Social Sciences research in South Korea

#	Institution	World rank	Score	Top-10% rate	Works
1	Seoul National UniversitySeoul	#350	32.7	11.5%	829
2	Korea Advanced Institute of Science and TechnologyDaejeon	#609	26.3	16.0%	222
3	Yonsei UniversitySeoul	#616	26.1	13.0%	829
4	Hanyang UniversitySeoul	#641	25.7	16.8%	367
5	Bio-Medical Science (South Korea)Seoul	#663	25.3	6.7%	828
6	Korea UniversitySeoul	#665	25.3	18.6%	434
7	Sungkyunkwan UniversitySeoul	#680	25.0	13.0%	442
8	Ewha Womans UniversitySeoul	#789	23.3	13.5%	383
9	Chung-Ang UniversitySeoul	#1,308	17.5	14.3%	254
10	Kyung Hee UniversitySeoul	#1,324	17.4	20.0%	372
11	Seoul National University of EducationSeoul	#1,627	15.0	16.3%	133
12	Language Science (South Korea)Seongnam-si	#1,989	12.7	9.6%	116
13	Sogang UniversitySeoul	#2,180	11.6	8.0%	147
14	E Ink (South Korea)Seoul	#2,670	9.3	13.3%	140
15	Kookmin UniversitySeoul	#2,758	8.9	15.1%	148
16	Sejong UniversitySeoul	#3,136	7.4	24.3%	154
17	Hankuk University of Foreign StudiesSeoul	#3,401	6.5	12.7%	235
18	Pusan National UniversityBusan	#3,446	6.3	13.1%	186
19	University of SeoulSeoul	#3,519	6.1	13.3%	121
20	Soongsil UniversitySeoul	#3,929	4.8	10.3%	97
21	Konkuk UniversitySeoul	#3,959	4.8	12.9%	134
22	Dongguk UniversitySeoul	#4,030	4.6	11.3%	182
23	Dong-A UniversityBusan	#4,038	4.5	10.7%	184
24	Ajou UniversitySuwon	#4,097	4.4	17.5%	110
25	Jeonbuk National UniversityJeonju	#4,108	4.3	13.2%	127
26	Woosong UniversityDaejeon	#4,145	4.2	6.9%	97
27	Kyonggi UniversitySuwon	#4,258	3.9	19.8%	91
28	Kangwon National UniversityChuncheon	#4,634	3.0	16.6%	121
29	Korea University of Science and TechnologyDaejeon	#4,642	2.9	6.4%	116
30	Chonnam National UniversityGwangju	#4,699	2.8	9.5%	136
31	Korean Council for University EducationSeoul	#4,747	2.7	9.7%	83
32	Chungnam National UniversityDaejeon	#4,806	2.5	10.4%	110
33	National AssemblySeoul	#4,837	2.5	9.1%	60
34	Inha UniversityIncheon	#4,856	2.4	13.6%	143
35	Dankook UniversityJukjeon-dong	#4,964	2.2	12.1%	135
36	Kongju National UniversityGongju	#5,013	2.0	13.4%	62
37	Incheon National UniversityIncheon	#5,035	2.0	17.5%	87
38	Yeungnam UniversityDaegu	#5,062	1.9	18.2%	76
39	Constitutional Court of KoreaSeoul	#5,081	1.9	8.1%	76
40	Gachon UniversitySeongnam-si	#5,098	1.9	18.3%	173
41	Sookmyung Women's UniversitySeoul	#5,110	1.8	9.7%	66
42	Korea Institute for International Economic PolicySejong	#5,138	1.8	3.1%	125
43	Pukyong National UniversityBusan	#5,186	1.6	15.8%	100
44	Hongik UniversitySeoul	#5,252	1.5	13.7%	106
45	Kyungpook National UniversityDaegu	#5,257	150.0	14.1%	127
46	Cheongju UniversityCheongju-si	#5,289	143.0	6.7%	75
47	Catholic University of KoreaSeoul	#5,328	134.0	14.0%	120
48	Seoul National University of Science and TechnologySeoul	#5,567	84.0	17.3%	67
49	Chungbuk National UniversityCheongju-si	#5,622	73.0	11.0%	88
50	Gyeongsang National UniversityJinju-si	#5,648	67.0	10.1%	74
51	Keimyung UniversityDaegu	#5,699	57.0	10.4%	99
52	Sangmyung UniversityJongno-gu	#5,707	55.0	10.4%	68

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, Donghee Shin and Choong‐Ki Lee 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 overall124.5 of 186 papers here in the top 10%
2. 2Donghee Shin#120,886 worldwide overall50.7 of 179 papers here in the top 10%
3. 3Choong‐Ki Lee#220,782 worldwide overall52.9 of 186 papers here in the top 10%
4. 4Jinho Kim#227,645 worldwide overall39.1 of 140 papers here in the top 10%
5. 5Jung‐Seok Choi#127,270 worldwide overall28.2 of 53 papers here in the top 10%
6. 6Eunil Park#42,015 worldwide overall25.7 of 46 papers here in the top 10%
7. 7Myung Ja Kim#60,546 worldwide overall26.9 of 57 papers here in the top 10%
8. 8Meeyoung Cha#53,890 worldwide overall25.6 of 66 papers here in the top 10%
9. 9Jinsoo Hwang#199,326 worldwide overall34.0 of 81 papers here in the top 10%
10. 10Hye‐Jin Paek#160,109 worldwide overall25.2 of 69 papers here in the top 10%
11. 11Johnmarshall Reeve#2,727 worldwide overall21.5 of 31 papers here in the top 10%
12. 12Sunghyup Sean Hyun#45,056 worldwide overall23.6 of 50 papers here in the top 10%
13. 13Yonghwan Kim#316,462 worldwide overall24.0 of 79 papers here in the top 10%
14. 14M. I. Finley#54,176 worldwide overall21.8 of 44 papers here in the top 10%
15. 15Eunju Ko#209,470 worldwide overall22.8 of 70 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.