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Top Institutions and Economists in South Korea, as of March 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 Korea1.273228.74
2[2]Seoul National University → Division of Economics, Seoul, South Korea1.592321.41
3[3]Yonsei University → College of Business and Economics, Seoul, South Korea3.173332.07
4[4]Sogang University → College of Economics, Seoul, South Korea3.762321.90
-[-]Yonsei University → College of Business and Economics → School of Economics, Seoul, South Korea4.243129.24
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 Korea7.553129.32
8[8]Seoul National University → Business School, Seoul, South Korea11.0743.50
9[11]Inha University → Division of Economics, Incheon, South Korea11.1165.95
10[10]Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) → KAIST Business School, Seoul, South Korea11.7055
11[9]Kyung Hee University → Department of Economics, Seoul, South Korea11.7498.50
12[15]Pusan National University → Department of Economics, Pusan, South Korea12.5743.85
13[13]Korea University → Business School, Seoul, South Korea13.4833
14[12]Hanyang University → College of Economics and Business Administration, Ansan, South Korea13.921414
15[14]Korea Development Institute (KDI), Seoul, South Korea14.361614.54
16[17]Seoul National University → Technology Management, Economics and Policy Program (TEMEP), Seoul, South Korea14.56129.84
17[16]Chonnam National University → Department of Economics, Kwangju, South Korea14.7276.50
18[18]Seoul National University of Science and Technology → Graduate School of Energy and Environment → Department of Energy Policy, Seoul, South Korea14.7922
19[19]Hanyang University → College of Economics and Finance, Seoul, South Korea16.991110.95
-[-]Korea Development Institute (KDI) → School of Public Policy and Management, Seoul, South Korea18.06108.54
20[20]Seoul National University → Graduate School of International Studies, Seoul, South Korea18.2910.99
-[-]Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) → KAIST Business School → KAIST Graduate School of Management (KGSM), Seoul, South Korea18.3833
21[21]Kookmin University → College of Economics and Business, Seoul, South Korea22.0533
22[22]Korea University → Division of International Studies, Seoul, South Korea24.1043.50
23[23]University of Seoul → School of Economics, Seoul, South Korea25.6944
24[25]Chungnam National University → College of Economics and Management, Taejon, South Korea25.9943.10
25[24]Kyungpook National University → College of Economics and Business Administration, Daegu, South Korea26.1377
26[27]Korea University → Institute of Economic Research, Seoul, South Korea27.3831.35
27[26]Myongji University → Department of Economics, Seoul, South Korea27.4222
28[30]Samsung Economic Research Institute (SERI), Seoul, South Korea28.3232.33
29[29]Seoul National University → Graduate School of Public Administration, Seoul, South Korea28.6111
