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SNUH SMG-SNU Boramae Medical Center

In research, SNUH SMG-SNU Boramae Medical Center stands highest in Medicine (#1,976 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#2,533 of 11,982 worldwide) and Surgery (#1,096 of 1,816 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Surgery — Surgery is 5.3× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#7,482
of 28,054 · #11,165 all time
Rank in South Korea
#139
of 417
Research works
2.3k
▲ 13% vs 2013–17
Citations
40k
17.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
17.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
60%
world 28%

What is SNUH SMG-SNU Boramae Medical Center 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 #1,976 of 10,443 17.2%386 #2644
Health SciencesDomain #2,533 of 11,982 17.2%408 #3475
SurgerySubfield #1,096 of 1,816 19.0%64 #1646

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where SNUH SMG-SNU Boramae Medical Center 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#2,644 #1,976
  2. Health Sciences#3,475 #2,533
  3. Surgery#1,646 #1,096
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 SNUH SMG-SNU Boramae Medical Center specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Surgery takes 5.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. SurgerySubfield · 63.7 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, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.13× its world share, 31 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.66× its world share, 8 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.78× its world share, 15 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.00× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.12× its world share, 5 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.14× its world share, 11 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.21× its world share, 5 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.17× its world share, 3 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.15× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 2.44× its world share, 6 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.76× its world share, 10 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.94× its world share, 386 worksMedicineNursing: 2.08× its world share, 5 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.60× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.24× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.62× its world share, 10 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.06× its world share, 4 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at SNUH SMG-SNU Boramae Medical Center?

Ranked on the composite score, Hack‐Lyoung Kim, Soyun Cho and Jong S. Kim lead among researchers whose main affiliation is SNUH SMG-SNU Boramae Medical Center.

  1. 1 Hack‐Lyoung Kim South Korea · #182,626 worldwide 164 citations · 49 works
  2. 2 Soyun Cho South Korea · #337,721 worldwide 138 citations · 87 works
  3. 3 Jong S. Kim South Korea · #396,185 worldwide 74 citations · 17 works
  4. 4 Min‐Suk Yang South Korea · #437,716 worldwide 45 citations · 31 works
  5. 5 Jieun Choi South Korea · #450,343 worldwide 73 citations · 30 works
  6. 6 Taek Sang Lee South Korea · #458,894 worldwide 25 citations · 24 works
  7. 7 Eunyoung Lee South Korea · #587,710 worldwide 29 citations · 17 works
  8. 8 Jeeyun Ahn South Korea · #653,547 worldwide 74 citations · 24 works
  9. 9 Sang‐Hyun Kim South Korea · #714,114 worldwide 170 citations · 112 works
  10. 10 Juhyun Park South Korea · #743,582 worldwide 17 citations · 18 works
All ranked researchers at SNUH SMG-SNU Boramae Medical Center

Which keywords describe research at SNUH SMG-SNU Boramae Medical Center?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Inflammation, Cardiovascular Disease, Metabolic Syndrome, Global Burden, Chemotherapy, Quality of Life and Treatment.

▲ 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. Epidemiology56▲ 2.8×104 topics
  2. Inflammation42▲ 4.0×69 topics
  3. Cardiovascular Disease25▲ 4.5×35 topics
  4. Quality of Life22▲ 3.1×37 topics
  5. Metabolic Syndrome20▲ 5.0×21 topics
  6. Treatment20▲ 3.3×39 topics
  7. Oxidative Stress20▲ 2.4×42 topics
  8. Diagnosis19▲ 3.9×34 topics
  9. Chemotherapy18▲ 5.0×22 topics
  10. Global Burden17▲ 6.2×11 topics
  11. Management17▲ 4.2×25 topics
  12. Risk Factors16▲ 2.8×26 topics
  13. Biomarkers15▲ 4.4×16 topics
  14. Complications14▲ 5.7×17 topics
  15. Obesity14▲ 3.7×19 topics
  16. Guidelines14▲ 5.8×12 topics
  17. Immunotherapy14▲ 3.8×18 topics
  18. Mortality14▲ 4.6×12 topics
  19. Hypertension13▲ 9.0×11 topics
  20. Aging13▲ 4.8×12 topics
  21. Clinical Practice Guidelines13▲ 4.7×14 topics
  22. Clinical Trials13▲ 3.8×15 topics
  23. Insulin Resistance11▲ 4.8×8 topics
  24. Cardiovascular Risk11▲ 6.9×9 topics
  25. Radiotherapy10▲ 5.3×12 topics
  26. Neuroimaging10▲ 7.3×9 topics
  27. Neurodegeneration10▲ 6.5×9 topics
  28. Heart Failure10▲ 4.4×13 topics
  29. Surgical Management10▲ 4.6×19 topics
  30. Neoadjuvant Therapy10▲ 8.0×5 topics
  31. Rehabilitation9▲ 4.7×11 topics
  32. Cardiovascular Events8▲ 14×4 topics
  33. Endothelial Dysfunction8▲ 7.2×8 topics
  34. Clinical Guidelines8▲ 5.6×9 topics
  35. Hepatocellular Carcinoma8▲ 7.7×3 topics
  36. Alzheimer's Disease8▲ 5.7×6 topics
  37. Survival Analysis8▲ 5.9×6 topics
  38. Survival Rates8▲ 16×2 topics
  39. Resuscitation7▲ 11×3 topics
  40. Ultrasound7▲ 14×4 topics

Which research topics does SNUH SMG-SNU Boramae Medical Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research, Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation, Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment and Thyroid Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment.

Dementia and Cognitive I…6Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research: 6 fractional worksCardiac Arrest and Resus…6Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation: 6 fractional worksLiver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment: 6 fractional worksThyroid Cancer Diagnosis…5Thyroid Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment: 5 fractional worksChronic Obstructive Pulm…5Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research: 5 fractional worksCardiovascular Health and Disease Prevention: 4 fractional worksSinusitis and nasal conditions: 4 fractional worksNutrition and Health in …4Nutrition and Health in Aging: 4 fractional worksAlzheimer's disease research and treatments: 4 fractional worksPancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research: 4 fractional works
Psychiatry and Mental healthEmergency MedicineEpidemiologyEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism5 others

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

  1. 1 Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research Psychiatry and Mental health 6 works
  2. 2 Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation Emergency Medicine 6 works
  3. 3 Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment Epidemiology 6 works
  4. 4 Thyroid Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 5 works
  5. 5 Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 5 works
  6. 6 Cardiovascular Health and Disease Prevention Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 4 works
  7. 7 Sinusitis and nasal conditions Otorhinolaryngology 4 works
  8. 8 Nutrition and Health in Aging Physiology 4 works
  9. 9 Alzheimer's disease research and treatments Physiology 4 works
  10. 10 Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research Oncology 4 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 available59.8%not open40.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors22.5%domestic only77.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has SNUH SMG-SNU Boramae Medical Center's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 13% 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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