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Korea Meteorological Administration

In research, Korea Meteorological Administration stands highest in Physical Sciences (#7,405 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Atmospheric Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences — Atmospheric Science is 68.2× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#14,235
of 28,054 · #7,288 all time
Rank in South Korea
#259
of 417
Research works
555
▼ 20% vs 2013–17
Citations
15k
26.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
51%
world 28%

What is Korea Meteorological Administration 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 #7,405 of 12,888 8.8%66 #4273

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Korea Meteorological Administration 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).

What does Korea Meteorological Administration specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Atmospheric Science takes 68.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Atmospheric ScienceSubfield · 21.8 works68×
  2. Earth and Planetary SciencesField · 31.3 works28×
← 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, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.53× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Computer Science: 0.67× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 27.62× its world share, 31 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.72× its world share, 8 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 4.80× its world share, 17 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 3.52× its world share, 6 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksMedicineDecision Sciences: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Social Sciences: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 27.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Korea Meteorological Administration?

Ranked on the composite score, KiRyong Kang, Ki‐Seon Choi and Mi‐Lim Ou lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Korea Meteorological Administration.

  1. 1 KiRyong Kang South Korea · #1,083,875 worldwide 29 citations · 15 works
  2. 2 Ki‐Seon Choi South Korea · #1,284,730 worldwide 54 citations · 25 works
  3. 3 Mi‐Lim Ou South Korea · #1,472,709 worldwide 4 citations · 15 works
  4. 4 Mi-Kyung Suk South Korea · #1,590,596 worldwide 4 citations · 18 works
All ranked researchers at Korea Meteorological Administration

Which keywords describe research at Korea Meteorological Administration?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Data Assimilation, Remote Sensing, Hydrological Cycle, Boundary Layer, Probabilistic Forecasting, Convective Parameterization and Ensemble Kalman Filter.

▲ 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 Change15▲ 7.7×31 topics
  2. Data Assimilation11▲ 95×3 topics
  3. Boundary Layer10▲ 115×2 topics
  4. Hydrological Cycle10▲ 150×2 topics
  5. Remote Sensing10▲ 12×16 topics
  6. Probabilistic Forecasting10▲ 69×2 topics
  7. Convective Parameterization10▲ 246×1 topic
  8. Ensemble Kalman Filter10▲ 132×1 topic
  9. Global Warming10▲ 33×7 topics
  10. Air Quality8▲ 57×3 topics
  11. Ocean Circulation7▲ 72×3 topics
  12. Satellite Observations6▲ 90×3 topics
  13. Extreme Events6▲ 91×2 topics
  14. Climate Modeling6▲ 110×1 topic
  15. Precipitation Extremes6▲ 110×1 topic
  16. Climate5▲ 84×2 topics
  17. Hydrological Modeling5▲ 29×5 topics
  18. Tropical Cyclones5▲ 123×2 topics
  19. Aerosols5▲ 95×1 topic
  20. Atmospheric Dust5▲ 266×1 topic
  21. Machine Learning4▲ 1.81×8 topics
  22. Sea Level Rise4▲ 47×3 topics
  23. Validation3▲ 52×2 topics
  24. Tomography3▲ 25×2 topics
  25. Estimation3▲ 105×2 topics
  26. Hurricanes3▲ 138×1 topic
  27. Spatial Interpolation3▲ 114×2 topics
  28. Storm Surge3▲ 138×1 topic
  29. Precipitation3▲ 94×1 topic
  30. Satellite3▲ 228×1 topic
  31. Seismic Noise3▲ 88×1 topic
  32. Surface Wave3▲ 88×1 topic
  33. Convolutional Neural Network3▲ 25×2 topics
  34. Citizen Science2▲ 33×2 topics
  35. Earthquake Detection2▲ 159×1 topic
  36. Seismic Signals2▲ 159×1 topic
  37. Atmospheric Aerosols2▲ 56×1 topic
  38. Black Carbon2▲ 56×1 topic
  39. Solar Wind2▲ 29×2 topics
  40. Wave Modeling2▲ 50×2 topics

Which research topics does Korea Meteorological Administration publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations, Climate variability and models, Atmospheric aerosols and clouds and Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research.

Meteorological Phenomena…10Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations: 10 fractional worksClimate variability and models: 6 fractional worksAtmospheric aerosols and clouds: 5 fractional worksTropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research: 3 fractional worksPrecipitation Measurement and Analysis: 3 fractional worksSeismic Waves and Analysis3Seismic Waves and Analysis: 3 fractional worksSeismology and Earthquake Studies: 2 fractional worksAtmospheric chemistry and aerosols: 2 fractional worksOcean Waves and Remote Sensing: 2 fractional worksSolar and Space Plasma Dynamics: 2 fractional works
Atmospheric ScienceGlobal and Planetary ChangeGeophysicsArtificial Intelligence2 others

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

  1. 1 Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations Atmospheric Science 10 works
  2. 2 Climate variability and models Global and Planetary Change 6 works
  3. 3 Atmospheric aerosols and clouds Global and Planetary Change 5 works
  4. 4 Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research Atmospheric Science 3 works
  5. 5 Precipitation Measurement and Analysis Atmospheric Science 3 works
  6. 6 Seismic Waves and Analysis Geophysics 3 works
  7. 7 Seismology and Earthquake Studies Artificial Intelligence 2 works
  8. 8 Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols Atmospheric Science 2 works
  9. 9 Ocean Waves and Remote Sensing Oceanography 2 works
  10. 10 Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics Astronomy and Astrophysics 2 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 available50.6%not open49.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors20.9%domestic only79.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Korea Meteorological Administration's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 20% 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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