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Seoul Medical Center

In research, Seoul Medical Center stands highest in Medicine (#5,796 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#6,683 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#16,048
of 28,054 · #19,072 all time
Rank in South Korea
#285
of 417
Research works
1.2k
◆ 0% vs 2013–17
Citations
14k
12.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
60%
world 28%

What is Seoul 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 #5,796 of 10,443 10.3%179 #5873
Health SciencesDomain #6,683 of 11,982 10.9%193 #6151

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 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: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.57× its world share, 22 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.45× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.03× its world share, 9 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.48× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.55× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.34× its world share, 7 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.21× its world share, 8 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.26× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.72× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.42× its world share, 10 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.57× its world share, 179 worksMedicineNursing: 2.00× its world share, 3 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.66× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.19× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.27× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.64× its world share, 5 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.09× its world share, 3 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 Seoul Medical Center?

Ranked on the composite score, Jae‐Hyeok Heo, Jee‐Eun Kim and Kyu-Ho Yi lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Seoul Medical Center.

  1. 1 Jae‐Hyeok Heo South Korea · #322,955 worldwide 63 citations · 20 works
  2. 2 Jee‐Eun Kim South Korea · #415,444 worldwide 87 citations · 19 works
  3. 3 Kyu-Ho Yi South Korea · #453,351 worldwide 0 citations · 21 works
  4. 4 Sang‐Soon Park South Korea · #771,385 worldwide 56 citations · 39 works
  5. 5 Min‐Ho Park South Korea · #1,085,527 worldwide 9 citations · 19 works
  6. 6 Jeonghoon Kim South Korea · #1,195,025 worldwide 24 citations · 18 works
  7. 7 KyooSang Kim South Korea · #1,244,591 worldwide 17 citations · 17 works
  8. 8 Jae Sung Seo South Korea · #1,384,148 worldwide 5 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Seoul Medical Center

Which keywords describe research at Seoul Medical Center?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Complications, Treatment, Diagnosis, Surgical Management, Risk Factors, Clinical Practice Guidelines and Rehabilitation.

▲ 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. Epidemiology34▲ 3.3×81 topics
  2. Treatment12▲ 3.6×32 topics
  3. Inflammation11▲ 2.1×50 topics
  4. Complications10▲ 8.0×14 topics
  5. Diagnosis10▲ 4.3×27 topics
  6. Deep Learning10◆ 1.13×21 topics
  7. Quality of Life10▲ 2.6×31 topics
  8. Risk Factors10▲ 3.4×21 topics
  9. Oxidative Stress10▲ 2.2×26 topics
  10. Surgical Management8▲ 7.1×11 topics
  11. Clinical Practice Guidelines7▲ 5.2×14 topics
  12. Cardiovascular Disease7▲ 2.4×24 topics
  13. Management7▲ 3.3×18 topics
  14. Cancer7▲ 1.89×26 topics
  15. Rehabilitation6▲ 6.3×8 topics
  16. Chemotherapy6▲ 3.5×15 topics
  17. Depression6▲ 2.7×16 topics
  18. Clinical Trials6▲ 3.4×13 topics
  19. Precision Medicine5▲ 4.3×8 topics
  20. Classification5▲ 4.2×6 topics
  21. Global Burden5▲ 3.5×10 topics
  22. Mortality5▲ 3.1×12 topics
  23. Neuroinflammation5▲ 6.3×6 topics
  24. Diabetes5▲ 3.5×12 topics
  25. Endovascular Treatment5▲ 31×2 topics
  26. Clinical Outcomes4▲ 7.9×5 topics
  27. Prevention4▲ 4.0×10 topics
  28. Anticoagulant Therapy4▲ 13×4 topics
  29. Neuroimaging4▲ 5.3×8 topics
  30. Arthroplasty4▲ 15×2 topics
  31. Telemedicine4▲ 11×2 topics
  32. Physiological Monitoring4▲ 25×2 topics
  33. Arrhythmia Detection3▲ 32×1 topic
  34. ECG Signal3▲ 32×1 topic
  35. Revision Surgery3▲ 10×2 topics
  36. Total Hip Replacement3▲ 10×2 topics
  37. Bacteremia3▲ 17×2 topics
  38. Stroke3▲ 6.9×7 topics
  39. Diagnostic Imaging3▲ 11×4 topics
  40. Shoulder Function3▲ 13×2 topics

Which research topics does Seoul Medical Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: ECG Monitoring and Analysis, Intracranial Aneurysms: Treatment and Complications, Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging and Shoulder Injury and Treatment.

ECG Monitoring and Analy…3ECG Monitoring and Analysis: 3 fractional worksIntracranial Aneurysms: …3Intracranial Aneurysms: Treatment and Complications: 3 fractional worksRadiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging: 2 fractional worksShoulder Injury and Treatment: 2 fractional worksBacterial Identification and Susceptibility Testing: 2 fractional worksSkin Protection and Aging: 2 fractional worksAcute Ischemic Stroke Management: 2 fractional worksFoot and Ankle Surgery2Foot and Ankle Surgery: 2 fractional worksCerebrovascular and Carotid Artery Diseases: 2 fractional worksGastric Cancer Management and Outcomes: 2 fractional works
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineNeurologyRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingSurgery5 others

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

  1. 1 ECG Monitoring and Analysis Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 3 works
  2. 2 Intracranial Aneurysms: Treatment and Complications Neurology 3 works
  3. 3 Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 2 works
  4. 4 Shoulder Injury and Treatment Surgery 2 works
  5. 5 Bacterial Identification and Susceptibility Testing Clinical Biochemistry 2 works
  6. 6 Skin Protection and Aging Dermatology 2 works
  7. 7 Acute Ischemic Stroke Management Epidemiology 2 works
  8. 8 Foot and Ankle Surgery Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 2 works
  9. 9 Cerebrovascular and Carotid Artery Diseases Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  10. 10 Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 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: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Seoul Medical Center's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 0% 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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