Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral ResourcesGovernment

South Korea

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Foundation: 1918

Mission: KIGAM's Geo-research on Land & Ocean, Geo-exploration on Deep Subsurface Resources and Utilization, New Geo-technology on Geo-hazards & Global Climate Change "Leading Innovative Geo-Science and Technology solutions to create a Sustainable Earth"

Vision: Leading innovative solution of geo-technology to sustainable Earth As the only research institute for geological resources in Korea, our mission is to create a brighter future for the Korean peninsula and for the entire world.

History: english.kigam.re.kr

50th
Overall percentile
74th
Research percentile
29th
Innovation percentile
55th
Societal percentile

Evolution of the institution

The following data gives a quick reading on the scientific performance in the last years. The research ranking refers to the volume, impact and quality of the institution's research output. The innovation ranking is calculated on the number of patent applications of the institution and the citations that its research output receives from patents. Finally, the societal ranking is based on the number of pages of the institution's website and the number of backlinks and mentions from social networks.

Compared to its context

The result of the evaluation of the institution can be compared to obtain a view of the country, the region to which it belongs and the institutions of the world, placing it in their respective positions.

Compared to All sectors (percentiles)
Compared to Government sector (percentiles)

Ranks by Subject areas/categories

We have divided the scientific output of the institution into 19 large areas of knowledge and the following table shows only the ranks in different territorial domains achieved by the institution in each of the areas. For an institution to have a presence in an area, it is necessary that it exceed in the last year a minimum output threshold equivalent to twice the percentage that this area represents in the world. If you need scientific indicators on these areas visit Scopus and/or SciVal.

 
AreaWorldAsiatic RegionOECDSouth Korea
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 3437th1053rd2040th87th
Chemistry 2302nd713th1529th81st
Earth and Planetary Sciences +1783rd538th1112th25th
Energy 1126th411th648th37th
Engineering +2259th723rd1405th72nd
Environmental Science 1914th687th1122nd50th
Physics and Astronomy 2742nd898th1655th81st
Social Sciences +1366th261st984th16th

Publishing profile

These are the journals used by the institution's researchers to publish their work in the last year. The size of each circle represents the value of the SJR of the publication, and its spatial position represents its subject matter.

This visualizatión allows you to identify the knowledge areas where the institution has published, recognize the prestige of the scientific journals in which the institution knowledge has been published, and identify predominant scientific communities.

Where is the institution located?

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