30[28]Korea University → Department of Food and Resource Economics, Seoul, South Korea29.0176.50

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 Korea1.083310
2[2]Seoul National University → Division of Economics, Seoul, South Korea2.002310
-[-]Yonsei University → College of Business and Economics → School of Economics, Seoul, South Korea2.133110
3[3]Korea University → Department of Economics, Seoul, South Korea3.293210
4[4]Chung-Ang University → Economics, Seoul, South Korea5.151010
5[5]Pusan National University → Department of Economics, Pusan, South Korea5.4543.85
6[6]Sungkyunkwan University → School of Economics, Seoul, South Korea6.251810
7[7]Sogang University → College of Economics, Seoul, South Korea6.362310
8[8]Bank of Korea, Seoul, South Korea7.173110
9[9]Kyung Hee University → Department of Economics, Seoul, South Korea8.3998.50
10[10]Chonnam National University → Department of Economics, Kwangju, South Korea9.2376.50
11[11]Seoul National University → Business School, Seoul, South Korea13.2043.50
12[12]Korea Development Institute (KDI), Seoul, South Korea13.541610
13[13]Hanyang University → College of Economics and Business Administration, Ansan, South Korea13.601410
14[14]Hanyang University → College of Economics and Finance, Seoul, South Korea14.851110
15[15]Yonsei University → School of Business, Seoul, South Korea15.0133
-[-]Korea Development Institute (KDI) → School of Public Policy and Management, Seoul, South Korea16.68108.54
16[16]Inha University → Division of Economics, Incheon, South Korea16.7665.95
17[20]Seoul National University → Technology Management, Economics and Policy Program (TEMEP), Seoul, South Korea17.49129.84
18[17]Korea University → Business School, Seoul, South Korea17.6533
19[18]Korea University → Department of Food and Resource Economics, Seoul, South Korea18.0476.50
20[19]Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) → KAIST Business School, Seoul, South Korea18.5655
-[-]Yonsei University → School of Business → Department of Economics, Wonju, South Korea19.0622
21[21]Korea University → Division of International Studies, Seoul, South Korea20.5243.50
22[23]Seoul National University of Science and Technology → Graduate School of Energy and Environment → Department of Energy Policy, Seoul, South Korea21.1122
23[22]Seoul National University → Graduate School of International Studies, Seoul, South Korea21.3010.99
24[24]Kookmin University → College of Economics and Business, Seoul, South Korea22.2433
25[26]University of Seoul → School of Business, Seoul, South Korea25.6211
26[25]Changwon National University → Graduate School of Business, Changwon, South Korea25.8433
27[27]Sogang University → Graduate School of International Studies, Seoul, South Korea26.0322
28[29]Sejong University → Department of Economics and Trade, Seoul, South Korea26.8511
29[28]Chungnam National University → College of Economics and Management, Taejon, South Korea27.2343.10
