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Seoul Metropolitan Government

In research, Seoul Metropolitan Government stands highest in Health Sciences (#1,535 of 9,902 worldwide) and Medicine (#1,372 of 8,541 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine (Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine is 5.7× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#6,383
of 22,385 · #5,466 all time
Rank in South Korea
#105
of 343
Research works
1k
▲ 31% vs 2018-21
Citations
15k
15.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
12.1%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.01×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
65%
world 40%
International
20%
world 18%
Seoul Metropolitan Government

What is Seoul Metropolitan Government 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
Health SciencesDomain #1,535 of 9,902 12.7%241 #1943
MedicineField #1,372 of 8,541 12.6%224 #1714

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Seoul Metropolitan Government 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 Metropolitan Government work in?

In 2022-now, 74% of research at Seoul Metropolitan Government is in Health Sciences, 14% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (69%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (7%), Health Professions (3%). It does 3.1× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 285 fractional works · 74.2% of its workMedicine: 266 fractional works · 69.2% of its workSurgery: 39 fractional works · 10.1% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 33 fractional works · 8.7% of its workEpidemiology: 24 fractional works · 6.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 15 fractional works · 3.8% of its workOncology: 14 fractional works · 3.7% of its workNeurology: 12 fractional works · 3.2% of its workPhysiology: 12 fractional works · 3.2% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 12 fractional works · 3.1% of its workInfectious Diseases: 11 fractional works · 2.9% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 10 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 8 fractional works · 2.1% of its workRheumatology: 6 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 6 fractional works · 1.6% of its workHepatology: 6 fractional works · 1.6% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 5 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 5 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEmergency Medicine: 5 fractional works · 1.3% of its workNephrology: 5 fractional works · 1.2% of its workOphthalmology: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workDermatology: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHematology: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workReproductive Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workUrology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGastroenterology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth Professions: 12 fractional works · 3.1% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Information Management: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOral Surgery: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 54 fractional works · 14.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 26 fractional works · 6.9% of its workMolecular Biology: 8 fractional works · 2.1% of its workGenetics: 6 fractional works · 1.5% of its workCancer Research: 5 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMolecular Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEndocrinology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiotechnology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 11 fractional works · 2.9% of its workFood Science: 5 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPlant Science: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInsect Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workNeuroscience: 9 fractional works · 2.5% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeurology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSensory Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 6 fractional works · 1.5% of its workImmunology: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workParasitology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 26 fractional works · 6.7% of its workEnvironmental Science: 11 fractional works · 2.8% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 5 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEngineering: 6 fractional works · 1.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAtmospheric Science: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workModeling and Simulation: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 19 fractional works · 5.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 9 fractional works · 2.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workTransportation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPsychology: 8 fractional works · 2.1% of its workClinical Psychology: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKSeoulMetropolitan…384fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences14%Physical Sciences7%Health Sciences74%Social Sciences5%

