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Ulsan College

In research, Ulsan College stands highest in Medicine (#670 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#826 of 11,982 worldwide) and Surgery (#285 of 1,816 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Hepatology, Surgery and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine — Hepatology is 13.5× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#2,886
of 28,054 · #3,683 all time
Rank in South Korea
#60
of 417
Research works
9.3k
▲ 23% vs 2013–17
Citations
192k
20.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
17.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
56%
world 28%

What is Ulsan College 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 #670 of 10,443 17.0%1,404 #852
Health SciencesDomain #826 of 11,982 16.9%1,475 #1007
SurgerySubfield #285 of 1,816 18.2%275 #421
Life SciencesDomain #1,666 of 7,800 16.6%270 #2363
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield #293 of 1,144 17.5%173 #379
OncologySubfield #342 of 772 16.9%121 #473
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #1,600 of 3,579 17.3%171 #2311
Physical SciencesDomain #6,522 of 12,888 17.8%176 #6390
EpidemiologySubfield #568 of 976 16.7%103 #667
EngineeringField #4,057 of 6,636 18.4%80 #4965

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Ulsan College 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#852 #670
  2. Health Sciences#1,007 #826
  3. Surgery#421 #285
  4. Life Sciences#2,363 #1,666
  5. Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine#379 #293
  6. Oncology#473 #342
  7. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#2,311 #1,600
  8. Physical Sciences#6,390 #6,522
  9. Epidemiology#667 #568
  10. Engineering#4,965 #4,057
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 Ulsan College specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Hepatology takes 13.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. HepatologySubfield · 51.8 works14×
  2. SurgerySubfield · 274.7 works5.9×
  3. Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield · 173.2 works5.7×
  4. OncologySubfield · 121.1 works5.4×
  5. NeurologySubfield · 53.0 works4.7×
← 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: 0.15× its world share, 14 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.61× its world share, 170 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.94× its world share, 39 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.24× its world share, 40 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.00× its world share, 7 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.28× its world share, 9 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.21× its world share, 32 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.10× its world share, 3 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.10× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.27× its world share, 80 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.16× its world share, 16 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.29× its world share, 20 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.21× its world share, 5 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.19× its world share, 8 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.99× its world share, 10 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.84× its world share, 44 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.68× its world share, 1,404 worksMedicineNursing: 1.34× its world share, 13 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.55× its world share, 4 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.02× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.07× its world share, 4 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.19× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.21× its world share, 9 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.50× its world share, 30 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.06× its world share, 15 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 Ulsan College?

Ranked on the composite score, Taekmin Kwon, Jung‐Min Koh and Chang-Suk Kim lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Ulsan College.

  1. 1 Taekmin Kwon South Korea · #785,787 worldwide 23 citations · 19 works
  2. 2 Jung‐Min Koh South Korea · #798,856 worldwide 51 citations · 31 works
  3. 3 Chang-Suk Kim South Korea · #1,344,804 worldwide 13 citations · 28 works
All ranked researchers at Ulsan College

Which keywords describe research at Ulsan College?

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

▲ 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. Epidemiology223▲ 2.8×120 topics
  2. Inflammation114▲ 2.8×77 topics
  3. Treatment104▲ 4.3×46 topics
  4. Chemotherapy98▲ 7.0×24 topics
  5. Diagnosis87▲ 4.7×39 topics
  6. Clinical Practice Guidelines84▲ 7.8×14 topics
  7. Management76▲ 4.9×30 topics
  8. Immunotherapy70▲ 4.9×19 topics
  9. Prognostic Factors63▲ 7.2×14 topics
  10. Quality of Life62▲ 2.2×47 topics
  11. Cancer62▲ 2.3×53 topics
  12. Oxidative Stress53▲ 1.64×51 topics
  13. Radiotherapy52▲ 6.8×13 topics
  14. Tumor Microenvironment51▲ 5.8×8 topics
  15. Neoadjuvant Therapy50▲ 11×5 topics
  16. Surgical Management50▲ 6.1×20 topics
  17. Complications49▲ 4.9×17 topics
  18. Hepatocellular Carcinoma48▲ 11×3 topics
  19. Risk Factors46▲ 2.1×31 topics
  20. Survival Analysis42▲ 7.9×7 topics
  21. Guidelines41▲ 4.4×13 topics
  22. Clinical Trials39▲ 2.9×18 topics
  23. Genetics39▲ 2.8×19 topics
  24. Biomarkers38▲ 2.8×15 topics
  25. Genetic Mutations38▲ 4.4×23 topics
  26. Precision Medicine35▲ 3.8×8 topics
  27. Survival34▲ 13×4 topics
  28. Molecular Characterization33▲ 9.2×6 topics
  29. Targeted Therapy31▲ 7.0×5 topics
  30. Radiofrequency Ablation30▲ 14×2 topics
  31. Magnetic Resonance Imaging29▲ 5.8×7 topics
  32. Adjuvant Therapy29▲ 11×2 topics
  33. Graft Survival29▲ 18×3 topics
  34. Liver Transplantation28▲ 12×5 topics
  35. Cholangiocarcinoma27▲ 17×2 topics
  36. Breast Cancer27▲ 5.7×11 topics
  37. Liver Cancer27▲ 24×1 topic
  38. Sorafenib27▲ 24×1 topic
  39. Endoscopic Resection25▲ 13×2 topics
  40. Gastric Cancer24▲ 11×3 topics

Which research topics does Ulsan College publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis, Organ Transplantation Techniques and Outcomes, Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research and Cholangiocarcinoma and Gallbladder Cancer Studies.

Hepatocellular Carcinoma…27Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis: 27 fractional worksOrgan Transplantation Te…20Organ Transplantation Techniques and Outcomes: 20 fractional worksPancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research: 18 fractional worksCholangiocarcinoma and Gallbladder Cancer Studies: 17 fractional worksGastric Cancer Management and Outcomes: 16 fractional worksCancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers: 16 fractional worksRadiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging: 16 fractional worksLiver Disease and Transp…15Liver Disease and Transplantation: 15 fractional worksLiver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment: 15 fractional worksLung Cancer Treatments and Mutations: 12 fractional works
HepatologySurgeryOncologyPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine2 others

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

  1. 1 Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis Hepatology 27 works
  2. 2 Organ Transplantation Techniques and Outcomes Surgery 20 works
  3. 3 Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research Oncology 18 works
  4. 4 Cholangiocarcinoma and Gallbladder Cancer Studies Surgery 17 works
  5. 5 Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 16 works
  6. 6 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 16 works
  7. 7 Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 16 works
  8. 8 Liver Disease and Transplantation Hepatology 15 works
  9. 9 Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment Epidemiology 15 works
  10. 10 Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 12 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 available56.2%not open43.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors14.4%domestic only85.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Ulsan College's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 23% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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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Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners are in the interactive view on the map.