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Korea Forest Service

In research, Korea Forest Service stands highest in Physical Sciences (#8,485 of 12,888 worldwide), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#2,256 of 3,409 worldwide) and Environmental Science (#2,392 of 3,551 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Plant Science — Nature and Landscape Conservation is 17.7× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#12,393
of 28,054 · #20,506 all time
Rank in South Korea
#222
of 417
Research works
1.9k
▲ 43% vs 2013–17
Citations
26k
13.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
14.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
70%
world 28%

What is Korea Forest Service 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 #8,485 of 12,888 15.8%180 #14426
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #2,256 of 3,409 15.1%174 #3133
Environmental ScienceField #2,392 of 3,551 17.6%114 #3821
Plant ScienceSubfield #1,090 of 1,395 15.5%96 #1715
Life SciencesDomain #6,121 of 7,800 13.2%267 #10218
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #3,481 of 3,579 8.9%82 #6773

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Korea Forest Service 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).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Physical Sciences#14,426 #8,485
  2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#3,133 #2,256
  3. Environmental Science#3,821 #2,392
  4. Plant Science#1,715 #1,090
  5. Life Sciences#10,218 #6,121
  6. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#6,773 #3,481
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

What does Korea Forest Service specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Nature and Landscape Conservation takes 17.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Nature and Landscape ConservationSubfield · 20.9 works18×
  2. Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsSubfield · 40.1 works17×
  3. Plant ScienceSubfield · 96.1 works11×
  4. Agricultural and Biological SciencesField · 173.6 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: 7.37× its world share, 174 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3.12× its world share, 82 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.50× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.26× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 3.88× its world share, 7 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.73× its world share, 6 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.10× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.15× its world share, 9 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.48× its world share, 36 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 4.64× its world share, 114 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.58× its world share, 10 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.13× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.33× its world share, 31 worksMedicineNursing: 0.53× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.66× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.12× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.13× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.21× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.26× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.06× its world share, 4 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 7.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Korea Forest Service?

Ranked on the composite score, Il‐Kwon Park, Tae‐Sung Kwon and Sang‐Chul Shin lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Korea Forest Service.

  1. 1 Il‐Kwon Park South Korea · #137,030 worldwide 186 citations · 35 works
  2. 2 Tae‐Sung Kwon South Korea · #193,762 worldwide 125 citations · 23 works
  3. 3 Sang‐Chul Shin South Korea · #270,364 worldwide 134 citations · 51 works
  4. 4 Seung Hwan Oh South Korea · #459,105 worldwide 19 citations · 31 works
  5. 5 Junheon Kim South Korea · #505,128 worldwide 66 citations · 19 works
  6. 6 Seung Youn Lee South Korea · #512,334 worldwide 38 citations · 27 works
  7. 7 Kae Sun Chang South Korea · #539,105 worldwide 43 citations · 21 works
  8. 8 Mi Jin Park South Korea · #623,337 worldwide 81 citations · 98 works
  9. 9 김혁진 South Korea · #641,123 worldwide 0 citations · 22 works
  10. 10 Shin-Young Park South Korea · #681,592 worldwide 37 citations · 33 works
All ranked researchers at Korea Forest Service

Which keywords describe research at Korea Forest Service?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Invasive Species, Conservation, Ecosystem Services, Biodiversity, Flora, Vascular Plants and Endemic Species.

▲ 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 Change100▲ 7.5×47 topics
  2. Invasive Species62▲ 29×18 topics
  3. Conservation40▲ 19×12 topics
  4. Ecosystem Services33▲ 17×7 topics
  5. Biodiversity32▲ 8.7×19 topics
  6. Flora29▲ 211×2 topics
  7. Vascular Plants29▲ 211×2 topics
  8. Biodiversity Conservation29▲ 16×9 topics
  9. Endemic Species29▲ 1071×1 topic
  10. Korean Peninsula29▲ 1071×1 topic
  11. Global Change27▲ 21×5 topics
  12. Remote Sensing25▲ 4.2×18 topics
  13. Phylogenetic Analysis25▲ 16×8 topics
  14. Antioxidant Activity23▲ 7.3×18 topics
  15. Biomass Estimation23▲ 30×3 topics
  16. Habitat Fragmentation22▲ 20×4 topics
  17. Antioxidant22▲ 6.4×29 topics
  18. Biogeography21▲ 16×12 topics
  19. Medicinal Plants19▲ 9.4×15 topics
  20. Aboveground Biomass17▲ 39×2 topics
  21. Host Specificity16▲ 28×5 topics
  22. Crop Yield14▲ 61×3 topics
  23. Fungal Pathogens14▲ 22×4 topics
  24. Plant-Animal Interactions14▲ 33×1 topic
  25. Pollinator Decline14▲ 33×1 topic
  26. Biological Invasions14▲ 31×3 topics
  27. Ecosystem Resilience14▲ 19×5 topics
  28. Anti-inflammatory13▲ 9.6×17 topics
  29. Biological Control13▲ 17×9 topics
  30. Biological Activities12▲ 16×7 topics
  31. Endophytic Fungi12▲ 27×2 topics
  32. Taxonomy12▲ 19×10 topics
  33. Land Use Change12▲ 8.0×6 topics
  34. Ecosystem Functioning12▲ 13×6 topics
  35. Structural Equation Modeling12▲ 12×2 topics
  36. Flavonoids12▲ 9.1×9 topics
  37. Genomic Characterization12▲ 18×1 topic
  38. Plant Pathogenesis12▲ 36×1 topic
  39. Climate Change Impact11▲ 10×4 topics
  40. Tropical Forests11▲ 63×2 topics

Which research topics does Korea Forest Service publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Ecology and Conservation Studies, Plant and animal studies, Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases and Forest ecology and management.

Ecology and Conservation…29Ecology and Conservation Studies: 29 fractional worksPlant and animal studies: 14 fractional worksPlant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases: 12 fractional worksForest ecology and management: 10 fractional worksUrban Green Space and Health: 10 fractional worksAgriculture, Soil, Plant Science: 9 fractional worksWood Treatment and Prope…7Wood Treatment and Properties: 7 fractional worksRemote Sensing and LiDAR Applications: 7 fractional worksEcology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies: 7 fractional worksPlant and Fungal Species Descriptions: 7 fractional works
Plant ScienceEcology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsCell BiologyNature and Landscape Conservation4 others

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

  1. 1 Ecology and Conservation Studies Plant Science 29 works
  2. 2 Plant and animal studies Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 14 works
  3. 3 Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases Cell Biology 12 works
  4. 4 Forest ecology and management Nature and Landscape Conservation 10 works
  5. 5 Urban Green Space and Health Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 10 works
  6. 6 Agriculture, Soil, Plant Science Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 9 works
  7. 7 Wood Treatment and Properties Building and Construction 7 works
  8. 8 Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications Environmental Engineering 7 works
  9. 9 Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 7 works
  10. 10 Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions Molecular Biology 7 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 available70.2%not open29.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors21.2%domestic only78.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Korea Forest Service's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 43% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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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