18 Kwangwoon University professors included in World’s Top 2% Scientists list
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Kwangwoon University faculty members conduct research in this undated file photo. Courtesy of Kwangwoon University
Eighteen professors at Kwangwoon University have been named among the World’s Top 2% Scientists, highlighting the research excellence and international academic influence of the university’s faculty.
The World’s Top 2% Scientists list for 2026 was recently released by Stanford University and Elsevier, a global provider of academic information. It evaluates researchers’ scientific impact using data from Elsevier’s Scopus database.
The list comprises two categories: Career-long citation impact, which measures a researcher’s cumulative impact throughout their career, and single-year scientific impact, which reflects citation impact in 2025. The 2026 edition uses citation data through the end of last year.
Ten Kwangwoon University professors were named in the career-long category.
They include Kim Young-hun (chemical engineering), Kim Tae-kyun (mathematics), Park Myun-joo (electronics convergence engineering), Park Jae-yeong (electronic engineering), Park Chul-hwan (chemical engineering), Lee Sang-shin (electronic engineering) and Jang Min (environmental engineering).
Fourteen professors were named in the single-year category.
They include Kim Tae-kyun (mathematics), Nagendra Kumar Kaushik (electronic and biological physics), Park Jae-yeong (electronic engineering), Lee Sang-shin (electronic engineering), Lee Taek (chemical engineering), Jang Min (environmental engineering) and Janardhan Reddy Koduru (environmental engineering).
Notably, six professors, including Kim Tae-kyun, Park Jae-yeong, Lee Sang-shin and Jang Min, were named in both the career-long and single-year categories.
“This recognition highlights the research excellence and international academic influence of our faculty across a wide range of fields, including mathematics, electronic engineering, environmental engineering, chemical engineering and artificial intelligence, as well as interdisciplinary research,” university president Yoon Do-young said.
He added, “We will continue to strengthen research support to help our researchers pursue innovative and challenging projects and produce world-class research.”
