Life Sciences research in South Korea

#	Institution	World rank	Score	Top-10% rate	Works
1	Seoul National UniversitySeoul	#141	43.5	9.7%	3,589
2	Korea Advanced Institute of Science and TechnologyDaejeon	#193	40.0	15.5%	902
3	Institute for Basic ScienceDaejeon	#204	39.3	18.8%	284
4	Sungkyunkwan UniversitySeoul	#275	35.9	11.5%	1,618
5	Yonsei UniversitySeoul	#288	35.4	10.7%	2,195
6	Korea UniversitySeoul	#323	34.1	11.6%	1,646
7	Pohang University of Science and TechnologyPohang	#405	31.5	13.5%	384
8	Hanyang UniversitySeoul	#537	28.3	12.1%	746
9	Korea Institute of Science and TechnologySeoul	#596	27.1	13.6%	322
10	Ulsan National Institute of Science and TechnologyUlsan	#700	25.2	13.7%	283
11	Kyungpook National UniversityDaegu	#701	25.2	10.6%	1,586
12	Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and TechnologyDaegu	#770	24.2	12.1%	195
13	Ewha Womans UniversitySeoul	#801	23.7	10.4%	651
14	Kyung Hee UniversitySeoul	#826	23.4	10.8%	1,339
15	Samsung (South Korea)Seoul	#859	22.9	12.2%	187
16	Korea University of Science and TechnologyDaejeon	#906	22.3	10.1%	475
17	Yeungnam UniversityDaegu	#925	22.1	20.2%	568
18	Chonnam National UniversityGwangju	#938	21.9	8.4%	1,275
19	Gwangju Institute of Science and TechnologyGwangju	#964	21.6	13.1%	282
20	Bio-Medical Science (South Korea)Seoul	#972	21.5	10.8%	359
21	Ministry of EducationSejong	#1,002	21.2	16.5%	191
22	Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and BiotechnologyDaejeon	#1,018	21.0	9.3%	502
23	Korea Basic Science InstituteDaejeon	#1,021	21.0	13.0%	127
24	Chungnam National UniversityDaejeon	#1,030	20.9	7.7%	1,148
25	Chung-Ang UniversitySeoul	#1,056	20.6	10.3%	975
26	Gyeongsang National UniversityJinju-si	#1,141	19.7	10.3%	1,033
27	Sunchon National UniversitySuncheon	#1,164	19.5	3.2%	806
28	Dongguk UniversitySeoul	#1,199	19.1	11.7%	607
29	Pusan National UniversityBusan	#1,267	18.5	7.8%	1,036
30	Konkuk UniversitySeoul	#1,326	18.0	10.6%	933
31	Ajou UniversitySuwon	#1,331	17.9	9.5%	478
32	Korea Brain Research InstituteDaegu	#1,368	17.6	10.4%	92
33	Dankook UniversityJukjeon-dong	#1,385	17.5	9.2%	560
34	Korea Institute of Brain ScienceSeoul	#1,533	16.3	12.8%	67
35	University of SeoulSeoul	#1,558	16.1	9.3%	134
36	Sogang UniversitySeoul	#1,605	15.8	9.0%	118
37	University of UlsanUlsan	#1,654	15.4	7.6%	395
38	Gachon UniversitySeongnam-si	#1,657	15.4	15.2%	694
39	Ulsan CollegeUlsan	#1,676	15.3	8.6%	270
40	Inha UniversityIncheon	#1,687	15.2	10.5%	347
41	Pukyong National UniversityBusan	#1,696	15.2	14.9%	433
42	Kangwon National UniversityChuncheon	#1,749	14.8	8.8%	982
43	Incheon National UniversityIncheon	#1,784	14.6	11.2%	246
44	Jeonbuk National UniversityJeonju	#1,794	14.5	6.7%	1,052
45	Sejong UniversitySeoul	#1,802	14.5	16.2%	378
46	Catholic University of KoreaSeoul	#1,884	14.0	8.2%	1,038
47	Seoul National University of Science and TechnologySeoul	#1,902	13.9	10.9%	196
48	Chungbuk National UniversityCheongju-si	#1,910	13.8	7.3%	838
49	Asan Medical CenterSeoul	#1,943	13.6	7.4%	312
50	Kwangwoon UniversitySeoul	#2,098	12.7	16.7%	104
51	Korea Research Institute of Chemical TechnologyDaejeon	#2,099	12.7	7.6%	109
52	Anyang UniversityAnyang-si	#2,114	12.6	13.3%	79
53	Kyonggi UniversitySuwon	#2,265	11.9	9.2%	131
54	Korea Food Research InstituteWanju	#2,290	11.7	11.7%	298
55	Kookmin UniversitySeoul	#2,463	10.9	11.5%	217
56	CHA UniversitySeongnam-si	#2,545	10.5	9.7%	381
57	National Institute of Animal ScienceWanju	#2,566	10.4	7.8%	223
58	National Institute of Agricultural Science and TechnologySuwon	#2,724	9.8	5.4%	253
59	Seoul Women's UniversitySeoul	#2,785	9.5	7.4%	85
60	Sookmyung Women's UniversitySeoul	#2,808	9.4	10.5%	161

Institutions in South Korea above the floor of 40 fractional works in Life Sciences, ordered by their worldwide rank on research quality, 2022-now.

Gynheung An, Dae‐Jin Yun and In‐Jung Lee rank highest among researchers based in South Korea, on their papers in Life Sciences that reached the world top 10%, beyond the 10% expected.

1. 1Gynheung An#23,427 worldwide overall131.6 of 381 papers here in the top 10%
2. 2Dae‐Jin Yun#42,365 worldwide overall91.6 of 266 papers here in the top 10%
3. 3In‐Jung Lee#216,590 worldwide overall136.0 of 373 papers here in the top 10%
4. 4Choong‐Min Ryu#50,620 worldwide overall72.8 of 213 papers here in the top 10%
5. 5Juyoung Yoon#871 worldwide overall62.8 of 134 papers here in the top 10%
6. 6Jong Seung Kim#17,325 worldwide overall64.8 of 182 papers here in the top 10%
7. 7Pil Joon Seo#41,100 worldwide overall61.4 of 164 papers here in the top 10%
8. 8V. Narry Kim#9,381 worldwide overall51.7 of 82 papers here in the top 10%
9. 9Jin‐Soo Kim#264,976 worldwide overall66.7 of 246 papers here in the top 10%
10. 10Youngsook Lee#87,931 worldwide overall58.9 of 184 papers here in the top 10%
11. 11Eunjoon Kim#100,222 worldwide overall62.9 of 225 papers here in the top 10%
12. 12Yong Song Gho#19,039 worldwide overall51.5 of 113 papers here in the top 10%
13. 13Hong Gil Nam#51,748 worldwide overall54.6 of 160 papers here in the top 10%
14. 14C. Justin Lee#61,862 worldwide overall59.9 of 217 papers here in the top 10%
15. 15Sang Yeol Lee#105,720 worldwide overall59.4 of 212 papers here in the top 10%

Ranked among researchers based in South Korea on their work in Life Sciences alone: how many more of their papers here reached the world top 10% for their subfield and year than the 10% expected.