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Gyeongguk National University

In research, Gyeongguk National University stands highest in Physical Sciences (#5,224 of 12,888 worldwide), Health Sciences (#6,928 of 11,982 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#4,936 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Insect Science, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Plant Science — Insect Science is 24.4× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#7,109
of 28,054 · #6,889 all time
Rank in South Korea
#129
of 417
Research works
3.2k
▼ 18% vs 2013–17
Citations
44k
13.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
18.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
40%
world 28%

What is Gyeongguk National University known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Physical SciencesDomain #5,224 of 12,888 12.0%269 #4336
Health SciencesDomain #6,928 of 11,982 18.6%73 #10489
Life SciencesDomain #4,936 of 7,800 26.0%207 #7201
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #2,352 of 3,409 29.4%130 #3653
EngineeringField #4,870 of 6,636 8.8%120 #3246

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Gyeongguk National University 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).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Physical Sciences#4,336 #5,224
  2. Health Sciences#10,489 #6,928
  3. Life Sciences#7,201 #4,936
  4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#3,653 #2,352
  5. Engineering#3,246 #4,870
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

What does Gyeongguk National University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Insect Science takes 24.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Insect ScienceSubfield · 40.4 works24×
  2. Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsSubfield · 25.3 works9.2×
  3. Plant ScienceSubfield · 54.7 works5.4×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

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: 4.69× its world share, 130 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.78× its world share, 55 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.73× its world share, 10 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.80× its world share, 8 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.91× its world share, 4 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.23× its world share, 2 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.51× its world share, 5 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.75× its world share, 34 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.77× its world share, 7 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.82× its world share, 4 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.37× its world share, 120 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.28× its world share, 37 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.31× its world share, 27 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 3.63× its world share, 25 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.61× its world share, 8 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.55× its world share, 8 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.48× its world share, 54 worksMedicineNursing: 3.61× its world share, 10 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.12× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.31× its world share, 6 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.41× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.33× its world share, 4 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.40× its world share, 7 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.18× its world share, 14 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 4.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Gyeongguk National University?

Ranked on the composite score, In‐Sook Kwun, Soon-Chul Kim and Gi-Seok Kwon lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Gyeongguk National University.

  1. 1 In‐Sook Kwun South Korea · #250,982 worldwide 80 citations · 33 works
  2. 2 Soon-Chul Kim South Korea · #274,033 worldwide 46 citations · 34 works
  3. 3 Gi-Seok Kwon South Korea · #417,079 worldwide 82 citations · 30 works
  4. 4 김순영 South Korea · #444,605 worldwide 3 citations · 94 works
  5. 5 Kun Ho Son South Korea · #507,107 worldwide 61 citations · 24 works
  6. 6 Sang-Youl Lee South Korea · #624,064 worldwide 53 citations · 40 works
  7. 7 Eun Jin Jang South Korea · #625,815 worldwide 49 citations · 38 works
  8. 8 Jong‐Ha Choi South Korea · #646,986 worldwide 88 citations · 31 works
  9. 9 Dongkyu Lim South Korea · #681,260 worldwide 80 citations · 23 works
  10. 10 Byungil Kim South Korea · #687,107 worldwide 32 citations · 41 works
All ranked researchers at Gyeongguk National University

Which keywords describe research at Gyeongguk National University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Invasive Species, Biodiversity, Global Change, Habitat Fragmentation, Ecosystem Services, Climate Change, Biological Control and Plant-Animal Interactions.

▲ 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 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 Change39▲ 2.5×40 topics
  2. Invasive Species32▲ 13×17 topics
  3. Biodiversity31▲ 7.1×16 topics
  4. Global Change27▲ 18×3 topics
  5. Habitat Fragmentation26▲ 20×4 topics
  6. Ecosystem Services22▲ 9.9×7 topics
  7. Deep Learning21◆ 1.06×40 topics
  8. Biological Control20▲ 23×9 topics
  9. Plant-Animal Interactions19▲ 39×1 topic
  10. Pollinator Decline19▲ 39×1 topic
  11. Oxidative Stress18▲ 1.84×29 topics
  12. Antioxidant15▲ 3.8×27 topics
  13. Gut Microbiota15▲ 7.4×6 topics
  14. Microbiota14▲ 11×5 topics
  15. Immune System14▲ 10.0×5 topics
  16. Honey Bees13▲ 39×1 topic
  17. Neonicotinoids13▲ 39×1 topic
  18. Genomics12▲ 7.0×7 topics
  19. Plant Immunity11▲ 21×2 topics
  20. Conservation11▲ 4.3×8 topics
  21. Herbivore-Induced Plant Volatiles10▲ 42×1 topic
  22. Jasmonate Signaling10▲ 42×1 topic
  23. Symbiosis9▲ 17×3 topics
  24. Self-Efficacy9▲ 5.7×7 topics
  25. Host Specificity9▲ 13×5 topics
  26. Ants8▲ 35×1 topic
  27. Social Insects8▲ 35×1 topic
  28. Drosophila8▲ 34×2 topics
  29. Flavonoids8▲ 5.4×7 topics
  30. Biopesticides8▲ 21×2 topics
  31. Global Existence8▲ 43×2 topics
  32. Plant Hormones8▲ 21×2 topics
  33. Mode of Action8▲ 14×2 topics
  34. RNA Interference8▲ 15×2 topics
  35. Gene Silencing7▲ 13×2 topics
  36. Insecticide Resistance7▲ 16×2 topics
  37. Bacillus thuringiensis7▲ 47×1 topic
  38. P450 enzymes7▲ 47×1 topic
  39. Small RNAs7▲ 20×2 topics
  40. Viral RNA Silencing7▲ 30×1 topic

Which research topics does Gyeongguk National University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Plant and animal studies, Insect and Pesticide Research, Insect-Plant Interactions and Control and Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior.

Plant and animal studies19Plant and animal studies: 19 fractional worksInsect and Pesticide Research: 13 fractional worksInsect-Plant Interaction…10Insect-Plant Interactions and Control: 10 fractional worksInsect and Arachnid Ecol…8Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior: 8 fractional worksInsect Resistance and Genetics: 7 fractional worksPlant Virus Research Studies: 7 fractional worksDigital Media Forensic D…6Digital Media Forensic Detection: 6 fractional worksNavier-Stokes equation solutions: 5 fractional worksEcology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies: 5 fractional worksInvertebrate Immune Response Mechanisms: 5 fractional works
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsInsect ScienceGeneticsMolecular Biology5 others

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

  1. 1 Plant and animal studies Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 19 works
  2. 2 Insect and Pesticide Research Insect Science 13 works
  3. 3 Insect-Plant Interactions and Control Insect Science 10 works
  4. 4 Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior Genetics 8 works
  5. 5 Insect Resistance and Genetics Molecular Biology 7 works
  6. 6 Plant Virus Research Studies Plant Science 7 works
  7. 7 Digital Media Forensic Detection Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 6 works
  8. 8 Navier-Stokes equation solutions Applied Mathematics 5 works
  9. 9 Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 5 works
  10. 10 Invertebrate Immune Response Mechanisms Immunology 5 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 available40.5%not open59.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors19.6%domestic only80.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Gyeongguk National University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 18% lower than in 2013–2017.

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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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