Research in Busan
Science Explorer records 58 research institutions in Busan, South Korea. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are Pusan National University, Pukyong National University and Dong-A University.
- Research institutions
- 58 15 of them ranked worldwide
- Research works
- 97k ▼ 7% vs 2013–17
- Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
- 15.5% record average 16.5%
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Which research institutions are in Busan?
By fractional works over the whole record; world rank on research quality in 2022–2025. 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.
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.
Which keywords describe research in Busan?
By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Climate Change, Inflammation, Aquaculture, Biomedical Applications, Environmental Impact, Deep Learning and Nanomaterials.
- Fashion
- Marine Environment
- Air Quality
- Nanofibers
- Antibiotic Resistance
- Lithium-ion Batteries
- Wireless Sensor Networks
- Virtual Reality
- Microstructure
- Aquaculture
- Graphene
- Energy Storage
- Remote Sensing
- Nanocomposites
- Mechanical Properties
- Sustainability
- Oxidative Stress
- Environmental Impact
- Inflammation
- Climate Change
- Epidemiology
- Deep Learning
- Machine Learning
- Biomedical Applications
- Nanomaterials
- Nanoparticles
- Quality of Life
- Cancer
- Neural Networks
- Cardiovascular Disease
- Tissue Engineering
- Heat Transfer
- Cathode Materials
- Numerical Simulation
- Global Warming
- Self-Efficacy
- Text Mining
- Maritime Transportation
- Ocean Circulation
- Lifestyle
Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 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
- Epidemiology722◆ 0.98×132 topics
- Climate Change607▲ 1.21×102 topics
- Deep Learning603◆ 0.95×84 topics
- Inflammation545▲ 1.41×83 topics
- Machine Learning502▼ 0.82×94 topics
- Environmental Impact456▲ 1.44×60 topics
- Biomedical Applications408▲ 1.85×36 topics
- Oxidative Stress395▲ 1.30×63 topics
- Nanomaterials346▲ 1.75×20 topics
- Sustainability323▼ 0.71×88 topics
- Nanoparticles320▲ 1.37×44 topics
- Mechanical Properties313▲ 1.73×39 topics
- Quality of Life311▲ 1.16×53 topics
- Nanocomposites307▲ 2.0×22 topics
- Cancer289▲ 1.16×59 topics
- Remote Sensing282▲ 1.23×39 topics
- Neural Networks280◆ 0.98×39 topics
- Energy Storage268▲ 2.2×12 topics
- Cardiovascular Disease255▲ 1.23×39 topics
- Graphene252▲ 1.97×12 topics
- Tissue Engineering251▲ 2.2×13 topics
- Aquaculture242▲ 5.0×8 topics
- Heat Transfer215▲ 2.3×19 topics
- Microstructure205▲ 2.1×19 topics
- Cathode Materials184▲ 2.5×3 topics
- Virtual Reality180▲ 1.93×15 topics
- Numerical Simulation176▲ 3.2×13 topics
- Wireless Sensor Networks173▲ 2.0×20 topics
- Global Warming164▲ 2.2×14 topics
- Lithium-ion Batteries164▲ 2.1×4 topics
- Self-Efficacy161▲ 3.2×9 topics
- Antibiotic Resistance150▲ 2.1×15 topics
- Text Mining127▲ 5.1×5 topics
- Nanofibers122▲ 3.0×3 topics
- Maritime Transportation120▲ 12×2 topics
- Air Quality118▲ 3.5×6 topics
- Ocean Circulation118▲ 4.9×3 topics
- Marine Environment116▲ 4.4×3 topics
- Lifestyle112▲ 18×3 topics
- Fashion92▲ 12×3 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.