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Kyungdong University

In research, Kyungdong University stands highest in Health Sciences (#6,238 of 9,902 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#11,137
of 22,385 · #17,412 all time
Rank in South Korea
#181
of 343
Research works
1.1k
▲ 15% vs 2018-21
Citations
15k
12.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.1%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.98×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
39%
world 40%
International
12%
world 18%
Kyungdong University

What is Kyungdong 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
Health SciencesDomain #6,238 of 9,902 8.9%73 #13395

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

In 2022-now, 46% of research at Kyungdong University is in Health Sciences, 30% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (27%), Computer Science (17%), Social Sciences (10%). It does 1.9× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 79 fractional works · 46.4% of its workMedicine: 46 fractional works · 27.0% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 6 fractional works · 3.6% of its workRehabilitation: 6 fractional works · 3.4% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 5 fractional works · 3.0% of its workPhysiology: 4 fractional works · 2.3% of its workPharmacology: 3 fractional works · 2.0% of its workNeurology: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEpidemiology: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSurgery: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth Informatics: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNephrology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGastroenterology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Professions: 14 fractional works · 8.4% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 7 fractional works · 3.9% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workHealth Information Management: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOccupational Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 12 fractional works · 7.3% of its workLeadership and Management: 11 fractional works · 6.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDentistry: 6 fractional works · 3.6% of its workOral Surgery: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workOrthodontics: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeneral Dentistry: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPeriodontics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 51 fractional works · 29.9% of its workComputer Science: 29 fractional works · 16.9% of its workInformation Systems: 10 fractional works · 6.2% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 9 fractional works · 5.1% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 5 fractional works · 2.9% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSignal Processing: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Science Applications: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEngineering: 10 fractional works · 5.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMathematical Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNumerical Analysis: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workApplied Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workChemical Health and Safety: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 32 fractional works · 18.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 17 fractional works · 10.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 6 fractional works · 3.8% of its workSafety Research: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workLaw: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEducation: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCultural Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workTransportation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCommunication: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 8 fractional works · 4.5% of its workClinical Psychology: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSocial Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workExperimental and Cognitive 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 workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 4 fractional works · 2.5% of its workMarketing: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 8 fractional works · 4.9% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPlant Science: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmaceutical Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKKyungdongUniversity169fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences5%Physical Sciences30%Health Sciences46%Social Sciences19%

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 26 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine4627.0%
    2. Health Professions148.4%
    3. Nursing127.3%
    4. Dentistry63.6%
    5. Veterinary00.1%
    1. Computer Science2916.9%
    2. Engineering105.7%
    3. Physics and Astronomy31.9%
    4. Environmental Science31.7%
    5. Mathematics21.3%
    6. Chemical Engineering10.6%
    7. Energy10.6%
    8. Materials Science10.6%
    9. Chemistry10.5%
    10. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.1%
    1. Social Sciences1710.2%
    2. Psychology84.5%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting42.5%
    4. Decision Sciences10.6%
    5. Arts and Humanities10.5%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.3%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology21.4%
    2. Neuroscience21.3%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences21.1%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics21.0%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology00.1%
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: 0.24× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.26× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.78× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.79× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.69× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.35× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 2.18× its world share, 29 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.64× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.38× its world share, 10 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.33× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.10× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.85× its world share, 3 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 7.51× its world share, 6 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 3.21× its world share, 14 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.40× its world share, 46 worksMedicineNursing: 14.83× its world share, 12 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.72× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.78× its world share, 4 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.65× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.49× its world share, 8 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.80× its world share, 17 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Nursing, 14.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Nursing14.83×12 works
  2. Dentistry7.51×6 works
  3. Health Professions3.21×14 works
  4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics2.79×2 works
  5. Computer Science2.18×29 works
  6. Chemical Engineering1.69×1 works
  7. Psychology1.49×8 works
  8. Medicine1.40×46 works
  9. Mathematics1.10×2 works
  10. Physics and Astronomy0.85×3 works
  11. Social Sciences0.80×17 works
  12. Neuroscience0.78×2 works
  13. Business, Management and Accounting0.78×4 works
  14. Veterinary0.72×0 works
  15. Decision Sciences0.65×1 works
  16. Energy0.64×1 works
  17. Engineering0.38×10 works
  18. Chemistry0.35×1 works
  19. Environmental Science0.33×3 works
  20. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.26×2 works
  21. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.24×2 works
  22. Arts and Humanities0.19×1 works
  23. Materials Science0.16×1 works
  24. Immunology and Microbiology0.14×0 works
  25. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.14×0 works
  26. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.09×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Kyungdong University?

Ranked on the quality score, Kyeongjin Lee, Dong-Hwan Oh and Khadak Singh Bhandari lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Kyungdong University.

  1. 1 Kyeongjin Lee South Korea · #2,939,394 worldwide 915 citations · 45 works
  2. 2 Dong-Hwan Oh South Korea · #3,101,741 worldwide 756 citations · 42 works
  3. 3 Khadak Singh Bhandari South Korea · #4,252,307 worldwide 184 citations · 17 works
  4. 4 Dae-Hwan Lee South Korea · #4,546,532 worldwide 89 citations · 21 works
  5. 5 C.K. Mok South Korea · #5,202,504 worldwide 306 citations · 24 works
  6. 6 Nur Alam South Korea · #5,456,156 worldwide 64 citations · 16 works
  7. 7 Ahmed Abdulhakim Al-Absi South Korea · #5,556,678 worldwide 759 citations · 76 works
  8. 8 Gyun Young Kang South Korea · #5,581,790 worldwide 39 citations · 18 works
  9. 9 Chulkyoon Mok South Korea · #5,764,116 worldwide 379 citations · 30 works
  10. 10 Hee‐Su Park South Korea · #5,829,810 worldwide 145 citations · 30 works
All ranked researchers at Kyungdong University

What are the most cited papers from Kyungdong University?

