Research in Busan
Science Explorer records 54 research institutions in Busan, South Korea. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Pusan National University, Pukyong National University and Dong-A University.
- Research institutions
- 54 15 of them ranked worldwide
- Research works
- 97k ▲ 6% vs 2018-21
- Citations
- 1.5M 14.9 per fractional work, all time
- Top-10% rate, 2022-now
- 15.5% all institutions 10.0%
- Active span
- 1952-2026 75 years on the record
A city carries no overall standing here. The quality score is built for institutions and countries, the units its floors and field normalisation were designed around. An empty rank on this page is a statement about the measure, not about the place.
Which research institutions are in Busan?
By fractional works over the whole record; world rank on research quality in 2022-now. Bars are scaled to the largest institution in this city, not to anything off the page.
How concentrated the city is
The same institutions as shares of everything the list accounts for. A city that is one university and a city that is twelve read alike as a table and not at all alike here.
Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.
Which fields of science does Busan work in?
In 2022-now, 51% of research in Busan is in Physical Sciences, 25% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (23%), Medicine (22%), Environmental Science (7%). It does 1.3× the world's share of Physical Sciences.
Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this city does than the world.
Its 4 domains and 26 fields, with their numbers
- Physical Sciences11k51.2%
- Engineering4,96723.5%
- Environmental Science1,4807.0%
- Materials Science1,2585.9%
- Computer Science1,2315.8%
- Earth and Planetary Sciences7583.6%
- Physics and Astronomy3381.6%
- Chemistry2701.3%
- Energy2631.2%
- Mathematics1710.8%
- Chemical Engineering1060.5%
- Health Sciences5,33125.2%
- Medicine4,62621.8%
- Health Professions3681.7%
- Nursing1660.8%
- Dentistry1550.7%
- Veterinary160.1%
- Life Sciences2,74212.9%
- Social Sciences2,26810.7%
- Social Sciences9054.3%
- Psychology4061.9%
- Business, Management and Accounting3971.9%
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance2591.2%
- Decision Sciences1580.7%
- Arts and Humanities1430.7%
What is Busan strongest at in research?
Relative to its size, research in Busan is most concentrated in Leadership and Management, Oceanography and Aquatic Science (14.8× the world share in Leadership and Management).
- Leadership and ManagementSubfield · 42.6 works15×
- OceanographySubfield · 254.3 works4.9×
- Aquatic ScienceSubfield · 151.9 works4.5×
- Ocean EngineeringSubfield · 321.2 works3.3×
- PhysiologySubfield · 25.3 works2.5×
- Polymers and PlasticsSubfield · 180.0 works2.4×
- Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided DesignSubfield · 36.5 works2.4×
Location quotient against the world baseline. Inside a single field a city is a meaningful unit, which is why this is where a city is measured at all.
The whole field profile
All 26 fields at once: above the ring is more than a place this size would be expected to do. A specialist and a generalist produce the same ranked list and a completely different shape.
Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 2.2×. Every wedge is a field page.
All 26 fields, with their numbers
- Earth and Planetary Sciences2.17×634 works
- Materials Science1.72×1,120 works
- Nursing1.64×150 works
- Engineering1.58×4,410 works
- Dentistry1.58×143 works
- Chemical Engineering1.37×89 works
- Energy1.37×234 works
- Environmental Science1.36×1,262 works
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.23×80 works
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.18×1,167 works
- Immunology and Microbiology1.18×222 works
- Medicine1.15×4,105 works
- Neuroscience1.06×320 works
- Chemistry0.83×243 works
- Decision Sciences0.78×140 works
- Computer Science0.75×1,087 works
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.73×647 works
- Physics and Astronomy0.69×284 works
- Mathematics0.68×148 works
- Health Professions0.66×324 works
- Psychology0.61×346 works
- Business, Management and Accounting0.60×359 works
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.58×232 works
- Veterinary0.54×14 works
- Social Sciences0.32×754 works
- Arts and Humanities0.20×107 works
Which keywords describe research in Busan?
