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Korea Maritime and Ocean University

In research, Korea Maritime and Ocean University stands highest in Physical Sciences (#2,956 of 12,888 worldwide), Engineering (#1,568 of 6,636 worldwide) and Environmental Science (#1,885 of 3,551 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Ocean Engineering, Environmental Engineering and Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering — Ocean Engineering is 18.4× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#3,656
of 28,054 · #6,217 all time
Rank in South Korea
#72
of 417
Research works
4.2k
▲ 10% vs 2013–17
Citations
42k
10.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
18.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
44%
world 28%

What is Korea Maritime and Ocean University 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 #2,956 of 12,888 15.7%752 #4431
EngineeringField #1,568 of 6,636 15.3%440 #1748
Environmental ScienceField #1,885 of 3,551 18.0%111 #2441
Ocean EngineeringSubfield #168 of 286 15.8%87 #450
Social SciencesDomain #6,649 of 10,521 31.0%73 #10028
Mechanical EngineeringSubfield #1,001 of 1,351 10.8%75 #1704

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Korea Maritime and Ocean University 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#4,431 #2,956
  2. Engineering#1,748 #1,568
  3. Environmental Science#2,441 #1,885
  4. Ocean Engineering#450 #168
  5. Social Sciences#10,028 #6,649
  6. Mechanical Engineering#1,704 #1,001
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 Maritime and Ocean University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Ocean Engineering takes 18.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Ocean EngineeringSubfield · 87.4 works18×
  2. Environmental EngineeringSubfield · 44.4 works9.0×
  3. Industrial and Manufacturing EngineeringSubfield · 25.9 works5.5×
← 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: 0.63× its world share, 27 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.37× its world share, 18 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.09× its world share, 10 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.11× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.35× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 2.72× its world share, 9 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.51× its world share, 7 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.82× its world share, 58 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3.46× its world share, 50 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.77× its world share, 15 worksEnergyEngineering: 3.21× its world share, 440 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.44× its world share, 111 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.76× its world share, 56 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.31× its world share, 6 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.30× its world share, 7 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.12× its world share, 21 worksMedicineNursing: 0.61× its world share, 3 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.17× its world share, 4 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.56× its world share, 17 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.70× its world share, 15 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.56× its world share, 11 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.18× its world share, 5 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.18× its world share, 20 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 3.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Korea Maritime and Ocean University?

Ranked on the composite score, Tae‐In Jeon, Seojeong Lee and Kyoungkeun Yoo lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Korea Maritime and Ocean University.

  1. 1 Tae‐In Jeon South Korea · #149,967 worldwide 126 citations · 30 works
  2. 2 Seojeong Lee South Korea · #174,196 worldwide 81 citations · 30 works
  3. 3 Kyoungkeun Yoo South Korea · #194,581 worldwide 102 citations · 49 works
  4. 4 Jun‐Ho Huh South Korea · #215,904 worldwide 109 citations · 42 works
  5. 5 Jong‐Se Lim South Korea · #261,311 worldwide 80 citations · 28 works
  6. 6 Ik-Soon Cho South Korea · #333,161 worldwide 8 citations · 24 works
  7. 7 Cheol Huh South Korea · #388,308 worldwide 88 citations · 26 works
  8. 8 太郎 川村 South Korea · #458,530 worldwide 0 citations · 30 works
  9. 9 佳孝 山本 South Korea · #539,887 worldwide 0 citations · 20 works
  10. 10 Young‐Ho Lee South Korea · #582,377 worldwide 126 citations · 85 works
All ranked researchers at Korea Maritime and Ocean University

Which keywords describe research at Korea Maritime and Ocean University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Maritime Transportation, Environmental Impact, Mechanical Properties, Emissions, Collision Avoidance, Path Planning, Wireless Sensor Networks and Aquaculture.

