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Top Institutions and Economists in South Korea, as of April 2026

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Top institutions, all authors, all publication years

Rank W.Rank Institution Score Authors Author
Shares
1[1]Korea University → Department of Economics, Seoul, South Korea1.273329.74
2[2]Seoul National University → Division of Economics, Seoul, South Korea1.612321.41
3[3]Yonsei University → College of Business and Economics, Seoul, South Korea3.043433.07
4[4]Sogang University → College of Economics, Seoul, South Korea3.852321.90
-[-]Yonsei University → College of Business and Economics → School of Economics, Seoul, South Korea4.153230.24
5[5]Sungkyunkwan University → School of Economics, Seoul, South Korea5.001818
6[6]Chung-Ang University → Economics, Seoul, South Korea6.311010
7[7]Bank of Korea, Seoul, South Korea7.753028.32
8[8]Seoul National University → Business School, Seoul, South Korea10.8343.50
9[11]Inha University → Division of Economics, Incheon, South Korea11.1865.95
10[10]Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) → KAIST Business School, Seoul, South Korea11.6655
11[9]Kyung Hee University → Department of Economics, Seoul, South Korea11.9198.50
12[15]Pusan National University → Department of Economics, Pusan, South Korea12.7543.85
13[13]Korea University → Business School, Seoul, South Korea13.4833
14[14]Korea Development Institute (KDI), Seoul, South Korea13.841614.54
15[12]Hanyang University → College of Economics and Business Administration, Ansan, South Korea13.881414
16[16]Seoul National University → Technology Management, Economics and Policy Program (TEMEP), Seoul, South Korea14.40129.84
17[18]Seoul National University of Science and Technology → Graduate School of Energy and Environment → Department of Energy Policy, Seoul, South Korea14.8922
18[17]Chonnam National University → Department of Economics, Kwangju, South Korea15.0276.50
19[19]Hanyang University → College of Economics and Finance, Seoul, South Korea17.201110.95
-[-]Korea Development Institute (KDI) → School of Public Policy and Management, Seoul, South Korea18.15108.54
-[-]Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) → KAIST Business School → KAIST Graduate School of Management (KGSM), Seoul, South Korea18.3633
20[20]Seoul National University → Graduate School of International Studies, Seoul, South Korea18.5010.99
21[21]Kookmin University → College of Economics and Business, Seoul, South Korea22.4933
22[22]Kangwon National University → Department of International Trade and Business, Chuncheon, South Korea23.4611
23[23]Korea University → Division of International Studies, Seoul, South Korea24.4543.50
24[25]University of Seoul → School of Economics, Seoul, South Korea26.5844
25[24]Kyungpook National University → College of Economics and Business Administration, Daegu, South Korea27.0977
26[27]Chungnam National University → College of Economics and Management, Taejon, South Korea27.3443.10
27[26]Myongji University → Department of Economics, Seoul, South Korea27.9922
28[30]Korea University → Institute of Economic Research, Seoul, South Korea28.0531.35
29[29]Seoul National University → Graduate School of Public Administration, Seoul, South Korea28.4811
30[31]Samsung Economic Research Institute (SERI), Seoul, South Korea28.5032.33

