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Korea Brain Research Institute

In research, Korea Brain Research Institute stands highest in Life Sciences (#3,044 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Neuroscience — Neuroscience is 17.9× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#7,146
of 28,054 · #11,894 all time
Rank in South Korea
#132
of 417
Research works
420
▲ 463% vs 2013–17
Citations
7.7k
18.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
22.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
82%
world 28%

What is Korea Brain Research Institute 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
Life SciencesDomain #3,044 of 7,800 22.2%92 #4842

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Korea Brain Research Institute 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).

What does Korea Brain Research Institute specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Neuroscience takes 17.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. NeuroscienceField · 47.0 works18×
← 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: 0.33× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 4.37× its world share, 38 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.99× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 17.86× its world share, 47 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.34× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.66× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.21× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.37× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.24× its world share, 6 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.23× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.53× its world share, 3 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.40× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.39× its world share, 43 worksMedicineNursing: 1.28× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesPsychology: 1.25× its world share, 6 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.09× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Neuroscience, 17.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Korea Brain Research Institute?

Ranked on the composite score, Minkyo Jung, Ji Young Mun and Hyang‐Sook Hoe lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Korea Brain Research Institute.

  1. 1 Minkyo Jung South Korea · #518,710 worldwide 71 citations · 18 works
  2. 2 Ji Young Mun South Korea · #955,105 worldwide 31 citations · 18 works
  3. 3 Hyang‐Sook Hoe South Korea · #982,948 worldwide 66 citations · 19 works
  4. 4 Youngshik Choe South Korea · #1,392,610 worldwide 38 citations · 15 works
  5. 5 Hyungju Park South Korea · #1,498,669 worldwide 25 citations · 22 works
  6. 6 Jaekwang Kim South Korea · #1,521,287 worldwide 23 citations · 18 works
All ranked researchers at Korea Brain Research Institute

Which keywords describe research at Korea Brain Research Institute?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Neurodegeneration, Oxidative Stress, Neuroinflammation, Neurological Disorders, Brain Development, Cytokines, Microglia and Neurobiology.

▲ 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. Oxidative Stress17▲ 6.4×23 topics
  2. Neurodegeneration16▲ 32×8 topics
  3. Neuroinflammation14▲ 30×5 topics
  4. Neurological Disorders10▲ 11×14 topics
  5. Inflammation9▲ 2.7×43 topics
  6. Brain Development8▲ 27×5 topics
  7. Cytokines7▲ 16×5 topics
  8. Cancer7▲ 3.1×26 topics
  9. Microglia7▲ 38×2 topics
  10. Neurobiology7▲ 16×6 topics
  11. Genetics6▲ 5.8×10 topics
  12. Innate Immunity6▲ 12×6 topics
  13. Synaptic Plasticity6▲ 17×5 topics
  14. Amyloid Hypothesis6▲ 62×1 topic
  15. Tau Pathology6▲ 62×1 topic
  16. Ischemic Stroke6▲ 23×2 topics
  17. Mitochondrial Dysfunction6▲ 12×7 topics
  18. Astrocytes5▲ 59×1 topic
  19. Synaptic Pruning5▲ 59×1 topic
  20. Gene Expression5▲ 5.3×10 topics
  21. Parkinson's Disease5▲ 13×7 topics
  22. Prefrontal Cortex5▲ 40×3 topics
  23. Neuronal Circuits5▲ 41×2 topics
  24. Aging5▲ 5.7×9 topics
  25. Depression5▲ 3.5×9 topics
  26. Dendritic Spines5▲ 36×2 topics
  27. Functional Connectivity5▲ 22×3 topics
  28. Neurodegenerative Diseases5▲ 17×6 topics
  29. Biomarkers4▲ 4.1×7 topics
  30. Neuroimaging4▲ 10×8 topics
  31. Stress4▲ 7.5×5 topics
  32. GABAergic4▲ 48×1 topic
  33. Neurotransmission4▲ 48×1 topic
  34. Alzheimer's Disease4▲ 8.6×5 topics
  35. Genetic Variation4▲ 11×3 topics
  36. Metabolic Regulation4▲ 14×4 topics
  37. Neural Plasticity4▲ 13×3 topics
  38. Apoptosis3▲ 7.0×10 topics
  39. Hippocampus3▲ 33×2 topics
  40. Ion Channels3▲ 18×4 topics

Which research topics does Korea Brain Research Institute publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Alzheimer's disease research and treatments, Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms, Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research and Neuroscience and Neural Engineering.

Alzheimer's disease research and treatments: 6 fractional worksNeuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms: 5 fractional worksNeuroscience and Neuroph…4Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research: 4 fractional worksNeuroscience and Neural …3Neuroscience and Neural Engineering: 3 fractional worksFunctional Brain Connectivity Studies: 3 fractional worksParkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments: 2 fractional worksNeural dynamics and brai…2Neural dynamics and brain function: 2 fractional worksEEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces: 2 fractional worksNeurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior: 2 fractional worksMemory and Neural Mechanisms: 2 fractional works
PhysiologyNeurologyCellular and Molecular NeuroscienceCognitive Neuroscience

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

  1. 1 Alzheimer's disease research and treatments Physiology 6 works
  2. 2 Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms Neurology 5 works
  3. 3 Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience 4 works
  4. 4 Neuroscience and Neural Engineering Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience 3 works
  5. 5 Functional Brain Connectivity Studies Cognitive Neuroscience 3 works
  6. 6 Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments Neurology 2 works
  7. 7 Neural dynamics and brain function Cognitive Neuroscience 2 works
  8. 8 EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces Cognitive Neuroscience 2 works
  9. 9 Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience 2 works
  10. 10 Memory and Neural Mechanisms Cognitive Neuroscience 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 available81.7%not open18.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors24.3%domestic only75.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Korea Brain Research Institute's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 463% higher than in 2013–2017.

2005201020152020
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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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