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Korean Intellectual Property Office

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World rank, all time
#28,127
of 34,923
Rank in South Korea
#416
of 512
Research works
188
◆ 2% vs 2018-21
Citations
4.2k
22.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
4.2%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.92×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
34%
world 40%
International
22%
world 18%
Korean Intellectual Property Office

Which fields of science does Korean Intellectual Property Office work in?

In 2022-now, 37% of research at Korean Intellectual Property Office is in Social Sciences, 36% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Computer Science (15%), Engineering (14%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (13%). It does 1.3× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 8 fractional works · 37.0% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3 fractional works · 12.7% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 2 fractional works · 7.3% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 2.9% of its workMarketing: 0 fractional works · 2.2% of its workAccounting: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 3 fractional works · 12.3% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 4.4% of its workUrban Studies: 0 fractional works · 2.2% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workTransportation: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCultural Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEducation: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 5.8% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 1 fractional works · 4.4% of its workMuseology: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 3.0% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 3.0% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 2.7% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 0 fractional works · 2.2% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysical Sciences: 8 fractional works · 36.4% of its workComputer Science: 3 fractional works · 14.8% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 2 fractional works · 8.3% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 3.6% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 3 fractional works · 13.7% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 5.1% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 3.7% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 2.2% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMedia Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMechanics of Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 3.8% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPaleontology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLife Sciences: 5 fractional works · 21.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 3 fractional works · 13.0% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 5.2% of its workAquatic Science: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 2.2% of its workInsect Science: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workForestry: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 5.3% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEndocrinology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 1 fractional works · 5.5% of its workMedicine: 1 fractional works · 3.5% of its workDermatology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOrthodontics: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOral Surgery: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmall Animals: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKKoreanIntellectual…23fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences21%Physical Sciences36%Health Sciences5%Social Sciences37%

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 21 fields, with their numbers
    1. Business, Management and Accounting312.7%
    2. Social Sciences312.3%
    3. Arts and Humanities15.8%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance13.0%
    5. Decision Sciences12.7%
    6. Psychology00.5%
    1. Computer Science314.8%
    2. Engineering313.7%
    3. Environmental Science13.8%
    4. Physics and Astronomy12.4%
    5. Materials Science01.2%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.4%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences313.0%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology15.3%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology12.3%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.3%
    5. Neuroscience00.2%
    1. Medicine13.5%
    2. Dentistry01.1%
    3. Health Professions00.5%
    4. Veterinary00.3%
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: 2.73× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.00× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.25× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.05× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 1.90× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.92× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.76× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.35× its world share, 0 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 1.08× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 2.35× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksMedicineVeterinary: 2.67× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 2.01× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3.94× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.75× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.41× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.98× its world share, 3 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Business, Management and Accounting, 3.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 21 fields, with their numbers
  1. Business, Management and Accounting3.94×3 works
  2. Decision Sciences2.75×1 works
  3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences2.73×3 works
  4. Veterinary2.67×0 works
  5. Dentistry2.35×0 works
  6. Immunology and Microbiology2.25×0 works
  7. Arts and Humanities2.01×1 works
  8. Computer Science1.90×3 works
  9. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.41×1 works
  10. Physics and Astronomy1.08×1 works
  11. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.05×0 works
  12. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.00×1 works
  13. Social Sciences0.98×3 works
  14. Engineering0.92×3 works
  15. Environmental Science0.76×1 works
  16. Materials Science0.35×0 works
  17. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.27×0 works
  18. Health Professions0.18×0 works
  19. Medicine0.18×1 works
  20. Psychology0.16×0 works
  21. Neuroscience0.11×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Korean Intellectual Property Office?

Ranked on the quality score, Bumsu Kim and Kyung Yul Lee lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Korean Intellectual Property Office.

  1. 1 Bumsu Kim South Korea · #4,133,243 worldwide 871 citations · 33 works
  2. 2 Kyung Yul Lee South Korea · #5,462,117 worldwide 2 citations · 28 works
All ranked researchers at Korean Intellectual Property Office

What are the most cited papers from Korean Intellectual Property Office?