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 26 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine26669.2%
    2. Health Professions123.1%
    3. Nursing41.2%
    4. Dentistry30.7%
    5. Veterinary00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology266.9%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences112.9%
    3. Neuroscience92.5%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology61.5%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.4%
    1. Environmental Science112.8%
    2. Engineering61.5%
    3. Computer Science30.7%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences20.6%
    5. Chemistry10.3%
    6. Mathematics10.3%
    7. Materials Science10.2%
    8. Physics and Astronomy10.2%
    9. Chemical Engineering00.1%
    10. Energy00.0%
    1. Social Sciences92.2%
    2. Psychology82.1%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.3%
    4. Decision Sciences10.2%
    5. Arts and Humanities10.1%
    6. Business, Management and Accounting00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Seoul Metropolitan Government specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine takes 5.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield · 33.5 works5.7×
← 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: 0.61× its world share, 11 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.29× its world share, 26 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.52× its world share, 6 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.51× its world share, 9 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.10× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.09× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.37× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.10× its world share, 6 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.56× its world share, 11 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.21× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.41× its world share, 3 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.16× its world share, 12 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.60× its world share, 266 worksMedicineNursing: 2.38× its world share, 4 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.62× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.67× its world share, 8 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.18× its world share, 9 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.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine3.60×266 works
  2. Nursing2.38×4 works
  3. Immunology and Microbiology1.52×6 works
  4. Neuroscience1.51×9 works
  5. Dentistry1.41×3 works
  6. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.29×26 works
  7. Health Professions1.16×12 works
  8. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.10×2 works
  9. Psychology0.67×8 works
  10. Veterinary0.62×0 works
  11. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.61×11 works
  12. Environmental Science0.56×11 works
  13. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.37×2 works
  14. Chemical Engineering0.25×0 works
  15. Mathematics0.21×1 works
  16. Chemistry0.19×1 works
  17. Social Sciences0.18×9 works
  18. Decision Sciences0.16×1 works
  19. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.14×1 works
  20. Engineering0.10×6 works
  21. Computer Science0.09×3 works
  22. Physics and Astronomy0.08×1 works
  23. Materials Science0.07×1 works
  24. Arts and Humanities0.05×0 works
  25. Energy0.03×0 works
  26. Business, Management and Accounting0.03×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Seoul Metropolitan Government?

Ranked on the quality score, Heemoon Park, Hyun Woo Lee and In Sil Huh lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Seoul Metropolitan Government.

  1. 1 Heemoon Park South Korea · #1,095,748 worldwide 145 citations · 20 works
  2. 2 Hyun Woo Lee South Korea · #1,188,679 worldwide 3.4k citations · 295 works
  3. 3 In Sil Huh South Korea · #1,194,069 worldwide 1k citations · 16 works
  4. 4 Kweon Jung South Korea · #1,686,708 worldwide 1.6k citations · 54 works
  5. 5 Dasom Kim South Korea · #1,881,147 worldwide 562 citations · 38 works
  6. 6 Haesook Seo South Korea · #2,156,663 worldwide 249 citations · 20 works
  7. 7 Seung-Hee Ryu South Korea · #2,381,949 worldwide 366 citations · 17 works
  8. 8 Kyung Jin Oh South Korea · #2,573,371 worldwide 124 citations · 26 works
  9. 9 Seok-Ryul Oh South Korea · #2,997,018 worldwide 174 citations · 15 works
  10. 10 Kweon Jung South Korea · #3,350,432 worldwide 531 citations · 35 works
All ranked researchers at Seoul Metropolitan Government

What are the most cited papers from Seoul Metropolitan Government?

The most cited paper from Seoul Metropolitan Government is "A large genome-wide association study of age-related macular degeneration highlights contributions of rare and common variants" (Lars G. Fritsche et al., 2015), with 1,645 citations. Next come "Coronavirus Disease Outbreak in Call Center, South Korea" (525) and "Diagnostic accuracy of non-invasive tests for advanced fibrosis in patients with NAFLD: an individual patient data meta-analysis" (520).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 A large genome-wide association study of age-related macular degeneration highlights contributions of rare and common variants Lars G. Fritsche et al. · Nature Genetics Open access162 authors 21 Dec 2015 1,645
2 Coronavirus Disease Outbreak in Call Center, South Korea Shin Young Park et al. · Emerging infectious diseases Open access 23 Apr 2020 525
3 Diagnostic accuracy of non-invasive tests for advanced fibrosis in patients with NAFLD: an individual patient data meta-analysis Ferenc Emil Mózes et al. · Gut ReviewOpen access 17 May 2021 520
4 Sarcopenia is an independent risk factor for non-alcoholic steatohepatitis and significant fibrosis Bo Kyung Koo, Donghee Kim, Sae Kyung Joo et al. · Journal of Hepatology 9 Sep 2016 448
5 Distinct signatures of gut microbiome and metabolites associated with significant fibrosis in non-obese NAFLD Giljae Lee, Hyun Ju You, Jasmohan Singh Bajaj et al. · Nature Communications Open access 5 Oct 2020 410
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Seoul Metropolitan Government?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Inflammation, Diagnosis, Cardiovascular Disease, Treatment, Global Burden, Metabolic Syndrome and Management.

