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Korea Environment Institute

In research, Korea Environment Institute stands highest in Environmental Science (#1,240 of 3,334 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#4,835 of 10,670 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Global and Planetary Change, Environmental Engineering and Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis (Global and Planetary Change is 11.3× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#7,397
of 22,385 · #8,486 all time
Rank in South Korea
#125
of 343
Research works
1.4k
▲ 5% vs 2018-21
Citations
20k
14.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.6%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.92×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
60%
world 40%
International
31%
world 18%
Korea Environment Institute

What is Korea Environment 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
Environmental ScienceField #1,240 of 3,334 7.3%146 #1995
Physical SciencesDomain #4,835 of 10,670 7.9%227 #6043

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Korea Environment 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 Environment Institute work in?

In 2022-now, 65% of research at Korea Environment Institute is in Physical Sciences, 16% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Environmental Science (41%), Engineering (12%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (11%). It does 1.7× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 264 fractional works · 65.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 167 fractional works · 41.2% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 35 fractional works · 8.6% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 23 fractional works · 5.7% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 21 fractional works · 5.2% of its workEcology: 19 fractional works · 4.8% of its workWater Science and Technology: 16 fractional works · 3.9% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 14 fractional works · 3.4% of its workPollution: 11 fractional works · 2.7% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 11 fractional works · 2.6% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 7 fractional works · 1.8% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 7 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEcological Modeling: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEngineering: 49 fractional works · 12.0% of its workBuilding and Construction: 8 fractional works · 1.9% of its workOcean Engineering: 7 fractional works · 1.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 6 fractional works · 1.5% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 6 fractional works · 1.4% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMechanical Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAerospace Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMechanics of Materials: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMedia Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputational Mechanics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 24 fractional works · 5.9% of its workAtmospheric Science: 12 fractional works · 3.1% of its workOceanography: 5 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 7 fractional works · 1.7% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiomaterials: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workComputer Science: 6 fractional works · 1.6% of its workInformation Systems: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnergy: 5 fractional works · 1.3% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 5 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workChemistry: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workProcess Chemistry and Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 63 fractional works · 15.7% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 43 fractional works · 10.6% of its workPlant Science: 14 fractional works · 3.5% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 7 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSoil Science: 5 fractional works · 1.2% of its workForestry: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workFood Science: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInsect Science: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAquatic Science: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 18 fractional works · 4.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 10 fractional works · 2.4% of its workGenetics: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCell Biology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiotechnology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 50 fractional works · 12.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 27 fractional works · 6.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 9 fractional works · 2.3% of its workTransportation: 6 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCultural Studies: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLaw: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 9 fractional works · 2.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 7 fractional works · 1.8% of its workFinance: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 5 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMarketing: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAccounting: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhilosophy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 27 fractional works · 6.7% of its workMedicine: 18 fractional works · 4.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPharmacology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth Professions: 7 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 5 fractional works · 1.1% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKKorea EnvironmentInstitute405fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences16%Physical Sciences65%Health Sciences7%Social Sciences12%

