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Kyung Hee University Hospital at Gangdong

In research, Kyung Hee University Hospital at Gangdong stands highest in Medicine (#2,081 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#2,435 of 11,982 worldwide) and Surgery (#1,187 of 1,816 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#8,055
of 28,054 · #13,642 all time
Rank in South Korea
#154
of 417
Research works
1.8k
▲ 15% vs 2013–17
Citations
20k
10.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
68%
world 28%

What is Kyung Hee University Hospital at Gangdong 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 #2,081 of 10,443 11.3%417 #3775
Health SciencesDomain #2,435 of 11,982 11.5%441 #4617
SurgerySubfield #1,187 of 1,816 12.4%79 #1943
Life SciencesDomain #5,117 of 7,800 11.5%76 #7824

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Kyung Hee University Hospital at Gangdong 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).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Medicine#3,775 #2,081
  2. Health Sciences#4,617 #2,435
  3. Surgery#1,943 #1,187
  4. Life Sciences#7,824 #5,117
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

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: 0.13× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.30× its world share, 38 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.83× its world share, 10 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.23× its world share, 20 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.59× its world share, 5 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.05× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.12× its world share, 10 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.08× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.66× its world share, 4 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.10× its world share, 16 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.97× its world share, 417 worksMedicineNursing: 1.34× its world share, 4 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.46× its world share, 8 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.04× its world share, 3 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 4.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Kyung Hee University Hospital at Gangdong?

Ranked on the composite score, Soon‐Hyo Kwon, Kwang Ro Joo and Jin Hyun Joh lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Kyung Hee University Hospital at Gangdong.

  1. 1 Soon‐Hyo Kwon South Korea · #225,437 worldwide 113 citations · 23 works
  2. 2 Kwang Ro Joo South Korea · #310,504 worldwide 45 citations · 32 works
  3. 3 Jin Hyun Joh South Korea · #352,989 worldwide 56 citations · 26 works
  4. 4 Hyun Phil Shin South Korea · #355,384 worldwide 36 citations · 31 works
  5. 5 Jung‐Ick Byun South Korea · #386,638 worldwide 68 citations · 22 works
  6. 6 Jae Myung South Korea · #472,570 worldwide 54 citations · 49 works
  7. 7 Jin‐Man Cho South Korea · #491,241 worldwide 80 citations · 18 works
  8. 8 Seung Hwan Lee South Korea · #539,416 worldwide 18 citations · 19 works
  9. 9 Wook Jin South Korea · #569,103 worldwide 27 citations · 24 works
  10. 10 Ho Yeon Chung South Korea · #600,152 worldwide 49 citations · 23 works
All ranked researchers at Kyung Hee University Hospital at Gangdong

Which keywords describe research at Kyung Hee University Hospital at Gangdong?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Inflammation, Treatment, Clinical Practice Guidelines, Quality of Life, Risk Factors, Biomechanics and Complications.

▲ 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. Epidemiology64▲ 2.9×98 topics
  2. Inflammation36▲ 3.2×63 topics
  3. Treatment30▲ 4.6×36 topics
  4. Quality of Life26▲ 3.3×37 topics
  5. Risk Factors23▲ 3.8×24 topics
  6. Oxidative Stress22▲ 2.5×34 topics
  7. Clinical Practice Guidelines20▲ 6.8×14 topics
  8. Cardiovascular Disease19▲ 3.2×26 topics
  9. Diagnosis18▲ 3.6×28 topics
  10. Mortality17▲ 5.3×12 topics
  11. Neurological Disorders17▲ 5.3×15 topics
  12. Clinical Trials16▲ 4.5×15 topics
  13. Complications16▲ 5.9×16 topics
  14. Biomechanics15▲ 8.8×7 topics
  15. Chemotherapy14▲ 3.7×19 topics
  16. Spinal Fusion14▲ 27×2 topics
  17. Surgical Treatment13▲ 12×6 topics
  18. Low Back Pain13▲ 14×3 topics
  19. Rehabilitation13▲ 6.1×11 topics
  20. Genetics13▲ 3.3×16 topics
  21. Guidelines13▲ 5.0×12 topics
  22. Degenerative Disc Disease12▲ 24×2 topics
  23. Surgical Management12▲ 5.6×17 topics
  24. Global Burden12▲ 4.1×12 topics
  25. Biomarkers12▲ 3.2×13 topics
  26. Regeneration12▲ 11×5 topics
  27. Prevention11▲ 4.7×11 topics
  28. Clinical Outcomes11▲ 9.0×5 topics
  29. Clinical Guidelines10▲ 6.0×9 topics
  30. Matrix Metalloproteinases9▲ 12×4 topics
  31. Spinal Surgery9▲ 22×2 topics
  32. Acupuncture9▲ 29×3 topics
  33. Intervertebral Disc9▲ 25×1 topic
  34. Lumbar Disc Degeneration9▲ 25×1 topic
  35. Osteoarthritis9▲ 13×4 topics
  36. Hypertension9▲ 5.7×10 topics
  37. Neuroimaging9▲ 5.9×9 topics
  38. Pain Relief9▲ 40×2 topics
  39. Magnetic Resonance Imaging8▲ 6.1×5 topics
  40. Stroke8▲ 7.9×7 topics

Which research topics does Kyung Hee University Hospital at Gangdong publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology, Traditional Chinese Medicine Studies, Scoliosis diagnosis and treatment and Shoulder Injury and Treatment.

Spine and Intervertebral…9Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology: 9 fractional worksTraditional Chinese Medi…5Traditional Chinese Medicine Studies: 5 fractional worksScoliosis diagnosis and treatment: 5 fractional worksShoulder Injury and Treatment: 5 fractional worksTotal Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes: 5 fractional worksHealthcare and Venom Research: 5 fractional worksSpinal Fractures and Fixation Techniques: 4 fractional worksColorectal Cancer Screen…4Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection: 4 fractional worksHair Growth and Disorders: 4 fractional worksAcupuncture Treatment Research Studies: 4 fractional works
Pathology and Forensic MedicineComplementary and alternative medicineSurgeryPharmacology2 others

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

  1. 1 Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology Pathology and Forensic Medicine 9 works
  2. 2 Traditional Chinese Medicine Studies Complementary and alternative medicine 5 works
  3. 3 Scoliosis diagnosis and treatment Surgery 5 works
  4. 4 Shoulder Injury and Treatment Surgery 5 works
  5. 5 Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes Surgery 5 works
  6. 6 Healthcare and Venom Research Pharmacology 5 works
  7. 7 Spinal Fractures and Fixation Techniques Surgery 4 works
  8. 8 Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection Oncology 4 works
  9. 9 Hair Growth and Disorders Urology 4 works
  10. 10 Acupuncture Treatment Research Studies Complementary and alternative medicine 4 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 available68.3%not open31.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Kyung Hee University Hospital at Gangdong's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 15% 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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