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Korea Aerospace University

In research, Korea Aerospace University stands highest in Engineering (#1,362 of 5,901 worldwide), Physical Sciences (#3,468 of 10,670 worldwide) and Aerospace Engineering (#394 of 785 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Aerospace Engineering, Computational Mechanics and Mechanics of Materials (Aerospace Engineering is 12.1× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#8,068
of 22,385 · #5,390 all time
Rank in South Korea
#139
of 343
Research works
3.2k
▲ 20% vs 2018-21
Citations
38k
12.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.2%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.78×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
36%
world 40%
International
12%
world 18%
Korea Aerospace University

What is Korea Aerospace 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
EngineeringField #1,362 of 5,901 7.5%333 #1365
Physical SciencesDomain #3,468 of 10,670 7.0%519 #2592
Aerospace EngineeringSubfield #394 of 785 10.9%83 #492
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringSubfield #1,430 of 2,176 4.8%63 #1837
Computer ScienceField #3,231 of 4,417 7.7%80 #2350

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Korea Aerospace 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 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. Engineering#1,365 #1,362
  2. Physical Sciences#2,592 #3,468
  3. Aerospace Engineering#492 #394
  4. Electrical and Electronic Engineering#1,837 #1,430
  5. Computer Science#2,350 #3,231
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 Korea Aerospace University work in?

In 2022-now, 86% of research at Korea Aerospace University is in Physical Sciences, 8% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (55%), Computer Science (13%), Materials Science (8%). It does 2.2× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 612 fractional works · 86.4% of its workEngineering: 388 fractional works · 54.8% of its workAerospace Engineering: 100 fractional works · 14.1% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 73 fractional works · 10.3% of its workMechanical Engineering: 43 fractional works · 6.1% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 31 fractional works · 4.4% of its workMechanics of Materials: 28 fractional works · 4.0% of its workComputational Mechanics: 28 fractional works · 3.9% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 24 fractional works · 3.3% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 21 fractional works · 3.0% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 13 fractional works · 1.8% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 8 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 7 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBuilding and Construction: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOcean Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMedia Technology: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Science: 94 fractional works · 13.3% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 42 fractional works · 5.9% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 20 fractional works · 2.9% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 12 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSignal Processing: 7 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInformation Systems: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHardware and Architecture: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 58 fractional works · 8.1% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 30 fractional works · 4.3% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 13 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 8 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCeramics and Composites: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 26 fractional works · 3.7% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 11 fractional works · 1.6% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInstrumentation: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 16 fractional works · 2.3% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPollution: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnergy: 10 fractional works · 1.4% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 8 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 8 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGeometry and Topology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematical Physics: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workApplied Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 6 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOceanography: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAtmospheric Science: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workFluid Flow and Transfer Processes: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 58 fractional works · 8.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 15 fractional works · 2.1% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStrategy and Management: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMarketing: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement Information Systems: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 13 fractional works · 1.9% of its workSociology and Political Science: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workTransportation: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCommunication: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDecision Sciences: 11 fractional works · 1.6% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 10 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 7 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 8 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSocial Psychology: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 22 fractional works · 3.1% of its workMedicine: 18 fractional works · 2.6% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSurgery: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 1.6% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 16 fractional works · 2.3% of its workNeuroscience: 7 fractional works · 1.0% of its workNeurology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workFood Science: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKKorea AerospaceUniversity708fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences2%Physical Sciences86%Health Sciences3%Social Sciences8%

