---
title: "Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology"
description: "Research profile of Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology: 910 papers in 480 tracked journals since 2017, mostly AI and economics; h-index 697."
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share_text: "Research profile of Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology: 910 papers in 480 tracked journals since 2017, mostly AI and economics; h-index 697. (as of 2026-11-04)"
data_url: https://scholar4ai.com/data/rankings.json
updated: 2026-11-04T00:03:46+09:00
window: 2026-10-06 to 2026-11-04
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---

# Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology

- 2 papers in the last 7 days
- country: South Korea
- web domain: kaist.ac.kr

Back to the ranking: https://scholar4ai.com/rankings/institutions.md

## Key findings

- Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology was involved in 8 papers in the last 30 days (2026-10-06 to 2026-11-04), ranking #192 of 3,828 institutions.
- Most of them appeared in Journal of Business Research (1), Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Finance (1) and Journal of Risk and Uncertainty (1).
- Countries: South Korea (8), Singapore (2) and China (2).
- From 2017 to 2026 (so far), authors at Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology took part in 910 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in AI (301), economics (140) and finance (134).
- 115 of them were published in 2025, against 63 in 2017.
- Since 2023, the institutions with the most of these papers were Korea University (22), Sungkyunkwan University (19) and Yonsei University (16).
- The journals publishing most of them were Expert Systems with Applications (25), IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence (23) and Pattern Recognition (17).
- The most-cited of them is “Learning From Noisy Labels With Deep Neural Networks: A Survey” (IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems, 2022), with 1,344 citations.
- Across everything OpenAlex indexes, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology has 117,613 works with 9,544,117 citations (h-index 697).
- The tracked journals hold 807 of its 45,020 works in OpenAlex from 2017 to 2025 (1.8%).
- Its main research topics in OpenAlex are Advanced Neural Network Applications (2,244), Analog and Mixed-Signal Circuit Design (2,158) and Advancements in Battery Materials (1,787).

## Papers per year

*Papers per publication year and category*

| Category | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 (so far) |
|---|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|
| [AI](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/ai.md) | 7 | 19 | 22 | 27 | 29 | 30 | 44 | 45 | 44 | 34 |
| [Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/economics.md) | 13 | 18 | 10 | 20 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 13 | 15 | 13 |
| [Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/finance.md) | 13 | 12 | 16 | 16 | 13 | 11 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 10 |
| [Operations Research](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/operations-research.md) | 13 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 10 | 9 | 19 | 15 | 19 |
| [Management](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/management.md) | 6 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 8 |
| [Information Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/information-systems.md) | 8 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 6 |
| [Statistics](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/statistics.md) | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 |
| [Higher Education and Research](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/higher-education-and-research.md) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 |
| [Marketing](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/marketing.md) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| [Accounting](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/accounting.md) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| [Tourism and Hospitality](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/tourism-and-hospitality.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| [Health Economics and Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/health-economics-and-policy.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| All categories | 63 | 77 | 82 | 95 | 87 | 89 | 95 | 104 | 115 | 103 |

## Where the papers come from and its co-authors

*Journals with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Journal | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [Expert Systems with Applications](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/expert-systems-with-applications.md) | 25 |
| 2 | [IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/ieee-transactions-on-pattern-analysis-and-machine-intelligence.md) | 23 |
| 3 | [Pattern Recognition](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/pattern-recognition.md) | 17 |
| 4 | [Transportation Research Part C Emerging Technologies](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/transportation-research-part-c-emerging-technologies.md) | 16 |
| 5 | [Knowledge-Based Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/knowledge-based-systems.md) | 15 |
| 6 | [IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/ieee-transactions-on-neural-networks-and-learning-systems.md) | 12 |
| 7 | [Research in International Business and Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/research-in-international-business-and-finance.md) | 10 |
| 8 | [Neural Networks](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/neural-networks.md) | 10 |
| 9 | [International Journal of Computer Vision](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-journal-of-computer-vision.md) | 10 |
| 10 | [Journal of Business Research](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-business-research.md) | 9 |

*Institutions with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Institution | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [Korea University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/korea-university.md) | 22 |
| 2 | [Sungkyunkwan University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/sungkyunkwan-university.md) | 19 |
| 3 | [Yonsei University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/yonsei-university.md) | 16 |
| 4 | Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute | 13 |
| 5 | Pohang University of Science and Technology | 11 |
| 6 | [Samsung (South Korea)](https://scholar4ai.com/companies/samsung-south-korea.md) | 10 |
| 7 | [Seoul National University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/seoul-national-university.md) | 10 |
| 8 | Chung-Ang University | 8 |
| 9 | [Hanyang University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/hanyang-university.md) | 7 |

