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Research in Mokpo

Science Explorer records 4 research institutions in Mokpo, South Korea. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Mokpo National Maritime University.

Research institutions
4
1 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
1k
▲ 41% vs 2018-21
Citations
8.8k
8.7 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
12.2%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1970-2026
57 years on the record
Mokpo

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 Mokpo?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Mokpo National Maritime UniversityUniversity 862 #12,198
2Mokpo Science UniversityUniversity 71 not ranked
3Mokpo Catholic UniversityUniversity 42 not ranked
4Mokpo National Tuberculosis HospitalHospital / health system 32 not ranked

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.

Mokpo National Maritime University: 85.6%Mokpo Science University: 7.1%Mokpo Catholic University: 4.2%Mokpo National Tuberculosis Hospital: 3.2%86%largest
Mokpo National Maritime University862 · 85.6%Mokpo Science University71 · 7.1%Mokpo Catholic University42 · 4.2%Mokpo National Tuberculosis Hospital32 · 3.2%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which fields of science does Mokpo work in?

In 2022-now, 80% of research in Mokpo is in Physical Sciences, 10% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (53%), Materials Science (9%), Environmental Science (8%). It does 2.0× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 196 fractional works · 79.9% of its workEngineering: 130 fractional works · 52.9% of its workOcean Engineering: 31 fractional works · 12.8% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 24 fractional works · 10.0% of its workMechanical Engineering: 16 fractional works · 6.6% of its workMechanics of Materials: 13 fractional works · 5.1% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 10 fractional works · 4.0% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 8 fractional works · 3.2% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 7 fractional works · 2.9% of its workAerospace Engineering: 7 fractional works · 2.9% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workBuilding and Construction: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputational Mechanics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMedia Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 23 fractional works · 9.3% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 16 fractional works · 6.5% of its workMetals and Alloys: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Materials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 20 fractional works · 8.2% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 11 fractional works · 4.3% of its workPollution: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcological Modeling: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 10 fractional works · 4.0% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSignal Processing: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workOceanography: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAtmospheric Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEnergy Engineering and Power Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDiscrete Mathematics and Combinatorics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workApplied Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workFluid Flow and Transfer Processes: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 25 fractional works · 10.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 9 fractional works · 3.8% of its workTransportation: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEducation: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCultural Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 7 fractional works · 2.7% of its workSocial Psychology: 4 fractional works · 1.8% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 4 fractional works · 1.8% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 4 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workArcheology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMusic: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 19 fractional works · 7.6% of its workMedicine: 15 fractional works · 6.0% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPharmacology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSurgery: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHealth Professions: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLeadership and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 6 fractional works · 2.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKMokpo246fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences2%Physical Sciences80%Health Sciences8%Social Sciences10%

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 24 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering13052.9%
    2. Materials Science239.3%
    3. Environmental Science208.2%
    4. Computer Science104.0%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences41.5%
    6. Energy31.4%
    7. Mathematics20.9%
    8. Chemistry20.9%
    9. Physics and Astronomy20.7%
    10. Chemical Engineering10.3%
    1. Social Sciences93.8%
    2. Psychology72.7%
    3. Decision Sciences41.8%
    4. Arts and Humanities20.9%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.5%
    6. Business, Management and Accounting10.3%
    1. Medicine156.0%
    2. Health Professions31.1%
    3. Nursing10.5%
    4. Veterinary00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology31.1%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences20.9%
    3. Neuroscience10.4%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Mokpo strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Mokpo is most concentrated in Ocean Engineering (23.6× the world share in Ocean Engineering).

  1. Ocean EngineeringSubfield · 28.2 works24×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

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.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.17× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.15× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.27× its world share, 1 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 0.87× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.60× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.50× its world share, 9 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.86× its world share, 3 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.46× its world share, 3 worksEnergyEngineering: 3.54× its world share, 122 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.68× its world share, 19 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 2.72× its world share, 22 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.76× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.32× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.38× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.30× its world share, 13 worksMedicineNursing: 0.74× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.53× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.35× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.67× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.27× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.95× its world share, 7 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.32× its world share, 9 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Engineering, 3.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Engineering3.54×122 works
  2. Materials Science2.72×22 works
  3. Environmental Science1.68×19 works
  4. Decision Sciences1.67×4 works
  5. Energy1.46×3 works
  6. Psychology0.95×7 works
  7. Chemical Engineering0.87×1 works
  8. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.86×3 works
  9. Mathematics0.76×2 works
  10. Nursing0.74×1 works
  11. Chemistry0.60×2 works
  12. Veterinary0.53×0 works
  13. Computer Science0.50×9 works
  14. Health Professions0.38×2 works
  15. Arts and Humanities0.35×2 works
  16. Physics and Astronomy0.32×2 works
  17. Social Sciences0.32×9 works
  18. Medicine0.30×13 works
  19. Neuroscience0.27×1 works
  20. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.27×1 works
  21. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.17×2 works
  22. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.15×2 works
  23. Business, Management and Accounting0.10×1 works
  24. Immunology and Microbiology0.04×0 works

Which keywords describe research in Mokpo?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Maritime Transportation, Human Factors, Collision Avoidance, Path Planning, Risk Assessment, Autonomous Ships, Unmanned Surface Vehicles and Fuel Consumption.