The most cited paper from Kyungdong University is "Tunneling or Value Added? Evidence from Mergers by Korean Business Groups" (Kee‐Hong Bae, Jun‐Koo Kang, Jinmo Kim, 2002), with 1,226 citations. Next come "The role of mitochondria in apoptosis" (763) and "Therapeutic application of anti-arthritis, pain-releasing, and anti-cancer effects of bee venom and its constituent compounds" (633).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Tunneling or Value Added? Evidence from Mergers by Korean Business Groups Kee‐Hong Bae, Jun‐Koo Kang, Jinmo Kim · The Journal of Finance Dec 2002 1,226
2 The role of mitochondria in apoptosis Seon‐Yong Jeong, Dai‐Wu Seol · BMB Reports Open access 31 Jan 2008 763
3 Therapeutic application of anti-arthritis, pain-releasing, and anti-cancer effects of bee venom and its constituent compounds Dain Son, Jang‐Hern Lee, Yong Sun Lee et al. · Pharmacology & Therapeutics 9 May 2007 633
4 On social Web sites Won Ho Kim, Ok‐Ran Jeong, Sangwon Lee · Information Systems 9 Sep 2009 448
5 Bi- and trilayer graphene solutions Chih‐Jen Shih, Aravind Vijayaraghavan, Rajasekar Krishnan et al. · Nature Nanotechnology 26 Jun 2011 370
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Kyungdong University?

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

▲ 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-Efficacy24▲ 53×5 topics
  2. Machine Learning17▲ 3.0×28 topics
  3. Job Satisfaction14▲ 18×6 topics
  4. Stress Management12▲ 70×5 topics
  5. Deep Learning12▲ 2.1×24 topics
  6. Quality of Life12▲ 4.9×19 topics
  7. Clinical Competence12▲ 476×1 topic
  8. Nursing Professionalism12▲ 476×1 topic
  9. Virtual Reality9▲ 11×6 topics
  10. Social Support9▲ 9.9×7 topics
  11. Text Mining8▲ 36×4 topics
  12. Healthcare8▲ 3.9×10 topics
  13. Nursing7▲ 22×4 topics
  14. Artificial Intelligence6▲ 2.7×11 topics
  15. Functional Recovery6▲ 25×4 topics
  16. Neural Plasticity6▲ 20×2 topics
  17. E-Learning6▲ 3.7×3 topics
  18. Educational Technology6▲ 3.0×3 topics
  19. Lifelong Learning6▲ 17×2 topics
  20. Qualitative Research6▲ 4.2×5 topics
  21. Rehabilitation6▲ 8.7×7 topics
  22. Constraint-Induced Therapy6▲ 44×1 topic
  23. Motor Recovery6▲ 44×1 topic
  24. Distance Education6▲ 17×2 topics
  25. Elderly5▲ 13×3 topics
  26. Online Education5▲ 16×1 topic
  27. Smart Learning5▲ 105×1 topic
  28. Semantic Network Analysis5▲ 147×2 topics
  29. Nursing Students5▲ 75×2 topics
  30. Health Locus of Control5▲ 95×1 topic
  31. Health-Promoting Behaviors5▲ 95×1 topic
  32. Social Network Analysis5▲ 24×2 topics
  33. Health Care5▲ 30×1 topic
  34. Research Trends5▲ 219×1 topic
  35. Structural Equation Modeling5▲ 14×2 topics
  36. IoT Security4▲ 7.8×3 topics
  37. Interventions4▲ 18×2 topics
  38. Parkinson's Disease4▲ 9.1×4 topics
  39. Cerebral Palsy4▲ 29×1 topic
  40. Physical Performance4▲ 22×2 topics

Which research topics does Kyungdong University publish most on?

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

Healthcare Education and…12Healthcare Education and Workforce Issues: 12 fractional worksStroke Rehabilitation an…6Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery: 6 fractional worksEducation and Learning I…5Education and Learning Interventions: 5 fractional worksHealth and Wellbeing Research: 5 fractional worksDiverse Approaches in Healthcare and Education Studies: 5 fractional worksCerebral Palsy and Movem…4Cerebral Palsy and Movement Disorders: 4 fractional worksBalance, Gait, and Falls Prevention: 3 fractional worksSimulation-Based Education in Healthcare: 2 fractional worksHealthcare and Venom Research: 2 fractional worksNetwork Security and Intrusion Detection: 2 fractional works
Leadership and ManagementRehabilitationInformation SystemsGeneral Health Professions6 others

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

  1. 1 Healthcare Education and Workforce Issues Leadership and Management 12 works
  2. 2 Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery Rehabilitation 6 works
  3. 3 Education and Learning Interventions Information Systems 5 works
  4. 4 Health and Wellbeing Research General Health Professions 5 works
  5. 5 Diverse Approaches in Healthcare and Education Studies Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 5 works
  6. 6 Cerebral Palsy and Movement Disorders Psychiatry and Mental health 4 works
  7. 7 Balance, Gait, and Falls Prevention Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation 3 works
  8. 8 Simulation-Based Education in Healthcare Physiology 2 works
  9. 9 Healthcare and Venom Research Pharmacology 2 works
  10. 10 Network Security and Intrusion Detection Computer Networks and Communications 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 available39.0%not open61.0%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors12.2%domestic only87.8%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Kyungdong University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 15% higher than in 2018-2021.

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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 Kyungdong University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00074% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%0.0060%Kyungdong University0.00058% in 20251990200020102020

Fractional works of Kyungdong 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.

still counting5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2025Kyungdong University8.7% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 14.3% in 2012.

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