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Samsung Medical Center

In research, Samsung Medical Center stands highest in Medicine (#449 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#575 of 11,982 worldwide) and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine (#180 of 1,144 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Hepatology, Oncology and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine — Hepatology is 10.9× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#2,630
of 28,054 · #3,222 all time
Rank in South Korea
#51
of 417
Research works
13k
◆ 1% vs 2013–17
Citations
276k
21.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
14.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
54%
world 28%

What is Samsung 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 #449 of 10,443 14.6%1,929 #596
Health SciencesDomain #575 of 11,982 14.7%2,001 #703
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield #180 of 1,144 14.8%247 #213
SurgerySubfield #295 of 1,816 13.2%349 #380
Life SciencesDomain #1,665 of 7,800 14.5%358 #2004
OncologySubfield #171 of 772 14.6%208 #277
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield #377 of 738 14.7%114 #694
EpidemiologySubfield #520 of 976 15.7%119 #567
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #1,966 of 3,579 15.1%227 #2188
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingSubfield #323 of 569 15.7%113 #340

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

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#596 #449
  2. Health Sciences#703 #575
  3. Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine#213 #180
  4. Surgery#380 #295
  5. Life Sciences#2,004 #1,665
  6. Oncology#277 #171
  7. Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine#694 #377
  8. Epidemiology#567 #520
  9. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#2,188 #1,966
  10. Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging#340 #323
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 Samsung Medical Center specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Hepatology takes 10.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. HepatologySubfield · 53.7 works11×
  2. OncologySubfield · 208.1 works7.2×
  3. Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield · 247.0 works6.3×
  4. SurgerySubfield · 348.9 works5.8×
  5. Cancer ResearchSubfield · 57.8 works5.2×
← 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: 0.04× its world share, 5 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.66× its world share, 227 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.82× its world share, 47 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.69× its world share, 70 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.01× its world share, 9 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.09× its world share, 4 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.16× its world share, 32 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.15× its world share, 59 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.05× its world share, 6 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.09× its world share, 8 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.09× its world share, 3 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.21× its world share, 12 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.64× its world share, 8 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.70× its world share, 47 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.92× its world share, 1,929 worksMedicineNursing: 1.11× its world share, 14 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.81× its world share, 3 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.02× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.02× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.10× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.14× its world share, 8 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.64× its world share, 50 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.04× its world share, 14 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Samsung Medical Center?

Ranked on the composite score, Myung‐Ju Ahn, Kyunga Kim and Keunchil Park lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Samsung Medical Center.

  1. 1 Myung‐Ju Ahn South Korea · #3,433 worldwide 1.6k citations · 163 works
  2. 2 Kyunga Kim South Korea · #9,161 worldwide 500 citations · 59 works
  3. 3 Keunchil Park South Korea · #9,841 worldwide 887 citations · 124 works
  4. 4 Won‐Jung Koh South Korea · #20,830 worldwide 309 citations · 65 works
  5. 5 Jin Seok Ahn South Korea · #22,065 worldwide 649 citations · 101 works
  6. 6 Joon Oh Park South Korea · #25,084 worldwide 454 citations · 63 works
  7. 7 O Jung Kwon South Korea · #37,197 worldwide 309 citations · 73 works
  8. 8 Young‐Hyuck Im South Korea · #52,261 worldwide 354 citations · 56 works
  9. 9 Young-Wook Kim South Korea · #57,072 worldwide 279 citations · 51 works
  10. 10 Jong‐Mu Sun South Korea · #59,172 worldwide 239 citations · 42 works
All ranked researchers at Samsung Medical Center

Which keywords describe research at Samsung Medical Center?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Chemotherapy, Epidemiology, Clinical Practice Guidelines, Immunotherapy, Prognostic Factors, Radiotherapy, Tumor Microenvironment and Treatment.

▲ 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. Epidemiology272▲ 2.7×117 topics
  2. Chemotherapy195▲ 11×24 topics
  3. Inflammation130▲ 2.4×78 topics
  4. Treatment117▲ 3.8×45 topics
  5. Immunotherapy116▲ 6.3×18 topics
  6. Clinical Practice Guidelines115▲ 8.2×14 topics
  7. Diagnosis103▲ 4.3×39 topics
  8. Prognostic Factors100▲ 8.9×14 topics
  9. Radiotherapy99▲ 10×13 topics
  10. Quality of Life91▲ 2.5×48 topics
  11. Tumor Microenvironment88▲ 7.7×8 topics
  12. Clinical Trials81▲ 4.7×18 topics
  13. Neoadjuvant Therapy81▲ 13×5 topics
  14. Cancer80▲ 2.3×51 topics
  15. Biomarkers79▲ 4.5×15 topics
  16. Oxidative Stress78▲ 1.87×49 topics
  17. Management78▲ 3.9×30 topics
  18. Targeted Therapy76▲ 13×5 topics
  19. Cardiovascular Disease71▲ 2.5×35 topics
  20. Survival Analysis69▲ 9.9×6 topics
  21. Surgical Management69▲ 6.5×19 topics
  22. Guidelines65▲ 5.4×13 topics
  23. Precision Medicine60▲ 5.1×8 topics
  24. Complications59▲ 4.6×17 topics
  25. Adjuvant Therapy59▲ 18×2 topics
  26. Metastasis57▲ 6.6×12 topics
  27. Genetic Mutations52▲ 4.7×23 topics
  28. Molecular Characterization52▲ 11×6 topics
  29. Hepatocellular Carcinoma52▲ 9.7×3 topics
  30. Breast Cancer49▲ 8.1×10 topics
  31. Heart Failure49▲ 4.4×14 topics
  32. Prognosis49▲ 5.8×9 topics
  33. Graft Survival48▲ 23×3 topics
  34. Treatment Guidelines48▲ 8.6×7 topics
  35. Endoscopic Resection44▲ 17×2 topics
  36. Survival44▲ 13×4 topics
  37. Liver Transplantation39▲ 13×5 topics
  38. Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy38▲ 18×2 topics
  39. Cholangiocarcinoma37▲ 18×2 topics
  40. Genomic Profiling37▲ 14×2 topics

Which research topics does Samsung Medical Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers, Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging, Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment and Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations.

Cancer Immunotherapy and…34Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers: 34 fractional worksRadiomics and Machine Le…32Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging: 32 fractional worksLung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment: 32 fractional worksLung Cancer Treatments a…32Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations: 32 fractional worksOrgan Transplantation Te…31Organ Transplantation Techniques and Outcomes: 31 fractional worksHepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis: 28 fractional worksGastric Cancer Management and Outcomes: 27 fractional worksCholangiocarcinoma and G…27Cholangiocarcinoma and Gallbladder Cancer Studies: 27 fractional worksPancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research: 26 fractional worksCancer Genomics and Diagnostics: 24 fractional works
OncologyRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingPulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSurgery2 others

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

  1. 1 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 34 works
  2. 2 Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 32 works
  3. 3 Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 32 works
  4. 4 Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 32 works
  5. 5 Organ Transplantation Techniques and Outcomes Surgery 31 works
  6. 6 Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis Hepatology 28 works
  7. 7 Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 27 works
  8. 8 Cholangiocarcinoma and Gallbladder Cancer Studies Surgery 27 works
  9. 9 Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research Oncology 26 works
  10. 10 Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics Cancer Research 24 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 available54.1%not open45.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors13.6%domestic only86.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Samsung Medical Center's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 1% higher than in 2013–2017.

200020102020
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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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