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Korea Telecom (South Korea)

In research, Korea Telecom (South Korea) stands highest in Physical Sciences (#8,358 of 10,670 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#18,363
of 22,385 · #11,053 all time
Rank in South Korea
#290
of 343
Research works
1k
▲ 5% vs 2018-21
Citations
12k
11.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.5%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.97×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
13%
world 40%
International
15%
world 18%
Korea Telecom (South Korea)

What is Korea Telecom (South Korea) 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 #8,358 of 10,670 8.6%61 #4037

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Korea Telecom (South Korea) 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 Telecom (South Korea) work in?

In 2022-now, 74% of research at Korea Telecom (South Korea) is in Physical Sciences, 16% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Computer Science (36%), Engineering (31%), Social Sciences (5%). It does 1.8× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 64 fractional works · 74.1% of its workComputer Science: 31 fractional works · 36.1% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 15 fractional works · 16.8% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 6 fractional works · 7.3% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 5 fractional works · 5.9% of its workInformation Systems: 2 fractional works · 2.6% of its workSignal Processing: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSoftware: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEngineering: 27 fractional works · 31.4% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 7 fractional works · 8.2% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 6 fractional works · 7.1% of its workAerospace Engineering: 2 fractional works · 2.3% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 2 fractional works · 2.3% of its workBuilding and Construction: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workMedia Technology: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workOcean Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputational Mechanics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMechanics of Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 3 fractional works · 3.1% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAtmospheric Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 14 fractional works · 16.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 4 fractional works · 5.1% of its workTransportation: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 4 fractional works · 4.1% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3 fractional works · 3.5% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMarketing: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAccounting: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workFinance: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Sciences: 6 fractional works · 6.4% of its workMedicine: 4 fractional works · 5.0% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOphthalmology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth Information Management: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 3 fractional works · 3.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBiotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKKorea Telecom(South Korea)87fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences3%Physical Sciences74%Health Sciences6%Social Sciences16%

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 19 fields, with their numbers
    1. Computer Science3136.1%
    2. Engineering2731.4%
    3. Environmental Science33.1%
    4. Materials Science11.6%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences11.0%
    6. Physics and Astronomy10.9%
    7. Chemistry00.0%
    1. Social Sciences45.1%
    2. Decision Sciences44.1%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting33.5%
    4. Psychology21.8%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance11.6%
    1. Medicine45.0%
    2. Health Professions11.1%
    3. Dentistry00.3%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology21.9%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences10.7%
    3. Neuroscience10.7%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.35× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.41× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 4.64× its world share, 31 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.65× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 2.09× its world share, 27 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.63× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.45× its world share, 1 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.41× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.53× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.41× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.26× its world share, 4 worksMedicineBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.10× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 4.26× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.77× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.60× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.40× its world share, 4 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Computer Science, 4.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 19 fields, with their numbers
  1. Computer Science4.64×31 works
  2. Decision Sciences4.26×4 works
  3. Engineering2.09×27 works
  4. Business, Management and Accounting1.10×3 works
  5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.77×1 works
  6. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.65×1 works
  7. Environmental Science0.63×3 works
  8. Psychology0.60×2 works
  9. Dentistry0.53×0 works
  10. Materials Science0.45×1 works
  11. Neuroscience0.41×1 works
  12. Physics and Astronomy0.41×1 works
  13. Health Professions0.41×1 works
  14. Social Sciences0.40×4 works
  15. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.35×2 works
  16. Medicine0.26×4 works
  17. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.18×0 works
  18. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.14×1 works
  19. Chemistry0.03×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Korea Telecom (South Korea)?

Ranked on the quality score, Ki-Tae Jeong, Seonmi Lee and Seong-Choon Lee lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Korea Telecom (South Korea).

  1. 1 Ki-Tae Jeong South Korea · #2,475,585 worldwide 616 citations · 25 works
  2. 2 Seonmi Lee South Korea · #2,547,674 worldwide 466 citations · 21 works
  3. 3 Seong-Choon Lee South Korea · #2,968,993 worldwide 436 citations · 22 works
  4. 4 Jong-Seog Koh South Korea · #3,212,014 worldwide 211 citations · 16 works
  5. 5 Jaehyup Jeong South Korea · #3,635,820 worldwide 78 citations · 16 works
  6. 6 Minhong Jeong South Korea · #3,658,001 worldwide 147 citations · 19 works
  7. 7 Sang‐Baeg Kim South Korea · #3,720,884 worldwide 116 citations · 20 works
  8. 8 Hyun-Min Lim South Korea · #4,476,015 worldwide 50 citations · 32 works
  9. 9 Hanwook Jung South Korea · #4,571,904 worldwide 265 citations · 25 works
  10. 10 Won‐Kyu Hong South Korea · #4,580,298 worldwide 20 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Korea Telecom (South Korea)

What are the most cited papers from Korea Telecom (South Korea)?

