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Seoul Metropolitan Government

In research, Seoul Metropolitan Government stands highest in Health Sciences (#3,893 of 11,982 worldwide) and Medicine (#3,624 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine — Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine is 5.4× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#10,443
of 28,054 · #18,197 all time
Rank in South Korea
#194
of 417
Research works
1k
▲ 33% vs 2013–17
Citations
15k
15.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
18.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
65%
world 28%

What is Seoul Metropolitan Government 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
Health SciencesDomain #3,893 of 11,982 18.3%241 #6680
MedicineField #3,624 of 10,443 18.0%224 #6221

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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

What does Seoul Metropolitan Government specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine takes 5.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield · 27.3 works5.4×
← 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: 0.64× its world share, 10 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.25× its world share, 22 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.59× its world share, 5 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.57× its world share, 8 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.23× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.10× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.33× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.09× its world share, 5 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.54× its world share, 9 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.25× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.65× its world share, 3 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.21× its world share, 10 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.57× its world share, 224 worksMedicineNursing: 2.54× its world share, 4 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.58× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.70× its world share, 7 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.19× its world share, 8 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 Metropolitan Government?

Ranked on the composite score, Hyun Woo Lee, Junyoung Kim and Young‐Zoo Chae lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Seoul Metropolitan Government.

  1. 1 Hyun Woo Lee South Korea · #143,569 worldwide 88 citations · 40 works
  2. 2 Junyoung Kim South Korea · #1,134,678 worldwide 22 citations · 22 works
  3. 3 Young‐Zoo Chae South Korea · #1,138,902 worldwide 11 citations · 17 works
  4. 4 Jin Seok Kim South Korea · #1,450,313 worldwide 22 citations · 23 works
  5. 5 Young-Hee Jin South Korea · #1,568,242 worldwide 11 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Seoul Metropolitan Government

Which keywords describe research at Seoul Metropolitan Government?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Inflammation, Diagnosis, Metabolic Syndrome, Cardiovascular Disease, Treatment, Global Burden 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 2022–2025 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. Epidemiology42▲ 3.3×99 topics
  2. Inflammation24▲ 3.5×65 topics
  3. Treatment16▲ 4.0×36 topics
  4. Cardiovascular Disease15▲ 4.2×34 topics
  5. Diagnosis15▲ 5.0×31 topics
  6. Oxidative Stress14▲ 2.7×35 topics
  7. Metabolic Syndrome14▲ 5.3×21 topics
  8. Quality of Life13▲ 2.8×35 topics
  9. Management12▲ 4.8×23 topics
  10. Global Burden12▲ 6.7×11 topics
  11. Chemotherapy11▲ 5.0×20 topics
  12. Clinical Practice Guidelines10▲ 5.5×14 topics
  13. Risk Factors9▲ 2.6×23 topics
  14. Insulin Resistance9▲ 6.1×8 topics
  15. Obesity8▲ 3.5×15 topics
  16. Hypertension8▲ 8.7×10 topics
  17. Immunotherapy8▲ 3.5×16 topics
  18. Immune Response8▲ 4.1×15 topics
  19. Mortality8▲ 4.0×10 topics
  20. Radiotherapy8▲ 6.0×12 topics
  21. Biomarkers7▲ 3.3×15 topics
  22. Neurological Disorders7▲ 3.9×18 topics
  23. Parkinson's Disease7▲ 9.1×7 topics
  24. Complications7▲ 4.2×14 topics
  25. Hepatocellular Carcinoma7▲ 9.9×3 topics
  26. Neoadjuvant Therapy7▲ 8.7×5 topics
  27. Cardiovascular Risk6▲ 6.4×9 topics
  28. SARS-CoV-26▲ 5.9×6 topics
  29. Neurodegeneration6▲ 6.3×8 topics
  30. Vaccine6▲ 4.6×9 topics
  31. Respiratory6▲ 19×2 topics
  32. Survival Analysis6▲ 6.8×6 topics
  33. Endothelial Dysfunction6▲ 7.9×7 topics
  34. Hepatic Steatosis6▲ 12×2 topics
  35. Mitochondrial Dysfunction6▲ 5.8×12 topics
  36. COPD5▲ 25×1 topic
  37. spirometry5▲ 25×1 topic
  38. NAFLD5▲ 13×1 topic
  39. NASH5▲ 13×1 topic
  40. Robotic Surgery5▲ 10×5 topics

Which research topics does Seoul Metropolitan Government publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research, Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment, Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments and Thyroid Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment.

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research: 5 fractional worksLiver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment: 5 fractional worksParkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments: 3 fractional worksThyroid Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment: 3 fractional worksAsthma and respiratory diseases: 3 fractional worksPancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research: 2 fractional worksThyroid and Parathyroid …2Thyroid and Parathyroid Surgery: 2 fractional worksDementia and Cognitive Impairment Research: 2 fractional worksCOVID-19 Clinical Research Studies: 2 fractional worksAir Quality and Health I…2Air Quality and Health Impacts: 2 fractional works
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineEpidemiologyNeurologyEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism6 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 5 works
  2. 2 Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment Epidemiology 5 works
  3. 3 Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments Neurology 3 works
  4. 4 Thyroid Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 3 works
  5. 5 Asthma and respiratory diseases Physiology 3 works
  6. 6 Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research Oncology 2 works
  7. 7 Thyroid and Parathyroid Surgery Surgery 2 works
  8. 8 Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research Psychiatry and Mental health 2 works
  9. 9 COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies Infectious Diseases 2 works
  10. 10 Air Quality and Health Impacts Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 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: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Seoul Metropolitan Government's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 33% higher 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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