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Top Institutions and Economists in South Korea, as of May 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 Korea1.323329.74
2[2]Seoul National University → Division of Economics, Seoul, South Korea1.652321.41
3[3]Yonsei University → College of Business and Economics, Seoul, South Korea2.973332.07
4[4]Sogang University → College of Economics, Seoul, South Korea3.762321.90
-[-]Yonsei University → College of Business and Economics → School of Economics, Seoul, South Korea4.123129.24
5[5]Sungkyunkwan University → School of Economics, Seoul, South Korea5.031818
6[6]Chung-Ang University → Economics, Seoul, South Korea6.351010
7[7]Bank of Korea, Seoul, South Korea7.853129.32
8[10]Inha University → Division of Economics, Incheon, South Korea11.1665.95
9[8]Seoul National University → Business School, Seoul, South Korea11.1943.50
10[11]Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) → KAIST Business School, Seoul, South Korea11.6755
11[9]Kyung Hee University → Department of Economics, Seoul, South Korea11.9098.50
12[12]Pusan National University → Department of Economics, Pusan, South Korea12.7543.85
13[15]Korea University → Business School, Seoul, South Korea13.1833
14[14]Korea Development Institute (KDI), Seoul, South Korea13.421614.54
15[13]Hanyang University → College of Economics and Business Administration, Ansan, South Korea13.521414
16[16]Chonnam National University → Department of Economics, Kwangju, South Korea13.9376.50
17[17]Seoul National University → Technology Management, Economics and Policy Program (TEMEP), Seoul, South Korea14.06129.84
18[18]Seoul National University of Science and Technology → Graduate School of Energy and Environment → Department of Energy Policy, Seoul, South Korea14.8422
19[19]Hanyang University → College of Economics and Finance, Seoul, South Korea16.871110.95
-[-]Korea Development Institute (KDI) → School of Public Policy and Management, Seoul, South Korea17.44108.54
20[20]Seoul National University → Graduate School of International Studies, Seoul, South Korea17.6110.99
-[-]Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) → KAIST Business School → KAIST Graduate School of Management (KGSM), Seoul, South Korea18.5133
21[21]Kookmin University → College of Economics and Business, Seoul, South Korea21.3744
22[23]Korea University → Division of International Studies, Seoul, South Korea23.7643.50
23[22]Kangwon National University → Department of International Trade and Business, Chuncheon, South Korea23.8511
24[24]Chungnam National University → College of Economics and Management, Taejon, South Korea26.4354.10
25[28]Samsung Economic Research Institute (SERI), Seoul, South Korea26.5532.33
26[26]University of Seoul → School of Economics, Seoul, South Korea26.5644
27[25]Kyungpook National University → College of Economics and Business Administration, Daegu, South Korea27.1177
28[27]Myongji University → Department of Economics, Seoul, South Korea27.1322
