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Seoul Medical Center

In research, Seoul Medical Center stands highest in Medicine (#3,306 of 8,541 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#4,080 of 9,902 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#13,361
of 22,385 · #20,282 all time
Rank in South Korea
#222
of 343
Research works
1.2k
◆ 2% vs 2018-21
Citations
14k
12.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.9%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.90×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
60%
world 40%
International
12%
world 18%
Seoul Medical Center

What is Seoul Medical Center known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
MedicineField #3,306 of 8,541 7.4%179 #5937
Health SciencesDomain #4,080 of 9,902 7.8%193 #7370

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Seoul 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Seoul Medical Center work in?

In 2022-now, 70% of research at Seoul Medical Center is in Health Sciences, 14% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (66%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (8%), Health Professions (3%). It does 3.0× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 229 fractional works · 70.2% of its workMedicine: 215 fractional works · 65.7% of its workSurgery: 34 fractional works · 10.5% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 21 fractional works · 6.4% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 17 fractional works · 5.3% of its workEpidemiology: 16 fractional works · 4.8% of its workNeurology: 15 fractional works · 4.7% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 10 fractional works · 3.1% of its workDermatology: 10 fractional works · 3.0% of its workOncology: 10 fractional works · 2.9% of its workPhysiology: 8 fractional works · 2.4% of its workInfectious Diseases: 7 fractional works · 2.2% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 6 fractional works · 2.0% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 6 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 5 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 5 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workRheumatology: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHepatology: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEmergency Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGastroenterology: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRehabilitation: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNephrology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workUrology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workReproductive Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workTransplantation: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHematology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInternal Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOphthalmology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth Professions: 11 fractional works · 3.4% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOccupational Therapy: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 44 fractional works · 13.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 27 fractional works · 8.2% of its workMolecular Biology: 9 fractional works · 2.8% of its workGenetics: 5 fractional works · 1.5% of its workCancer Research: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCell Biology: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBiotechnology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMolecular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 9 fractional works · 2.8% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBehavioral Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDevelopmental Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 5 fractional works · 1.7% of its workImmunology: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workVirology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMicrobiology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmaceutical Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 29 fractional works · 9.0% of its workEngineering: 10 fractional works · 3.0% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 7 fractional works · 2.1% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Science: 10 fractional works · 2.9% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 6 fractional works · 1.8% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workStatistics and Probability: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 24 fractional works · 7.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 7 fractional works · 2.1% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 5 fractional works · 1.5% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 6 fractional works · 1.9% of its workClinical Psychology: 5 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 5 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnthropology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKSeoul MedicalCenter327fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences14%Physical Sciences9%Health Sciences70%Social Sciences7%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine21565.7%
    2. Health Professions113.4%
    3. Nursing30.8%
    4. Dentistry10.3%
    5. Veterinary00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology278.2%
    2. Neuroscience92.8%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology51.7%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics20.5%
    5. Agricultural and Biological Sciences10.4%
    1. Engineering103.0%
    2. Computer Science102.9%
    3. Mathematics41.2%
    4. Environmental Science41.2%
    5. Physics and Astronomy10.2%
    6. Chemical Engineering00.2%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.1%
    8. Chemistry00.1%
    9. Materials Science00.1%
    1. Decision Sciences72.1%
    2. Psychology61.9%
    3. Social Sciences51.6%
    4. Arts and Humanities20.7%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting20.5%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance20.5%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.54× its world share, 27 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.65× its world share, 5 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.70× its world share, 9 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.41× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.44× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.37× its world share, 10 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.20× its world share, 10 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.24× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.05× its world share, 4 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.60× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.27× its world share, 11 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.41× its world share, 215 worksMedicineNursing: 1.67× its world share, 3 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.53× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.25× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.16× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.20× its world share, 7 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.22× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.64× its world share, 6 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.12× its world share, 5 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.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine3.41×215 works
  2. Decision Sciences2.20×7 works
  3. Neuroscience1.70×9 works
  4. Nursing1.67×3 works
  5. Immunology and Microbiology1.65×5 works
  6. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.54×27 works
  7. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.41×2 works
  8. Health Professions1.27×11 works
  9. Mathematics1.05×4 works
  10. Psychology0.64×6 works
  11. Dentistry0.60×1 works
  12. Veterinary0.53×0 works
  13. Chemical Engineering0.44×0 works
  14. Computer Science0.37×10 works
  15. Arts and Humanities0.25×2 works
  16. Environmental Science0.24×4 works
  17. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.22×2 works
  18. Engineering0.20×10 works
  19. Business, Management and Accounting0.16×2 works
  20. Social Sciences0.12×5 works
  21. Physics and Astronomy0.09×1 works
  22. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.08×1 works
  23. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.07×0 works
  24. Chemistry0.06×0 works
  25. Materials Science0.03×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Seoul Medical Center?