-[-]Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) → KAIST Business School → KAIST Graduate School of Management (KGSM), Seoul, South Korea28.7333
30[30]Hankuk University of Foreign Studies → Department of Economics, Seoul, South Korea29.0443.90

Top authors, all publications years

Rank W.Rank Author Score
1[1]Jong-Wha Lee1.33
2[6]Yongsung Chang4.31
3[3]Soyoung Kim4.65
4[5]In Choi4.95
5[4]Keun Lee6.43
6[10]Yoon-Jae Whang7.85
7[8]Kwanho Shin9.72
8[12]Myoung-jae Lee10.08
9[7]Ning Zhang10.13
10[13]Jinill Kim10.37
11[14]Tack Yun11.11
12[2]Chang-Jin Kim11.85
13[11]Seong-Min Yoon11.95
14[15]Syngjoo Choi14.23
15[16]Seung-Hoon Yoo15.51
16[19]Sun-Bin Kim16.99
17[17]Jungmin Lee17.79
18[18]Tae-Hwan Kim20.38
19[21]Youngsub Chun22.16
20[25]Myung Hwan Seo22.96
21[26]Cheolbeom Park23.07
22[20]Myeong-Su Yun23.28
23[29]Jin Seo Cho23.64
24[22]Young Hoon Lee23.79
25[23]Sang-Ho Lee26.31
26[33]Jaewon Choi26.32
27[27]Kyung Hwan Baik26.39
28[31]Jeong-Yoo Kim27.47
29[28]JaeBin Ahn28.71
30[39]Jang-Ok Cho29.07
31[30]Woojin Kim29.13
32[32]Sangyup Choi30.03
33[42]Byung Sam Yoo31.49
34[36]Chirok Han31.68
35[34]Jinyoung Kim32.42
36[38]Woochan Kim33.19
37[37]Sunghyun Henry Kim34.16
38[35]Byung-Yeon Kim34.24
39[78]Woojin Lee34.62
40[43]Sang-Seung Yi35.45
41[40]Shu-Chin Lin37.11
42[44]Jeong-Dong Lee40.04
43[46]Jay H. Hong40.49
44[45]Dukpa Kim41.38
45[49]Chulhee Lee43.58
46[51]Sewon Hur44.77
47[47]Sung Y. Park45.61
48[50]Soosung Hwang46.11
49[48]Hyunbae Chun46.41
50[52]Chul-In Lee48.79
51[53]Woong Yong Park49.45
52[55]Songman Kang54.86
53[64]Dong-hyun Oh54.89
54[58]Yun Jung Kim55.06
55[62]Jae Won Lee55.06
56[54]Jai S. Mah55.08
57[56]Minseong Kim55.12
58[57]Hyeok Jeong55.43
59[63]Biung-Ghi Ju58.53
60[66]Seojeong Jay Lee58.87
61[61]Heejoon Han59.82
62[59]Yoonsoo Lee61.17
63[69]Dong Beom Choi62.73
64[70]Dooyeon Cho64.79
65[72]Jung Hur64.90
66[68]Hahn Shik Lee65.00
67[65]Chang-Yang Lee65.30
68[67]Illoong Kwon65.41
69[71]Changkyu Choi67.63
70[73]Sung-Ha Hwang68.92
71[74]Yunjong Eo69.08
72[77]Ju Hyun Pyun73.57
73[79]Kiho Yoon73.76
74[80]Keun-Yeob Oh74.37
75[76]Soohyung Lee74.52
76[81]Taehyun Ahn78.16
77[82]Hyeon-seung Huh79.42
78[83]Jaerim Choi79.89
79[84]Jihee Kim80.03
80[60]Seonghoon Cho81.66
81[87]Sangmin Aum83.04
82[89]Sanghack Lee83.04
83[86]Euna Han83.63
84[88]Changhui Kang83.99
85[92]Jong-Hee Hahn84.29
86[90]Chang Sik Kim84.37
87[93]In-Moo Kim85.11
88[91]Dong Heon Kim85.53
89[95]Youjin Hahn88.04
90[97]Innwon Park88.55
91[96]Peter J. Stauvermann89.08
92[108]Jungsuk Han89.88
93[94]Dirk Bethmann91.20
94[98]Eunseong Ma93.23
95[101]Myungkyu Shim93.54
96[102]Jinwoo Kim94.24
97[103]Jinkwon Lee95.45
98[99]Hee-Seung Yang95.97
99[106]Seoungpil Ahn98.70
100[100]Yeonbae Kim99.01
101[104]Joonkyung Ha99.35
102[112]Sungjin Cho99.96
103[105]Sang-Hyun Kim100.95
104[109]Jungsoo Park100.97
105[111]Beum Jo Park101.51
106[107]Chung Choe103.73
107[116]Young-Han Kim104.20
108[110]Taeyoon Sung104.64
109[117]Javier López Prol (Javier Lopez Prol)105.46
110[113]Noh-Sun Kwark105.79
111[119]Hyun Hak Kim105.82
112[115]Sangwon Suh106.04
113[122]Sok Chul Hong106.50
