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Samsung (South Korea)

In research, Samsung (South Korea) stands highest in Physical Sciences (#356 of 10,670 worldwide), Electrical and Electronic Engineering (#75 of 2,176 worldwide) and Engineering (#229 of 5,901 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Hardware and Architecture, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Surfaces, Coatings and Films (Hardware and Architecture is 19.0× its share of world research).

World rank, 2022-now
#554
of 22,385 · #756 all time
Rank in South Korea
#11
of 343
Research works
29k
▲ 15% vs 2018-21
Citations
532k
18.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.5%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.03×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
19%
world 40%
International
20%
world 18%

What is Samsung (South Korea) 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
Physical SciencesDomain #356 of 10,670 10.3%3,795 #553
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringSubfield #75 of 2,176 11.9%1,334 #137
EngineeringField #229 of 5,901 11.0%2,162 #311
Computer ScienceField #197 of 4,417 9.2%1,144 #319
Health SciencesDomain #700 of 9,902 13.0%444 #1049
MedicineField #652 of 8,541 13.3%406 #945
Life SciencesDomain #859 of 6,403 12.2%187 #1193
Biomedical EngineeringSubfield #241 of 1,539 11.0%220 #370
Artificial IntelligenceSubfield #310 of 1,862 8.7%286 #436
Computer Vision and Pattern RecognitionSubfield #183 of 963 8.6%319 #233

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Samsung (South Korea) 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 of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022-now. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Physical Sciences#553 #356
  2. Electrical and Electronic Engineering#137 #75
  3. Engineering#311 #229
  4. Computer Science#319 #197
  5. Health Sciences#1,049 #700
  6. Medicine#945 #652
  7. Life Sciences#1,193 #859
  8. Biomedical Engineering#370 #241
  9. Artificial Intelligence#436 #310
  10. Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition#233 #183
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

Which fields of science does Samsung (South Korea) work in?

In 2022-now, 82% of research at Samsung (South Korea) is in Physical Sciences, 10% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (46%), Computer Science (25%), Medicine (9%). It does 2.1× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 4,187 fractional works · 82.4% of its workEngineering: 2,341 fractional works · 46.1% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1,456 fractional works · 28.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 241 fractional works · 4.8% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 103 fractional works · 2.0% of its workAerospace Engineering: 95 fractional works · 1.9% of its workMechanical Engineering: 88 fractional works · 1.7% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 67 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMedia Technology: 62 fractional works · 1.2% of its workComputational Mechanics: 58 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 49 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMechanics of Materials: 40 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 34 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOcean Engineering: 21 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBuilding and Construction: 20 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 1,289 fractional works · 25.4% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 352 fractional works · 6.9% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 336 fractional works · 6.6% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 233 fractional works · 4.6% of its workHardware and Architecture: 109 fractional works · 2.1% of its workSignal Processing: 88 fractional works · 1.7% of its workInformation Systems: 83 fractional works · 1.6% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 35 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 23 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSoftware: 12 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 317 fractional works · 6.2% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 175 fractional works · 3.4% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 61 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 38 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 32 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 121 fractional works · 2.4% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 73 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 19 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 28 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Science: 41 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 11 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 29 fractional works · 0.6% of its workChemistry: 24 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnergy: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.0% of its workChemical Engineering: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 12 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 12 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 486 fractional works · 9.6% of its workMedicine: 444 fractional works · 8.7% of its workSurgery: 47 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 42 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 39 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEpidemiology: 32 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOncology: 31 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 31 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysiology: 24 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 19 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 18 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeurology: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 12 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOphthalmology: 11 fractional works · 0.2% of its workInfectious Diseases: 11 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 98 fractional works · 1.9% of its workHealth Professions: 33 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNursing: 5 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 205 fractional works · 4.0% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 98 fractional works · 1.9% of its workMolecular Biology: 49 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCancer Research: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGenetics: 12 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 25 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeuroscience: 66 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 36 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 20 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology: 18 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.0% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 6 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 202 fractional works · 4.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 58 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSociology and Political Science: 24 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 35 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPsychology: 58 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSocial Psychology: 24 fractional works · 0.5% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 18 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 16 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 30 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDecision Sciences: 26 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 12 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 12 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKSamsung (SouthKorea)5,080fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences4%Physical Sciences82%Health Sciences10%Social Sciences4%

