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Korea Environment Institute

In research, Korea Environment Institute stands highest in Physical Sciences (#7,536 of 12,888 worldwide) and Environmental Science (#2,449 of 3,551 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Global and Planetary Change and Environmental Science — Global and Planetary Change is 13.4× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#14,185
of 28,054 · #16,848 all time
Rank in South Korea
#258
of 417
Research works
921
▲ 40% vs 2013–17
Citations
14k
15.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
17.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
52%
world 28%

What is Korea Environment 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
Physical SciencesDomain #7,536 of 12,888 15.9%173 #9548
Environmental ScienceField #2,449 of 3,551 16.0%114 #2847

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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

What does Korea Environment Institute specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Global and Planetary Change takes 13.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Global and Planetary ChangeSubfield · 23.8 works13×
  2. Environmental ScienceField · 114.1 works9.9×
← 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: 1.23× its world share, 14 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.29× its world share, 4 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.58× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.33× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.26× its world share, 5 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3.98× its world share, 15 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.24× its world share, 3 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.90× its world share, 31 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 9.86× its world share, 114 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.36× its world share, 3 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.34× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.19× its world share, 9 worksMedicineNursing: 0.55× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.43× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.36× its world share, 3 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.96× its world share, 5 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.61× its world share, 18 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Environmental Science, 9.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Korea Environment Institute?

Ranked on the composite score, Taeyun Kim, Moung-Jin Lee and Jae-hyuck Lee lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Korea Environment Institute.

  1. 1 Taeyun Kim South Korea · #665,375 worldwide 50 citations · 23 works
  2. 2 Moung-Jin Lee South Korea · #903,619 worldwide 54 citations · 26 works
  3. 3 Jae-hyuck Lee South Korea · #972,896 worldwide 26 citations · 28 works
  4. 4 Jeong Ho Yoon South Korea · #1,216,555 worldwide 10 citations · 24 works
  5. 5 Dawoon Jung South Korea · #1,342,515 worldwide 23 citations · 21 works
  6. 6 Hyeongsik Kang South Korea · #1,498,816 worldwide 36 citations · 15 works
  7. 7 Seung Woo Son South Korea · #1,566,544 worldwide 12 citations · 20 works
  8. 8 Young-Il Song South Korea · #1,619,876 worldwide 10 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Korea Environment Institute

Which keywords describe research at Korea Environment Institute?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Remote Sensing, Land Use Change, Ecosystem Services, Health Effects, Biodiversity Conservation, Environmental Impact and Global Warming.

▲ 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. Climate Change46▲ 7.4×50 topics
  2. Remote Sensing25▲ 8.6×23 topics
  3. Sustainability18▲ 3.2×28 topics
  4. Land Use Change17▲ 24×7 topics
  5. Environmental Impact17▲ 4.2×26 topics
  6. Ecosystem Services15▲ 16×8 topics
  7. Health Effects13▲ 9.4×13 topics
  8. Biodiversity Conservation13▲ 15×7 topics
  9. Machine Learning13▲ 1.70×16 topics
  10. Global Warming12▲ 12×11 topics
  11. IoT12▲ 13×4 topics
  12. Particulate Matter11▲ 32×2 topics
  13. Hydrological Modeling11▲ 21×4 topics
  14. Urbanization10▲ 11×5 topics
  15. Mortality10▲ 7.6×2 topics
  16. Energy Consumption10▲ 19×4 topics
  17. Water Resources10▲ 18×3 topics
  18. Public Health10▲ 2.9×10 topics
  19. Disaster Management10▲ 28×3 topics
  20. Invasive Species8▲ 8.5×10 topics
  21. Model Evaluation8▲ 28×2 topics
  22. Sediment Transport8▲ 21×5 topics
  23. Social-Ecological Systems8▲ 26×2 topics
  24. Environmental Policy8▲ 17×3 topics
  25. Forecasting8▲ 17×3 topics
  26. Global Impact8▲ 19×2 topics
  27. Human-Nature Interactions7▲ 34×1 topic
  28. Spatial Dynamics7▲ 34×1 topic
  29. Recycling7▲ 8.1×6 topics
  30. Air Pollution7▲ 24×2 topics
  31. Exposure Assessment7▲ 32×1 topic
  32. Fine Particulate Air Pollution7▲ 32×1 topic
  33. Global Burden of Disease7▲ 12×2 topics
  34. Environmental Monitoring7▲ 7.7×6 topics
  35. Waste Management7▲ 7.1×4 topics
  36. Global Hydrology6▲ 39×1 topic
  37. Uncertainty Assessment6▲ 39×1 topic
  38. Thermal Comfort6▲ 19×2 topics
  39. Human Health6▲ 15×2 topics
  40. Text Mining5▲ 17×3 topics

Which research topics does Korea Environment Institute publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Land Use and Ecosystem Services, Air Quality and Health Impacts, Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies and Energy and Environmental Systems.

Land Use and Ecosystem S…7Land Use and Ecosystem Services: 7 fractional worksAir Quality and Health I…7Air Quality and Health Impacts: 7 fractional worksHydrology and Watershed …6Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies: 6 fractional worksEnergy and Environmental…5Energy and Environmental Systems: 5 fractional worksFlood Risk Assessment and Management: 5 fractional worksAir Quality Monitoring and Forecasting: 4 fractional worksUrban Green Space and He…4Urban Green Space and Health: 4 fractional worksUrban Heat Island Mitigation: 4 fractional worksRecycling and Waste Management Techniques: 3 fractional worksAtmospheric chemistry an…3Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols: 3 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 7 works
  2. 2 Air Quality and Health Impacts Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 7 works
  3. 3 Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies Water Science and Technology 6 works
  4. 4 Energy and Environmental Systems Transportation 5 works
  5. 5 Flood Risk Assessment and Management Global and Planetary Change 5 works
  6. 6 Air Quality Monitoring and Forecasting Environmental Engineering 4 works
  7. 7 Urban Green Space and Health Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 4 works
  8. 8 Urban Heat Island Mitigation Environmental Engineering 4 works
  9. 9 Recycling and Waste Management Techniques Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 3 works
  10. 10 Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols Atmospheric Science 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 available52.5%not open47.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors17.6%domestic only82.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Korea Environment Institute's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 40% higher than in 2013–2017.

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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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