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Kwangju Women's University

In research, Kwangju Women's University stands highest in Social Sciences (#8,700 of 9,585 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Marketing (Marketing is 40.4× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#12,313
of 22,385 · #14,810 all time
Rank in South Korea
#202
of 343
Research works
384
▲ 95% vs 2018-21
Citations
2.7k
6.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.1%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.90×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
80%
world 40%
International
6%
world 18%
Kwangju Women's University

What is Kwangju Women's University known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Social SciencesDomain #8,700 of 9,585 7.4%68 #12131

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Kwangju Women's University 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Kwangju Women's University work in?

In 2022-now, 47% of research at Kwangju Women's University is in Social Sciences, 31% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (20%), Business, Management and Accounting (18%), Social Sciences (16%). It does 1.8× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 75 fractional works · 46.8% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 29 fractional works · 18.2% of its workMarketing: 27 fractional works · 17.0% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 26 fractional works · 16.0% of its workCultural Studies: 12 fractional works · 7.4% of its workSociology and Political Science: 7 fractional works · 4.1% of its workEducation: 4 fractional works · 2.4% of its workSafety Research: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGender Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 14 fractional works · 9.0% of its workSocial Psychology: 9 fractional works · 5.3% of its workClinical Psychology: 5 fractional works · 2.8% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workApplied Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 5 fractional works · 3.1% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 4 fractional works · 2.6% of its workMuseology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 50 fractional works · 31.3% of its workMedicine: 31 fractional works · 19.5% of its workDermatology: 6 fractional works · 3.7% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 5 fractional works · 3.4% of its workPharmacology: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workUrology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReproductive Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workNursing: 10 fractional works · 6.3% of its workLeadership and Management: 7 fractional works · 4.6% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workResearch and Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIssues, ethics and legal aspects: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Professions: 8 fractional works · 4.9% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 6 fractional works · 3.7% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOccupational Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Dentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 22 fractional works · 13.5% of its workComputer Science: 12 fractional works · 7.3% of its workInformation Systems: 8 fractional works · 5.2% of its workComputer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 7 fractional works · 4.1% of its workBuilding and Construction: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workOcean Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workWater Science and Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 14 fractional works · 8.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 6 fractional works · 3.6% of its workMolecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 2.1% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 4 fractional works · 2.8% of its workFood Science: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInsect Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSensory Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMicrobiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKKwangju Women'sUniversity161fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences8%Physical Sciences13%Health Sciences31%Social Sciences47%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 23 fields, with their numbers
    1. Business, Management and Accounting2918.2%
    2. Social Sciences2616.0%
    3. Psychology149.0%
    4. Arts and Humanities53.1%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.2%
    6. Decision Sciences00.2%
    1. Medicine3119.5%
    2. Nursing106.3%
    3. Health Professions84.9%
    4. Dentistry10.4%
    5. Veterinary00.1%
    1. Computer Science127.3%
    2. Engineering74.1%
    3. Energy21.0%
    4. Materials Science10.7%
    5. Environmental Science00.3%
    6. Mathematics00.1%
    7. Chemistry00.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology63.6%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences42.8%
    3. Neuroscience10.9%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology10.6%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.6%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Kwangju Women's University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Marketing takes 40.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. MarketingSubfield · 27.3 works40×
← 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: 0.58× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.67× its world share, 6 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.62× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.54× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.73× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.94× its world share, 12 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 1.13× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.27× its world share, 6 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsDentistry: 0.85× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.87× its world share, 8 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.02× its world share, 31 worksMedicineNursing: 12.87× its world share, 10 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.89× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.08× its world share, 5 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 5.65× its world share, 29 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.96× its world share, 14 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.26× its world share, 26 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Nursing, 12.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 23 fields, with their numbers
  1. Nursing12.87×10 works
  2. Business, Management and Accounting5.65×29 works
  3. Psychology2.96×14 works
  4. Health Professions1.87×8 works
  5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.73×1 works
  6. Social Sciences1.26×26 works
  7. Energy1.13×2 works
  8. Arts and Humanities1.08×5 works
  9. Medicine1.02×31 works
  10. Computer Science0.94×12 works
  11. Veterinary0.89×0 works
  12. Dentistry0.85×1 works
  13. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.67×6 works
  14. Immunology and Microbiology0.62×1 works
  15. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.58×4 works
  16. Neuroscience0.54×1 works
  17. Engineering0.27×6 works
  18. Decision Sciences0.21×0 works
  19. Materials Science0.20×1 works
  20. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.11×0 works
  21. Environmental Science0.06×0 works
  22. Mathematics0.06×0 works
  23. Chemistry0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Kwangju Women's University?

