Scientific research in Korean universities has developed rapidly in the past twenty years. However, the quality still lags behind other advanced countries, and Korea faces many challenges in building premier research universities.
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Oh, SJ. Academic research in Korea. Nature Mater 6, 707–709 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1038/nmat2018
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