City · South Korea
Research in Daejeon
Science Explorer records 104 research institutions in Daejeon, South Korea. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Institute for Basic Science and Chungnam National University.
- Research institutions
- 104 15 of them ranked worldwide
- Research works
- 215k ◆ 1% vs 2013–17
- Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
- 17.8% record average 16.5%
A city carries no overall standing here. The composite 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 Daejeon?
| # | Institution | Works | Against the largest here | World rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Korea Advanced Institute of Science and TechnologyUniversity | 65,969 | #165 | |
| 2 | Chungnam National UniversityUniversity | 25,691 | #1,300 | |
| 3 | Electronics and Telecommunications Research InstituteResearch facility | 17,973 | #3,869 | |
| 4 | Korea Atomic Energy Research InstituteResearch facility | 11,868 | #5,052 | |
| 5 | Korea University of Science and TechnologyUniversity | 8,068 | #1,595 | |
| 6 | Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and BiotechnologyResearch facility | 5,984 | #4,254 | |
| 7 | Institute for Basic ScienceResearch facility | 5,320 | #477 | |
| 8 | Korea Research Institute of Chemical TechnologyResearch facility | 5,179 | #3,104 | |
| 9 | Korea Research Institute of Standards and ScienceResearch facility | 4,936 | #3,755 | |
| 10 | Agency for Defense DevelopmentGovernment institution | 4,357 | #5,043 | |
| 11 | Eulji UniversityUniversity | 4,234 | #4,996 | |
| 12 | Korea Institute of Energy ResearchResearch facility | 3,938 | #3,069 | |
| 13 | Korea Institute of Machinery & MaterialsResearch facility | 3,938 | #5,339 | |
| 14 | Hanbat National UniversityUniversity | 3,732 | #6,571 | |
| 15 | Korea Basic Science InstituteResearch facility | 3,546 | #3,180 | |
| 16 | Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral ResourcesResearch facility | 3,306 | #7,142 | |
| 17 | Hannam UniversityUniversity | 2,901 | #6,871 | |
| 18 | Konyang UniversityUniversity | 2,722 | #3,233 | |
| 19 | Daejeon UniversityUniversity | 2,698 | #9,478 | |
| 20 | Korea Institute of Oriental MedicineResearch facility | 2,677 | #6,216 | |
| 21 | Korea Aerospace Research InstituteGovernment institution | 2,262 | #11,573 | |
| 22 | Korea Institute of Science & Technology InformationResearch facility | 2,219 | #8,671 | |
| 23 | Chungnam National University HospitalHospital / health system | 2,021 | #7,830 | |
| 24 | Korea Forest ServiceGovernment institution | 1,902 | #12,393 | |
| 25 | Woosong UniversityUniversity | 1,617 | #5,530 | |
| 26 | Korea Astronomy and Space Science InstituteResearch facility | 1,605 | #8,764 | |
| 27 | Korea Institute of Fusion EnergyResearch facility | 1,270 | #9,344 | |
| 28 | Pai Chai UniversityUniversity | 1,158 | #7,809 | |
| 29 | Korea Institute of Nuclear SafetyResearch facility | 1,075 | #15,492 | |
| 30 | Mokwon UniversityUniversity | 1,057 | #18,913 | |
| 31 | National Institute for Mathematical SciencesUniversity | 892 | #10,306 | |
| 32 | Korea Institute of ToxicologyResearch facility | 876 | #7,852 | |
| 33 | Dunsan Korean Medicine HospitalHospital / health system | 688 | #22,507 | |
| 34 | Daejeon Eulji Medical Center, Eulji UniversityHospital / health system | 661 | #23,797 | |
| 35 | Konyang University HospitalHospital / health system | 625 | #13,001 | |
| 36 | Science and Technology Policy InstituteResearch facility | 619 | #25,116 | |
| 37 | The Catholic University of Korea Daejeon St. Mary's HospitalHospital / health system | 541 | #17,240 | |
| 38 | Daejeon Sun HospitalHospital / health system | 508 | #35,381 all time | |
| 39 | National Research Institute of Cultural HeritageArchive | 456 | #16,537 | |
| 40 | National NanoFab CenterResearch facility | 424 | #11,963 | |
| 41 | Republic of Korea ArmyGovernment institution | 340 | #17,865 | |
| 42 | Statistics KoreaGovernment institution | 327 | #25,104 | |
| 43 | Intelligent Synthetic Biology CenterInstitution | 244 | #15,047 all time | |
| 44 | Daejeon Institute of Science and TechnologyUniversity | 229 | #31,032 all time | |
| 45 | National Research Foundation of KoreaGovernment institution | 224 | #32,435 all time | |
| 46 | Daejeon Health Institute of TechnologyUniversity | 218 | #25,675 all time | |
| 47 | Cultural Heritage AdministrationGovernment institution | 197 | #39,160 all time | |
| 48 | Korean Intellectual Property OfficeGovernment institution | 188 | #30,090 all time | |
| 49 | KT&G (South Korea)Company | 178 | #32,155 all time | |
| 50 | National Science MuseumArchive | 171 | #37,278 all time | |
| 51 | Korea Institute of Public FinanceResearch facility | 160 | #40,706 all time | |
| 52 | Korea Labor InstituteResearch facility | 156 | #40,464 all time | |
| 53 | National Security Research InstituteGovernment institution | 122 | #34,556 all time | |
| 54 | Public Procurement ServiceGovernment institution | 115 | not ranked | |
| 55 | Daeduk UniversityUniversity | 113 | not ranked | |
| 56 | Daejeon Oriental HospitalHospital / health system | 102 | not ranked | |
| 57 | Advanced Biomass R&D Center (South Korea)Company | 92 | not ranked | |
| 58 | Center for Integrated Smart SensorsResearch facility | 75 | not ranked | |
| 59 | Military Manpower AdministrationGovernment institution | 52 | not ranked | |
| 60 | Korea Information System (South Korea)Company | 49 | not ranked |
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.
