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Korea Development Institute

In research, Korea Development Institute stands highest in Social Sciences (#5,843 of 9,585 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Economics, Econometrics and Finance (Economics, Econometrics and Finance is 7.4× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#10,705
of 22,385 · #7,917 all time
Rank in South Korea
#173
of 343
Research works
1.2k
▼ 37% vs 2018-21
Citations
8.8k
7.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
4.8%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.96×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
77%
world 40%
International
12%
world 18%
Korea Development Institute

What is Korea Development Institute 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
Social SciencesDomain #5,843 of 9,585 2.4%107 #3824

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

Which fields of science does Korea Development Institute work in?

In 2022-now, 58% of research at Korea Development Institute is in Social Sciences, 27% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (25%), Economics, Econometrics and Finance (16%), Business, Management and Accounting (13%). It does 2.3× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 115 fractional works · 57.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 51 fractional works · 25.2% of its workDevelopment: 13 fractional works · 6.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 12 fractional works · 6.2% of its workDemography: 9 fractional works · 4.4% of its workGender Studies: 4 fractional works · 2.1% of its workCultural Studies: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSafety Research: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPublic Administration: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTransportation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 32 fractional works · 15.9% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 19 fractional works · 9.6% of its workFinance: 7 fractional works · 3.7% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 5 fractional works · 2.5% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 26 fractional works · 13.0% of its workStrategy and Management: 11 fractional works · 5.3% of its workAccounting: 8 fractional works · 3.8% of its workBusiness and International Management: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workMarketing: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workManagement Information Systems: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 4 fractional works · 2.2% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workApplied Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 54 fractional works · 27.0% of its workEngineering: 21 fractional works · 10.5% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 8 fractional works · 3.9% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workAerospace Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMechanics of Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMedia Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 10 fractional works · 5.0% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 4 fractional works · 2.1% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 8 fractional works · 3.9% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 7 fractional works · 3.7% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workBiomaterials: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGeneral Energy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workModeling and Simulation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 19 fractional works · 9.4% of its workMedicine: 12 fractional works · 6.2% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Informatics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth Professions: 5 fractional works · 2.5% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 4 fractional works · 2.2% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLeadership and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 12 fractional works · 6.0% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 5 fractional works · 2.3% of its workMolecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 4 fractional works · 2.0% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSoil Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKKorea DevelopmentInstitute200fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences6%Physical Sciences27%Health Sciences9%Social Sciences58%

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 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences5125.2%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance3215.9%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting2613.0%
    4. Decision Sciences42.2%
    5. Psychology21.1%
    6. Arts and Humanities00.2%
    1. Engineering2110.5%
    2. Computer Science105.0%
    3. Environmental Science83.9%
    4. Materials Science73.7%
    5. Energy31.4%
    6. Physics and Astronomy21.1%
    7. Chemistry20.9%
    8. Chemical Engineering00.2%
    9. Mathematics00.2%
    1. Medicine126.2%
    2. Health Professions52.5%
    3. Nursing10.3%
    4. Dentistry10.3%
    5. Veterinary00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology52.3%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences42.0%
    3. Neuroscience21.0%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology10.4%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.3%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Korea Development Institute specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Economics, Econometrics and Finance takes 7.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Economics, Econometrics and FinanceField · 31.8 works7.4×
← 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: 0.42× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.43× its world share, 5 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.38× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.62× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.88× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.65× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.60× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.65× its world share, 10 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 1.57× its world share, 3 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.70× its world share, 21 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.78× its world share, 8 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.05× its world share, 7 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.50× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.57× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.94× its world share, 5 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.32× its world share, 12 worksMedicineNursing: 0.71× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.41× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 4.04× its world share, 26 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.27× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 7.42× its world share, 32 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.37× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.99× its world share, 50 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Economics, Econometrics and Finance, 7.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Economics, Econometrics and Finance7.42×32 works
  2. Business, Management and Accounting4.04×26 works
  3. Decision Sciences2.27×4 works
  4. Social Sciences1.99×50 works
  5. Energy1.57×3 works
  6. Materials Science1.05×7 works
  7. Health Professions0.94×5 works
  8. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.88×1 works
  9. Environmental Science0.78×8 works
  10. Nursing0.71×1 works
  11. Engineering0.70×21 works
  12. Chemical Engineering0.65×0 works
  13. Computer Science0.65×10 works
  14. Neuroscience0.62×2 works
  15. Chemistry0.60×2 works
  16. Dentistry0.57×1 works
  17. Physics and Astronomy0.50×2 works
  18. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.43×5 works
  19. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.42×4 works
  20. Veterinary0.41×0 works
  21. Immunology and Microbiology0.38×1 works
  22. Psychology0.37×2 works
  23. Medicine0.32×12 works
  24. Mathematics0.19×0 works
  25. Arts and Humanities0.06×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Korea Development Institute?

Ranked on the quality score, Jaehyuk Park, Jongkwan Lee and Leroy P. Jones lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Korea Development Institute.

  1. 1 Jaehyuk Park South Korea · #956,840 worldwide 765 citations · 47 works
  2. 2 Jongkwan Lee South Korea · #1,375,692 worldwide 223 citations · 48 works
  3. 3 Leroy P. Jones South Korea · #2,008,509 worldwide 2.2k citations · 53 works
  4. 4 Changwoo Nam South Korea · #2,238,630 worldwide 700 citations · 47 works
  5. 5 Wonhyuk Lim South Korea · #2,321,056 worldwide 591 citations · 62 works
  6. 6 Jongho Park South Korea · #2,570,730 worldwide 159 citations · 37 works
  7. 7 Yongok Choi South Korea · #2,640,305 worldwide 214 citations · 22 works
  8. 8 Kiwan Kim South Korea · #2,688,968 worldwide 778 citations · 86 works
  9. 9 Sungbin Cho South Korea · #2,703,913 worldwide 850 citations · 64 works
  10. 10 Sunghoon Chung South Korea · #2,937,172 worldwide 499 citations · 50 works
All ranked researchers at Korea Development Institute

What are the most cited papers from Korea Development Institute?

