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Seoul Women's University

In research, Seoul Women's University stands highest in Physical Sciences (#8,263 of 12,888 worldwide), Health Sciences (#10,385 of 11,982 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#6,935 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#12,908
of 28,054 · #13,478 all time
Rank in South Korea
#232
of 417
Research works
1.7k
▼ 16% vs 2013–17
Citations
31k
18.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
16.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
44%
world 28%

What is Seoul Women's University 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
Physical SciencesDomain #8,263 of 12,888 16.1%102 #11120
Health SciencesDomain #10,385 of 11,982 16.0%67 #8959
Life SciencesDomain #6,935 of 7,800 13.5%85 #9637

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Seoul Women's University 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. Physical Sciences#11,120 #8,263
  2. Health Sciences#8,959 #10,385
  3. Life Sciences#9,637 #6,935
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.

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: 2.52× its world share, 36 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.65× its world share, 42 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.17× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.66× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.39× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.65× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.86× its world share, 9 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.19× its world share, 28 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.32× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.58× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.49× its world share, 22 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.55× its world share, 23 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.42× its world share, 15 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.35× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.29× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.35× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.37× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.00× its world share, 57 worksMedicineNursing: 4.54× its world share, 7 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.52× its world share, 4 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.49× its world share, 5 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.64× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.60× its world share, 4 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.03× its world share, 9 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.50× its world share, 19 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Nursing, 4.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Seoul Women's University?

Ranked on the composite score, Peter Palukaitis, Jing Zhang and Myung Kyum Kim lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Seoul Women's University.

  1. 1 Peter Palukaitis South Korea · #174,608 worldwide 192 citations · 34 works
  2. 2 Jing Zhang South Korea · #513,179 worldwide 65 citations · 33 works
  3. 3 Myung Kyum Kim South Korea · #515,600 worldwide 61 citations · 29 works
  4. 4 Hyung-Jong Kim South Korea · #578,572 worldwide 42 citations · 15 works
  5. 5 Dong‐Sun Lee South Korea · #888,612 worldwide 84 citations · 45 works
  6. 6 Haekwon Kim South Korea · #889,623 worldwide 32 citations · 17 works
  7. 7 Sea C. Min South Korea · #903,371 worldwide 94 citations · 20 works
  8. 8 Eun-Jin Cho South Korea · #994,926 worldwide 3 citations · 15 works
  9. 9 Sunyoung Bae South Korea · #1,031,157 worldwide 53 citations · 19 works
  10. 10 Soo Jin Yang South Korea · #1,075,565 worldwide 20 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Seoul Women's University

Which keywords describe research at Seoul Women's University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Biomedical Applications, Nanoparticles, Phylogenetic Analysis, Antioxidant, Antimicrobial, Antioxidants, Obesity and Cancer Therapy.

▲ 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. Biomedical Applications16▲ 4.5×19 topics
  2. Deep Learning16▲ 1.54×30 topics
  3. Machine Learning14▲ 1.39×26 topics
  4. Inflammation13▲ 2.2×24 topics
  5. Nanoparticles13▲ 3.4×14 topics
  6. Oxidative Stress12▲ 2.4×22 topics
  7. Obesity10▲ 4.4×14 topics
  8. Antioxidant10▲ 4.8×19 topics
  9. Cancer Therapy9▲ 5.3×8 topics
  10. Cardiovascular Disease9▲ 2.6×19 topics
  11. Antioxidants9▲ 6.5×8 topics
  12. Phylogenetic Analysis8▲ 9.0×4 topics
  13. Antimicrobial8▲ 9.4×7 topics
  14. Cancer8▲ 1.99×25 topics
  15. Aging8▲ 4.8×9 topics
  16. Health Benefits7▲ 7.3×9 topics
  17. Insulin Resistance7▲ 5.2×7 topics
  18. Antioxidant Activity7▲ 3.7×14 topics
  19. Nutrition7▲ 5.2×5 topics
  20. Exercise7▲ 19×3 topics
  21. Cancer Prevention6▲ 7.9×6 topics
  22. Polyphenols6▲ 12×4 topics
  23. Metabolism6▲ 4.0×15 topics
  24. Atmospheric Pressure Plasmas6▲ 103×1 topic
  25. Functional Genomics6▲ 25×2 topics
  26. Plasma Medicine6▲ 103×1 topic
  27. Quality Assessment6▲ 10×2 topics
  28. Toxicity6▲ 4.3×7 topics
  29. Bioavailability5▲ 9.2×3 topics
  30. Green Synthesis5▲ 9.4×3 topics
  31. RNA-Seq5▲ 17×1 topic
  32. sequence alignment5▲ 28×1 topic
  33. Microbial Inactivation5▲ 50×2 topics
  34. Flavonoids5▲ 6.2×6 topics
  35. Phenolic Compounds5▲ 8.5×3 topics
  36. Nutritional Significance4▲ 9.5×3 topics
  37. Metabolic Regulation4▲ 8.3×2 topics
  38. Microbial Ecology4▲ 8.0×3 topics
  39. Ecology4▲ 8.8×3 topics
  40. Fermentation4▲ 9.8×5 topics

Which research topics does Seoul Women's University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Plasma Applications and Diagnostics, Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies, Nanoparticles: synthesis and applications and Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology.

Plasma Applications and …6Plasma Applications and Diagnostics: 6 fractional worksGenomics and Phylogeneti…5Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies: 5 fractional worksNanoparticles: synthesis and applications: 4 fractional worksMicrobial Community Ecology and Physiology: 4 fractional worksPhytochemicals and Antio…3Phytochemicals and Antioxidant Activities: 3 fractional worksAdipose Tissue and Metabolism: 3 fractional worksMicrobial Inactivation Methods: 3 fractional worksRadiomics and Machine Le…3Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging: 3 fractional worksNutrition and Health in Aging: 3 fractional worksPlant Virus Research Studies: 3 fractional works
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingMolecular BiologyMaterials ChemistryEcology4 others

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

  1. 1 Plasma Applications and Diagnostics Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 6 works
  2. 2 Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies Molecular Biology 5 works
  3. 3 Nanoparticles: synthesis and applications Materials Chemistry 4 works
  4. 4 Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology Ecology 4 works
  5. 5 Phytochemicals and Antioxidant Activities Biochemistry 3 works
  6. 6 Adipose Tissue and Metabolism Physiology 3 works
  7. 7 Microbial Inactivation Methods Biotechnology 3 works
  8. 8 Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 3 works
  9. 9 Nutrition and Health in Aging Physiology 3 works
  10. 10 Plant Virus Research Studies Plant Science 3 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 available44.4%not open55.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Seoul Women's University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 16% 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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