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Korea Institute for Advanced Study

In research, Korea Institute for Advanced Study stands highest in Mathematics (#118 of 1,051 worldwide), Physical Sciences (#1,321 of 10,670 worldwide) and Physics and Astronomy (#361 of 1,417 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Geometry and Topology, Mathematical Physics and Nuclear and High Energy Physics (Geometry and Topology is 61.6× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#2,610
of 22,385 · #1,543 all time
Rank in South Korea
#55
of 343
Research works
2.9k
▲ 7% vs 2018-21
Citations
67k
22.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.4%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.99×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
62%
world 40%
International
38%
world 18%
Korea Institute for Advanced Study

What is Korea Institute for Advanced Study 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
MathematicsField #118 of 1,051 12.6%166 #143
Physical SciencesDomain #1,321 of 10,670 10.7%447 #1006
Physics and AstronomyField #361 of 1,417 9.1%167 #282
Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsSubfield #112 of 254 10.1%60 #52

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Korea Institute for Advanced Study 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 of those standings moved

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

  1. Mathematics#143 #118
  2. Physical Sciences#1,006 #1,321
  3. Physics and Astronomy#282 #361
  4. Nuclear and High Energy Physics#52 #112
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

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

Which fields of science does Korea Institute for Advanced Study work in?

In 2022-now, 86% of research at Korea Institute for Advanced Study is in Physical Sciences, 6% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Physics and Astronomy (33%), Mathematics (30%), Computer Science (10%). It does 2.2× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 520 fractional works · 85.8% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 202 fractional works · 33.3% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 68 fractional works · 11.3% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 45 fractional works · 7.4% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 37 fractional works · 6.1% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 34 fractional works · 5.6% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 14 fractional works · 2.3% of its workInstrumentation: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMathematics: 185 fractional works · 30.5% of its workGeometry and Topology: 61 fractional works · 10.0% of its workMathematical Physics: 48 fractional works · 8.0% of its workApplied Mathematics: 42 fractional works · 7.0% of its workAlgebra and Number Theory: 15 fractional works · 2.5% of its workDiscrete Mathematics and Combinatorics: 9 fractional works · 1.5% of its workStatistics and Probability: 6 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNumerical Analysis: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workModeling and Simulation: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 62 fractional works · 10.2% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 26 fractional works · 4.2% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 19 fractional works · 3.2% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 7 fractional works · 1.2% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEngineering: 33 fractional works · 5.4% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 12 fractional works · 2.0% of its workComputational Mechanics: 6 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMechanical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAerospace Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMaterials Science: 27 fractional works · 4.4% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 21 fractional works · 3.5% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Science: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 37 fractional works · 6.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 11 fractional works · 1.7% of its workAccounting: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMarketing: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStrategy and Management: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 10 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workFinance: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 9 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDecision Sciences: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHistory: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLife Sciences: 35 fractional works · 5.7% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 24 fractional works · 4.0% of its workMolecular Biology: 17 fractional works · 2.8% of its workGenetics: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiophysics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCell Biology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 6 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 14 fractional works · 2.3% of its workMedicine: 13 fractional works · 2.1% of its workSurgery: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOncology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 1.3% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKKorea Institutefor Advanced…606fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences6%Physical Sciences86%Health Sciences2%Social Sciences6%

