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Institute for Basic Science

In research, Institute for Basic Science stands highest in Physical Sciences (#304 of 10,670 worldwide), Life Sciences (#204 of 6,403 worldwide) and Materials Science (#102 of 2,276 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Geometry and Topology and Condensed Matter Physics (Nuclear and High Energy Physics is 21.0× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#413
of 22,385 · #239 all time
Rank in South Korea
#8
of 343
Research works
5.3k
▼ 5% vs 2018-21
Citations
181k
33.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
15.2%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.44×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
53%
world 40%
International
36%
world 18%
Institute for Basic Science

What is Institute for Basic Science known for in research?

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

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Physical SciencesDomain #304 of 10,670 13.8%1,183 #155
Life SciencesDomain #204 of 6,403 18.8%284 #123
Materials ScienceField #102 of 2,276 13.2%192 #61
Health SciencesDomain #579 of 9,902 20.6%123 #458
EngineeringField #361 of 5,901 16.3%239 #215
Physics and AstronomyField #88 of 1,417 11.4%339 #48
MedicineField #551 of 8,541 21.0%115 #463
ChemistryField #93 of 1,299 18.4%108 #86
NeuroscienceField #95 of 1,092 21.8%91 #63
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringSubfield #196 of 2,176 15.2%114 #113

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Institute for Basic Science 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 of those standings moved

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

  1. Physical Sciences#155 #304
  2. Life Sciences#123 #204
  3. Materials Science#61 #102
  4. Health Sciences#458 #579
  5. Engineering#215 #361
  6. Physics and Astronomy#48 #88
  7. Medicine#463 #551
  8. Chemistry#86 #93
  9. Neuroscience#63 #95
  10. Electrical and Electronic Engineering#113 #196
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

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

Which fields of science does Institute for Basic Science work in?

In 2022-now, 73% of research at Institute for Basic Science is in Physical Sciences, 18% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Physics and Astronomy (21%), Engineering (14%), Materials Science (12%). It does 1.9× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 1,326 fractional works · 73.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 378 fractional works · 20.8% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 123 fractional works · 6.8% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 120 fractional works · 6.6% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 49 fractional works · 2.7% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 30 fractional works · 1.7% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 30 fractional works · 1.6% of its workRadiation: 23 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 263 fractional works · 14.5% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 123 fractional works · 6.8% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 76 fractional works · 4.2% of its workAerospace Engineering: 21 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMechanical Engineering: 14 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMechanics of Materials: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputational Mechanics: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 215 fractional works · 11.8% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 150 fractional works · 8.3% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 34 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 16 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBiomaterials: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 121 fractional works · 6.7% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 79 fractional works · 4.3% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 19 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSpectroscopy: 11 fractional works · 0.6% of its workElectrochemistry: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 120 fractional works · 6.6% of its workGeometry and Topology: 50 fractional works · 2.8% of its workMathematical Physics: 23 fractional works · 1.2% of its workDiscrete Mathematics and Combinatorics: 18 fractional works · 1.0% of its workApplied Mathematics: 16 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAlgebra and Number Theory: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 79 fractional works · 4.4% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 35 fractional works · 1.9% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 21 fractional works · 1.2% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 51 fractional works · 2.8% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 25 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEcology: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 18 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 49 fractional works · 2.7% of its workAtmospheric Science: 25 fractional works · 1.4% of its workOceanography: 16 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeophysics: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 37 fractional works · 2.0% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 35 fractional works · 1.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 13 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCatalysis: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 318 fractional works · 17.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 163 fractional works · 9.0% of its workMolecular Biology: 108 fractional works · 5.9% of its workGenetics: 12 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiophysics: 12 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCell Biology: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCancer Research: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStructural Biology: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeuroscience: 104 fractional works · 5.7% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 46 fractional works · 2.5% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 35 fractional works · 1.9% of its workNeurology: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDevelopmental Neuroscience: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 23 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPlant Science: 12 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 19 fractional works · 1.0% of its workImmunology: 16 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmaceutical Science: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 138 fractional works · 7.6% of its workMedicine: 128 fractional works · 7.1% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 21 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSurgery: 11 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOncology: 11 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysiology: 10 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInfectious Diseases: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEpidemiology: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeurology: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 31 fractional works · 1.7% of its workHealth Professions: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 32 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPsychology: 16 fractional works · 0.9% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Psychology: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKInstitute forBasic Science1,814fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences18%Physical Sciences73%Health Sciences8%Social Sciences2%

