Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)

한국과학기술원

South Korea
Time frame: 1 August 2024 - 31 July 2025

Profile

The Nature Index tracks primary research articles from 145 natural-science and health-science journals, chosen based on reputation by an independent group of researchers. The Nature Index provides absolute Count of primary research articles and fractional Share counts of author contribution to articles. The positions in the table below reflect Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)'s position overall, domestically, within their sector, and in various subject areas based on their Share. Each position links to the corresponding table where Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) is listed.

Position by research output Share

Global South Korea
Overall 78 2
Academic 72 2

Position by research output Share in subject areas

Global South Korea
Biological sciences 180 2
Chemistry 63 2
Earth & environmental sciences 529 10
Health sciences 374 9
Physical sciences 37 1

Research

Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) has the following research output in the current window (1 August 2024 - 31 July 2025) of the Nature Index. Click on Count to view a list of articles representing the corresponding Share value.

Overall research output

Count Share
Overall 504 218.60

Overall Count and Share for 'Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)' based on the 12-month time frame mentioned above.

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Research outputs by subject area

Subject Count Share
Biological sciences 88 27.94
Chemistry 216 99.35
Earth & environmental sciences 15 3.47
Health sciences 30 5.76
Physical sciences 335 153.68

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.

Note: Hover over the donut graph to view the Share for each subject.

Leading research topics

In the Current Index (12-month rolling window), Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) published the most articles in these research topics. Learn more about Nature Research Intelligence Topics.

Topics Count Share
Physical Chemistry 50 23.33
Physical Chemistry 50 23.33
Macromolecular and Materials Chemistry 43 18.96
Macromolecular and Materials Chemistry 43 18.96
Electronics, Sensors and Digital Hardware 30 17.52
Electronics, Sensors and Digital Hardware 30 17.52
Biomedical Engineering 30 15.65
Biomedical Engineering 30 15.65
Particle and High Energy Physics 40 12.73
Particle and High Energy Physics 40 12.73

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Share output for the past 5 years

Subject area or journal group 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Overall 188 186 172 168 200
Biological sciences 27 30 20 22 22
Chemistry 87 69 82 85 93
Earth & environmental sciences 2 2 2 4 4
Health sciences 0 0 6 4 6
Physical sciences 108 108 107 111 142
Natural sciences 0 0 171 167 198
Nature & Science 3 2 3 2 3

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Collaboration

Nature Index collaborations highlight fruitful collaborations that lead to high quality research around the world. A collaboration can be between any two institutions or locations co-authoring at least one article in the journals tracked by the Nature Index. The collaboration score between two institutions is the sum of each of their Shares on the papers to which both have contributed. The table and charts below highlight the leading collaborators with Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST).

International vs domestic collaboration by Share

Type Percentage
International (608 institutions) 42.0%
Domestic (129 institutions) 58.0%

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Top 5 domestic collaborators with Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) by Share

Collaborating institutions

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Collaborating Institution Collaborators' Share Collaboration Score
Institute for Basic Science (IBS) 21.95 / 23.88 45.83
Seoul National University (SNU) 19.49 / 24.94 44.43
Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH) 11.48 / 11.64 23.13
Korea University 11.88 / 7.32 19.20
Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU) 10.87 / 7.09 17.96
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Top 5 international collaborators with Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) by Share

Collaborating institutions

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Collaborating Institution Collaborators' Share Total Share
Northwestern University (NU) 3.97 / 2.00 5.97
University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley) 3.58 / 2.10 5.68
Harvard University 2.83 / 2.38 5.21
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) 3.08 / 2.09 5.17
The University of Chicago (UChicago) 2.56 / 2.48 5.04
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Relationships

Affiliated institutions

The following affiliated institutions are wholly owned, operated, administered or contains research facilities for Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST). All affiliations for an affiliated institution are credited to the institution to which it is affiliated. Each of the affiliated institutions listed below has its own research profile.

Affiliated joint institutions and consortia

Represents joint institutions and consortia for which the institution is designated as a partner institution. Each partner institution of a joint institution or consortium receives an equivalent Share for every affiliation in which the consortium is included.