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In research, Korea Testing Certification stands highest in Physical Sciences (#8,224 of 10,670 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#17,212
of 22,385 · #26,344 all time
Rank in South Korea
#272
of 343
Research works
252
▲ 142% vs 2018-21
Citations
1.1k
4.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.2%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.96×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
44%
world 40%
International
51%
world 18%
Korea Testing Certification

What is Korea Testing Certification 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 #8,224 of 10,670 5.4%93 #12498

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Korea Testing Certification 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 Testing Certification work in?

In 2022-now, 84% of research at Korea Testing Certification is in Physical Sciences, 7% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (48%), Materials Science (14%), Environmental Science (7%). It does 2.1× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 131 fractional works · 84.4% of its workEngineering: 75 fractional works · 48.4% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 17 fractional works · 10.8% of its workMechanical Engineering: 14 fractional works · 9.1% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 8 fractional works · 5.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 6 fractional works · 4.2% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 5 fractional works · 3.5% of its workAerospace Engineering: 5 fractional works · 2.9% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 4 fractional works · 2.7% of its workMechanics of Materials: 4 fractional works · 2.4% of its workBuilding and Construction: 3 fractional works · 2.1% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workComputational Mechanics: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMedia Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 21 fractional works · 13.6% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 11 fractional works · 7.2% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 3 fractional works · 2.0% of its workCeramics and Composites: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workBiomaterials: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMetals and Alloys: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Materials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 11 fractional works · 6.8% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPollution: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEcological Modeling: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Science: 9 fractional works · 5.6% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSignal Processing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 6 fractional works · 4.1% of its workSpectroscopy: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 5 fractional works · 2.9% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 4 fractional works · 2.3% of its workEnergy Engineering and Power Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workChemical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCatalysis: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workFluid Flow and Transfer Processes: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workProcess Chemistry and Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 11 fractional works · 7.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 6 fractional works · 3.8% of its workFood Science: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPlant Science: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSoil Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 4 fractional works · 2.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEndocrinology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 9 fractional works · 5.6% of its workMedicine: 7 fractional works · 4.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTransplantation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDermatology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Information Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 5 fractional works · 2.9% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMarketing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAccounting: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKKorea TestingCertification155fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences7%Physical Sciences84%Health Sciences6%Social Sciences3%

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 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering7548.4%
    2. Materials Science2113.6%
    3. Environmental Science116.8%
    4. Computer Science95.6%
    5. Chemistry64.1%
    6. Energy52.9%
    7. Chemical Engineering21.3%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.8%
    9. Physics and Astronomy10.8%
    10. Mathematics00.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences63.8%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology42.4%
    3. Neuroscience10.6%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.2%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
    1. Medicine74.3%
    2. Nursing10.7%
    3. Health Professions10.5%
    4. Veterinary00.1%
    1. Business, Management and Accounting21.0%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.7%
    3. Decision Sciences10.4%
    4. Social Sciences10.4%
    5. Psychology00.3%
    6. Arts and Humanities00.1%
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: 0.80× its world share, 6 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.45× its world share, 4 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.38× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 3.64× its world share, 2 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 2.64× its world share, 6 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.71× its world share, 9 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.54× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 3.17× its world share, 4 worksEnergyEngineering: 3.22× its world share, 75 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.37× its world share, 11 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 3.91× its world share, 21 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.34× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.22× its world share, 7 worksMedicineNursing: 1.42× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.53× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.31× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.43× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.32× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Materials Science, 3.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Materials Science3.91×21 works
  2. Chemical Engineering3.64×2 works
  3. Engineering3.22×75 works
  4. Energy3.17×4 works
  5. Chemistry2.64×6 works
  6. Nursing1.42×1 works
  7. Environmental Science1.37×11 works
  8. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.80×6 works
  9. Computer Science0.71×9 works
  10. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.54×1 works
  11. Veterinary0.53×0 works
  12. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.45×4 works
  13. Decision Sciences0.43×1 works
  14. Neuroscience0.38×1 works
  15. Physics and Astronomy0.34×1 works
  16. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.32×1 works
  17. Business, Management and Accounting0.31×2 works
  18. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.24×0 works
  19. Medicine0.22×7 works
  20. Health Professions0.20×1 works
  21. Immunology and Microbiology0.19×0 works
  22. Mathematics0.09×0 works
  23. Psychology0.09×0 works
  24. Arts and Humanities0.05×0 works
  25. Social Sciences0.03×1 works

Who are the top researchers at Korea Testing Certification?

Ranked on the quality score, Ping Guo and Dong Peng lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Korea Testing Certification.

  1. 1 Ping Guo South Korea · #2,551,898 worldwide 291 citations · 17 works
  2. 2 Dong Peng South Korea · #4,828,332 worldwide 6 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Korea Testing Certification

What are the most cited papers from Korea Testing Certification?

