SKKU, Ranks 2^nd in the Top 1% Most Cited Articles Among Korean Universities

- National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) released its analysis of the Impact Factor (IF) of the Korean Citation Index (KCI) for the 2008-2018

- The Korean universities of the top 1% of the most cited articles: 1st–Seoul National University, 2nd–SKKU, 3rd–Korea University

SKKU announced that our university ranked second among the Korean universities of the top 1% of the most cited articles according to the analysis of the Impact Factor (IF) of the Korean Citation Index (KCI) for the 2008-2018 released by the NRF.

The NRF reviewed approximately 150,000 of the top 1% most cited articles among SCI-grade journals that were published in the past 11 years. The results demonstrate Korea ranked fifteen of the top 1% of the global most cited articles.

SKKU presented its excellence in research by holding 557 the top 1% of most cited articles in total and being ranked second. In details, SKKU holds 103 of the top 0.1%, 24 of the top 0.01% of the most cited articles.

Administrator of SKKU said “Our university has heavily invested and long supported in convergence research to create future value. In order to lead the 4^th Industrial Revolution period, we will train excellent research personnel and create world-class research results.”

                                                                                                                                                                                   [Reference = National Research Foundation of Korea]

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