Question 1

What is Yonsei University known for?

Accepted Answer

In research, Yonsei University stands highest in Physical Sciences (#167 of 10,670 worldwide), Health Sciences (#157 of 9,902 worldwide) and Medicine (#156 of 8,541 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Leadership and Management, Orthodontics and Transplantation (Leadership and Management is 6.3× its share of world research).

Question 2

How does Yonsei University rank in research?

Accepted Answer

Yonsei University ranks #187 of 22,385 institutions worldwide on research quality in 2022-now (#285 all time), and #3 of 343 in South Korea.

Question 3

Who are the top researchers at Yonsei University?

Accepted Answer

Ranked on the quality score, Biswajit Sarkar, Jang‐Ung Park and Ki Jun Yu lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Yonsei University.

Question 4

What are the most cited papers from Yonsei University?

Accepted Answer

The most cited paper from Yonsei University is "Interactive Tree Of Life (iTOL) v5: an online tool for phylogenetic tree display and annotation" (Ivica Letunić, Peer Bork, 2021), with 12,232 citations. Next come "Global, regional, and national prevalence of overweight and obesity in children and adults during 1980–2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013" (12,158) and "The STRING database in 2023: protein–protein association networks and functional enrichment analyses for any sequenced genome of interest" (9,763).

Question 5

Which research topics does Yonsei University publish most on?

Accepted Answer

By volume in 2022-now: Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment, Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials, Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging and Nutrition and Health in Aging.

Question 6

Which keywords describe research at Yonsei University?

Accepted Answer

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Inflammation, Deep Learning, Quality of Life, Chemotherapy, Cardiovascular Disease, Treatment and Clinical Practice Guidelines.

Question 7

Which fields of science does Yonsei University work in?

Accepted Answer

In 2022-now, 43% of research at Yonsei University is in Health Sciences, 34% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (38%), Engineering (14%), Computer Science (7%). It does 1.9× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Question 8

Which institutions have research most like Yonsei University's?

Accepted Answer

Sichuan University has the research profile closest to Yonsei University's (similarity 0.80 on a scale to 1), with both strong in Dentistry, followed by Shanghai Jiao Tong University and Fudan University.

Question 9

Is Yonsei University's research output growing?

Accepted Answer

Output in 2022-2025 was 6% higher than in 2018-2021.