By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Epidemiology, Inflammation, Aquaculture, Environmental Impact, Biomedical Applications, Deep Learning and Nanomaterials.
- Fashion
- Marine Environment
- Maritime Transportation
- Ocean Circulation
- Antibiotic Resistance
- Lithium-ion Batteries
- Virtual Reality
- Global Warming
- Microstructure
- Aquaculture
- Graphene
- Energy Storage
- Cancer
- Nanocomposites
- Mechanical Properties
- Sustainability
- Oxidative Stress
- Environmental Impact
- Inflammation
- Climate Change
- Epidemiology
- Deep Learning
- Machine Learning
- Biomedical Applications
- Nanomaterials
- Nanoparticles
- Quality of Life
- Remote Sensing
- Neural Networks
- Cardiovascular Disease
- Tissue Engineering
- Heat Transfer
- Cathode Materials
- Antioxidant Activity
- Numerical Simulation
- Wireless Sensor Networks
- Self-Efficacy
- Air Quality
- Text Mining
- Lifestyle
Size is fractional works in 2022-now in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of this city'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
- Epidemiology819◆ 0.97×134 topics
- Climate Change725▲ 1.26×103 topics
- Deep Learning681◆ 0.93×84 topics
- Inflammation616▲ 1.37×83 topics
- Machine Learning567▼ 0.80×94 topics
- Environmental Impact532▲ 1.47×61 topics
- Biomedical Applications458▲ 1.83×36 topics
- Oxidative Stress441▲ 1.27×63 topics
- Nanomaterials384▲ 1.73×20 topics
- Sustainability374▼ 0.72×91 topics
- Nanoparticles356▲ 1.34×44 topics
- Mechanical Properties353▲ 1.70×39 topics
- Quality of Life348◆ 1.14×54 topics
- Nanocomposites339▲ 2.0×22 topics
- Remote Sensing318▲ 1.23×39 topics
- Cancer318◆ 1.12×59 topics
- Neural Networks314◆ 0.96×39 topics
- Energy Storage304▲ 2.2×12 topics
- Cardiovascular Disease293▲ 1.21×39 topics
- Graphene277▲ 1.95×12 topics
- Tissue Engineering276▲ 2.1×13 topics
- Aquaculture271▲ 5.0×8 topics
- Heat Transfer239▲ 2.3×19 topics
- Microstructure225▲ 2.0×19 topics
- Cathode Materials209▲ 2.5×3 topics
- Global Warming208▲ 2.3×14 topics
- Antioxidant Activity202▲ 1.53×32 topics
- Virtual Reality196▲ 1.90×16 topics
- Numerical Simulation192▲ 3.1×13 topics
- Lithium-ion Batteries186▲ 2.1×4 topics
- Wireless Sensor Networks186▲ 1.96×20 topics
- Antibiotic Resistance174▲ 2.1×15 topics
- Self-Efficacy169▲ 3.1×9 topics
- Ocean Circulation150▲ 5.2×3 topics
- Air Quality144▲ 3.6×6 topics
- Maritime Transportation142▲ 12×2 topics
- Text Mining141▲ 5.0×6 topics
- Marine Environment140▲ 4.6×3 topics
- Lifestyle124▲ 20×3 topics
- Fashion104▲ 13×3 topics
What research is done in Busan?
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Conducting polymers and applications Polymers and Plastics 91 works
- 2 Advancements in Battery Materials Electrical and Electronic Engineering 81 works
- 3 Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials Biomedical Engineering 79 works
- 4 Aquaculture Nutrition and Growth Aquatic Science 71 works
- 5 Aquaculture disease management and microbiota Immunology 68 works
- 6 Marine and Coastal Research Ocean Engineering 67 works
- 7 Maritime Navigation and Safety Ocean Engineering 66 works
- 8 Marine and coastal ecosystems Oceanography 63 works
- 9 Perovskite Materials and Applications Electrical and Electronic Engineering 63 works
- 10 Advanced Battery Technologies Research Automotive Engineering 60 works
Research output over time
The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more.
How much of it reaches the world top 10%
Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.
Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 16.6% in 2024.
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