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Kyungbok University

In research, Kyungbok University stands highest in Health Sciences (#11,343 of 16,688 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022-now
#19,534
of 22,385 · #18,866 all time
Rank in South Korea
#297
of 343
Research works
272
▲ 18% vs 2018-21
Citations
2.4k
8.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
12.4%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.99×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
64%
world 40%
International
10%
world 18%
Kyungbok University

What is Kyungbok University 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 #11,343 of 16,688 9.1%137

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Kyungbok 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 Kyungbok University work in?

In 2022-now, 57% of research at Kyungbok University is in Health Sciences, 15% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (36%), Health Professions (13%), Social Sciences (7%). It does 2.2× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 40 fractional works · 57.3% of its workMedicine: 25 fractional works · 35.6% of its workPhysiology: 4 fractional works · 6.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 3 fractional works · 3.6% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 2 fractional works · 3.5% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workRehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workDermatology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workUrology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOphthalmology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Informatics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEmergency Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGastroenterology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Professions: 9 fractional works · 12.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 5 fractional works · 6.8% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 2 fractional works · 3.3% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOccupational Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 5 fractional works · 6.6% of its workLeadership and Management: 4 fractional works · 5.3% of its workResearch and Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDentistry: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workPeriodontics: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workOral Surgery: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 10 fractional works · 14.6% of its workEngineering: 4 fractional works · 5.1% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workMechanics of Materials: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 3 fractional works · 4.5% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Science Applications: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Science: 2 fractional works · 3.4% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEcological Modeling: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBiomaterials: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 10 fractional works · 14.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 5 fractional works · 6.8% of its workEducation: 2 fractional works · 2.4% of its workSociology and Political Science: 2 fractional works · 2.4% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGender Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCultural Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 4 fractional works · 6.3% of its workClinical Psychology: 3 fractional works · 4.2% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLife Sciences: 10 fractional works · 13.7% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 4 fractional works · 6.1% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 2.7% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEndocrinology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCancer Research: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 3 fractional works · 4.0% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInsect Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPharmaceutical Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBehavioral Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workParasitology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVirology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKKyungbokUniversity70fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences14%Physical Sciences15%Health Sciences57%Social Sciences14%

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 22 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine2535.6%
    2. Health Professions912.6%
    3. Nursing56.6%
    4. Dentistry22.2%
    5. Veterinary00.3%
    1. Engineering45.1%
    2. Computer Science34.5%
    3. Environmental Science23.4%
    4. Materials Science11.0%
    5. Physics and Astronomy00.4%
    6. Chemistry00.1%
    7. Energy00.1%
    1. Social Sciences56.8%
    2. Psychology46.3%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.5%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting00.4%
    5. Decision Sciences00.4%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology46.1%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences34.0%
    3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics11.6%
    4. Neuroscience11.1%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology10.9%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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: 0.84× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.15× its world share, 4 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.88× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.68× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 4.51× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.58× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.34× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.68× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.30× its world share, 1 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 4.50× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 4.79× its world share, 9 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.85× its world share, 25 worksMedicineNursing: 13.53× its world share, 5 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.34× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.37× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.07× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.54× its world share, 5 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Nursing, 13.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 22 fields, with their numbers
  1. Nursing13.53×5 works
  2. Health Professions4.79×9 works
  3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics4.51×1 works
  4. Dentistry4.50×2 works
  5. Veterinary2.34×0 works
  6. Psychology2.07×4 works
  7. Medicine1.85×25 works
  8. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.15×4 works
  9. Immunology and Microbiology0.88×1 works
  10. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.84×3 works
  11. Neuroscience0.68×1 works
  12. Environmental Science0.68×2 works
  13. Computer Science0.58×3 works
  14. Social Sciences0.54×5 works
  15. Decision Sciences0.37×0 works
  16. Engineering0.34×4 works
  17. Materials Science0.30×1 works
  18. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.22×0 works
  19. Physics and Astronomy0.17×0 works
  20. Business, Management and Accounting0.14×0 works
  21. Energy0.10×0 works
  22. Chemistry0.06×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Kyungbok University?

Ranked on the quality score, Seoyoon Heo, Ha-Young Park and Hyun Hee Jang lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Kyungbok University.

  1. 1 Seoyoon Heo South Korea · #2,128,235 worldwide 187 citations · 40 works
  2. 2 Ha-Young Park South Korea · #2,550,277 worldwide 204 citations · 18 works
  3. 3 Hyun Hee Jang South Korea · #3,627,891 worldwide 426 citations · 30 works
  4. 4 Sun-Hee Bae South Korea · #3,844,957 worldwide 178 citations · 22 works
  5. 5 Hyo-Young Shin South Korea · #4,847,591 worldwide 18 citations · 23 works
  6. 6 Jong-Tae Woo South Korea · #4,925,638 worldwide 18 citations · 29 works
  7. 7 Ju-Hyung Park South Korea · #5,175,363 worldwide 210 citations · 30 works
  8. 8 Soonhyeon Nam South Korea · #5,953,995 worldwide 32 citations · 43 works
  9. 9 Hyun-Gyu Cha South Korea · #6,586,805 worldwide 663 citations · 68 works
  10. 10 Young-Sun Park South Korea · #6,737,633 worldwide 430 citations · 122 works
All ranked researchers at Kyungbok University

What are the most cited papers from Kyungbok University?

