Pukyong National University: Rankings

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Pukyong National University ranked 24th in South Korea, 1473rd in the global 2024 rating, and scored in the TOP 50% across 115 research topics. Pukyong National University ranking is based on 3 factors: research output (EduRank's index has 18,979 academic publications and 293,997 citations attributed to the university), non-academic reputation, and the impact of notable alumni.

Ranking Category
#1473 of 14,131 In the World
#414 of 5,830 In Asia
#24 of 193 In South Korea
#2 of 13 In Busan
#194 of 1,019 For Marine Engineering
#240 of 3,195 For Wildlife and Fisheries Management & Conservation
#283 of 1,031 For Mining Engineering
#4569 of 7,738 For Alumni Impact
#2795 of 14,131 For Non-academic Prominence
Top50% For 112 other topics

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Chemistry rankings

Pukyong National University ranked 26th for Chemistry in South Korea and 823rd in the World with 13,569 publications made and 234,219 citations received. Main research topics: Organic Chemistry, Materials Science, Biochemistry, Chemical Engineering, Nanotechnology.

Chemistry ranking Location
#26 of 141 In South Korea
#269 of 2,750 In Asia
#823 of 6,447 In the World

Pukyong National University
Chemistry Publications & Citations

Year Chemistry publications Chemistry citations
1991 0 0
1992 0 0
1993 0 1
1994 0 1
1995 0 2
1996 5 5
1997 52 11
1998 59 32
1999 72 47
2000 95 136
2001 122 154
2002 198 318
2003 214 499
2004 264 754
2005 285 1097
2006 376 1549
2007 405 2067
2008 431 2787
2009 529 3679
2010 535 4899
2011 644 6587
2012 638 7727
2013 611 8970
2014 696 10048
2015 758 11271
2016 725 11889
2017 699 13224
2018 733 14677
2019 807 18483
2020 737 21786
2021 828 25357
2022 916 28335
2023 1014 29137

The following table provides academic rankings for Pukyong National University in various areas of Chemistry.

Chemistry subfield South Korea ranking Asia ranking World rank
Nutrition and Food Science 15 137 425
Radiochemistry 18 255 489
Biochemical Engineering 13 134 543
Chemical Engineering 19 222 550
Environmental Chemistry 18 205 648
Organic Chemistry 21 220 671
Nanotechnology 28 273 693
Pharmacy 17 264 761
Materials Science 23 260 772
Biochemistry 25 273 826
Physical chemistry 29 335 869
Inorganic Chemistry 27 341 883
Petrology and Geochemistry 16 246 883
Polymer science and Plastics engineering 23 295 906
Computational Chemistry 41 690 1699

Engineering rankings

Pukyong National University ranked 23rd for Engineering in South Korea and 839th in the World with 13,137 publications made and 194,553 citations received. Main research topics: Materials Science, Optical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Metallurgical Engineering.

Engineering ranking Location
#23 of 143 In South Korea
#265 of 2,809 In Asia
#839 of 6,684 In the World

Pukyong National University
Engineering Publications & Citations

Year Engineering publications Engineering citations
1991 0 0
1992 0 0
1993 0 0
1994 0 1
1995 0 2
1996 8 5
1997 43 7
1998 50 29
1999 76 34
2000 87 113
2001 99 106
2002 198 218
2003 189 377
2004 253 560
2005 286 849
2006 360 1197
2007 384 1645
2008 358 2171
2009 454 2846
2010 464 3735
2011 563 5028
2012 572 5924
2013 594 7025
2014 689 8208
2015 750 9328
2016 741 10088
2017 705 11536
2018 691 12924
2019 767 16073
2020 759 19378
2021 836 22663
2022 955 25723
2023 1079 26978

The following table provides academic rankings for Pukyong National University in various areas of Engineering.

Engineering subfield South Korea ranking Asia ranking World rank
Marine Engineering 5 59 194
Mining Engineering 2 101 283
Biomedical Engineering 17 131 460
Nuclear Engineering 20 187 520
Reliability and Quality Engineering 11 158 526
Construction Management 10 131 532
Biochemical Engineering 13 134 543
Chemical Engineering 19 222 550
Remote Sensing 10 142 580
Automation and Control engineering 15 238 645
Petroleum Engineering 14 204 656
Firefighting and Fire Science 22 243 666
Automotive Engineering 23 254 685
Nanotechnology 28 273 693
Renewable Energy Engineering 19 254 711
Electrical Engineering 27 242 721
Computer Engineering 26 242 725
Landscape Architecture 11 233 758
Applied/Engineering Physics 16 258 770
Geotechnical Engineering 15 255 772
Materials Science 23 260 772
Structural Engineering 18 233 775
Robotics 25 277 779
Industrial Engineering 13 234 791
Mechanical Engineering 18 231 805
Aerospace Engineering 19 218 809
Metallurgical Engineering 22 295 814
Civil Engineering 17 243 816
Biotechnology 28 273 823
Optical Engineering 23 267 849
Telecommunications 28 287 871
Electronic Engineering 32 317 878
Environmental Engineering 23 319 898
Polymer science and Plastics engineering 23 295 906
Acoustical Engineering 21 271 909
Operations Research 12 294 914
Computer Networking 30 304 934
Architectural Engineering 26 326 999
Transportation Engineering 27 363 1118
Systems Engineering 22 342 1202
Human-Computer Interaction 33 389 1316

