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In research, National Assembly stands highest in Social Sciences (#5,987 of 9,585 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#4,837 of 5,988 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Political Science and International Relations (Political Science and International Relations is 5.5× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#8,749
of 22,385 · #6,811 all time
Rank in South Korea
#148
of 343
Research works
829
▲ 32% vs 2018-21
Citations
6k
7.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
18.6%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.08×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
46%
world 40%
International
34%
world 18%
National Assembly

What is National Assembly 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
Social SciencesDomain #5,987 of 9,585 10.0%93 #3860
Social SciencesField #4,837 of 5,988 9.2%60 #4895

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where National Assembly 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 National Assembly work in?

In 2022-now, 53% of research at National Assembly is in Social Sciences, 35% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (28%), Computer Science (14%), Engineering (11%). It does 2.1× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 150 fractional works · 53.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 78 fractional works · 27.9% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 23 fractional works · 8.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 22 fractional works · 7.9% of its workLaw: 6 fractional works · 2.2% of its workCultural Studies: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEducation: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workDemography: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workTransportation: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGender Studies: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAnthropology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCommunication: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPublic Administration: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workUrban Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDevelopment: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 29 fractional works · 10.2% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 11 fractional works · 4.0% of its workArcheology: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHistory: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workReligious studies: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMusic: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workConservation: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhilosophy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 21 fractional works · 7.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 16 fractional works · 5.8% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workFinance: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 9 fractional works · 3.2% of its workStrategy and Management: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workManagement Information Systems: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAccounting: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMarketing: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 8 fractional works · 2.9% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workClinical Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDecision Sciences: 5 fractional works · 1.8% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysical Sciences: 98 fractional works · 34.9% of its workComputer Science: 40 fractional works · 14.3% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 11 fractional works · 3.9% of its workInformation Systems: 10 fractional works · 3.6% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 5 fractional works · 1.7% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 5 fractional works · 1.7% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHardware and Architecture: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputer Science Applications: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSignal Processing: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEngineering: 32 fractional works · 11.3% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 8 fractional works · 2.9% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workBuilding and Construction: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workArchitecture: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAerospace Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMechanical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMedia Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnvironmental Science: 8 fractional works · 3.0% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 5 fractional works · 1.9% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Science: 5 fractional works · 1.8% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGeneral Materials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workApplied Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAtmospheric Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 21 fractional works · 7.7% of its workMedicine: 15 fractional works · 5.3% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEpidemiology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Informatics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workReproductive Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 1.7% of its workHealth Professions: 6 fractional works · 2.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 11 fractional works · 4.0% of its workNeuroscience: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMolecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKNational Assembly280fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences4%Physical Sciences35%Health Sciences8%Social Sciences53%

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 23 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences7827.9%
    2. Arts and Humanities2910.2%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance217.4%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting93.2%
    5. Psychology82.9%
    6. Decision Sciences51.8%
    1. Computer Science4014.3%
    2. Engineering3211.3%
    3. Environmental Science83.0%
    4. Physics and Astronomy51.9%
    5. Materials Science51.8%
    6. Energy31.0%
    7. Mathematics20.8%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences20.7%
    9. Chemistry00.1%
    1. Medicine155.3%
    2. Health Professions62.3%
    3. Nursing00.1%
    1. Neuroscience41.4%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology31.2%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences31.2%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.1%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does National Assembly specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Political Science and International Relations takes 5.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Political Science and International RelationsSubfield · 22.9 works5.5×
← 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: 0.25× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.23× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.88× its world share, 4 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.84× its world share, 40 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.42× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.09× its world share, 3 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.76× its world share, 32 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.61× its world share, 8 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.51× its world share, 5 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.67× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.85× its world share, 5 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.86× its world share, 6 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.28× its world share, 15 worksMedicineNursing: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 3.54× its world share, 29 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.99× its world share, 9 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.86× its world share, 5 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3.45× its world share, 21 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.97× its world share, 8 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.21× its world share, 78 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 3.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 23 fields, with their numbers
  1. Arts and Humanities3.54×29 works
  2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance3.45×21 works
  3. Social Sciences2.21×78 works
  4. Decision Sciences1.86×5 works
  5. Computer Science1.84×40 works
  6. Energy1.09×3 works
  7. Business, Management and Accounting0.99×9 works
  8. Psychology0.97×8 works
  9. Neuroscience0.88×4 works
  10. Health Professions0.86×6 works
  11. Physics and Astronomy0.85×5 works
  12. Engineering0.76×32 works
  13. Mathematics0.67×2 works
  14. Environmental Science0.61×8 works
  15. Materials Science0.51×5 works
  16. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.42×2 works
  17. Medicine0.28×15 works
  18. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.25×3 works
  19. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.23×3 works
  20. Immunology and Microbiology0.12×0 works
  21. Nursing0.12×0 works
  22. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.11×0 works
  23. Chemistry0.07×0 works

