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Korea Institute of Ocean Science and Technology

In research, Korea Institute of Ocean Science and Technology stands highest in Physical Sciences (#4,514 of 12,888 worldwide), Environmental Science (#2,022 of 3,551 worldwide) and Earth and Planetary Sciences (#765 of 1,209 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Oceanography, Earth-Surface Processes and Earth and Planetary Sciences — Oceanography is 60.0× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#7,341
of 28,054 · #6,719 all time
Rank in South Korea
#135
of 417
Research works
3.4k
▼ 16% vs 2013–17
Citations
61k
18.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
42%
world 28%

What is Korea Institute of Ocean Science and Technology 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 #4,514 of 12,888 11.1%591 #4395
Environmental ScienceField #2,022 of 3,551 12.0%204 #1693
Earth and Planetary SciencesField #765 of 1,209 9.7%212 #1120
EngineeringField #4,665 of 6,636 12.0%131 #3484
OceanographySubfield #113 of 156 11.1%118 #297
Life SciencesDomain #6,414 of 7,800 11.6%71 #8050

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Korea Institute of Ocean Science and Technology 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#4,395 #4,514
  2. Environmental Science#1,693 #2,022
  3. Earth and Planetary Sciences#1,120 #765
  4. Engineering#3,484 #4,665
  5. Oceanography#297 #113
  6. Life Sciences#8,050 #6,414
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 Ocean Science and Technology specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Oceanography takes 60.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. OceanographySubfield · 117.6 works60×
  2. Earth-Surface ProcessesSubfield · 20.7 works25×
  3. Earth and Planetary SciencesField · 212.4 works19×
  4. Ocean EngineeringSubfield · 58.8 works16×
  5. Atmospheric ScienceSubfield · 44.9 works15×
  6. EcologySubfield · 59.0 works11×
← 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: 0.82× its world share, 27 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.94× its world share, 35 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.82× its world share, 6 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.14× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.64× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.24× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.64× its world share, 7 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.33× its world share, 18 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 19.38× its world share, 212 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.98× its world share, 6 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.25× its world share, 131 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 5.87× its world share, 204 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.32× its world share, 8 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.24× its world share, 4 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.20× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.15× its world share, 20 worksMedicineNursing: 0.35× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.07× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.07× its world share, 6 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 19.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Korea Institute of Ocean Science and Technology?

Ranked on the composite score, Naomi Lubick, Yu-Hwan Ahn and Pan-Mook Lee lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Korea Institute of Ocean Science and Technology.

  1. 1 Naomi Lubick South Korea · #153,219 worldwide 122 citations · 39 works
  2. 2 Yu-Hwan Ahn South Korea · #195,578 worldwide 93 citations · 29 works
  3. 3 Pan-Mook Lee South Korea · #224,645 worldwide 193 citations · 48 works
  4. 4 Hee Jun Lee South Korea · #278,571 worldwide 222 citations · 57 works
  5. 5 Won Joon Shim South Korea · #317,986 worldwide 153 citations · 36 works
  6. 6 Bong-Huan Jun South Korea · #376,806 worldwide 129 citations · 36 works
  7. 7 Sung‐Yong Oh South Korea · #422,486 worldwide 119 citations · 23 works
  8. 8 Hyungwon Shim South Korea · #427,806 worldwide 74 citations · 29 works
  9. 9 Jeong-Seok Lee South Korea · #528,317 worldwide 29 citations · 19 works
  10. 10 Soo‐Jin Heo South Korea · #551,407 worldwide 57 citations · 31 works
All ranked researchers at Korea Institute of Ocean Science and Technology

Which keywords describe research at Korea Institute of Ocean Science and Technology?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Global Warming, Remote Sensing, Environmental Impact, Ocean Circulation, Benthic Communities, Marine Biodiversity and Marine Environment.

