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Korea Foundation for Max Planck POSTECH

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Research works
84
▼ 28% vs 2018-21
Citations
1.8k
21.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.6%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
61%
world 40%
International
50%
world 18%
Korea Foundation for Max Planck POSTECH

Not ranked overall: Korea Foundation for Max Planck POSTECH is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

Which fields of science does Korea Foundation for Max Planck POSTECH work in?

In 2022-now, 90% of research at Korea Foundation for Max Planck POSTECH is in Physical Sciences, 5% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Physics and Astronomy (49%), Materials Science (26%), Engineering (10%). It does 2.0× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 24 fractional works · 90.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 13 fractional works · 49.1% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 6 fractional works · 23.9% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 4 fractional works · 13.7% of its workRadiation: 2 fractional works · 8.5% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 0 fractional works · 1.8% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Science: 7 fractional works · 26.3% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 4 fractional works · 16.4% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 2 fractional works · 8.8% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEngineering: 3 fractional works · 9.8% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 5.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.9% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComputational Mechanics: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMechanics of Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workSpectroscopy: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 1.8% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 0 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAtmospheric Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLife Sciences: 1 fractional works · 5.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 3.8% of its workStructural Biology: 1 fractional works · 2.7% of its workBiophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workToxicology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 3.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 3.7% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMedicine: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKKorea Foundationfor Max Planck…27fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences5%Physical Sciences90%Health Sciences1%Social Sciences4%

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 12 fields, with their numbers
    1. Physics and Astronomy1349.1%
    2. Materials Science726.3%
    3. Engineering39.8%
    4. Chemistry12.0%
    5. Energy01.8%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences01.0%
    7. Computer Science00.4%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology13.8%
    2. Neuroscience00.7%
    3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.6%
    1. Social Sciences13.7%
    1. Medicine00.7%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Korea Foundation for Max Planck POSTECH specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Physical Sciences takes 2.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Physical SciencesDomain · 24.2 works2.3×
← 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.

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.71× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.46× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.76× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 1.25× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.65× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.92× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.65× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringMaterials Science: 7.54× its world share, 7 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 22.08× its world share, 13 worksPhysics and AstronomyMedicine: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksMedicineSocial Sciences: 0.29× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Physics and Astronomy, 22.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 12 fields, with their numbers
  1. Physics and Astronomy22.08×13 works
  2. Materials Science7.54×7 works
  3. Energy1.92×0 works
  4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.76×0 works
  5. Chemistry1.25×0 works
  6. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.71×1 works
  7. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.65×0 works
  8. Engineering0.65×3 works
  9. Neuroscience0.46×0 works
  10. Social Sciences0.29×1 works
  11. Computer Science0.05×0 works
  12. Medicine0.04×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Korea Foundation for Max Planck POSTECH?

Ranked on the quality score, Tae-Hwan Jang and Je Hoi Mun lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Korea Foundation for Max Planck POSTECH.

  1. 1 Tae-Hwan Jang South Korea · #1,326,738 worldwide 843 citations · 29 works
  2. 2 Je Hoi Mun South Korea · #4,304,917 worldwide 298 citations · 33 works
All ranked researchers at Korea Foundation for Max Planck POSTECH

What are the most cited papers from Korea Foundation for Max Planck POSTECH?

The most cited paper from Korea Foundation for Max Planck POSTECH is "Quantum spin Hall state in monolayer 1T'-WTe2" (Shujie Tang et al., 2017), with 859 citations. Next come "Large anomalous Hall current induced by topological nodal lines in a ferromagnetic van der Waals semimetal" (546) and "Majorana fermions in the Kitaev quantum spin system α-RuCl3" (433).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Quantum spin Hall state in monolayer 1T'-WTe2 Shujie Tang et al. · Nature Physics Open access 26 Jun 2017 859
2 Large anomalous Hall current induced by topological nodal lines in a ferromagnetic van der Waals semimetal Kyoo Kim, Junho Seo, Eunwoo Lee et al. · Nature Materials 12 Jul 2018 546
3 Majorana fermions in the Kitaev quantum spin system α-RuCl3 Seung-Hwan Do, Sang‐Youn Park, Junki Yoshitake et al. · Nature Physics 11 Sep 2017 433
4 Twofold van Hove singularity and origin of charge order in topological kagome superconductor CsV3Sb5 Mingu Kang, Shiang Fang, Jeong‐Kyu Kim et al. · Nature Physics Open access 13 Jan 2022 424
5 Nearly room temperature ferromagnetism in a magnetic metal-rich van der Waals metal Junho Seo et al. · Science Advances Open access 17 Jan 2020 337
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Korea Foundation for Max Planck POSTECH?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Superconductivity, Electronic Structure, Nonlinear Optics, Topological Order, Two-Dimensional Materials, Frustrated Magnets, Quantum Spin Liquids and Molecular Dynamics.

