Materials Science research in South Korea

#	Institution	World rank	Score	Top-10% rate	Works
1	Korea Advanced Institute of Science and TechnologyDaejeon	#66	45.8	12.8%	746
2	Seoul National UniversitySeoul	#73	44.5	11.6%	980
3	Institute for Basic ScienceDaejeon	#102	40.2	13.2%	192
4	Pohang University of Science and TechnologyPohang	#112	39.0	11.7%	619
5	Ulsan National Institute of Science and TechnologyUlsan	#118	38.3	14.3%	435
6	Yonsei UniversitySeoul	#129	37.1	11.7%	795
7	Sungkyunkwan UniversitySeoul	#131	36.9	11.8%	940
8	Korea UniversitySeoul	#163	34.1	13.5%	725
9	Korea Institute of Science and TechnologySeoul	#184	32.5	10.5%	427
10	Hanyang UniversitySeoul	#255	28.3	9.5%	724
11	Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and TechnologyDaegu	#276	27.3	10.5%	170
12	Yeungnam UniversityDaegu	#319	25.4	15.7%	790
13	Kyung Hee UniversitySeoul	#395	22.7	14.1%	648
14	Sogang UniversitySeoul	#439	21.3	13.9%	149
15	Samsung (South Korea)Seoul	#457	20.8	10.5%	278
16	Korea Research Institute of Chemical TechnologyDaejeon	#463	20.6	9.3%	211
17	Anyang UniversityAnyang-si	#466	20.5	11.7%	137
18	University of UlsanUlsan	#480	20.1	8.7%	195
19	Ewha Womans UniversitySeoul	#486	20.0	12.6%	159
20	Sejong UniversitySeoul	#496	19.7	17.6%	311
21	Chung-Ang UniversitySeoul	#514	19.2	7.0%	368
22	Gwangju Institute of Science and TechnologyGwangju	#526	19.0	8.0%	190
23	Chonnam National UniversityGwangju	#559	18.2	8.4%	374
24	Dongguk UniversitySeoul	#611	17.0	10.4%	346
25	Korea University of Science and TechnologyDaejeon	#612	17.0	9.8%	264
26	Incheon National UniversityIncheon	#621	16.8	10.4%	190
27	Inha UniversityIncheon	#638	16.5	10.1%	400
28	Korea Institute of Energy ResearchDaejeon	#661	16.0	10.6%	117
29	Pusan National UniversityBusan	#677	15.7	7.7%	556
30	Korea Institute of Industrial TechnologyCheonan	#780	13.9	7.1%	249
31	Kwangwoon UniversitySeoul	#789	13.7	16.0%	156
32	Kyungpook National UniversityDaegu	#791	13.7	9.7%	508
33	Korea Research Institute of Standards and ScienceDaejeon	#844	12.8	9.2%	98
34	Gyeongsang National UniversityJinju-si	#881	12.3	9.2%	239
35	Gachon UniversitySeongnam-si	#911	11.8	12.4%	413
36	Seoul National University of Science and TechnologySeoul	#919	11.7	8.8%	229
37	Soongsil UniversitySeoul	#921	11.7	6.8%	164
38	Chungnam National UniversityDaejeon	#927	11.6	6.4%	404
39	Korea Institute of Materials ScienceChangwon	#931	11.6	8.3%	223
40	Ajou UniversitySuwon	#941	11.4	6.8%	198
41	Jeonbuk National UniversityJeonju	#945	11.4	9.1%	480
42	Kookmin UniversitySeoul	#961	11.1	10.1%	116
43	Kongju National UniversityGongju	#1,014	10.5	4.9%	116
44	Kangwon National UniversityChuncheon	#1,053	10.0	7.4%	256
45	Korea Basic Science InstituteDaejeon	#1,058	9.9	6.4%	103
46	Korea Institute of Machinery & MaterialsDaejeon	#1,061	9.9	10.2%	67
47	Pukyong National UniversityBusan	#1,093	9.5	6.9%	313
48	Konkuk UniversitySeoul	#1,102	9.4	10.4%	226
49	Korea Institute of Ceramic Engineering and TechnologyCheonan	#1,165	8.7	6.7%	126
50	University of SeoulSeoul	#1,172	8.6	6.9%	161
51	Chungbuk National UniversityCheongju-si	#1,209	8.2	9.2%	209
52	Sunchon National UniversitySuncheon	#1,210	8.2	7.8%	82
53	Kumoh National Institute of TechnologyGumi	#1,434	6.0	9.7%	138
54	Korea University of Technology and EducationCheonan	#1,446	5.9	11.3%	85
55	Myongji UniversitySeoul	#1,467	5.7	5.5%	91
56	Korea Electric Power Corporation (South Korea)Naju	#1,471	5.7	5.9%	64
57	Dong-A UniversityBusan	#1,490	5.5	6.8%	89
58	Dankook UniversityJukjeon-dong	#1,508	5.3	5.6%	173
59	Hongik UniversitySeoul	#1,550	5.0	7.0%	132
60	Korea Atomic Energy Research InstituteDaejeon	#1,596	4.6	3.9%	193

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

Taeghwan Hyeon, Nam‐Gyu Park and Young Hee Lee rank highest among researchers based in South Korea, on their papers in Materials Science that reached the world top 10%, beyond the 10% expected.

1. 1Taeghwan Hyeon#270 worldwide overall144.7 of 266 papers here in the top 10%
2. 2Nam‐Gyu Park#89,677 worldwide overall98.5 of 229 papers here in the top 10%
3. 3Young Hee Lee#62,216 worldwide overall110.2 of 385 papers here in the top 10%
4. 4Juyoung Yoon#871 worldwide overall69.0 of 152 papers here in the top 10%
5. 5Han Young Woo#28,941 worldwide overall82.0 of 299 papers here in the top 10%
6. 6Feng Ding#93,621 worldwide overall82.6 of 309 papers here in the top 10%
7. 7Nam Hoon Kim#18,185 worldwide overall68.3 of 180 papers here in the top 10%
8. 8Ki‐Hyun Kim#97,313 worldwide overall72.3 of 222 papers here in the top 10%
9. 9Joong Hee Lee#24,712 worldwide overall76.3 of 223 papers here in the top 10%
10. 10Yong Sik Ok#829 worldwide overall56.5 of 96 papers here in the top 10%
11. 11Yang‐Kook Sun#542 worldwide overall63.7 of 176 papers here in the top 10%
12. 12Ryong Ryoo#40,009 worldwide overall58.7 of 156 papers here in the top 10%
13. 13Jong‐Whan Rhim#171,189 worldwide overall126.4 of 206 papers here in the top 10%
14. 14Quyet V. Le#7,941 worldwide overall54.3 of 127 papers here in the top 10%
15. 15Junsuk Rho#8,462 worldwide overall57.1 of 166 papers here in the top 10%

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