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Korea Institute of Nuclear Safety

In research, Korea Institute of Nuclear Safety stands highest in Physical Sciences (#8,191 of 12,888 worldwide) and Engineering (#5,634 of 6,636 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#15,492
of 28,054 · #11,370 all time
Rank in South Korea
#279
of 417
Research works
1.1k
▼ 28% vs 2013–17
Citations
7.6k
7.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
12.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
26%
world 28%

What is Korea Institute of Nuclear Safety 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 #8,191 of 12,888 12.9%116 #6634
EngineeringField #5,634 of 6,636 14.1%69 #4475

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Korea Institute of Nuclear Safety 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).

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: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.23× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.66× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 2.08× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.53× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.43× its world share, 5 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.63× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.34× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 3.21× its world share, 69 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.28× its world share, 9 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 3.38× its world share, 17 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 3.84× its world share, 12 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 1.12× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.26× its world share, 7 worksMedicineNursing: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksNursingBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 5.25× its world share, 7 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.24× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.18× its world share, 3 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Decision Sciences, 5.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Korea Institute of Nuclear Safety?

Ranked on the composite score, Myung Ho Song and Myung Jo Jhung lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Korea Institute of Nuclear Safety.

  1. 1 Myung Ho Song South Korea · #1,092,406 worldwide 33 citations · 16 works
  2. 2 Myung Jo Jhung South Korea · #1,545,338 worldwide 19 citations · 22 works
All ranked researchers at Korea Institute of Nuclear Safety

Which keywords describe research at Korea Institute of Nuclear Safety?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Hydrogen Embrittlement, Health Effects, Radionuclides, Oxidation Resistance, Molten Salt, Nuclear Reactor, Accident Tolerant Fuels and Fuel Cladding.

▲ 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. Hydrogen Embrittlement9▲ 77×3 topics
  2. Health Effects9▲ 10×7 topics
  3. Radionuclides8▲ 147×2 topics
  4. Oxidation Resistance8▲ 51×2 topics
  5. Accident Tolerant Fuels8▲ 146×1 topic
  6. Fuel Cladding8▲ 146×1 topic
  7. Molten Salt8▲ 166×1 topic
  8. Nuclear Reactor8▲ 166×1 topic
  9. Finite Element Analysis7▲ 21×4 topics
  10. Reliability Evaluation7▲ 93×3 topics
  11. Large Eddy Simulation7▲ 144×2 topics
  12. Numerical Simulation7▲ 16×7 topics
  13. Safety Assessment7▲ 112×2 topics
  14. Heat Transfer6▲ 9.0×9 topics
  15. Passive Systems6▲ 294×1 topic
  16. Thermal-Hydraulic Analysis6▲ 294×1 topic
  17. Nuclear Fuel6▲ 251×1 topic
  18. Radiation Protection6▲ 251×1 topic
  19. Data Analysis6▲ 15×3 topics
  20. Radiation Detection6▲ 89×2 topics
  21. Bayesian Networks5▲ 42×1 topic
  22. Fault Tree Analysis5▲ 75×1 topic
  23. Inorganic Scintillators5▲ 115×1 topic
  24. Scintillation Detectors5▲ 115×1 topic
  25. Soil Contamination5▲ 138×2 topics
  26. Environmental Impacts5▲ 12×2 topics
  27. Ionizing Radiation5▲ 46×2 topics
  28. Fukushima Daiichi5▲ 213×1 topic
  29. nuclear accident5▲ 213×1 topic
  30. Tomography4▲ 15×2 topics
  31. Toxicity4▲ 5.9×3 topics
  32. Neutron Imaging4▲ 68×1 topic
  33. Small-Angle Scattering4▲ 45×1 topic
  34. Lung Cancer3▲ 14×1 topic
  35. Radon3▲ 103×1 topic
  36. Thermal Properties3▲ 19×2 topics
  37. Oxidation Behavior3▲ 36×2 topics
  38. Raman Spectroscopy3▲ 11×2 topics
  39. Microstructural Characterization3▲ 96×1 topic
  40. Nuclear Graphite3▲ 96×1 topic

Which research topics does Korea Institute of Nuclear Safety publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Nuclear reactor physics and engineering, Nuclear Materials and Properties, Nuclear Engineering Thermal-Hydraulics and Nuclear and radioactivity studies.

Nuclear reactor physics …8Nuclear reactor physics and engineering: 8 fractional worksNuclear Materials and Pr…8Nuclear Materials and Properties: 8 fractional worksNuclear Engineering Ther…6Nuclear Engineering Thermal-Hydraulics: 6 fractional worksNuclear and radioactivit…6Nuclear and radioactivity studies: 6 fractional worksRadiation Detection and Scintillator Technologies: 5 fractional worksRisk and Safety Analysis: 5 fractional worksRadioactive contaminatio…5Radioactive contamination and transfer: 5 fractional worksNuclear Physics and Applications: 4 fractional worksRadioactivity and Radon Measurements: 3 fractional worksGraphite, nuclear technology, radiation studies: 3 fractional works
Aerospace EngineeringMaterials ChemistrySafety, Risk, Reliability and QualityRadiation3 others

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

  1. 1 Nuclear reactor physics and engineering Aerospace Engineering 8 works
  2. 2 Nuclear Materials and Properties Materials Chemistry 8 works
  3. 3 Nuclear Engineering Thermal-Hydraulics Aerospace Engineering 6 works
  4. 4 Nuclear and radioactivity studies Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality 6 works
  5. 5 Radiation Detection and Scintillator Technologies Radiation 5 works
  6. 6 Risk and Safety Analysis Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty 5 works
  7. 7 Radioactive contamination and transfer Global and Planetary Change 5 works
  8. 8 Nuclear Physics and Applications Radiation 4 works
  9. 9 Radioactivity and Radon Measurements Radiological and Ultrasound Technology 3 works
  10. 10 Graphite, nuclear technology, radiation studies Materials Chemistry 3 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 available26.2%not open73.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors8.6%domestic only91.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Korea Institute of Nuclear Safety's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 28% lower than in 2013–2017.

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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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