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Seoul National University Children's Hospital

In research, Seoul National University Children's Hospital stands highest in Health Sciences (#6,708 of 11,982 worldwide) and Medicine (#6,489 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#15,958
of 28,054 · #25,185 all time
Rank in South Korea
#283
of 417
Research works
1k
▲ 17% vs 2013–17
Citations
17k
16.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
13.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
58%
world 28%

What is Seoul National University Children's Hospital 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 #6,708 of 11,982 12.7%143 #11340
MedicineField #6,489 of 10,443 12.5%137 #9323

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Seoul National University Children's Hospital 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: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3.23× its world share, 34 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.98× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.66× its world share, 9 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.51× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksChemistryEngineering: 0.09× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsDentistry: 1.02× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.57× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.55× its world share, 137 worksMedicineNursing: 1.98× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.48× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Seoul National University Children's Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, Ki Joong Kim, Woong‐Han Kim and Kyu‐Chang Wang lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Seoul National University Children's Hospital.

  1. 1 Ki Joong Kim South Korea · #338,332 worldwide 75 citations · 42 works
  2. 2 Woong‐Han Kim South Korea · #390,528 worldwide 88 citations · 45 works
  3. 3 Kyu‐Chang Wang South Korea · #407,181 worldwide 109 citations · 47 works
  4. 4 Hyun‐Young Kim South Korea · #416,994 worldwide 101 citations · 60 works
  5. 5 Gi Beom Kim South Korea · #420,341 worldwide 75 citations · 49 works
  6. 6 Won Joon Yoo South Korea · #483,120 worldwide 83 citations · 33 works
  7. 7 Tae‐Joon Cho South Korea · #490,536 worldwide 105 citations · 54 works
  8. 8 Seung‐Ki Kim South Korea · #538,837 worldwide 132 citations · 46 works
  9. 9 Byung Chan Lim South Korea · #796,182 worldwide 25 citations · 25 works
  10. 10 In Ho Choi South Korea · #834,602 worldwide 118 citations · 94 works
All ranked researchers at Seoul National University Children's Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Seoul National University Children's Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Genetic Mutations, Neurodevelopmental Outcomes, Genetics, Inflammation, Congenital Heart Disease, Surgical Management and Mortality Risk.

▲ 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. Epidemiology25▲ 3.1×67 topics
  2. Genetic Mutations12▲ 14×17 topics
  3. Inflammation11▲ 2.7×34 topics
  4. Neurodevelopmental Outcomes10▲ 28×6 topics
  5. Genetics8▲ 5.7×13 topics
  6. Congenital Heart Disease7▲ 41×3 topics
  7. Treatment7▲ 2.8×27 topics
  8. Cancer7▲ 2.5×24 topics
  9. Immunotherapy6▲ 4.6×12 topics
  10. Surgical Management6▲ 7.7×12 topics
  11. Neurological Disorders6▲ 5.4×11 topics
  12. Mortality Risk6▲ 13×2 topics
  13. Adult Congenital Heart Disease6▲ 55×1 topic
  14. Cardiac Surgery6▲ 41×2 topics
  15. Pulmonary Valve Replacement6▲ 55×1 topic
  16. Echocardiography6▲ 10×7 topics
  17. Prenatal Diagnosis6▲ 19×6 topics
  18. Preterm Infants5▲ 21×4 topics
  19. Treatment Guidelines5▲ 12×5 topics
  20. Chronic Kidney Disease5▲ 9.7×6 topics
  21. Pulmonary Hypertension5▲ 16×3 topics
  22. Antimicrobial Resistance4▲ 11×6 topics
  23. Genetic Variants4▲ 12×6 topics
  24. Endothelial Dysfunction4▲ 8.6×6 topics
  25. Surgery4▲ 5.8×9 topics
  26. Cognitive Impairment4▲ 7.7×8 topics
  27. SARS-CoV-24▲ 5.5×5 topics
  28. Brain Development4▲ 10×5 topics
  29. Epilepsy4▲ 16×4 topics
  30. Hydrocephalus3▲ 39×2 topics
  31. Thrombosis3▲ 6.1×6 topics
  32. Vaccine Development3▲ 6.7×3 topics
  33. Antibiotic Prophylaxis3▲ 20×3 topics
  34. Fetal Surgery3▲ 31×3 topics
  35. Pregnancy3▲ 8.0×7 topics
  36. Aortic Aneurysm3▲ 26×2 topics
  37. Diagnostic Criteria3▲ 7.2×5 topics
  38. Neural Crest3▲ 42×2 topics
  39. Dendritic Spines3▲ 19×2 topics
  40. Cerebral Palsy3▲ 21×2 topics

Which research topics does Seoul National University Children's Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Congenital Heart Disease Studies, Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders, Genomics and Rare Diseases and Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments.

Congenital Heart Disease…6Congenital Heart Disease Studies: 6 fractional worksGenetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders: 3 fractional worksGenomics and Rare Diseases: 3 fractional worksCardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments: 3 fractional worksNeonatal Respiratory Health Research: 2 fractional worksCoronary Artery Anomalies: 2 fractional worksEpilepsy research and tr…2Epilepsy research and treatment: 2 fractional worksPulmonary Hypertension Research and Treatments: 2 fractional worksGlioma Diagnosis and Treatment: 2 fractional worksAortic Disease and Treat…2Aortic Disease and Treatment Approaches: 2 fractional works
EpidemiologyGeneticsCardiology and Cardiovascular MedicinePulmonary and Respiratory Medicine1 others

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

  1. 1 Congenital Heart Disease Studies Epidemiology 6 works
  2. 2 Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders Genetics 3 works
  3. 3 Genomics and Rare Diseases Genetics 3 works
  4. 4 Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 3 works
  5. 5 Neonatal Respiratory Health Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  6. 6 Coronary Artery Anomalies Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  7. 7 Epilepsy research and treatment Psychiatry and Mental health 2 works
  8. 8 Pulmonary Hypertension Research and Treatments Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  9. 9 Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment Genetics 2 works
  10. 10 Aortic Disease and Treatment Approaches 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 available58.0%not open42.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors15.1%domestic only84.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Seoul National University Children's Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 17% 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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