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 26 fields, with their numbers
    1. Physics and Astronomy37820.8%
    2. Engineering26314.5%
    3. Materials Science21511.8%
    4. Chemistry1216.7%
    5. Mathematics1206.6%
    6. Computer Science794.4%
    7. Environmental Science512.8%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences492.7%
    9. Energy372.0%
    10. Chemical Engineering130.7%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1639.0%
    2. Neuroscience1045.7%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences231.3%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology191.0%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics90.5%
    1. Medicine1287.1%
    2. Health Professions50.3%
    3. Nursing20.1%
    4. Dentistry10.1%
    5. Veterinary10.1%
    1. Psychology160.9%
    2. Social Sciences90.5%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance30.1%
    4. Arts and Humanities20.1%
    5. Decision Sciences20.1%
    6. Business, Management and Accounting10.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Institute for Basic Science specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Nuclear and High Energy Physics takes 21.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsSubfield · 119.8 works21×
  2. Geometry and TopologySubfield · 50.3 works17×
  3. Condensed Matter PhysicsSubfield · 30.0 works10×
  4. Atomic and Molecular Physics, and OpticsSubfield · 122.7 works9.4×
  5. Physics and AstronomyField · 377.8 works9.4×
← 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: 0.27× its world share, 23 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.69× its world share, 163 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.03× its world share, 19 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 3.54× its world share, 104 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.36× its world share, 9 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 2.11× its world share, 13 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 4.25× its world share, 121 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.56× its world share, 79 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.73× its world share, 49 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 2.19× its world share, 36 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.97× its world share, 263 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.57× its world share, 51 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 3.39× its world share, 215 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 5.63× its world share, 120 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 9.36× its world share, 378 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.11× its world share, 5 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.37× its world share, 128 worksMedicineNursing: 0.26× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.43× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.05× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.02× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.10× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.06× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.28× its world share, 16 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.04× its world share, 9 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Physics and Astronomy, 9.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Physics and Astronomy9.36×378 works
  2. Mathematics5.63×120 works
  3. Chemistry4.25×121 works
  4. Neuroscience3.54×104 works
  5. Materials Science3.39×215 works
  6. Energy2.19×36 works
  7. Chemical Engineering2.11×13 works
  8. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.73×49 works
  9. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.69×163 works
  10. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.36×9 works
  11. Immunology and Microbiology1.03×19 works
  12. Engineering0.97×263 works
  13. Environmental Science0.57×51 works
  14. Computer Science0.56×79 works
  15. Veterinary0.43×1 works
  16. Medicine0.37×128 works
  17. Psychology0.28×16 works
  18. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.27×23 works
  19. Nursing0.26×2 works
  20. Dentistry0.13×1 works
  21. Health Professions0.11×5 works
  22. Decision Sciences0.10×2 works
  23. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.06×2 works
  24. Arts and Humanities0.05×2 works
  25. Social Sciences0.04×9 works
  26. Business, Management and Accounting0.02×1 works

Who are the top researchers at Institute for Basic Science?

Ranked on the quality score, Feng Ding, Jaeyune Ryu and Bo‐yong Park lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Institute for Basic Science.

  1. 1 Feng Ding South Korea · #93,621 worldwide 33k citations · 830 works
  2. 2 Jaeyune Ryu South Korea · #100,765 worldwide 4.5k citations · 84 works
  3. 3 Bo‐yong Park South Korea · #107,298 worldwide 4.2k citations · 151 works
  4. 4 Hyeon Seok Lee South Korea · #159,400 worldwide 4k citations · 51 works
  5. 5 Kangjae Lee South Korea · #169,176 worldwide 2k citations · 69 works
  6. 6 Dongwook Kim South Korea · #188,891 worldwide 7.1k citations · 223 works
  7. 7 Ji Mun Yoo South Korea · #195,484 worldwide 4k citations · 53 works
  8. 8 Christoph Wolf South Korea · #195,606 worldwide 8.1k citations · 136 works
  9. 9 Da Luo South Korea · #205,138 worldwide 4.3k citations · 55 works
  10. 10 Dario Rosa South Korea · #220,605 worldwide 1.7k citations · 70 works
All ranked researchers at Institute for Basic Science

What are the most cited papers from Institute for Basic Science?

The most cited paper from Institute for Basic Science is "Regulation of microRNA biogenesis" (Minju Ha, V. Narry Kim, 2014), with 5,598 citations. Next come "Mapping genomic loci implicates genes and synaptic biology in schizophrenia" (2,894) and "Recent development of two-dimensional transition metal dichalcogenides and their applications" (2,786).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Regulation of microRNA biogenesis Minju Ha, V. Narry Kim · Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology Review 16 Jul 2014 5,598
2 Mapping genomic loci implicates genes and synaptic biology in schizophrenia Vassily Vladimirovich Trubetskoy et al. · Nature Open access613 authors 8 Apr 2022 2,894
3 Recent development of two-dimensional transition metal dichalcogenides and their applications Wonbong Choi, Nitin P. Choudhary, Gang Han et al. · Materials Today Open access 9 Jan 2017 2,786
4 Reactive astrocyte nomenclature, definitions, and future directions Carole Escartin et al. · Nature Neuroscience Open access 15 Feb 2021 2,503
5 The Architecture of SARS-CoV-2 Transcriptome Dong-Wan Kim, Joo-Yeon Lee, Jeong‐Sun Yang et al. · Cell Open access 23 Apr 2020 2,388
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Institute for Basic Science?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Two-Dimensional Materials, Dark Matter, Particle Physics, Electronic Structure, Electrocatalysis, Biomedical Applications, Graphene and Superconductivity.

