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Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources

In research, Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources stands highest in Physical Sciences (#4,035 of 12,888 worldwide), Engineering (#3,062 of 6,636 worldwide) and Environmental Science (#2,321 of 3,551 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Geochemistry and Petrology, Geophysics and Environmental Chemistry — Geochemistry and Petrology is 37.8× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#7,142
of 28,054 · #4,429 all time
Rank in South Korea
#131
of 417
Research works
3.3k
◆ 1% vs 2013–17
Citations
72k
21.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
40%
world 28%

What is Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources 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 #4,035 of 12,888 10.0%570 #2732
EngineeringField #3,062 of 6,636 10.8%214 #2444
Environmental ScienceField #2,321 of 3,551 11.1%128 #833
Mechanical EngineeringSubfield #1,082 of 1,351 9.8%64 #932
Earth and Planetary SciencesField #976 of 1,209 9.0%137 #1157
GeophysicsSubfield #210 of 237 10.7%63 #554

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources 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#2,732 #4,035
  2. Engineering#2,444 #3,062
  3. Environmental Science#833 #2,321
  4. Mechanical Engineering#932 #1,082
  5. Earth and Planetary Sciences#1,157 #976
  6. Geophysics#554 #210
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 Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Geochemistry and Petrology takes 37.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Geochemistry and PetrologySubfield · 23.2 works38×
  2. GeophysicsSubfield · 63.0 works30×
  3. Environmental ChemistrySubfield · 27.3 works21×
  4. Earth and Planetary SciencesField · 137.3 works15×
  5. Ocean EngineeringSubfield · 27.9 works8.9×
← 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: 0.34× its world share, 10 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.12× its world share, 4 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.96× its world share, 4 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.16× its world share, 11 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.69× its world share, 32 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 14.53× its world share, 137 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.15× its world share, 6 worksEnergyEngineering: 2.37× its world share, 214 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 4.27× its world share, 128 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.27× its world share, 27 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.78× its world share, 10 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.19× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.02× its world share, 2 worksMedicineVeterinary: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.08× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.25× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Social Sciences: 0.07× its world share, 5 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 14.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources?

Ranked on the composite score, Saro Lee, Jang J. Bahk and Jae-chun Lee lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources.

  1. 1 Saro Lee South Korea · #81,431 worldwide 439 citations · 45 works
  2. 2 Jang J. Bahk South Korea · #81,802 worldwide 292 citations · 58 works
  3. 3 Jae-chun Lee South Korea · #97,092 worldwide 331 citations · 44 works
  4. 4 Jinki Jeong South Korea · #107,180 worldwide 301 citations · 32 works
  5. 5 Hee Dong Jang South Korea · #132,524 worldwide 300 citations · 43 works
  6. 6 Kyung-Ho Park South Korea · #182,852 worldwide 146 citations · 28 works
  7. 7 Ji‐Hoon Kim South Korea · #209,130 worldwide 160 citations · 49 works
  8. 8 Jaechun Lee South Korea · #210,463 worldwide 283 citations · 78 works
  9. 9 Senay Horozal South Korea · #235,739 worldwide 90 citations · 25 works
  10. 10 Jaehyoung Lee South Korea · #262,280 worldwide 129 citations · 29 works
All ranked researchers at Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources

Which keywords describe research at Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Metal Recovery, Remote Sensing, Environmental Impact, Rare Earth Elements, Microbial Communities, Lithium-ion Batteries, Circular Economy and Sustainable Technology.

▲ 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. Metal Recovery57▲ 47×3 topics
  2. Environmental Impact47▲ 4.5×27 topics
  3. Climate Change43▲ 2.6×38 topics
  4. Remote Sensing42▲ 5.7×22 topics
  5. Machine Learning42▲ 2.1×21 topics
  6. Rare Earth Elements35▲ 41×4 topics
  7. Microbial Communities35▲ 14×6 topics
  8. Lithium-ion Batteries34▲ 14×4 topics
  9. Circular Economy29▲ 18×5 topics
  10. Sustainable Technology28▲ 42×2 topics
  11. Battery Recycling27▲ 57×1 topic
  12. Hydrometallurgical Processes27▲ 57×1 topic
  13. Tectonics27▲ 38×3 topics
  14. Plate Tectonics27▲ 29×3 topics
  15. Environmental Impacts26▲ 16×5 topics
  16. Geological Mapping26▲ 51×2 topics
  17. CO2 Sequestration24▲ 20×4 topics
  18. Support Vector Machines22▲ 12×4 topics
  19. Reactive Transport21▲ 67×2 topics
  20. Recycling21▲ 8.9×8 topics
  21. Hyperspectral Imaging20▲ 12×5 topics
  22. Shale Gas20▲ 26×2 topics
  23. Pore Structure19▲ 26×3 topics
  24. Methane Oxidation19▲ 39×2 topics
  25. Compositional Data Analysis19▲ 47×1 topic
  26. Mineral Prospectivity19▲ 47×1 topic
  27. Metallurgy18▲ 50×2 topics
  28. Anaerobic18▲ 43×1 topic
  29. Gas Hydrates18▲ 43×1 topic
  30. Microbial Ecology18▲ 17×3 topics
  31. Waste Management17▲ 6.8×5 topics
  32. Adsorption17▲ 13×7 topics
  33. Bioleaching16▲ 85×1 topic
  34. Oxidation Mechanism16▲ 35×2 topics
  35. Sulfide Minerals16▲ 85×1 topic
  36. Gas Permeability16▲ 26×2 topics
  37. Mudstones16▲ 34×1 topic
  38. Thermal Maturity16▲ 34×1 topic
  39. Thermodynamic Modeling16▲ 23×3 topics
  40. GIS-based Modeling15▲ 30×2 topics

Which research topics does Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Extraction and Separation Processes, Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping, Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena and Metal Extraction and Bioleaching.

Extraction and Separatio…27Extraction and Separation Processes: 27 fractional worksGeochemistry and Geologi…19Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping: 19 fractional worksMethane Hydrates and Rel…18Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena: 18 fractional worksMetal Extraction and Bio…16Metal Extraction and Bioleaching: 16 fractional worksHydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis: 16 fractional worksGeological and Geochemical Analysis: 14 fractional worksRecycling and Waste Mana…14Recycling and Waste Management Techniques: 14 fractional worksGeology and Paleoclimatology Research: 13 fractional worksSeismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques: 12 fractional worksCO2 Sequestration and Ge…12CO2 Sequestration and Geologic Interactions: 12 fractional works
Mechanical EngineeringArtificial IntelligenceEnvironmental ChemistryBiomedical Engineering5 others

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

  1. 1 Extraction and Separation Processes Mechanical Engineering 27 works
  2. 2 Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping Artificial Intelligence 19 works
  3. 3 Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena Environmental Chemistry 18 works
  4. 4 Metal Extraction and Bioleaching Biomedical Engineering 16 works
  5. 5 Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis Mechanics of Materials 16 works
  6. 6 Geological and Geochemical Analysis Geophysics 14 works
  7. 7 Recycling and Waste Management Techniques Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 14 works
  8. 8 Geology and Paleoclimatology Research Atmospheric Science 13 works
  9. 9 Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques Geophysics 12 works
  10. 10 CO2 Sequestration and Geologic Interactions Environmental Engineering 12 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 available40.2%not open59.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 1% 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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