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Kangnam University

In research, Kangnam University stands highest in Physical Sciences (#7,421 of 10,670 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#10,784
of 22,385 · #16,351 all time
Rank in South Korea
#176
of 343
Research works
982
▲ 60% vs 2018-21
Citations
12k
12.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.3%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.91×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
38%
world 40%
International
20%
world 18%
Kangnam University

What is Kangnam University 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 #7,421 of 10,670 2.9%92 #13216

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Kangnam 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Kangnam University work in?

In 2022-now, 55% of research at Kangnam University is in Physical Sciences, 26% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (24%), Computer Science (23%), Social Sciences (11%). It does 1.4× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 100 fractional works · 54.8% of its workEngineering: 44 fractional works · 24.0% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 12 fractional works · 6.4% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 7 fractional works · 3.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 6 fractional works · 3.3% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 6 fractional works · 3.0% of its workAerospace Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workBuilding and Construction: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMechanical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMedia Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputational Mechanics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMechanics of Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 42 fractional works · 22.8% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 15 fractional works · 8.3% of its workInformation Systems: 10 fractional works · 5.6% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 8 fractional works · 4.6% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 4 fractional works · 2.2% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workComputer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 7 fractional works · 3.8% of its workEcology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEcological Modeling: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workMathematical Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAlgebra and Number Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeometry and Topology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnergy Engineering and Power Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOceanography: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 47 fractional works · 26.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 20 fractional works · 10.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 5 fractional works · 2.8% of its workCultural Studies: 4 fractional works · 2.1% of its workDemography: 4 fractional works · 2.0% of its workSafety Research: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPublic Administration: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGender Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTransportation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPsychology: 11 fractional works · 5.8% of its workClinical Psychology: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSocial Psychology: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workNeuropsychology and Physiological Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workApplied Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 8 fractional works · 4.1% of its workStrategy and Management: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMarketing: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAccounting: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 5 fractional works · 2.6% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 4 fractional works · 2.0% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workFinance: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 28 fractional works · 15.4% of its workMedicine: 19 fractional works · 10.2% of its workPhysiology: 4 fractional works · 2.0% of its workOncology: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSurgery: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEpidemiology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOphthalmology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Informatics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth Professions: 8 fractional works · 4.5% of its workHealth Information Management: 4 fractional works · 2.2% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLeadership and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 7 fractional works · 3.8% of its workNeuroscience: 4 fractional works · 2.0% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKKangnamUniversity182fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences4%Physical Sciences55%Health Sciences15%Social Sciences26%

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 23 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering4424.0%
    2. Computer Science4222.8%
    3. Environmental Science73.8%
    4. Mathematics31.6%
    5. Energy20.9%
    6. Physics and Astronomy10.7%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.5%
    8. Materials Science10.5%
    9. Chemical Engineering00.0%
    10. Chemistry00.0%
    1. Social Sciences2010.7%
    2. Psychology115.8%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting84.1%
    4. Arts and Humanities52.6%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance42.0%
    6. Decision Sciences10.8%
    1. Medicine1910.2%
    2. Health Professions84.5%
    3. Nursing10.7%
    1. Neuroscience42.0%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology21.1%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences10.7%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.1%
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: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.20× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.22× its world share, 4 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 2.93× its world share, 42 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.32× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.99× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.60× its world share, 44 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.77× its world share, 7 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.32× its world share, 3 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.30× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 1.71× its world share, 8 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.53× its world share, 19 worksMedicineNursing: 1.43× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.89× its world share, 5 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.28× its world share, 8 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.79× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.93× its world share, 4 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.91× its world share, 11 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.85× its world share, 20 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Computer Science, 2.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 23 fields, with their numbers
  1. Computer Science2.93×42 works
  2. Psychology1.91×11 works
  3. Health Professions1.71×8 works
  4. Engineering1.60×44 works
  5. Nursing1.43×1 works
  6. Mathematics1.32×3 works
  7. Business, Management and Accounting1.28×8 works
  8. Neuroscience1.22×4 works
  9. Energy0.99×2 works
  10. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.93×4 works
  11. Arts and Humanities0.89×5 works
  12. Social Sciences0.85×20 works
  13. Decision Sciences0.79×1 works
  14. Environmental Science0.77×7 works
  15. Medicine0.53×19 works
  16. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.32×1 works
  17. Physics and Astronomy0.30×1 works
  18. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.20×2 works
  19. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.14×1 works
  20. Materials Science0.14×1 works
  21. Chemical Engineering0.13×0 works
  22. Immunology and Microbiology0.11×0 works
  23. Chemistry0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Kangnam University?

Ranked on the quality score, Sung-Sik Chang, Sungchan Lee and Shinsook Yoon lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Kangnam University.

  1. 1 Sung-Sik Chang South Korea · #4,407,717 worldwide 711 citations · 29 works
  2. 2 Sungchan Lee South Korea · #4,714,661 worldwide 66 citations · 22 works
  3. 3 Shinsook Yoon South Korea · #5,013,424 worldwide 278 citations · 25 works
  4. 4 Ah Young Lim South Korea · #5,266,677 worldwide 103 citations · 19 works
  5. 5 Gayoung Kim South Korea · #5,404,687 worldwide 70 citations · 20 works
  6. 6 Mhin Kang South Korea · #5,423,913 worldwide 16 citations · 21 works
  7. 7 Jaehyung Yang South Korea · #5,459,065 worldwide 385 citations · 38 works
  8. 8 Ki-Hong Joung South Korea · #5,542,778 worldwide 40 citations · 17 works
  9. 9 Jeungkun Kim South Korea · #5,785,975 worldwide 15 citations · 20 works
  10. 10 Sangjoon Jun South Korea · #5,878,963 worldwide 73 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at Kangnam University

What are the most cited papers from Kangnam University?