Ranked on the quality score, Won-Ji Jung, Sang‐Eun Moon and Seon-Mi Jang lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Kwangju Women's University.

  1. 1 Won-Ji Jung South Korea · #2,738,572 worldwide 132 citations · 26 works
  2. 2 Sang‐Eun Moon South Korea · #2,939,386 worldwide 734 citations · 18 works
  3. 3 Seon-Mi Jang South Korea · #3,201,288 worldwide 68 citations · 18 works
  4. 4 Mijung Jung South Korea · #3,470,653 worldwide 132 citations · 16 works
  5. 5 Mee-Ok Choi South Korea · #3,592,198 worldwide 164 citations · 26 works
  6. 6 Hwa‐Jung Choi South Korea · #4,092,228 worldwide 1.1k citations · 69 works
  7. 7 Min-Yeong Chong South Korea · #4,453,903 worldwide 13 citations · 15 works
  8. 8 Jae-Sook Lee South Korea · #4,499,783 worldwide 3 citations · 15 works
  9. 9 Hye-Eun Cho South Korea · #4,548,716 worldwide 13 citations · 16 works
  10. 10 Soon-Hyoung Joung South Korea · #4,582,494 worldwide 6 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Kwangju Women's University

What are the most cited papers from Kwangju Women's University?

The most cited paper from Kwangju Women's University is "Synergistic effect between clove oil and its major compounds and antibiotics against oral bacteria" (Sang‐Eun Moon, Hyeyoung Kim, Jeong‐Dan Cha, 2011), with 320 citations. Next come "Korea National Survey for Environmental Pollutants in the Human Body 2008: Heavy metals in the blood or urine of the Korean population" (165) and "Removal of free fatty acid in waste frying oil by esterification with methanol on zeolite catalysts" (146).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Synergistic effect between clove oil and its major compounds and antibiotics against oral bacteria Sang‐Eun Moon, Hyeyoung Kim, Jeong‐Dan Cha · Archives of Oral Biology 13 Mar 2011 320
2 Korea National Survey for Environmental Pollutants in the Human Body 2008: Heavy metals in the blood or urine of the Korean population Jong‐Wha Lee et al. · International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health 16 Feb 2012 165
3 Removal of free fatty acid in waste frying oil by esterification with methanol on zeolite catalysts Kyong‐Hwan Chung, Duck-Rye Chang, Byunggeon Park · Bioresource Technology 2 Apr 2008 146
4 The Relationship Between Self-Efficacy and Academic Achievement: A 5-Year Panel Analysis Mae Hyang Hwang, Hee Cheol Choi, Anna Lee et al. · The Asia-Pacific Education Researcher 6 May 2015 143
5 Fatty Acid Composition as a Predictor for the Oxidation Stability of Korean Vegetable Oils with or without Induced Oxidative Stress Jung‐Mi Yun, Jeonghee Surh · Preventive Nutrition and Food Science Open access 30 Jun 2012 129
All 64 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Kwangju Women's University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Lifestyle, Fashion, Consumer Behavior, Self-Esteem, Body Image, Cosmetics, Virtual Reality and Self-Efficacy.