29[30]Korea University → Institute of Economic Research, Seoul, South Korea27.4831.35
30[29]Seoul National University → Graduate School of Public Administration, Seoul, South Korea27.9311

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 Korea1.123310
2[2]Seoul National University → Division of Economics, Seoul, South Korea22310
-[-]Yonsei University → College of Business and Economics → School of Economics, Seoul, South Korea2.163110
3[3]Korea University → Department of Economics, Seoul, South Korea3.243310
4[5]Chung-Ang University → Economics, Seoul, South Korea5.551010
5[6]Sungkyunkwan University → School of Economics, Seoul, South Korea5.801810
6[4]Pusan National University → Department of Economics, Pusan, South Korea5.9343.85
7[7]Sogang University → College of Economics, Seoul, South Korea6.242310
8[8]Bank of Korea, Seoul, South Korea7.693110
9[9]Kyung Hee University → Department of Economics, Seoul, South Korea8.4998.50
10[10]Chonnam National University → Department of Economics, Kwangju, South Korea8.6476.50
11[11]Seoul National University → Business School, Seoul, South Korea12.6043.50
12[12]Korea Development Institute (KDI), Seoul, South Korea13.191610
13[14]Hanyang University → College of Economics and Business Administration, Ansan, South Korea13.671410
14[13]Hanyang University → College of Economics and Finance, Seoul, South Korea14.491110
15[16]Yonsei University → School of Business, Seoul, South Korea15.1633
-[-]Korea Development Institute (KDI) → School of Public Policy and Management, Seoul, South Korea16.14108.54
16[15]Inha University → Division of Economics, Incheon, South Korea16.3065.95
17[20]Seoul National University → Technology Management, Economics and Policy Program (TEMEP), Seoul, South Korea16.89129.84
18[17]Korea University → Business School, Seoul, South Korea17.3833
19[19]Korea University → Department of Food and Resource Economics, Seoul, South Korea17.8876.50
-[-]Yonsei University → School of Business → Department of Economics, Wonju, South Korea18.6422
20[18]Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) → KAIST Business School, Seoul, South Korea18.8055
21[21]Seoul National University → Graduate School of International Studies, Seoul, South Korea20.0010.99
22[22]Korea University → Division of International Studies, Seoul, South Korea20.1843.50
23[23]Kookmin University → College of Economics and Business, Seoul, South Korea20.6444
24[24]Seoul National University of Science and Technology → Graduate School of Energy and Environment → Department of Energy Policy, Seoul, South Korea21.0022
25[26]Changwon National University → Graduate School of Business, Changwon, South Korea25.4633
26[29]University of Seoul → School of Business, Seoul, South Korea25.5211
27[25]Sogang University → Graduate School of International Studies, Seoul, South Korea25.6222
28[28]Chungnam National University → College of Economics and Management, Taejon, South Korea25.7654.10
