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Research in Sejong

Science Explorer records 22 research institutions in Sejong, South Korea. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Ministry of Education, Korea Institute for International Economic Policy and Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs.

Research institutions
22
6 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
4.8k
▲ 35% vs 2018-21
Citations
63k
13.2 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
18.4%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Sejong

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 Sejong?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural AffairsGovernment institution 4,480 #10,768
2Ministry of EducationGovernment institution 1,431 #1,900
3Korea Institute for International Economic PolicyNonprofit 1,220 #9,698
4Korea Institute for Industrial Economics and TradeResearch facility 664 #13,339
5Korea Transport InstituteGovernment institution 374 #20,867
6Marine Biodiversity Institute of KoreaGovernment institution 343 #21,092
7Korea Institute for Health and Social AffairsResearch facility 228 #23,594 all time
8Korea Research Institute for Vocational Education and TrainingGovernment institution 121 #33,053 all time
9Kolmar Korea (South Korea)Company 116 not ranked
10Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and TransportGovernment institution 102 not ranked
11Ministry of Trade, Industry and EnergyGovernment institution 31 not ranked
12Korea Institute for Animal Products Quality EvaluationInstitution 23 not ranked
13Ministry of Science and ICTGovernment institution 16 not ranked
14Daejeon Catholic UniversityUniversity 12 not ranked
15Ministry of Strategy and FinanceGovernment institution 8 not ranked
16National Research Council for Economics Humanities and Social ScienceResearch facility 8 not ranked
17National Fire AgencyGovernment institution 7 not ranked
18Ministry of Culture, Sports and TourismGovernment institution 5 not ranked
19Office for Government Policy Coordination Prime Minister's SecretariatFunder 4 not ranked
20National Research Council of Science and TechnologyGovernment institution 3 not ranked
21Ministry of Patriots and Veterans AffairsGovernment institution 1 not ranked
22Korean Clinical Psychcological AssociationInstitution 0 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.

Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs: 48.7%Ministry of Education: 15.6%Korea Institute for International Economic Policy: 13.3%Korea Institute for Industrial Economics and Trade: 7.2%17 others listed: 15.2%49%largest
Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs4,480 · 48.7%Ministry of Education1,431 · 15.6%Korea Institute for International Economic Policy1,220 · 13.3%Korea Institute for Industrial Economics and Trade664 · 7.2%17 others listed1,402 · 15.2%

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

Which fields of science does Sejong work in?

In 2022-now, 32% of research in Sejong is in Social Sciences, 30% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (15%), Social Sciences (15%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (11%). It does 1.5× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Social Sciences: 556 fractional works · 32.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 254 fractional works · 14.7% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 89 fractional works · 5.1% of its workSociology and Political Science: 80 fractional works · 4.6% of its workTransportation: 18 fractional works · 1.1% of its workDevelopment: 15 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDemography: 11 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEducation: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCultural Studies: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSafety Research: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 13 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 173 fractional works · 10.0% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 104 fractional works · 6.0% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 56 fractional works · 3.3% of its workFinance: 12 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 89 fractional works · 5.1% of its workStrategy and Management: 38 fractional works · 2.2% of its workBusiness and International Management: 12 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMarketing: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement Information Systems: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAccounting: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 23 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSocial Psychology: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workClinical Psychology: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 15 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 521 fractional works · 30.1% of its workEngineering: 175 fractional works · 10.1% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 33 fractional works · 1.9% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 26 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 15 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 15 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBuilding and Construction: 14 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMechanical Engineering: 12 fractional works · 0.7% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 12 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 11 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOcean Engineering: 10 fractional works · 0.6% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAerospace Engineering: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMedia Technology: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMechanics of Materials: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 163 fractional works · 9.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 41 fractional works · 2.4% of its workPollution: 21 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEcology: 19 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 16 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 16 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 15 fractional works · 0.9% of its workWater Science and Technology: 13 fractional works · 0.7% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 47 fractional works · 2.7% of its workInformation Systems: 22 fractional works · 1.3% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 11 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 13 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMaterials Science: 45 fractional works · 2.6% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 23 fractional works · 1.3% of its workBiomaterials: 12 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 27 fractional works · 1.6% of its workOceanography: 16 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAtmospheric Science: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 27 fractional works · 1.6% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 19 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGeneral Energy: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 20 fractional works · 1.2% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 13 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMathematics: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 343 fractional works · 19.8% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 189 fractional works · 10.9% of its workMolecular Biology: 123 fractional works · 7.1% of its workGenetics: 20 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCancer Research: 14 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCell Biology: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiotechnology: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 15 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 72 fractional works · 4.2% of its workPlant Science: 28 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 11 fractional works · 0.6% of its workFood Science: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAquatic Science: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSoil Science: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInsect Science: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 36 fractional works · 2.1% of its workImmunology: 26 fractional works · 1.5% of its workParasitology: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 30 fractional works · 1.7% of its workNeurology: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 16 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPharmaceutical Science: 10 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 309 fractional works · 17.9% of its workMedicine: 262 fractional works · 15.1% of its workEpidemiology: 26 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 24 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPhysiology: 22 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 21 fractional works · 1.2% of its workOncology: 19 fractional works · 1.1% of its workInfectious Diseases: 14 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSurgery: 14 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 11 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPharmacology: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDermatology: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeurology: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHepatology: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRheumatology: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNephrology: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEmergency Medicine: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 31 fractional works · 1.8% of its workHealth Professions: 32 fractional works · 1.9% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 16 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth Information Management: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNursing: 11 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 10 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKSejong1,729fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences20%Physical Sciences30%Health Sciences18%Social Sciences32%

