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APEC Climate Center

In research, APEC Climate Center stands highest in Physical Sciences (#13,255 of 17,446 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#29,990
of 34,923
Rank in South Korea
#439
of 512
Research works
240
▼ 56% vs 2018-21
Citations
6.2k
25.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.9%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.87×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
53%
world 40%
International
34%
world 18%
APEC Climate Center

What is APEC Climate Center known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Physical SciencesDomain #13,255 of 17,446 7.2%200

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where APEC Climate Center sits in it, in the colour of the band that rank falls in. The track under the rate is the rate itself: it carries no average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does APEC Climate Center work in?

In 2022-now, 84% of research at APEC Climate Center is in Physical Sciences, 9% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Environmental Science (38%), Earth and Planetary Sciences (36%), Engineering (7%). It does 2.0× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 30 fractional works · 83.8% of its workEnvironmental Science: 14 fractional works · 38.3% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 11 fractional works · 29.3% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEcological Modeling: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 13 fractional works · 36.0% of its workAtmospheric Science: 9 fractional works · 26.1% of its workOceanography: 3 fractional works · 8.1% of its workPaleontology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 2 fractional works · 6.9% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 2.9% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workModeling and Simulation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 3 fractional works · 9.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 4.8% of its workAnthropology: 1 fractional works · 3.4% of its workSociology and Political Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDevelopment: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 4.0% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 3.2% of its workFinance: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArcheology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 1 fractional works · 3.7% of its workMedicine: 1 fractional works · 3.7% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 1 fractional works · 3.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 3.2% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSoil Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workForestry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKAPEC ClimateCenter36fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences3%Physical Sciences84%Health Sciences4%Social Sciences9%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 14 fields, with their numbers
    1. Environmental Science1438.3%
    2. Earth and Planetary Sciences1336.0%
    3. Engineering26.9%
    4. Energy11.6%
    5. Computer Science00.7%
    6. Mathematics00.3%
    7. Chemistry00.1%
    1. Social Sciences24.8%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance14.0%
    3. Arts and Humanities00.3%
    4. Decision Sciences00.0%
    1. Medicine13.7%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences13.2%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology00.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

Field profile

Location quotient across every field it publishes in: outside the ring is more than an institution of this size would be expected to publish, inside it is less.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.68× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Chemistry: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 22.95× its world share, 13 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.77× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.46× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 7.71× its world share, 14 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsMedicine: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesDecision Sciences: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.85× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Social Sciences: 0.38× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 22.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 14 fields, with their numbers
  1. Earth and Planetary Sciences22.95×13 works
  2. Environmental Science7.71×14 works
  3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.85×1 works
  4. Energy1.77×1 works
  5. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.68×1 works
  6. Engineering0.46×2 works
  7. Social Sciences0.38×2 works
  8. Mathematics0.26×0 works
  9. Medicine0.19×1 works
  10. Arts and Humanities0.10×0 works
  11. Computer Science0.09×0 works
  12. Chemistry0.07×0 works
  13. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.03×0 works
  14. Decision Sciences0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at APEC Climate Center?

Ranked on the quality score, Seon Tae Kim, Jinyoung Rhee and Woo‐Seop Lee lead among researchers whose main affiliation is APEC Climate Center.

  1. 1 Seon Tae Kim South Korea · #401,287 worldwide 3.5k citations · 53 works
  2. 2 Jinyoung Rhee South Korea · #847,805 worldwide 2.9k citations · 62 works
  3. 3 Woo‐Seop Lee South Korea · #1,174,649 worldwide 2k citations · 65 works
  4. 4 Yun‐Young Lee South Korea · #1,908,305 worldwide 1.1k citations · 33 works
  5. 5 Jong Ahn Chun South Korea · #1,932,688 worldwide 1.9k citations · 98 works
  6. 6 Yonghee Shin South Korea · #2,159,676 worldwide 408 citations · 27 works
  7. 7 Sae‐Rim Yeo South Korea · #2,673,084 worldwide 446 citations · 40 works
  8. 8 WonMoo Kim South Korea · #2,704,449 worldwide 1.8k citations · 39 works
  9. 9 Venkatraman Prasanna South Korea · #3,883,500 worldwide 513 citations · 42 works
  10. 10 Young‐Mi Min South Korea · #3,935,799 worldwide 484 citations · 30 works
All ranked researchers at APEC Climate Center

What are the most cited papers from APEC Climate Center?

