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National Cancer Center

In research, National Cancer Center stands highest in Medicine (#1,572 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#2,168 of 11,982 worldwide) and Oncology (#264 of 772 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Oncology, Cancer Research and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine — Oncology is 12.8× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#4,865
of 28,054 · #5,591 all time
Rank in South Korea
#92
of 417
Research works
4.3k
▲ 12% vs 2013–17
Citations
109k
25.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
16.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
56%
world 28%

What is National Cancer Center 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 #1,572 of 10,443 16.6%565 #1457
Health SciencesDomain #2,168 of 11,982 16.9%601 #1711
OncologySubfield #264 of 772 17.5%126 #298
Life SciencesDomain #2,875 of 7,800 16.0%163 #4044
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield #603 of 1,144 14.9%82 #496
SurgerySubfield #1,003 of 1,816 16.8%72 #891
Physical SciencesDomain #8,796 of 12,888 14.0%74 #9383
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #2,445 of 3,579 16.1%132 #3835
Molecular BiologySubfield #1,781 of 2,175 18.8%61 #2389

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where National Cancer Center 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#1,457 #1,572
  2. Health Sciences#1,711 #2,168
  3. Oncology#298 #264
  4. Life Sciences#4,044 #2,875
  5. Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine#496 #603
  6. Surgery#891 #1,003
  7. Physical Sciences#9,383 #8,796
  8. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#3,835 #2,445
  9. Molecular Biology#2,389 #1,781
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.

What does National Cancer Center specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Oncology takes 12.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. OncologySubfield · 125.7 works13×
  2. Cancer ResearchSubfield · 41.4 works11×
  3. Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield · 82.3 works6.2×
  4. Pathology and Forensic MedicineSubfield · 24.9 works5.5×
← 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: 0.12× its world share, 5 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.84× its world share, 132 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.14× its world share, 19 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.50× its world share, 7 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.25× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.18× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.21× its world share, 14 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.16× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.13× its world share, 18 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.50× its world share, 22 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.14× its world share, 4 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.17× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.51× its world share, 10 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.88× its world share, 4 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.96× its world share, 22 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.38× its world share, 565 worksMedicineNursing: 2.49× its world share, 11 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.02× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.37× its world share, 3 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.55× its world share, 10 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.27× its world share, 7 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.09× its world share, 10 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at National Cancer Center?

Ranked on the composite score, Ji‐Youn Han, Joong‐Won Park and Jin Soo Lee lead among researchers whose main affiliation is National Cancer Center.

  1. 1 Ji‐Youn Han South Korea · #4,012 worldwide 1.1k citations · 68 works
  2. 2 Joong‐Won Park South Korea · #5,827 worldwide 2k citations · 56 works
  3. 3 Jin Soo Lee South Korea · #20,846 worldwide 678 citations · 40 works
  4. 4 Il Ju Choi South Korea · #44,804 worldwide 242 citations · 54 works
  5. 5 Jungsil Ro South Korea · #54,157 worldwide 421 citations · 31 works
  6. 6 Dae Kyung Sohn South Korea · #59,595 worldwide 180 citations · 38 works
  7. 7 Kyu‐Won Jung South Korea · #64,042 worldwide 237 citations · 31 works
  8. 8 Hee Jin Chang South Korea · #80,804 worldwide 174 citations · 33 works
  9. 9 Young‐Joo Won South Korea · #82,165 worldwide 220 citations · 29 works
  10. 10 Myeong‐Cherl Kook South Korea · #84,788 worldwide 203 citations · 28 works
All ranked researchers at National Cancer Center

Which keywords describe research at National Cancer Center?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Chemotherapy, Clinical Practice Guidelines, Immunotherapy, Cancer, Survival Analysis, Clinical Trials, Inflammation and Tumor Microenvironment.

▲ 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. Chemotherapy99▲ 16×23 topics
  2. Cancer63▲ 5.4×45 topics
  3. Inflammation60▲ 3.3×68 topics
  4. Clinical Practice Guidelines57▲ 12×14 topics
  5. Immunotherapy55▲ 8.8×17 topics
  6. Epidemiology52▲ 1.51×89 topics
  7. Clinical Trials42▲ 7.2×16 topics
  8. Survival Analysis40▲ 17×6 topics
  9. Tumor Microenvironment39▲ 10×8 topics
  10. Metastasis37▲ 12×11 topics
  11. Biomarkers37▲ 6.2×15 topics
  12. Neoadjuvant Therapy36▲ 18×5 topics
  13. Risk Factors34▲ 3.6×24 topics
  14. Prognostic Factors33▲ 8.8×14 topics
  15. Cardiovascular Disease33▲ 3.4×35 topics
  16. Quality of Life32▲ 2.5×35 topics
  17. Gastric Cancer32▲ 32×3 topics
  18. Breast Cancer32▲ 15×11 topics
  19. Treatment32▲ 3.0×30 topics
  20. Metabolic Syndrome31▲ 4.3×18 topics
  21. Targeted Therapy31▲ 16×5 topics
  22. Molecular Characterization30▲ 19×4 topics
  23. Radiotherapy29▲ 8.7×12 topics
  24. Mortality27▲ 5.5×10 topics
  25. Diagnosis26▲ 3.3×27 topics
  26. Adjuvant Therapy26▲ 24×2 topics
  27. Cancer Incidence25▲ 21×4 topics
  28. Survival24▲ 21×4 topics
  29. Precision Medicine24▲ 5.9×8 topics
  30. Endoscopic Resection22▲ 26×2 topics
  31. Cancer Risk22▲ 11×9 topics
  32. Prevention22▲ 6.0×12 topics
  33. Hepatocellular Carcinoma21▲ 12×3 topics
  34. Cytoreductive Surgery20▲ 36×2 topics
  35. Population-Based Study20▲ 35×2 topics
  36. Ovarian Cancer20▲ 26×3 topics
  37. Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy19▲ 26×2 topics
  38. Lymph Node Dissection18▲ 34×1 topic
  39. Metastatic Gastric Cancer18▲ 34×1 topic
  40. Health Disparities17▲ 7.6×4 topics

Which research topics does National Cancer Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes, Global Cancer Incidence and Screening, Ovarian cancer diagnosis and treatment and Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research.

Gastric Cancer Managemen…18Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes: 18 fractional worksGlobal Cancer Incidence …15Global Cancer Incidence and Screening: 15 fractional worksOvarian cancer diagnosis and treatment: 14 fractional worksPancreatic and Hepatic O…14Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research: 14 fractional worksHepatocellular Carcinoma…13Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis: 13 fractional worksLung Cancer Treatments and Mutations: 12 fractional worksThyroid Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment: 12 fractional worksColorectal Cancer Screen…10Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection: 10 fractional worksCancer Genomics and Diagnostics: 10 fractional worksAir Quality and Health Impacts: 9 fractional works
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineOncologyReproductive MedicineHepatology3 others

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

  1. 1 Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 18 works
  2. 2 Global Cancer Incidence and Screening Oncology 15 works
  3. 3 Ovarian cancer diagnosis and treatment Reproductive Medicine 14 works
  4. 4 Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research Oncology 14 works
  5. 5 Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis Hepatology 13 works
  6. 6 Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 12 works
  7. 7 Thyroid Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 12 works
  8. 8 Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection Oncology 10 works
  9. 9 Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics Cancer Research 10 works
  10. 10 Air Quality and Health Impacts Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 9 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 available56.4%not open43.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors26.0%domestic only74.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has National Cancer Center's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 12% higher than in 2013–2017.

20002005201020152020
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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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