The most cited paper from Kangnam University is "Formation of dense partonic matter in relativistic nucleus–nucleus collisions at RHIC: Experimental evaluation by the PHENIX Collaboration" (K. Adcox et al., 2005), with 3,069 citations. Next come "The ALICE experiment at the CERN LHC" (1,677) and "Identified charged particle spectra and yields in Au+Au collisions at sNN=200GeV" (776).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Formation of dense partonic matter in relativistic nucleus–nucleus collisions at RHIC: Experimental evaluation by the PHENIX Collaboration K. Adcox et al. · Nuclear Physics A Open access510 authors 5 Jul 2005 3,069
2 The ALICE experiment at the CERN LHC Kenneth Aamodt et al. · Journal of Instrumentation Open access1,161 authors 14 Aug 2008 1,677
3 Identified charged particle spectra and yields in Au+Au collisions at sNN=200GeV Stephen Adler et al. · Physical Review C Open access326 authors 29 Mar 2004 776
4 Elliptic Flow of Identified Hadrons in A u + A u Collisions at s N N = 200 G e V S. S. Adler et al. · Physical Review Letters Open access325 authors 30 Oct 2003 690
5 Texture development and its effect on mechanical properties of an AZ61 Mg alloy fabricated by equal channel angular pressing W.J. Kim, Sun Ig Hong, Yerim Kim et al. · Acta Materialia 12 May 2003 541
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Kangnam University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Deep Learning, Virtual Reality, Lifelong Learning, Social Support, Self-Efficacy, Lifestyle, Text Mining 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-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. Deep Learning21▲ 3.3×35 topics
  2. Virtual Reality13▲ 15×8 topics
  3. Healthcare7▲ 3.5×6 topics
  4. Lifelong Learning7▲ 20×3 topics
  5. Social Support7▲ 7.2×7 topics
  6. Convolutional Neural Networks6▲ 4.9×8 topics
  7. Neural Networks6▲ 2.2×12 topics
  8. Social Media6▲ 2.4×9 topics
  9. Lifestyle6▲ 105×3 topics
  10. Self-Efficacy6▲ 12×5 topics
  11. Text Mining6▲ 23×4 topics
  12. Quality of Life5▲ 2.0×12 topics
  13. Fashion5▲ 71×2 topics
  14. Computer Vision4▲ 8.9×4 topics
  15. Ethical Consumption4▲ 21×2 topics
  16. Topic Modeling4▲ 15×2 topics
  17. Social Capital4▲ 4.3×7 topics
  18. Social Isolation4▲ 11×3 topics
  19. Big Data Analysis4▲ 106×2 topics
  20. Consumer Perception4▲ 9.2×2 topics
  21. Context Information Model4▲ 357×1 topic
  22. Ontology-based4▲ 357×1 topic
  23. Generation Z4▲ 115×1 topic
  24. Metaverse4▲ 83×1 topic
  25. Digital Divide4▲ 7.5×3 topics
  26. Simulation4▲ 7.4×4 topics
  27. Image Classification3▲ 9.7×2 topics
  28. Numerical Simulation3▲ 6.3×2 topics
  29. Online Education3▲ 9.4×1 topic
  30. Semantic Network Analysis3▲ 84×2 topics
  31. Smart Learning3▲ 60×1 topic
  32. Structural Analysis3▲ 20×2 topics
  33. Older Adults3▲ 46×1 topic
  34. Technology Use3▲ 64×1 topic
  35. Convolutional Networks3▲ 12×3 topics
  36. Design Optimization3▲ 46×1 topic
  37. Finite Element Method3▲ 18×1 topic
  38. Image Recognition3▲ 11×1 topic
  39. Object Detection3▲ 12×1 topic
  40. Career Development3▲ 12×2 topics

Which research topics does Kangnam University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Innovation in Digital Healthcare Systems, Diverse Topics in Contemporary Research, Education and Learning Interventions and Technology Use by Older Adults.

Innovation in Digital He…4Innovation in Digital Healthcare Systems: 4 fractional worksDiverse Topics in Contem…4Diverse Topics in Contemporary Research: 4 fractional worksEducation and Learning Interventions: 3 fractional worksTechnology Use by Older …3Technology Use by Older Adults: 3 fractional worksEngineering Applied Rese…3Engineering Applied Research: 3 fractional worksAdvanced Neural Network Applications: 3 fractional worksEducational Systems and Policies: 3 fractional worksHuman Motion and Animation2Human Motion and Animation: 2 fractional worksSimulation and Modeling Applications: 2 fractional worksCognitive Computing and Networks: 2 fractional works
Health Information ManagementCultural StudiesInformation SystemsDemography4 others

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

  1. 1 Innovation in Digital Healthcare Systems Health Information Management 4 works
  2. 2 Diverse Topics in Contemporary Research Cultural Studies 4 works
  3. 3 Education and Learning Interventions Information Systems 3 works
  4. 4 Technology Use by Older Adults Demography 3 works
  5. 5 Engineering Applied Research Civil and Structural Engineering 3 works
  6. 6 Advanced Neural Network Applications Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 3 works
  7. 7 Educational Systems and Policies Information Systems 3 works
  8. 8 Human Motion and Animation Control and Systems Engineering 2 works
  9. 9 Simulation and Modeling Applications Control and Systems Engineering 2 works
  10. 10 Cognitive Computing and Networks Artificial Intelligence 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 available38.5%not open61.5%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors19.5%domestic only80.5%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Kangnam University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 60% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
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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 Kangnam University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00062% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%Kangnam University0.0010% in 20251990200020102020

Fractional works of Kangnam University 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 counting5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2025Kangnam University4.5% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 11.9% in 2014.

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