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 26 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering2,34146.1%
    2. Computer Science1,28925.4%
    3. Materials Science3176.2%
    4. Physics and Astronomy1212.4%
    5. Environmental Science410.8%
    6. Chemistry240.5%
    7. Energy150.3%
    8. Chemical Engineering140.3%
    9. Earth and Planetary Sciences120.2%
    10. Mathematics120.2%
    1. Medicine4448.7%
    2. Health Professions330.7%
    3. Nursing50.1%
    4. Dentistry30.1%
    5. Veterinary10.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology981.9%
    2. Neuroscience661.3%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology200.4%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences150.3%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics60.1%
    1. Social Sciences581.1%
    2. Psychology581.1%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting300.6%
    4. Decision Sciences260.5%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance150.3%
    6. Arts and Humanities140.3%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Samsung (South Korea) specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Hardware and Architecture takes 19.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Hardware and ArchitectureSubfield · 108.7 works19×
  2. Electrical and Electronic EngineeringSubfield · 1,456.2 works8.0×
  3. Surfaces, Coatings and FilmsSubfield · 38.3 works7.7×
  4. Signal ProcessingSubfield · 88.0 works5.7×
  5. Computer Vision and Pattern RecognitionSubfield · 352.0 works5.5×
  6. Computer Networks and CommunicationsSubfield · 233.4 works5.2×
  7. Industrial and Manufacturing EngineeringSubfield · 103.4 works4.0×
← 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: 0.06× its world share, 15 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.36× its world share, 98 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.40× its world share, 20 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.80× its world share, 66 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.35× its world share, 6 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.77× its world share, 14 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.31× its world share, 24 worksChemistryComputer Science: 3.26× its world share, 1,289 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.16× its world share, 12 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.33× its world share, 15 worksEnergyEngineering: 3.07× its world share, 2,341 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.16× its world share, 40 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.79× its world share, 317 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.21× its world share, 12 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.07× its world share, 121 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.12× its world share, 3 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.25× its world share, 33 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.45× its world share, 444 worksMedicineNursing: 0.19× its world share, 5 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.10× its world share, 14 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.18× its world share, 30 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.52× its world share, 26 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.14× its world share, 15 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.37× its world share, 58 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.09× its world share, 58 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Computer Science, 3.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Computer Science3.26×1,289 works
  2. Engineering3.07×2,341 works
  3. Materials Science1.79×317 works
  4. Physics and Astronomy1.07×121 works
  5. Neuroscience0.80×66 works
  6. Chemical Engineering0.77×14 works
  7. Decision Sciences0.52×26 works
  8. Medicine0.45×444 works
  9. Immunology and Microbiology0.40×20 works
  10. Psychology0.37×58 works
  11. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.36×98 works
  12. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.35×6 works
  13. Energy0.33×15 works
  14. Chemistry0.31×24 works
  15. Health Professions0.25×33 works
  16. Mathematics0.21×12 works
  17. Nursing0.19×5 works
  18. Business, Management and Accounting0.18×30 works
  19. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.16×12 works
  20. Environmental Science0.16×40 works
  21. Veterinary0.15×1 works
  22. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.14×15 works
  23. Dentistry0.12×3 works
  24. Arts and Humanities0.10×14 works
  25. Social Sciences0.09×58 works
  26. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.06×15 works

Who are the top researchers at Samsung (South Korea)?

Ranked on the quality score, Min‐Sang Song, Woo Sung Jeon and Changjung Kim lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Samsung (South Korea).

  1. 1 Min‐Sang Song South Korea · #101,339 worldwide 4.1k citations · 54 works
  2. 2 Woo Sung Jeon South Korea · #149,906 worldwide 4.9k citations · 70 works
  3. 3 Changjung Kim South Korea · #153,211 worldwide 5.5k citations · 46 works
  4. 4 Shinae Jun South Korea · #161,040 worldwide 8.9k citations · 48 works
  5. 5 Hyeon‐Jin Shin South Korea · #183,503 worldwide 14k citations · 148 works
  6. 6 Myoung‐Jae Lee South Korea · #191,029 worldwide 12k citations · 188 works
  7. 7 Jongseob Kim South Korea · #207,006 worldwide 5.3k citations · 89 works
  8. 8 Seung‐Eon Ahn South Korea · #226,186 worldwide 5k citations · 86 works
  9. 9 Eunjoo Jang South Korea · #247,706 worldwide 7.3k citations · 92 works
  10. 10 Jong Won Chung South Korea · #257,839 worldwide 9.7k citations · 79 works
All ranked researchers at Samsung (South Korea)

What are the most cited papers from Samsung (South Korea)?

The most cited paper from Samsung (South Korea) is "Large-scale pattern growth of graphene films for stretchable transparent electrodes" (Keun‐Soo Kim, Yüe Zhao, Houk Jang et al., 2009), with 10,482 citations. Next come "A roadmap for graphene" (9,276) and "What Will 5G Be?" (8,314).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Large-scale pattern growth of graphene films for stretchable transparent electrodes Keun‐Soo Kim, Yüe Zhao, Houk Jang et al. · Nature 14 Jan 2009 10,482
2 A roadmap for graphene Kostya S. Novoselov, Vladimir I. Fal’ko, Luigi Colombo et al. · Nature Oct 2012 9,276
3 What Will 5G Be? Jeffrey G. Andrews, Stefano Buzzi, Wan Choi et al. · IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications Open access Jun 2014 8,314
4 Physical distancing, face masks, and eye protection to prevent person-to-person transmission of SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19: a systematic review and meta-analysis Derek K. Chu et al. · The Lancet ReviewOpen access Jun 2020 4,111
5 The repertoire of mutational signatures in human cancer Ludmil B. Alexandrov et al. · Nature Open access1,384 authors 5 Feb 2020 3,854
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Samsung (South Korea)?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Deep Learning, Neural Networks, Nanoelectronics, Semiconductor Devices, Atomic Layer Deposition, High-k Dielectrics, Integrated Circuits and Thermal Management.