▲ 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. Environmental Impact69▲ 4.5×34 topics
  2. Maritime Transportation55▲ 114×2 topics
  3. Climate Change51▲ 2.1×37 topics
  4. Mechanical Properties46▲ 5.2×24 topics
  5. Deep Learning36◆ 1.14×51 topics
  6. Emissions34▲ 19×5 topics
  7. Collision Avoidance33▲ 20×3 topics
  8. Path Planning33▲ 28×3 topics
  9. Risk Assessment33▲ 5.3×11 topics
  10. Wireless Sensor Networks33▲ 7.9×9 topics
  11. Renewable Energy32▲ 2.5×25 topics
  12. Aquaculture32▲ 14×7 topics
  13. Fuel Consumption32▲ 48×2 topics
  14. Air Quality31▲ 19×3 topics
  15. Human Factors29▲ 42×2 topics
  16. Autonomous Ships29▲ 104×1 topic
  17. Unmanned Surface Vehicles29▲ 104×1 topic
  18. Numerical Simulation27▲ 10×10 topics
  19. Shipping27▲ 58×2 topics
  20. Emission Control Areas26▲ 128×1 topic
  21. Ship Propulsion26▲ 128×1 topic
  22. Supply Chain Management23▲ 2.7×10 topics
  23. Microstructure21▲ 4.4×10 topics
  24. Heat Transfer19▲ 4.2×14 topics
  25. Logistics18▲ 12×3 topics
  26. Operations Research18▲ 11×2 topics
  27. Container Terminals17▲ 72×1 topic
  28. Port Development17▲ 72×1 topic
  29. Nuclear Power Plants17▲ 74×3 topics
  30. Industrial Risk Management16▲ 296×1 topic
  31. Marine Safety16▲ 296×1 topic
  32. Recycling16▲ 4.5×9 topics
  33. Fluid-Structure Interaction15▲ 11×6 topics
  34. Finite Element Analysis14▲ 6.8×8 topics
  35. Omega-3 Fatty Acids12▲ 18×2 topics
  36. Acoustic Communications12▲ 29×1 topic
  37. Underwater Acoustic Sensor Networks12▲ 29×1 topic
  38. CFD Simulations11▲ 94×1 topic
  39. Ship Maneuvering11▲ 94×1 topic
  40. Fatty Acids11▲ 12×1 topic

Which research topics does Korea Maritime and Ocean University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Maritime Navigation and Safety, Maritime Transport Emissions and Efficiency, Maritime Ports and Logistics and Marine and Coastal Research.

Maritime Navigation and Safety: 29 fractional worksMaritime Transport Emissions and Efficiency: 26 fractional worksMaritime Ports and Logis…17Maritime Ports and Logistics: 17 fractional worksMarine and Coastal Resea…16Marine and Coastal Research: 16 fractional worksUnderwater Vehicles and Communication Systems: 12 fractional worksShip Hydrodynamics and Maneuverability: 11 fractional worksAquaculture Nutrition an…11Aquaculture Nutrition and Growth: 11 fractional worksAquaculture disease management and microbiota: 9 fractional worksWave and Wind Energy Systems: 8 fractional worksRisk and Safety Analysis: 7 fractional works
Ocean EngineeringEnvironmental EngineeringIndustrial and Manufacturing EngineeringAquatic Science2 others

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

  1. 1 Maritime Navigation and Safety Ocean Engineering 29 works
  2. 2 Maritime Transport Emissions and Efficiency Environmental Engineering 26 works
  3. 3 Maritime Ports and Logistics Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 17 works
  4. 4 Marine and Coastal Research Ocean Engineering 16 works
  5. 5 Underwater Vehicles and Communication Systems Ocean Engineering 12 works
  6. 6 Ship Hydrodynamics and Maneuverability Ocean Engineering 11 works
  7. 7 Aquaculture Nutrition and Growth Aquatic Science 11 works
  8. 8 Aquaculture disease management and microbiota Immunology 9 works
  9. 9 Wave and Wind Energy Systems Ocean Engineering 8 works
  10. 10 Risk and Safety Analysis Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty 7 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 available44.2%not open55.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors15.6%domestic only84.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Korea Maritime and Ocean University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 10% higher 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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