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Yeungnam University Medical Center

In research, Yeungnam University Medical Center stands highest in Medicine (#6,214 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#7,709 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Surgery and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine — Surgery is 8.2× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#15,446
of 28,054 · #20,349 all time
Rank in South Korea
#278
of 417
Research works
1.2k
▲ 17% vs 2013–17
Citations
14k
11.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
12.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
62%
world 28%

What is Yeungnam University 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 #6,214 of 10,443 10.8%190 #7134
Health SciencesDomain #7,709 of 11,982 11.3%199 #7655

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

What does Yeungnam University Medical Center specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Surgery takes 8.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. SurgerySubfield · 48.4 works8.2×
  2. Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield · 20.8 works5.4×
← 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: 0.18× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.38× its world share, 18 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.98× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.18× its world share, 5 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.82× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.14× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.18× its world share, 7 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.29× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.74× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.09× its world share, 7 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.93× its world share, 190 worksMedicineNursing: 1.24× its world share, 2 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.54× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.06× its world share, 2 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 Yeungnam University Medical Center?

Ranked on the composite score, Young‐Jo Kim, Sang‐Hee Lee and Jong‐Seon Park lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Yeungnam University Medical Center.

  1. 1 Young‐Jo Kim South Korea · #400,474 worldwide 109 citations · 45 works
  2. 2 Sang‐Hee Lee South Korea · #410,221 worldwide 79 citations · 24 works
  3. 3 Jong‐Seon Park South Korea · #444,524 worldwide 154 citations · 67 works
  4. 4 Ung Kim South Korea · #654,641 worldwide 71 citations · 53 works
  5. 5 Chan‐Hee Lee South Korea · #836,705 worldwide 69 citations · 44 works
  6. 6 Oog‐Jin Shon South Korea · #839,182 worldwide 19 citations · 15 works
  7. 7 Jong‐Il Park South Korea · #893,259 worldwide 15 citations · 28 works
  8. 8 Eun Young Choi South Korea · #936,972 worldwide 18 citations · 15 works
  9. 9 Gun Woo Lee South Korea · #985,714 worldwide 31 citations · 16 works
  10. 10 June Hong Ahn South Korea · #1,040,974 worldwide 31 citations · 21 works
All ranked researchers at Yeungnam University Medical Center

Which keywords describe research at Yeungnam University Medical Center?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Inflammation, Complications, Surgical Management, Diagnosis, Risk Factors, Rehabilitation and Atherosclerosis.

▲ 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. Epidemiology34▲ 3.4×85 topics
  2. Inflammation18▲ 3.5×53 topics
  3. Oxidative Stress12▲ 2.8×33 topics
  4. Diagnosis10▲ 4.5×26 topics
  5. Risk Factors10▲ 3.8×24 topics
  6. Complications10▲ 8.0×15 topics
  7. Surgical Management10▲ 9.6×17 topics
  8. Treatment10▲ 3.1×28 topics
  9. Cancer9▲ 2.7×35 topics
  10. Management9▲ 4.5×18 topics
  11. Quality of Life9▲ 2.4×24 topics
  12. Chemotherapy8▲ 4.8×21 topics
  13. Cardiovascular Disease8▲ 2.9×22 topics
  14. Rehabilitation8▲ 7.6×9 topics
  15. Atherosclerosis7▲ 10×6 topics
  16. Guidelines6▲ 5.5×10 topics
  17. Biomechanics6▲ 8.4×7 topics
  18. Clinical Practice Guidelines6▲ 4.5×13 topics
  19. Clinical Trials6▲ 3.5×11 topics
  20. Magnetic Resonance Imaging6▲ 9.1×4 topics
  21. Global Burden6▲ 4.1×10 topics
  22. Mortality6▲ 3.8×12 topics
  23. Percutaneous Coronary Intervention5▲ 16×4 topics
  24. Arthroplasty5▲ 22×2 topics
  25. Diabetes5▲ 4.3×11 topics
  26. Prognostic Factors5▲ 4.9×13 topics
  27. Revision Surgery4▲ 14×2 topics
  28. Total Hip Replacement4▲ 14×2 topics
  29. Coronary Artery Disease4▲ 15×3 topics
  30. Neuroprotection4▲ 5.0×8 topics
  31. Myocardial Infarction4▲ 7.2×3 topics
  32. Surgical Treatment4▲ 8.5×5 topics
  33. Degenerative Disc Disease4▲ 17×2 topics
  34. Low Back Pain4▲ 9.1×3 topics
  35. Clinical Outcomes4▲ 7.1×5 topics
  36. Macular Degeneration4▲ 12×3 topics
  37. Cardiac Imaging4▲ 12×3 topics
  38. Coronary Stents4▲ 33×1 topic
  39. Myocardial Revascularization4▲ 33×1 topic
  40. Revascularization4▲ 9.2×4 topics

Which research topics does Yeungnam University Medical Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics, Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes, Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics and Shoulder Injury and Treatment.

Coronary Interventions a…4Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics: 4 fractional worksTotal Knee Arthroplasty …3Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes: 3 fractional worksCardiac Imaging and Diagnostics: 3 fractional worksShoulder Injury and Treatment: 2 fractional worksSpine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology: 2 fractional worksFoot and Ankle Surgery: 2 fractional worksRetinal Diseases and Treatments: 2 fractional worksOrthopedic Surgery and R…2Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation: 2 fractional worksOrthopedic Infections and Treatments: 2 fractional worksSpinal Fractures and Fixation Techniques: 2 fractional works
SurgeryRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingPathology and Forensic MedicineOrthopedics and Sports Medicine1 others

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

  1. 1 Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics Surgery 4 works
  2. 2 Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes Surgery 3 works
  3. 3 Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 3 works
  4. 4 Shoulder Injury and Treatment Surgery 2 works
  5. 5 Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology Pathology and Forensic Medicine 2 works
  6. 6 Foot and Ankle Surgery Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 2 works
  7. 7 Retinal Diseases and Treatments Ophthalmology 2 works
  8. 8 Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation Surgery 2 works
  9. 9 Orthopedic Infections and Treatments Surgery 2 works
  10. 10 Spinal Fractures and Fixation Techniques 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 available61.5%not open38.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors7.7%domestic only92.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Yeungnam University Medical Center's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 17% 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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