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National Quarantine Station

In research, National Quarantine Station stands highest in Life Sciences (#9,411 of 11,023 worldwide) and Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#4,495 of 5,126 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (Agricultural and Biological Sciences is 10.4× its share of world research).

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World rank, all time
#27,728
of 34,923
Rank in South Korea
#413
of 512
Research works
566
▲ 80% vs 2018-21
Citations
2.9k
5.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.6%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.58×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
32%
world 40%
International
30%
world 18%
National Quarantine Station

What is National Quarantine Station known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Life SciencesDomain #9,411 of 11,023 4.9%327
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #4,495 of 5,126 5.3%235

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

In 2022-now, 68% of research at National Quarantine Station is in Life Sciences, 12% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Agricultural and Biological Sciences (49%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (14%), Medicine (9%). It does 4.1× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Life Sciences: 48 fractional works · 67.6% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 35 fractional works · 49.5% of its workPlant Science: 15 fractional works · 21.6% of its workInsect Science: 7 fractional works · 9.8% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 5 fractional works · 6.7% of its workFood Science: 2 fractional works · 3.2% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workAquatic Science: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSoil Science: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHorticulture: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 10 fractional works · 13.7% of its workMolecular Biology: 4 fractional works · 5.6% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 3.1% of its workCell Biology: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workEndocrinology: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workBiotechnology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 2 fractional works · 3.1% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workMicrobiology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workVirology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysical Sciences: 9 fractional works · 12.5% of its workEnvironmental Science: 4 fractional works · 6.0% of its workEcology: 2 fractional works · 2.3% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEcological Modeling: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEngineering: 2 fractional works · 2.6% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAtmospheric Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workModeling and Simulation: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Materials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 8 fractional works · 10.9% of its workMedicine: 7 fractional works · 9.2% of its workInfectious Diseases: 3 fractional works · 3.6% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmall Animals: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLeadership and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 6 fractional works · 9.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 4 fractional works · 6.0% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCultural Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAnthropology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHistory: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArcheology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKNationalQuarantine…71fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences68%Physical Sciences12%Health Sciences11%Social Sciences9%

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 22 fields, with their numbers
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences3549.5%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1013.7%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology23.1%
    4. Neuroscience10.8%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.5%
    1. Environmental Science46.0%
    2. Engineering22.6%
    3. Computer Science11.5%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.9%
    5. Mathematics00.5%
    6. Physics and Astronomy00.5%
    7. Materials Science00.4%
    1. Medicine79.2%
    2. Health Professions10.9%
    3. Veterinary00.5%
    4. Nursing00.2%
    1. Social Sciences46.0%
    2. Arts and Humanities11.3%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance11.1%
    4. Decision Sciences00.2%
    5. Psychology00.2%
    6. Business, Management and Accounting00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does National Quarantine Station specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Agricultural and Biological Sciences takes 10.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Agricultural and Biological SciencesField · 35.2 works10×
← 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: 10.42× its world share, 35 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.57× its world share, 10 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 3.11× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.47× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.44× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.59× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.17× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.21× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.46× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.36× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.48× its world share, 7 worksMedicineNursing: 0.48× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 3.85× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.47× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.51× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.48× its world share, 4 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 10.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 22 fields, with their numbers
  1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences10.42×35 works
  2. Veterinary3.85×0 works
  3. Immunology and Microbiology3.11×2 works
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2.57×10 works
  5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.44×0 works
  6. Environmental Science1.21×4 works
  7. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.59×1 works
  8. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.51×1 works
  9. Medicine0.48×7 works
  10. Nursing0.48×0 works
  11. Social Sciences0.48×4 works
  12. Neuroscience0.47×0 works
  13. Arts and Humanities0.47×1 works
  14. Mathematics0.46×0 works
  15. Health Professions0.36×1 works
  16. Physics and Astronomy0.25×0 works
  17. Decision Sciences0.24×0 works
  18. Computer Science0.19×1 works
  19. Engineering0.17×2 works
  20. Materials Science0.10×0 works
  21. Psychology0.08×0 works
  22. Business, Management and Accounting0.04×0 works

Who are the top researchers at National Quarantine Station?

Ranked on the quality score, Hideo Mizuta, J. Raju and Yukihiro Sekiguchi lead among researchers whose main affiliation is National Quarantine Station.

  1. 1 Hideo Mizuta South Korea · #4,534,299 worldwide 17 citations · 21 works
  2. 2 J. Raju South Korea · #4,879,941 worldwide 27 citations · 17 works
  3. 3 Yukihiro Sekiguchi South Korea · #4,936,681 worldwide 112 citations · 17 works
  4. 4 Yukinori Uchida South Korea · #4,999,382 worldwide 110 citations · 24 works
  5. 5 Chen Shun-l South Korea · #5,009,677 worldwide 2 citations · 15 works
  6. 6 Yoshihito MIYATA South Korea · #5,060,567 worldwide 44 citations · 16 works
  7. 7 Mika Kimura South Korea · #5,112,022 worldwide 114 citations · 17 works
  8. 8 Sosuke Suzuki South Korea · #5,212,549 worldwide 197 citations · 18 works
  9. 9 Kazumasa KAMAKURA South Korea · #5,420,178 worldwide 91 citations · 26 works
  10. 10 Yoshichika HIRAHARA South Korea · #6,045,204 worldwide 333 citations · 41 works
All ranked researchers at National Quarantine Station

What are the most cited papers from National Quarantine Station?

