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Handong Global University

In research, Handong Global University stands highest in Social Sciences (#7,101 of 10,521 worldwide), Engineering (#4,919 of 6,636 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#9,575 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#12,979
of 28,054 · #14,074 all time
Rank in South Korea
#235
of 417
Research works
984
▲ 48% vs 2013–17
Citations
15k
15.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
20.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
42%
world 28%

What is Handong Global 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
Social SciencesDomain #7,101 of 10,521 25.2%79 #11389
EngineeringField #4,919 of 6,636 18.2%77 #6541
Physical SciencesDomain #9,575 of 12,888 15.9%153 #11651

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Handong Global 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. Social Sciences#11,389 #7,101
  2. Engineering#6,541 #4,919
  3. Physical Sciences#11,651 #9,575
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.

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: 0.71× its world share, 10 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.12× its world share, 18 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.37× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.54× its world share, 8 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.43× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.87× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.29× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 2.00× its world share, 48 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.81× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.68× its world share, 77 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.71× its world share, 11 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.89× its world share, 9 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.58× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.49× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.24× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.46× its world share, 27 worksMedicineNursing: 2.00× its world share, 3 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.65× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.57× its world share, 16 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.23× its world share, 7 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.15× its world share, 14 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.96× its world share, 9 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.84× its world share, 33 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Decision Sciences, 2.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Handong Global University?

Ranked on the composite score, Wilhelm H. Holzapfel, TaeJin Ahn and Jisun Lee lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Handong Global University.

  1. 1 Wilhelm H. Holzapfel South Korea · #192,286 worldwide 282 citations · 53 works
  2. 2 TaeJin Ahn South Korea · #464,029 worldwide 74 citations · 26 works
  3. 3 Jisun Lee South Korea · #694,390 worldwide 13 citations · 23 works
  4. 4 Young‐Keun Kim South Korea · #785,890 worldwide 116 citations · 77 works
  5. 5 Jae Young Lee South Korea · #888,790 worldwide 51 citations · 19 works
  6. 6 HyeongSeok Song South Korea · #1,051,474 worldwide 3 citations · 26 works
  7. 7 Kun Hee Lee South Korea · #1,113,407 worldwide 23 citations · 33 works
  8. 8 Heeyoul Choi South Korea · #1,166,600 worldwide 49 citations · 29 works
  9. 9 Kyung-Mi Kim South Korea · #1,237,810 worldwide 28 citations · 38 works
  10. 10 Soon‐Kwon Kim South Korea · #1,276,483 worldwide 7 citations · 19 works
All ranked researchers at Handong Global University

Which keywords describe research at Handong Global University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Deep Learning, Machine Learning, Neural Networks, Prebiotics, Probiotics, Immune Modulation, Microbiota and Convolutional Neural Networks.

▲ 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. Deep Learning30▲ 2.9×51 topics
  2. Machine Learning24▲ 2.4×38 topics
  3. Neural Networks14▲ 2.9×17 topics
  4. Sustainability8◆ 1.07×20 topics
  5. Big Data8▲ 2.8×13 topics
  6. Convolutional Neural Networks8▲ 3.3×11 topics
  7. Social Media7▲ 1.69×14 topics
  8. Artificial Intelligence6▲ 1.47×11 topics
  9. Prebiotics6▲ 21×2 topics
  10. Clinical Trials6▲ 2.9×6 topics
  11. Probiotics6▲ 7.6×5 topics
  12. Virtual Reality6▲ 3.6×8 topics
  13. Immune Modulation5▲ 17×2 topics
  14. Gut Microbiota5▲ 4.9×5 topics
  15. Microbiota5▲ 7.8×2 topics
  16. Microbial Communities5▲ 3.9×5 topics
  17. Gut Health5▲ 28×1 topic
  18. Lactic Acid Bacteria5▲ 28×1 topic
  19. Heat Transfer4▲ 2.9×9 topics
  20. Surveillance4▲ 5.1×3 topics
  21. Text Mining4▲ 10×5 topics
  22. Metabolic Health4▲ 6.8×2 topics
  23. Machine Vision4▲ 5.8×4 topics
  24. Anomaly Detection4▲ 4.4×3 topics
  25. Inflammatory Diseases4▲ 7.0×3 topics
  26. Cathode Materials4▲ 3.2×3 topics
  27. Collision Avoidance4▲ 6.8×4 topics
  28. Metagenomic Analysis4▲ 11×1 topic
  29. Short-Chain Fatty Acids4▲ 11×1 topic
  30. Time Series4▲ 6.4×3 topics
  31. Convolutional Networks3▲ 6.9×3 topics
  32. Predictive Analytics3▲ 8.3×2 topics
  33. Ethical Consumption3▲ 8.4×2 topics
  34. Forecasting Models3▲ 12×2 topics
  35. Housing Supply3▲ 23×1 topic
  36. Immunomodulation3▲ 6.7×4 topics
  37. Mortgage Credit Expansion3▲ 23×1 topic
  38. Sentiment Analysis3▲ 7.7×2 topics
  39. Fabric Defect Detection2▲ 10×1 topic
  40. Semiconductor Manufacturing2▲ 10×1 topic

Which research topics does Handong Global University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Probiotics and Fermented Foods, Gut microbiota and health, Housing Market and Economics and Industrial Vision Systems and Defect Detection.

Probiotics and Fermented Foods: 5 fractional worksGut microbiota and health: 4 fractional worksHousing Market and Economics: 3 fractional worksIndustrial Vision Systems and Defect Detection: 2 fractional worksEEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces: 2 fractional worksAnomaly Detection Techniques and Applications: 2 fractional worksSoftware Testing and Deb…2Software Testing and Debugging Techniques: 2 fractional worksBig Data and Business In…2Big Data and Business Intelligence: 2 fractional worksTopic Modeling2Topic Modeling: 2 fractional worksEthics and Social Impact…2Ethics and Social Impacts of AI: 2 fractional works
Food ScienceMolecular BiologyEconomics and EconometricsIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering5 others

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

  1. 1 Probiotics and Fermented Foods Food Science 5 works
  2. 2 Gut microbiota and health Molecular Biology 4 works
  3. 3 Housing Market and Economics Economics and Econometrics 3 works
  4. 4 Industrial Vision Systems and Defect Detection Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 2 works
  5. 5 EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces Cognitive Neuroscience 2 works
  6. 6 Anomaly Detection Techniques and Applications Artificial Intelligence 2 works
  7. 7 Software Testing and Debugging Techniques Software 2 works
  8. 8 Big Data and Business Intelligence Management Information Systems 2 works
  9. 9 Topic Modeling Artificial Intelligence 2 works
  10. 10 Ethics and Social Impacts of AI Safety Research 2 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 available41.8%not open58.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors16.7%domestic only83.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Handong Global University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 48% higher 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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