University of Seoul 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).
22
researchers on the list
48
rank in South Korea
2,443
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Park, Youngkwon Kwong | Energy | 1,217 / 371,959 | 321 / 371,959 |
| Kim, Joosik | Energy | 1,562 / 371,959 | 1,341 / 371,959 |
| Kim, Hyun-sik | Materials | 3,883 / 330,896 | 1,549 / 330,896 |
| Park, Dowon | Geological & Geomatics Engineering | — | 1,049 / 82,760 |
| Kim, Hyunook Wook | Environmental Sciences | 2,876 / 140,934 | 2,112 / 140,934 |
| Bak, Dongsu | Nuclear & Particle Physics | 2,084 / 164,120 | — |
| Lee, Juhan | Optoelectronics & Photonics | 400 / 140,272 | 1,674 / 140,272 |
| Hwang, Eun-Seong | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | — | 1,701 / 216,826 |
| Jung, Jeil | Applied Physics | 4,004 / 323,282 | 2,340 / 323,282 |
| Son, Joo-hiuk | Optics | 568 / 83,504 | 634 / 83,504 |
| Noh, Jae-dong | Fluids & Plasmas | 1,279 / 58,297 | — |
| Hong, Jinhyun | Logistics & Transportation | — | 581 / 32,287 |
| Kim, S. I. | Materials | — | 4,373 / 330,896 |
| Choi, Jinhee | Toxicology | 834 / 69,049 | 856 / 69,049 |
| Yoo, Jong Suk | Organic Chemistry | — | 2,330 / 188,664 |
| Jho, Eekhoon | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | — | 2,761 / 216,826 |
| Seo, Junghwa | Nanoscience & Nanotechnology | 2,872 / 177,859 | — |
| Valizadeh, Soheil | Energy | — | 7,617 / 371,959 |
| Han, Jiyeon | Organic Chemistry | — | 3,753 / 188,664 |
| Kim, Jung Hyeun | Chemical Engineering | 1,751 / 97,821 | — |
| Jeong, Jaeseong | Toxicology | — | 1,346 / 69,049 |
| Kim, Jung-sik | Materials | 5,765 / 330,896 | — |
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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