▲ 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-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
  1. Maritime Transportation25▲ 184×2 topics
  2. Human Factors19▲ 96×2 topics
  3. Collision Avoidance18▲ 41×3 topics
  4. Path Planning18▲ 59×3 topics
  5. Risk Assessment17▲ 10×4 topics
  6. Autonomous Ships16▲ 209×1 topic
  7. Unmanned Surface Vehicles16▲ 209×1 topic
  8. Environmental Impact15▲ 3.5×15 topics
  9. Mechanical Properties13▲ 5.3×10 topics
  10. Climate Change13▲ 1.88×14 topics
  11. Fuel Consumption11▲ 62×2 topics
  12. Air Quality10▲ 22×3 topics
  13. Nanocomposites10▲ 5.2×7 topics
  14. Emissions10▲ 20×4 topics
  15. Shipping9▲ 74×2 topics
  16. Emission Control Areas9▲ 150×1 topic
  17. Ship Propulsion9▲ 150×1 topic
  18. Wireless Sensor Networks8▲ 7.6×5 topics
  19. Pitting Corrosion7▲ 56×2 topics
  20. Numerical Simulation7▲ 9.9×5 topics
  21. Corrosion6▲ 21×5 topics
  22. Finite Element Analysis6▲ 11×6 topics
  23. Failure Analysis6▲ 26×2 topics
  24. Industrial Risk Management6▲ 410×1 topic
  25. Marine Safety6▲ 410×1 topic
  26. Logistics6▲ 15×2 topics
  27. Nanoindentation6▲ 40×1 topic
  28. Thin Films6▲ 12×1 topic
  29. Wireless Power Transfer5▲ 24×2 topics
  30. CFD Simulations5▲ 148×1 topic
  31. Container Terminals5▲ 80×1 topic
  32. Operations Research5▲ 13×1 topic
  33. Ship Maneuvering5▲ 148×1 topic
  34. Fluid Dynamics5▲ 14×2 topics
  35. Product Development5▲ 39×2 topics
  36. Design Optimization5▲ 51×1 topic
  37. Structural Analysis5▲ 21×1 topic
  38. Autonomous Vehicles4▲ 8.9×3 topics
  39. Polymer Electrolyte Membranes4▲ 26×1 topic
  40. Proton Exchange Membranes4▲ 26×1 topic

What research is done in Mokpo?

Maritime Navigation and …14Maritime Navigation and Safety: 14 fractional worksMaritime Transport Emissions and Efficiency: 8 fractional worksMarine and Coastal Research: 6 fractional worksMetal and Thin Film Mechanics: 5 fractional worksMaritime Ports and Logistics: 5 fractional worksEngineering Applied Research: 5 fractional worksShip Hydrodynamics and M…4Ship Hydrodynamics and Maneuverability: 4 fractional worksFuel Cells and Related Materials: 4 fractional worksHydrogen embrittlement and corrosion behaviors in metals: 4 fractional worksCorrosion Behavior and Inhibition: 4 fractional works
Ocean EngineeringEnvironmental EngineeringMechanics of MaterialsIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering4 others

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

  1. 1 Maritime Navigation and Safety Ocean Engineering 14 works
  2. 2 Maritime Transport Emissions and Efficiency Environmental Engineering 8 works
  3. 3 Marine and Coastal Research Ocean Engineering 6 works
  4. 4 Metal and Thin Film Mechanics Mechanics of Materials 5 works
  5. 5 Maritime Ports and Logistics Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 5 works
  6. 6 Engineering Applied Research Civil and Structural Engineering 5 works
  7. 7 Ship Hydrodynamics and Maneuverability Ocean Engineering 4 works
  8. 8 Fuel Cells and Related Materials Electrical and Electronic Engineering 4 works
  9. 9 Hydrogen embrittlement and corrosion behaviors in metals Metals and Alloys 4 works
  10. 10 Corrosion Behavior and Inhibition Materials Chemistry 4 works

Research output over time

still counting1990200020102020
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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.

still counting10%20%Mokpo13.8% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 20.0% in 2017.

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