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Research in Ulsan

Science Explorer records 11 research institutions in Ulsan, South Korea. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology, University of Ulsan and Ulsan College.

Research institutions
11
7 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
44k
▼ 10% vs 2018-21
Citations
1M
23.1 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
18.8%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Ulsan

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 Ulsan?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1University of UlsanUniversity 21,583 #797
2Ulsan National Institute of Science and TechnologyUniversity 10,241 #492
3Ulsan CollegeUniversity 9,315 #1,590
4Hyundai Heavy Industries (South Korea)Company 937 #11,702 all time
5Korea Occupational Safety and Health AgencyInstitution 519 #20,326
6Lotte Fine Chemical (South Korea)Company 358 #20,993
7National Disaster Management Research InstituteGovernment institution 296 #20,086
8Korea Energy Economics InstituteResearch facility 251 #16,863
9Korea Workers' Compensation and Welfare ServiceInstitution 142 #33,952 all time
10KG Chemical (South Korea)Company 126 #33,916 all time
11Choonhae College of Health SciencesUniversity 125 #32,069 all time

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.

University of Ulsan: 49.2%Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology: 23.3%Ulsan College: 21.2%Hyundai Heavy Industries (South Korea): 2.1%7 others listed: 4.1%49%largest
University of Ulsan22k · 49.2%Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology10k · 23.3%Ulsan College9,315 · 21.2%Hyundai Heavy Industries (South Korea)937 · 2.1%7 others listed1,817 · 4.1%

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

Which fields of science does Ulsan work in?

In 2022-now, 45% of research in Ulsan is in Physical Sciences, 39% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (37%), Engineering (22%), Materials Science (7%). It does 1.7× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 4,809 fractional works · 45.4% of its workEngineering: 2,312 fractional works · 21.8% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 798 fractional works · 7.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 385 fractional works · 3.6% of its workMechanical Engineering: 263 fractional works · 2.5% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 170 fractional works · 1.6% of its workAerospace Engineering: 150 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 132 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 101 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputational Mechanics: 82 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOcean Engineering: 55 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMechanics of Materials: 53 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBuilding and Construction: 41 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 30 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 30 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 22 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 743 fractional works · 7.0% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 445 fractional works · 4.2% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 120 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 104 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBiomaterials: 43 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 22 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 570 fractional works · 5.4% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 189 fractional works · 1.8% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 157 fractional works · 1.5% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 76 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 42 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInformation Systems: 39 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSignal Processing: 28 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 40 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 331 fractional works · 3.1% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 65 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 58 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 56 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPollution: 35 fractional works · 0.3% of its workWater Science and Technology: 31 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 28 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEcology: 24 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 33 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 219 fractional works · 2.1% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 199 fractional works · 1.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 20 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 212 fractional works · 2.0% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 96 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRadiation: 29 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 22 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 21 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 45 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 171 fractional works · 1.6% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 66 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 51 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSpectroscopy: 21 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 33 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 93 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAtmospheric Science: 53 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 40 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemical Engineering: 92 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCatalysis: 50 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 42 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 68 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Sciences: 4,137 fractional works · 39.1% of its workMedicine: 3,884 fractional works · 36.7% of its workSurgery: 733 fractional works · 6.9% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 472 fractional works · 4.5% of its workOncology: 334 fractional works · 3.2% of its workEpidemiology: 282 fractional works · 2.7% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 229 fractional works · 2.2% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 179 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPhysiology: 144 fractional works · 1.4% of its workNeurology: 139 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHepatology: 135 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 113 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 102 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 90 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInfectious Diseases: 88 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRheumatology: 77 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOphthalmology: 68 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 54 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHematology: 52 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGenetics: 45 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEmergency Medicine: 42 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNephrology: 39 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGastroenterology: 39 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 38 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 38 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDermatology: 37 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 35 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 34 fractional works · 0.3% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 31 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRehabilitation: 30 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTransplantation: 25 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 24 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 137 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHealth Professions: 164 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 59 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 26 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 80 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNursing: 48 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 33 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 14 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 33 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVeterinary: 8 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 1,107 fractional works · 10.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 683 fractional works · 6.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 362 fractional works · 3.4% of its workGenetics: 100 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCancer Research: 95 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCell Biology: 30 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiophysics: 23 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 73 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNeuroscience: 222 fractional works · 2.1% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 109 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 49 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeurology: 30 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 33 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 117 fractional works · 1.1% of its workImmunology: 99 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 18 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 62 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPlant Science: 23 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 39 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 24 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 538 fractional works · 5.1% of its workPsychology: 157 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 48 fractional works · 0.4% of its workClinical Psychology: 45 fractional works · 0.4% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 45 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 19 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 149 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSociology and Political Science: 57 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 93 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 73 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 54 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 19 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 67 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDecision Sciences: 54 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 26 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 28 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 38 fractional works · 0.4% of its workALL ITS WORKUlsan11kfractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences10%Physical Sciences45%Health Sciences39%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. Engineering2,31221.8%
    2. Materials Science7437.0%
    3. Computer Science5705.4%
    4. Environmental Science3313.1%
    5. Energy2192.1%
    6. Physics and Astronomy2122.0%
    7. Chemistry1711.6%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences930.9%
    9. Chemical Engineering920.9%
    10. Mathematics680.6%
  2. Health Sciences4,13739.1%
    1. Medicine3,88436.7%
    2. Health Professions1641.6%
    3. Nursing480.4%
    4. Dentistry330.3%
    5. Veterinary80.1%
  3. Life Sciences1,10710.5%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology6836.4%
    2. Neuroscience2222.1%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology1171.1%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences620.6%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics240.2%
    1. Psychology1571.5%
    2. Social Sciences1491.4%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance730.7%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting670.6%
    5. Decision Sciences540.5%
    6. Arts and Humanities380.4%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Ulsan strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Ulsan is most concentrated in Hepatology, Transplantation and Gastroenterology (6.6× the world share in Hepatology).

