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Kim Il-sung University

In research, Kim Il-sung University stands highest in Physical Sciences (#5,978 of 10,670 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#11,632
of 22,385 · #15,082 all time
Rank in North Korea
#1
of 4
Research works
418
▲ 63% vs 2018-21
Citations
2.9k
6.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
2.5%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.82×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
46%
world 40%
International
23%
world 18%
Kim Il-sung University

What is Kim Il-sung 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 #5,978 of 10,670 1.9%126 #8420

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Kim Il-sung 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 Kim Il-sung University work in?

In 2022-now, 77% of research at Kim Il-sung University is in Physical Sciences, 13% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (30%), Materials Science (11%), Computer Science (9%). It does 1.9× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 175 fractional works · 76.6% of its workEngineering: 68 fractional works · 29.6% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 17 fractional works · 7.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 10 fractional works · 4.3% of its workAerospace Engineering: 7 fractional works · 3.2% of its workMechanical Engineering: 7 fractional works · 3.2% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 6 fractional works · 2.8% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 4 fractional works · 1.8% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 4 fractional works · 1.8% of its workMechanics of Materials: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workComputational Mechanics: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workBuilding and Construction: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOcean Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMedia Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 26 fractional works · 11.3% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 13 fractional works · 5.9% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 6 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workBiomaterials: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 21 fractional works · 9.3% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 10 fractional works · 4.5% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 4 fractional works · 1.8% of its workInformation Systems: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSignal Processing: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Science: 16 fractional works · 7.1% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 4 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEcology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workWater Science and Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 13 fractional works · 5.7% of its workAtmospheric Science: 5 fractional works · 2.4% of its workPaleontology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeophysics: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOceanography: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 11 fractional works · 5.0% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 6 fractional works · 2.7% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInstrumentation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 8 fractional works · 3.5% of its workApplied Mathematics: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workModeling and Simulation: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMathematical Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeometry and Topology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAlgebra and Number Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNumerical Analysis: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workChemistry: 6 fractional works · 2.5% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSpectroscopy: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workFluid Flow and Transfer Processes: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBioengineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCatalysis: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 29 fractional works · 12.5% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 13 fractional works · 5.6% of its workPlant Science: 6 fractional works · 2.8% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAquatic Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 10 fractional works · 4.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 7 fractional works · 2.9% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMolecular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMicrobiology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 14 fractional works · 6.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 5 fractional works · 2.0% of its workFinance: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCultural Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workTransportation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMarketing: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 11 fractional works · 4.7% of its workMedicine: 10 fractional works · 4.3% of its workPharmacology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKKim Il-sungUniversity228fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences13%Physical Sciences77%Health Sciences5%Social Sciences6%

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 24 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering6829.6%
    2. Materials Science2611.3%
    3. Computer Science219.3%
    4. Environmental Science167.1%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences135.7%
    6. Physics and Astronomy115.0%
    7. Mathematics83.5%
    8. Chemistry62.5%
    9. Energy31.4%
    10. Chemical Engineering31.3%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences135.6%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology104.5%
    3. Neuroscience31.4%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology20.9%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
    1. Economics, Econometrics and Finance52.0%
    2. Social Sciences41.5%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting31.4%
    4. Decision Sciences20.9%
    5. Psychology10.4%
    6. Arts and Humanities00.1%
    1. Medicine104.3%
    2. Health Professions10.3%
    3. Nursing00.0%
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: 1.17× its world share, 13 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.85× its world share, 10 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.91× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.85× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 3.66× its world share, 3 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.61× its world share, 6 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.20× its world share, 21 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3.64× its world share, 13 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.48× its world share, 3 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.97× its world share, 68 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.43× its world share, 16 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 3.22× its world share, 26 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 2.93× its world share, 8 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 2.24× its world share, 11 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.22× its world share, 10 worksMedicineNursing: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.42× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.91× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.93× its world share, 5 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.12× its world share, 4 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Chemical Engineering, 3.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Chemical Engineering3.66×3 works
  2. Earth and Planetary Sciences3.64×13 works
  3. Materials Science3.22×26 works
  4. Mathematics2.93×8 works
  5. Physics and Astronomy2.24×11 works
  6. Engineering1.97×68 works
  7. Chemistry1.61×6 works
  8. Energy1.48×3 works
  9. Environmental Science1.43×16 works
  10. Computer Science1.20×21 works
  11. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.17×13 works
  12. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.93×5 works
  13. Immunology and Microbiology0.91×2 works
  14. Decision Sciences0.91×2 works
  15. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.85×10 works
  16. Neuroscience0.85×3 works
  17. Business, Management and Accounting0.42×3 works
  18. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.29×0 works
  19. Medicine0.22×10 works
  20. Health Professions0.13×1 works
  21. Psychology0.12×1 works
  22. Social Sciences0.12×4 works
  23. Nursing0.07×0 works
  24. Arts and Humanities0.03×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Kim Il-sung University?