Top institutions, 10 best authors for each, publications last 10 years

Rank W.Rank Institution Score Authors Author
Shares
1[1]Yonsei University → College of Business and Economics, Seoul, South Korea1.083410
2[2]Seoul National University → Division of Economics, Seoul, South Korea2.002310
-[-]Yonsei University → College of Business and Economics → School of Economics, Seoul, South Korea2.093210
3[3]Korea University → Department of Economics, Seoul, South Korea3.293310
4[4]Chung-Ang University → Economics, Seoul, South Korea5.251010
5[5]Pusan National University → Department of Economics, Pusan, South Korea5.4143.85
6[6]Sungkyunkwan University → School of Economics, Seoul, South Korea5.891810
7[7]Sogang University → College of Economics, Seoul, South Korea6.292310
8[8]Bank of Korea, Seoul, South Korea7.763010
9[9]Kyung Hee University → Department of Economics, Seoul, South Korea8.4898.50
10[10]Chonnam National University → Department of Economics, Kwangju, South Korea9.3276.50
11[11]Seoul National University → Business School, Seoul, South Korea13.1643.50
12[12]Korea Development Institute (KDI), Seoul, South Korea13.231610
13[13]Hanyang University → College of Economics and Business Administration, Ansan, South Korea13.541410
14[14]Hanyang University → College of Economics and Finance, Seoul, South Korea14.621110
15[16]Yonsei University → School of Business, Seoul, South Korea15.2533
-[-]Korea Development Institute (KDI) → School of Public Policy and Management, Seoul, South Korea16.19108.54
16[15]Inha University → Division of Economics, Incheon, South Korea16.6565.95
17[19]Seoul National University → Technology Management, Economics and Policy Program (TEMEP), Seoul, South Korea17.41129.84
18[17]Korea University → Business School, Seoul, South Korea17.8233
19[18]Korea University → Department of Food and Resource Economics, Seoul, South Korea18.2676.50
-[-]Yonsei University → School of Business → Department of Economics, Wonju, South Korea18.6122
20[20]Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) → KAIST Business School, Seoul, South Korea18.8755
21[21]Korea University → Division of International Studies, Seoul, South Korea20.9143.50
22[23]Seoul National University of Science and Technology → Graduate School of Energy and Environment → Department of Energy Policy, Seoul, South Korea21.0722
23[22]Seoul National University → Graduate School of International Studies, Seoul, South Korea21.4010.99
24[24]Kookmin University → College of Economics and Business, Seoul, South Korea22.7833
25[25]Sogang University → Graduate School of International Studies, Seoul, South Korea25.5522
26[28]University of Seoul → School of Business, Seoul, South Korea26.1411
27[27]Sejong University → Department of Economics and Trade, Seoul, South Korea26.2511
28[26]Changwon National University → Graduate School of Business, Changwon, South Korea26.6633
29[29]Chungnam National University → College of Economics and Management, Taejon, South Korea27.9343.10
30[30]Hankuk University of Foreign Studies → Department of Economics, Seoul, South Korea29.2043.90

