Top-cited scientists by institution in South Korea

70 institutions with 10 or more listed authors · South Korea

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Which institutions in South Korea have the most top 2% scientists?

70 universities and institutes in South Korea have 10 or more researchers in the 2025 list of top-cited scientists, the annual ranking often called the Stanford–Elsevier top 2% scientists list. Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology has the most (218), followed by Seoul National University (199) and Korea University (163). Each institution’s page has its top fields and subfields and its first 100 scientists.

#	Institution	Listed authors	Top 100k
1	Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology	218	70
2	Seoul National University	199	76
3	Korea University	163	64
4	Yonsei University	130	51
5	Sungkyunkwan University	129	56
6	Seoul National University College of Medicine	126	28
7	Yeungnam University	110	34
8	Hanyang University	101	47
9	Kyung Hee University	98	40
10	Pohang University of Science and Technology	87	31
11	Yonsei University College of Medicine	82	19
12	Gachon University	79	21
13	Chung-Ang University	74	13
14	Kyungpook National University (KNU)	74	22
15	Sejong University	70	34
16	Seoul National University Hospital	67	7
17	Pusan National University	66	13
18	Dongguk University, Seoul	64	18
19	University of Ulsan College of Medicine	64	10
20	SKKU School of Medicine	59	12
21	Konkuk University	52	16
22	Chonnam National University	50	12
23	Inha University	48	15
24	Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology	48	21
25	Chungnam National University	45	7
26	Jeonbuk National University	45	9
27	Ewha Womans University	42	14
28	Asan Medical Center	40	7
29	Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan university	38	10
30	Kangwon National University	33	11
31	Pukyong National University	33	10
32	The Catholic University of Korea, College of Medicine	33	4
33	School of Biological Sciences	32	15
34	Seoul National University Bundang Hospital	32	7
35	Chungbuk National University	31	3
36	Gyeongsang National University	31	9
37	Ajou University	29	9
38	Incheon National University	29	5
39	Korea Institute of Science and Technology	27	4
40	Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology	24	4
41	Dankook University	23	5
42	Hanyang University ERICA Campus	23	7
43	Severance Hospital	23	2
44	University of Ulsan	22	5
45	Korea University College of Medicine	21	4
46	Seoul National University of Science and Technology	21	5
47	Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology	19	4
48	Jeju National University	19	4
49	National Cancer Center, Gyeonggi	19	1
50	Sogang University	18	5
51	University of Seoul	17	4
52	Kumoh National Institute of Technology	15	1
53	Kwangwoon University	15	6
54	Department of Food and Animal Biotechnology	12	1
55	Institute for Basic Science, Daejeon	12	5
56	Kookmin University	12	3
57	Kyung Hee Medical Center	12	2
58	KyungHee University College of Medicine	12	1
59	Seoul National University School of Dentistry	12	2
60	Ajou University School of Medicine	11	1
61	Hallym University	11	1
62	Hallym University, College of Medicine	11	0
63	Hongik University	11	5
64	Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine	11	1
65	SKKU Advanced Institute of Nano Technology	11	4
66	Soonchunhyang University	11	3
67	The Catholic University of Korea	11	2
68	University of Science and Technology (UST)	11	3
69	Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources	10	2
70	Kyungpook National University School of Medicine	10	3

Institution names are only recorded for large institutions. The 308 in South Korea with fewer than 10 listed authors are not listed here; the authors table finds them by name.