The most cited paper from Korea Development Institute is "Global Prevalence of Autism and Other Pervasive Developmental Disorders" (Mayada Elsabbagh, Gauri Divan, Yun‐Joo Koh et al., 2012), with 2,681 citations. Next come "Gender and corruption" (1,043) and "Corporate governance and firm profitability: evidence from Korea before the economic crisis" (911).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Global Prevalence of Autism and Other Pervasive Developmental Disorders Mayada Elsabbagh, Gauri Divan, Yun‐Joo Koh et al. · Autism Research Open access 11 Apr 2012 2,681
2 Gender and corruption Anand V. Swamy, Stephen Knack, Young Lee et al. · Journal of Development Economics Feb 2001 1,043
3 Corporate governance and firm profitability: evidence from Korea before the economic crisis Sung Wook Joh · Journal of Financial Economics 23 Apr 2003 911
4 Foreign portfolio investors before and during a crisis Woochan Kim, Shang‐Jin Wei · Journal of International Economics Open access 2002 420
5 Stages of development of industrial technology in a developing country: A model Linsu Kim · Research Policy Jul 1980 418
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Korea Development Institute?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Economic Development, Innovation, Digital Transformation, Regional Development, Global Economy, Sustainable Development, Knowledge Clusters and Russian Economy.

▲ 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. Economic Development25▲ 16×14 topics
  2. Innovation23▲ 11×12 topics
  3. Sustainable Development16▲ 5.2×10 topics
  4. Climate Change16▲ 3.0×15 topics
  5. Digital Transformation15▲ 14×5 topics
  6. Regional Development15▲ 22×6 topics
  7. Global Economy14▲ 53×3 topics
  8. Knowledge Clusters13▲ 162×1 topic
  9. Russian Economy13▲ 178×1 topic
  10. Economic Growth10▲ 6.0×14 topics
  11. Globalization10▲ 2.4×15 topics
  12. Labor Force Participation8▲ 98×2 topics
  13. Consumer Behavior7▲ 5.3×8 topics
  14. Income Inequality6▲ 22×4 topics
  15. Health Effects6▲ 4.9×4 topics
  16. Employment Patterns6▲ 63×2 topics
  17. International Trade6▲ 21×2 topics
  18. Aging Workforce6▲ 130×1 topic
  19. Gender Inequality6▲ 21×4 topics
  20. Retirement6▲ 45×1 topic
  21. Monetary Policy5▲ 11×6 topics
  22. Political Economy5▲ 9.9×10 topics
  23. R&D5▲ 33×3 topics
  24. Technological Change5▲ 64×2 topics
  25. Investment Decisions5▲ 19×2 topics
  26. Regulation4▲ 4.1×9 topics
  27. Behavioral Economics4▲ 40×2 topics
  28. Life Expectancy4▲ 37×2 topics
  29. Asset Allocation4▲ 44×2 topics
  30. Smart Grid4▲ 5.5×4 topics
  31. Social Policy4▲ 22×2 topics
  32. Financial Literacy4▲ 21×1 topic
  33. Health Outcomes4▲ 7.1×2 topics
  34. Retirement Planning4▲ 57×1 topic
  35. Employment4▲ 54×1 topic
  36. Firm Survival4▲ 87×1 topic
  37. Big Data Analytics3▲ 8.0×2 topics
  38. Charging Infrastructure3▲ 22×1 topic
  39. Income Tax3▲ 21×2 topics
  40. Vehicle-to-Grid3▲ 22×1 topic

Which research topics does Korea Development Institute publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Economic and Technological Developments in Russia, Retirement, Disability, and Employment, Financial Literacy, Pension, Retirement Analysis and Firm Innovation and Growth.

Economic and Technologic…13Economic and Technological Developments in Russia: 13 fractional worksRetirement, Disability, …6Retirement, Disability, and Employment: 6 fractional worksFinancial Literacy, Pens…4Financial Literacy, Pension, Retirement Analysis: 4 fractional worksFirm Innovation and Growth: 4 fractional worksElectric Vehicles and Infrastructure: 3 fractional worksGlobal Financial Crisis and Policies: 3 fractional worksE-commerce and Technology Innovations: 3 fractional worksGender, Labor, and Family Dynamics: 3 fractional worksGlobal trade and economics: 3 fractional worksHousing Market and Economics: 3 fractional works
DevelopmentDemographyAccountingEconomics and Econometrics5 others

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

  1. 1 Economic and Technological Developments in Russia Development 13 works
  2. 2 Retirement, Disability, and Employment Demography 6 works
  3. 3 Financial Literacy, Pension, Retirement Analysis Accounting 4 works
  4. 4 Firm Innovation and Growth Economics and Econometrics 4 works
  5. 5 Electric Vehicles and Infrastructure Electrical and Electronic Engineering 3 works
  6. 6 Global Financial Crisis and Policies Finance 3 works
  7. 7 E-commerce and Technology Innovations Business and International Management 3 works
  8. 8 Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics Gender Studies 3 works
  9. 9 Global trade and economics General Economics, Econometrics and Finance 3 works
  10. 10 Housing Market and Economics Economics and Econometrics 3 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 available77.3%not open22.7%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors11.9%domestic only88.1%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Korea Development Institute's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 37% 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 Korea Development Institute as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0012% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%Korea Development Institute0.0010% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Korea Development Institute 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 Development Institute5.1% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 8.5% in 2003.

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