Top authors, all publications years

Rank W.Rank Author Score
1[1]Jong-Wha Lee1.29
2[6]Yongsung Chang4.44
3[3]Soyoung Kim4.57
4[5]In Choi4.95
5[4]Keun Lee6.54
6[11]Yoon-Jae Whang7.61
7[13]Jinill Kim9.60
8[8]Kwanho Shin9.71
9[12]Myoung-jae Lee10.18
10[7]Ning Zhang10.86
11[10]Seong-Min Yoon11.31
12[16]Tack Yun11.35
13[2]Chang-Jin Kim11.65
14[17]Syngjoo Choi15.22
15[15]Seung-Hoon Yoo15.42
16[14]Jungmin Lee16.76
17[21]Sun-Bin Kim18.46
18[20]Myung Hwan Seo20.19
19[18]Tae-Hwan Kim20.30
20[19]Youngsub Chun20.32
21[24]Cheolbeom Park22.98
22[23]Young Hoon Lee24.58
23[22]Myeong-Su Yun24.73
24[30]Jaewon Choi24.77
25[32]Jin Seo Cho25.71
26[27]Kyung Hwan Baik26.86
27[25]Sang-Ho Lee27.46
28[33]Jeong-Yoo Kim28.62
29[39]Jang-Ok Cho28.70
30[28]JaeBin Ahn28.80
31[29]Sangyup Choi28.86
32[34]Woojin Kim31.06
33[42]Byung Sam Yoo31.28
34[31]Sunghyun Henry Kim31.95
35[38]Chirok Han32.19
36[37]Woochan Kim33.04
37[35]Jinyoung Kim33.68
38[36]Byung-Yeon Kim34.65
39[41]Hyun-Hoon Lee37.30
40[82]Woojin Lee37.35
41[43]Sang-Seung Yi37.73
42[40]Shu-Chin Lin38.26
43[44]Jeong-Dong Lee40.80
44[46]Jay H. Hong41.79
45[45]Dukpa Kim43.29
46[48]Chulhee Lee44.46
47[51]Sewon Hur47.15
48[49]Hyunbae Chun47.20
49[47]Sung Y. Park47.37
50[50]Soosung Hwang47.45
51[52]Chul-In Lee49.79
52[53]Woong Yong Park49.96
53[60]Jae Won Lee53.23
54[54]Songman Kang53.57
55[64]Dong-hyun Oh54.08
56[61]Seojeong Jay Lee54.21
57[56]Minseong Kim54.93
58[57]Hyeok Jeong56.31
59[55]Jai S. Mah57.18
60[59]Yun Jung Kim57.84
61[62]Biung-Ghi Ju59.00
62[58]Yoonsoo Lee63.25
63[69]Dong Beom Choi63.36
64[65]Heejoon Han63.99
65[67]Illoong Kwon64.77
66[66]Chang-Yang Lee65.65
67[68]Jung Hur66.40
68[71]Dooyeon Cho66.48
69[70]Changkyu Choi69.31
70[72]Sung-Ha Hwang69.69
71[75]Yunjong Eo70.29
72[73]Hahn Shik Lee72.99
73[76]Kiho Yoon73.27
74[78]Ju Hyun Pyun74.65
75[77]Soohyung Lee75.15
76[79]Taehyun Ahn77.12
77[81]Keun-Yeob Oh77.68
78[80]Jaerim Choi79.14
79[84]Jong-Hee Hahn79.31
80[89]Eunseong Ma79.93
81[87]In-Moo Kim81.91
82[83]Hyeon-seung Huh82.66
83[86]Dong Heon Kim82.86
84[88]Changhui Kang84.86
85[91]Sanghack Lee85.15
86[90]Sangmin Aum85.79
87[63]Seonghoon Cho86.21
88[94]Chang Sik Kim87.43
89[93]Euna Han87.77
90[92]Jihee Kim87.80
91[107]Jungsuk Han91.17
92[97]Innwon Park91.66
93[96]Jinkwon Lee92.25
94[98]Jinwoo Kim92.73
95[101]Peter J. Stauvermann93.79
96[102]Myungkyu Shim94.07
97[103]Seoungpil Ahn94.62
98[95]Dirk Bethmann94.79
99[100]Hee-Seung Yang95.32
100[104]Youjin Hahn96.37
101[99]Yeonbae Kim97.14
102[113]Sungjin Cho102.69
103[106]Sang-Hyun Kim102.83
104[105]Joonkyung Ha103.27
105[112]Beum Jo Park103.63
106[109]Jungsoo Park104.88
107[111]Noh-Sun Kwark105.41
108[116]Young-Han Kim105.67
109[110]Javier López Prol (Javier Lopez Prol)105.81
110[108]Chung Choe107.68
111[114]Taeyoon Sung108.34
112[125]Sok Chul Hong108.70
113[123]Hyun Hak Kim109.63
114[118]Wonjoon Kim109.72
115[117]Sangwon Suh110.38

