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Korea Information Society Development Institute

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World rank, all time
#31,206
of 34,923
Rank in South Korea
#457
of 512
Research works
127
▲ 29% vs 2018-21
Citations
2.8k
22.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.9%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.03×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
48%
world 40%
International
22%
world 18%
Korea Information Society Development Institute

Which fields of science does Korea Information Society Development Institute work in?

In 2022-now, 66% of research at Korea Information Society Development Institute is in Social Sciences, 28% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (27%), Business, Management and Accounting (15%), Decision Sciences (11%). It does 2.2× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 18 fractional works · 65.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 7 fractional works · 26.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 3 fractional works · 9.6% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 4.1% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 2.8% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workLibrary and Information Sciences: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workTransportation: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workUrban Studies: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCommunication: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPublic Administration: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDevelopment: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 4 fractional works · 14.6% of its workMarketing: 1 fractional works · 5.0% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 4.6% of its workAccounting: 0 fractional works · 1.8% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workBusiness and International Management: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workManagement Information Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 3 fractional works · 10.6% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 2 fractional works · 6.4% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGeneral Decision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3 fractional works · 10.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 8.4% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 2.8% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workApplied Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 8 fractional works · 28.5% of its workComputer Science: 3 fractional works · 10.4% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 4.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 4.1% of its workHardware and Architecture: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSignal Processing: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science Applications: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 3 fractional works · 9.2% of its workMedia Technology: 1 fractional works · 3.6% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 4.4% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 2.7% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workGeophysics: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 1.7% of its workStatistics and Probability: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workModeling and Simulation: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Sciences: 1 fractional works · 3.1% of its workMedicine: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPharmacy: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLife Sciences: 1 fractional works · 2.7% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workInsect Science: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKKorea InformationSociety…28fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences3%Physical Sciences28%Health Sciences3%Social Sciences66%

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 17 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences726.6%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting414.6%
    3. Decision Sciences310.6%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance310.4%
    5. Psychology12.8%
    6. Arts and Humanities00.8%
    1. Computer Science310.4%
    2. Engineering39.2%
    3. Environmental Science14.4%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences12.2%
    5. Mathematics01.7%
    6. Energy00.6%
    1. Medicine01.6%
    2. Health Professions01.5%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences01.2%
    2. Neuroscience01.2%
    3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology00.3%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.74× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 1.33× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.40× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.65× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.61× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.89× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 1.44× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 0.57× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 4.54× its world share, 4 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 10.94× its world share, 3 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 4.84× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.93× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.10× its world share, 7 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Decision Sciences, 10.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 17 fields, with their numbers
  1. Decision Sciences10.94×3 works
  2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance4.84×3 works
  3. Business, Management and Accounting4.54×4 works
  4. Social Sciences2.10×7 works
  5. Mathematics1.44×0 works
  6. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.40×1 works
  7. Computer Science1.33×3 works
  8. Psychology0.93×1 works
  9. Environmental Science0.89×1 works
  10. Neuroscience0.74×0 works
  11. Energy0.65×0 works
  12. Engineering0.61×3 works
  13. Health Professions0.57×0 works
  14. Arts and Humanities0.26×0 works
  15. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.25×0 works
  16. Medicine0.08×0 works
  17. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.06×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Korea Information Society Development Institute?

Ranked on the quality score, Hongjin Shim, Sang-Yirl Nam and Hoon Jung lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Korea Information Society Development Institute.

  1. 1 Hongjin Shim South Korea · #669,687 worldwide 870 citations · 39 works
  2. 2 Sang-Yirl Nam South Korea · #3,163,044 worldwide 22 citations · 15 works
  3. 3 Hoon Jung South Korea · #3,540,222 worldwide 171 citations · 18 works
  4. 4 Nyeong Seon Son South Korea · #3,830,432 worldwide 44 citations · 16 works
  5. 5 Yuri Jo South Korea · #4,277,473 worldwide 125 citations · 17 works
  6. 6 Jeong Wook Byun South Korea · #4,496,115 worldwide 8 citations · 20 works
All ranked researchers at Korea Information Society Development Institute

What are the most cited papers from Korea Information Society Development Institute?