114[125]Martin Hemmert109.74
115[121]Wonjoon Kim110.78

Top authors, publications last 10 years

Rank W.Rank Author Score
1[2]Seong-Min Yoon2.45
2[3]Ning Zhang3.00
3[5]Sangyup Choi3.39
4[4]Keun Lee3.80
5[7]Jaewon Choi5.03
6[6]Sang-Ho Lee7.55
7[11]Sewon Hur10.21
8[8]Soyoung Kim10.48
9[9]Syngjoo Choi10.57
10[18]Yongsung Chang13.45
11[10]Kwanho Shin14.28
12[14]Sangmin Aum14.38
13[19]Woong Yong Park15.75
14[20]Seojeong Jay Lee15.96
15[16]Jaerim Choi16.93
16[17]Javier López Prol (Javier Lopez Prol)17.81
17[13]Jong-Wha Lee18.11
18[21]Shu-Chin Lin19.66
19[24]Myung Hwan Seo20.25
20[15]Seung-Hoon Yoo20.85
21[23]Jungmin Lee23.30
22[26]Sung Y. Park23.33
23[27]Dooyeon Cho23.35
24[28]Eunseong Ma24.13
25[22]Myoung-jae Lee24.46
26[30]JaeBin Ahn26.08
27[31]Jin Seo Cho27.81
28[44]Jungsuk Han29.34
29[25]Jeong-Yoo Kim29.88
30[34]Yunjong Eo29.88
31[32]Myungkyu Shim33.52
32[33]Jeong-Dong Lee34.29
33[38]Hyun Joong Im35.38
34[35]Ju Hyun Pyun35.71
35[37]Jisang Yu36.19
36[36]Duk Gyoo Kim36.46
37[40]Jongkwan Lee37.46
38[42]Dong Beom Choi39.01
39[39]Peter J. Stauvermann41.05
40[47]Donghoon Yoo41.30
41[41]Tae-Young Pak42.19
42[46]Jinill Kim42.96
43[53]Inhwan So44.89
44[51]Seongeun Kim45.27
45[48]Hanbyul Ryu45.34
46[45]Hyundo Choi46.92
47[49]Youjin Hahn47.20
48[55]Youngsub Chun50.00
49[54]Kwangyong Park50.21
50[52]Hee-Seung Yang51.13
51[50]Bogang Jun51.27
52[69]Sungjin Cho51.59
53[56]Yoon-Jae Whang51.78
54[60]Hyun Hak Kim52.41
55[29]Jongsub Lee52.57
56[61]Hyuncheol Bryant Kim53.46
57[66]Chul-Hi Park54.66
58[59]Muzaffar Olimjonovich Ahunov55.21
59[57]Chung Choe55.39
60[81]JungJae Park55.84
61[65]Cheolbeom Park58.69
62[58]Myunghyun Kim58.81
63[68]Jae Won Lee58.93
64[67]Sun-Bin Kim58.93
65[74]Seung Hoon Lee59.57
66[73]Kyungsik Nam60.45
67[64]Sangwon Suh62.51
68[62]Sang-Hyun Kim63.37
69[80]Yongok Choi65.23
70[76]Jihee Kim65.97
71[70]Hyunduk Suh66.28
72[71]Taehoon Kim68.16
73[84]Jun Hyung Kim69.53
74[82]In Do Hwang69.85
75[72]Taehyun Ahn69.88
76[89]Chulwoo Baek70.91
77[1]Arshian Sharif71.23
78[85]Keun-Yeob Oh71.54
79[78]Jiseob Kim72.06
80[77]Martin Hemmert73.50
81[87]Jinwon Kim73.60
82[83]Euna Han73.60
83[75]Jung Hur74.59
84[90]Bongseok Choi74.77
85[88]Siha Lee75.36
86[86]In Choi76.01
87[79]Byung-Yeon Kim76.47
88[92]Kyung Hwan Baik78.28
89[95]Daeha Cho78.71
90[98]Jaevin Park82.40
91[105]Hyunhong Choi82.71
92[100]Dong-Eun Rhee83.18
93[97]Yun Jung Kim83.42
94[102]Chirok Han84.32
95[91]Hyunbae Chun84.34
96[103]Jinyoung Kim85.09
97[96]Yoonseok Choi86.26
98[111]David Sungho Park87.50
99[93]Dong Hee Suh88.40
100[99]Sung-Ha Hwang89.99
101[106]Heejoon Han90.00
102[104]SeEun Jung91.75
103[107]Yeong Jae Kim92.13
104[43]Do Won Kwak92.23
105[109]Seohyun Lee94.60
106[108]Dongyeol Lee94.99
107[122]Albert Lee96.02
108[112]Jaehan Cho96.45
109[113]Chang-Yang Lee97.49
110[110]Yoonsoo Lee99.04
111[121]Xiangcai Meng100.81
112[115]Songman Kang101.04
113[117]Heeho Kim101.08
114[119]Hyunwoong Pyun102.34
115[120]Seung Jin Cho103.20
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