29[27]Sejong University → Department of Economics and Trade, Seoul, South Korea26.0311
30[30]Hankuk University of Foreign Studies → Department of Economics, Seoul, South Korea28.5143.90

Top authors, all publications years

Rank W.Rank Author Score
1[1]Jong-Wha Lee1.40
2[4]Soyoung Kim4.47
3[5]In Choi5.33
4[8]Yongsung Chang5.49
5[3]Keun Lee6.92
6[12]Yoon-Jae Whang7.83
7[11]Kwanho Shin9.31
8[14]Jinill Kim9.60
9[10]Myoung-jae Lee10.35
10[7]Ning Zhang11.22
11[2]Chang-Jin Kim11.55
12[9]Seong-Min Yoon11.80
13[16]Tack Yun12.02
14[18]Syngjoo Choi14.36
15[15]Seung-Hoon Yoo14.99
16[17]Jungmin Lee16.75
17[23]Sun-Bin Kim16.75
18[20]Tae-Hwan Kim19.09
19[27]Myung Hwan Seo19.96
20[22]Cheolbeom Park20.24
21[25]Youngsub Chun21.32
22[29]Jin Seo Cho22.54
23[32]Jaewon Choi22.74
24[26]Young Hoon Lee22.74
25[13]Jeong-Yoo Kim23.19
26[21]Sangyup Choi23.90
27[19]Sang-Ho Lee24.67
28[28]Myeong-Su Yun24.75
29[31]JaeBin Ahn26.40
30[30]Kyung Hwan Baik27.35
31[34]Byung Sam Yoo27.98
32[40]Jang-Ok Cho28.72
33[36]Woojin Kim29.77
34[35]Sunghyun Henry Kim30.03
35[37]Chirok Han30.37
36[33]Byung-Yeon Kim31.83
37[82]Woojin Lee32.51
38[41]Woochan Kim32.76
39[42]Jinyoung Kim34.03
40[44]Sang-Seung Yi34.49
41[45]Chulhee Lee35.14
42[43]Hyun-Hoon Lee35.63
43[39]Shu-Chin Lin36.00
44[38]Jeong-Dong Lee36.93
45[46]Dukpa Kim39.32
46[47]Jay H. Hong39.73
47[48]Hyunbae Chun43.11
48[50]Sewon Hur43.17
49[53]Dong-hyun Oh45.60
50[49]Sung Y. Park45.60
51[56]Jae Won Lee46.05
52[51]Soosung Hwang46.94
53[55]Woong Yong Park48.29
54[52]Jai S. Mah48.43
55[57]Songman Kang48.96
56[54]Chul-In Lee48.98
57[58]Minseong Kim50.61
58[59]Hyeok Jeong51.91
59[65]Seojeong Jay Lee53.97
60[62]Biung-Ghi Ju55.17
61[61]Heejoon Han55.51
62[63]Yun Jung Kim56.22
63[60]Yoonsoo Lee58.44
64[71]Dooyeon Cho58.97
65[64]Jung Hur59.05
66[70]Illoong Kwon60.05
67[68]Changkyu Choi60.54
68[72]Dong Beom Choi61.89
69[67]Chang-Yang Lee62.41
70[74]Jaerim Choi62.64
71[73]Hahn Shik Lee66.32
72[77]Yunjong Eo68.01
73[84]Eunseong Ma68.03
74[78]Soohyung Lee68.12
75[81]Kiho Yoon68.61
76[75]Sung-Ha Hwang68.85
77[79]Ju Hyun Pyun69.76
78[76]Peter J. Stauvermann70.62
79[88]Jong-Hee Hahn73.86
80[83]Keun-Yeob Oh74.10
81[99]Jungsuk Han74.71
82[87]In-Moo Kim75.12
83[85]Hyeon-seung Huh75.22
84[86]Taehyun Ahn76.77
85[89]Dong Heon Kim79.06
86[94]Innwon Park80.30
87[90]Changhui Kang81.78
88[97]Myungkyu Shim82.23
89[92]Sanghack Lee82.63
90[93]Chang Sik Kim83.00
91[95]Sangmin Aum83.13
92[91]Jihee Kim83.75
93[107]Duk Gyoo Kim84.04
94[66]Seonghoon Cho84.21
95[101]Jörn Altmann (Jorn Altmann)84.29
96[105]Sungjin Cho85.49
97[98]Dirk Bethmann86.38
98[100]Jinwoo Kim87.05
99[96]Euna Han87.18
100[106]Young-Han Kim89.10
101[102]Beum Jo Park90.37
102[109]Hee-Seung Yang90.51
103[104]Jinkwon Lee90.98
104[103]Yeonbae Kim92.51
105[110]Seoungpil Ahn94.13
106[119]Gouranga Gopal Das95.82
107[113]Sang-Hyun Kim95.96
108[112]Sangwon Suh96.61
109[108]Joonkyung Ha96.76
110[117]Javier López Prol (Javier Lopez Prol)97.81
111[116]Chung Choe100.51
112[115]Noh-Sun Kwark100.51
113[118]Jungsoo Park101.59