The most cited paper from Korea Telecom (South Korea) is "Spatial Modulation" (Raed Mesleh, Harald Haas, Sinan Sinanović et al., 2008), with 2,202 citations. Next come "FORM: A feature-;oriented reuse method with domain-;specific reference architectures" (865) and "VisDrone-DET2019: The Vision Meets Drone Object Detection in Image Challenge Results" (641).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Spatial Modulation Raed Mesleh, Harald Haas, Sinan Sinanović et al. · IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology Jul 2008 2,202
2 FORM: A feature-;oriented reuse method with domain-;specific reference architectures Kyo C. Kang, Sajoong Kim, Jaejoon Lee et al. · Annals of Software Engineering 1998 865
3 VisDrone-DET2019: The Vision Meets Drone Object Detection in Image Challenge Results Dawei Du et al. Conference paperOpen access103 authors Oct 2019 641
4 User acceptance of wearable devices: An extended perspective of perceived value Heetae Yang, Jieun Yu, Hangjung Zo et al. · Telematics and Informatics 15 Aug 2015 637
5 Fine Tuning of the Face Orientation of ZnO Crystals to Optimize Their Photocatalytic Activity Eun Su Jang, Jong Hwa Won, Seong‐Ju Hwang et al. · Advanced Materials 11 Dec 2006 593
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Korea Telecom (South Korea)?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Deep Learning, Neural Networks, Convolutional Neural Networks, Big Data, Machine Learning, Topic Modeling, Information Retrieval and Image Processing.

▲ 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. Deep Learning17▲ 5.7×43 topics
  2. Neural Networks10▲ 7.7×21 topics
  3. Machine Learning7▲ 2.4×26 topics
  4. Convolutional Neural Networks6▲ 9.4×10 topics
  5. Big Data5▲ 6.2×10 topics
  6. Topic Modeling4▲ 28×3 topics
  7. Image Processing3▲ 7.9×5 topics
  8. Information Retrieval3▲ 16×3 topics
  9. Text Classification3▲ 20×2 topics
  10. Artificial Intelligence3▲ 2.2×7 topics
  11. Energy Efficiency3▲ 3.3×5 topics
  12. Defect Detection2▲ 23×2 topics
  13. Crack Detection2▲ 39×1 topic
  14. Machine Translation2▲ 17×1 topic
  15. Pavement2▲ 39×1 topic
  16. Word Representation2▲ 23×1 topic
  17. Recycled Materials2▲ 21×2 topics
  18. Security2▲ 3.5×7 topics
  19. Smart Grid2▲ 6.4×4 topics
  20. Beamforming2▲ 21×3 topics
  21. Deep Neural Networks2▲ 18×2 topics
  22. Reinforcement Learning2▲ 18×3 topics
  23. Human-Robot Interaction2▲ 16×3 topics
  24. MIMO Systems2▲ 23×3 topics
  25. Structural Equation Modeling2▲ 9.4×2 topics
  26. User Satisfaction2▲ 9.7×3 topics
  27. Graph Convolutional Networks2▲ 15×2 topics
  28. Heterogeneous Networks2▲ 17×2 topics
  29. Massive MIMO2▲ 21×3 topics
  30. Representation Learning2▲ 11×3 topics
  31. Rheology2▲ 8.8×2 topics
  32. 5G1▲ 28×2 topics
  33. 5G Networks1▲ 7.9×3 topics
  34. Asphalt1▲ 49×1 topic
  35. Bitumen Modification1▲ 49×1 topic
  36. Service Robots1▲ 17×2 topics
  37. Wireless Networks1▲ 11×4 topics
  38. Data Integration1▲ 9.0×2 topics
  39. Semantic Web1▲ 16×2 topics
  40. Workflow Management1▲ 21×2 topics

Which research topics does Korea Telecom (South Korea) publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Topic Modeling, Infrastructure Maintenance and Monitoring, Asphalt Pavement Performance Evaluation and Multimodal Machine Learning Applications.

Topic Modeling2Topic Modeling: 2 fractional worksInfrastructure Maintenance and Monitoring: 2 fractional worksAsphalt Pavement Performance Evaluation: 1 fractional worksMultimodal Machine Learning Applications: 1 fractional worksNatural Language Processing Techniques: 1 fractional worksSpeech and dialogue systems: 1 fractional worksSpeech Recognition and S…1Speech Recognition and Synthesis: 1 fractional worksTechnology Adoption and User Behaviour: 1 fractional worksComputational and Text Analysis Methods: 1 fractional worksDistributed and Parallel…1Distributed and Parallel Computing Systems: 1 fractional works
Artificial IntelligenceCivil and Structural EngineeringComputer Vision and Pattern RecognitionInformation Systems and Management2 others

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

  1. 1 Topic Modeling Artificial Intelligence 2 works
  2. 2 Infrastructure Maintenance and Monitoring Civil and Structural Engineering 2 works
  3. 3 Asphalt Pavement Performance Evaluation Civil and Structural Engineering 1 works
  4. 4 Multimodal Machine Learning Applications Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 1 works
  5. 5 Natural Language Processing Techniques Artificial Intelligence 1 works
  6. 6 Speech and dialogue systems Artificial Intelligence 1 works
  7. 7 Speech Recognition and Synthesis Artificial Intelligence 1 works
  8. 8 Technology Adoption and User Behaviour Information Systems and Management 1 works
  9. 9 Computational and Text Analysis Methods General Social Sciences 1 works
  10. 10 Distributed and Parallel Computing Systems Computer Networks and Communications 1 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 available13.2%not open86.8%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors15.0%domestic only85.0%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Korea Telecom (South Korea)'s research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 5% higher than in 2018-2021.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Korea Telecom (South Korea) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00035% in 2024.

still counting0.0050%0.010%Korea Telecom (South Korea)0.00017% in 20251990200020102020

Fractional works of Korea Telecom (South Korea) 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.

10%20%all institutions10.0% in 2023Korea Telecom (South Korea)4.3% in 2023200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 18.5% in 2019.

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