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Korea University

In research, Korea University stands highest in Physical Sciences (#249 of 10,670 worldwide), Engineering (#172 of 5,901 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#312 of 9,902 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Signal Processing, Hardware and Architecture and Cognitive Neuroscience (Signal Processing is 2.7× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#280
of 22,385 · #370 all time
Rank in South Korea
#5
of 343
Research works
58k
▲ 6% vs 2018-21
Citations
1.3M
22.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
13.0%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.07×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
37%
world 40%
International
22%
world 18%
Korea University

What is Korea University 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 #249 of 10,670 13.2%6,089 #313
EngineeringField #172 of 5,901 14.0%2,571 #191
Health SciencesDomain #312 of 9,902 12.0%3,233 #522
MedicineField #288 of 8,541 11.8%2,890 #479
Computer ScienceField #212 of 4,417 12.2%1,447 #209
Life SciencesDomain #323 of 6,403 11.6%1,646 #408
Social SciencesDomain #487 of 9,585 16.9%1,221 #484
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringSubfield #128 of 2,176 12.5%1,062 #167
Materials ScienceField #163 of 2,276 13.5%725 #203
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #305 of 3,157 14.1%289 #328

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Korea University 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 of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022-now. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Physical Sciences#313 #249
  2. Engineering#191 #172
  3. Health Sciences#522 #312
  4. Medicine#479 #288
  5. Computer Science#209 #212
  6. Life Sciences#408 #323
  7. Social Sciences#484 #487
  8. Electrical and Electronic Engineering#167 #128
  9. Materials Science#203 #163
  10. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#328 #305
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

Which fields of science does Korea University work in?

In 2022-now, 50% of research at Korea University is in Physical Sciences, 27% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (24%), Engineering (21%), Computer Science (12%). It does 1.3× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 6,762 fractional works · 49.8% of its workEngineering: 2,819 fractional works · 20.8% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1,144 fractional works · 8.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 529 fractional works · 3.9% of its workMechanical Engineering: 250 fractional works · 1.8% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 165 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAerospace Engineering: 143 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 125 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 106 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputational Mechanics: 80 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBuilding and Construction: 65 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMechanics of Materials: 53 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 52 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOcean Engineering: 44 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMedia Technology: 40 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 25 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 1,604 fractional works · 11.8% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 592 fractional works · 4.4% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 341 fractional works · 2.5% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 217 fractional works · 1.6% of its workInformation Systems: 148 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSignal Processing: 110 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 67 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 46 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHardware and Architecture: 40 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 43 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 801 fractional works · 5.9% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 447 fractional works · 3.3% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 121 fractional works · 0.9% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 110 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBiomaterials: 84 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 40 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 561 fractional works · 4.1% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 116 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 91 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPollution: 67 fractional works · 0.5% of its workWater Science and Technology: 63 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEcology: 59 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 55 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 44 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 65 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 264 fractional works · 1.9% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 115 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 44 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiation: 31 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 74 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnergy: 215 fractional works · 1.6% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 196 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 19 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 180 fractional works · 1.3% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 83 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 42 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 55 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 128 fractional works · 0.9% of its workStatistics and Probability: 38 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 90 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 109 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeophysics: 32 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAtmospheric Science: 31 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 45 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 81 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCatalysis: 44 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 38 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 3,605 fractional works · 26.6% of its workMedicine: 3,230 fractional works · 23.8% of its workSurgery: 512 fractional works · 3.8% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 264 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEpidemiology: 239 fractional works · 1.8% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 212 fractional works · 1.6% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 196 fractional works · 1.4% of its workOncology: 192 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPhysiology: 156 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 138 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInfectious Diseases: 109 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 99 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 97 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNeurology: 91 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 74 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRheumatology: 73 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 55 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDermatology: 51 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 51 fractional works · 0.4% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 47 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNephrology: 43 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 42 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHepatology: 42 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRehabilitation: 42 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOphthalmology: 42 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHematology: 35 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGenetics: 30 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 29 fractional works · 0.2% of its workReproductive Medicine: 28 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEmergency Medicine: 27 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 216 fractional works · 1.6% of its workHealth Professions: 198 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 99 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 99 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNursing: 98 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 86 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 69 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOral Surgery: 31 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 38 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVeterinary: 9 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 1,832 fractional works · 13.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 883 fractional works · 6.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 535 fractional works · 3.9% of its workGenetics: 84 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCancer Research: 75 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCell Biology: 57 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiophysics: 32 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiotechnology: 27 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 73 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeuroscience: 446 fractional works · 3.3% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 243 fractional works · 1.8% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 78 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeurology: 53 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 72 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 323 fractional works · 2.4% of its workPlant Science: 137 fractional works · 1.0% of its workFood Science: 79 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 31 fractional works · 0.2% of its workInsect Science: 28 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 48 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 138 fractional works · 1.0% of its workImmunology: 107 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 30 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 42 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 1,376 fractional works · 10.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 482 fractional works · 3.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 185 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEducation: 43 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth: 40 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 30 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSafety Research: 30 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 154 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPsychology: 357 fractional works · 2.6% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 103 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSocial Psychology: 103 fractional works · 0.8% of its workClinical Psychology: 93 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 28 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 29 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 199 fractional works · 1.5% of its workStrategy and Management: 52 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMarketing: 50 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAccounting: 30 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 67 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 194 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 130 fractional works · 1.0% of its workFinance: 44 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 20 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 97 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 51 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 29 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 16 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 47 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKKorea University14kfractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences13%Physical Sciences50%Health Sciences27%Social Sciences10%

