South Korea

Time frame: 1 May 2023 - 30 April 2024

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Position by research output Share

Global Asia Pacific
Overall 7 3

Position by research output Share in subject areas

Global Asia Pacific
Biological sciences 14 4
Chemistry 7 4
Earth & environmental sciences 12 4
Health sciences 14 4
Physical sciences 6 3

Research

Overall research output

Count Share
Overall 3094 1802.15

Overall Count and Share for '' based on the 12-month time frame mentioned above.

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Research outputs by subject area

Subject Count Share
Biological sciences 432 222.47
Chemistry 1084 732.85
Earth & environmental sciences 207 107.90
Health sciences 411 207.13
Physical sciences 1712 1016.82

Note: Articles may be assigned to more than one subject area, as a result the sum of the subject research outputs may not equal the overall research outputs.

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Share output for the past 5 years

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Collaboration

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Collaborations between countries/territories

Collaboration by percentage of Share

Country/territory Share
USA 42.4%
China 21.0%
Japan 8.3%
UK 6.6%
Germany 6.5%
France 3.4%
Italy 3.3%
India 3.0%
Switzerland 2.9%
Spain 2.7%

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Top 10 collaborators with South Korea by Share

Top 10 institutions from South Korea by Share

Institution Count Share
1.   Seoul National University (SNU) 705 245.86
2.   Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) 413 181.22
3.   Yonsei University 549 137.55
4.   Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU) 555 122.63
5.   Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH) 303 102.44
6.   Korea University 375 81.30
7.   Institute for Basic Science (IBS) 333 78.41
8.   Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST) 202 76.66
9.   Hanyang University (HYU) 222 56.46
10.   Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST) 187 43.80

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