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National Medical Center

In research, National Medical Center stands highest in Medicine (#4,677 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#6,077 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#13,316
of 28,054 · #16,917 all time
Rank in South Korea
#242
of 417
Research works
1.2k
▲ 19% vs 2013–17
Citations
13k
10.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
66%
world 28%

What is National Medical 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 #4,677 of 10,443 9.6%165 #5602
Health SciencesDomain #6,077 of 11,982 10.1%181 #6727

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where National Medical 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).

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: 0.17× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.75× its world share, 10 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.27× its world share, 5 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.84× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 3.44× its world share, 3 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.15× its world share, 5 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.19× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.22× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.03× its world share, 13 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.61× its world share, 165 worksMedicineNursing: 1.51× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.29× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.46× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.52× its world share, 11 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.19× its world share, 6 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at National Medical Center?

Ranked on the composite score, Yeonjae Kim, Bum Sik Chin and Younghwan Kim lead among researchers whose main affiliation is National Medical Center.

  1. 1 Yeonjae Kim South Korea · #201,975 worldwide 122 citations · 23 works
  2. 2 Bum Sik Chin South Korea · #588,646 worldwide 61 citations · 27 works
  3. 3 Younghwan Kim South Korea · #713,579 worldwide 18 citations · 27 works
  4. 4 Myungsun Lee South Korea · #795,461 worldwide 32 citations · 34 works
  5. 5 Min-Kyung Kim South Korea · #927,679 worldwide 24 citations · 15 works
  6. 6 Jiyoung Ahn South Korea · #998,866 worldwide 25 citations · 23 works
  7. 7 Kyung‐Shin Lee South Korea · #1,016,676 worldwide 27 citations · 19 works
  8. 8 So Hee Lee South Korea · #1,043,494 worldwide 60 citations · 75 works
  9. 9 Ho Kyung Sung South Korea · #1,113,891 worldwide 27 citations · 18 works
  10. 10 Sang‐Gyun Kim South Korea · #1,176,489 worldwide 20 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at National Medical Center

Which keywords describe research at National Medical Center?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Mortality, Pandemic, Quality of Life, Inflammation, SARS-CoV-2, ACE2 Receptor and Cardiovascular Disease.

▲ 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. Epidemiology35▲ 3.7×92 topics
  2. Inflammation14▲ 2.8×47 topics
  3. Quality of Life13▲ 3.7×31 topics
  4. Pandemic12▲ 4.6×7 topics
  5. Mortality10▲ 7.3×12 topics
  6. Cardiovascular Disease9▲ 3.5×27 topics
  7. Public Health9▲ 2.5×25 topics
  8. Treatment9▲ 3.0×28 topics
  9. COVID-199▲ 2.6×15 topics
  10. Diagnosis8▲ 3.8×22 topics
  11. Risk Factors8▲ 3.1×24 topics
  12. SARS-CoV-28▲ 10×6 topics
  13. Mental Health8▲ 2.2×18 topics
  14. Immune Response7▲ 5.5×10 topics
  15. Depression7▲ 3.5×13 topics
  16. Clinical Trials7▲ 4.5×15 topics
  17. ACE2 Receptor7▲ 12×3 topics
  18. Aging7▲ 5.5×11 topics
  19. Management7▲ 3.8×18 topics
  20. Global Burden6▲ 5.0×12 topics
  21. Biomarkers6▲ 3.8×9 topics
  22. Pathophysiology6▲ 8.6×7 topics
  23. Quality Improvement5▲ 11×6 topics
  24. Complications5▲ 4.3×12 topics
  25. Guidelines5▲ 4.7×11 topics
  26. Thrombosis5▲ 7.5×7 topics
  27. Health Outcomes5▲ 7.5×6 topics
  28. Surgery5▲ 5.9×9 topics
  29. Patient Satisfaction5▲ 6.4×4 topics
  30. Vaccine5▲ 5.0×8 topics
  31. Clinical Outcomes5▲ 9.1×5 topics
  32. Prognosis5▲ 6.0×8 topics
  33. Neuroimaging4▲ 7.0×7 topics
  34. Clinical Characteristics4▲ 14×2 topics
  35. Healthcare Workers4▲ 7.2×3 topics
  36. Antiviral Treatment4▲ 15×1 topic
  37. Cytokine Storm4▲ 15×1 topic
  38. Stroke4▲ 9.4×6 topics
  39. Viral Transmission4▲ 11×2 topics
  40. Injury Severity4▲ 20×1 topic

Which research topics does National Medical Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies, Trauma and Emergency Care Studies, Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research and Emergency and Acute Care Studies.

COVID-19 Clinical Resear…4COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies: 4 fractional worksTrauma and Emergency Car…4Trauma and Emergency Care Studies: 4 fractional worksDementia and Cognitive I…3Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research: 3 fractional worksEmergency and Acute Care…3Emergency and Acute Care Studies: 3 fractional worksLong-Term Effects of COVID-19: 3 fractional worksCOVID-19 and healthcare impacts: 2 fractional worksSARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 …2SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research: 2 fractional worksCOVID-19 and Mental Health: 2 fractional worksHealth and Wellbeing Research: 2 fractional worksChronic Disease Manageme…2Chronic Disease Management Strategies: 2 fractional works
Infectious DiseasesEmergency MedicinePsychiatry and Mental healthNeurology4 others

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

  1. 1 COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies Infectious Diseases 4 works
  2. 2 Trauma and Emergency Care Studies Emergency Medicine 4 works
  3. 3 Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research Psychiatry and Mental health 3 works
  4. 4 Emergency and Acute Care Studies Emergency Medicine 3 works
  5. 5 Long-Term Effects of COVID-19 Neurology 3 works
  6. 6 COVID-19 and healthcare impacts Oncology 2 works
  7. 7 SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research Infectious Diseases 2 works
  8. 8 COVID-19 and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 2 works
  9. 9 Health and Wellbeing Research General Health Professions 2 works
  10. 10 Chronic Disease Management Strategies Epidemiology 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 available65.8%not open34.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors19.2%domestic only80.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has National Medical Center's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 19% 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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