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Research in Pohang

Science Explorer records 12 research institutions in Pohang, South Korea. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Pohang University of Science and Technology, Pohang Iron and Steel (South Korea) and Handong Global University.

Research institutions
12
7 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
34k
▲ 5% vs 2018-21
Citations
1M
29.6 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
21.3%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1968-2026
59 years on the record
Pohang

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 Pohang?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Pohang University of Science and TechnologyUniversity 29,324 #319
2Pohang Iron and Steel (South Korea)Company 1,958 #2,813
3Research Institute of Industrial Science and TechnologyResearch facility 1,261 #15,581
4Handong Global UniversityUniversity 984 #7,172
5Asia Pacific Center for Theoretical PhysicsResearch facility 590 #9,310
6Korea Institute of Robot and ConvergenceResearch facility 377 #15,170
7Pohang TechnoPark (South Korea)Company 341 #11,337
8Sunlin UniversityUniversity 139 #30,338 all time
9Korea Foundation for Max Planck POSTECHNonprofit 84 not ranked
10Pohang SeMyeong Christianity HospitalHospital / health system 67 not ranked
11NovaCell Technology (South Korea)Company 22 not ranked
12Center for Advanced Soft ElectronicsResearch facility 11 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.

Pohang University of Science and Technology: 83.4%Pohang Iron and Steel (South Korea): 5.6%Research Institute of Industrial Science and Technology: 3.6%Handong Global University: 2.8%8 others listed: 4.6%83%largest
Pohang University of Science and Technology29k · 83.4%Pohang Iron and Steel (South Korea)1,958 · 5.6%Research Institute of Industrial Science and Technology1,261 · 3.6%Handong Global University984 · 2.8%8 others listed1,631 · 4.6%

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

Which fields of science does Pohang work in?

In 2022-now, 82% of research in Pohang is in Physical Sciences, 9% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (39%), Materials Science (13%), Computer Science (11%). It does 2.1× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 4,994 fractional works · 81.9% of its workEngineering: 2,388 fractional works · 39.2% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 890 fractional works · 14.6% of its workMechanical Engineering: 391 fractional works · 6.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 375 fractional works · 6.2% of its workAerospace Engineering: 206 fractional works · 3.4% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 136 fractional works · 2.2% of its workComputational Mechanics: 77 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMechanics of Materials: 71 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 64 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 45 fractional works · 0.7% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 44 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOcean Engineering: 33 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMedia Technology: 26 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBuilding and Construction: 23 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 775 fractional works · 12.7% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 432 fractional works · 7.1% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 148 fractional works · 2.4% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 77 fractional works · 1.3% of its workBiomaterials: 42 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 37 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMetals and Alloys: 29 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 696 fractional works · 11.4% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 223 fractional works · 3.7% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 181 fractional works · 3.0% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 96 fractional works · 1.6% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 45 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSignal Processing: 37 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInformation Systems: 37 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 25 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHardware and Architecture: 24 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design: 15 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 471 fractional works · 7.7% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 189 fractional works · 3.1% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 84 fractional works · 1.4% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 56 fractional works · 0.9% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 52 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 50 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRadiation: 30 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 159 fractional works · 2.6% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 39 fractional works · 0.6% of its workWater Science and Technology: 30 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 18 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 17 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 17 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPollution: 13 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEcology: 12 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 13 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 149 fractional works · 2.4% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 77 fractional works · 1.3% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 36 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSpectroscopy: 15 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 21 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 148 fractional works · 2.4% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 138 fractional works · 2.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 77 fractional works · 1.3% of its workApplied Mathematics: 21 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeometry and Topology: 18 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematical Physics: 16 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 22 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 70 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAtmospheric Science: 30 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOceanography: 22 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 19 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 61 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCatalysis: 39 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 22 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLife Sciences: 522 fractional works · 8.6% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 308 fractional works · 5.0% of its workMolecular Biology: 209 fractional works · 3.4% of its workGenetics: 19 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiophysics: 16 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCell Biology: 15 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiotechnology: 14 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 36 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeuroscience: 98 fractional works · 1.6% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 50 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 31 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 17 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 69 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPlant Science: 34 fractional works · 0.6% of its workFood Science: 16 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 19 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 38 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology: 33 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 349 fractional works · 5.7% of its workMedicine: 315 fractional works · 5.2% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 47 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSurgery: 37 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOncology: 27 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 26 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysiology: 20 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEpidemiology: 19 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 15 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 14 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 110 fractional works · 1.8% of its workHealth Professions: 22 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 8 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 229 fractional works · 3.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 81 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 31 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 51 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 38 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDecision Sciences: 37 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 19 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 19 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 34 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSocial Psychology: 16 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 19 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 30 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 20 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 8 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKPohang6,095fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences9%Physical Sciences82%Health Sciences6%Social Sciences4%

