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Ulsan University Hospital

In research, Ulsan University Hospital stands highest in Health Sciences (#3,162 of 11,982 worldwide) and Medicine (#4,010 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Surgery — Surgery is 5.8× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#8,647
of 28,054 · #12,651 all time
Rank in South Korea
#163
of 417
Research works
1.8k
▲ 11% vs 2013–17
Citations
25k
13.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
13.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
56%
world 28%

What is Ulsan 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
Health SciencesDomain #3,162 of 11,982 11.5%251 #5095
MedicineField #4,010 of 10,443 10.9%227 #5161

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

What does Ulsan University Hospital specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Surgery takes 5.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. SurgerySubfield · 48.9 works5.8×
← 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: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.87× its world share, 17 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.04× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.74× its world share, 10 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.96× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.32× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.35× its world share, 10 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.34× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.48× its world share, 26 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.30× its world share, 5 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.62× its world share, 8 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.33× its world share, 3 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 2.20× its world share, 4 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.55× its world share, 15 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.26× its world share, 227 worksMedicineNursing: 3.00× its world share, 5 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.20× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.21× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.41× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.76× its world share, 8 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.13× its world share, 6 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Ulsan University Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, Wook‐Joo Kim, Jee‐Hyun Kwon and Eun‐Seok Shin lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Ulsan University Hospital.

  1. 1 Wook‐Joo Kim South Korea · #146,698 worldwide 95 citations · 27 works
  2. 2 Jee‐Hyun Kwon South Korea · #238,544 worldwide 71 citations · 27 works
  3. 3 Eun‐Seok Shin South Korea · #248,515 worldwide 266 citations · 75 works
  4. 4 Young Joo Min South Korea · #563,457 worldwide 75 citations · 22 works
  5. 5 Kyung Hyun Moon South Korea · #806,089 worldwide 26 citations · 25 works
  6. 6 Sun‐Young Kim South Korea · #815,465 worldwide 74 citations · 38 works
  7. 7 Jae Cheol Hwang South Korea · #990,120 worldwide 48 citations · 15 works
  8. 8 Ji Soon Kim South Korea · #1,049,555 worldwide 10 citations · 18 works
  9. 9 Ho Seok Suh South Korea · #1,058,277 worldwide 14 citations · 21 works
  10. 10 Bum Soo Kim South Korea · #1,111,343 worldwide 10 citations · 24 works
All ranked researchers at Ulsan University Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Ulsan University Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Inflammation, Atherosclerosis, Treatment, Percutaneous Coronary Intervention, Diagnosis, Cardiovascular Disease and Surgical Management.

▲ 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. Epidemiology32▲ 2.2×92 topics
  2. Inflammation20▲ 2.7×63 topics
  3. Treatment15▲ 3.4×37 topics
  4. Diagnosis13▲ 3.9×31 topics
  5. Cardiovascular Disease13▲ 3.2×30 topics
  6. Quality of Life12▲ 2.4×34 topics
  7. Oxidative Stress12▲ 1.94×33 topics
  8. Atherosclerosis11▲ 11×8 topics
  9. Management11▲ 3.9×25 topics
  10. Chemotherapy11▲ 4.2×22 topics
  11. Risk Factors10▲ 2.6×25 topics
  12. Percutaneous Coronary Intervention10▲ 20×4 topics
  13. Complications9▲ 5.0×15 topics
  14. Guidelines9▲ 5.3×12 topics
  15. Surgical Management9▲ 6.1×18 topics
  16. Cancer9▲ 1.82×31 topics
  17. Clinical Practice Guidelines9▲ 4.5×13 topics
  18. Tumor Microenvironment8▲ 5.2×7 topics
  19. Metabolic Syndrome8▲ 2.6×20 topics
  20. Myocardial Infarction8▲ 9.0×7 topics
  21. Hepatocellular Carcinoma7▲ 9.6×3 topics
  22. Neurological Disorders7▲ 3.6×17 topics
  23. Immunotherapy7▲ 2.8×17 topics
  24. Prognostic Factors7▲ 4.5×13 topics
  25. Coronary Stents7▲ 45×1 topic
  26. Global Burden7▲ 3.6×12 topics
  27. Magnetic Resonance Imaging7▲ 7.6×6 topics
  28. Mortality7▲ 3.4×12 topics
  29. Myocardial Revascularization7▲ 45×1 topic
  30. Neoadjuvant Therapy7▲ 8.1×5 topics
  31. Rehabilitation6▲ 4.1×10 topics
  32. Hypertension6▲ 5.3×13 topics
  33. Coronary Artery Disease6▲ 13×3 topics
  34. Self-Efficacy5▲ 5.2×6 topics
  35. Radiation Exposure4▲ 13×2 topics
  36. Cholangiocarcinoma4▲ 15×2 topics
  37. Graft Survival4▲ 14×3 topics
  38. Cardiac Imaging4▲ 9.1×3 topics
  39. Radiofrequency Ablation4▲ 10×2 topics
  40. Cardiovascular Risk Assessment4▲ 13×2 topics

Which research topics does Ulsan University Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics, Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics, Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research and Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis.

Coronary Interventions a…7Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics: 7 fractional worksCardiac Imaging and Diagnostics: 4 fractional worksPancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research: 3 fractional worksHepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis: 3 fractional worksLiver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment: 3 fractional worksCancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers: 3 fractional worksVestibular and auditory …3Vestibular and auditory disorders: 3 fractional worksGallbladder and Bile Duct Disorders: 3 fractional worksShoulder Injury and Treatment: 3 fractional worksOrgan Transplantation Te…2Organ Transplantation Techniques and Outcomes: 2 fractional works
SurgeryRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingOncologyHepatology3 others

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

  1. 1 Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics Surgery 7 works
  2. 2 Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 4 works
  3. 3 Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research Oncology 3 works
  4. 4 Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis Hepatology 3 works
  5. 5 Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment Epidemiology 3 works
  6. 6 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 3 works
  7. 7 Vestibular and auditory disorders Neurology 3 works
  8. 8 Gallbladder and Bile Duct Disorders Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 3 works
  9. 9 Shoulder Injury and Treatment Surgery 3 works
  10. 10 Organ Transplantation Techniques and Outcomes Surgery 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 available55.6%not open44.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors13.3%domestic only86.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Ulsan University Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 11% 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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