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APEC Climate Center

In research, APEC Climate Center stands highest in Physical Sciences (#9,780 of 21,541 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#16,511
of 42,892
Rank in South Korea
#242
of 596
Research works
240
▼ 37% vs 2013–17
Citations
6.2k
25.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
16.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
53%
world 28%

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 #9,780 of 21,541 15.7%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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

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: 0.53× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Chemistry: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 21.56× its world share, 10 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 2.25× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.57× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 7.81× its world share, 11 worksEnvironmental ScienceMedicine: 0.21× its world share, 1 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesDecision Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.79× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Social Sciences: 0.40× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 21.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at APEC Climate Center?

Ranked on the composite score, Jaepil Cho, Sun‐Kwon Yoon and Soo‐Jin Sohn lead among researchers whose main affiliation is APEC Climate Center.

  1. 1 Jaepil Cho South Korea · #1,027,375 worldwide 45 citations · 25 works
  2. 2 Sun‐Kwon Yoon South Korea · #1,419,603 worldwide 13 citations · 17 works
  3. 3 Soo‐Jin Sohn South Korea · #1,555,045 worldwide 5 citations · 17 works
  4. 4 Kwang‐Hyung Kim South Korea · #1,603,663 worldwide 31 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at APEC Climate Center

Which keywords describe research at APEC Climate Center?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Global Warming, Ocean Circulation, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Hydrological Cycle, Data Assimilation, Climate Modeling and Extreme Events.

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

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 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 31 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 31 words, with their numbers
  1. Climate Change12▲ 15×21 topics
  2. Global Warming9▲ 77×8 topics
  3. Ocean Circulation8▲ 219×3 topics
  4. Greenhouse Gas Emissions7▲ 86×2 topics
  5. Hydrological Cycle6▲ 225×2 topics
  6. Data Assimilation6▲ 134×3 topics
  7. Climate Modeling6▲ 289×1 topic
  8. Extreme Events6▲ 235×1 topic
  9. Probabilistic Forecasting4▲ 76×2 topics
  10. Convective Parameterization4▲ 268×1 topic
  11. Ensemble Kalman Filter4▲ 144×1 topic
  12. Remote Sensing2▲ 5.1×8 topics
  13. Climate Change Impact2▲ 27×2 topics
  14. Oceanic Modeling2▲ 178×1 topic
  15. Tidal Analysis2▲ 178×1 topic
  16. Satellite Observations2▲ 57×3 topics
  17. Sustainability2▲ 2.1×8 topics
  18. Renewable Energy1▲ 3.4×8 topics
  19. Sea Level Rise1▲ 38×2 topics
  20. Energy Transition1▲ 32×2 topics
  21. Hurricanes1▲ 138×1 topic
  22. Storm Surge1▲ 138×1 topic
  23. Tropical Cyclones1▲ 85×2 topics
  24. Hominin Genetics1▲ 194×1 topic
  25. Paleolithic Archaeology1▲ 194×1 topic
  26. Emissions1▲ 20×1 topic
  27. Environmental Policy1▲ 20×2 topics
  28. Hydrological Modeling1▲ 16×4 topics
  29. Methane1▲ 79×1 topic
  30. Industrial Risk Management1▲ 603×1 topic
  31. Marine Safety1▲ 603×1 topic

Which research topics does APEC Climate Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Climate variability and models, Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations, Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes and Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research.

Climate variability and …6Climate variability and models: 6 fractional worksMeteorological Phenomena…4Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations: 4 fractional worksOceanographic and Atmospheric Processes: 2 fractional worksTropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research: 1 fractional worksPleistocene-Era Hominins…1Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology: 1 fractional worksAtmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics: 1 fractional worksMarine and Coastal Research: 1 fractional worksClimate Change Policy and Economics: 1 fractional worksArctic and Antarctic ice dynamics: 1 fractional worksInfrastructure Resilience and Vulnerability Analysis: 0 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 6 works
  2. 2 Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations Atmospheric Science 4 works
  3. 3 Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes Oceanography 2 works
  4. 4 Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research Atmospheric Science 1 works
  5. 5 Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology Anthropology 1 works
  6. 6 Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics Global and Planetary Change 1 works
  7. 7 Marine and Coastal Research Ocean Engineering 1 works
  8. 8 Climate Change Policy and Economics Economics and Econometrics 1 works
  9. 9 Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics Atmospheric Science 1 works
  10. 10 Infrastructure Resilience and Vulnerability Analysis Civil and Structural Engineering 0 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: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has APEC Climate Center's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 37% lower than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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.

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