▲ 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-now 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. Lifestyle38▲ 791×3 topics
  2. Fashion37▲ 602×3 topics
  3. Consumer Behavior27▲ 27×4 topics
  4. Self-Esteem25▲ 263×2 topics
  5. Body Image25▲ 211×1 topic
  6. Cosmetics25▲ 1551×1 topic
  7. Virtual Reality20▲ 26×6 topics
  8. Self-Efficacy20▲ 48×7 topics
  9. Text Mining15▲ 71×3 topics
  10. Social Media13▲ 5.9×6 topics
  11. Ethical Consumption12▲ 71×2 topics
  12. Big Data Analysis12▲ 360×2 topics
  13. Consumer Perception12▲ 31×3 topics
  14. Generation Z12▲ 390×1 topic
  15. Metaverse12▲ 283×1 topic
  16. Job Satisfaction11▲ 16×8 topics
  17. Educational Technology9▲ 4.8×7 topics
  18. E-Learning8▲ 5.4×4 topics
  19. Quality of Life8▲ 3.4×12 topics
  20. Social Support8▲ 9.0×8 topics
  21. Stress Management8▲ 47×5 topics
  22. Artificial Intelligence8▲ 3.3×8 topics
  23. Clinical Competence7▲ 320×1 topic
  24. Nursing Professionalism7▲ 320×1 topic
  25. Distance Education7▲ 23×2 topics
  26. Teacher Professional Development7▲ 28×3 topics
  27. Online Education7▲ 22×1 topic
  28. Smart Learning7▲ 138×1 topic
  29. Well-being6▲ 9.1×9 topics
  30. Adolescent Development5▲ 27×4 topics
  31. Antioxidants5▲ 7.0×7 topics
  32. Digital Transformation5▲ 5.5×3 topics
  33. Nursing5▲ 16×4 topics
  34. Nursing Students5▲ 72×2 topics
  35. Semantic Network Analysis5▲ 137×2 topics
  36. Health Locus of Control4▲ 95×1 topic
  37. Health-Promoting Behaviors4▲ 95×1 topic
  38. 3D Printing4▲ 12×1 topic
  39. Consumer Preferences4▲ 36×2 topics
  40. Sustainable Fashion4▲ 925×1 topic

Which research topics does Kwangju Women's University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Consumer Perception and Purchasing Behavior, Diverse Topics in Contemporary Research, Healthcare Education and Workforce Issues and Education and Learning Interventions.

Consumer Perception and …25Consumer Perception and Purchasing Behavior: 25 fractional worksDiverse Topics in Contemporary Research: 12 fractional worksHealthcare Education and Workforce Issues: 7 fractional worksEducation and Learning Interventions: 7 fractional worksHealth and Wellbeing Res…4Health and Wellbeing Research: 4 fractional worksCultural and Historical Studies: 4 fractional worksDiverse Approaches in Healthcare and Education Studies: 4 fractional worksSkin Protection and Aging: 3 fractional worksGrit, Self-Efficacy, and Motivation: 3 fractional worksColor perception and design: 2 fractional works
MarketingCultural StudiesLeadership and ManagementInformation Systems5 others

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

  1. 1 Consumer Perception and Purchasing Behavior Marketing 25 works
  2. 2 Diverse Topics in Contemporary Research Cultural Studies 12 works
  3. 3 Healthcare Education and Workforce Issues Leadership and Management 7 works
  4. 4 Education and Learning Interventions Information Systems 7 works
  5. 5 Health and Wellbeing Research General Health Professions 4 works
  6. 6 Cultural and Historical Studies Visual Arts and Performing Arts 4 works
  7. 7 Diverse Approaches in Healthcare and Education Studies Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 4 works
  8. 8 Skin Protection and Aging Dermatology 3 works
  9. 9 Grit, Self-Efficacy, and Motivation Social Psychology 3 works
  10. 10 Color perception and design Social Psychology 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 available79.9%not open20.1%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors5.9%domestic only94.1%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Kwangju Women's University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 95% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Kwangju Women's University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00068% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%Kwangju Women's University0.00031% in 20251990200020102020

Fractional works of Kwangju Women's University over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

5%10%all institutions10.0% in 2024Kwangju Women's University5.1% in 20242020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 7.6% in 2023.

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