The most cited paper from Kyungbok University is "Causes of blindness and vision impairment in 2020 and trends over 30 years, and prevalence of avoidable blindness in relation to VISION 2020: the Right to Sight: an analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study" (Jaimie D Steinmetz et al., 2020), with 3,188 citations. Next come "Primary motor cortex activation by transcranial direct current stimulation in the human brain" (150) and "Visible Korean Human: Its techniques and applications" (144).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Causes of blindness and vision impairment in 2020 and trends over 30 years, and prevalence of avoidable blindness in relation to VISION 2020: the Right to Sight: an analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study Jaimie D Steinmetz et al. · The Lancet Global Health Open access243 authors Dec 2020 3,188
2 Primary motor cortex activation by transcranial direct current stimulation in the human brain Yong Hyun Kwon, Myoung-Hwan Ko, Sang Ho Ahn et al. · Neuroscience Letters 13 Feb 2008 150
3 Visible Korean Human: Its techniques and applications Jin Seo Park, Min Suk Chung, Sung Bae Hwang et al. · Clinical Anatomy 27 Feb 2006 144
4 Cortical effect and functional recovery by the electromyography-triggered neuromuscular stimulation in chronic stroke patients Hwa-Kyung Shin, Sang Hyun Cho, Hye‐Seon Jeon et al. · Neuroscience Letters 17 Jul 2008 113
5 Technical Report on Semiautomatic Segmentation Using the Adobe Photoshop Jin Seo Park, Min Suk Chung, Sung Bae Hwang et al. · Journal of Imaging Informatics in Medicine Open access 7 Jul 2005 98
All 61 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Kyungbok University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Self-Efficacy, Quality of Life, Social Support, Job Satisfaction, Epidemiology, Stress Management, Clinical Competence and Nursing Professionalism.

▲ 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. Self-Efficacy8▲ 46×4 topics
  2. Quality of Life8▲ 7.6×15 topics
  3. Epidemiology7▲ 2.6×32 topics
  4. Social Support5▲ 14×7 topics
  5. Job Satisfaction4▲ 15×4 topics
  6. Stress Management4▲ 54×2 topics
  7. Clinical Competence4▲ 373×1 topic
  8. Mental Health4▲ 3.7×9 topics
  9. Nursing Professionalism4▲ 373×1 topic
  10. Health Locus of Control4▲ 166×1 topic
  11. Health-Promoting Behaviors4▲ 166×1 topic
  12. Inflammation3▲ 1.87×14 topics
  13. Depression3▲ 4.4×6 topics
  14. Patient Safety3▲ 25×2 topics
  15. Prevention2▲ 8.4×5 topics
  16. Medical Education2▲ 13×3 topics
  17. Risk Factors2▲ 3.1×6 topics
  18. Simulation2▲ 13×2 topics
  19. Global Burden2▲ 5.7×4 topics
  20. Nursing2▲ 17×4 topics
  21. Psychological Factors2▲ 15×3 topics
  22. Clinical Judgment2▲ 83×1 topic
  23. Debriefing2▲ 83×1 topic
  24. Elderly2▲ 11×4 topics
  25. Healthcare Workers2▲ 11×4 topics
  26. Virtual Reality2▲ 5.1×4 topics
  27. Neural Plasticity2▲ 12×2 topics
  28. Anxiety2▲ 4.6×3 topics
  29. Constraint-Induced Therapy1▲ 26×1 topic
  30. Low Back Pain1▲ 12×2 topics
  31. Motor Recovery1▲ 26×1 topic
  32. Text Mining1▲ 15×3 topics
  33. Alzheimer's Disease1▲ 6.6×3 topics
  34. Anti-inflammatory1▲ 6.4×7 topics
  35. Chronic Pain1▲ 8.6×3 topics
  36. Neurobiology1▲ 7.3×3 topics
  37. Prevention Strategies1▲ 18×3 topics
  38. Semantic Network Analysis1▲ 80×2 topics
  39. Structural Equation Modeling1▲ 9.1×3 topics
  40. Teacher Professional Development1▲ 10×2 topics

Which research topics does Kyungbok University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Healthcare Education and Workforce Issues, Health and Wellbeing Research, Simulation-Based Education in Healthcare and Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery.

Healthcare Education and…4Healthcare Education and Workforce Issues: 4 fractional worksHealth and Wellbeing Res…4Health and Wellbeing Research: 4 fractional worksSimulation-Based Education in Healthcare: 2 fractional worksStroke Rehabilitation and Recovery: 1 fractional worksPatient Safety and Medication Errors: 1 fractional worksDiverse Approaches in He…1Diverse Approaches in Healthcare and Education Studies: 1 fractional worksPediatric health and respiratory diseases: 1 fractional worksMusculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation: 1 fractional worksCOVID-19 and Mental Health: 1 fractional worksVirtual Reality Applications and Impacts: 1 fractional works
Leadership and ManagementGeneral Health ProfessionsPhysiologyRehabilitation5 others

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

  1. 1 Healthcare Education and Workforce Issues Leadership and Management 4 works
  2. 2 Health and Wellbeing Research General Health Professions 4 works
  3. 3 Simulation-Based Education in Healthcare Physiology 2 works
  4. 4 Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery Rehabilitation 1 works
  5. 5 Patient Safety and Medication Errors Emergency Medical Services 1 works
  6. 6 Diverse Approaches in Healthcare and Education Studies Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 1 works
  7. 7 Pediatric health and respiratory diseases Emergency Medical Services 1 works
  8. 8 Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation Pharmacology 1 works
  9. 9 COVID-19 and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 1 works
  10. 10 Virtual Reality Applications and Impacts Human-Computer Interaction 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 available63.5%not open36.5%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors10.5%domestic only89.5%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Kyungbok University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 18% higher than in 2018-2021.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Kyungbok University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00023% in 2024.

still counting0.00020%0.00040%0.00060%Kyungbok University0.00029% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Kyungbok University over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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