▲ 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. Biomedical Applications60▲ 2.8×33 topics
  2. Two-Dimensional Materials56▲ 14×4 topics
  3. Dark Matter52▲ 25×4 topics
  4. Nanomaterials52▲ 2.7×17 topics
  5. Graphene47▲ 3.8×10 topics
  6. Particle Physics46▲ 35×2 topics
  7. Nanocomposites46▲ 3.2×17 topics
  8. Electronic Structure45▲ 14×8 topics
  9. Catalysis45▲ 3.7×27 topics
  10. Electrocatalysis45▲ 8.6×5 topics
  11. Energy Storage38▲ 3.2×8 topics
  12. Superconductivity32▲ 10×9 topics
  13. Nanocrystals32▲ 6.8×5 topics
  14. Raman Spectroscopy30▲ 8.8×5 topics
  15. Carbon Nanotubes29▲ 4.8×8 topics
  16. Molecular Dynamics29▲ 9.0×6 topics
  17. Cosmic Rays28▲ 32×2 topics
  18. Neutrinos28▲ 32×2 topics
  19. Cosmology28▲ 23×3 topics
  20. Stability28▲ 6.8×6 topics
  21. Optoelectronic Devices26▲ 16×2 topics
  22. Transparent Conductors26▲ 11×2 topics
  23. Galactic Center25▲ 30×2 topics
  24. Photoluminescence24▲ 17×2 topics
  25. General Relativity24▲ 20×2 topics
  26. Transition Metal Complexes24▲ 15×4 topics
  27. Supernovae24▲ 16×2 topics
  28. Semiconducting Transition Metal Dichalcogenides24▲ 19×1 topic
  29. Van der Waals Heterostructures24▲ 19×1 topic
  30. Higgs Boson24▲ 26×1 topic
  31. High-Energy Collider24▲ 26×1 topic
  32. Graph Theory24▲ 12×2 topics
  33. Transition Metal Catalysis23▲ 15×4 topics
  34. Organic Synthesis23▲ 11×6 topics
  35. Spintronics23▲ 9.9×4 topics
  36. Dark Energy23▲ 20×2 topics
  37. Electronic Properties23▲ 15×2 topics
  38. Cosmic Microwave Background23▲ 23×1 topic
  39. Cosmological Parameters23▲ 23×1 topic
  40. Axions22▲ 54×1 topic

Which research topics does Institute for Basic Science publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: 2D Materials and Applications, Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies, Cosmology and Gravitation Theories and Dark Matter and Cosmic Phenomena.

2D Materials and Applica…242D Materials and Applications: 24 fractional worksParticle physics theoret…24Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies: 24 fractional worksCosmology and Gravitation Theories: 23 fractional worksDark Matter and Cosmic P…22Dark Matter and Cosmic Phenomena: 22 fractional worksGraphene research and ap…22Graphene research and applications: 22 fractional worksAdvanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials: 17 fractional worksCatalytic C–H Functionalization Methods: 16 fractional worksElectrocatalysts for Ene…16Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion: 16 fractional worksBlack Holes and Theoretical Physics: 16 fractional worksTopological Materials and Phenomena: 16 fractional works
Materials ChemistryNuclear and High Energy PhysicsAstronomy and AstrophysicsBiomedical Engineering3 others

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

  1. 1 2D Materials and Applications Materials Chemistry 24 works
  2. 2 Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies Nuclear and High Energy Physics 24 works
  3. 3 Cosmology and Gravitation Theories Astronomy and Astrophysics 23 works
  4. 4 Dark Matter and Cosmic Phenomena Nuclear and High Energy Physics 22 works
  5. 5 Graphene research and applications Materials Chemistry 22 works
  6. 6 Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials Biomedical Engineering 17 works
  7. 7 Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods Organic Chemistry 16 works
  8. 8 Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 16 works
  9. 9 Black Holes and Theoretical Physics Nuclear and High Energy Physics 16 works
  10. 10 Topological Materials and Phenomena Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 16 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 available52.8%not open47.2%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors35.6%domestic only64.4%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Institute for Basic Science's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 5% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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 Institute for Basic Science as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0076% in 2024.

still counting0.0050%0.010%Institute for Basic Science0.0061% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Institute for Basic Science over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting10%20%30%Institute for Basic Science16.5% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 20.8% in 2013.

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