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. Social Sciences25414.7%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance17310.0%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting895.1%
    4. Psychology231.3%
    5. Decision Sciences150.9%
    6. Arts and Humanities30.2%
    1. Engineering17510.1%
    2. Environmental Science1639.4%
    3. Computer Science472.7%
    4. Materials Science452.6%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences271.6%
    6. Energy271.6%
    7. Chemistry201.2%
    8. Mathematics80.5%
    9. Physics and Astronomy60.3%
    10. Chemical Engineering30.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology18910.9%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences724.2%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology362.1%
    4. Neuroscience301.7%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics160.9%
    1. Medicine26215.1%
    2. Health Professions321.9%
    3. Nursing110.7%
    4. Veterinary20.1%
    5. Dentistry20.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Sejong strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Sejong is most concentrated in General Economics, Econometrics and Finance, Economics, Econometrics and Finance and Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis (14.9× the world share in General Economics, Econometrics and Finance).

  1. General Economics, Econometrics and FinanceSubfield · 55.5 works15×
  2. Economics, Econometrics and FinanceField · 163.4 works5.2×
  3. Health, Toxicology and MutagenesisSubfield · 34.4 works4.4×
← 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: 0.85× its world share, 60 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.96× its world share, 154 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.92× its world share, 29 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.96× its world share, 23 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.33× its world share, 12 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.42× its world share, 2 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.65× its world share, 15 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.35× its world share, 41 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.84× its world share, 20 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.76× its world share, 24 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.64× its world share, 143 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.84× its world share, 135 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.67× its world share, 34 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.37× its world share, 6 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.15× its world share, 5 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.23× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.73× its world share, 28 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.74× its world share, 210 worksMedicineNursing: 1.40× its world share, 10 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.01× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.06× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.79× its world share, 85 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.90× its world share, 13 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 5.17× its world share, 163 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.38× its world share, 17 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.29× its world share, 242 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Economics, Econometrics and Finance, 5.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Economics, Econometrics and Finance5.17×163 works
  2. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics2.33×12 works
  3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.96×154 works
  4. Immunology and Microbiology1.92×29 works
  5. Environmental Science1.84×135 works
  6. Business, Management and Accounting1.79×85 works
  7. Energy1.76×24 works
  8. Nursing1.40×10 works
  9. Social Sciences1.29×242 works
  10. Veterinary1.01×2 works
  11. Neuroscience0.96×23 works
  12. Decision Sciences0.90×13 works
  13. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.85×60 works
  14. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.84×20 works
  15. Medicine0.74×210 works
  16. Health Professions0.73×28 works
  17. Materials Science0.67×34 works
  18. Chemistry0.65×15 works
  19. Engineering0.64×143 works
  20. Chemical Engineering0.42×2 works
  21. Psychology0.38×17 works
  22. Mathematics0.37×6 works
  23. Computer Science0.35×41 works
  24. Dentistry0.23×2 works
  25. Physics and Astronomy0.15×5 works
  26. Arts and Humanities0.06×2 works

Which keywords describe research in Sejong?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Economic Development, Globalization, Political Economy, Industrial Policy, Neoliberalism, Institutional Change, International Trade and Developmental State.

