Top 100 Scientists

Top 100 Scientists in South Korea 2025

Top 100 scientists can be ranked globally or specific to the following regions including Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, Latin America, Oceania, Arab League, ASEAN, EECA, and BRICS based on total H-index scores without any breakdown by subject areas. Top 100 rankings in the world, in a continent, or a region include standardized subjects areas of Agriculture & Forestry, Arts, Design and Architecture, Business & Management, Economics & Econometrics, Education, Engineering & Technology, History, Philosophy, Theology, Law/Law and Legal Studies, Medical and Health Sciences, Natural Sciences, Social Sciences, Art and Humanities Rankings and Social Sciences and Humanities Rankings BETA VERSION. Subject field ranking in world, region, country and university is beta version since subject field "others" (870,053 scientists profile whose branch cannot be determined, not yet edited or determined) is excluded, so the ranking will change as the others fields are edited. Please note that. Subjects indicated as “ * others ” will not be included in the ranking by regions and subjects.

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Total 46 scientist
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
In Kyu Lee
Medical science
Diabetes
Metabolic disorder
Diabetic complications
Mitochondrial dysfunction
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
87
369
40,038
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Soo Heon Kwak
Type 2 Diabetes
Gestational Diabetes
Genetics of Diabetes
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
49
112
15,186

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* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Jae Hyeong Park
Internal Medicine
Cardiology
Strain echocardiography
Heart failure
Pulmonary hypertension
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
42
111
6,664
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Sung-Hoon Moon
Pancreas
Biliary Tract
IgG4-related disease
Autoimmune pancreatitis
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
32
63
4,480
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Jonggi Choi
Medicine
Internal Medicine
Gastroenterology
Hepatology
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
29
51
2,865
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Young Hwan Hwang
Medical Genetics
ADPKD
chronic kidney disease
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
29
63
2,744
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Chan Joo Lee
heart failure
hypertension
familial hypercholesterolemia
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
28
63
3,118
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 26
Kihwan Kwon
Medicine
Cardiology
vascular biology
Interventional cardiology
Biomedical engineering
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
26
43
2,077
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 38
Chung Kwang Hyun
Pancreatobiliary system
Gastroenterology
Medicine
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
15
25
700
* Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 40
Sung Kyoung Kim
lung cancer
non-small cell lung cancer
chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
acute lung injury
pleural effusion
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
14
18
547
Wooyoung Jang
Internal medicine
Infectious diseases
COVID-19
Antibiotics
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
4
2
57
Md Tazikur Rahman
Medical Science
Internal Medicine
Infectious Diseases
Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation
3
1
275
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
In Kyu Lee
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
87
369
40,038
Medical science
Diabetes
Metabolic disorder
Diabetic complications
Mitochondrial dysfunction
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Bhumsuk Keam
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
66
250
18,955
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Sae Won Han
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
64
216
13,586
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Jeong Heo
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
51
141
9,809
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Soo Heon Kwak
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
49
112
15,186
Type 2 Diabetes
Gestational Diabetes
Genetics of Diabetes
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Sun Wook Cho
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
48
99
6,632
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Soo Wan Kim
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
48
229
8,812
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Yumie Rhee
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
46
157
7,748

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Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Chang Ho Kim
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
43
163
7,274
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Jae Hyeong Park
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
42
111
6,664
Internal Medicine
Cardiology
Strain echocardiography
Heart failure
Pulmonary hypertension
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Dae Ho Lee
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
41
83
4,226
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
In-Jae Oh
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
36
108
5,023
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Chang Min Cho
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
36
68
3,435
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Sang Soo Kim
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
32
88
3,918
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Sung-Hoon Moon
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
32
63
4,480
Pancreas
Biliary Tract
IgG4-related disease
Autoimmune pancreatitis
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Jae Han Jeon
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
31
61
3,286
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Jonggi Choi
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
29
51
2,865
Medicine
Internal Medicine
Gastroenterology
Hepatology
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Jun Sung Moon
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
29
57
2,394
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Young Hwan Hwang
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
29
63
2,744
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Chan Joo Lee
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
28
63
3,118
heart failure
hypertension
familial hypercholesterolemia
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Min Kwang Byun
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
28
49
2,512
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 26
Kihwan Kwon
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
26
43
2,077
Medicine
Cardiology
vascular biology
Interventional cardiology
Biomedical engineering
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 27
Hae Ok Jung
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
26
67
2,298
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 28
Hyun Woong Lee
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
25
42
2,069
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 29
Il-Young Jang
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
24
47
1,922
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 30
Yu Ah Hong
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
24
50
1,973
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 31
Jae Hwa Cho
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
24
41
1,769
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 32
Jung Guk Kim
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
21
23
2,157
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 33
Yun Jung Park
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
19
27
1,405
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 34
Jung Won Lee
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
19
24
1,274
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 35
Young Su Joo
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
18
32
1,009
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 36
Chang-Yun Yoon
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
18
26
1,126
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 37
Kyoungwon Jung
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
16
31
1,027
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 38
Chung Kwang Hyun
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
15
25
700
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 40
Sung Kyoung Kim
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
14
18
547
lung cancer
non-small cell lung cancer
chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
acute lung injury
pleural effusion
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 41
In Hee Lee
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
13
19
1,167
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 42
Kyeong Jin Kim
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
12
15
449
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 43
Woo Seok Choi
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
6
6
182
Future Strategy
Telemedicine
Aero-Space Medicine
Internal Medicine
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 44
Wooyoung Jang
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
4
2
57
Internal medicine
Infectious diseases
COVID-19
Antibiotics
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 45
Md Tazikur Rahman
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
3
1
275
Medical Science
Internal Medicine
Infectious Diseases
Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 46
Jihwan Ko
Metrics
H-Index
i10 Index
Citation Counts
2
0
14