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 26 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering2,81920.8%
    2. Computer Science1,60411.8%
    3. Materials Science8015.9%
    4. Environmental Science5614.1%
    5. Physics and Astronomy2641.9%
    6. Energy2151.6%
    7. Chemistry1801.3%
    8. Mathematics1280.9%
    9. Earth and Planetary Sciences1090.8%
    10. Chemical Engineering810.6%
  2. Health Sciences3,60526.6%
    1. Medicine3,23023.8%
    2. Health Professions1981.5%
    3. Nursing980.7%
    4. Dentistry690.5%
    5. Veterinary90.1%
  3. Life Sciences1,83213.5%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology8836.5%
    2. Neuroscience4463.3%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences3232.4%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology1381.0%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics420.3%
  4. Social Sciences1,37610.1%
    1. Social Sciences4823.5%
    2. Psychology3572.6%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting1991.5%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1941.4%
    5. Decision Sciences970.7%
    6. Arts and Humanities470.3%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Korea University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Signal Processing takes 2.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Signal ProcessingSubfield · 109.9 works2.7×
  2. Hardware and ArchitectureSubfield · 39.7 works2.6×
  3. Cognitive NeuroscienceSubfield · 242.9 works2.5×
  4. Electrical and Electronic EngineeringSubfield · 1,143.7 works2.4×
  5. Polymers and PlasticsSubfield · 120.6 works2.2×
  6. CatalysisSubfield · 43.5 works2.2×
← 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: 0.50× its world share, 323 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.22× its world share, 883 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.01× its world share, 138 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.02× its world share, 446 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.89× its world share, 42 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.71× its world share, 81 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.84× its world share, 180 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.52× its world share, 1,604 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.51× its world share, 109 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.72× its world share, 215 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.38× its world share, 2,819 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.83× its world share, 561 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.69× its world share, 801 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.80× its world share, 128 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.87× its world share, 264 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.05× its world share, 69 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.55× its world share, 198 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.24× its world share, 3,230 worksMedicineNursing: 1.47× its world share, 98 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.50× its world share, 9 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.12× its world share, 47 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.46× its world share, 199 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.74× its world share, 97 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.67× its world share, 194 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.86× its world share, 357 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.28× its world share, 482 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Neuroscience, 2.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Neuroscience2.02×446 works
  2. Energy1.72×215 works
  3. Chemical Engineering1.71×81 works
  4. Materials Science1.69×801 works
  5. Computer Science1.52×1,604 works
  6. Nursing1.47×98 works
  7. Engineering1.38×2,819 works
  8. Medicine1.24×3,230 works
  9. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.22×883 works
  10. Dentistry1.05×69 works
  11. Immunology and Microbiology1.01×138 works
  12. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.89×42 works
  13. Physics and Astronomy0.87×264 works
  14. Psychology0.86×357 works
  15. Chemistry0.84×180 works
  16. Environmental Science0.83×561 works
  17. Mathematics0.80×128 works
  18. Decision Sciences0.74×97 works
  19. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.67×194 works
  20. Health Professions0.55×198 works
  21. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.51×109 works
  22. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.50×323 works
  23. Veterinary0.50×9 works
  24. Business, Management and Accounting0.46×199 works
  25. Social Sciences0.28×482 works
  26. Arts and Humanities0.12×47 works