Physics rankings

Pukyong National University ranked 25th for Physics in South Korea and 933rd in the World with 11,932 publications made and 167,709 citations received. Main research topics: Quantum and Particle physics, Materials Science, Optical Engineering, Nanotechnology, Condensed Matter Physics.

Physics ranking Location
#25 of 142 In South Korea
#296 of 2,786 In Asia
#933 of 6,603 In the World

Pukyong National University
Physics Publications & Citations

Year Physics publications Physics citations
1991 0 0
1992 0 0
1993 0 1
1994 0 1
1995 0 1
1996 7 5
1997 42 7
1998 47 27
1999 69 30
2000 77 101
2001 95 97
2002 184 208
2003 181 355
2004 236 516
2005 272 784
2006 336 1089
2007 381 1550
2008 350 1963
2009 458 2642
2010 463 3380
2011 542 4466
2012 537 5235
2013 527 5969
2014 605 7159
2015 657 8065
2016 642 8682
2017 610 9785
2018 626 11085
2019 680 13662
2020 683 16133
2021 723 18870
2022 836 21366
2023 948 22497

The following table provides academic rankings for Pukyong National University in various areas of Physics.

Physics subfield South Korea ranking Asia ranking World rank
Nanotechnology 28 273 693
Condensed Matter Physics 21 241 708
Nuclear Physics 18 210 745
Applied/Engineering Physics 16 258 770
Materials Science 23 260 772
Optical Engineering 23 267 849
Acoustical Engineering 21 271 909
Atomic and Molecular physics 18 276 938
Quantum and Particle physics 26 305 948
Astrophysics and Astronomy 24 299 1074
Biophysics 33 360 1105
Theoretical Physics 45 778 2022

Biology rankings

Pukyong National University ranked 25th for Biology in South Korea and 948th in the World with 11,672 publications made and 214,836 citations received. Main research topics: Biochemistry, Genetics, Paleontology, Nanotechnology, Wildlife and Fisheries Management & Conservation.

Biology ranking Location
#25 of 144 In South Korea
#311 of 2,814 In Asia
#948 of 6,770 In the World

Pukyong National University
Biology Publications & Citations

Year Biology publications Biology citations
1991 0 0
1992 0 0
1993 0 1
1994 0 0
1995 0 2
1996 4 3
1997 54 11
1998 54 29
1999 60 49
2000 76 119
2001 101 149
2002 173 316
2003 178 485
2004 221 741
2005 227 1071
2006 322 1540
2007 328 1973
2008 381 2705
2009 412 3486
2010 421 4661
2011 529 6202
2012 519 7200
2013 538 8472
2014 599 9294
2015 669 10262
2016 656 10842
2017 624 11974
2018 616 13149
2019 696 17010
2020 618 20269
2021 737 23777
2022 798 26486
2023 944 26859

The following table provides academic rankings for Pukyong National University in various areas of Biology.

Biology subfield South Korea ranking Asia ranking World rank
Wildlife and Fisheries Management & Conservation 2 31 240
Nutrition and Food Science 15 137 425
Animal Science 7 95 473
Microbiology 21 173 642
Nanotechnology 28 273 693
Pharmacology 31 280 791
Molecular Biology 30 256 794
Biotechnology 28 273 823
Biochemistry 25 273 826
Botany 19 233 827
Zoology 18 180 838
Paleontology 24 244 877
Genetics 33 319 964
Immunology 38 354 1040
Biophysics 33 360 1105
Oncology and Cancer research 46 441 1148
Virology 35 397 1211
Horticulture 28 481 1259
Agricultural Science 25 463 1268
Bioinformatics and Computational biology 36 452 1282
Evolutionary Biology 26 385 1330
Neuroscience 43 479 1551
Forestry 31 585 1799

Environmental Science rankings

Pukyong National University ranked 17th for Environmental Science in South Korea and 835th in the World with 10,545 publications made and 162,505 citations received. Main research topics: Geology, Ecology, Geography and Cartography, Paleontology, Oceanography.

