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Samsung (South Korea)

In research, Samsung (South Korea) stands highest in Engineering (#333 of 6,636 worldwide), Computer Science (#265 of 4,667 worldwide) and Electrical and Electronic Engineering (#141 of 2,318 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Hardware and Architecture, Surfaces, Coatings and Films and Electrical and Electronic Engineering — Hardware and Architecture is 16.3× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#1,165
of 28,054 · #809 all time
Rank in South Korea
#27
of 417
Research works
23k
▼ 15% vs 2013–17
Citations
452k
19.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
14.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
18%
world 28%

What is Samsung (South Korea) 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
EngineeringField #333 of 6,636 12.9%1,794 #218
Computer ScienceField #265 of 4,667 13.6%583 #329
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringSubfield #141 of 2,318 12.6%1,129 #93
Physical SciencesDomain #801 of 12,888 13.3%2,818 #583
Health SciencesDomain #2,130 of 11,982 20.1%384 #3114
Materials ScienceField #471 of 2,468 15.4%263 #272
MedicineField #2,008 of 10,443 19.7%355 #3010
Life SciencesDomain #2,071 of 7,800 20.8%159 #2486
Biomedical EngineeringSubfield #462 of 1,568 15.8%188 #322
Materials ChemistrySubfield #501 of 1,556 14.8%145 #221

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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Engineering#218 #333
  2. Computer Science#329 #265
  3. Electrical and Electronic Engineering#93 #141
  4. Physical Sciences#583 #801
  5. Health Sciences#3,114 #2,130
  6. Materials Science#272 #471
  7. Medicine#3,010 #2,008
  8. Life Sciences#2,486 #2,071
  9. Biomedical Engineering#322 #462
  10. Materials Chemistry#221 #501
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

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

What does Samsung (South Korea) specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Hardware and Architecture takes 16.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Hardware and ArchitectureSubfield · 63.6 works16×
  2. Surfaces, Coatings and FilmsSubfield · 31.5 works9.2×
  3. Electrical and Electronic EngineeringSubfield · 1,128.8 works9.1×
  4. Industrial and Manufacturing EngineeringSubfield · 84.7 works4.7×
  5. Computer Networks and CommunicationsSubfield · 119.7 works3.9×
  6. Media TechnologySubfield · 39.7 works3.6×
  7. EngineeringField · 1,793.7 works3.4×
← 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: 0.05× its world share, 8 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.42× its world share, 77 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.52× its world share, 18 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.89× its world share, 50 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.40× its world share, 5 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.97× its world share, 12 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.32× its world share, 18 worksChemistryComputer Science: 2.16× its world share, 583 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.12× its world share, 6 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.38× its world share, 12 worksEnergyEngineering: 3.44× its world share, 1,794 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.16× its world share, 28 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 2.17× its world share, 263 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.22× its world share, 9 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.21× its world share, 93 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.11× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.24× its world share, 22 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.53× its world share, 355 worksMedicineNursing: 0.24× its world share, 4 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.05× its world share, 5 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.15× its world share, 16 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.49× its world share, 16 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.16× its world share, 12 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.30× its world share, 32 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.07× its world share, 30 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Engineering, 3.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

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

Ranked on the composite score, Jong Min Kim, Sang Joon Kim and Hyeon‐Jin Shin lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Samsung (South Korea).

  1. 1 Jong Min Kim South Korea · #40,831 worldwide 653 citations · 47 works
  2. 2 Sang Joon Kim South Korea · #101,838 worldwide 201 citations · 35 works
  3. 3 Hyeon‐Jin Shin South Korea · #103,335 worldwide 284 citations · 24 works
  4. 4 Juho Lee South Korea · #112,075 worldwide 204 citations · 24 works
  5. 5 Jong Soo Kim South Korea · #118,361 worldwide 341 citations · 66 works
  6. 6 U‐In Chung South Korea · #121,505 worldwide 411 citations · 58 works
  7. 7 Sangyoon Lee South Korea · #130,254 worldwide 719 citations · 143 works
  8. 8 Jaehee Cho South Korea · #140,736 worldwide 283 citations · 55 works
  9. 9 Younsun Kim South Korea · #145,630 worldwide 209 citations · 24 works
  10. 10 Yeon‐Gon Mo South Korea · #151,741 worldwide 337 citations · 21 works
All ranked researchers at Samsung (South Korea)

Which keywords describe research at Samsung (South Korea)?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Deep Learning, Nanoelectronics, Atomic Layer Deposition, High-k Dielectrics, Integrated Circuits, Neural Networks, Thermal Management and Solar Cells.

