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Korea Transport Institute

In research, Korea Transport Institute stands highest in Engineering (#5,107 of 9,532 worldwide), Social Sciences (#8,245 of 14,833 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#10,721 of 17,446 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022-now
#20,867
of 22,385 · #16,472 all time
Rank in South Korea
#321
of 343
Research works
374
▼ 6% vs 2018-21
Citations
7.7k
20.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.4%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.91×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
33%
world 40%
International
24%
world 18%
Korea Transport Institute

What is Korea Transport Institute known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
EngineeringField #5,107 of 9,532 12.2%183
Social SciencesDomain #8,245 of 14,833 11.4%134
Physical SciencesDomain #10,721 of 17,446 10.7%225

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

In 2022-now, 64% of research at Korea Transport Institute is in Physical Sciences, 30% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (50%), Social Sciences (17%), Computer Science (6%). It does 1.6× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 47 fractional works · 64.1% of its workEngineering: 36 fractional works · 49.9% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 8 fractional works · 11.3% of its workBuilding and Construction: 6 fractional works · 8.5% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 5 fractional works · 6.6% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 5 fractional works · 6.5% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 4 fractional works · 6.0% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 3 fractional works · 3.6% of its workAerospace Engineering: 2 fractional works · 2.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMedia Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 5 fractional works · 6.4% of its workInformation Systems: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 4 fractional works · 5.3% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEnergy Engineering and Power Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAtmospheric Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workModeling and Simulation: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 22 fractional works · 30.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 13 fractional works · 17.4% of its workTransportation: 12 fractional works · 15.9% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCultural Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3 fractional works · 3.5% of its workStrategy and Management: 2 fractional works · 2.5% of its workMarketing: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3 fractional works · 3.5% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPsychology: 2 fractional works · 3.1% of its workSocial Psychology: 2 fractional works · 2.8% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 2.7% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Sciences: 4 fractional works · 5.7% of its workMedicine: 2 fractional works · 3.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 2.4% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Information Management: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKKorea TransportInstitute73fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences0%Physical Sciences64%Health Sciences6%Social Sciences30%

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 16 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering3649.9%
    2. Computer Science56.4%
    3. Environmental Science45.3%
    4. Energy11.1%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.5%
    6. Mathematics00.5%
    7. Materials Science00.4%
    8. Physics and Astronomy00.2%
    1. Social Sciences1317.4%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting33.5%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance33.5%
    4. Psychology23.1%
    5. Decision Sciences22.7%
    1. Medicine23.3%
    2. Health Professions22.4%
    1. Neuroscience00.2%
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.

Neuroscience: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 0.82× its world share, 5 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.17× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 3.32× its world share, 36 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.07× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.39× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.90× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.17× its world share, 2 worksMedicineBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.08× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.82× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.62× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.00× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.37× its world share, 13 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Engineering, 3.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 16 fields, with their numbers
  1. Engineering3.32×36 works
  2. Decision Sciences2.82×2 works
  3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.62×2 works
  4. Social Sciences1.37×13 works
  5. Energy1.17×1 works
  6. Business, Management and Accounting1.08×2 works
  7. Environmental Science1.07×4 works
  8. Psychology1.00×2 works
  9. Health Professions0.90×2 works
  10. Computer Science0.82×5 works
  11. Mathematics0.39×0 works
  12. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.29×0 works
  13. Medicine0.17×2 works
  14. Materials Science0.12×0 works
  15. Neuroscience0.09×0 works
  16. Physics and Astronomy0.07×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Korea Transport Institute?

Ranked on the quality score, Myeonghyeon Kim, Jutaek Oh and Bumjoon Bae lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Korea Transport Institute.

  1. 1 Myeonghyeon Kim South Korea · #1,236,117 worldwide 392 citations · 27 works
  2. 2 Jutaek Oh South Korea · #1,402,289 worldwide 1.3k citations · 57 works
  3. 3 Bumjoon Bae South Korea · #1,858,980 worldwide 324 citations · 20 works
  4. 4 Ki-Han Song South Korea · #3,171,530 worldwide 334 citations · 44 works
  5. 5 Hong-Seung Roh South Korea · #3,611,377 worldwide 133 citations · 24 works
  6. 6 Youn-Soo Kang South Korea · #3,666,614 worldwide 595 citations · 30 works
  7. 7 Soongbong Lee South Korea · #4,306,290 worldwide 97 citations · 25 works
  8. 8 Jin‐Su Mun South Korea · #4,322,401 worldwide 51 citations · 19 works
  9. 9 Youngho Kim South Korea · #4,515,857 worldwide 377 citations · 60 works
  10. 10 Minsu Won South Korea · #4,611,093 worldwide 77 citations · 22 works
All ranked researchers at Korea Transport Institute

What are the most cited papers from Korea Transport Institute?