▲ 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. Economic Development142▲ 10×23 topics
  2. Globalization140▲ 4.1×38 topics
  3. Political Economy103▲ 23×12 topics
  4. Climate Change76▲ 1.61×80 topics
  5. Innovation71▲ 4.0×19 topics
  6. Inflammation66▲ 1.79×79 topics
  7. Oxidative Stress64▲ 2.3×55 topics
  8. Industrial Policy62▲ 33×6 topics
  9. Epidemiology61◆ 0.89×107 topics
  10. Sustainability58▲ 1.38×56 topics
  11. Neoliberalism54▲ 8.7×6 topics
  12. Institutional Change54▲ 91×2 topics
  13. International Trade53▲ 22×6 topics
  14. Developmental State52▲ 570×1 topic
  15. East Asia52▲ 128×1 topic
  16. Economic Growth52▲ 3.7×24 topics
  17. Cancer52▲ 2.2×53 topics
  18. International Relations47▲ 11×9 topics
  19. Sustainable Development45▲ 1.67×35 topics
  20. Healthcare43▲ 2.2×20 topics
  21. Human Rights42▲ 2.4×13 topics
  22. Technology41▲ 4.5×6 topics
  23. Environmental Impact40▲ 1.37×38 topics
  24. Market Size40▲ 34×2 topics
  25. Productivity40▲ 42×2 topics
  26. Migration40▲ 6.7×7 topics
  27. Firm-Level Data39▲ 53×1 topic
  28. Trade Liberalization39▲ 49×1 topic
  29. Cardiovascular Disease38▲ 1.94×35 topics
  30. Health Effects37▲ 3.6×22 topics
  31. Nanoparticles37▲ 1.68×29 topics
  32. Gender33▲ 3.5×3 topics
  33. Refugees33▲ 15×3 topics
  34. Famine31▲ 271×1 topic
  35. North Korea31▲ 271×1 topic
  36. Regional Development25▲ 4.2×10 topics
  37. Global Trade23▲ 6.8×6 topics
  38. R&D21▲ 16×3 topics
  39. Technological Change18▲ 28×2 topics
  40. Geopolitics17▲ 6.6×5 topics

What research is done in Sejong?

Asian Industrial and Eco…52Asian Industrial and Economic Development: 52 fractional worksGlobal trade and economics: 39 fractional worksKorean Peninsula Historical and Political Studies: 31 fractional worksFirm Innovation and Growth: 12 fractional worksInternational Development and Aid: 11 fractional worksE-commerce and Technology Innovations: 10 fractional worksCOVID-19 Pandemic Impacts: 10 fractional worksAir Quality and Health Impacts: 9 fractional worksTechnology and Data Analysis: 9 fractional worksEconomic Growth and Productivity: 8 fractional works
Political Science and International RelationsGeneral Economics, Econometrics and FinanceSociology and Political ScienceEconomics and Econometrics4 others

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

  1. 1 Asian Industrial and Economic Development Political Science and International Relations 52 works
  2. 2 Global trade and economics General Economics, Econometrics and Finance 39 works
  3. 3 Korean Peninsula Historical and Political Studies Sociology and Political Science 31 works
  4. 4 Firm Innovation and Growth Economics and Econometrics 12 works
  5. 5 International Development and Aid Development 11 works
  6. 6 E-commerce and Technology Innovations Business and International Management 10 works
  7. 7 COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts Economics and Econometrics 10 works
  8. 8 Air Quality and Health Impacts Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 9 works
  9. 9 Technology and Data Analysis Information Systems 9 works
  10. 10 Economic Growth and Productivity Economics and Econometrics 8 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%30%Sejong22.0% 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 27.4% in 2010.

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