worksLiver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment: 2 fractional worksNutrition and Health in Aging: 2 fractional worksViral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology: 2 fractional worksCOVID-19 Clinical Research Studies: 2 fractional worksPluripotent Stem Cells R…2Pluripotent Stem Cells Research: 2 fractional worksCRISPR and Genetic Engineering: 2 fractional worksDiabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins: 2 fractional worksAntibiotic Resistance in…2Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria: 2 fractional works
Infectious DiseasesHealth, Toxicology and MutagenesisEpidemiologyPhysiology3 others

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

  1. 1 SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research Infectious Diseases 4 works
  2. 2 Air Quality and Health Impacts Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 4 works
  3. 3 Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment Epidemiology 2 works
  4. 4 Nutrition and Health in Aging Physiology 2 works
  5. 5 Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology Infectious Diseases 2 works
  6. 6 COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies Infectious Diseases 2 works
  7. 7 Pluripotent Stem Cells Research Molecular Biology 2 works
  8. 8 CRISPR and Genetic Engineering Molecular Biology 2 works
  9. 9 Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 2 works
  10. 10 Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria Molecular Medicine 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 available63.0%not open37.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors14.3%domestic only85.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Korea National Institute of Health's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 36% 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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