▲ 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. Climate Change133▲ 7.1×49 topics
  2. Environmental Impact55▲ 4.7×32 topics
  3. Remote Sensing51▲ 5.9×22 topics
  4. Global Warming47▲ 16×5 topics
  5. Ocean Circulation43▲ 47×3 topics
  6. Benthic Communities36▲ 88×2 topics
  7. Marine Biodiversity36▲ 88×2 topics
  8. Marine Environment35▲ 36×3 topics
  9. Harmful Algal Blooms32▲ 60×3 topics
  10. Eutrophication30▲ 42×3 topics
  11. Data Assimilation30▲ 27×4 topics
  12. Ecosystem Functioning29▲ 22×4 topics
  13. Dissolved Organic Matter28▲ 97×1 topic
  14. Oceanic Carbon Cycle28▲ 97×1 topic
  15. Wave Modeling28▲ 78×2 topics
  16. Biogeography28▲ 15×7 topics
  17. Climate Change Impacts28▲ 34×3 topics
  18. Ocean Acidification28▲ 54×3 topics
  19. Wireless Sensor Networks27▲ 8.5×6 topics
  20. Climate Change Impact25▲ 16×2 topics
  21. Oceanic Modeling25▲ 109×1 topic
  22. Tidal Analysis25▲ 109×1 topic
  23. Sea-Level Rise24▲ 30×4 topics
  24. Aquaculture24▲ 13×7 topics
  25. Recycling24▲ 8.8×7 topics
  26. Deep-Sea Ecology23▲ 111×1 topic
  27. Estuarine Quality23▲ 111×1 topic
  28. Waste Management23▲ 8.0×5 topics
  29. Tropical Cyclones22▲ 59×2 topics
  30. Coastal Protection21▲ 47×2 topics
  31. Ecosystem Services20▲ 7.4×6 topics
  32. Pollution19▲ 14×2 topics
  33. Industrial Risk Management19▲ 463×1 topic
  34. Marine Safety19▲ 463×1 topic
  35. Sediment Transport18▲ 16×5 topics
  36. Environmental Impacts17▲ 8.9×5 topics
  37. Fisheries Sustainability15▲ 25×2 topics
  38. Microplastics15▲ 22×1 topic
  39. Terrestrial Ecosystems15▲ 22×1 topic
  40. Coastal Dynamics15▲ 74×1 topic

Which research topics does Korea Institute of Ocean Science and Technology publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Marine and coastal ecosystems, Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes, Marine Biology and Ecology Research and Marine and Coastal Research.

Marine and coastal ecosy…28Marine and coastal ecosystems: 28 fractional worksOceanographic and Atmosp…25Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes: 25 fractional worksMarine Biology and Ecolo…23Marine Biology and Ecology Research: 23 fractional worksMarine and Coastal Resea…19Marine and Coastal Research: 19 fractional worksMicroplastics and Plastic Pollution: 15 fractional worksCoastal and Marine Dynamics: 15 fractional worksMarine and fisheries res…14Marine and fisheries research: 14 fractional worksOcean Waves and Remote S…13Ocean Waves and Remote Sensing: 13 fractional worksMarine and coastal plant…13Marine and coastal plant biology: 13 fractional worksIsotope Analysis in Ecol…11Isotope Analysis in Ecology: 11 fractional works
OceanographyOcean EngineeringPollutionEarth-Surface Processes2 others

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

  1. 1 Marine and coastal ecosystems Oceanography 28 works
  2. 2 Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes Oceanography 25 works
  3. 3 Marine Biology and Ecology Research Oceanography 23 works
  4. 4 Marine and Coastal Research Ocean Engineering 19 works
  5. 5 Microplastics and Plastic Pollution Pollution 15 works
  6. 6 Coastal and Marine Dynamics Earth-Surface Processes 15 works
  7. 7 Marine and fisheries research Global and Planetary Change 14 works
  8. 8 Ocean Waves and Remote Sensing Oceanography 13 works
  9. 9 Marine and coastal plant biology Oceanography 13 works
  10. 10 Isotope Analysis in Ecology Ecology 11 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 available42.5%not open57.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors20.3%domestic only79.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Korea Institute of Ocean Science and Technology's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 16% lower 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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