▲ 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 Learning278▲ 2.3×75 topics
  2. Neural Networks171▲ 3.2×31 topics
  3. Nanoelectronics137▲ 45×2 topics
  4. Atomic Layer Deposition132▲ 54×1 topic
  5. High-k Dielectrics132▲ 54×1 topic
  6. Integrated Circuits118▲ 22×3 topics
  7. Thermal Management105▲ 9.0×7 topics
  8. Energy Efficiency102▲ 3.1×18 topics
  9. Solar Cells95▲ 13×7 topics
  10. Neuromorphic Computing88▲ 22×2 topics
  11. Process Variation88▲ 43×2 topics
  12. Thin Films84▲ 13×10 topics
  13. Machine Vision84▲ 11×5 topics
  14. Flexible Electronics83▲ 14×3 topics
  15. Failure Analysis71▲ 21×4 topics
  16. Field-Effect Transistors70▲ 13×4 topics
  17. CMOS Technology69▲ 25×5 topics
  18. Frequency Synthesizer68▲ 49×2 topics
  19. CMOS67▲ 38×2 topics
  20. Interconnect64▲ 112×1 topic
  21. Through-Silicon Via64▲ 112×1 topic
  22. Nanowire Transistors64▲ 47×1 topic
  23. Tunnel Field-Effect Transistors64▲ 47×1 topic
  24. Parallel Computing61▲ 15×5 topics
  25. Fault Localization59▲ 25×2 topics
  26. Doping58▲ 18×2 topics
  27. Laser Voltage Probing56▲ 55×1 topic
  28. Photon Emission Microscopy56▲ 55×1 topic
  29. Nanowires55▲ 11×5 topics
  30. Texture Analysis53▲ 6.7×3 topics
  31. Delta-Sigma Modulator52▲ 46×2 topics
  32. Non-Volatile Memory50▲ 15×2 topics
  33. Electromigration50▲ 53×2 topics
  34. Fabric Defect Detection49▲ 18×1 topic
  35. Semiconductor Manufacturing49▲ 18×1 topic
  36. Low-Power49▲ 34×2 topics
  37. Plasmonics48▲ 25×2 topics
  38. Nanofabrication48▲ 22×3 topics
  39. Metal Oxides47▲ 11×2 topics
  40. High-Resolution Patterning47▲ 65×2 topics

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

By volume in 2022–2025: Semiconductor materials and devices, 3D IC and TSV technologies, Advancements in Semiconductor Devices and Circuit Design and Integrated Circuits and Semiconductor Failure Analysis.

Semiconductor materials …132Semiconductor materials and devices: 132 fractional works3D IC and TSV technologies: 64 fractional worksAdvancements in Semicond…64Advancements in Semiconductor Devices and Circuit Design: 64 fractional worksIntegrated Circuits and …56Integrated Circuits and Semiconductor Failure Analysis: 56 fractional worksIndustrial Vision Systems and Defect Detection: 49 fractional worksAdvanced Memory and Neural Computing: 46 fractional worksThin-Film Transistor Tec…46Thin-Film Transistor Technologies: 46 fractional worksRadio Frequency Integrat…41Radio Frequency Integrated Circuit Design: 41 fractional worksFerroelectric and Negati…41Ferroelectric and Negative Capacitance Devices: 41 fractional worksAdvancements in Photolit…38Advancements in Photolithography Techniques: 38 fractional works
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering

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

  1. 1 Semiconductor materials and devices Electrical and Electronic Engineering 132 works
  2. 2 3D IC and TSV technologies Electrical and Electronic Engineering 64 works
  3. 3 Advancements in Semiconductor Devices and Circuit Design Electrical and Electronic Engineering 64 works
  4. 4 Integrated Circuits and Semiconductor Failure Analysis Electrical and Electronic Engineering 56 works
  5. 5 Industrial Vision Systems and Defect Detection Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 49 works
  6. 6 Advanced Memory and Neural Computing Electrical and Electronic Engineering 46 works
  7. 7 Thin-Film Transistor Technologies Electrical and Electronic Engineering 46 works
  8. 8 Radio Frequency Integrated Circuit Design Electrical and Electronic Engineering 41 works
  9. 9 Ferroelectric and Negative Capacitance Devices Electrical and Electronic Engineering 41 works
  10. 10 Advancements in Photolithography Techniques Electrical and Electronic Engineering 38 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 available17.6%not open82.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors17.5%domestic only82.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 15% lower 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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