Who are the top researchers at National Assembly?

Ranked on the quality score, The Assembly Chorus, Ick Jin and David H. Holbrook lead among researchers whose main affiliation is National Assembly.

  1. 1 The Assembly Chorus South Korea · #223,487 worldwide 192 citations · 27 works
  2. 2 Ick Jin South Korea · #1,640,372 worldwide 258 citations · 31 works
  3. 3 David H. Holbrook South Korea · #3,126,417 worldwide 23 citations · 16 works
  4. 4 W. H. Bartlett South Korea · #3,297,698 worldwide 26 citations · 25 works
  5. 5 Marina V. Batyushkina South Korea · #3,659,327 worldwide 20 citations · 15 works
  6. 6 Bogyeong Min South Korea · #3,815,363 worldwide 41 citations · 17 works
  7. 7 Elizabeth Wickenden South Korea · #3,914,947 worldwide 28 citations · 17 works
  8. 8 Jake Dabang Dan-Azumi South Korea · #4,359,420 worldwide 20 citations · 25 works
  9. 9 Adams, Adah Otakwu, Ph.D., mni South Korea · #4,575,586 worldwide 0 citations · 33 works
  10. 10 Jin Won Jang South Korea · #4,681,873 worldwide 103 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at National Assembly

What are the most cited papers from National Assembly?

The most cited paper from National Assembly is "Dynamic Breast MR Imaging: Are Signal Intensity Time Course Data Useful for Differential Diagnosis of Enhancing Lesions?" (Christiane Katharina Kuhl, Peter Mielcareck, Sven Klaschik et al., 1999), with 1,281 citations. Next come "3D printing: the dawn of a new era in manufacturing?" (375) and "Suspected Acute Appendicitis: Nonenhanced Helical CT in 300 Consecutive Patients" (326).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Dynamic Breast MR Imaging: Are Signal Intensity Time Course Data Useful for Differential Diagnosis of Enhancing Lesions? Christiane Katharina Kuhl, Peter Mielcareck, Sven Klaschik et al. · Radiology Apr 1999 1,281
2 3D printing: the dawn of a new era in manufacturing? Robert W. Bogue · Assembly Automation 12 Sep 2013 375
3 Suspected Acute Appendicitis: Nonenhanced Helical CT in 300 Consecutive Patients Michael J. Lane, David M. Liu, Mylinh D. Huynh et al. · Radiology Nov 1999 326
4 THE THREE COMPRESSIONS: Lossy, Predatory, and Witness — A Semiotic Thermodynamics Lee Sharks, Johannes Sigil, Rex Fraction · Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) Open access 16 Mar 2026 239
5 Possible aerosol transmission of COVID-19 associated with an outbreak in an apartment in Seoul, South Korea, 2020 Seo Eun Hwang, Je Hwan Chang, Bumjo Oh et al. · International Journal of Infectious Diseases Open access 17 Dec 2020 152
All 61 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at National Assembly?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Artificial Intelligence, Globalization, Innovation, Literary History, Social Network Analysis, Text Mining, Data Visualization and Digital Humanities.