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. Environmental Science16741.2%
    2. Engineering4912.0%
    3. Earth and Planetary Sciences245.9%
    4. Materials Science71.7%
    5. Computer Science61.6%
    6. Energy51.3%
    7. Chemistry41.0%
    8. Chemical Engineering10.3%
    9. Physics and Astronomy10.2%
    10. Mathematics10.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences4310.6%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology184.5%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology10.3%
    4. Neuroscience10.2%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
    1. Social Sciences276.7%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance92.3%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting51.3%
    4. Decision Sciences41.0%
    5. Psychology20.5%
    6. Arts and Humanities20.5%
    1. Medicine184.3%
    2. Health Professions71.6%
    3. Nursing30.7%
    4. Veterinary00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Korea Environment Institute specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Global and Planetary Change takes 11.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Global and Planetary ChangeSubfield · 34.7 works11×
  2. Environmental EngineeringSubfield · 23.1 works11×
  3. Health, Toxicology and MutagenesisSubfield · 21.0 works9.8×
  4. Environmental ScienceField · 166.8 works8.3×
← 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: 2.23× its world share, 43 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.84× its world share, 18 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.30× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.82× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.61× its world share, 4 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.20× its world share, 6 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3.79× its world share, 24 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.45× its world share, 5 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.80× its world share, 49 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 8.30× its world share, 167 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.49× its world share, 7 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.61× its world share, 7 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.23× its world share, 18 worksMedicineNursing: 1.48× its world share, 3 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.16× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.40× its world share, 5 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.09× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.09× its world share, 9 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.18× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.53× its world share, 27 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Environmental Science, 8.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Environmental Science8.30×167 works
  2. Earth and Planetary Sciences3.79×24 works
  3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences2.23×43 works
  4. Nursing1.48×3 works
  5. Energy1.45×5 works
  6. Decision Sciences1.09×4 works
  7. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.09×9 works
  8. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.84×18 works
  9. Chemical Engineering0.82×1 works
  10. Engineering0.80×49 works
  11. Chemistry0.61×4 works
  12. Health Professions0.61×7 works
  13. Social Sciences0.53×27 works
  14. Materials Science0.49×7 works
  15. Business, Management and Accounting0.40×5 works
  16. Immunology and Microbiology0.30×1 works
  17. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.30×0 works
  18. Medicine0.23×18 works
  19. Computer Science0.20×6 works
  20. Veterinary0.20×0 works
  21. Psychology0.18×2 works
  22. Arts and Humanities0.16×2 works
  23. Mathematics0.12×1 works
  24. Neuroscience0.11×1 works
  25. Physics and Astronomy0.08×1 works

Who are the top researchers at Korea Environment Institute?

Ranked on the quality score, Sunmin Lee, Yong-Gun Kim and Moung-Jin Lee lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Korea Environment Institute.

  1. 1 Sunmin Lee South Korea · #1,328,981 worldwide 2.2k citations · 49 works
  2. 2 Yong-Gun Kim South Korea · #1,728,591 worldwide 400 citations · 42 works
  3. 3 Moung-Jin Lee South Korea · #2,020,590 worldwide 2.6k citations · 103 works
  4. 4 Changsub Shim South Korea · #2,545,253 worldwide 1.1k citations · 111 works
  5. 5 Seungsoo Lee South Korea · #3,269,457 worldwide 691 citations · 42 works
  6. 6 Sang Il Hwang South Korea · #3,332,828 worldwide 567 citations · 23 works
  7. 7 Hyun-Joo Bae South Korea · #3,364,925 worldwide 1.3k citations · 115 works
  8. 8 Geunhan Kim South Korea · #3,446,342 worldwide 253 citations · 51 works
  9. 9 Jongmun Park South Korea · #3,540,702 worldwide 83 citations · 23 works
  10. 10 Sora Yi South Korea · #3,672,932 worldwide 464 citations · 31 works
All ranked researchers at Korea Environment Institute

What are the most cited papers from Korea Environment Institute?

The most cited paper from Korea Environment Institute is "Valuing nature’s contributions to people: the IPBES approach" (Unai Pascual et al., 2017), with 1,747 citations. Next come "Diverse values of nature for sustainability" (694) and "Charge-transfer materials for electrochemical water desalination, ion separation and the recovery of elements" (674).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Valuing nature’s contributions to people: the IPBES approach Unai Pascual et al. · Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability ReviewOpen access 23 Feb 2017 1,747
2 Diverse values of nature for sustainability Unai Pascual et al. · Nature Open access 9 Aug 2023 694
3 Charge-transfer materials for electrochemical water desalination, ion separation and the recovery of elements Pattarachai Srimuk, Xiao Su, Jeyong Yoon et al. · Nature Reviews Materials Review 22 Apr 2020 674
4 Aquatic toxicity of acetaminophen, carbamazepine, cimetidine, diltiazem and six major sulfonamides, and their potential ecological risks in Korea Young‐Hee Kim, Kyungho Choi, Jinyong Jung et al. · Environment International 17 Jan 2007 653
5 Assessing and addressing the re-eutrophication of Lake Erie: Central basin hypoxia Donald Scavia et al. · Journal of Great Lakes Research Open access 26 Feb 2014 622
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Korea Environment Institute?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Remote Sensing, Land Use Change, Environmental Impact, Biodiversity Conservation, Ecosystem Services, Health Effects and Sustainability.