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
    1. Engineering2,38839.2%
    2. Materials Science77512.7%
    3. Computer Science69611.4%
    4. Physics and Astronomy4717.7%
    5. Environmental Science1592.6%
    6. Chemistry1492.4%
    7. Energy1482.4%
    8. Mathematics771.3%
    9. Earth and Planetary Sciences701.2%
    10. Chemical Engineering611.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology3085.0%
    2. Neuroscience981.6%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences691.1%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology380.6%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics100.2%
    1. Medicine3155.2%
    2. Health Professions220.4%
    3. Nursing80.1%
    4. Dentistry30.1%
    5. Veterinary10.0%
    1. Social Sciences811.3%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting380.6%
    3. Decision Sciences370.6%
    4. Psychology340.6%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance300.5%
    6. Arts and Humanities80.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Pohang strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Pohang is most concentrated in Metals and Alloys, Surfaces, Coatings and Films and Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials (14.5× the world share in Metals and Alloys).

  1. Metals and AlloysSubfield · 26.1 works14×
  2. Surfaces, Coatings and FilmsSubfield · 30.8 works5.8×
  3. Electronic, Optical and Magnetic MaterialsSubfield · 131.5 works5.3×
  4. Condensed Matter PhysicsSubfield · 44.9 works5.1×
  5. Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsSubfield · 76.9 works4.5×
  6. Atomic and Molecular Physics, and OpticsSubfield · 170.2 works4.3×
← 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: 0.23× its world share, 60 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.95× its world share, 276 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.60× its world share, 33 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.02× its world share, 90 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.44× its world share, 8 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 2.75× its world share, 52 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.58× its world share, 136 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.47× its world share, 621 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.74× its world share, 63 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 2.60× its world share, 130 worksEnergyEngineering: 2.62× its world share, 2,146 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.52× its world share, 141 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 3.61× its world share, 687 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.06× its world share, 68 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 3.46× its world share, 420 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.12× its world share, 3 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.14× its world share, 20 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.26× its world share, 277 worksMedicineNursing: 0.28× its world share, 7 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.05× its world share, 8 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.21× its world share, 36 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.67× its world share, 35 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.25× its world share, 29 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.19× its world share, 31 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.10× its world share, 72 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Materials Science, 3.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Materials Science3.61×687 works
  2. Physics and Astronomy3.46×420 works
  3. Chemical Engineering2.75×52 works
  4. Engineering2.62×2,146 works
  5. Energy2.60×130 works
  6. Chemistry1.58×136 works
  7. Computer Science1.47×621 works
  8. Mathematics1.06×68 works
  9. Neuroscience1.02×90 works
  10. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.95×276 works
  11. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.74×63 works
  12. Decision Sciences0.67×35 works
  13. Immunology and Microbiology0.60×33 works
  14. Environmental Science0.52×141 works
  15. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.44×8 works
  16. Nursing0.28×7 works
  17. Medicine0.26×277 works
  18. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.25×29 works
  19. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.23×60 works
  20. Business, Management and Accounting0.21×36 works
  21. Psychology0.19×31 works
  22. Health Professions0.14×20 works
  23. Dentistry0.12×3 works
  24. Veterinary0.12×1 works
  25. Social Sciences0.10×72 works
  26. Arts and Humanities0.05×8 works

Which keywords describe research in Pohang?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Cathode Materials, Deep Learning, Microstructure, Neural Networks, Mechanical Properties, Energy Storage, Biomedical Applications and Lithium-ion Batteries.