The most cited paper from Korea Information Society Development Institute is "Determinants of subscriber churn and customer loyalty in the Korean mobile telephony market" (Hee-Su Kim, Choong-Han Yoon, 2004), with 417 citations. Next come "Trust in Japanese Interfirm Relations: Institutional Sanctions Matter" (312) and "Who will be smart home users? An analysis of adoption and diffusion of smart homes" (285).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Determinants of subscriber churn and customer loyalty in the Korean mobile telephony market Hee-Su Kim, Choong-Han Yoon · Telecommunications Policy Oct 2004 417
2 Trust in Japanese Interfirm Relations: Institutional Sanctions Matter James M. Hagen, Soonkyoo Choe · Academy of Management Review Open access Jul 1998 312
3 Who will be smart home users? An analysis of adoption and diffusion of smart homes Jungwoo Shin, Yuri Park, Daeho Lee · Technological Forecasting and Social Change 21 Jun 2018 285
4 Autonomous vehicles can be shared, but a feeling of ownership is important: Examination of the influential factors for intention to use autonomous vehicles Jihye Lee, Daeho Lee, Yuri Park et al. · Transportation Research Part C Emerging Technologies 28 Aug 2019 253
5 Factors influencing smartphone use and dependency in South Korea Namkee Park, Yong‐Chan Kim, Hae Young Shon et al. · Computers in Human Behavior 26 Mar 2013 253
All 58 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Korea Information Society Development Institute?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Economic Development, Surveillance, Ethics, Digital Divide, Trust, Incentives, Mechanism Design and Price Discrimination.

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

All 19 words, with their numbers
  1. Economic Development2▲ 9.7×6 topics
  2. Artificial Intelligence2▲ 3.9×4 topics
  3. Big Data1▲ 5.2×4 topics
  4. Machine Learning1▲ 1.47×4 topics
  5. Social Media1▲ 3.6×6 topics
  6. Surveillance1▲ 17×2 topics
  7. Digital Divide1▲ 18×3 topics
  8. Ethics1▲ 9.1×3 topics
  9. Trust1▲ 17×5 topics
  10. Incentives1▲ 69×2 topics
  11. Innovation1▲ 4.2×7 topics
  12. Mechanism Design1▲ 114×2 topics
  13. Mobile Devices1▲ 71×2 topics
  14. Price Discrimination1▲ 117×2 topics
  15. Consumer Behavior1▲ 6.1×3 topics
  16. Fairness1▲ 40×2 topics
  17. Regulation1▲ 7.3×3 topics
  18. Authentication1▲ 24×1 topic
  19. Security1▲ 5.4×1 topic

Which research topics does Korea Information Society Development Institute publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: User Authentication and Security Systems, Auction Theory and Applications, ICT Impact and Policies and Ethics and Social Impacts of AI.

User Authentication and …1User Authentication and Security Systems: 1 fractional worksAuction Theory and Appli…1Auction Theory and Applications: 1 fractional worksICT Impact and Policies1ICT Impact and Policies: 1 fractional worksEthics and Social Impact…1Ethics and Social Impacts of AI: 1 fractional worksDigital Platforms and Economics: 1 fractional worksMisinformation and Its Impacts: 1 fractional worksPrivacy, Security, and D…1Privacy, Security, and Data Protection: 1 fractional worksConsumer Market Behavior and Pricing: 1 fractional worksEnvironmental Education and Sustainability: 0 fractional worksMerger and Competition A…0Merger and Competition Analysis: 0 fractional works
Information SystemsManagement Science and Operations ResearchMedia TechnologySafety Research5 others

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

  1. 1 User Authentication and Security Systems Information Systems 1 works
  2. 2 Auction Theory and Applications Management Science and Operations Research 1 works
  3. 3 ICT Impact and Policies Media Technology 1 works
  4. 4 Ethics and Social Impacts of AI Safety Research 1 works
  5. 5 Digital Platforms and Economics Strategy and Management 1 works
  6. 6 Misinformation and Its Impacts Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  7. 7 Privacy, Security, and Data Protection Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  8. 8 Consumer Market Behavior and Pricing Marketing 1 works
  9. 9 Environmental Education and Sustainability Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 0 works
  10. 10 Merger and Competition Analysis Economics and Econometrics 0 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 available48.0%not open52.0%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors21.7%domestic only78.3%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Korea Information Society Development Institute's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 29% higher than in 2018-2021.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Korea Information Society Development Institute as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000094% in 2024.

still counting0.00020%0.00040%Korea Information Society Development Institute0.00011% in 2025200020102020

Fractional works of Korea Information Society Development Institute over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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