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Seoul National University Hospital

In research, Seoul National University Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#275 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#351 of 11,982 worldwide) and Surgery (#141 of 1,816 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Hepatology, Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine and Nephrology — Hepatology is 9.0× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#1,523
of 28,054 · #2,609 all time
Rank in South Korea
#36
of 417
Research works
15k
▲ 21% vs 2013–17
Citations
290k
19.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
15.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
54%
world 28%

What is Seoul National University 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
MedicineField #275 of 10,443 15.5%2,470 #511
Health SciencesDomain #351 of 11,982 15.6%2,589 #592
SurgerySubfield #141 of 1,816 15.9%408 #312
Life SciencesDomain #748 of 7,800 15.1%521 #1604
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield #172 of 1,144 15.9%246 #264
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingSubfield #135 of 569 17.5%169 #238
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield #177 of 738 16.7%169 #328
OncologySubfield #207 of 772 16.1%186 #318
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #963 of 3,579 13.8%308 #1840
EpidemiologySubfield #413 of 976 14.9%166 #582

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Seoul National University 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).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Medicine#511 #275
  2. Health Sciences#592 #351
  3. Surgery#312 #141
  4. Life Sciences#1,604 #748
  5. Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine#264 #172
  6. Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging#238 #135
  7. Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine#328 #177
  8. Oncology#318 #207
  9. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#1,840 #963
  10. Epidemiology#582 #413
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

What does Seoul National University Hospital specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Hepatology takes 9.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. HepatologySubfield · 60.0 works9.0×
  2. Anesthesiology and Pain MedicineSubfield · 28.2 works7.5×
  3. NephrologySubfield · 44.3 works5.9×
  4. OphthalmologySubfield · 50.3 works5.5×
  5. Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingSubfield · 169.3 works5.5×
  6. NeurologySubfield · 103.8 works5.3×
← 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: 0.05× its world share, 8 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.68× its world share, 308 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.92× its world share, 66 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.24× its world share, 126 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.08× its world share, 13 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.12× its world share, 6 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.15× its world share, 40 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.16× its world share, 85 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.11× its world share, 19 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.11× its world share, 13 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.12× its world share, 5 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.25× its world share, 19 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.49× its world share, 8 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.94× its world share, 85 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.73× its world share, 2,470 worksMedicineNursing: 1.39× its world share, 24 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.45× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.03× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.05× its world share, 5 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.17× its world share, 6 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.21× its world share, 15 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.79× its world share, 83 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.08× its world share, 33 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Seoul National University Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, Dong‐Wan Kim, Young‐Ho Khang and Do‐Youn Oh lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Seoul National University Hospital.

  1. 1 Dong‐Wan Kim South Korea · #2,639 worldwide 1.4k citations · 82 works
  2. 2 Young‐Ho Khang South Korea · #5,804 worldwide 7.6k citations · 55 works
  3. 3 Do‐Youn Oh South Korea · #22,626 worldwide 869 citations · 120 works
  4. 4 Seock‐Ah Im South Korea · #23,812 worldwide 786 citations · 121 works
  5. 5 Sun Mi Choi South Korea · #24,066 worldwide 378 citations · 47 works
  6. 6 Chang Min Park South Korea · #30,083 worldwide 273 citations · 50 works
  7. 7 Jeong Hun Kim South Korea · #42,057 worldwide 539 citations · 98 works
  8. 8 Woo Kyung Moon South Korea · #47,134 worldwide 247 citations · 65 works
  9. 9 Jae Young Lee South Korea · #60,647 worldwide 190 citations · 44 works
  10. 10 Hyo‐Soo Kim South Korea · #61,895 worldwide 656 citations · 109 works
All ranked researchers at Seoul National University Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Seoul National University Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Inflammation, Chemotherapy, Treatment, Immunotherapy, Clinical Practice Guidelines, Diagnosis and Guidelines.

▲ 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. Epidemiology345▲ 2.5×121 topics
  2. Inflammation212▲ 3.0×79 topics
  3. Treatment147▲ 3.5×47 topics
  4. Chemotherapy146▲ 6.0×23 topics
  5. Oxidative Stress124▲ 2.2×53 topics
  6. Immunotherapy120▲ 4.9×19 topics
  7. Cardiovascular Disease119▲ 3.1×37 topics
  8. Diagnosis118▲ 3.7×38 topics
  9. Cancer114▲ 2.5×50 topics
  10. Quality of Life110▲ 2.2×46 topics
  11. Clinical Practice Guidelines107▲ 5.7×14 topics
  12. Management104▲ 3.9×29 topics
  13. Risk Factors92▲ 2.4×35 topics
  14. Metabolic Syndrome90▲ 3.2×21 topics
  15. Guidelines89▲ 5.6×13 topics
  16. Radiotherapy83▲ 6.2×13 topics
  17. Prognostic Factors82▲ 5.5×14 topics
  18. Neurological Disorders80▲ 4.1×19 topics
  19. Tumor Microenvironment77▲ 5.1×8 topics
  20. Biomarkers77▲ 3.3×17 topics
  21. Mortality76▲ 3.9×12 topics
  22. Precision Medicine76▲ 4.7×8 topics
  23. Clinical Trials71▲ 3.1×17 topics
  24. Complications71▲ 4.1×17 topics
  25. Surgical Management68▲ 4.8×20 topics
  26. Neoadjuvant Therapy68▲ 8.4×5 topics
  27. Medical Imaging65▲ 3.6×8 topics
  28. Hepatocellular Carcinoma64▲ 8.9×3 topics
  29. Genetic Mutations64▲ 4.3×23 topics
  30. Insulin Resistance59▲ 3.8×9 topics
  31. Prognosis57▲ 5.0×9 topics
  32. Survival Analysis55▲ 5.9×7 topics
  33. Magnetic Resonance Imaging54▲ 6.2×8 topics
  34. Neurodegeneration49▲ 4.7×9 topics
  35. Targeted Therapy47▲ 6.1×5 topics
  36. Molecular Characterization45▲ 7.4×5 topics
  37. Adjuvant Therapy43▲ 9.8×2 topics
  38. Survival41▲ 8.8×4 topics
  39. Graft Survival40▲ 14×3 topics
  40. Percutaneous Coronary Intervention40▲ 8.6×4 topics

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

By volume in 2022–2025: Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging, Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis, Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment and Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research.

Radiomics and Machine Le…37Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging: 37 fractional worksHepatocellular Carcinoma…30Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis: 30 fractional worksLiver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment: 27 fractional worksPancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research: 26 fractional worksOrgan Transplantation Techniques and Outcomes: 26 fractional worksAtrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes: 24 fractional worksLung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment: 22 fractional worksGastric Cancer Managemen…21Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes: 21 fractional worksLiver Disease and Transplantation: 21 fractional worksCardiac Imaging and Diagnostics: 20 fractional works
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingHepatologyEpidemiologyOncology3 others

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

  1. 1 Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 37 works
  2. 2 Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis Hepatology 30 works
  3. 3 Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment Epidemiology 27 works
  4. 4 Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research Oncology 26 works
  5. 5 Organ Transplantation Techniques and Outcomes Surgery 26 works
  6. 6 Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 24 works
  7. 7 Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 22 works
  8. 8 Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 21 works
  9. 9 Liver Disease and Transplantation Hepatology 21 works
  10. 10 Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 20 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 available54.3%not open45.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors20.7%domestic only79.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 21% 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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