Environmental Science research in South Korea

#	Institution	World rank	Score	Top-10% rate	Works
1	Korea Advanced Institute of Science and TechnologyDaejeon	#168	36.8	14.8%	175
2	Seoul National UniversitySeoul	#183	35.8	9.3%	880
3	Hanyang UniversitySeoul	#418	25.6	12.4%	351
4	Ulsan National Institute of Science and TechnologyUlsan	#426	25.4	13.1%	164
5	Yonsei UniversitySeoul	#456	24.5	10.5%	460
6	Sungkyunkwan UniversitySeoul	#521	22.9	12.4%	263
7	Sejong UniversitySeoul	#542	22.4	18.7%	204
8	Pohang University of Science and TechnologyPohang	#550	22.2	10.8%	112
9	Korea UniversitySeoul	#570	21.8	12.4%	484
10	Pusan National UniversityBusan	#571	21.8	10.3%	330
11	Korea Institute of Science and TechnologySeoul	#692	19.4	8.9%	113
12	Chung-Ang UniversitySeoul	#696	19.3	12.0%	200
13	Sunchon National UniversitySuncheon	#710	19.1	1.4%	229
14	Ewha Womans UniversitySeoul	#730	18.7	9.4%	218
15	Ministry of EducationSejong	#766	18.1	14.6%	78
16	Kyungpook National UniversityDaegu	#783	17.9	11.1%	352
17	Anyang UniversityAnyang-si	#880	16.4	14.1%	92
18	National Institute of Environmental ResearchIncheon	#906	16.1	7.4%	226
19	Kyung Hee UniversitySeoul	#938	15.6	14.5%	289
20	Korea University of Science and TechnologyDaejeon	#979	15.1	10.0%	201
21	University of SeoulSeoul	#1,006	14.8	10.3%	154
22	Pukyong National UniversityBusan	#1,039	14.4	8.8%	295
23	Chonnam National UniversityGwangju	#1,105	13.6	7.5%	308
24	Kangwon National UniversityChuncheon	#1,143	13.2	9.9%	306
25	Chungnam National UniversityDaejeon	#1,207	12.5	7.7%	261
26	Jeonbuk National UniversityJeonju	#1,210	12.5	10.0%	252
27	Seoul National University of Science and TechnologySeoul	#1,211	12.5	8.9%	171
28	Korea Environment InstituteSeoul	#1,240	12.2	7.3%	146
29	Gwangju Institute of Science and TechnologyGwangju	#1,247	12.1	8.0%	114
30	Kyonggi UniversitySuwon	#1,296	11.6	15.1%	70
31	Inha UniversityIncheon	#1,351	11.1	6.5%	212
32	Kunsan National UniversityGunsan	#1,356	11.1	9.0%	64
33	Korea Maritime and Ocean UniversityBusan	#1,451	10.3	10.4%	111
34	Gyeongsang National UniversityJinju-si	#1,557	9.4	8.4%	224
35	Korea Polar Research InstituteIncheon	#1,605	9.0	4.5%	92
36	Korea Institute of Civil Engineering and Building TechnologyGoyang-si	#1,675	8.5	5.6%	159
37	Konkuk UniversitySeoul	#1,712	8.2	10.5%	213
38	Kongju National UniversityGongju	#1,718	8.2	8.9%	136
39	Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and BiotechnologyDaejeon	#1,735	8.1	14.7%	62
40	Yeungnam UniversityDaegu	#1,737	8.0	18.1%	173
41	National Institute of Fisheries ScienceBusan	#1,902	6.9	5.5%	120
42	Ajou UniversitySuwon	#1,978	6.4	8.4%	94
43	Kwangwoon UniversitySeoul	#1,985	6.4	12.2%	61
44	Jeju National UniversityJeju City	#2,029	6.1	9.0%	143
45	Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral ResourcesDaejeon	#2,073	5.9	4.1%	128
46	Dongguk UniversitySeoul	#2,141	5.5	7.5%	108
47	Korea Institute of Ocean Science and TechnologyBusan	#2,143	5.4	5.3%	204
48	Incheon National UniversityIncheon	#2,196	5.2	7.8%	104
49	Changwon National UniversityChangwon	#2,210	5.1	7.6%	63
50	Dong-A UniversityBusan	#2,212	5.1	8.1%	94
51	Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural AffairsSejong	#2,267	4.8	11.7%	73
52	Mokpo National UniversityMuan	#2,345	4.3	5.6%	64
53	Korea Forest ServiceDaejeon	#2,435	3.9	5.1%	114
54	Bio-Medical Science (South Korea)Seoul	#2,470	3.7	9.5%	86
55	University of UlsanUlsan	#2,487	3.6	4.2%	62
56	Gangneung–Wonju National UniversityGangneung	#2,525	3.4	6.8%	66
57	Sangmyung UniversityJongno-gu	#2,533	3.4	12.1%	60
58	Kookmin UniversitySeoul	#2,549	3.3	9.0%	74
59	Hankyong National UniversityAnseong	#2,613	3.0	6.6%	61
60	National Institute of EcologySuwon	#2,736	2.4	2.5%	124

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

Yong Sik Ok, Saro Lee and Youngryel Ryu rank highest among researchers based in South Korea, on their papers in Environmental Science that reached the world top 10%, beyond the 10% expected.

1. 1Yong Sik Ok#829 worldwide overall199.0 of 440 papers here in the top 10%
2. 2Saro Lee#53,281 worldwide overall90.5 of 157 papers here in the top 10%
3. 3Youngryel Ryu#25,008 worldwide overall56.5 of 121 papers here in the top 10%
4. 4Byong‐Hun Jeon#26,579 worldwide overall52.6 of 180 papers here in the top 10%
5. 5Ho Kim#271,596 worldwide overall56.0 of 240 papers here in the top 10%
6. 6Ki‐Hyun Kim#97,313 worldwide overall68.8 of 370 papers here in the top 10%
7. 7Kyung Hwa Cho#53,364 worldwide overall47.0 of 159 papers here in the top 10%
8. 8Soon Woong Chang#66,572 worldwide overall44.8 of 159 papers here in the top 10%
9. 9Muthusamy Govarthanan#7,645 worldwide overall34.6 of 68 papers here in the top 10%
10. 10Won Joon Shim#236,141 worldwide overall47.0 of 194 papers here in the top 10%
11. 11Sang Hee Hong#219,454 worldwide overall36.4 of 108 papers here in the top 10%
12. 12Mahdi Panahi#47,150 worldwide overall40.2 of 57 papers here in the top 10%
13. 13Wonyong Choi#16,844 worldwide overall33.3 of 84 papers here in the top 10%
14. 14Dinh Duc Nguyen#56,755 worldwide overall37.3 of 124 papers here in the top 10%
15. 15Jungho Im#173,687 worldwide overall39.0 of 149 papers here in the top 10%

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