▲ 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 Change72▲ 6.5×66 topics
  2. Remote Sensing35▲ 7.1×25 topics
  3. Environmental Impact29▲ 4.2×40 topics
  4. Sustainability27▲ 2.7×41 topics
  5. Land Use Change25▲ 21×8 topics
  6. Biodiversity Conservation21▲ 14×11 topics
  7. Ecosystem Services19▲ 12×10 topics
  8. Health Effects19▲ 7.8×19 topics
  9. Hydrological Modeling16▲ 16×5 topics
  10. Global Warming15▲ 8.6×11 topics
  11. Water Resources14▲ 14×4 topics
  12. Disaster Management13▲ 20×4 topics
  13. Particulate Matter13▲ 21×2 topics
  14. Urbanization13▲ 7.7×7 topics
  15. Biodiversity12▲ 4.1×20 topics
  16. Invasive Species12▲ 7.1×14 topics
  17. IoT12▲ 7.9×5 topics
  18. Model Evaluation11▲ 22×2 topics
  19. Mortality11▲ 4.9×2 topics
  20. Waste Management11▲ 7.0×7 topics
  21. Conservation11▲ 6.4×17 topics
  22. Energy Consumption11▲ 12×4 topics
  23. Recycling11▲ 7.1×7 topics
  24. Sediment Transport11▲ 16×6 topics
  25. Social-Ecological Systems10▲ 18×2 topics
  26. Water Quality9▲ 5.7×11 topics
  27. Environmental Policy9▲ 11×4 topics
  28. Forecasting9▲ 11×3 topics
  29. Epidemiological Studies9▲ 16×3 topics
  30. Risk Perception9▲ 7.9×4 topics
  31. Global Impact8▲ 12×2 topics
  32. Global Burden of Disease8▲ 8.1×3 topics
  33. Air Pollution8▲ 16×2 topics
  34. Exposure Assessment8▲ 22×1 topic
  35. Fine Particulate Air Pollution8▲ 22×1 topic
  36. Human-Nature Interactions8▲ 22×1 topic
  37. Spatial Dynamics8▲ 22×1 topic
  38. Global Hydrology8▲ 28×1 topic
  39. Uncertainty Assessment8▲ 28×1 topic
  40. Satellite Imagery8▲ 14×3 topics

Which research topics does Korea Environment Institute publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Land Use and Ecosystem Services, Air Quality and Health Impacts, Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies and Flood Risk Assessment and Management.

Land Use and Ecosystem S…8Land Use and Ecosystem Services: 8 fractional worksAir Quality and Health I…8Air Quality and Health Impacts: 8 fractional worksHydrology and Watershed …8Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies: 8 fractional worksFlood Risk Assessment an…7Flood Risk Assessment and Management: 7 fractional worksEnergy and Environmental Systems: 5 fractional worksAtmospheric chemistry and aerosols: 5 fractional worksAir Quality Monitoring a…5Air Quality Monitoring and Forecasting: 5 fractional worksUrban Heat Island Mitigation: 5 fractional worksRecycling and Waste Management Techniques: 4 fractional worksHydrological Forecasting…4Hydrological Forecasting Using AI: 4 fractional works
Global and Planetary ChangeHealth, Toxicology and MutagenesisWater Science and TechnologyTransportation3 others

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

  1. 1 Land Use and Ecosystem Services Global and Planetary Change 8 works
  2. 2 Air Quality and Health Impacts Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 8 works
  3. 3 Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies Water Science and Technology 8 works
  4. 4 Flood Risk Assessment and Management Global and Planetary Change 7 works
  5. 5 Energy and Environmental Systems Transportation 5 works
  6. 6 Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols Atmospheric Science 5 works
  7. 7 Air Quality Monitoring and Forecasting Environmental Engineering 5 works
  8. 8 Urban Heat Island Mitigation Environmental Engineering 5 works
  9. 9 Recycling and Waste Management Techniques Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 4 works
  10. 10 Hydrological Forecasting Using AI Environmental Engineering 4 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 available60.5%not open39.5%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors31.2%domestic only68.8%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Korea Environment Institute's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 5% 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 Korea Environment Institute as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0016% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%Korea Environment Institute0.0018% in 20251990200020102020

Fractional works of Korea Environment 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 Environment Institute9.1% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 11.5% in 2020.

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