▲ 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. Artificial Intelligence16▲ 3.9×22 topics
  2. Globalization15▲ 2.8×44 topics
  3. Innovation11▲ 3.9×21 topics
  4. Sustainability11▲ 1.61×33 topics
  5. Climate Change11▲ 1.43×30 topics
  6. Machine Learning10◆ 1.11×27 topics
  7. Human Rights10▲ 3.4×25 topics
  8. Economic Growth9▲ 3.9×15 topics
  9. Education9▲ 1.82×17 topics
  10. Literary History8▲ 91×2 topics
  11. Economic Development7▲ 3.3×16 topics
  12. Sustainable Development7▲ 1.66×22 topics
  13. Social Network Analysis7▲ 22×3 topics
  14. Big Data7▲ 2.6×14 topics
  15. Data Visualization7▲ 47×2 topics
  16. Text Mining7▲ 19×2 topics
  17. Digital Humanities7▲ 169×1 topic
  18. Text Analysis7▲ 55×1 topic
  19. Technology7▲ 4.6×10 topics
  20. Governance6▲ 7.0×12 topics
  21. Political Economy6▲ 8.2×10 topics
  22. Nationalism6▲ 4.5×9 topics
  23. Identity6▲ 2.7×13 topics
  24. Digital Economy6▲ 9.7×8 topics
  25. Global Governance5▲ 7.5×11 topics
  26. Language5▲ 7.0×4 topics
  27. Information Technology5▲ 3.6×11 topics
  28. Risk Management5▲ 3.6×8 topics
  29. Cultural Evolution5▲ 32×4 topics
  30. International Law4▲ 5.1×12 topics
  31. Legal Regulation4▲ 7.2×6 topics
  32. Fiscal Policy4▲ 7.6×6 topics
  33. Regional Development4▲ 4.5×7 topics
  34. Greenhouse Gas Emissions4▲ 5.2×3 topics
  35. Linguistic Diversity4▲ 56×2 topics
  36. Energy Transition4▲ 8.8×4 topics
  37. Media4▲ 8.4×4 topics
  38. High-Temperature Electronics4▲ 21×2 topics
  39. Phylogenetics4▲ 25×1 topic
  40. Social Learning4▲ 44×1 topic

Which research topics does National Assembly publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Digital Humanities and Scholarship, Language and cultural evolution, Logic, programming, and type systems and Climate Change Policy and Economics.

Digital Humanities and S…7Digital Humanities and Scholarship: 7 fractional worksLanguage and cultural evolution: 4 fractional worksLogic, programming, and type systems: 2 fractional worksClimate Change Policy and Economics: 2 fractional worksArchitecture and Computational Design: 2 fractional worksScientific Research and Philosophical Inquiry: 2 fractional worksLegal and Policy Issues2Legal and Policy Issues: 2 fractional worksEnergy, Environment, Eco…2Energy, Environment, Economic Growth: 2 fractional worksSound Studies and Aurality2Sound Studies and Aurality: 2 fractional worksNarrative Theory and Ana…2Narrative Theory and Analysis: 2 fractional works
Literature and Literary TheoryCultural StudiesArtificial IntelligenceEconomics and Econometrics4 others

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

  1. 1 Digital Humanities and Scholarship Literature and Literary Theory 7 works
  2. 2 Language and cultural evolution Cultural Studies 4 works
  3. 3 Logic, programming, and type systems Artificial Intelligence 2 works
  4. 4 Climate Change Policy and Economics Economics and Econometrics 2 works
  5. 5 Architecture and Computational Design Architecture 2 works
  6. 6 Scientific Research and Philosophical Inquiry Information Systems 2 works
  7. 7 Legal and Policy Issues Law 2 works
  8. 8 Energy, Environment, Economic Growth Economics and Econometrics 2 works
  9. 9 Sound Studies and Aurality Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 2 works
  10. 10 Narrative Theory and Analysis Literature and Literary Theory 2 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 available45.5%not open54.5%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors34.4%domestic only65.6%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has National Assembly's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 32% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
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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 National Assembly as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00069% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%National Assembly0.00090% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of National Assembly 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 counting20%40%all institutions10.0% in 2025National Assembly6.1% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 13.1% in 2023.

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