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology66k · 30.7%Chungnam National University26k · 12.0%Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute18k · 8.4%Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute12k · 5.5%56 others listed93k · 43.5%
Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.
What is Daejeon strongest at in research?
Relative to its size, research in Daejeon is most concentrated in Leadership and Management, Radiation and Catalysis (7.3× the world share in Leadership and Management).
- Leadership and ManagementSubfield · 42.6 works7.3×
- RadiationSubfield · 172.1 works3.3×
- CatalysisSubfield · 179.0 works3.2×
- Fluid Flow and Transfer ProcessesSubfield · 88.1 works3.0×
- Surfaces, Coatings and FilmsSubfield · 109.5 works3.0×
- Aerospace EngineeringSubfield · 1,275.7 works2.9×
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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 Daejeon?
By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Deep Learning, Neural Networks, Cathode Materials, Energy Storage, Nanomaterials, Machine Learning, Biomedical Applications and Lithium-ion Batteries.
- Wearable
- Field-Effect Transistors
- Neuromorphic Computing
- Battery Materials
- Energy Conversion
- Nanocrystals
- Battery Technology
- Semiconductors
- Thermal Management
- Nanostructures
- Rechargeable Batteries
- Biosensors
- Graphene
- Catalysis
- Cancer
- Nanocomposites
- Nanoparticles
- Inflammation
- Biomedical Applications
- Machine Learning
- Deep Learning
- Neural Networks
- Nanomaterials
- Energy Storage
- Oxidative Stress
- Cathode Materials
- Lithium-ion Batteries
- Energy Efficiency
- Convolutional Neural Networks
- Metal-Organic Frameworks
- Tissue Engineering
- Electrocatalysis
- Water Splitting
- Flexible Electronics
- Health Monitoring
- Catalysts
- Energy Harvesting
- Nanostructured Anodes
- Lithium-Sulfur Batteries
- Nanogenerators
▲ 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 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
- Deep Learning2,104▲ 1.63×85 topics
- Machine Learning1,285◆ 1.04×95 topics
- Neural Networks1,083▲ 1.87×39 topics
- Biomedical Applications854▲ 1.91×36 topics
- Nanomaterials834▲ 2.1×20 topics
- Inflammation788◆ 1.01×83 topics
- Energy Storage742▲ 3.0×12 topics
- Nanoparticles719▲ 1.52×44 topics
- Oxidative Stress647◆ 1.05×63 topics
- Nanocomposites638▲ 2.1×22 topics
- Cathode Materials630▲ 4.3×3 topics
- Cancer615▲ 1.22×59 topics
- Lithium-ion Batteries558▲ 3.5×4 topics
- Catalysis553▲ 2.2×29 topics
- Energy Efficiency525▲ 1.48×42 topics
- Graphene522▲ 2.0×12 topics
- Convolutional Neural Networks481▲ 1.74×14 topics
- Biosensors472▲ 2.4×12 topics
- Metal-Organic Frameworks422▲ 2.7×6 topics
- Rechargeable Batteries412▲ 4.0×2 topics
- Tissue Engineering405▲ 1.76×13 topics
- Nanostructures376▲ 2.5×17 topics
- Electrocatalysis364▲ 3.4×5 topics
- Thermal Management360▲ 2.9×8 topics
- Water Splitting349▲ 2.5×4 topics
- Semiconductors348▲ 3.0×5 topics
- Flexible Electronics338▲ 5.2×3 topics
- Battery Technology313▲ 2.9×3 topics
- Health Monitoring297▲ 3.8×4 topics
- Nanocrystals296▲ 2.9×5 topics
- Catalysts293▲ 4.0×3 topics
- Energy Conversion290▲ 3.7×5 topics
- Energy Harvesting281▲ 4.1×3 topics
- Battery Materials268▲ 4.2×1 topic
- Nanostructured Anodes268▲ 4.2×1 topic
- Neuromorphic Computing250▲ 5.7×2 topics
- Lithium-Sulfur Batteries246▲ 4.6×2 topics
- Field-Effect Transistors245▲ 4.1×4 topics
- Nanogenerators240▲ 4.8×1 topic
- Wearable240▲ 4.8×1 topic
What research is done in Daejeon?
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringBiomedical EngineeringRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the EnvironmentAutomotive Engineering2 others
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Advancements in Battery MaterialsElectrical and Electronic Engineering 268 works
- 2 Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting MaterialsBiomedical Engineering 240 works
- 3 Advanced Battery Materials and TechnologiesElectrical and Electronic Engineering 218 works
- 4 Electrocatalysts for Energy ConversionRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 202 works
- 5 Advanced Battery Technologies ResearchAutomotive Engineering 198 works
- 6 Conducting polymers and applicationsPolymers and Plastics 178 works
- 7 Advanced Memory and Neural ComputingElectrical and Electronic Engineering 165 works
- 8 Fuel Cells and Related MaterialsElectrical and Electronic Engineering 164 works
- 9 Advanced battery technologies researchElectrical and Electronic Engineering 145 works
- 10 Catalytic Processes in Materials ScienceMaterials Chemistry 141 works
Research output over time
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The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more.