UNIST Once Again Proves the Highest Quality of Research Papers in Korea!

2024 Netherlands Leiden Ranking: No. 1 in Korea for 8 Consecutive Years in Top 10% Paper Ratio

Global Ranking Rises to 150th, Top 10% Papers Account for 13.1% of Total Publications

UNIST has maintained its position as the top university in Korea for eight consecutive years in the Netherlands-based Leiden Ranking, which evaluates the quality of research papers.

UNIST Media Tower.

By increasing the proportion of papers in the top 10% compared to the previous year, UNIST has also improved its global ranking, once again proving the strength of its research quality on the world stage.

Leiden University in the Netherlands announced the 2024 Leiden Ranking (CWTS Leiden Ranking) on the 3rd local time. UNIST ranked 150th globally and 1st in Korea, with 13.1% of its papers in the top 10% most cited.

Since first entering the ranking in 2017, UNIST has held the top spot in Korea for eight years. This year, the university also succeeded in reversing its declining global ranking, rising 28 places from 178th last year to 150th this year.

UNIST also excelled in subject-specific rankings. Out of a total of five detailed academic fields, it ranked first in Korea in two: Life and Earth Science, and Physical Science and Engineering. In the Physical Science and Engineering field, it also achieved a high global ranking of 85th.

The Leiden Ranking evaluates the proportion of top-tier papers based on the total number of papers published and the number of papers in the top 10% by citations for each university. This year, 1,506 universities were included in the evaluation. The ranking assessed the qualitative excellence of papers published from 2019 to 2022, and adjusted for contribution rates in co-authored papers (Fractional Counting) to closely examine each university's contribution.

In this year's evaluation, Princeton University in the United States ranked first, followed by MIT, Harvard University, Stanford University, and California Institute of Technology in the top five.

Among Korean universities, following the first-place UNIST were Sejong University, POSTECH, KAIST, and Yeungnam University in the top five. Rounding out the top ten were Kwangwoon University, Hanyang University, DGIST, Yonsei University, and UST in sixth to tenth places, respectively.

Leiden Ranking Current Status of Domestic University Rankings. [Image source=Leiden Ranking homepage]

President Lee Yonghoon stated, "Our strong performance in the Leiden Ranking proves that we are consistently producing outstanding research recognized worldwide," adding, "I look forward to UNIST's continued growth as a world-class research-oriented university that draws global attention for its research."

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