Who are the top researchers at Korea University?

Ranked on the quality score, Yong Sik Ok, Johnmarshall Reeve and Quyet V. Le lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Korea University.

  1. 1 Yong Sik Ok South Korea · #829 worldwide 126k citations · 1,135 works
  2. 2 Johnmarshall Reeve South Korea · #2,727 worldwide 33k citations · 231 works
  3. 3 Quyet V. Le South Korea · #7,941 worldwide 26k citations · 423 works
  4. 4 B. Hong South Korea · #9,681 worldwide 137k citations · 2,250 works
  5. 5 Heemin Kang South Korea · #10,254 worldwide 7k citations · 184 works
  6. 6 Qihang Ding South Korea · #10,797 worldwide 3.1k citations · 122 works
  7. 7 Ranjna Sirohi South Korea · #10,929 worldwide 11k citations · 187 works
  8. 8 Sang Young Jeong South Korea · #14,316 worldwide 6.5k citations · 175 works
  9. 9 Jong Seung Kim South Korea · #17,325 worldwide 80k citations · 1,157 works
  10. 10 K. S. Sim South Korea · #24,252 worldwide 46k citations · 409 works
All ranked researchers at Korea University

What are the most cited papers from Korea University?

The most cited paper from Korea University is "Global, regional, and national prevalence of overweight and obesity in children and adults during 1980–2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013" (Marie Ng et al., 2014), with 12,158 citations. Next come "Design Science in Information Systems Research1" (10,470) and "Data clustering: 50 years beyond K-means" (9,458).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Global, regional, and national prevalence of overweight and obesity in children and adults during 1980–2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013 Marie Ng et al. · The Lancet Open access140 authors 28 May 2014 12,158
2 Design Science in Information Systems Research1 Alan R. Hevner, Salvatore T. March, Jinsoo Park et al. · MIS Quarterly Mar 2004 10,470
3 Data clustering: 50 years beyond K-means Anil Kumar Jain · Pattern Recognition Letters 10 Sep 2009 9,458
4 Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 79 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks, 1990–2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015 Mohammad Hossein Forouzanfar et al. · The Lancet Open access654 authors Oct 2016 7,829
5 BioBERT: a pre-trained biomedical language representation model for biomedical text mining Jinhyuk Lee, Wonjin Yoon, Sungdong Kim et al. · Bioinformatics Open access 5 Sep 2019 7,445
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Korea University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Deep Learning, Neural Networks, Epidemiology, Machine Learning, Biomedical Applications, Inflammation, Nanomaterials and Cathode Materials.

