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Research in Suncheon

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

Research institutions
4
1 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
5.1k
▲ 139% vs 2018-21
Citations
69k
13.5 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
10.3%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1970-2026
57 years on the record
Suncheon

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 Suncheon?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Sunchon National UniversityUniversity 4,950 #2,145
2Cheongam CollegeUniversity 67 not ranked
3Suncheon Jeil CollegeUniversity 62 not ranked
4Microbial Institute for Fermentation IndustryResearch facility 51 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.

Sunchon National University: 96.5%Cheongam College: 1.3%Suncheon Jeil College: 1.2%Microbial Institute for Fermentation Industry: 1.0%96%largest
Sunchon National University4,950 · 96.5%Cheongam College67 · 1.3%Suncheon Jeil College62 · 1.2%Microbial Institute for Fermentation Industry51 · 1.0%

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

Which fields of science does Suncheon work in?

In 2022-now, 45% of research in Suncheon is in Life Sciences, 40% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Agricultural and Biological Sciences (35%), Environmental Science (12%), Engineering (11%). It does 3.4× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Life Sciences: 871 fractional works · 45.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 665 fractional works · 34.7% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 340 fractional works · 17.8% of its workPlant Science: 126 fractional works · 6.6% of its workInsect Science: 87 fractional works · 4.5% of its workAquatic Science: 40 fractional works · 2.1% of its workFood Science: 39 fractional works · 2.1% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 15 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSoil Science: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 162 fractional works · 8.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 79 fractional works · 4.1% of its workGenetics: 37 fractional works · 1.9% of its workCancer Research: 14 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCell Biology: 12 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiotechnology: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeuroscience: 16 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNeurology: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 14 fractional works · 0.7% of its workImmunology: 11 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 13 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPharmacology: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 764 fractional works · 39.9% of its workEnvironmental Science: 239 fractional works · 12.5% of its workEcology: 141 fractional works · 7.4% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 30 fractional works · 1.6% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 14 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 12 fractional works · 0.6% of its workWater Science and Technology: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcological Modeling: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPollution: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEngineering: 207 fractional works · 10.8% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 55 fractional works · 2.9% of its workMechanical Engineering: 47 fractional works · 2.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 20 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMechanics of Materials: 17 fractional works · 0.9% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 15 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAerospace Engineering: 15 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputational Mechanics: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBuilding and Construction: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Science: 92 fractional works · 4.8% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 50 fractional works · 2.6% of its workBiomaterials: 18 fractional works · 0.9% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMetals and Alloys: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 75 fractional works · 3.9% of its workPaleontology: 66 fractional works · 3.4% of its workOceanography: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 73 fractional works · 3.8% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 19 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 13 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInformation Systems: 13 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 11 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemistry: 26 fractional works · 1.3% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 12 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 22 fractional works · 1.2% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 21 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 12 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeometry and Topology: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Sciences: 188 fractional works · 9.8% of its workMedicine: 145 fractional works · 7.5% of its workPharmacology: 22 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPhysiology: 11 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 11 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiochemistry: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOncology: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEpidemiology: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSurgery: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRheumatology: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 41 fractional works · 2.1% of its workNursing: 23 fractional works · 1.2% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 19 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 11 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmall Animals: 11 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Professions: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 93 fractional works · 4.9% of its workSocial Sciences: 40 fractional works · 2.1% of its workEducation: 12 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 11 fractional works · 0.6% of its workTransportation: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArts and Humanities: 19 fractional works · 1.0% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArcheology: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 15 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSocial Psychology: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 12 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMarketing: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKSuncheon1,916fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences45%Physical Sciences40%Health Sciences10%Social Sciences5%

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. Agricultural and Biological Sciences66534.7%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1628.5%
    3. Neuroscience160.9%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology140.7%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics130.7%
    1. Environmental Science23912.5%
    2. Engineering20710.8%
    3. Materials Science924.8%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences753.9%
    5. Computer Science733.8%
    6. Chemistry261.3%
    7. Energy221.2%
    8. Mathematics120.6%
    9. Chemical Engineering100.5%
    10. Physics and Astronomy80.4%
    1. Medicine1457.5%
    2. Nursing231.2%
    3. Veterinary110.6%
    4. Health Professions80.4%
    5. Dentistry10.1%
    1. Social Sciences402.1%
    2. Arts and Humanities191.0%
    3. Psychology150.8%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting120.6%
    5. Decision Sciences40.2%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance40.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Suncheon strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Suncheon is most concentrated in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Paleontology and Insect Science (40.8× the world share in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics).