Top authors, publications last 10 years

Rank W.Rank Author Score
1[2]Seong-Min Yoon2.35
2[3]Ning Zhang3.01
3[5]Sangyup Choi3.31
4[4]Keun Lee3.89
5[7]Jaewon Choi5.04
6[6]Sang-Ho Lee7.69
7[8]Soyoung Kim10.13
8[11]Sewon Hur10.56
9[9]Syngjoo Choi10.74
10[19]Yongsung Chang13.69
11[10]Kwanho Shin14.52
12[18]Seojeong Jay Lee14.60
13[14]Sangmin Aum14.97
14[16]Jaerim Choi16.84
15[20]Woong Yong Park16.94
16[15]Javier López Prol (Javier Lopez Prol)17.66
17[13]Jong-Wha Lee18.51
18[23]Myung Hwan Seo18.93
19[21]Shu-Chin Lin19.46
20[17]Seung-Hoon Yoo20.23
21[22]Jungmin Lee22.14
22[28]Eunseong Ma22.28
23[27]Dooyeon Cho24.14
24[26]Sung Y. Park24.27
25[24]Myoung-jae Lee24.41
26[29]JaeBin Ahn25.93
27[31]Jin Seo Cho28.06
28[44]Jungsuk Han29.74
29[25]Jeong-Yoo Kim30.92
30[36]Yunjong Eo31.32
31[35]Duk Gyoo Kim34.39
32[32]Jeong-Dong Lee34.58
33[33]Myungkyu Shim34.59
34[37]Jongkwan Lee35.80
35[34]Ju Hyun Pyun36.59
36[39]Hyun Joong Im36.59
37[38]Jisang Yu36.95
38[42]Dong Beom Choi40.62
39[41]Tae-Young Pak41.22
40[50]Donghoon Yoo41.43
41[46]Jinill Kim41.52
42[45]Hanbyul Ryu41.56
43[40]Peter J. Stauvermann42.13
44[49]Seongeun Kim42.75
45[54]Inhwan So46.55
46[51]Kwangyong Park46.95
47[48]Hyundo Choi47.26
48[47]Hee-Seung Yang48.12
49[52]Youngsub Chun48.38
50[57]Jae Won Lee49.01
51[55]Youjin Hahn50.98
52[53]Bogang Jun51.51
53[68]Sungjin Cho52.87
54[56]Yoon-Jae Whang53.53
55[30]Jongsub Lee54.25
56[60]Hyun Hak Kim54.95
57[61]Hyuncheol Bryant Kim55.30
58[67]Chul-Hi Park55.34
59[82]JungJae Park56.10
60[69]Kyungsik Nam56.44
61[58]Chung Choe57.36
62[65]Cheolbeom Park60.62
63[62]Muzaffar Olimjonovich Ahunov60.73
64[75]Seung Hoon Lee61.76
65[71]Sun-Bin Kim62.15
66[63]Myunghyun Kim63.04
67[59]Sang-Hyun Kim63.56
68[64]Hyun-Hoon Lee64.12
69[66]Sangwon Suh64.76
70[81]Yongok Choi65.43
71[70]Taehyun Ahn66.94
72[79]Jihee Kim67.65
73[78]In Do Hwang67.89
74[72]Hyunduk Suh69.70
75[73]Taehoon Kim69.92
76[1]Arshian Sharif71.15
77[74]Youjin Hahn72.67
78[89]Chulwoo Baek73.69
79[87]Jun Hyung Kim74.08
80[77]Byung-Yeon Kim74.52
81[80]Martin Hemmert74.85
82[88]Keun-Yeob Oh75.82
83[76]Jung Hur76.15
84[86]Euna Han76.80
85[83]Jiseob Kim76.86
86[90]Jinwon Kim77.60
87[92]Bongseok Choi77.97
88[85]Siha Lee78.29
89[84]In Choi79.04
90[96]Daeha Cho79.92
91[91]Kyung Hwan Baik80.55
92[99]Jaevin Park85.05
93[108]David Sungho Park85.58
94[103]Dong-Eun Rhee86.80
95[107]Hyunhong Choi86.83
96[98]Yun Jung Kim86.97
97[95]Yoonseok Choi87.16
98[94]Hyunbae Chun87.77
99[102]Chirok Han87.80
100[104]Jinyoung Kim88.67
101[93]Dong Hee Suh90.58
102[101]Sunghyun Henry Kim91.56
103[106]Seohyun Lee92.61
104[111]Heejoon Han92.66
105[109]Yeong Jae Kim92.87
106[100]Sung-Ha Hwang92.92
107[105]SeEun Jung93.24
108[43]Do Won Kwak94.45
109[110]Dongyeol Lee96.25
110[119]Albert Lee96.47
111[112]Seunghoon Na96.87
112[113]Jaehan Cho98.02
113[115]Heeho Kim98.85
114[116]Songman Kang100.09
115[118]Chang-Yang Lee102.56
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