The most cited paper from Korean Intellectual Property Office is "Benefits of very thin PCBM and LiF layers for solution-processed p–i–n perovskite solar cells" (Jangwon Seo, Sangman Park, Young Chan Kim et al., 2014), with 674 citations. Next come "How to Respond to the Fourth Industrial Revolution, or the Second Information Technology Revolution? Dynamic New Combinations between Technology, Market, and Society through Open Innovation" (591) and "Appropriate intellectual property protection and economic growth in countries at different levels of development" (412).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Benefits of very thin PCBM and LiF layers for solution-processed p–i–n perovskite solar cells Jangwon Seo, Sangman Park, Young Chan Kim et al. · Energy & Environmental Science 2014 674
2 How to Respond to the Fourth Industrial Revolution, or the Second Information Technology Revolution? Dynamic New Combinations between Technology, Market, and Society through Open Innovation MinHwa Lee, JinHyo Joseph Yun, Andreas Pyka et al. · Journal of Open Innovation Technology Market and Complexity Open access 22 Jun 2018 591
3 Appropriate intellectual property protection and economic growth in countries at different levels of development Yee Kyoung Kim, Keun Lee, Walter G. Park et al. · Research Policy Open access 10 Oct 2011 412
4 Influence of government R&D support and inter-firm collaborations on innovation in Korean biotechnology SMEs Kyung-Nam Kang, Hayoung Park · Technovation 6 Sep 2011 403
5 Determinants of industry–academy linkages and, their impact on firm performance: The case of Korea as a latecomer in knowledge industrialization Boo-Young Eom, Keun Lee · Research Policy 26 Feb 2010 352
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Which keywords describe research at Korean Intellectual Property Office?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Intellectual Property Rights, Innovation, Patent Analysis, Technology Roadmapping, Artificial Intelligence, Biological Control, Invasive Species and Digital Transformation.

▲ 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 13 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 13 words, with their numbers
  1. Intellectual Property Rights2▲ 108×2 topics
  2. Innovation2▲ 8.2×3 topics
  3. Artificial Intelligence2▲ 5.6×4 topics
  4. Patent Analysis2▲ 530×1 topic
  5. Technology Roadmapping2▲ 530×1 topic
  6. Climate Change2▲ 2.5×5 topics
  7. Biological Control1▲ 31×4 topics
  8. Digital Transformation1▲ 8.7×2 topics
  9. Invasive Species1▲ 11×3 topics
  10. Machine Learning1▲ 1.42×5 topics
  11. 3D Printing1▲ 20×1 topic
  12. Phylogeny1▲ 26×3 topics
  13. Sustainable Fashion1▲ 1555×1 topic

Which research topics does Korean Intellectual Property Office publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Intellectual Property and Patents, Cultural and Historical Studies, Hemiptera Insect Studies and Cultural Industries and Urban Development.

Intellectual Property an…2Intellectual Property and Patents: 2 fractional worksCultural and Historical Studies: 1 fractional worksHemiptera Insect Studies: 1 fractional worksCultural Industries and Urban Development: 0 fractional worksHealthcare during COVID-19 Pandemic: 0 fractional worksMarine and Coastal Resea…0Marine and Coastal Research: 0 fractional worksPharmaceutical Economics and Policy: 0 fractional worksAquaculture Nutrition and Growth: 0 fractional worksAquaculture disease management and microbiota: 0 fractional worksEducational Robotics and Engineering: 0 fractional works
Management of Technology and InnovationVisual Arts and Performing ArtsEcology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsUrban Studies6 others

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

  1. 1 Intellectual Property and Patents Management of Technology and Innovation 2 works
  2. 2 Cultural and Historical Studies Visual Arts and Performing Arts 1 works
  3. 3 Hemiptera Insect Studies Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 1 works
  4. 4 Cultural Industries and Urban Development Urban Studies 0 works
  5. 5 Healthcare during COVID-19 Pandemic Information Systems 0 works
  6. 6 Marine and Coastal Research Ocean Engineering 0 works
  7. 7 Pharmaceutical Economics and Policy Economics and Econometrics 0 works
  8. 8 Aquaculture Nutrition and Growth Aquatic Science 0 works
  9. 9 Aquaculture disease management and microbiota Immunology 0 works
  10. 10 Educational Robotics and Engineering Artificial Intelligence 0 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 available34.0%not open66.0%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors22.1%domestic only77.9%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Korean Intellectual Property Office's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 2% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting200020102020
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 Korean Intellectual Property Office as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000042% in 2024.

still counting0.00025%0.00050%0.00075%Korean Intellectual Property Office0.00012% in 2025200020102020

Fractional works of Korean Intellectual Property Office over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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