South Korea - Share of Scientific Publications Among the World's 10% Top-Cited Publications in Theoretical Computer Science

Since 2014, South Korea Share of Scientific Publications Among the World's 10% Top-Cited Publications in Theoretical Computer Science fell by 0.8points year on year. With 6.76 Percent in 2019, the country was ranked number 54 among other countries in Share of Scientific Publications Among the World's 10% Top-Cited Publications in Theoretical Computer Science. South Korea is overtaken by Portugal, which was number 53 with 6.81 Percent and is followed by Japan with 6.42 Percent. Costa Rica lead the ranking with 30.78 Percent in 2019, that is a decrease of 20.5points versus 2018. Lithuania, Luxembourg and Italy respectively ranked number 2, 3 and 4 in this ranking. Bulgaria witnessed the best average annual growth at +68.2points per year, while South Africa witnessed the worst performance at -15.4points per year.

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Date Percent
2019 6.76
2018 5.73
2017 8.85
2016 7.65
2015 5.36
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How does South Korea rank in Share of Scientific Publications Among the World's 10% Top-Cited Publications in Theoretical Computer Science?

# 60 Countries Percent Last YoY 5‑years CAGR
1 #1
Costa Rica
30.78 % 2019 -20.5 % NA View data
2 #2
Lithuania
23.90 % 2019 -2.3 % +20.9 % View data
53 #53
Portugal
6.81 % 2019 +4.6 % -2.3 % View data
54 #54
South Korea
6.76 % 2019 +18.0 % -0.8 % View data
55 #55
Japan
6.42 % 2019 -5.5 % +4.8 % View data
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