South Korea: research output 2026
On October 24, 2026, researchers affiliated with institutions in South Korea published 98 research papers, ranking 16th of 152 countries and 1.1% of the world's output that day. 27 records with a South Korea affiliation were added to PubMed.
Papers on Oct 2498
World rank#16
Share of world output1.1%
Last 7 days1,804
Last 30 days10,130
Daily average (30 days)349
Last 30 days
Most active institutions
- Seoul National University · 12 papers
- Government of the Republic of Korea · 9 papers
- Korea University · 7 papers
- Yonsei University · 6 papers
- Pohang University of Science and Technology · 5 papers
Most-cited scientists
- Zhong Lin Wang · Georgia Institute of Technology · 491,006 citations
- Richard M. Ryan · Ewha Womans University · 374,969 citations
- Yury G. Gogotsi · Linköping University · 317,223 citations
- Erkin Mirsaidovich Mirrakhimov · Kyrgyz State Medical Academy · 244,583 citations
- Rodney S. Ruoff · Institute for Basic Science · 233,609 citations
Papers per day
| Date | Papers |
|---|---|
| Sat, Oct 24 | 98 |
| Fri, Oct 23 | 258 |
| Thu, Oct 22 | 317 |
| Wed, Oct 21 | 370 |
| Tue, Oct 20 | 355 |
| Mon, Oct 19 | 308 |
| Sun, Oct 18 | 98 |
| Sat, Oct 17 | 165 |
| Fri, Oct 16 | 321 |
| Thu, Oct 15 | 407 |
| Wed, Oct 14 | 354 |
| Tue, Oct 13 | 391 |
| Mon, Oct 12 | 368 |
| Sun, Oct 11 | 99 |
Counts are papers (articles, reviews, preprints, letters, conference papers and book chapters) with at least one author affiliated with an institution in South Korea, by publication date, from OpenAlex. Recent days keep rising for a week as journals report their papers.
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