  1. Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsSubfield · 338.5 works41×
  2. PaleontologySubfield · 65.7 works31×
  3. Insect ScienceSubfield · 86.3 works17×
  4. Aquatic ScienceSubfield · 38.7 works12×
  5. EcologySubfield · 139.9 works10×
  6. Agricultural and Biological SciencesField · 634.6 works7.5×
← 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: 7.54× its world share, 635 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.57× its world share, 148 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.67× its world share, 12 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.55× its world share, 16 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.69× its world share, 11 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.46× its world share, 9 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.86× its world share, 24 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.44× its world share, 60 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.68× its world share, 74 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.21× its world share, 20 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.68× its world share, 181 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.64× its world share, 232 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.32× its world share, 82 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.43× its world share, 9 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.17× its world share, 7 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.16× its world share, 8 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.38× its world share, 130 worksMedicineNursing: 2.46× its world share, 21 worksNursingVeterinary: 4.11× its world share, 10 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.30× its world share, 16 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.19× its world share, 11 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.19× its world share, 3 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.09× its world share, 4 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.26× its world share, 14 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.15× its world share, 35 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 7.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences7.54×635 works
  2. Veterinary4.11×10 works
  3. Earth and Planetary Sciences2.68×74 works
  4. Environmental Science2.64×232 works
  5. Nursing2.46×21 works
  6. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.69×11 works
  7. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.57×148 works
  8. Chemical Engineering1.46×9 works
  9. Materials Science1.32×82 works
  10. Energy1.21×20 works
  11. Chemistry0.86×24 works
  12. Engineering0.68×181 works
  13. Immunology and Microbiology0.67×12 works
  14. Neuroscience0.55×16 works
  15. Computer Science0.44×60 works
  16. Mathematics0.43×9 works
  17. Medicine0.38×130 works
  18. Arts and Humanities0.30×16 works
  19. Psychology0.26×14 works
  20. Business, Management and Accounting0.19×11 works
  21. Decision Sciences0.19×3 works
  22. Physics and Astronomy0.17×7 works
  23. Health Professions0.16×8 works
  24. Social Sciences0.15×35 works
  25. Dentistry0.12×1 works
  26. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.09×4 works

Which keywords describe research in Suncheon?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Biodiversity, Taxonomy, Invasive Species, Phylogeny, Biogeography, Evolution, DNA Barcoding and Morphology.

▲ 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. Biodiversity303▲ 21×25 topics
  2. Taxonomy274▲ 98×14 topics
  3. Invasive Species253▲ 31×19 topics
  4. Phylogeny228▲ 71×17 topics
  5. Biogeography225▲ 42×20 topics
  6. Evolution224▲ 44×17 topics
  7. DNA Barcoding194▲ 59×9 topics
  8. Morphology168▲ 49×9 topics
  9. Coleoptera155▲ 310×2 topics
  10. Conservation130▲ 16×17 topics
  11. Speciation130▲ 152×3 topics
  12. Molecular Phylogeny128▲ 41×10 topics
  13. Phylogenetic Analysis120▲ 20×14 topics
  14. Diversification96▲ 113×2 topics
  15. beetles94▲ 295×1 topic
  16. Ecology71▲ 22×9 topics
  17. Antioxidant Activity64▲ 5.4×29 topics
  18. Neotropical Region64▲ 187×2 topics
  19. Global Change64▲ 13×5 topics
  20. Host Plants63▲ 232×2 topics
  21. Biological Control61▲ 21×9 topics
  22. Aquatic Environment60▲ 39×2 topics
  23. Cerambycidae60▲ 336×1 topic
  24. Distribution60▲ 123×1 topic
  25. Disease Risk60▲ 48×2 topics
  26. Ecosystem60▲ 29×4 topics
  27. Community Ecology59▲ 37×2 topics
  28. Host-Parasite Interactions59▲ 104×1 topic
  29. Parasites59▲ 104×1 topic
  30. Adaptation58▲ 10×6 topics
  31. Biodiversity Loss56▲ 52×3 topics
  32. Nematodes55▲ 59×3 topics
  33. Genetic Analysis53▲ 54×3 topics
  34. Groundwater52▲ 29×3 topics
  35. Infection52▲ 11×5 topics
  36. Cavefish52▲ 138×1 topic
  37. Subterranean52▲ 138×1 topic
  38. Parasitism50▲ 248×1 topic
  39. Snails50▲ 248×1 topic
  40. Host Specificity48▲ 22×4 topics

What research is done in Suncheon?

Coleoptera Taxonomy and Distribution: 94 fractional worksColeoptera: Cerambycidae studies: 60 fractional worksParasite Biology and Hos…59Parasite Biology and Host Interactions: 59 fractional worksSubterranean biodiversit…52Subterranean biodiversity and taxonomy: 52 fractional worksMollusks and Parasites Studies: 50 fractional worksOrthoptera Research and Taxonomy: 35 fractional worksInvertebrate Taxonomy an…34Invertebrate Taxonomy and Ecology: 34 fractional worksAquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior: 33 fractional worksFish Biology and Ecology Studies: 33 fractional worksHymenoptera taxonomy and phylogeny: 24 fractional works
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsEcologyPaleontologyInsect Science1 others

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

  1. 1 Coleoptera Taxonomy and Distribution Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 94 works
  2. 2 Coleoptera: Cerambycidae studies Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 60 works
  3. 3 Parasite Biology and Host Interactions Ecology 59 works
  4. 4 Subterranean biodiversity and taxonomy Paleontology 52 works
  5. 5 Mollusks and Parasites Studies Insect Science 50 works
  6. 6 Orthoptera Research and Taxonomy Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 35 works
  7. 7 Invertebrate Taxonomy and Ecology Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 34 works
  8. 8 Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior Ecology 33 works
  9. 9 Fish Biology and Ecology Studies Aquatic Science 33 works
  10. 10 Hymenoptera taxonomy and phylogeny Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 24 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%all institutions10.0% in 2025Suncheon5.2% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 21.5% in 2016.

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