University of Science and Technology (UST) in the Stanford/Elsevier 2026 list
The Stanford/Elsevier list covers the top 2% most-cited scientists in each subfield. These are the people from this institution on at least one of its two rankings: career-long and single-year (citations from 2025).
13
researchers on the list
62
rank in South Korea
3,749
rank worldwide, of 38,384
Ranks by number of people on the list; we calculate them from the same data.
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| Name | Subfield | Career | Single-year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ryu, Choongmin | Plant Biology & Botany | 533 / 204,373 | 357 / 204,373 |
| Jung, Kyung-won | Biotechnology | 970 / 69,700 | 284 / 69,700 |
| Lee, Woong Hee | Nanoscience & Nanotechnology | — | 3,874 / 177,859 |
| Kim, Taewoo | Applied Physics | 3,321 / 323,282 | 3,315 / 323,282 |
| Jung, Changhwa | Nutrition & Dietetics | — | 843 / 59,506 |
| Jang, Heedong | Chemical Engineering | 786 / 97,821 | — |
| Kim, Jin-hyuk | Mechanical Engineering & Transports | 2,556 / 157,792 | 1,872 / 157,792 |
| Lee, Jongho | Energy | 4,258 / 371,959 | 6,183 / 371,959 |
| Yoon, Hong Yeol | Pharmacology & Pharmacy | — | 1,491 / 166,116 |
| Kim, Changsoo | Energy | — | 6,437 / 371,959 |
| Park, Jin Kyun | Strategic, Defence & Security Studies | 326 / 32,161 | 478 / 32,161 |
| Kim, Hee-sik | Biotechnology | 1,326 / 69,700 | 1,159 / 69,700 |
| Jeong, Jinki | Mining & Metallurgy | 635 / 37,230 | — |
Source: Ioannidis JPA, Elsevier (2026). August 2026 data-update for "Updated science-wide author databases of standardized citation indicators". Mendeley Data, version 9. Licence CC BY-NC 3.0. doi:10.17632/btchxktzyw.9
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