Ranked on the quality score, Tai Hwan Park, Sang‐Soon Park and Jae‐Phil Choi lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Seoul Medical Center.

  1. 1 Tai Hwan Park South Korea · #601,063 worldwide 4k citations · 241 works
  2. 2 Sang‐Soon Park South Korea · #907,236 worldwide 2.4k citations · 183 works
  3. 3 Jae‐Phil Choi South Korea · #910,413 worldwide 2.8k citations · 75 works
  4. 4 Ga In Han South Korea · #1,301,169 worldwide 81 citations · 19 works
  5. 5 Sang-Soon Park South Korea · #1,386,305 worldwide 1.8k citations · 37 works
  6. 6 Jangmi Suk South Korea · #2,237,195 worldwide 305 citations · 22 works
  7. 7 Seok Yeon Kim South Korea · #2,450,332 worldwide 941 citations · 54 works
  8. 8 Se Youn Jang South Korea · #2,723,353 worldwide 324 citations · 28 works
  9. 9 Hae Woo Lee South Korea · #2,940,144 worldwide 1.9k citations · 62 works
  10. 10 Mi Young Ahn South Korea · #3,152,861 worldwide 2.5k citations · 53 works
All ranked researchers at Seoul Medical Center

What are the most cited papers from Seoul Medical Center?

The most cited paper from Seoul Medical Center is "Cohort Profile: The National Health Insurance Service–National Sample Cohort (NHIS-NSC), South Korea" (Juneyoung Lee, Ji Sung Lee, Sook-Hee Park et al., 2016), with 1,505 citations. Next come "Effect of Remdesivir vs Standard Care on Clinical Status at 11 Days in Patients With Moderate COVID-19" (1,283) and "Safety and Antitumor Activity of the Multitargeted Pan-TRK, ROS1, and ALK Inhibitor Entrectinib: Combined Results from Two Phase I Trials (ALKA-372-001 and STARTRK-1)" (836).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Cohort Profile: The National Health Insurance Service–National Sample Cohort (NHIS-NSC), South Korea Juneyoung Lee, Ji Sung Lee, Sook-Hee Park et al. · International Journal of Epidemiology 28 Jan 2016 1,505
2 Effect of Remdesivir vs Standard Care on Clinical Status at 11 Days in Patients With Moderate COVID-19 Christoph D. Spinner et al. · JAMA Open access 21 Aug 2020 1,283
3 Safety and Antitumor Activity of the Multitargeted Pan-TRK, ROS1, and ALK Inhibitor Entrectinib: Combined Results from Two Phase I Trials (ALKA-372-001 and STARTRK-1) Alexander Edward Dela Cruz Drilon et al. · Cancer Discovery Open access 9 Feb 2017 836
4 Chest Radiographic and CT Findings of the 2019 Novel Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19): Analysis of Nine Patients Treated in Korea Soon Ho Yoon, Kyung Hee Lee, Jin Yong Kim et al. · Korean Journal of Radiology Open access 2020 666
5 Incidence and Prevalence of Sexual Dysfunction in Women and Men: A Consensus Statement from the Fourth International Consultation on Sexual Medicine 2015 Marita P. McCabe, Ira D. Sharlip, Ron Lewis et al. · The Journal of Sexual Medicine Open access Feb 2016 576
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Seoul Medical Center?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Complications, Treatment, Diagnosis, Risk Factors, Inflammation, Surgical Management and Quality of Life.

