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Pyongyang Medical University

ROR OpenAlex
Research works
76
▲ 1707% vs 2013–17
Citations
152
2.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
2.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
82%
world 28%

Not ranked overall: Pyongyang Medical University is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

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: 1.18× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.57× its world share, 5 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.42× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.85× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 6.78× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.44× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceDentistry: 0.87× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.45× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.15× its world share, 24 worksMedicineDecision Sciences: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics, 6.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Pyongyang Medical University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Oxidative Stress, Antioxidant, Epidemiology, Treatment, Cancer, DNA Damage, Cardiovascular Disease and Complications.

▲ 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 31 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 31 words, with their numbers
  1. Epidemiology4▲ 2.8×14 topics
  2. Oxidative Stress4▲ 6.2×17 topics
  3. Antioxidant3▲ 11×11 topics
  4. Cancer2▲ 4.7×7 topics
  5. Treatment2▲ 5.1×6 topics
  6. Inflammation2▲ 2.7×11 topics
  7. Cardiovascular Disease2▲ 4.4×6 topics
  8. DNA Damage2▲ 57×3 topics
  9. Anti-inflammatory1▲ 12×5 topics
  10. Complications1▲ 7.3×7 topics
  11. Acute Pancreatitis1▲ 80×1 topic
  12. Antioxidants1▲ 7.6×6 topics
  13. Chronic Pancreatitis1▲ 80×1 topic
  14. Muscle Damage1▲ 78×2 topics
  15. Neuroprotective Effects1▲ 21×4 topics
  16. Pathophysiology1▲ 11×2 topics
  17. Quality of Life1▲ 2.4×7 topics
  18. Traditional Chinese Medicine1▲ 28×3 topics
  19. Apoptosis1▲ 10×3 topics
  20. Pharmacology1▲ 12×5 topics
  21. Apoptosis Induction1▲ 78×4 topics
  22. Compartment Syndrome1▲ 194×1 topic
  23. Herbal Medicine1▲ 10×5 topics
  24. Rhabdomyolysis1▲ 194×1 topic
  25. Atherosclerosis1▲ 9.1×3 topics
  26. Genomic Instability1▲ 23×1 topic
  27. Management1▲ 3.2×4 topics
  28. Metabolic Syndrome1▲ 3.1×2 topics
  29. Neoadjuvant Therapy1▲ 11×3 topics
  30. Pharmacokinetics1▲ 9.6×2 topics
  31. Repair1▲ 112×1 topic

Which research topics does Pyongyang Medical University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Pancreatitis Pathology and Treatment, Muscle and Compartmental Disorders, DNA Repair Mechanisms and Healthcare and Venom Research.

Pancreatitis Pathology and Treatment: 1 fractional worksMuscle and Compartmental Disorders: 1 fractional worksDNA Repair Mechanisms1DNA Repair Mechanisms: 1 fractional worksHealthcare and Venom Res…1Healthcare and Venom Research: 1 fractional worksGallbladder and Bile Duct Disorders: 1 fractional worksBeetle Biology and Toxicology Studies: 1 fractional worksCurcumin's Biomedical Ap…0Curcumin's Biomedical Applications: 0 fractional worksEsophageal and GI Pathol…0Esophageal and GI Pathology: 0 fractional worksEsophageal Cancer Resear…0Esophageal Cancer Research and Treatment: 0 fractional worksLipid metabolism and dis…0Lipid metabolism and disorders: 0 fractional works
SurgeryMolecular BiologyPharmacologyPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine3 others

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

  1. 1 Pancreatitis Pathology and Treatment Surgery 1 works
  2. 2 Muscle and Compartmental Disorders Surgery 1 works
  3. 3 DNA Repair Mechanisms Molecular Biology 1 works
  4. 4 Healthcare and Venom Research Pharmacology 1 works
  5. 5 Gallbladder and Bile Duct Disorders Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 1 works
  6. 6 Beetle Biology and Toxicology Studies Cancer Research 1 works
  7. 7 Curcumin's Biomedical Applications Molecular Medicine 0 works
  8. 8 Esophageal and GI Pathology Surgery 0 works
  9. 9 Esophageal Cancer Research and Treatment Surgery 0 works
  10. 10 Lipid metabolism and disorders Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 0 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 available81.8%not open18.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors23.2%domestic only76.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Pyongyang Medical University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 1707% 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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