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Korea Meteorological Administration

In research, Korea Meteorological Administration stands highest in Physical Sciences (#10,187 of 10,670 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Atmospheric Science, Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science (Atmospheric Science is 75.0× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#22,229
of 22,385 · #31,342 all time
Rank in South Korea
#342
of 343
Research works
555
▼ 29% vs 2018-21
Citations
15k
26.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
3.9%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.92×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
51%
world 40%
International
21%
world 18%
Korea Meteorological Administration

What is Korea Meteorological Administration known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Physical SciencesDomain #10,187 of 10,670 2.9%66 #15100

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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Korea Meteorological Administration work in?

In 2022-now, 92% of research at Korea Meteorological Administration is in Physical Sciences, 5% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Earth and Planetary Sciences (45%), Environmental Science (26%), Engineering (10%). It does 2.3× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 82 fractional works · 92.5% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 40 fractional works · 45.1% of its workAtmospheric Science: 30 fractional works · 33.1% of its workGeophysics: 7 fractional works · 7.4% of its workOceanography: 4 fractional works · 4.1% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 23 fractional works · 26.2% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 19 fractional works · 20.9% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 2 fractional works · 2.7% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workWater Science and Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 9 fractional works · 9.6% of its workAerospace Engineering: 2 fractional works · 2.5% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 2 fractional works · 2.5% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workMedia Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMechanics of Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputational Mechanics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 6 fractional works · 6.7% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 4 fractional works · 4.1% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 4 fractional works · 4.6% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 4 fractional works · 4.1% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 5 fractional works · 5.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 2.6% of its workPlant Science: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 2.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workCancer Research: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCultural Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMedicine: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKKoreaMeteorological…89fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences5%Physical Sciences92%Health Sciences1%Social Sciences2%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 15 fields, with their numbers
    1. Earth and Planetary Sciences4045.1%
    2. Environmental Science2326.2%
    3. Engineering99.6%
    4. Physics and Astronomy66.7%
    5. Computer Science44.6%
    6. Energy00.2%
    7. Materials Science00.1%
    8. Chemistry00.0%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences22.6%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology22.5%
    1. Social Sciences10.8%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.6%
    3. Decision Sciences00.1%
    1. Medicine10.8%
    2. Health Professions00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Korea Meteorological Administration specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Atmospheric Science takes 75.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Atmospheric ScienceSubfield · 29.5 works75×
  2. Earth and Planetary SciencesField · 40.2 works29×
  3. Environmental ScienceField · 23.4 works5.3×
← 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: 0.55× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.46× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Chemistry: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.59× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 28.79× its world share, 40 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.64× its world share, 8 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 5.27× its world share, 23 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 3.02× its world share, 6 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksMedicineDecision Sciences: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.26× 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, 28.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 15 fields, with their numbers
  1. Earth and Planetary Sciences28.79×40 works
  2. Environmental Science5.27×23 works
  3. Physics and Astronomy3.02×6 works
  4. Engineering0.64×8 works
  5. Computer Science0.59×4 works
  6. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.55×2 works
  7. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.46×2 works
  8. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.26×0 works
  9. Energy0.22×0 works
  10. Decision Sciences0.15×0 works
  11. Social Sciences0.07×1 works
  12. Medicine0.04×1 works
  13. Chemistry0.02×0 works
  14. Materials Science0.02×0 works
  15. Health Professions0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Korea Meteorological Administration?

Ranked on the quality score, Hyesook Park, Youngsin Chun and Hee‐Jeong Baek lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Korea Meteorological Administration.

  1. 1 Hyesook Park South Korea · #2,360,231 worldwide 313 citations · 42 works
  2. 2 Youngsin Chun South Korea · #3,023,740 worldwide 1.7k citations · 54 works
  3. 3 Hee‐Jeong Baek South Korea · #3,804,851 worldwide 1k citations · 52 works
  4. 4 Duk-Jin Won South Korea · #3,926,701 worldwide 1.6k citations · 16 works
  5. 5 Taehyoun Shim South Korea · #4,002,690 worldwide 895 citations · 19 works
  6. 6 Yoonjae Kim South Korea · #4,012,072 worldwide 779 citations · 61 works
  7. 7 Hae-Lim Kim South Korea · #4,278,629 worldwide 134 citations · 16 works
  8. 8 Park Sa Kim South Korea · #4,637,755 worldwide 46 citations · 20 works
  9. 9 Nam-Young Kang South Korea · #4,657,193 worldwide 505 citations · 41 works
  10. 10 Jae‐Dong Jang South Korea · #4,701,195 worldwide 389 citations · 33 works
All ranked researchers at Korea Meteorological Administration

What are the most cited papers from Korea Meteorological Administration?