▲ 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 28 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 28 words, with their numbers
  1. Superconductivity3▲ 73×7 topics
  2. Electronic Structure3▲ 63×6 topics
  3. Nonlinear Optics2▲ 86×3 topics
  4. Topological Order2▲ 183×2 topics
  5. Two-Dimensional Materials2▲ 35×4 topics
  6. Frustrated Magnets2▲ 294×1 topic
  7. Quantum Spin Liquids2▲ 294×1 topic
  8. Attosecond Physics2▲ 276×1 topic
  9. High-Harmonic Generation2▲ 276×1 topic
  10. Molecular Dynamics2▲ 34×2 topics
  11. Topological Insulators2▲ 122×2 topics
  12. Tomography2▲ 32×2 topics
  13. Perovskite Oxides1▲ 80×2 topics
  14. Quantum Spin Hall Effect1▲ 145×1 topic
  15. Spectroscopy1▲ 32×3 topics
  16. Superconductors1▲ 145×1 topic
  17. Electronic Structure Calculations1▲ 77×2 topics
  18. Graphene1▲ 7.0×4 topics
  19. Phase Retrieval1▲ 316×1 topic
  20. Photoluminescence1▲ 62×2 topics
  21. X-ray Imaging1▲ 140×1 topic
  22. Crystal Growth1▲ 17×5 topics
  23. Biomedical Applications1▲ 3.6×9 topics
  24. Cuprate Superconductors1▲ 123×1 topic
  25. High-Temperature Superconductivity1▲ 123×1 topic
  26. Semiconducting Transition Metal Dichalcogenides1▲ 62×1 topic
  27. Van der Waals Heterostructures1▲ 62×1 topic
  28. Raman Spectroscopy1▲ 20×2 topics

Which research topics does Korea Foundation for Max Planck POSTECH publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Advanced Condensed Matter Physics, Laser-Matter Interactions and Applications, Topological Materials and Phenomena and Advanced X-ray Imaging Techniques.

Advanced Condensed Matte…2Advanced Condensed Matter Physics: 2 fractional worksLaser-Matter Interaction…2Laser-Matter Interactions and Applications: 2 fractional worksTopological Materials an…1Topological Materials and Phenomena: 1 fractional worksAdvanced X-ray Imaging T…1Advanced X-ray Imaging Techniques: 1 fractional worksPhysics of Superconductivity and Magnetism: 1 fractional works2D Materials and Applications: 1 fractional worksX-ray Spectroscopy and F…1X-ray Spectroscopy and Fluorescence Analysis: 1 fractional worksMagnetic and transport p…1Magnetic and transport properties of perovskites and related materials: 1 fractional worksAdvanced Fiber Laser Tec…1Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies: 1 fractional worksGraphene research and ap…1Graphene research and applications: 1 fractional works
Condensed Matter PhysicsAtomic and Molecular Physics, and OpticsRadiationMaterials Chemistry1 others

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

  1. 1 Advanced Condensed Matter Physics Condensed Matter Physics 2 works
  2. 2 Laser-Matter Interactions and Applications Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 2 works
  3. 3 Topological Materials and Phenomena Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 1 works
  4. 4 Advanced X-ray Imaging Techniques Radiation 1 works
  5. 5 Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism Condensed Matter Physics 1 works
  6. 6 2D Materials and Applications Materials Chemistry 1 works
  7. 7 X-ray Spectroscopy and Fluorescence Analysis Radiation 1 works
  8. 8 Magnetic and transport properties of perovskites and related materials Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials 1 works
  9. 9 Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 1 works
  10. 10 Graphene research and applications Materials Chemistry 1 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 available61.4%not open38.6%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors50.2%domestic only49.8%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Korea Foundation for Max Planck POSTECH's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 28% lower 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 Foundation for Max Planck POSTECH as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000087% in 2024.

still counting0.00010%0.00020%0.00030%Korea Foundation for Max Planck POSTECH0.000075% in 202520102020

Fractional works of Korea Foundation for Max Planck POSTECH over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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