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Sahmyook Medical Center

In research, Sahmyook Medical Center stands highest in Health Sciences (#16,432 of 20,462 worldwide) and Medicine (#17,441 of 17,978 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Medicine — Medicine is 4.1× its share of world research.

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World rank, all time
#38,511
of 42,892
Rank in South Korea
#557
of 596
Research works
226
▼ 16% vs 2013–17
Citations
1.8k
7.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
68%
world 28%

What is Sahmyook Medical Center known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Health SciencesDomain #16,432 of 20,462 6.0%191
MedicineField #17,441 of 17,978 4.3%175

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

What does Sahmyook Medical Center specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Medicine takes 4.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. MedicineField · 23.6 works4.1×
← 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: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.76× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.11× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.61× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.27× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringDentistry: 1.73× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.62× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.12× its world share, 24 worksMedicineNursing: 0.76× its world share, 0 worksNursingEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.73× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 4.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Sahmyook Medical Center?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Low Back Pain, Rehabilitation, Inflammation, Surgical Treatment, Risk Factors, Glomerular Diseases and Nephrotic Syndrome.

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

All 23 words, with their numbers
  1. Epidemiology5▲ 4.3×22 topics
  2. Inflammation2▲ 3.6×11 topics
  3. Low Back Pain2▲ 38×2 topics
  4. Quality of Life2▲ 4.3×7 topics
  5. Risk Factors2▲ 5.6×5 topics
  6. Rehabilitation2▲ 14×4 topics
  7. Surgical Treatment2▲ 27×3 topics
  8. Clinical Outcomes2▲ 24×2 topics
  9. Glomerular Diseases2▲ 157×1 topic
  10. Nephrotic Syndrome2▲ 157×1 topic
  11. Functional Recovery1▲ 32×3 topics
  12. Global Burden1▲ 8.6×5 topics
  13. Surgical Management1▲ 12×5 topics
  14. Clinical Trials1▲ 6.7×4 topics
  15. Spinal Fusion1▲ 46×2 topics
  16. Biomechanics1▲ 14×4 topics
  17. Clinical Practice Guidelines1▲ 7.2×6 topics
  18. Intervertebral Disc1▲ 58×1 topic
  19. Lumbar Disc Degeneration1▲ 58×1 topic
  20. Chronic Pain1▲ 17×2 topics
  21. Intraocular Pressure1▲ 43×2 topics
  22. Elderly1▲ 13×3 topics
  23. Prevention1▲ 8.1×2 topics

Which research topics does Sahmyook Medical Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Renal Diseases and Glomerulopathies, Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology, Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation and Glaucoma and retinal disorders.

Renal Diseases and Glomerulopathies: 2 fractional worksSpine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology: 1 fractional worksMusculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation: 1 fractional worksGlaucoma and retinal disorders: 1 fractional worksStroke Rehabilitation and Recovery: 1 fractional worksTracheal and airway disorders: 1 fractional worksDysphagia Assessment and…1Dysphagia Assessment and Management: 1 fractional worksSports injuries and prev…1Sports injuries and prevention: 1 fractional worksOrthopedic Surgery and R…1Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation: 1 fractional worksSpinal Cord Injury Resea…0Spinal Cord Injury Research: 0 fractional works
NephrologyPathology and Forensic MedicinePharmacologyOphthalmology5 others

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

  1. 1 Renal Diseases and Glomerulopathies Nephrology 2 works
  2. 2 Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology Pathology and Forensic Medicine 1 works
  3. 3 Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation Pharmacology 1 works
  4. 4 Glaucoma and retinal disorders Ophthalmology 1 works
  5. 5 Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery Rehabilitation 1 works
  6. 6 Tracheal and airway disorders Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 1 works
  7. 7 Dysphagia Assessment and Management Speech and Hearing 1 works
  8. 8 Sports injuries and prevention Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 1 works
  9. 9 Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation Surgery 1 works
  10. 10 Spinal Cord Injury Research Pathology and Forensic 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 available67.9%not open32.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors5.5%domestic only94.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Sahmyook Medical Center's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 16% lower 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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