The most cited paper from Korea Meteorological Administration is "The ERA‐Interim reanalysis: configuration and performance of the data assimilation system" (Dick P. Dee et al., 2011), with 26,509 citations. Next come "The Subseasonal to Seasonal (S2S) Prediction Project Database" (1,145) and "The HadGEM2-ES implementation of CMIP5 centennial simulations" (960).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The ERA‐Interim reanalysis: configuration and performance of the data assimilation system Dick P. Dee et al. · Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society Open access Apr 2011 26,509
2 The Subseasonal to Seasonal (S2S) Prediction Project Database Frédéric Vitart et al. · Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society Open access 22 Jun 2016 1,145
3 The HadGEM2-ES implementation of CMIP5 centennial simulations CHRIS D. JONES et al. · Geoscientific model development Open access Jul 2011 960
4 Climate model projections from the Scenario Model Intercomparison Project (ScenarioMIP) of CMIP6 Claudia Tebaldi et al. · Earth System Dynamics Open access Mar 2021 834
5 ENSO Atmospheric Teleconnections and Their Response to Greenhouse Gas Forcing Sang‐Wook Yeh, Wenju Cai, Seung‐Ki Min et al. · Reviews of Geophysics Open access 15 Jan 2018 572
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Korea Meteorological Administration?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Data Assimilation, Boundary Layer, Remote Sensing, Hydrological Cycle, 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-now 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 Change19▲ 7.9×35 topics
  2. Data Assimilation16▲ 108×3 topics
  3. Boundary Layer14▲ 126×2 topics
  4. Remote Sensing14▲ 13×16 topics
  5. Hydrological Cycle14▲ 153×2 topics
  6. Probabilistic Forecasting14▲ 80×3 topics
  7. Convective Parameterization14▲ 265×1 topic
  8. Ensemble Kalman Filter14▲ 149×1 topic
  9. Global Warming12▲ 32×7 topics
  10. Air Quality10▲ 59×4 topics
  11. Ocean Circulation9▲ 74×3 topics
  12. Hydrological Modeling9▲ 42×5 topics
  13. Satellite Observations9▲ 100×3 topics
  14. Extreme Events8▲ 93×2 topics
  15. Climate Modeling8▲ 113×1 topic
  16. Precipitation Extremes8▲ 113×1 topic
  17. Climate7▲ 83×2 topics
  18. Validation6▲ 81×2 topics
  19. Aerosols6▲ 101×1 topic
  20. Atmospheric Dust6▲ 262×1 topic
  21. Spatial Interpolation6▲ 145×2 topics
  22. Estimation6▲ 149×2 topics
  23. Precipitation6▲ 127×2 topics
  24. Rainfall6▲ 301×1 topic
  25. Satellite6▲ 301×1 topic
  26. Tropical Cyclones6▲ 108×2 topics
  27. Machine Learning5▲ 1.63×8 topics
  28. Sea Level Rise5▲ 42×3 topics
  29. Hurricanes4▲ 121×1 topic
  30. Storm Surge4▲ 121×1 topic
  31. Tomography4▲ 22×2 topics
  32. Convolutional Neural Network3▲ 22×2 topics
  33. Seismic Noise3▲ 72×1 topic
  34. Surface Wave3▲ 72×1 topic
  35. Citizen Science3▲ 30×2 topics
  36. Atmospheric Aerosols3▲ 53×1 topic
  37. Black Carbon3▲ 53×1 topic
  38. Earthquake Detection3▲ 141×1 topic
  39. Seismic Signals3▲ 141×1 topic
  40. Wave Modeling2▲ 44×2 topics

Which research topics does Korea Meteorological Administration publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations, Climate variability and models, Atmospheric aerosols and clouds and Precipitation Measurement and Analysis.

Meteorological Phenomena…14Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations: 14 fractional worksClimate variability and models: 8 fractional worksAtmospheric aerosols and clouds: 6 fractional worksPrecipitation Measurement and Analysis: 6 fractional worksTropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research: 4 fractional worksSeismic Waves and Analysis3Seismic Waves and Analysis: 3 fractional worksSeismology and Earthquake Studies: 3 fractional worksAtmospheric chemistry and aerosols: 3 fractional worksFlood Risk Assessment and Management: 2 fractional worksOcean Waves and Remote Sensing: 2 fractional works
Atmospheric ScienceGlobal and Planetary ChangeGeophysicsArtificial Intelligence1 others

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

  1. 1 Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations Atmospheric Science 14 works
  2. 2 Climate variability and models Global and Planetary Change 8 works
  3. 3 Atmospheric aerosols and clouds Global and Planetary Change 6 works
  4. 4 Precipitation Measurement and Analysis Atmospheric Science 6 works
  5. 5 Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research Atmospheric Science 4 works
  6. 6 Seismic Waves and Analysis Geophysics 3 works
  7. 7 Seismology and Earthquake Studies Artificial Intelligence 3 works
  8. 8 Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols Atmospheric Science 3 works
  9. 9 Flood Risk Assessment and Management Global and Planetary Change 2 works
  10. 10 Ocean Waves and Remote Sensing Oceanography 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: 40% of research is openly available.

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

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Korea Meteorological Administration's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 29% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Korea Meteorological Administration as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00029% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%Korea Meteorological Administration0.00031% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Korea Meteorological Administration over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2021Korea Meteorological Administration7.7% in 202120102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 14.3% in 2017.

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