  1. HepatologySubfield · 119.2 works6.6×
  2. TransplantationSubfield · 23.6 works5.6×
  3. GastroenterologySubfield · 33.8 works3.0×
  4. SurgerySubfield · 659.2 works3.0×
  5. CatalysisSubfield · 41.3 works3.0×
  6. Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield · 421.4 works2.9×
← 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: 0.13× its world share, 57 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.20× its world share, 600 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.07× its world share, 102 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.29× its world share, 198 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.59× its world share, 20 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 2.39× its world share, 79 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.01× its world share, 150 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.68× its world share, 500 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.55× its world share, 82 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 2.17× its world share, 188 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.46× its world share, 2,063 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.62× its world share, 289 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 2.03× its world share, 668 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.54× its world share, 60 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.89× its world share, 187 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.67× its world share, 31 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.59× its world share, 147 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.91× its world share, 3,466 worksMedicineNursing: 0.93× its world share, 43 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.60× its world share, 8 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.13× its world share, 35 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.21× its world share, 63 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.53× its world share, 48 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.34× its world share, 68 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.49× its world share, 140 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.11× its world share, 128 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Chemical Engineering, 2.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Chemical Engineering2.39×79 works
  2. Energy2.17×188 works
  3. Materials Science2.03×668 works
  4. Medicine1.91×3,466 works
  5. Engineering1.46×2,063 works
  6. Neuroscience1.29×198 works
  7. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.20×600 works
  8. Immunology and Microbiology1.07×102 works
  9. Chemistry1.01×150 works
  10. Nursing0.93×43 works
  11. Physics and Astronomy0.89×187 works
  12. Computer Science0.68×500 works
  13. Dentistry0.67×31 works
  14. Environmental Science0.62×289 works
  15. Veterinary0.60×8 works
  16. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.59×20 works
  17. Health Professions0.59×147 works
  18. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.55×82 works
  19. Mathematics0.54×60 works
  20. Decision Sciences0.53×48 works
  21. Psychology0.49×140 works
  22. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.34×68 works
  23. Business, Management and Accounting0.21×63 works
  24. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.13×57 works
  25. Arts and Humanities0.13×35 works
  26. Social Sciences0.11×128 works

Which keywords describe research in Ulsan?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Chemotherapy, Clinical Practice Guidelines, Deep Learning, Inflammation, Treatment, Nanomaterials and Cathode Materials.