The most cited paper from National Quarantine Station is "Facemasks and Hand Hygiene to Prevent Influenza Transmission in Households" (Benjamin John Cowling, Kwok‐Hung Chan, Vicky J. Fang et al., 2009), with 555 citations. Next come "Japanese encephalitis in north Queensland, Australia, 1998" (287) and "Prevalence of Infectious Diseases Among Internationally Adopted Children" (138).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Facemasks and Hand Hygiene to Prevent Influenza Transmission in Households Benjamin John Cowling, Kwok‐Hung Chan, Vicky J. Fang et al. · Annals of Internal Medicine 6 Oct 2009 555
2 Japanese encephalitis in north Queensland, Australia, 1998 Jeffrey N Hanna, Scott A. Ritchie, Susan L. Hills et al. · The Medical Journal of Australia Jun 1999 287
3 Prevalence of Infectious Diseases Among Internationally Adopted Children Lisa M. Saiman, Jane Aronson, Juyan Julia Zhou et al. · PEDIATRICS Sep 2001 138
4 Exogenous application of melatonin improves plant resistance to virus infection Lei Zhao, L. Chen, Peiming Gu et al. · Plant Pathology 7 Jun 2019 129
5 Parasitic infections in freshwater ornamental fish in Sri Lanka I. D. S. I. P. Thilakaratne, Ganguli Rajapaksha, A Hewakopara et al. · Diseases of Aquatic Organisms Open access 2003 113
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at National Quarantine Station?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Biological Control, Genetic Diversity, Phylogenetic Analysis, Invasive Species, Plant Immunity, Host Specificity, Biodiversity and Climate Change.

▲ 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. Biological Control6▲ 57×9 topics
  2. Epidemiology6▲ 1.93×22 topics
  3. Climate Change5▲ 2.5×25 topics
  4. Genetic Diversity4▲ 13×14 topics
  5. Phylogenetic Analysis4▲ 17×7 topics
  6. Invasive Species4▲ 12×13 topics
  7. Biodiversity3▲ 6.1×15 topics
  8. Plant Immunity3▲ 48×2 topics
  9. Host Specificity3▲ 39×4 topics
  10. Evolution3▲ 14×8 topics
  11. Plant Pathogens3▲ 118×3 topics
  12. Genome Sequencing3▲ 23×6 topics
  13. Fungal Pathogens2▲ 26×4 topics
  14. Phylogeny2▲ 21×11 topics
  15. Genomics2▲ 11×8 topics
  16. DNA Barcoding2▲ 19×7 topics
  17. Antioxidant Activity2▲ 5.0×9 topics
  18. Food Safety2▲ 11×7 topics
  19. Herbivore-Induced Plant Volatiles2▲ 73×1 topic
  20. Jasmonate Signaling2▲ 73×1 topic
  21. Immune Response2▲ 5.1×9 topics
  22. Pathogenesis2▲ 5.8×6 topics
  23. Taxonomy2▲ 21×11 topics
  24. Gut Microbiota2▲ 8.3×4 topics
  25. Pest Management2▲ 34×4 topics
  26. Genomic Sequencing2▲ 23×4 topics
  27. Vaccine2▲ 6.5×7 topics
  28. Biogeography2▲ 9.2×12 topics
  29. Microbiota2▲ 12×4 topics
  30. Endophytic Fungi2▲ 27×2 topics
  31. Microbiome2▲ 17×2 topics
  32. Rhizosphere Interactions2▲ 28×2 topics
  33. Small RNAs2▲ 41×2 topics
  34. Gene Silencing2▲ 25×1 topic
  35. Genomic Characterization2▲ 18×1 topic
  36. Microbial Pathogens2▲ 39×1 topic
  37. Pattern Recognition Receptors2▲ 18×1 topic
  38. Potato2▲ 62×2 topics
  39. Viral Pathogens2▲ 33×2 topics
  40. Viral RNA Silencing2▲ 64×1 topic

Which research topics does National Quarantine Station publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Insect-Plant Interactions and Control, Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases, Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity and Plant Virus Research Studies.

Insect-Plant Interaction…2Insect-Plant Interactions and Control: 2 fractional worksPlant Pathogens and Fung…2Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases: 2 fractional worksPlant-Microbe Interactio…2Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity: 2 fractional worksPlant Virus Research Stu…2Plant Virus Research Studies: 2 fractional worksInsect and Pesticide Research: 1 fractional worksPlant Pathogens and Resistance: 1 fractional worksPlant and Fungal Interac…1Plant and Fungal Interactions Research: 1 fractional worksFood and Agricultural Sciences: 1 fractional worksFungal Plant Pathogen Control: 1 fractional worksPhytoplasmas and Hemipte…1Phytoplasmas and Hemiptera pathogens: 1 fractional works
Insect ScienceCell BiologyPlant ScienceEndocrinology2 others

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

  1. 1 Insect-Plant Interactions and Control Insect Science 2 works
  2. 2 Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases Cell Biology 2 works
  3. 3 Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity Plant Science 2 works
  4. 4 Plant Virus Research Studies Plant Science 2 works
  5. 5 Insect and Pesticide Research Insect Science 1 works
  6. 6 Plant Pathogens and Resistance Plant Science 1 works
  7. 7 Plant and Fungal Interactions Research Endocrinology 1 works
  8. 8 Food and Agricultural Sciences Food Science 1 works
  9. 9 Fungal Plant Pathogen Control Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 1 works
  10. 10 Phytoplasmas and Hemiptera pathogens Plant Science 1 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 available32.1%not open67.9%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors29.7%domestic only70.3%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has National Quarantine Station's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 80% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
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 National Quarantine Station as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00025% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%National Quarantine Station0.00039% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of National Quarantine Station over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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