The most cited paper from APEC Climate Center is "El Niño Modoki and its possible teleconnection" (Karumuri Ashok, Swadhin Kumar Behera, Suryachandra A. Rao et al., 2007), with 2,707 citations. Next come "El Niño–Southern Oscillation complexity" (1,231) and "The Drought Monitor" (837).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 El Niño Modoki and its possible teleconnection Karumuri Ashok, Swadhin Kumar Behera, Suryachandra A. Rao et al. · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres Nov 2007 2,707
2 El Niño–Southern Oscillation complexity Axel Timmermann et al. · Nature Open access Jul 2018 1,231
3 The Drought Monitor Mark D. Svoboda, Doug LeComte, Mike Hayes et al. · Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society Open access Aug 2002 837
4 Current status of ENSO prediction skill in coupled ocean–atmosphere models Emilia Kyung Jin, James L. Kinter, B. Wang et al. · Climate Dynamics 24 Apr 2008 503
5 Advance and prospectus of seasonal prediction: assessment of the APCC/CliPAS 14-model ensemble retrospective seasonal prediction (1980–2004) Bin Wang et al. · Climate Dynamics Open access 15 Sep 2008 419
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at APEC Climate Center?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Global Warming, Ocean Circulation, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Hydrological Cycle, Data Assimilation, Extreme Events and Climate Modeling.

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's

Size is fractional works in 2022-now in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of this institution's work against its share of the world's. The 40 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 40 words, with their numbers
  1. Climate Change16▲ 17×26 topics
  2. Global Warming12▲ 79×10 topics
  3. Ocean Circulation11▲ 225×3 topics
  4. Greenhouse Gas Emissions8▲ 85×2 topics
  5. Hydrological Cycle8▲ 208×2 topics
  6. Data Assimilation8▲ 128×3 topics
  7. Climate Modeling7▲ 274×1 topic
  8. Extreme Events7▲ 222×2 topics
  9. Precipitation Extremes7▲ 274×1 topic
  10. Probabilistic Forecasting5▲ 68×2 topics
  11. Boundary Layer5▲ 104×2 topics
  12. Convective Parameterization5▲ 226×1 topic
  13. Ensemble Kalman Filter5▲ 127×1 topic
  14. Climate Change Impact3▲ 34×2 topics
  15. Oceanic Modeling3▲ 208×1 topic
  16. Tidal Analysis3▲ 208×1 topic
  17. Remote Sensing3▲ 5.9×9 topics
  18. Sustainability2▲ 2.6×10 topics
  19. Environmental Policy2▲ 25×2 topics
  20. Sea Level Rise2▲ 39×2 topics
  21. Tropical Cyclones2▲ 86×2 topics
  22. Hurricanes2▲ 135×1 topic
  23. Renewable Energy2▲ 3.3×8 topics
  24. Storm Surge2▲ 135×1 topic
  25. Energy Transition2▲ 31×2 topics
  26. Satellite Observations2▲ 43×3 topics
  27. Arctic1▲ 35×3 topics
  28. Hydrological Modeling1▲ 15×4 topics
  29. Hominin Genetics1▲ 153×1 topic
  30. Mitigation Strategies1▲ 49×2 topics
  31. Paleolithic Archaeology1▲ 153×1 topic
  32. Decline1▲ 111×1 topic
  33. Economic Impacts1▲ 48×1 topic
  34. Emissions1▲ 16×1 topic
  35. Methane1▲ 66×1 topic
  36. Policy Instruments1▲ 53×1 topic
  37. Sea Ice1▲ 111×1 topic
  38. Industrial Risk Management1▲ 491×1 topic
  39. Marine Safety1▲ 491×1 topic
  40. Vulnerability1▲ 12×3 topics

Which research topics does APEC Climate Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Climate variability and models, Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations, Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes and Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research.

Climate variability and …7Climate variability and models: 7 fractional worksMeteorological Phenomena and Simulations: 5 fractional worksOceanographic and Atmospheric Processes: 3 fractional worksTropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research: 2 fractional worksPleistocene-Era Hominins…1Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology: 1 fractional worksArctic and Antarctic ice dynamics: 1 fractional worksAtmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics: 1 fractional worksClimate Change Policy and Economics: 1 fractional worksMarine and Coastal Research: 1 fractional worksClimate change impacts on agriculture: 1 fractional works
Global and Planetary ChangeAtmospheric ScienceOceanographyAnthropology3 others

Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.

  1. 1 Climate variability and models Global and Planetary Change 7 works
  2. 2 Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations Atmospheric Science 5 works
  3. 3 Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes Oceanography 3 works
  4. 4 Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research Atmospheric Science 2 works
  5. 5 Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology Anthropology 1 works
  6. 6 Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics Atmospheric Science 1 works
  7. 7 Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics Global and Planetary Change 1 works
  8. 8 Climate Change Policy and Economics Economics and Econometrics 1 works
  9. 9 Marine and Coastal Research Ocean Engineering 1 works
  10. 10 Climate change impacts on agriculture Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 1 works

How open and international is its research?

Against the world's own shares: the tick on each track. Both are shares of its output, so they sit on one scale and can be read against each other as well as against the world.

openly available53.0%not open47.0%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors33.5%domestic only66.5%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has APEC Climate Center's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 56% lower than in 2018-2021.

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The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is APEC Climate Center as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00013% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%APEC Climate Center0.00019% in 20251990200020102020

Fractional works of APEC Climate Center over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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