The most cited paper from Korea Testing Certification is "Recovery of Lithium Ions from Seawater Using a Continuous Flow Adsorption Column Packed with Granulated Chitosan–Lithium Manganese Oxide" (Taegong Ryu, Yuvaraj Haldorai, Arunkumar Rengaraj et al., 2016), with 98 citations. Next come "DEM simulation for draft force prediction of moldboard plow according to the tillage depth in cohesive soil" (95) and "Target-specific near-IR induced drug release and photothermal therapy with accumulated Au/Ag hollow nanoshells on pulmonary cancer cell membranes" (85).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Recovery of Lithium Ions from Seawater Using a Continuous Flow Adsorption Column Packed with Granulated Chitosan–Lithium Manganese Oxide Taegong Ryu, Yuvaraj Haldorai, Arunkumar Rengaraj et al. · Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research 14 Jun 2016 98
2 DEM simulation for draft force prediction of moldboard plow according to the tillage depth in cohesive soil Yeon-Soo Kim, Yeon-Soo Kim, Md. Abu Ayub Siddique et al. · Computers and Electronics in Agriculture 14 Aug 2021 95
3 Target-specific near-IR induced drug release and photothermal therapy with accumulated Au/Ag hollow nanoshells on pulmonary cancer cell membranes Mi Suk Noh, Somin Lee, Homan Kang et al. · Biomaterials 16 Jan 2015 85
4 The Relationship Between Item Exposure and Test Overlap in Computerized Adaptive Testing Shuying Chen, Robert D. Ankenmann, Judith A. Spray · Journal of Educational Measurement Jun 2003 77
5 Evidence of bad recycling practices: BFRs in children's toys and food-contact articles A. Guzzonato, Franky Puype, Stuart Harrad · Environmental Science Processes & Impacts Open access 2017 74
All 62 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Korea Testing Certification?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Mechanical Properties, Microstructure, Environmental Impact, Energy Efficiency, Recycling, Nanomaterials, Electric Vehicles and Nanoparticles.

▲ 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. Mechanical Properties10▲ 6.6×24 topics
  2. Environmental Impact8▲ 3.1×22 topics
  3. Deep Learning7▲ 1.28×21 topics
  4. Energy Efficiency6▲ 4.5×16 topics
  5. Microstructure6▲ 7.2×12 topics
  6. Renewable Energy6▲ 2.6×22 topics
  7. Nanoparticles6▲ 2.8×22 topics
  8. Nanomaterials5▲ 3.3×13 topics
  9. Biomedical Applications5▲ 2.7×18 topics
  10. Artificial Intelligence5▲ 2.1×7 topics
  11. Recycling5▲ 7.7×9 topics
  12. Nanocomposites4▲ 3.5×16 topics
  13. Graphene4▲ 3.8×7 topics
  14. Catalysis4▲ 3.6×15 topics
  15. Electric Vehicles4▲ 7.7×4 topics
  16. Energy Storage4▲ 3.5×9 topics
  17. Lithium-ion Batteries3▲ 5.3×4 topics
  18. Internet of Things3▲ 2.5×8 topics
  19. Sintering3▲ 16×4 topics
  20. Waste Management3▲ 5.1×7 topics
  21. Solar Energy3▲ 6.0×4 topics
  22. Spark Plasma Sintering3▲ 18×2 topics
  23. Geopolymer3▲ 12×2 topics
  24. Carbon Nanotubes3▲ 5.0×5 topics
  25. Composite Materials3▲ 8.0×6 topics
  26. CO2 Sequestration2▲ 7.9×3 topics
  27. Life Cycle Assessment2▲ 5.6×4 topics
  28. Material Properties2▲ 16×3 topics
  29. Model Predictive Control2▲ 6.0×5 topics
  30. High-Speed Trains2▲ 23×3 topics
  31. Fly Ash2▲ 13×2 topics
  32. Metal Recovery2▲ 7.2×2 topics
  33. Nanotechnology2▲ 7.8×2 topics
  34. Alkali-Activated Materials2▲ 14×1 topic
  35. Cementitious Materials2▲ 14×1 topic
  36. Neural Network2▲ 7.1×5 topics
  37. Rolling Contact Fatigue2▲ 22×2 topics
  38. Photovoltaic Systems2▲ 14×3 topics
  39. Ground Vibration2▲ 42×1 topic
  40. Railway Dynamics2▲ 42×1 topic

Which research topics does Korea Testing Certification publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Concrete and Cement Materials Research, Railway Engineering and Dynamics, Advanced Battery Technologies Research and Advanced ceramic materials synthesis.

Concrete and Cement Mate…2Concrete and Cement Materials Research: 2 fractional worksRailway Engineering and …2Railway Engineering and Dynamics: 2 fractional worksAdvanced Battery Technologies Research: 2 fractional worksAdvanced ceramic materials synthesis: 2 fractional worksRecycling and Waste Management Techniques: 2 fractional worksAdvanced Photocatalysis Techniques: 1 fractional worksRailway Systems and Energy Efficiency: 1 fractional worksAdvanced Sensor and Ener…1Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials: 1 fractional worksAdvanced materials and composites: 1 fractional worksAdvanced Data and IoT Technologies: 1 fractional works
Civil and Structural EngineeringMechanical EngineeringAutomotive EngineeringCeramics and Composites4 others

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

  1. 1 Concrete and Cement Materials Research Civil and Structural Engineering 2 works
  2. 2 Railway Engineering and Dynamics Mechanical Engineering 2 works
  3. 3 Advanced Battery Technologies Research Automotive Engineering 2 works
  4. 4 Advanced ceramic materials synthesis Ceramics and Composites 2 works
  5. 5 Recycling and Waste Management Techniques Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 2 works
  6. 6 Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 1 works
  7. 7 Railway Systems and Energy Efficiency Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 1 works
  8. 8 Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials Biomedical Engineering 1 works
  9. 9 Advanced materials and composites Mechanical Engineering 1 works
  10. 10 Advanced Data and IoT Technologies Electrical and Electronic Engineering 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 available44.0%not open56.0%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors51.0%domestic only49.0%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Korea Testing Certification's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 142% higher than in 2018-2021.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Korea Testing Certification as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00039% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%Korea Testing Certification0.0011% in 202519801990200020102020

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

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