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. Physics and Astronomy20233.3%
    2. Mathematics18530.5%
    3. Computer Science6210.2%
    4. Engineering335.4%
    5. Materials Science274.4%
    6. Chemistry50.8%
    7. Environmental Science30.5%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences20.4%
    9. Chemical Engineering10.2%
    10. Energy10.1%
    1. Business, Management and Accounting111.7%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance101.7%
    3. Social Sciences91.5%
    4. Decision Sciences30.5%
    5. Arts and Humanities30.4%
    6. Psychology20.4%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology244.0%
    2. Neuroscience61.0%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences30.5%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology10.2%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
    1. Medicine132.1%
    2. Dentistry10.1%
    3. Nursing00.1%
    4. Health Professions00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Korea Institute for Advanced Study specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Geometry and Topology takes 61.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Geometry and TopologySubfield · 60.8 works62×
  2. Mathematical PhysicsSubfield · 48.2 works50×
  3. Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsSubfield · 68.4 works36×
  4. MathematicsField · 184.7 works26×
  5. Applied MathematicsSubfield · 42.3 works24×
  6. Statistical and Nonlinear PhysicsSubfield · 33.7 works18×
← 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: 0.11× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.75× its world share, 24 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.63× its world share, 6 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.52× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.49× its world share, 5 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.31× its world share, 62 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.25× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.36× its world share, 33 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.10× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.25× its world share, 26 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 25.91× its world share, 185 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 14.98× its world share, 202 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.11× its world share, 13 worksMedicineNursing: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.15× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.54× its world share, 10 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.48× its world share, 3 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.79× its world share, 10 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.12× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.11× its world share, 9 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Mathematics, 25.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Mathematics25.91×185 works
  2. Physics and Astronomy14.98×202 works
  3. Computer Science1.31×62 works
  4. Materials Science1.25×26 works
  5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.79×10 works
  6. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.75×24 works
  7. Neuroscience0.63×6 works
  8. Business, Management and Accounting0.54×10 works
  9. Chemical Engineering0.52×1 works
  10. Chemistry0.49×5 works
  11. Decision Sciences0.48×3 works
  12. Engineering0.36×33 works
  13. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.25×2 works
  14. Dentistry0.22×1 works
  15. Immunology and Microbiology0.17×1 works
  16. Nursing0.16×0 works
  17. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.15×0 works
  18. Energy0.15×1 works
  19. Arts and Humanities0.15×3 works
  20. Psychology0.12×2 works
  21. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.11×3 works
  22. Medicine0.11×13 works
  23. Social Sciences0.11×9 works
  24. Environmental Science0.10×3 works
  25. Health Professions0.03×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Korea Institute for Advanced Study?

Ranked on the quality score, Bumsig Kim, Kimyeong Lee and Young‐Woo Son lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Korea Institute for Advanced Study.

  1. 1 Bumsig Kim South Korea · #143,580 worldwide 1.4k citations · 54 works
  2. 2 Kimyeong Lee South Korea · #178,166 worldwide 7.8k citations · 192 works
  3. 3 Young‐Woo Son South Korea · #277,853 worldwide 24k citations · 214 works
  4. 4 Changbong Hyeon South Korea · #411,053 worldwide 7k citations · 226 works
  5. 5 Kyeongsu Choi South Korea · #434,763 worldwide 418 citations · 71 works
  6. 6 In‐Jee Jeong South Korea · #452,839 worldwide 555 citations · 80 works
  7. 7 Sungjay Lee South Korea · #503,382 worldwide 2k citations · 41 works
  8. 8 Sunjin Choi South Korea · #578,881 worldwide 491 citations · 46 works
  9. 9 Kunihiro Yananose South Korea · #785,509 worldwide 414 citations · 25 works
  10. 10 Changbom Park South Korea · #804,794 worldwide 22k citations · 306 works
All ranked researchers at Korea Institute for Advanced Study

What are the most cited papers from Korea Institute for Advanced Study?

The most cited paper from Korea Institute for Advanced Study is "THE SEVENTH DATA RELEASE OF THE SLOAN DIGITAL SKY SURVEY" (Kevork N. Abazajian et al., 2009), with 5,449 citations. Next come "Behavioral Intention Formation in Knowledge Sharing: Examining the Roles of Extrinsic Motivators, Social-Psychological Forces, and Organizational Climate1" (4,341) and "THE ELEVENTH AND TWELFTH DATA RELEASES OF THE SLOAN DIGITAL SKY SURVEY: FINAL DATA FROM SDSS-III" (2,476).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 THE SEVENTH DATA RELEASE OF THE SLOAN DIGITAL SKY SURVEY Kevork N. Abazajian et al. · The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series Open access204 authors 18 May 2009 5,449
2 Behavioral Intention Formation in Knowledge Sharing: Examining the Roles of Extrinsic Motivators, Social-Psychological Forces, and Organizational Climate1 Bock, Robert W. Zmud, Young‐Gul Kim et al. · MIS Quarterly Mar 2005 4,341
3 THE ELEVENTH AND TWELFTH DATA RELEASES OF THE SLOAN DIGITAL SKY SURVEY: FINAL DATA FROM SDSS-III Shadab Alam et al. · The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series Open access304 authors 27 Jul 2015 2,476
4 THE BARYON OSCILLATION SPECTROSCOPIC SURVEY OF SDSS-III Kyle S. Dawson et al. · The Astronomical Journal Open access165 authors 6 Dec 2012 2,091
5 The clustering of galaxies in the SDSS-III Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey: baryon acoustic oscillations in the Data Releases 10 and 11 Galaxy samples Lauren Anderson et al. · Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society Open access 21 Apr 2014 1,880
All 58 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Korea Institute for Advanced Study?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Dark Matter, Quantum Gravity, Particle Physics, Black Holes, Symplectic Geometry, General Relativity, Modular Forms and String Theory.