▲ 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. Deep Learning611▲ 3.5×78 topics
  2. Neural Networks332▲ 4.2×34 topics
  3. Energy Efficiency176▲ 3.7×20 topics
  4. Nanoelectronics155▲ 37×2 topics
  5. Semiconductor Devices148▲ 44×2 topics
  6. Atomic Layer Deposition147▲ 45×1 topic
  7. High-k Dielectrics147▲ 45×1 topic
  8. Integrated Circuits143▲ 20×3 topics
  9. Convolutional Neural Networks141▲ 3.8×14 topics
  10. Thermal Management129▲ 7.8×7 topics
  11. Solar Cells112▲ 11×7 topics
  12. Process Variation108▲ 36×2 topics
  13. Neuromorphic Computing104▲ 18×2 topics
  14. Thin Films103▲ 11×10 topics
  15. Machine Vision102▲ 9.6×5 topics
  16. Parallel Computing93▲ 16×5 topics
  17. Flexible Electronics93▲ 11×3 topics
  18. CMOS Technology90▲ 22×5 topics
  19. Frequency Synthesizer88▲ 44×2 topics
  20. CMOS85▲ 34×2 topics
  21. Wireless Networks82▲ 11×9 topics
  22. Failure Analysis82▲ 17×4 topics
  23. Field-Effect Transistors80▲ 10×4 topics
  24. System Integration78▲ 81×2 topics
  25. Interconnect77▲ 91×1 topic
  26. Through-Silicon Via77▲ 91×1 topic
  27. Nanowire Transistors76▲ 39×1 topic
  28. Tunnel Field-Effect Transistors76▲ 39×1 topic
  29. Fault Localization74▲ 21×2 topics
  30. Beamforming74▲ 14×4 topics
  31. Massive MIMO73▲ 18×3 topics
  32. Unsupervised Learning72▲ 9.3×3 topics
  33. Convolutional Networks69▲ 10×3 topics
  34. Nanowires68▲ 9.5×5 topics
  35. Delta-Sigma Modulator67▲ 40×2 topics
  36. Doping66▲ 14×2 topics
  37. Laser Voltage Probing66▲ 49×1 topic
  38. Photon Emission Microscopy66▲ 49×1 topic
  39. Electromigration64▲ 45×2 topics
  40. Low-Power63▲ 30×2 topics

Which research topics does Samsung (South Korea) publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Semiconductor materials and devices, 3D IC and TSV technologies, Advancements in Semiconductor Devices and Circuit Design and Integrated Circuits and Semiconductor Failure Analysis.

  1. 1 Semiconductor materials and devices Electrical and Electronic Engineering 147 works
  2. 2 3D IC and TSV technologies Electrical and Electronic Engineering 77 works
  3. 3 Advancements in Semiconductor Devices and Circuit Design Electrical and Electronic Engineering 76 works
  4. 4 Integrated Circuits and Semiconductor Failure Analysis Electrical and Electronic Engineering 66 works
  5. 5 Industrial Vision Systems and Defect Detection Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 58 works
  6. 6 Advanced Memory and Neural Computing Electrical and Electronic Engineering 56 works
  7. 7 Radio Frequency Integrated Circuit Design Electrical and Electronic Engineering 53 works
  8. 8 Advanced Data Storage Technologies Computer Networks and Communications 51 works
  9. 9 Thin-Film Transistor Technologies Electrical and Electronic Engineering 50 works
  10. 10 Advanced MIMO Systems Optimization Electrical and Electronic Engineering 49 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 available18.9%not open81.1%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors19.9%domestic only80.1%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Samsung (South Korea)'s research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 15% 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 Samsung (South Korea) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.022% in 2024.

still counting0.025%0.050%0.075%Samsung (South Korea)0.019% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Samsung (South Korea) 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 counting5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2025Samsung (South Korea)9.4% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 12.0% in 2008.

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What does Samsung Research publish research on?

In research, Samsung (South Korea) stands highest in Physical Sciences (#356 of 10,670 worldwide), Electrical and Electronic Engineering (#75 of 2,176 worldwide) and Engineering (#229 of 5,901 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Hardware and Architecture, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Surfaces, Coatings and Films (Hardware and Architecture is 19.0× its share of world research).

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