▲ 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. Epidemiology51▲ 3.4×102 topics
  2. Inflammation29▲ 3.5×71 topics
  3. Cardiovascular Disease19▲ 4.4×35 topics
  4. Treatment19▲ 4.0×40 topics
  5. Diagnosis19▲ 5.2×34 topics
  6. Oxidative Stress17▲ 2.7×40 topics
  7. Metabolic Syndrome16▲ 5.2×22 topics
  8. Management15▲ 4.8×23 topics
  9. Global Burden14▲ 6.8×11 topics
  10. Quality of Life14▲ 2.6×35 topics
  11. Chemotherapy14▲ 5.1×20 topics
  12. Risk Factors12▲ 2.9×25 topics
  13. Clinical Practice Guidelines11▲ 5.2×14 topics
  14. Obesity10▲ 3.4×19 topics
  15. Insulin Resistance10▲ 5.8×8 topics
  16. Hypertension10▲ 9.0×12 topics
  17. Immune Response10▲ 4.4×17 topics
  18. Immunotherapy9▲ 3.4×16 topics
  19. Biomarkers9▲ 3.3×15 topics
  20. Mortality8▲ 3.9×10 topics
  21. Pathogenesis8▲ 4.2×19 topics
  22. Vaccine8▲ 5.3×10 topics
  23. Parkinson's Disease8▲ 8.5×8 topics
  24. Radiotherapy8▲ 5.2×12 topics
  25. Endothelial Dysfunction8▲ 8.6×7 topics
  26. Hepatocellular Carcinoma8▲ 9.7×3 topics
  27. Neoadjuvant Therapy8▲ 8.3×5 topics
  28. Complications7▲ 3.9×14 topics
  29. Respiratory7▲ 20×2 topics
  30. Survival Analysis7▲ 6.8×6 topics
  31. Cardiovascular Risk7▲ 5.7×9 topics
  32. COPD7▲ 27×1 topic
  33. spirometry7▲ 27×1 topic
  34. Neurodegeneration7▲ 5.6×9 topics
  35. Cardiovascular Events6▲ 14×4 topics
  36. Hepatic Steatosis6▲ 12×2 topics
  37. SARS-CoV-26▲ 5.5×6 topics
  38. NAFLD6▲ 13×1 topic
  39. NASH6▲ 13×1 topic
  40. Robotic Surgery6▲ 9.5×5 topics

Which research topics does Seoul Metropolitan Government publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research, Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment, Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments and Asthma and respiratory diseases.

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research: 7 fractional worksLiver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment: 6 fractional worksParkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments: 4 fractional worksAsthma and respiratory diseases: 3 fractional worksCardiovascular Health and Disease Prevention: 3 fractional worksPancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research: 3 fractional worksThyroid Cancer Diagnosis…3Thyroid Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment: 3 fractional worksThyroid and Parathyroid Surgery: 2 fractional worksAir Quality and Health Impacts: 2 fractional worksDementia and Cognitive I…2Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research: 2 fractional works
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineEpidemiologyNeurologyPhysiology6 others

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

  1. 1 Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 7 works
  2. 2 Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment Epidemiology 6 works
  3. 3 Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments Neurology 4 works
  4. 4 Asthma and respiratory diseases Physiology 3 works
  5. 5 Cardiovascular Health and Disease Prevention Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 3 works
  6. 6 Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research Oncology 3 works
  7. 7 Thyroid Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 3 works
  8. 8 Thyroid and Parathyroid Surgery Surgery 2 works
  9. 9 Air Quality and Health Impacts Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 2 works
  10. 10 Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research Psychiatry and Mental health 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 available65.3%not open34.7%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors20.4%domestic only79.6%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Seoul Metropolitan Government's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 31% 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 Metropolitan Government as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0014% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%Seoul Metropolitan Government0.0015% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Seoul Metropolitan Government 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%Seoul Metropolitan Government11.0% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 13.6% in 2023.

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