114[114]Taeyoon Sung101.66
115[121]Wonjoon Kim102.24

Top authors, publications last 10 years

Rank W.Rank Author Score
1[2]Seong-Min Yoon3.06
2[3]Ning Zhang3.24
3[5]Sangyup Choi3.48
4[4]Keun Lee4.15
5[8]Jaewon Choi5.90
6[6]Sang-Ho Lee7.67
7[9]Soyoung Kim10.53
8[11]Syngjoo Choi11.02
9[15]Sewon Hur11.07
10[20]Yongsung Chang12.94
11[12]Kwanho Shin14.20
12[23]Seojeong Jay Lee14.67
13[19]Sangmin Aum15.43
14[22]Jaerim Choi16.05
15[25]Woong Yong Park16.15
16[14]Jong-Wha Lee17.31
17[27]Myung Hwan Seo18.44
18[17]Javier López Prol (Javier Lopez Prol)18.59
19[24]Shu-Chin Lin19.51
20[28]Eunseong Ma19.57
21[13]Seung-Hoon Yoo19.77
22[30]JaeBin Ahn20.95
23[16]Myoung-jae Lee21.42
24[21]Jungmin Lee21.46
25[29]Dooyeon Cho23.24
26[18]Jin Seo Cho23.44
27[31]Sung Y. Park24.10
28[7]Jeong-Yoo Kim24.59
29[37]Jungsuk Han26.99
30[33]Duk Gyoo Kim28.89
31[38]Yunjong Eo30.28
32[34]Myungkyu Shim30.68
33[26]Peter J. Stauvermann33.26
34[35]Jeong-Dong Lee33.56
35[39]Hyun Joong Im34.70
36[41]Jongkwan Lee35.12
37[40]Jisang Yu35.22
38[36]Ju Hyun Pyun35.39
39[42]Tae-Young Pak38.28
40[49]Dong Beom Choi38.42
41[46]Jinill Kim38.43
42[50]Donghoon Yoo38.80
43[56]Sungjin Cho39.93
44[48]Hanbyul Ryu40.24
45[45]Inhwan So40.28
46[51]Jae Won Lee41.14
47[53]Seongeun Kim41.28
48[43]Hee-Seung Yang43.37
49[47]Hyundo Choi46.31
50[57]Kwangyong Park46.54
51[59]Yoon-Jae Whang47.68
52[55]Youngsub Chun48.17
53[64]Kyungsik Nam48.54
54[32]Jongsub Lee49.21
55[60]Bogang Jun49.50
56[84]JungJae Park50.21
57[72]Hyuncheol Bryant Kim51.93
58[70]Chul-Hi Park52.10
59[69]Jihee Kim52.28
60[63]Myunghyun Kim53.53
61[67]Hyun Hak Kim53.67
62[62]Chung Choe54.03
63[52]Muzaffar Olimjonovich Ahunov54.83
64[73]Sun-Bin Kim54.86
65[79]Seung Hoon Lee55.17
66[61]Sang-Hyun Kim56.79
67[54]Sangwon Suh57.62
68[58]Taehoon Kim58.02
69[66]Hyun-Hoon Lee59.66
70[74]Cheolbeom Park59.87
71[75]In Do Hwang60.78
72[88]Jun Hyung Kim61.57
73[87]Yongok Choi61.68
74[71]Hyunduk Suh61.97
75[1]Arshian Sharif62.40
76[65]Hyunbae Chun63.60
77[77]Taehyun Ahn65.20
78[68]Jung Hur65.71
79[76]Jiseob Kim66.63
80[82]Youjin Hahn67.65
81[89]Keun-Yeob Oh67.82
82[92]Daeha Cho68.72
83[83]Hyunjoon Lim69.30
84[99]Seunghoon Na69.47
85[90]Bongseok Choi70.16
86[95]Chulwoo Baek70.29
87[78]Martin Hemmert70.55
88[85]In Choi71.89
89[86]Byung-Yeon Kim72.22
90[91]Siha Lee72.93
91[81]Dong Hee Suh73.22
92[97]Euna Han73.60
93[96]Jinwon Kim74.76
94[93]Kyung Hwan Baik76.27
95[98]Yun Jung Kim78.58
96[110]Hyunhong Choi79.61
97[111]David Sungho Park79.96
98[94]Yoonseok Choi80.77
99[101]Jaevin Park82.28
100[105]Dong-Eun Rhee82.70
101[106]Heejoon Han83.33
102[103]Jinyoung Kim84.46
103[109]Yeong Jae Kim85.01
104[102]Sung-Ha Hwang85.74
105[107]Chirok Han86.33
106[121]Albert Lee86.83
107[108]Seohyun Lee87.51
108[44]Do Won Kwak88.38
109[104]Sunghyun Henry Kim89.03
110[113]Dongyeol Lee90.28
111[112]SeEun Jung92.90
112[114]Heeho Kim93.50
113[123]Yoonsoo Lee95.21
114[122]Chang-Yang Lee95.83
115[117]Jaehan Cho96.02
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