Ranked on the quality score, Un-Gi Jong, Yun-Hyok Kye and Chol‐Jun Yu lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Kim Il-sung University.

  1. 1 Un-Gi Jong North Korea · #589,064 worldwide 2k citations · 71 works
  2. 2 Yun-Hyok Kye North Korea · #951,780 worldwide 1.1k citations · 38 works
  3. 3 Chol‐Jun Yu North Korea · #1,569,436 worldwide 2.7k citations · 144 works
  4. 4 O Hyong-Chol North Korea · #2,399,720 worldwide 182 citations · 44 works
  5. 5 Pyol Kim North Korea · #2,668,188 worldwide 487 citations · 26 works
  6. 6 Hyok Choe North Korea · #2,855,577 worldwide 34 citations · 17 works
  7. 7 Yong‐Ha Han North Korea · #3,053,616 worldwide 371 citations · 29 works
  8. 8 Yong-Son Hong North Korea · #3,061,002 worldwide 59 citations · 36 works
  9. 9 Su-Yong Paek North Korea · #3,089,945 worldwide 55 citations · 15 works
  10. 10 Son-Il Kwak North Korea · #3,162,178 worldwide 25 citations · 21 works
All ranked researchers at Kim Il-sung University

What are the most cited papers from Kim Il-sung University?

The most cited paper from Kim Il-sung University is "A lipid transfer protein, OsLTPL36, is essential for seed development and seed quality in rice" (Xin Wang, Wei Zhou, Zhanhua Lu et al., 2015), with 154 citations. Next come "Unemployment, Informal Work, Precarious Employment, Child Labor, Slavery, and Health Inequalities: Pathways and Mechanisms" (153) and "Computational prediction of structural, electronic, and optical properties and phase stability of double perovskites K 2 SnX 6 (X = I, Br, Cl)" (152).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 A lipid transfer protein, OsLTPL36, is essential for seed development and seed quality in rice Xin Wang, Wei Zhou, Zhanhua Lu et al. · Plant Science 26 Jul 2015 154
2 Unemployment, Informal Work, Precarious Employment, Child Labor, Slavery, and Health Inequalities: Pathways and Mechanisms Carles Muntañer, Orielle Solar, Christophe Vanroelen et al. · International Journal of Health Services 18 Mar 2010 153
3 Computational prediction of structural, electronic, and optical properties and phase stability of double perovskites K 2 SnX 6 (X = I, Br, Cl) Un-Gi Jong, Chol‐Jun Yu, Yun-Hyok Kye · RSC Advances Open access 24 Dec 2019 152
4 Influence of water intercalation and hydration on chemical decomposition and ion transport in methylammonium lead halide perovskites Un-Gi Jong, Chol‐Jun Yu, Gum-Chol Ri et al. · Journal of Materials Chemistry A Open access 5 Dec 2017 148
5 Exploration of coordination polymer as sorbent for flow injection solid-phase extraction on-line coupled with high-performance liquid chromatography for determination of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in environmental materials Youya Zhou, Xiu‐Ping Yan, Kinam Kim et al. · Journal of Chromatography A 18 Apr 2006 141
All 61 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Kim Il-sung University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Biomedical Applications, Climate Change, Crystal Growth, Efficiency, Nanocomposites, Biosensors, Optical Modulators and Nonlinear Systems.

