Chonnam National University took 10th place in Korea in terms of cited research journals, widely used to measure the qualitative level of scientific research. The data featured in Thomson
s ISI Essential Science Indicators include most-cited author rankings, institutional (university, corporate, government research lab) rankings, national rankings, and journal rankings. According to the database based on the analysis of the most recent ten years of data from January 1, 1993 through August 30, 2003, Among research institutions in Korea CNU ranked 10th with 10,879 cited papers. ISI Essential Science Indicators Web product is a resource that enables researchers to conduct ongoing, quantitative analyses of research performance and track trends in science. Covering a multidisciplinary selection of 8,500 journals from around the world, this in-depth analytical tool offers data for ranking scientists, institutions, countries, and journals. Since citation rates vary by field and older papers are cited more than recent papers, the selection procedure for highly cited papers takes these factors into account. The first step is to count the number of papers cited at different levels of citation and construct distributions for each field and year. These distributions for each field/year are then used to set selection thresholds by taking the same fraction of papers. Seoul National University ranked 1st among research institutions in Korea with a total of 89,550 cited papers, followed by the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) which was 2nd with 56,543 research papers. Yonsei University took 3rd place with 30,264 cited papers and Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH) was 4th with 25,559. Korea University ranked next with 23,121 papers. Thomson ISI said, \"Three local universities - Kyungpook National University, Pusan National University, and Chonnam National University - were included in top 10 in Korea. Their research achievements are especially noteworthy.\" Meanwhile, Harvard University ranked the first with a total 2,119,500 cited papers, followed by the University of Texas, Johns Hopkins University, Stanford University, and the University of Washington in order. ISI Essential Science Indicators counts are based on an ISI journal set categorized into 22 broad fields, categorizing papers into 2 fields of social sciences (social sciences and economics & business), 8 fields of natural sciences (physics, material sciences, and the others), 2 fields of engineering, 6 fields of medical sciences, and five other fields such as mathematics and environment. CNU Ranks 5th in the Amount of Research Grants Awarded by Korea Research Foundation CNU was ranked 5th among the universities in Korea in terms of the research grant amount, which was awarded by Korea Research Foundation in 2002. According to the annual report of research support 2003, published recently by Korea Research Foundation, CNU received 6,166,888,000 won for 98 projects in the year of 2002. The amount was in the top five of all universities and research institutions in Korea. Meanwhile, Seoul National University was ranked top with 16,829,996,000 won for a total 283 research projects, followed by Yonsei University (11,547,796,000 won for 216 projects), Korea University (9,793,724,000 won for 172 projects), and Kyungpook National University (6,766,857,000 won for 120 projects). Ewha Women
s University (5,816,546,000 won for 128 projects), Chonbuk National University (5,732,963,000 won for 93 projects), Pusan National University (4,716,375,000 won for 126 projects), Youngnam University (4,694,585,000 won for 66 projects), and Sungkyunkwan University (4,512,126,000 won for 98 projects) were within in the top ten. The universities included in rankings were Chungnam National University, Sogang University, Chungbuk National University, Hanyang University, Inha University, Gyeongsang National University, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies at Yongin Campus, Korea Advanced Institute of Science & Technology, Pohang University of Science and Technology, and the University of Ulsan. In the field of research grant amount excluding overhead costs, CNU was ranked 5th with the total amount of 5,299,720,000 won. Among the universities and research institutions in Gwangju and Jeonnam area, CNU was the only institution within the top 30. The ratio between the universities in Seoul metropolitan area and the ones in local area was 16 to 14, when the top thirty institutions were grouped by the regions. Considering the number of the universities in Seoul area formed 37 percent of the total in 2002, the universities in Seoul area gained more grant benefits than the ones in local areas.