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Korea Research Institute of Ships and Ocean Engineering

In research, Korea Research Institute of Ships and Ocean Engineering stands highest in Engineering (#3,945 of 6,636 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#7,662 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Ocean Engineering — Ocean Engineering is 40.8× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#14,520
of 28,054 · #25,983 all time
Rank in ??
#278
of 692
Research works
672
▲ 36% vs 2013–17
Citations
7.4k
11.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
18.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
36%
world 28%

What is Korea Research Institute of Ships and Ocean Engineering 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
EngineeringField #3,945 of 6,636 19.7%103 #6138
Physical SciencesDomain #7,662 of 12,888 19.0%156 #14009

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Korea Research Institute of Ships and Ocean Engineering 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 Research Institute of Ships and Ocean Engineering specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Ocean Engineering takes 40.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Ocean EngineeringSubfield · 34.5 works41×
← 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: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 3.57× its world share, 2 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.33× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.55× its world share, 7 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 4.30× its world share, 11 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 3.15× its world share, 5 worksEnergyEngineering: 4.22× its world share, 103 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.92× its world share, 24 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.72× its world share, 4 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.45× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.04× 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, 4.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Korea Research Institute of Ships and Ocean Engineering?

Ranked on the composite score, Sa Young Hong, Kyong‐Hwan Kim and Hanshin Seol lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Korea Research Institute of Ships and Ocean Engineering.

  1. 1 Sa Young Hong ?? · #405,249 worldwide 97 citations · 43 works
  2. 2 Kyong‐Hwan Kim ?? · #502,683 worldwide 75 citations · 33 works
  3. 3 Hanshin Seol ?? · #555,905 worldwide 34 citations · 15 works
  4. 4 Seong-Gil Kang ?? · #560,048 worldwide 48 citations · 29 works
  5. 5 Bu-Geun Paik ?? · #780,900 worldwide 29 citations · 26 works
  6. 6 Keyyong Hong ?? · #941,893 worldwide 28 citations · 29 works
  7. 7 Seung-Geun Kim ?? · #965,410 worldwide 13 citations · 26 works
  8. 8 Hong Jang-Pyo ?? · #1,052,397 worldwide 5 citations · 25 works
  9. 9 Seong-Yeob Jeong ?? · #1,060,356 worldwide 34 citations · 17 works
  10. 10 Byoungjae Park ?? · #1,078,260 worldwide 14 citations · 21 works
All ranked researchers at Korea Research Institute of Ships and Ocean Engineering

Which keywords describe research at Korea Research Institute of Ships and Ocean Engineering?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Numerical Simulation, Renewable Energy, Maritime Transportation, Environmental Impact, Wireless Sensor Networks, Fluid-Structure Interaction, Collision Avoidance and Path Planning.

▲ 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. Renewable Energy16▲ 6.7×16 topics
  2. Environmental Impact16▲ 5.6×13 topics
  3. Numerical Simulation15▲ 31×6 topics
  4. Maritime Transportation14▲ 164×2 topics
  5. Wireless Sensor Networks12▲ 17×7 topics
  6. Fluid-Structure Interaction11▲ 44×3 topics
  7. Climate Change9▲ 2.1×12 topics
  8. Collision Avoidance9▲ 32×3 topics
  9. Remote Sensing9▲ 4.7×10 topics
  10. Path Planning9▲ 45×2 topics
  11. Human Factors9▲ 69×2 topics
  12. Risk Assessment9▲ 7.8×3 topics
  13. Autonomous Ships8▲ 164×1 topic
  14. Machine Learning8▲ 1.50×15 topics
  15. Unmanned Surface Vehicles8▲ 164×1 topic
  16. Control Strategies8▲ 33×3 topics
  17. Power Take-Off7▲ 234×1 topic
  18. Wave Energy7▲ 234×1 topic
  19. Air Quality7▲ 22×3 topics
  20. CFD Simulations6▲ 302×1 topic
  21. Emissions6▲ 20×3 topics
  22. Fuel Consumption6▲ 55×2 topics
  23. Ship Maneuvering6▲ 302×1 topic
  24. Turbulent Flow6▲ 33×4 topics
  25. Acoustic Communications6▲ 87×1 topic
  26. Underwater Acoustic Sensor Networks6▲ 87×1 topic
  27. Ship Propulsion6▲ 164×1 topic
  28. Shipping6▲ 73×1 topic
  29. SPH Method5▲ 108×1 topic
  30. Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics5▲ 108×1 topic
  31. Heat Transfer5▲ 6.2×7 topics
  32. Wave Modeling4▲ 53×2 topics
  33. Finite Element Method4▲ 26×2 topics
  34. Water Quality4▲ 6.3×4 topics
  35. Fluid Dynamics4▲ 17×2 topics
  36. Design Optimization4▲ 56×1 topic
  37. Structural Analysis4▲ 23×1 topic
  38. Nuclear Power Plants4▲ 86×2 topics
  39. Vortex Dynamics3▲ 18×3 topics
  40. Industrial Risk Management3▲ 347×1 topic

Which research topics does Korea Research Institute of Ships and Ocean Engineering publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Maritime Navigation and Safety, Wave and Wind Energy Systems, Ship Hydrodynamics and Maneuverability and Underwater Vehicles and Communication Systems.

Maritime Navigation and …8Maritime Navigation and Safety: 8 fractional worksWave and Wind Energy Sys…7Wave and Wind Energy Systems: 7 fractional worksShip Hydrodynamics and M…6Ship Hydrodynamics and Maneuverability: 6 fractional worksUnderwater Vehicles and …6Underwater Vehicles and Communication Systems: 6 fractional worksMaritime Transport Emissions and Efficiency: 6 fractional worksFluid Dynamics Simulations and Interactions: 5 fractional worksEngineering Applied Rese…4Engineering Applied Research: 4 fractional worksMarine and Coastal Research: 3 fractional worksSpacecraft and Cryogenic Technologies: 3 fractional worksFluid Dynamics and Vibration Analysis: 3 fractional works
Ocean EngineeringEnvironmental EngineeringComputational MechanicsCivil and Structural Engineering1 others

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

  1. 1 Maritime Navigation and Safety Ocean Engineering 8 works
  2. 2 Wave and Wind Energy Systems Ocean Engineering 7 works
  3. 3 Ship Hydrodynamics and Maneuverability Ocean Engineering 6 works
  4. 4 Underwater Vehicles and Communication Systems Ocean Engineering 6 works
  5. 5 Maritime Transport Emissions and Efficiency Environmental Engineering 6 works
  6. 6 Fluid Dynamics Simulations and Interactions Computational Mechanics 5 works
  7. 7 Engineering Applied Research Civil and Structural Engineering 4 works
  8. 8 Marine and Coastal Research Ocean Engineering 3 works
  9. 9 Spacecraft and Cryogenic Technologies Aerospace Engineering 3 works
  10. 10 Fluid Dynamics and Vibration Analysis Computational Mechanics 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 available35.7%not open64.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors7.4%domestic only92.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Korea Research Institute of Ships and Ocean Engineering's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 36% 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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