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National Institute for Mathematical Sciences

In research, National Institute for Mathematical Sciences stands highest in Physical Sciences (#5,958 of 12,888 worldwide) and Mathematics (#722 of 1,053 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Applied Mathematics and Mathematics — Applied Mathematics is 39.1× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#10,306
of 28,054 · #12,432 all time
Rank in South Korea
#192
of 417
Research works
892
▲ 20% vs 2013–17
Citations
12k
13.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
16.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
42%
world 28%

What is National Institute for Mathematical Sciences 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 #5,958 of 12,888 16.4%171 #7358
MathematicsField #722 of 1,053 18.2%76 #1095

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where National Institute for Mathematical Sciences 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 National Institute for Mathematical Sciences specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Applied Mathematics takes 39.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Applied MathematicsSubfield · 23.8 works39×
  2. MathematicsField · 76.1 works31×
← 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: 0.39× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.60× its world share, 7 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.03× its world share, 4 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.47× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.21× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 3.18× its world share, 52 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.58× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.61× its world share, 19 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.26× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.29× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 30.57× its world share, 76 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 3.40× its world share, 16 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.97× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.37× its world share, 15 worksMedicineNursing: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryDecision Sciences: 0.47× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.01× its world share, 5 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.33× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Mathematics, 30.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at National Institute for Mathematical Sciences?

Ranked on the composite score, J. J. Oh, Kyung‐Ah Shim and Okyu Kwon lead among researchers whose main affiliation is National Institute for Mathematical Sciences.

  1. 1 J. J. Oh South Korea · #19,561 worldwide 1.1k citations · 62 works
  2. 2 Kyung‐Ah Shim South Korea · #376,157 worldwide 115 citations · 17 works
  3. 3 Okyu Kwon South Korea · #401,814 worldwide 85 citations · 22 works
  4. 4 Youngjoo Kim South Korea · #619,679 worldwide 47 citations · 28 works
  5. 5 Daeyeoul Kim South Korea · #1,166,670 worldwide 28 citations · 32 works
  6. 6 Taeyoung Ha South Korea · #1,167,197 worldwide 29 citations · 20 works
  7. 7 Sang‐Hee Lee South Korea · #1,251,934 worldwide 46 citations · 33 works
All ranked researchers at National Institute for Mathematical Sciences

Which keywords describe research at National Institute for Mathematical Sciences?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Nonlinear Equations, Network Dynamics, Complex Networks, Fractional Laplacian, Sobolev Spaces, Synchronization, Porous Media and Nonlinear Dynamics.

▲ 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. Deep Learning13▲ 1.82×40 topics
  2. Nonlinear Equations11▲ 40×4 topics
  3. Network Dynamics9▲ 42×3 topics
  4. Complex Networks9▲ 71×3 topics
  5. Fractional Laplacian8▲ 181×1 topic
  6. Sobolev Spaces8▲ 181×1 topic
  7. Synchronization8▲ 31×3 topics
  8. COVID-198▲ 2.6×8 topics
  9. Porous Media7▲ 25×2 topics
  10. Nonlinear Dynamics7▲ 15×3 topics
  11. Pattern Formation7▲ 81×2 topics
  12. Chimera States7▲ 119×1 topic
  13. Reaction-Diffusion Model7▲ 119×1 topic
  14. Heterogeneous6▲ 80×1 topic
  15. Multiscale Methods6▲ 80×1 topic
  16. Approximation Algorithms5▲ 37×5 topics
  17. Nonlinear Schrödinger Equation5▲ 45×2 topics
  18. Infectious Diseases5▲ 7.5×2 topics
  19. Inverse Problems5▲ 22×4 topics
  20. Random Matrix Theory5▲ 76×3 topics
  21. Symplectic Geometry5▲ 63×2 topics
  22. Eigenvalues5▲ 97×2 topics
  23. Numerical Methods5▲ 26×3 topics
  24. Boundary Value Problems4▲ 41×3 topics
  25. Modeling4▲ 8.2×1 topic
  26. transmission dynamics4▲ 29×1 topic
  27. Solitons4▲ 46×2 topics
  28. Global Well-Posedness4▲ 96×1 topic
  29. Scattering4▲ 96×1 topic
  30. Tropical Geometry4▲ 60×2 topics
  31. Calderón–Zygmund Theory4▲ 197×1 topic
  32. Fourier Multiplier Theorems4▲ 197×1 topic
  33. Modular Forms4▲ 47×3 topics
  34. Genomics4▲ 5.7×3 topics
  35. Algorithmic Applications3▲ 46×2 topics
  36. L-Functions3▲ 55×2 topics
  37. Nonlinear Systems3▲ 7.2×7 topics
  38. Principal Component Analysis3▲ 10×2 topics
  39. Reconstruction3▲ 8.4×2 topics
  40. Mathematical Modeling3▲ 16×2 topics

Which research topics does National Institute for Mathematical Sciences publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations, Nonlinear Dynamics and Pattern Formation, Advanced Mathematical Modeling in Engineering and COVID-19 epidemiological studies.

Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations: 8 fractional worksNonlinear Dynamics and Pattern Formation: 7 fractional worksAdvanced Mathematical Mo…6Advanced Mathematical Modeling in Engineering: 6 fractional worksCOVID-19 epidemiological…4COVID-19 epidemiological studies: 4 fractional worksAdvanced Mathematical Physics Problems: 4 fractional worksAdvanced Harmonic Analysis Research: 4 fractional worksAlgebraic Geometry and N…3Algebraic Geometry and Number Theory: 3 fractional worksRandom Matrices and Applications: 3 fractional worksNumerical methods in inverse problems: 3 fractional worksAdvanced Graph Theory Research: 3 fractional works
Applied MathematicsComputer Networks and CommunicationsComputational Theory and MathematicsModeling and Simulation3 others

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

  1. 1 Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations Applied Mathematics 8 works
  2. 2 Nonlinear Dynamics and Pattern Formation Computer Networks and Communications 7 works
  3. 3 Advanced Mathematical Modeling in Engineering Computational Theory and Mathematics 6 works
  4. 4 COVID-19 epidemiological studies Modeling and Simulation 4 works
  5. 5 Advanced Mathematical Physics Problems Mathematical Physics 4 works
  6. 6 Advanced Harmonic Analysis Research Applied Mathematics 4 works
  7. 7 Algebraic Geometry and Number Theory Geometry and Topology 3 works
  8. 8 Random Matrices and Applications Statistics and Probability 3 works
  9. 9 Numerical methods in inverse problems Mathematical Physics 3 works
  10. 10 Advanced Graph Theory Research 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 available41.7%not open58.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors27.2%domestic only72.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has National Institute for Mathematical Sciences's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 20% 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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