Institute for Basic Science (IBS) South Korea
Overview
IBS was established in 2011 to advance the frontiers of knowledge and foster leading scientists of tomorrow by pursuing excellence in basic science research. Since then, IBS has been providing infrastructure for long-term, large-scale, and group research as well as supporting autonomous research activities of researchers, focusing on the exploration of creative knowledge. In 2018, IBS had moved to its new building in Daejeon, South Korea. Watch the tour video of our headquarters and some of our research centers.
As a basic science research institute representing Korea, IBS is running 4 Research Institutes and 35 Research Centers in physics, chemistry, mathematics, life sciences, and interdisciplinary areas as of August 2022, with the goal of eventually increasing the number to 50. In order to meet this goal, IBS is hiring Research Center Directors and Chief Investigators, as well as postdoctoral researchers. For career opportunities, please visit https://www.ibs.re.kr/prog/recruit/eng/sub04_01/list.do.
The institute’s main philosophy is to select world-renowned scientists as its Centers’ directors and create an environment where the director can concentrate on his/her own creative research. That is because IBS believes that creativity can be maximized when excellent researchers focus on conducting challenging research in an autonomous research environment.
IBS has been generating research outcomes that attract worldwide attention and was named one of Nature Index Rising Stars 2016. Despite a short history, the institute is standing shoulder to shoulder with international basic science research institutes. With the 2018 completion of its new headquarters designated as an urban science park, IBS will maximize the merits of group and interdisciplinary research as well as bring IBS’ research capabilities together. It is actively recruiting young researchers at home and abroad, heralding an even brighter future.
Since 2016, IBS has been operating Young Scientists Fellowship (YSF) under the slogan ‘Initiate your own research at IBS. In order to intensify its support to grow the next-generation leaders of scientific investigators, IBS has been launching a new research unit called Pioneer Research Centers (PRC), a subset of the existing IBS HQ Centers since early 2019. PRCs consist of up to five Chief Investigators (CIs) each. The CIs lead their own research group to pioneer new fields and focus on challenging research in the basic sciences. CIs are required to have scientific excellence equivalent to that of a principal investigator at a globally renowned research institute or to have great potential to reach the aforementioned level in the near future. IBS will continue its efforts to become a research hub where young scientists can devote themselves to their science with full autonomy and independence.
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Research
Date range: 1 February 2022 - 31 January 2023
Region: Global
Subject/journal group: All
The table to the right includes counts of all research outputs for Institute for Basic Science (IBS) published between 1 February 2022 - 31 January 2023 which are tracked by the Nature Index.
Hover over the donut graph to view the Share for each subject. Below, the same research outputs are grouped by subject. Click on the subject to drill-down into a list of articles organized by journal, and then by title.
Note: Articles may be assigned to more than one subject area.
| Count | Share |
|---|---|
| 326 | 77.63 |
Outputs by subject (Share)
| Subject | Count | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Physical Sciences | 180 | 41.51 |
| Chemistry | 137 | 32.88 |
| Life Sciences | 58 | 11.86 |
| Earth & Environmental Sciences | 21 | 4.13 |
Share output for the past 5 years
| 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 88.05 | 89.27 | 85.82 | 91.96 | 80.79 |
Compare Institute for Basic Science (IBS) with other institutions
Highlight of the month
Algae could sink more carbon as oceans warm
© Science Photo Library - STEVE GSCHMEISSNER/Brand X Pictures/Getty Images
Sunlight-harnessing marine algae known as phytoplankton could be less affected by warming oceans than previously feared thanks to their ability of to adapt to low-nutrient conditions.
Every year, phytoplankton in the world’s oceans convert about 50 billion tons of carbon — roughly 1.3 times the amount that humanity pumps into the atmosphere — into biological material, of which about 10% drops into the ocean depths. This represents a critical carbon sink.
Some studies have predicted that warming oceans will curtail this sequestration of carbon as phytoplankton become less productive due to fewer nutrients in surface waters.
Now, a model created by a team led by researchers from the Institute for Basic Science in South Korea has indicated that the ability of phytoplankton to adapt to low-nutrient conditions could actually boost their productivity.
This result, which was backed up by observational data, suggests that phytoplankton will take more carbon out of circulation as the oceans warm.
References
- Science Advances 51, eadd2475 (2022). doi: 10.1126/sciadv.add2475
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Collaboration
Date range: 1 February 2022 - 31 January 2023
International vs. domestic collaboration by Share
- 51.46% Domestic (97 institutions)
- 48.54% International (903 institutions)
Hover over the graph to view the percentage of collaboration.
Top 10 domestic collaborators with Institute for Basic Science (IBS) by Share*
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Institute for Basic Science (IBS) and Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)
(35.85)
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Institute for Basic Science (IBS) and Seoul National University (SNU)
(34.29)
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Institute for Basic Science (IBS) and Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST)
(27.31)
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Institute for Basic Science (IBS) and Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU)
(21.37)
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Institute for Basic Science (IBS) and Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)
(20.87)
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Institute for Basic Science (IBS) and Yonsei University
(15.31)
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Institute for Basic Science (IBS) and Korea University
(12.23)
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Institute for Basic Science (IBS) and Pusan National University (PNU)
(10.53)
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Institute for Basic Science (IBS) and Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST)
(6.09)
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Institute for Basic Science (IBS) and Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology (DGIST)
(4.80)
Top 10 international collaborators with Institute for Basic Science (IBS) by Share*
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Institute for Basic Science (IBS) and Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)
(5.98)
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Institute for Basic Science (IBS) and The University of Tokyo (UTokyo)
(5.95)
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Institute for Basic Science (IBS) and Peking University (PKU)
(4.47)
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Institute for Basic Science (IBS) and Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres
(3.78)
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Institute for Basic Science (IBS) and Sun Yat-sen University (SYSU)
(3.63)
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Institute for Basic Science (IBS) and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
(3.60)
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Institute for Basic Science (IBS) and University of Cambridge
(3.29)
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Institute for Basic Science (IBS) and University of Hamburg (UHH)
(3.00)
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Institute for Basic Science (IBS) and Stanford University
(2.88)
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Institute for Basic Science (IBS) and University of Pennsylvania (Penn)
(2.76)
Relationships
Institute for Basic Science (IBS)
- Division of Chemistry, IBS
- Division of Earth Science, IBS
- Division of Interdisciplinary, IBS
- Division of Life Sciences, IBS
- Division of Mathematics, IBS
- Division of Physics, IBS
- National Institute for Mathematical Sciences (NIMS), IBS
Affiliated joint institutions and consortia
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