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Korean Academy of Science and Technology

In research, Korean Academy of Science and Technology stands highest in Physical Sciences (#7,798 of 12,888 worldwide) and Engineering (#6,335 of 6,636 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Mathematics — Mathematics is 8.6× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#14,328
of 28,054 · #21,154 all time
Rank in South Korea
#260
of 417
Research works
670
▲ 251% vs 2013–17
Citations
5.4k
8.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
38%
world 28%

What is Korean Academy of Science and Technology known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Physical SciencesDomain #7,798 of 12,888 5.3%208 #12811
EngineeringField #6,335 of 6,636 4.3%78 #10664

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Korean Academy of Science and Technology 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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

What does Korean Academy of Science and Technology specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Mathematics takes 8.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. MathematicsField · 29.3 works8.6×
← 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: 1.40× its world share, 19 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.27× its world share, 20 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.35× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.74× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.47× its world share, 2 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.82× its world share, 4 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.23× its world share, 28 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.30× its world share, 6 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.66× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.78× its world share, 78 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.74× its world share, 11 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 2.33× its world share, 24 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 8.55× its world share, 29 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 3.83× its world share, 25 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.21× its world share, 12 worksMedicineNursing: 0.43× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.12× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.26× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.32× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.33× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.37× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.40× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.38× its world share, 14 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Mathematics, 8.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Korean Academy of Science and Technology?

Ranked on the composite score, Kyu‐Tek Park lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Korean Academy of Science and Technology.

  1. 1 Kyu‐Tek Park South Korea · #1,241,026 worldwide 32 citations · 53 works
All ranked researchers at Korean Academy of Science and Technology

Which keywords describe research at Korean Academy of Science and Technology?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Metamaterials, Nanophotonics, Photonic Crystals, Negative Refraction, Plasmonic Metasurfaces, Optical Modulators, Global Existence and Biosensors.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 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. Metamaterials15▲ 37×4 topics
  2. Nanophotonics14▲ 52×2 topics
  3. Photonic Crystals12▲ 34×3 topics
  4. Graphene9▲ 4.4×6 topics
  5. Negative Refraction9▲ 59×1 topic
  6. Plasmonic Metasurfaces9▲ 59×1 topic
  7. Biosensors9▲ 5.8×6 topics
  8. Optical Modulators8▲ 19×3 topics
  9. Global Existence8▲ 85×2 topics
  10. Boundary Value Problems7▲ 47×3 topics
  11. Entanglement7▲ 16×4 topics
  12. Compressible Flows6▲ 204×1 topic
  13. Navier-Stokes Equations6▲ 204×1 topic
  14. Biodiversity6▲ 2.9×9 topics
  15. Evolution6▲ 8.3×8 topics
  16. Plasmonics6▲ 36×2 topics
  17. Terahertz6▲ 46×2 topics
  18. Vibration Analysis6▲ 7.4×6 topics
  19. Nanoantennas6▲ 54×1 topic
  20. Surface Plasmons6▲ 54×1 topic
  21. Cryptography5▲ 15×3 topics
  22. Frequency Selective Surfaces5▲ 26×1 topic
  23. Metasurfaces5▲ 26×1 topic
  24. Superconductors5▲ 48×1 topic
  25. Topological Insulators5▲ 35×1 topic
  26. Nonlinear Equations5▲ 12×4 topics
  27. Phylogenetic Analysis4▲ 5.1×8 topics
  28. Communication4▲ 4.8×2 topics
  29. Measurement4▲ 18×2 topics
  30. Phylogeny4▲ 9.8×6 topics
  31. Solitons4▲ 31×2 topics
  32. Computation4▲ 19×1 topic
  33. Nonlinear Schrödinger Equation4▲ 24×2 topics
  34. Quantum4▲ 17×1 topic
  35. Taxonomy4▲ 11×5 topics
  36. Global Well-Posedness4▲ 63×1 topic
  37. Scattering4▲ 63×1 topic
  38. Slow Light4▲ 27×2 topics
  39. DNA Barcoding4▲ 7.5×4 topics
  40. Porous Media4▲ 9.1×3 topics

Which research topics does Korean Academy of Science and Technology publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Metamaterials and Metasurfaces Applications, Navier-Stokes equation solutions, Plasmonic and Surface Plasmon Research and Advanced Antenna and Metasurface Technologies.

Metamaterials and Metasurfaces Applications: 9 fractional worksNavier-Stokes equation solutions: 6 fractional worksPlasmonic and Surface Pl…6Plasmonic and Surface Plasmon Research: 6 fractional worksAdvanced Antenna and Met…5Advanced Antenna and Metasurface Technologies: 5 fractional worksTopological Materials and Phenomena: 5 fractional worksQuantum Information and Cryptography: 4 fractional worksAdvanced Mathematical Ph…4Advanced Mathematical Physics Problems: 4 fractional worksNonlinear Partial Differential Equations: 3 fractional worksPhilippine History and Culture: 3 fractional worksAdvanced Mathematical Modeling in Engineering: 3 fractional works
Electronic, Optical and Magnetic MaterialsApplied MathematicsBiomedical EngineeringAerospace Engineering5 others

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

  1. 1 Metamaterials and Metasurfaces Applications Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials 9 works
  2. 2 Navier-Stokes equation solutions Applied Mathematics 6 works
  3. 3 Plasmonic and Surface Plasmon Research Biomedical Engineering 6 works
  4. 4 Advanced Antenna and Metasurface Technologies Aerospace Engineering 5 works
  5. 5 Topological Materials and Phenomena Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 5 works
  6. 6 Quantum Information and Cryptography Artificial Intelligence 4 works
  7. 7 Advanced Mathematical Physics Problems Mathematical Physics 4 works
  8. 8 Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations Applied Mathematics 3 works
  9. 9 Philippine History and Culture Anthropology 3 works
  10. 10 Advanced Mathematical Modeling in Engineering Computational Theory and Mathematics 3 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 available37.8%not open62.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors28.3%domestic only71.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Korean Academy of Science and Technology's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 251% higher than in 2013–2017.

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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.

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