top-cited scientists

Top-cited scientists at Korea University

2025 single-year list · 163 listed authors · South Korea

163 researchers at Korea University ( South Korea) are in the 2025 list of top-cited scientists, the annual ranking often called the top 2% scientists list. 64 of them rank in the global top 100,000 by composite citation score (c, excluding self-citations). By listed authors it is 259th of 28,577 institutions worldwide and 3rd in South Korea.

Listed authors
163
3rd in South Korea
In the global top 100,000
64
39.3% of its listed authors
Rank worldwide
#259
of 28,577 institutions by listed authors
Highest-ranked
#2,567
Ok, Yong Sik

Top fields

  1. Enabling & Strategic Technologies4729%
  2. Engineering1811%
  3. Chemistry1811%
  4. Information & Communication Technologies1811%
  5. Physics & Astronomy106%
  6. Clinical Medicine96%
  7. Economics & Business74%
  8. Biomedical Research74%
  9. Social Sciences64%
  10. Agriculture, Fisheries & Forestry64%

Top subfields

  1. Nanoscience & Nanotechnology159%
  2. Materials127%
  3. Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing106%
  4. Applied Physics85%
  5. Networking & Telecommunications74%
  6. Biotechnology74%
  7. Environmental Sciences64%
  8. Education53%
  9. Mechanical Engineering & Transports53%
  10. Biochemistry & Molecular Biology53%

163 listed scientists at Korea University

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