Environmental Science ranking Location
#17 of 142 In South Korea
#230 of 2,811 In Asia
#835 of 6,798 In the World

Pukyong National University
Environmental Science Publications & Citations

Year Environmental Science publications Environmental Science citations
1991 0 0
1992 0 0
1993 0 1
1994 0 1
1995 0 1
1996 7 5
1997 38 5
1998 39 20
1999 53 30
2000 75 92
2001 106 120
2002 176 228
2003 159 403
2004 206 572
2005 223 777
2006 265 1126
2007 303 1514
2008 299 1939
2009 383 2603
2010 410 3368
2011 510 4661
2012 454 5304
2013 488 6609
2014 552 7227
2015 590 8035
2016 589 8489
2017 537 9416
2018 546 10469
2019 585 12831
2020 572 15499
2021 677 18114
2022 740 20380
2023 866 21163

The following table provides academic rankings for Pukyong National University in various areas of Environmental Science.

Environmental Science subfield South Korea ranking Asia ranking World rank
Wildlife and Fisheries Management & Conservation 2 31 240
Mining Engineering 2 101 283
Earth science and Geophysics 11 164 601
Oceanography 11 158 604
Environmental Chemistry 18 205 648
Meteorology and Atmospheric Science 14 219 762
Geotechnical Engineering 15 255 772
Geology 18 224 818
Ecology 15 219 820
Environmental Management 20 287 857
Paleontology 24 244 877
Petrology and Geochemistry 16 246 883
Environmental Engineering 23 319 898
Geography and Cartography 20 327 1206
Agricultural Science 25 463 1268
Forestry 31 585 1799

Computer Science rankings

Pukyong National University ranked 28th for Computer Science in South Korea and 1126th in the World with 6,183 publications made and 77,584 citations received. Main research topics: Artificial Intelligence (AI), Telecommunications, Machine Learning, Computer Vision, Computer Networking.

Computer Science ranking Location
#28 of 143 In South Korea
#333 of 2,809 In Asia
#1126 of 6,752 In the World

Pukyong National University
Computer Science Publications & Citations

Year Computer Science publications Computer Science citations
1996 6 4
1997 21 2
1998 33 11
1999 29 14
2000 38 69
2001 41 62
2002 102 129
2003 73 155
2004 119 246
2005 127 417
2006 155 550
2007 150 698
2008 187 989
2009 206 1274
2010 241 1683
2011 277 2290
2012 297 2758
2013 288 3215
2014 322 3527
2015 320 3905
2016 341 4234
2017 334 4590
2018 296 5357
2019 350 6690
2020 331 7887
2021 441 9914
2022 479 11000
2023 528 11350

The following table provides academic rankings for Pukyong National University in various areas of Computer Science.

Computer Science subfield South Korea ranking Asia ranking World rank
Computer Engineering 26 242 725
Robotics 25 277 779
Computer Vision 19 232 783
Telecommunications 28 287 871
Animation 23 318 904
Machine Learning 20 282 910
Computer Networking 30 304 934
Artificial Intelligence (AI) 20 276 939
Computer Graphics 30 305 1007
Blockchain and Cryptography 32 375 1017
Cyber Security 27 316 1023
Cognitive Science 23 325 1071
Bioinformatics and Computational biology 36 452 1282
Human-Computer Interaction 33 389 1316
Multimedia 34 421 1415
Computational Linguistics 38 542 1440
Neuroscience 43 479 1551
Data Science 38 537 1727
Software Engineering 43 608 1852
Management Information Systems 29 543 1855

Medicine rankings

Pukyong National University ranked 38th for Medicine in South Korea and 1271st in the World with 5,007 publications made and 92,864 citations received. Main research topics: Pathology, Immunology, Pharmacology, Psychiatry, Anatomy and Physiology.

Medicine ranking Location
#38 of 141 In South Korea
#408 of 2,781 In Asia
#1271 of 6,680 In the World

Pukyong National University
Medicine Publications & Citations

Year Medicine publications Medicine citations
1991 0 0
1992 0 0
1993 0 1
1994 0 0
1995 0 0
1996 3 2
1997 19 8
1998 18 8
1999 17 19
2000 23 41
2001 40 54
2002 43 118
2003 53 149
2004 69 263
2005 91 371
2006 113 551
2007 113 706
2008 168 1027
2009 198 1291
2010 199 1874
2011 234 2532
2012 230 2856
2013 224 3391
2014 245 3840
2015 285 4270
2016 278 4453
2017 292 5138
2018 266 5513
2019 306 7509
2020 260 9013
2021 347 10941
2022 375 12270
2023 456 12527

The following table provides academic rankings for Pukyong National University in various areas of Medicine.