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. Engineering38854.8%
    2. Computer Science9413.3%
    3. Materials Science588.1%
    4. Physics and Astronomy263.7%
    5. Environmental Science162.3%
    6. Energy101.4%
    7. Mathematics81.1%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences60.9%
    9. Chemical Engineering40.6%
    10. Chemistry20.2%
    1. Business, Management and Accounting152.1%
    2. Social Sciences131.9%
    3. Decision Sciences111.6%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance101.4%
    5. Psychology81.1%
    6. Arts and Humanities00.1%
    1. Medicine182.6%
    2. Health Professions20.2%
    3. Dentistry10.2%
    4. Nursing00.1%
    5. Veterinary00.0%
    1. Neuroscience71.0%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences50.7%
    3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology30.4%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.0%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Korea Aerospace University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Aerospace Engineering takes 12.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Aerospace EngineeringSubfield · 100.2 works12×
  2. Computational MechanicsSubfield · 28.0 works6.8×
  3. Mechanics of MaterialsSubfield · 28.1 works5.6×
  4. Computer Vision and Pattern RecognitionSubfield · 41.6 works4.7×
← 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: 0.15× its world share, 5 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.08× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.64× its world share, 7 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.70× its world share, 4 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.15× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.71× its world share, 94 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.55× its world share, 6 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.47× its world share, 10 worksEnergyEngineering: 3.65× its world share, 388 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.46× its world share, 16 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 2.33× its world share, 58 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.90× its world share, 8 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.68× its world share, 26 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.38× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.09× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.13× its world share, 18 worksMedicineNursing: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.67× its world share, 15 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.68× its world share, 12 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.64× its world share, 10 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.37× its world share, 8 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.15× its world share, 13 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Engineering, 3.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Engineering3.65×388 works
  2. Materials Science2.33×58 works
  3. Computer Science1.71×94 works
  4. Chemical Engineering1.70×4 works
  5. Physics and Astronomy1.68×26 works
  6. Decision Sciences1.68×12 works
  7. Energy1.47×10 works
  8. Mathematics0.90×8 works
  9. Business, Management and Accounting0.67×15 works
  10. Neuroscience0.64×7 works
  11. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.64×10 works
  12. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.55×6 works
  13. Environmental Science0.46×16 works
  14. Dentistry0.38×1 works
  15. Psychology0.37×8 works
  16. Veterinary0.20×0 works
  17. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.15×5 works
  18. Chemistry0.15×2 works
  19. Social Sciences0.15×13 works
  20. Medicine0.13×18 works
  21. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.11×0 works
  22. Nursing0.11×0 works
  23. Health Professions0.09×2 works
  24. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.08×3 works
  25. Immunology and Microbiology0.04×0 works
  26. Arts and Humanities0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Korea Aerospace University?

Ranked on the quality score, Sungwoo Park, Sang Yoon Park and Seok Pil Jang lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Korea Aerospace University.

  1. 1 Sungwoo Park South Korea · #954,139 worldwide 1.3k citations · 49 works
  2. 2 Sang Yoon Park South Korea · #1,103,300 worldwide 1.2k citations · 37 works
  3. 3 Seok Pil Jang South Korea · #1,158,504 worldwide 8k citations · 157 works
  4. 4 Ji-Hwan Lee South Korea · #1,226,614 worldwide 2k citations · 54 works
  5. 5 Seokgoo Kim South Korea · #1,563,814 worldwide 822 citations · 39 works
  6. 6 Won Jong Choi South Korea · #1,791,676 worldwide 874 citations · 26 works
  7. 7 Tae Jong Choi South Korea · #1,837,627 worldwide 338 citations · 22 works
  8. 8 Eun Jong Kong South Korea · #1,947,717 worldwide 948 citations · 45 works
  9. 9 Jin Ki Kim South Korea · #1,980,147 worldwide 860 citations · 70 works
  10. 10 Donghyun Choi South Korea · #2,111,776 worldwide 1.4k citations · 78 works
All ranked researchers at Korea Aerospace University

What are the most cited papers from Korea Aerospace University?

The most cited paper from Korea Aerospace University is "Traceability in a food supply chain: Safety and quality perspectives" (Myo Min Aung, Yoon‐Seok Chang, 2013), with 1,340 citations. Next come "A benchmark study on the thermal conductivity of nanofluids" (1,108) and "Effective viscosities and thermal conductivities of aqueous nanofluids containing low volume concentrations of Al2O3 nanoparticles" (769).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Traceability in a food supply chain: Safety and quality perspectives Myo Min Aung, Yoon‐Seok Chang · Food Control 12 Nov 2013 1,340
2 A benchmark study on the thermal conductivity of nanofluids Kim, Ji Hyun et al. · Scholarworks@UNIST (Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology) Nov 2009 1,108
3 Effective viscosities and thermal conductivities of aqueous nanofluids containing low volume concentrations of Al2O3 nanoparticles Ji-Hwan Lee, Kyo Sik Hwang, Seok Pil Jang et al. · International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer 17 Jan 2008 769
4 Stability and thermal conductivity characteristics of nanofluids Yohan Hwang, J.K. Lee, C.H. Lee et al. · Thermochimica Acta 10 Dec 2006 699
5 A study on the effects of social media marketing activities on brand equity and customer response in the airline industry Eun-Ju Seo, Jin-Woo Park · Journal of Air Transport Management 8 Nov 2017 661
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Korea Aerospace University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Deep Learning, Heat Transfer, Convolutional Neural Networks, Collision Avoidance, Mechanical Properties, Neural Networks, Semiconductor and Signal Processing.