The most cited paper from Korea Transport Institute is "Transit-oriented development in a high-density city: Identifying its association with transit ridership in Seoul, Korea" (Hyungun Sung, Ju-Taek Oh, 2010), with 418 citations. Next come "Comparison of delay estimates at under-saturated and over-saturated pre-timed signalized intersections" (341) and "Interactive shear buckling behavior of trapezoidally corrugated steel webs" (295).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Transit-oriented development in a high-density city: Identifying its association with transit ridership in Seoul, Korea Hyungun Sung, Ju-Taek Oh · Cities 8 Oct 2010 418
2 Comparison of delay estimates at under-saturated and over-saturated pre-timed signalized intersections François Dion, Hesham A. Rakha, Youn-Soo Kang · Transportation Research Part B Methodological 26 Mar 2003 341
3 Interactive shear buckling behavior of trapezoidally corrugated steel webs Jong-Won Yi, Heungbae Gil, Kwang-Soo Youm et al. · Engineering Structures 17 Apr 2008 295
4 Strength properties and durability aspects of high strength concrete using Korean metakaolin Hong-Sam Kim, Sangho Lee, Han-Young Moon · Construction and Building Materials Open access 6 Dec 2006 252
5 Forecasting Crashes at the Planning Level: Simultaneous Negative Binomial Crash Model Applied in Tucson, Arizona Felipe Ladrón de Guevara, Simon P. Washington, Jutaek Oh · Transportation Research Record Journal of the Transportation Research Board 2004 243
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Which keywords describe research at Korea Transport Institute?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Intelligent Transportation Systems, Traffic Flow, Deep Learning, Travel Behavior, User Satisfaction, Driver Behavior, Public Transport and Service Quality.

▲ 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 Learning10▲ 4.2×12 topics
  2. Intelligent Transportation Systems10▲ 91×3 topics
  3. Traffic Flow9▲ 116×2 topics
  4. Travel Behavior8▲ 119×2 topics
  5. User Satisfaction6▲ 46×2 topics
  6. Driver Behavior6▲ 108×2 topics
  7. Public Transport6▲ 154×1 topic
  8. Service Quality6▲ 32×1 topic
  9. Machine Learning6▲ 2.5×11 topics
  10. Neural Networks6▲ 4.9×4 topics
  11. Autonomous Vehicles5▲ 34×2 topics
  12. Pedestrian Safety5▲ 158×2 topics
  13. Traffic Accidents5▲ 158×2 topics
  14. Collision Avoidance5▲ 35×3 topics
  15. Risk Factors5▲ 5.9×2 topics
  16. Short-Term Forecasting5▲ 47×1 topic
  17. Spatio-Temporal Data5▲ 103×1 topic
  18. Sustainability5▲ 2.6×7 topics
  19. Urban Traffic5▲ 57×2 topics
  20. Injury Severity4▲ 75×1 topic
  21. Road Safety4▲ 152×1 topic
  22. Cooperative Adaptive Cruise Control4▲ 137×1 topic
  23. Microscopic Simulation4▲ 137×1 topic
  24. Environmental Impacts4▲ 20×3 topics
  25. Physical Activity4▲ 11×2 topics
  26. Active Travel4▲ 72×1 topic
  27. Built Environment4▲ 72×1 topic
  28. Sensor Fusion3▲ 44×2 topics
  29. Driver Assistance Systems3▲ 78×1 topic
  30. Trajectory Prediction3▲ 78×1 topic
  31. Ridesharing3▲ 71×1 topic
  32. Shared Autonomous Vehicles3▲ 71×1 topic
  33. Big Data3▲ 3.7×4 topics
  34. Electric Vehicles2▲ 12×3 topics
  35. Human Factors2▲ 37×2 topics
  36. Automation2▲ 36×1 topic
  37. Trust2▲ 9.1×1 topic
  38. Data Analysis2▲ 8.8×2 topics
  39. Life Cycle Assessment2▲ 8.3×3 topics
  40. Text Mining2▲ 17×2 topics

Which research topics does Korea Transport Institute publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Transportation Planning and Optimization, Traffic Prediction and Management Techniques, Traffic and Road Safety and Traffic control and management.

Transportation Planning and Optimization: 6 fractional worksTraffic Prediction and Management Techniques: 5 fractional worksTraffic and Road Safety4Traffic and Road Safety: 4 fractional worksTraffic control and mana…4Traffic control and management: 4 fractional worksUrban Transport and Accessibility: 4 fractional worksAutonomous Vehicle Technology and Safety: 3 fractional worksTransportation and Mobil…3Transportation and Mobility Innovations: 3 fractional worksHuman-Automation Interaction and Safety: 2 fractional worksHuman Mobility and Location-Based Analysis: 2 fractional worksTechnology and Data Analysis: 1 fractional works
TransportationBuilding and ConstructionSafety, Risk, Reliability and QualityControl and Systems Engineering3 others

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

  1. 1 Transportation Planning and Optimization Transportation 6 works
  2. 2 Traffic Prediction and Management Techniques Building and Construction 5 works
  3. 3 Traffic and Road Safety Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality 4 works
  4. 4 Traffic control and management Control and Systems Engineering 4 works
  5. 5 Urban Transport and Accessibility Transportation 4 works
  6. 6 Autonomous Vehicle Technology and Safety Automotive Engineering 3 works
  7. 7 Transportation and Mobility Innovations Automotive Engineering 3 works
  8. 8 Human-Automation Interaction and Safety Social Psychology 2 works
  9. 9 Human Mobility and Location-Based Analysis Transportation 2 works
  10. 10 Technology and Data Analysis Information Systems 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 available33.4%not open66.6%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors24.3%domestic only75.7%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Korea Transport Institute's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 6% lower 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 Transport Institute as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00019% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%Korea Transport Institute0.00038% in 202519801990200020102020

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

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