Social Sciences research in South Korea

#	Institution	World rank	Score	Top-10% rate	Works
1	Seoul National UniversitySeoul	#329	36.8	11.1%	2,080
2	Korea Advanced Institute of Science and TechnologyDaejeon	#356	35.9	15.0%	765
3	Sungkyunkwan UniversitySeoul	#399	34.7	14.2%	1,347
4	Yonsei UniversitySeoul	#428	33.9	13.2%	2,166
5	Hanyang UniversitySeoul	#468	32.9	14.8%	1,076
6	Korea UniversitySeoul	#487	32.5	16.9%	1,221
7	Ewha Womans UniversitySeoul	#769	27.5	12.6%	878
8	Kyung Hee UniversitySeoul	#954	25.2	18.1%	955
9	Bio-Medical Science (South Korea)Seoul	#972	25.0	7.3%	1,075
10	Chung-Ang UniversitySeoul	#1,066	24.0	13.7%	733
11	Sogang UniversitySeoul	#1,560	19.8	6.9%	358
12	Ulsan National Institute of Science and TechnologyUlsan	#1,809	18.2	11.9%	202
13	Seoul National University of EducationSeoul	#2,081	16.7	15.1%	234
14	Language Science (South Korea)Seongnam-si	#2,136	16.4	10.2%	276
15	Kyonggi UniversitySuwon	#2,172	16.2	17.1%	260
16	Sejong UniversitySeoul	#2,325	15.4	21.7%	473
17	Woosong UniversityDaejeon	#2,463	14.8	9.2%	231
18	Pusan National UniversityBusan	#2,555	14.4	13.1%	614
19	Pohang University of Science and TechnologyPohang	#2,560	14.4	13.8%	106
20	Anyang UniversityAnyang-si	#2,619	14.1	21.1%	160
21	Ajou UniversitySuwon	#2,720	13.7	14.4%	307
22	Inha UniversityIncheon	#2,835	13.3	12.6%	401
23	Hankuk University of Foreign StudiesSeoul	#2,987	12.7	11.9%	520
24	Samsung (South Korea)Seoul	#3,037	12.5	9.9%	178
25	Kookmin UniversitySeoul	#3,039	12.5	14.2%	405
26	University of SeoulSeoul	#3,498	11.0	12.0%	250
27	Jeonbuk National UniversityJeonju	#3,521	10.9	13.1%	368
28	Gachon UniversitySeongnam-si	#3,541	10.9	19.3%	545
29	E Ink (South Korea)Seoul	#3,554	10.8	11.7%	246
30	Dongguk UniversitySeoul	#3,623	10.6	11.2%	455
31	Soongsil UniversitySeoul	#3,662	10.5	8.7%	253
32	Incheon National UniversityIncheon	#3,693	10.4	15.1%	214
33	Seoul School of Integrated Sciences and TechnologiesSeoul	#3,771	10.2	12.9%	177
34	Dong-A UniversityBusan	#3,813	10.1	10.7%	328
35	Korea National University of EducationCheongju-si	#3,821	10.0	8.5%	90
36	Chonnam National UniversityGwangju	#3,822	10.0	11.5%	401
37	University of UlsanUlsan	#3,863	9.9	13.8%	158
38	Kangwon National UniversityChuncheon	#3,909	9.8	14.0%	318
39	Korea University of Science and TechnologyDaejeon	#3,958	9.6	7.4%	196
40	Konkuk UniversitySeoul	#4,107	9.2	12.8%	406
41	Kyungpook National UniversityDaegu	#4,238	8.9	13.7%	386
42	Chungnam National UniversityDaejeon	#4,284	8.8	9.4%	297
43	Korea Institute of Science and TechnologySeoul	#4,369	8.6	8.0%	60
44	Kongju National UniversityGongju	#4,407	8.5	12.7%	168
45	Yeungnam UniversityDaegu	#4,433	8.4	16.5%	202
46	Hongik UniversitySeoul	#4,443	8.4	13.5%	283
47	Cheongju UniversityCheongju-si	#4,818	7.5	9.4%	166
48	Korea University of International StudiesSeoul	#4,958	7.2	19.4%	93
49	Luther UniversitySeoul	#4,976	7.2	11.7%	90
50	Seoul National University of Science and TechnologySeoul	#5,036	7.0	13.9%	221
51	Korea Institute for International Economic PolicySejong	#5,060	7.0	2.6%	256
52	Dankook UniversityJukjeon-dong	#5,126	6.8	14.4%	369
53	Sookmyung Women's UniversitySeoul	#5,146	6.8	11.1%	166
54	Pukyong National UniversityBusan	#5,227	6.6	15.5%	312
55	Korean Council for University EducationSeoul	#5,447	6.2	8.4%	124
56	Gwangju Institute of Science and TechnologyGwangju	#5,727	5.6	19.5%	65
57	Korea Development InstituteSeoul	#5,843	5.4	2.4%	107
58	Jesus UniversityJeonju	#5,880	5.3	10.0%	97
59	East Asia InstituteSeoul	#5,916	5.3	11.3%	70
60	National AssemblySeoul	#5,987	5.1	10.0%	93

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

Heesup Han, Biswajit Sarkar and Sang Hoon Kang rank highest among researchers based in South Korea, on their papers in Social Sciences that reached the world top 10%, beyond the 10% expected.

1. 1Heesup Han#34,038 worldwide overall308.3 of 543 papers here in the top 10%
2. 2Biswajit Sarkar#2,781 worldwide overall138.1 of 250 papers here in the top 10%
3. 3Sang Hoon Kang#6,757 worldwide overall105.7 of 167 papers here in the top 10%
4. 4Johnmarshall Reeve#2,727 worldwide overall81.5 of 121 papers here in the top 10%
5. 5Donghee Shin#120,886 worldwide overall91.1 of 314 papers here in the top 10%
6. 6Doojin Ryu#92,760 worldwide overall89.9 of 341 papers here in the top 10%
7. 7Choong‐Ki Lee#220,782 worldwide overall100.5 of 365 papers here in the top 10%
8. 8Xueqin Wang#57,203 worldwide overall60.7 of 123 papers here in the top 10%
9. 9Sunghyup Sean Hyun#45,056 worldwide overall69.2 of 173 papers here in the top 10%
10. 10Eunil Park#42,015 worldwide overall59.0 of 129 papers here in the top 10%
11. 11Jinsoo Hwang#199,326 worldwide overall85.3 of 242 papers here in the top 10%
12. 12Keun Lee#223,284 worldwide overall63.2 of 214 papers here in the top 10%
13. 13Myung Ja Kim#60,546 worldwide overall54.8 of 117 papers here in the top 10%
14. 14Dong Keon Yon#6,279 worldwide overall49.7 of 97 papers here in the top 10%
15. 15Jae Il Shin#31,218 worldwide overall47.1 of 99 papers here in the top 10%

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