▲ 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. Epidemiology604▲ 1.43×122 topics
  2. Deep Learning430▲ 1.18×78 topics
  3. Inflammation343▲ 1.52×80 topics
  4. Machine Learning306◆ 0.87×83 topics
  5. Treatment274▲ 2.1×48 topics
  6. Chemotherapy261▲ 3.5×24 topics
  7. Nanomaterials258▲ 2.3×18 topics
  8. Diagnosis226▲ 2.3×39 topics
  9. Clinical Practice Guidelines217▲ 3.7×14 topics
  10. Biomedical Applications212▲ 1.69×35 topics
  11. Management209▲ 2.5×33 topics
  12. Energy Storage197▲ 2.9×12 topics
  13. Cancer194▲ 1.36×55 topics
  14. Immunotherapy193▲ 2.5×19 topics
  15. Nanoparticles190▲ 1.43×43 topics
  16. Catalysis173▲ 2.5×28 topics
  17. Graphene172▲ 2.4×12 topics
  18. Cathode Materials166▲ 4.0×3 topics
  19. Nanocomposites161▲ 1.93×22 topics
  20. Prognostic Factors161▲ 3.5×14 topics
  21. Water Splitting152▲ 3.9×4 topics
  22. Tumor Microenvironment142▲ 3.0×8 topics
  23. Radiotherapy138▲ 3.3×13 topics
  24. Metal-Organic Frameworks135▲ 3.1×6 topics
  25. Complications132▲ 2.5×17 topics
  26. Neoadjuvant Therapy132▲ 5.2×5 topics
  27. Lithium-ion Batteries127▲ 2.9×3 topics
  28. Surgical Management126▲ 2.9×20 topics
  29. Hepatocellular Carcinoma123▲ 5.7×4 topics
  30. Semiconductors117▲ 3.8×6 topics
  31. Electrocatalysis114▲ 3.8×5 topics
  32. Rechargeable Batteries110▲ 3.9×2 topics
  33. Survival Analysis109▲ 3.8×7 topics
  34. Efficiency104▲ 3.3×7 topics
  35. Catalysts96▲ 4.5×3 topics
  36. Survival88▲ 5.9×4 topics
  37. Radiofrequency Ablation78▲ 6.9×2 topics
  38. Graft Survival77▲ 8.6×3 topics
  39. Liver Cancer69▲ 11×1 topic
  40. Sorafenib69▲ 11×1 topic

What research is done in Ulsan?

Conducting polymers and …63Conducting polymers and applications: 63 fractional worksAdvancements in Battery …63Advancements in Battery Materials: 63 fractional worksPerovskite Materials and Applications: 63 fractional worksHepatocellular Carcinoma…61Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis: 61 fractional worksElectrocatalysts for Ene…58Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion: 58 fractional worksAdvanced Photocatalysis Techniques: 57 fractional worksAdvanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials: 55 fractional worksAdvanced Battery Materials and Technologies: 51 fractional worksOrgan Transplantation Techniques and Outcomes: 49 fractional worksAdvanced Battery Technologies Research: 44 fractional works
Polymers and PlasticsElectrical and Electronic EngineeringHepatologyRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment3 others

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

  1. 1 Conducting polymers and applications Polymers and Plastics 63 works
  2. 2 Advancements in Battery Materials Electrical and Electronic Engineering 63 works
  3. 3 Perovskite Materials and Applications Electrical and Electronic Engineering 63 works
  4. 4 Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis Hepatology 61 works
  5. 5 Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 58 works
  6. 6 Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 57 works
  7. 7 Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials Biomedical Engineering 55 works
  8. 8 Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies Electrical and Electronic Engineering 51 works
  9. 9 Organ Transplantation Techniques and Outcomes Surgery 49 works
  10. 10 Advanced Battery Technologies Research Automotive Engineering 44 works

Research output over time

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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%Ulsan19.2% 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 24.7% in 2016.

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