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Ministry of Health and Welfare

In research, Ministry of Health and Welfare stands highest in Health Sciences (#6,791 of 11,982 worldwide) and Medicine (#7,844 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#17,816
of 28,054 · #29,009 all time
Rank in South Korea
#311
of 417
Research works
440
▲ 16% vs 2013–17
Citations
5.4k
12.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
15.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
60%
world 28%

What is Ministry of Health and Welfare 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
Health SciencesDomain #6,791 of 11,982 15.2%92 #12977
MedicineField #7,844 of 10,443 14.4%81 #12602

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Ministry of Health and Welfare 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: 0.36× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.05× its world share, 7 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.40× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.50× its world share, 5 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.94× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.15× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.23× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsDentistry: 1.14× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.75× its world share, 9 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.26× its world share, 81 worksMedicineNursing: 0.89× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.95× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.44× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.89× its world share, 7 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.27× its world share, 4 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Ministry of Health and Welfare?

Ranked on the composite score, Jiyoung Park, Jun‐Kyu Park and Yahui Wang lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Ministry of Health and Welfare.

  1. 1 Jiyoung Park South Korea · #68,718 worldwide 269 citations · 28 works
  2. 2 Jun‐Kyu Park South Korea · #1,200,881 worldwide 35 citations · 25 works
  3. 3 Yahui Wang South Korea · #1,436,111 worldwide 18 citations · 23 works
All ranked researchers at Ministry of Health and Welfare

Which keywords describe research at Ministry of Health and Welfare?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Functional Recovery, Inflammation, Neural Plasticity, Constraint-Induced Therapy, Motor Recovery, Quality of Life and Clinical Trials.

▲ 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. Epidemiology20▲ 4.0×81 topics
  2. Inflammation9▲ 3.5×44 topics
  3. Functional Recovery8▲ 44×4 topics
  4. Quality of Life7▲ 3.7×27 topics
  5. Cardiovascular Disease6▲ 4.0×27 topics
  6. Neural Plasticity6▲ 25×3 topics
  7. Treatment6▲ 3.6×29 topics
  8. Constraint-Induced Therapy6▲ 53×1 topic
  9. Motor Recovery6▲ 53×1 topic
  10. Diagnosis5▲ 4.2×25 topics
  11. Clinical Trials5▲ 5.6×12 topics
  12. Risk Factors5▲ 3.5×21 topics
  13. Rehabilitation4▲ 8.2×9 topics
  14. Cancer4▲ 2.2×29 topics
  15. Depression4▲ 3.4×13 topics
  16. Neuroprotection4▲ 8.0×10 topics
  17. Mortality4▲ 4.6×9 topics
  18. Immune Response3▲ 4.6×12 topics
  19. Management3▲ 3.4×20 topics
  20. Global Burden3▲ 4.8×9 topics
  21. Neurological Disorders3▲ 4.5×13 topics
  22. Surgery3▲ 7.2×8 topics
  23. Heart Failure3▲ 5.5×12 topics
  24. Recovery3▲ 23×2 topics
  25. Guidelines3▲ 5.0×9 topics
  26. Social Support3▲ 4.1×8 topics
  27. Complications3▲ 4.3×9 topics
  28. Neuromodulation3▲ 34×2 topics
  29. Physical Activity3▲ 4.2×2 topics
  30. Vaccine3▲ 5.2×10 topics
  31. Interventions3▲ 17×3 topics
  32. Spinal Cord Injury3▲ 47×2 topics
  33. Neurological Classification2▲ 82×1 topic
  34. Pathogenesis2▲ 3.8×12 topics
  35. Hypertension2▲ 6.2×11 topics
  36. Stroke2▲ 9.6×6 topics
  37. Elderly Patients2▲ 8.7×3 topics
  38. Cerebral Palsy2▲ 19×1 topic
  39. ICF Model2▲ 33×1 topic
  40. Prevention Strategies2▲ 14×4 topics

Which research topics does Ministry of Health and Welfare publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery, Spinal Cord Injury Research, Cerebral Palsy and Movement Disorders and Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes.

Stroke Rehabilitation an…6Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery: 6 fractional worksSpinal Cord Injury Resea…2Spinal Cord Injury Research: 2 fractional worksCerebral Palsy and Movem…2Cerebral Palsy and Movement Disorders: 2 fractional worksGeriatric Care and Nursing Homes: 1 fractional worksHealth and Wellbeing Research: 1 fractional worksSuicide and Self-Harm Studies: 1 fractional worksCOVID-19 and healthcare impacts: 1 fractional worksRespiratory Support and Mechanisms: 1 fractional worksAppendicitis Diagnosis and Management: 1 fractional worksAutism Spectrum Disorder Research: 1 fractional works
RehabilitationPathology and Forensic MedicinePsychiatry and Mental healthGeneral Health Professions5 others

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

  1. 1 Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery Rehabilitation 6 works
  2. 2 Spinal Cord Injury Research Pathology and Forensic Medicine 2 works
  3. 3 Cerebral Palsy and Movement Disorders Psychiatry and Mental health 2 works
  4. 4 Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes General Health Professions 1 works
  5. 5 Health and Wellbeing Research General Health Professions 1 works
  6. 6 Suicide and Self-Harm Studies Clinical Psychology 1 works
  7. 7 COVID-19 and healthcare impacts Oncology 1 works
  8. 8 Respiratory Support and Mechanisms Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 1 works
  9. 9 Appendicitis Diagnosis and Management Emergency Medicine 1 works
  10. 10 Autism Spectrum Disorder Research Cognitive Neuroscience 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 available60.5%not open39.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors65.4%domestic only34.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Ministry of Health and Welfare's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 16% 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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