▲ 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-now 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. Epidemiology39▲ 3.0×88 topics
  2. Treatment15▲ 3.8×34 topics
  3. Inflammation14▲ 2.1×54 topics
  4. Deep Learning13▲ 1.19×24 topics
  5. Complications13▲ 8.0×14 topics
  6. Quality of Life12▲ 2.6×33 topics
  7. Diagnosis12▲ 4.0×29 topics
  8. Risk Factors12▲ 3.3×22 topics
  9. Oxidative Stress11▲ 2.0×28 topics
  10. Cardiovascular Disease9▲ 2.3×26 topics
  11. Cancer9▲ 1.96×28 topics
  12. Clinical Practice Guidelines8▲ 4.7×14 topics
  13. Surgical Management8▲ 6.1×11 topics
  14. Management8▲ 3.1×19 topics
  15. Chemotherapy8▲ 3.2×16 topics
  16. Clinical Trials7▲ 3.4×13 topics
  17. Classification7▲ 4.7×8 topics
  18. Rehabilitation7▲ 5.2×9 topics
  19. Precision Medicine6▲ 3.9×8 topics
  20. Diabetes6▲ 3.7×12 topics
  21. Global Burden6▲ 3.3×10 topics
  22. Prevention6▲ 4.2×12 topics
  23. Wound Healing6▲ 6.5×5 topics
  24. Medical Imaging6▲ 3.2×8 topics
  25. Wavelet Transform5▲ 7.0×2 topics
  26. Physiological Monitoring5▲ 27×2 topics
  27. Telemedicine5▲ 12×2 topics
  28. Anticoagulant Therapy5▲ 12×4 topics
  29. Clinical Outcomes5▲ 7.0×5 topics
  30. Neuroinflammation5▲ 5.2×6 topics
  31. Arrhythmia Detection5▲ 36×1 topic
  32. ECG Signal5▲ 36×1 topic
  33. Pathophysiology5▲ 5.0×7 topics
  34. Endovascular Treatment5▲ 25×2 topics
  35. Regeneration4▲ 6.8×5 topics
  36. Predictive Modeling4▲ 4.8×3 topics
  37. Arthroplasty4▲ 12×2 topics
  38. Revision Surgery4▲ 9.3×2 topics
  39. Total Hip Replacement4▲ 9.3×2 topics
  40. Matrix Metalloproteinases4▲ 8.1×5 topics

Which research topics does Seoul Medical Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: ECG Monitoring and Analysis, Dermatologic Treatments and Research, Skin Protection and Aging and Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging.

ECG Monitoring and Analy…5ECG Monitoring and Analysis: 5 fractional worksDermatologic Treatments …3Dermatologic Treatments and Research: 3 fractional worksSkin Protection and Aging: 3 fractional worksRadiomics and Machine Le…3Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging: 3 fractional worksIntracranial Aneurysms: …3Intracranial Aneurysms: Treatment and Complications: 3 fractional worksShoulder Injury and Treatment: 2 fractional worksAcute Ischemic Stroke Management: 2 fractional worksBacterial Identification…2Bacterial Identification and Susceptibility Testing: 2 fractional worksMeta-analysis and systematic reviews: 2 fractional worksTotal Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes: 2 fractional works
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineDermatologyRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingNeurology4 others

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

  1. 1 ECG Monitoring and Analysis Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 5 works
  2. 2 Dermatologic Treatments and Research Dermatology 3 works
  3. 3 Skin Protection and Aging Dermatology 3 works
  4. 4 Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 3 works
  5. 5 Intracranial Aneurysms: Treatment and Complications Neurology 3 works
  6. 6 Shoulder Injury and Treatment Surgery 2 works
  7. 7 Acute Ischemic Stroke Management Epidemiology 2 works
  8. 8 Bacterial Identification and Susceptibility Testing Clinical Biochemistry 2 works
  9. 9 Meta-analysis and systematic reviews Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty 2 works
  10. 10 Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes Surgery 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 available60.5%not open39.5%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors12.4%domestic only87.6%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Seoul Medical Center's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 2% higher than in 2018-2021.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Seoul Medical Center as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0012% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%Seoul Medical Center0.0012% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Seoul Medical Center over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2025Seoul Medical Center9.1% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 11.9% in 2008.

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