▲ 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. Deep Learning356▲ 1.70×74 topics
  2. Neural Networks250▲ 2.7×36 topics
  3. Biomedical Applications209▲ 2.9×36 topics
  4. Mechanical Properties206▲ 3.4×34 topics
  5. Machine Learning205◆ 1.01×74 topics
  6. Cathode Materials192▲ 8.1×3 topics
  7. Nanoparticles181▲ 2.4×40 topics
  8. Microstructure180▲ 5.7×18 topics
  9. Energy Storage179▲ 4.5×12 topics
  10. Nanomaterials171▲ 2.7×18 topics
  11. Lithium-ion Batteries140▲ 5.6×4 topics
  12. Graphene139▲ 3.4×12 topics
  13. Nanocomposites139▲ 2.9×21 topics
  14. Catalysis122▲ 3.0×26 topics
  15. Rechargeable Batteries119▲ 7.4×2 topics
  16. Tissue Engineering107▲ 2.9×13 topics
  17. Neuromorphic Computing104▲ 15×2 topics
  18. Biosensors102▲ 3.4×12 topics
  19. Nanostructures94▲ 3.8×17 topics
  20. Battery Technology90▲ 5.3×3 topics
  21. Water Splitting89▲ 3.9×4 topics
  22. Field-Effect Transistors87▲ 9.1×4 topics
  23. Battery Materials86▲ 8.5×1 topic
  24. Nanostructured Anodes86▲ 8.5×1 topic
  25. Flexible Electronics83▲ 7.9×3 topics
  26. Metamaterials83▲ 9.6×5 topics
  27. Photonic Crystals78▲ 10×5 topics
  28. Lithium-Sulfur Batteries76▲ 8.8×2 topics
  29. Thin Films76▲ 6.5×10 topics
  30. Ionic Conductivity75▲ 9.1×2 topics
  31. Metal Oxides74▲ 10×2 topics
  32. Nanostructured Cathodes73▲ 9.8×1 topic
  33. Solid-State Electrolytes73▲ 9.8×1 topic
  34. Hydrogels73▲ 6.1×5 topics
  35. Electronic Structure72▲ 6.6×8 topics
  36. Non-Volatile Memory71▲ 12×2 topics
  37. Grain Refinement69▲ 9.8×4 topics
  38. Nanophotonics67▲ 11×3 topics
  39. Memristor65▲ 13×1 topic
  40. Resistive Switching65▲ 13×1 topic

What research is done in Pohang?

Advancements in Battery …74Advancements in Battery Materials: 74 fractional worksAdvanced Battery Materia…63Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies: 63 fractional worksAdvanced Memory and Neural Computing: 61 fractional worksSemiconductor materials and devices: 54 fractional worksAdvanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials: 48 fractional worksConducting polymers and applications: 46 fractional worksPerovskite Materials and Applications: 43 fractional worksMetamaterials and Metasu…40Metamaterials and Metasurfaces Applications: 40 fractional worksElectrocatalysts for Energy Conversion: 38 fractional worksMicrostructure and Mechanical Properties of Steels: 37 fractional works
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringBiomedical EngineeringPolymers and PlasticsElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials2 others

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

  1. 1 Advancements in Battery Materials Electrical and Electronic Engineering 74 works
  2. 2 Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies Electrical and Electronic Engineering 63 works
  3. 3 Advanced Memory and Neural Computing Electrical and Electronic Engineering 61 works
  4. 4 Semiconductor materials and devices Electrical and Electronic Engineering 54 works
  5. 5 Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials Biomedical Engineering 48 works
  6. 6 Conducting polymers and applications Polymers and Plastics 46 works
  7. 7 Perovskite Materials and Applications Electrical and Electronic Engineering 43 works
  8. 8 Metamaterials and Metasurfaces Applications Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials 40 works
  9. 9 Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 38 works
  10. 10 Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Steels Mechanical Engineering 37 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 counting20%40%Pohang20.4% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 31.3% in 2011.

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