▲ 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 Learning824▲ 1.76×79 topics
  2. Epidemiology594◆ 1.10×129 topics
  3. Machine Learning511◆ 1.13×88 topics
  4. Neural Networks467▲ 2.2×40 topics
  5. Inflammation374▲ 1.30×83 topics
  6. Biomedical Applications301▲ 1.87×35 topics
  7. Nanomaterials278▲ 1.96×19 topics
  8. Oxidative Stress274▲ 1.23×60 topics
  9. Cardiovascular Disease253▲ 1.64×39 topics
  10. Nanoparticles246▲ 1.44×44 topics
  11. Cancer223▲ 1.22×58 topics
  12. Energy Storage223▲ 2.5×13 topics
  13. Nanocomposites207▲ 1.93×21 topics
  14. Cathode Materials186▲ 3.5×3 topics
  15. Graphene182▲ 2.0×11 topics
  16. Tissue Engineering182▲ 2.2×13 topics
  17. Convolutional Neural Networks176▲ 1.79×14 topics
  18. Biosensors160▲ 2.4×12 topics
  19. Metal-Organic Frameworks138▲ 2.4×6 topics
  20. Lithium-ion Batteries135▲ 2.4×3 topics
  21. Efficiency128▲ 3.2×8 topics
  22. Semiconductors122▲ 3.1×5 topics
  23. Water Splitting122▲ 2.4×4 topics
  24. Crystal Growth121▲ 3.3×11 topics
  25. Rechargeable Batteries120▲ 3.3×2 topics
  26. Neuromorphic Computing117▲ 7.5×2 topics
  27. Nanocrystals114▲ 3.2×5 topics
  28. Solar Cells112▲ 4.0×7 topics
  29. Field-Effect Transistors106▲ 5.0×4 topics
  30. Flexible Electronics103▲ 4.4×3 topics
  31. Synaptic Plasticity103▲ 3.5×6 topics
  32. Nanofibers98▲ 3.5×3 topics
  33. Motor Imagery90▲ 5.4×2 topics
  34. Metal Oxides90▲ 5.5×2 topics
  35. Organic Electronics90▲ 4.9×2 topics
  36. Brain-Computer Interfaces89▲ 6.9×1 topic
  37. EEG Analysis89▲ 6.9×1 topic
  38. Non-Volatile Memory83▲ 6.5×2 topics
  39. Memristor79▲ 7.2×1 topic
  40. Resistive Switching79▲ 7.2×1 topic

Which research topics does Korea University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces, Advanced Memory and Neural Computing, Conducting polymers and applications and Advancements in Battery Materials.

EEG and Brain-Computer I…89EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces: 89 fractional worksAdvanced Memory and Neur…79Advanced Memory and Neural Computing: 79 fractional worksConducting polymers and applications: 75 fractional worksAdvancements in Battery …74Advancements in Battery Materials: 74 fractional worksPerovskite Materials and…73Perovskite Materials and Applications: 73 fractional worksAdvanced Battery Materials and Technologies: 66 fractional worksAdvanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials: 64 fractional worksElectrocatalysts for Ene…54Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion: 54 fractional worksAdvanced Photocatalysis Techniques: 52 fractional worksTopic Modeling49Topic Modeling: 49 fractional works
Cognitive NeuroscienceElectrical and Electronic EngineeringPolymers and PlasticsBiomedical Engineering2 others

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

  1. 1 EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces Cognitive Neuroscience 89 works
  2. 2 Advanced Memory and Neural Computing Electrical and Electronic Engineering 79 works
  3. 3 Conducting polymers and applications Polymers and Plastics 75 works
  4. 4 Advancements in Battery Materials Electrical and Electronic Engineering 74 works
  5. 5 Perovskite Materials and Applications Electrical and Electronic Engineering 73 works
  6. 6 Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies Electrical and Electronic Engineering 66 works
  7. 7 Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials Biomedical Engineering 64 works
  8. 8 Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 54 works
  9. 9 Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 52 works
  10. 10 Topic Modeling Artificial Intelligence 49 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 available37.1%not open62.9%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors21.8%domestic only78.2%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Korea University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 6% higher 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 University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.055% in 2024.

still counting0.025%0.050%0.075%Korea University0.051% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Korea University 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.

still counting5%10%15%Korea University14.2% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 14.2% in 2025.

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Which institutions have research most like Korea University's?

Among the world's leading institutions, Shanghai Jiao Tong University has the research profile closest to Korea University's, with both strong in Chemical Engineering.

  1. 1 Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina · Both strong in Chemical Engineering, Neuroscience, Engineering 0.88 Compare
  2. 2 Central South UniversityChina · Both strong in Materials Science, Energy, Chemical Engineering 0.87 Compare
  3. 3 Zhengzhou UniversityChina · Both strong in Energy, Chemical Engineering, Materials Science 0.86 Compare
  4. 4 Qingdao UniversityChina · Both strong in Energy, Chemical Engineering, Materials Science 0.85 Compare
  5. 5 Zhejiang UniversityChina · Both strong in Chemical Engineering, Materials Science, Energy 0.84 Compare

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