Medicine subfield South Korea ranking Asia ranking World rank
Cosmetology 9 47 239
Biomedical Engineering 17 131 460
Pharmacy 17 264 761
Pharmacology 31 280 791
Sonography and Ultrasound 38 352 945
Dermatology 38 350 994
Immunology 38 354 1040
Veterinary 21 395 1086
Oncology and Cancer research 46 441 1148
Virology 35 397 1211
Pathology 38 434 1258
Radiology and Nuclear medicine 41 421 1276
Urology 40 475 1290
Anatomy and Physiology 43 467 1372
Healthcare Management (MHA) 27 349 1471
Ophthalmology 45 606 1606
Gerontology 47 362 1628
Nursing 39 435 1688
Family medicine 40 504 1719
Psychiatry 43 562 1739
Physical Therapy 56 560 1770
Gastroenterology and Hepatology 49 746 1834
Dentistry 43 634 1836
Surgery 46 647 1852
Public Health 39 598 1905
Anesthesiology 48 706 1963
Cardiology 47 732 1999
Sports Medicine 80 686 2062
Clinical Psychology 59 721 2352
Health Science 60 1089 3272

Mathematics rankings

Pukyong National University ranked 27th for Mathematics in South Korea and 1226th in the World with 3,129 publications made and 35,851 citations received. Main research topics: Statistics, Applied Mathematics, Econometrics and Mathematical Economics, Blockchain and Cryptography, Operations Research.

Mathematics ranking Location
#27 of 138 In South Korea
#369 of 2,673 In Asia
#1226 of 6,305 In the World

Pukyong National University
Mathematics Publications & Citations

Year Mathematics publications Mathematics citations
1996 1 3
1997 17 4
1998 20 7
1999 18 9
2000 24 46
2001 23 27
2002 50 73
2003 39 81
2004 68 107
2005 65 169
2006 94 286
2007 82 357
2008 87 442
2009 96 636
2010 106 728
2011 139 1000
2012 131 1157
2013 137 1445
2014 145 1475
2015 148 1611
2016 158 1790
2017 164 1914
2018 155 2176
2019 173 2787
2020 187 3383
2021 244 4344
2022 265 4735
2023 264 5144

The following table provides academic rankings for Pukyong National University in various areas of Mathematics.

Mathematics subfield South Korea ranking Asia ranking World rank
Applied Mathematics 11 231 800
Operations Research 12 294 914
Blockchain and Cryptography 32 375 1017
Econometrics and Mathematical Economics 19 305 1145
Statistics 29 364 1209
Math Teachers 39 774 2431

Business rankings

Pukyong National University ranked 26th for Business in South Korea and 1378th in the World with 2,145 publications made and 23,399 citations received. Main research topics: Management, Finance, Marketing, Operations Research, Advertising.

Business ranking Location
#26 of 135 In South Korea
#382 of 2,579 In Asia
#1378 of 6,187 In the World

Pukyong National University
Business Publications & Citations

Year Business publications Business citations
1996 2 2
1997 11 1
1998 14 5
1999 15 4
2000 16 14
2001 14 20
2002 64 33
2003 27 65
2004 51 70
2005 50 115
2006 66 154
2007 77 239
2008 66 323
2009 63 400
2010 69 502
2011 83 658
2012 99 722
2013 88 959
2014 102 1084
2015 127 1146
2016 119 1170
2017 91 1418
2018 98 1610
2019 100 1917
2020 111 2525
2021 148 3073
2022 168 3434
2023 191 3862

The following table provides academic rankings for Pukyong National University in various areas of Business.

Business subfield South Korea ranking Asia ranking World rank
Construction Management 10 131 532
Operations Research 12 294 914
Real Estate 28 295 967
Management 24 360 1219
Investment Banking and Stock trading 23 392 1281
Marketing 29 382 1366
Finance 22 371 1380
Advertising 31 353 1397
Project Management 22 366 1475
Accounting 26 438 1599
Management Information Systems 29 543 1855

Other rankings

Non-core subjects for Pukyong National University

Speciality South Korea Asia World Rank
Interior Design 7 208 665
Intellectual Property and Patent Law 12 205 810
Organizational / Business / IO Psychology 21 223 836
Military science 15 152 980
Fashion Design 16 233 1024
Art & Design 21 318 1308
Environmental Economics 25 511 1383
Linguistics 27 437 1415
Classics and Ancient History 16 330 1506
Archaeology 25 457 1518
Economics 26 415 1556
Psychology 39 492 1596
History 24 459 1614
Social Psychology 30 425 1627
Literature 22 422 1669
Development Studies 22 494 1748
Aesthetics 32 490 1758
Communications and Public Relations 25 413 1790
Law 35 540 1933
Anthropology 32 481 1954
Philosophy 28 508 1965
Liberal Arts & Social Sciences 29 531 1969
Political Science 36 566 2188
Child Psychology 50 698 2313
Sociology 39 685 2382
Demography 45 810 2401
Education Majors 38 729 2405
Theology / Divinity / Religious studies 34 680 2410