Top institutions in South Korea for Physics & Astronomy

Which institutions in South Korea have the most top-cited scientists in Physics & Astronomy?

301 researchers in South Korea whose main field is Physics & Astronomy are in the 2026 list of top-cited scientists, the annual ranking often called the Stanford–Elsevier top 2% scientists list: 7.5% of all listed authors in South Korea, and 15th of 105 countries in the field. 62 of them rank in the global top 100,000 by composite citation score (c, excluding self-citations). Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology has the most (31), followed by Seoul National University (27) and Pohang University of Science and Technology (18). A row opens its scientists in the table of all authors.