*Countries with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Country | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | South Korea | 417 |
| 2 | United States | 83 |
| 3 | China | 38 |
| 4 | Hong Kong | 17 |
| 5 | United Kingdom | 12 |
| 6 | Australia | 9 |
| 7 | Japan | 8 |
| 8 | Germany | 7 |
| 9 | Singapore | 7 |
| 10 | France | 4 |

*Keywords with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Keyword | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | South Korea | 11 |
| 2 | [COVID-19 pandemic](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/covid-19-pandemic.md) | 10 |
| 3 | [corporate governance](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/corporate-governance.md) | 10 |
| 4 | [large language models](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/large-language-models.md) | 10 |
| 5 | Korean stock market | 8 |
| 6 | [graph neural networks](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/graph-neural-networks.md) | 8 |
| 7 | [data augmentation](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/data-augmentation.md) | 7 |
| 8 | [stock returns](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/stock-returns.md) | 7 |
| 9 | [transformer models](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/transformer-models.md) | 7 |
| 10 | [explainable AI](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/explainable-ai.md) | 6 |

## Most-cited papers

*Most-cited papers since 2017*

| # | Citations | Per month | Title | Journal | Published | Authors |
|---:|---:|---:|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1,344 | 24.0 | [Learning From Noisy Labels With Deep Neural Networks: A Survey](https://doi.org/10.1109/tnnls.2022.3152527) | [IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/ieee-transactions-on-neural-networks-and-learning-systems.md) | 2022-03-07 | Hwanjun Song, Minseok Kim, Dongmin Park et al. |
| 2 | 979 | 11.5 | [A Survey on Data Collection for Machine Learning: A Big Data - AI Integration Perspective](https://doi.org/10.1109/tkde.2019.2946162) | [IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/ieee-transactions-on-knowledge-and-data-engineering.md) | 2019-10-08 | Yuji Roh, Geon Heo, Steven Euijong Whang |
| 3 | 909 | 13.2 | [Knowledge Distillation and Student-Teacher Learning for Visual Intelligence: A Review and New Outlooks](https://doi.org/10.1109/tpami.2021.3055564) | [IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/ieee-transactions-on-pattern-analysis-and-machine-intelligence.md) | 2021-01-29 | Lin Wang, Kuk-Jin Yoon |
| 4 | 587 | 5.8 | [How to Respond to the Fourth Industrial Revolution, or the Second Information Technology Revolution? Dynamic New Combinations between Technology, Market, and Society through Open Innovation](https://doi.org/10.3390/joitmc4030021) | [Journal of Open Innovation Technology Market and Complexity](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-open-innovation-technology-market-and-complexity.md) | 2018-06-22 | MinHwa Lee, JinHyo Joseph Yun, Andreas Pyka et al. |
| 5 | 577 | 17.7 | [Explainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI) 2.0: A manifesto of open challenges and interdisciplinary research directions](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.inffus.2024.102301) | [Information Fusion](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/information-fusion.md) | 2024-02-15 | Luca Longo, Mario Brčić, Federico Cabitza et al. |
| 6 | 555 | 7.8 | [Deep learning for tomographic image reconstruction](https://doi.org/10.1038/s42256-020-00273-z) | [Nature Machine Intelligence](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/nature-machine-intelligence.md) | 2020-12-10 | Ge Wang, Jong Chul Ye, Bruno De Man |
| 7 | 468 | 8.5 | [Unveiling ways to reach organic purchase: Green perceived value, perceived knowledge, attitude, subjective norm, and trust](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jretconser.2022.102988) | [Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-retailing-and-consumer-services.md) | 2022-03-30 | Taewoo Roh, Junhee Seok, Yaeri Kim |
| 8 | 339 | 3.3 | [Drone delivery: Factors affecting the public’s attitude and intention to adopt](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tele.2018.04.014) | [Telematics and Informatics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/telematics-and-informatics.md) | 2018-05-01 | Wonsang Yoo, Eun Jung Yu, Jaemin Jung |
| 9 | 308 | 3.3 | [Quick-RRT*: Triangular inequality-based implementation of RRT* with improved initial solution and convergence rate](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2019.01.032) | [Expert Systems with Applications](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/expert-systems-with-applications.md) | 2019-01-09 | Inbae Jeong, Seungjae Lee, Jong-Hwan Kim |
| 10 | 281 | 3.0 | [Do long-term institutional investors promote corporate social responsibility activities?](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbankfin.2018.11.015) | [Journal of Banking & Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-banking-finance.md) | 2018-12-01 | Hyun‐Dong Kim, Taeyeon Kim, Yura Kim et al. |

