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Wooridul Hospital

In research, Wooridul Hospital stands highest in Surgery (#1,513 of 1,816 worldwide), Medicine (#9,244 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#11,042 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Pathology and Forensic Medicine, Surgery and Medicine — Pathology and Forensic Medicine is 50.1× its share of world research.

World rank, 2022–2025
#22,512
of 28,054 · #32,691 all time
Rank in South Korea
#374
of 417
Research works
683
▲ 59% vs 2013–17
Citations
16k
24.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
4.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
41%
world 28%

What is Wooridul 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
SurgerySubfield #1,513 of 1,816 5.8%65 #1766
MedicineField #9,244 of 10,443 4.7%122 #10183
Health SciencesDomain #11,042 of 11,982 4.7%122 #12992

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Wooridul 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. Surgery#1,766 #1,513
  2. Medicine#10,183 #9,244
  3. Health Sciences#12,992 #11,042
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 Wooridul Hospital specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Pathology and Forensic Medicine takes 50.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Pathology and Forensic MedicineSubfield · 33.7 works50×
  2. SurgerySubfield · 65.3 works22×
  3. MedicineField · 122.0 works4.9×
  4. Health SciencesDomain · 122.4 works4.1×
← less than its size predictsmore →

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.

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.14× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringMaterials Science: 0.28× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceDentistry: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.91× its world share, 122 worksMedicineBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesSocial Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciencesworld share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 4.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Wooridul Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, Sang‐Ho Lee, Gun Choi and Hyeun Sung Kim lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Wooridul Hospital.

  1. 1 Sang‐Ho Lee South Korea · #326,444 worldwide 219 citations · 107 works
  2. 2 Gun Choi South Korea · #331,930 worldwide 84 citations · 20 works
  3. 3 Hyeun Sung Kim South Korea · #366,100 worldwide 90 citations · 41 works
  4. 4 Il‐Tae Jang South Korea · #681,643 worldwide 40 citations · 20 works
  5. 5 Dong Yeob Lee South Korea · #896,255 worldwide 36 citations · 111 works
  6. 6 Junseok Bae South Korea · #1,371,843 worldwide 15 citations · 15 works
  7. 7 Hoyeon Lee South Korea · #1,417,243 worldwide 26 citations · 33 works
All ranked researchers at Wooridul Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Wooridul Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Degenerative Disc Disease, Spinal Fusion, Low Back Pain, Surgical Treatment, Intervertebral Disc, Lumbar Disc Degeneration, Anterior Cervical Discectomy and Cervical Spine Surgery.

▲ 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. Degenerative Disc Disease53▲ 431×2 topics
  2. Spinal Fusion43▲ 346×2 topics
  3. Low Back Pain40▲ 179×3 topics
  4. Surgical Treatment35▲ 139×4 topics
  5. Intervertebral Disc33▲ 382×1 topic
  6. Lumbar Disc Degeneration33▲ 382×1 topic
  7. Anterior Cervical Discectomy20▲ 550×1 topic
  8. Cervical Spine Surgery20▲ 550×1 topic
  9. Chronic Pain12▲ 42×4 topics
  10. Epidemiology11▲ 2.2×15 topics
  11. Biomechanics11▲ 27×4 topics
  12. Pedicle Screw Fixation10▲ 206×1 topic
  13. Vertebroplasty10▲ 206×1 topic
  14. Surgical Management10▲ 19×7 topics
  15. Scoliosis10▲ 263×1 topic
  16. Spinal Deformity10▲ 263×1 topic
  17. Risk Factors7▲ 4.9×4 topics
  18. Postoperative Complications7▲ 39×2 topics
  19. Clinical Trials7▲ 7.7×4 topics
  20. Epidural Hematoma6▲ 536×1 topic
  21. Spinal Hematoma6▲ 536×1 topic
  22. Pain Management6▲ 21×4 topics
  23. Disability6▲ 43×1 topic
  24. Global Burden6▲ 8.5×1 topic
  25. Postoperative Pain6▲ 50×2 topics
  26. Perioperative Care6▲ 38×2 topics
  27. Analgesia5▲ 65×1 topic
  28. Regional Anesthesia5▲ 78×1 topic
  29. Quality of Life4▲ 2.4×7 topics
  30. Complications4▲ 5.3×5 topics
  31. Spine Segmentation3▲ 58×1 topic
  32. Vertebrae Detection3▲ 58×1 topic
  33. Revision Surgery2▲ 15×2 topics
  34. Total Hip Replacement2▲ 15×2 topics
  35. Hydrocephalus2▲ 41×2 topics
  36. Shoulder Function2▲ 21×2 topics
  37. Embolization2▲ 24×2 topics
  38. Fetal Surgery2▲ 29×2 topics
  39. Hemorrhage2▲ 22×2 topics
  40. Internal Fixation2▲ 22×2 topics

Which research topics does Wooridul Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology, Cervical and Thoracic Myelopathy, Spinal Fractures and Fixation Techniques and Scoliosis diagnosis and treatment.

  1. 1 Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology Pathology and Forensic Medicine 33 works
  2. 2 Cervical and Thoracic Myelopathy Surgery 20 works
  3. 3 Spinal Fractures and Fixation Techniques Surgery 10 works
  4. 4 Scoliosis diagnosis and treatment Surgery 10 works
  5. 5 Spinal Hematomas and Complications Surgery 6 works
  6. 6 Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation Pharmacology 6 works
  7. 7 Anesthesia and Pain Management Surgery 5 works
  8. 8 Medical Imaging and Analysis Biomedical Engineering 3 works
  9. 9 Spinal Dysraphism and Malformations Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 2 works
  10. 10 Pelvic and Acetabular Injuries 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 available41.0%not open59.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors9.5%domestic only90.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Wooridul Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 59% higher than in 2013–2017.

20002005201020152020
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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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