▲ 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. Dark Matter37▲ 53×4 topics
  2. Quantum Gravity31▲ 61×4 topics
  3. Particle Physics28▲ 64×2 topics
  4. Black Holes27▲ 46×3 topics
  5. Symplectic Geometry25▲ 113×2 topics
  6. General Relativity25▲ 61×2 topics
  7. Modular Forms24▲ 107×3 topics
  8. String Theory22▲ 66×2 topics
  9. Cohomology22▲ 91×2 topics
  10. L-Functions22▲ 130×2 topics
  11. Supernovae22▲ 44×2 topics
  12. Cosmology21▲ 52×3 topics
  13. Dark Energy21▲ 54×2 topics
  14. Cosmic Microwave Background21▲ 62×1 topic
  15. Cosmological Parameters21▲ 62×1 topic
  16. Quantum Entanglement21▲ 53×2 topics
  17. Tropical Geometry20▲ 103×2 topics
  18. Representation Theory20▲ 109×2 topics
  19. Field Theories20▲ 73×1 topic
  20. Holographic20▲ 73×1 topic
  21. Entanglement18▲ 19×4 topics
  22. Harmonic Analysis17▲ 128×2 topics
  23. Automorphic Forms17▲ 172×1 topic
  24. Gromov-Witten Theory17▲ 147×1 topic
  25. Langlands Conjectures17▲ 172×1 topic
  26. Moduli Theory17▲ 147×1 topic
  27. Higgs Boson17▲ 56×1 topic
  28. High-Energy Collider17▲ 56×1 topic
  29. Nonlinear Equations17▲ 22×5 topics
  30. Quantum Groups15▲ 73×2 topics
  31. Lattice QCD15▲ 41×2 topics
  32. Stability14▲ 10×5 topics
  33. Renormalization Group13▲ 39×2 topics
  34. Quantum Information13▲ 18×3 topics
  35. Cosmic Rays13▲ 43×2 topics
  36. Neutrinos13▲ 43×2 topics
  37. Cluster Algebras13▲ 80×1 topic
  38. Triangulated Categories13▲ 80×1 topic
  39. Galactic Center12▲ 45×2 topics
  40. Optimal Transport12▲ 97×1 topic

Which research topics does Korea Institute for Advanced Study publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Cosmology and Gravitation Theories, Black Holes and Theoretical Physics, Algebraic Geometry and Number Theory and Advanced Algebra and Geometry.

Cosmology and Gravitatio…21Cosmology and Gravitation Theories: 21 fractional worksBlack Holes and Theoreti…20Black Holes and Theoretical Physics: 20 fractional worksAlgebraic Geometry and Number Theory: 17 fractional worksAdvanced Algebra and Geo…17Advanced Algebra and Geometry: 17 fractional worksParticle physics theoret…17Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies: 17 fractional worksAlgebraic structures and combinatorial models: 13 fractional worksGeometric Analysis and Curvature Flows: 12 fractional worksDark Matter and Cosmic P…12Dark Matter and Cosmic Phenomena: 12 fractional worksGeometry and complex manifolds: 12 fractional worksGeometric and Algebraic Topology: 10 fractional works
Astronomy and AstrophysicsNuclear and High Energy PhysicsGeometry and TopologyMathematical Physics1 others

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

  1. 1 Cosmology and Gravitation Theories Astronomy and Astrophysics 21 works
  2. 2 Black Holes and Theoretical Physics Nuclear and High Energy Physics 20 works
  3. 3 Algebraic Geometry and Number Theory Geometry and Topology 17 works
  4. 4 Advanced Algebra and Geometry Mathematical Physics 17 works
  5. 5 Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies Nuclear and High Energy Physics 17 works
  6. 6 Algebraic structures and combinatorial models Geometry and Topology 13 works
  7. 7 Geometric Analysis and Curvature Flows Applied Mathematics 12 works
  8. 8 Dark Matter and Cosmic Phenomena Nuclear and High Energy Physics 12 works
  9. 9 Geometry and complex manifolds Geometry and Topology 12 works
  10. 10 Geometric and Algebraic Topology Geometry and Topology 10 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 available61.8%not open38.2%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors37.9%domestic only62.1%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Korea Institute for Advanced Study's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 7% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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 Institute for Advanced Study as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0023% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%0.0060%Korea Institute for Advanced Study0.0022% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Korea Institute for Advanced Study 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 counting10%20%30%all institutions10.0% in 2025Korea Institute for Advanced Study8.4% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 20.0% in 2003.

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