▲ 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 Learning75▲ 3.1×58 topics
  2. Heat Transfer32▲ 9.2×12 topics
  3. Neural Networks31▲ 2.8×26 topics
  4. Machine Learning29▲ 1.24×39 topics
  5. Mechanical Properties27▲ 3.9×26 topics
  6. Convolutional Neural Networks27▲ 5.2×10 topics
  7. Collision Avoidance22▲ 17×4 topics
  8. Semiconductor18▲ 7.8×5 topics
  9. Signal Processing18▲ 18×4 topics
  10. Thin Films18▲ 13×9 topics
  11. Autonomous Vehicles17▲ 11×4 topics
  12. Large-Eddy Simulation16▲ 12×5 topics
  13. Photodetectors15▲ 27×2 topics
  14. Doppler Radar15▲ 27×2 topics
  15. Vibration Analysis14▲ 7.4×7 topics
  16. Nanostructures14▲ 4.7×13 topics
  17. Numerical Simulation13▲ 6.2×10 topics
  18. Field-Effect Transistors12▲ 11×4 topics
  19. Semiconductors12▲ 6.0×4 topics
  20. Micro-Doppler Effect12▲ 60×1 topic
  21. Synthetic Aperture Radar12▲ 60×1 topic
  22. Finite Element Method12▲ 18×3 topics
  23. Multi-Agent Systems11▲ 8.4×4 topics
  24. Nanowires11▲ 11×4 topics
  25. Crystal Growth11▲ 5.6×4 topics
  26. Air Traffic Management10▲ 67×1 topic
  27. Conflict Resolution10▲ 33×1 topic
  28. Convolutional Networks10▲ 10×3 topics
  29. Path Planning10▲ 11×3 topics
  30. Power Devices9▲ 19×2 topics
  31. Epitaxial Growth9▲ 28×2 topics
  32. Wireless Communications9▲ 7.2×5 topics
  33. Gallium Oxide9▲ 47×1 topic
  34. Ultrawide Bandgap9▲ 47×1 topic
  35. Doping8▲ 13×2 topics
  36. Electric Propulsion8▲ 32×2 topics
  37. Combustion Instabilities8▲ 19×2 topics
  38. Sensor Fusion8▲ 11×3 topics
  39. Optimal Motion Planning8▲ 16×1 topic
  40. Sampling-Based Algorithms8▲ 16×1 topic

Which research topics does Korea Aerospace University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Advanced SAR Imaging Techniques, Air Traffic Management and Optimization, Ga2O3 and related materials and Robotic Path Planning Algorithms.

Advanced SAR Imaging Tec…12Advanced SAR Imaging Techniques: 12 fractional worksAir Traffic Management a…10Air Traffic Management and Optimization: 10 fractional worksGa2O3 and related materi…9Ga2O3 and related materials: 9 fractional worksRobotic Path Planning Al…8Robotic Path Planning Algorithms: 8 fractional worksAviation Industry Analysis and Trends: 7 fractional worksZnO doping and properties: 6 fractional worksComposite Structure Anal…6Composite Structure Analysis and Optimization: 6 fractional worksAdvanced Neural Network Applications: 6 fractional worksStructural Analysis and Optimization: 6 fractional worksHeat Transfer Mechanisms6Heat Transfer Mechanisms: 6 fractional works
Aerospace EngineeringElectronic, Optical and Magnetic MaterialsComputer Vision and Pattern RecognitionGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance4 others

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

  1. 1 Advanced SAR Imaging Techniques Aerospace Engineering 12 works
  2. 2 Air Traffic Management and Optimization Aerospace Engineering 10 works
  3. 3 Ga2O3 and related materials Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials 9 works
  4. 4 Robotic Path Planning Algorithms Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 8 works
  5. 5 Aviation Industry Analysis and Trends General Economics, Econometrics and Finance 7 works
  6. 6 ZnO doping and properties Materials Chemistry 6 works
  7. 7 Composite Structure Analysis and Optimization Mechanics of Materials 6 works
  8. 8 Advanced Neural Network Applications Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 6 works
  9. 9 Structural Analysis and Optimization Civil and Structural Engineering 6 works
  10. 10 Heat Transfer Mechanisms Mechanical Engineering 6 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 available35.6%not open64.4%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors11.8%domestic only88.2%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Korea Aerospace University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 20% higher 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 Korea Aerospace University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0030% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%0.0060%Korea Aerospace University0.0027% in 20251990200020102020

Fractional works of Korea Aerospace 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 2025Korea Aerospace University6.8% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 13.7% in 2020.

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