Question 1

What is Korea University known for?

Accepted Answer

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).

Question 2

How does Korea University rank in research?

Accepted Answer

Korea University ranks #280 of 22,385 institutions worldwide on research quality in 2022-now (#370 all time), and #5 of 343 in South Korea.

Question 3

Who are the top researchers at Korea University?

Accepted Answer

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

Question 4

What are the most cited papers from Korea University?

Accepted Answer

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).

Question 5

Which research topics does Korea University publish most on?

Accepted Answer

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

Question 6

Which keywords describe research at Korea University?

Accepted Answer

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.

Question 7

Which fields of science does Korea University work in?

Accepted Answer

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.

Question 8

Which institutions have research most like Korea University's?

Accepted Answer

Shanghai Jiao Tong University has the research profile closest to Korea University's (similarity 0.88 on a scale to 1), with both strong in Chemical Engineering, followed by Central South University and Zhengzhou University.

Question 9

Is Korea University's research output growing?

Accepted Answer

Output in 2022-2025 was 6% higher than in 2018-2021.