## In OpenAlex

*Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology in OpenAlex*

| Item | Value |
|---|---|
| Type | University |
| Location | Daejeon, South Korea |
| Also known as | KAIST, 한국과학기술원 |
| Units listed in OpenAlex | 2 |
| Works in OpenAlex | 117,613 |
| Citations | 9,544,117 |
| h-index | 697 |
| i10-index | 150,003 |
| 2-year mean citedness | 5.23 |
| Website | [www.kaist.ac.kr](https://www.kaist.ac.kr) |
| ROR | [ror.org/05apxxy63](https://ror.org/05apxxy63) |
| Wikidata | [Q39949](Q39949) |
| OpenAlex | [openalex.org/I157485424](https://openalex.org/I157485424) |

*Works and citations per year in OpenAlex, and its papers in the tracked journals*

| Year | Works in OpenAlex | Citations received | In the tracked journals | Share |
|---|---:|---:|---:|---:|
| 2026 (so far) | 7,087 | 216,640 | 103 | 1.5% |
| 2025 | 6,178 | 295,266 | 115 | 1.9% |
| 2024 | 5,684 | 284,105 | 104 | 1.8% |
| 2023 | 5,111 | 258,293 | 95 | 1.9% |
| 2022 | 4,823 | 245,985 | 89 | 1.8% |
| 2021 | 4,931 | 239,166 | 87 | 1.8% |
| 2020 | 4,745 | 203,647 | 95 | 2.0% |
| 2019 | 4,656 | 177,484 | 82 | 1.8% |
| 2018 | 4,548 | 157,037 | 77 | 1.7% |
| 2017 | 4,344 | 141,385 | 63 | 1.5% |

*Main research topics (OpenAlex, all works)*

| # | Topic | Field | Works |
|---:|---|---|---:|
| 1 | Advanced Neural Network Applications | Computer Science | 2,244 |
| 2 | Analog and Mixed-Signal Circuit Design | Engineering | 2,158 |
| 3 | Advancements in Battery Materials | Engineering | 1,787 |
| 4 | Radio Frequency Integrated Circuit Design | Engineering | 1,762 |
| 5 | Semiconductor materials and devices | Engineering | 1,685 |

From OpenAlex's own record of the institution (CC0), read again monthly. Works and citations count everything OpenAlex indexes, not only the tracked journals; topics are OpenAlex's classification of those works.

*Papers, newest first.*

| Date | Title | Journal | Authors | Affiliations |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-30 | [Why does pharmaceutical detailing increase over time? Indication expansion versus inter-firm competition](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2026.116613) | [Journal of Business Research](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-business-research.md) | Sungjoon Nam, Minki Kim, Jaewon Yoo | Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology; National Tsing Hua University |
| 2026-10-30 | [Health shocks and the cost of equity capital: Evidence from the opioid epidemic](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbef.2026.101273) | [Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-behavioral-and-experimental-finance.md) | Bayu Giri Prakosa, Ryoonhee Kim | Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology; Politeknik APP Jakarta |
| 2026-10-20 | [Social distancing under strategic uncertainty: The role of strategic sophistication in the COVID-19 pandemic](https://doi.org/10.1007/s11166-026-09512-x) | [Journal of Risk and Uncertainty](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-risk-and-uncertainty.md) | Mimi Jeon, Seonghoon Kim, Kanghyock Koh et al. | Korea Fair Trade Commission; Singapore Management University; Korea University; … |
| 2026-10-16 | [Cherry pickers or loyal users? How financial rewards shape mobile app usage patterns](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.elerap.2026.101650) | [Electronic Commerce Research and Applications](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/electronic-commerce-research-and-applications.md) | Chihong Jeon, Daegon Cho | Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology; Yonsei University |
| 2026-10-13 | [Monte Carlo tree search for the multi-crane scheduling problem with temporal constraints](https://doi.org/10.1007/s10696-026-09691-4) | [Flexible Services and Manufacturing Journal](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/flexible-services-and-manufacturing-journal.md) | Woo-Jin Shin, Seungkyu Yoon, Hyun-Jung Kim | Gyeongsang National University; Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology |
| 2026-10-09 | [An attention-centric transformer network for real-time human activity recognition](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ins.2026.124272) | [Information Sciences](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/information-sciences.md) | Chang Choi, Hikmat Yar, Weiwei Jiang et al. | Gachon University; Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology; Dongguk University; … |
| 2026-10-09 | [Virtual reality as a catalyst for change: Promoting communication intention, policy support and interaction with migrant workers in Singapore](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2026.109210) | [Computers in Human Behavior](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/computers-in-human-behavior.md) | Benjamin Junting Li, Nuri Kim, Heng Zhang | Nanyang Technological University; Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology; Chongqing University |
| 2026-10-06 | [How confirmation bias makes persuaders more honest](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jebo.2026.107777) | [Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-economic-behavior-organization.md) | Minseo Choi, Daeyoung Jeong | Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology; Yonsei University |

## Cite this page

Scholar4AI. (2026). Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology. Journal and Conference Research Rankings. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/korea-advanced-institute-of-science-and-technology

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  urldate = {2026-11-04},
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License: CC BY-NC 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).