▲ 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. Climate Change12▲ 1.86×30 topics
  2. Biomedical Applications9▲ 3.2×14 topics
  3. Nanocomposites7▲ 4.0×13 topics
  4. Biosensors6▲ 5.4×5 topics
  5. Nanomaterials6▲ 2.5×12 topics
  6. Neural Networks6▲ 1.65×16 topics
  7. Graphene6▲ 3.7×8 topics
  8. Remote Sensing6▲ 2.1×16 topics
  9. Nanoparticles6▲ 1.94×15 topics
  10. Crystal Growth6▲ 8.8×6 topics
  11. Efficiency5▲ 7.9×4 topics
  12. Optical Modulators5▲ 15×2 topics
  13. Nonlinear Systems4▲ 8.6×6 topics
  14. Global Warming4▲ 4.3×6 topics
  15. Metamaterials4▲ 13×2 topics
  16. Nanophotonics4▲ 19×2 topics
  17. Semiconductor4▲ 5.4×7 topics
  18. Semiconductors4▲ 6.0×2 topics
  19. Stability4▲ 7.5×2 topics
  20. Hyperspectral Imaging4▲ 5.8×6 topics
  21. Organometal Halide Perovskites4▲ 14×1 topic
  22. Perovskite Solar Cells4▲ 14×1 topic
  23. Fuel Cells3▲ 9.4×2 topics
  24. Plasmonics3▲ 25×2 topics
  25. Boundary Layer3▲ 10×2 topics
  26. Multi-Agent Systems3▲ 6.9×3 topics
  27. Probabilistic Forecasting3▲ 6.7×3 topics
  28. Data Assimilation3▲ 7.4×2 topics
  29. Electrical Properties3▲ 13×3 topics
  30. Ferroelectricity3▲ 13×2 topics
  31. Nanoantennas3▲ 35×1 topic
  32. Photonic Crystals3▲ 9.9×3 topics
  33. Surface Plasmons3▲ 35×1 topic
  34. Wave Propagation3▲ 11×3 topics
  35. Crystal Structure3▲ 8.6×2 topics
  36. Hydrological Cycle3▲ 12×2 topics
  37. Phase Transitions2▲ 18×2 topics
  38. Convective Parameterization2▲ 19×1 topic
  39. Ensemble Kalman Filter2▲ 10×1 topic
  40. Microcavities2▲ 10×2 topics

Which research topics does Kim Il-sung University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Perovskite Materials and Applications, Plasmonic and Surface Plasmon Research, Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations and Solid-state spectroscopy and crystallography.

Perovskite Materials and…4Perovskite Materials and Applications: 4 fractional worksPlasmonic and Surface Pl…3Plasmonic and Surface Plasmon Research: 3 fractional worksMeteorological Phenomena and Simulations: 2 fractional worksSolid-state spectroscopy and crystallography: 2 fractional worksClimate variability and models: 2 fractional worksPhotonic and Optical Devices: 2 fractional worksAcoustic Wave Phenomena Research: 2 fractional worksCatalytic Processes in M…2Catalytic Processes in Materials Science: 2 fractional worksMulti-Agent Systems and Negotiation: 2 fractional worksGeotourism and Geoheritage Conservation: 2 fractional works
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringBiomedical EngineeringAtmospheric ScienceMaterials Chemistry3 others

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

  1. 1 Perovskite Materials and Applications Electrical and Electronic Engineering 4 works
  2. 2 Plasmonic and Surface Plasmon Research Biomedical Engineering 3 works
  3. 3 Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations Atmospheric Science 2 works
  4. 4 Solid-state spectroscopy and crystallography Materials Chemistry 2 works
  5. 5 Climate variability and models Global and Planetary Change 2 works
  6. 6 Photonic and Optical Devices Electrical and Electronic Engineering 2 works
  7. 7 Acoustic Wave Phenomena Research Biomedical Engineering 2 works
  8. 8 Catalytic Processes in Materials Science Materials Chemistry 2 works
  9. 9 Multi-Agent Systems and Negotiation Artificial Intelligence 2 works
  10. 10 Geotourism and Geoheritage Conservation Geology 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 available46.4%not open53.6%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors23.2%domestic only76.8%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Kim Il-sung University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 63% higher than in 2018-2021.

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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 Kim Il-sung University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00060% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%Kim Il-sung University0.0011% in 20251990200020102020

Fractional works of Kim Il-sung 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 2025Kim Il-sung University0.9% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 4.6% in 2023.

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