18 Kwangwoon University Professors Named Among the World's Top 2% Scientists in 2026

– 18 Kwangwoon University Professors Recognized in Stanford University and Elsevier's 2026 World's Top 2% Scientists List –

– 10 Professors Recognized for Career-Long Impact and 14 for Single-Year Impact, with 6 Included in Both Categories –

  A total of 18 professors and researchers affiliated with Kwangwoon University (President Yoon Do-young) have been named among the World's Top 2% Scientists in 2026, once again demonstrating the university's sustained research excellence and international academic influence.

  The World's Top 2% Scientists list evaluates researchers' scholarly impact using standardized citation indicators developed by a research team led by Professor John P. A. Ioannidis of Stanford University, based on data from Scopus, a citation database operated by the global academic publishing and information company Elsevier.

  The 2026 edition of the list is based on Scopus data and reflects citation records through the end of 2025. It consists of two categories: Career-Long Impact, which assesses researchers' cumulative citation performance throughout their academic careers, and Single-Year Impact, which evaluates citation performance during 2025.

  In the 2026 rankings, a total of 10 Kwangwoon University researchers were included in the Career-Long Impact category: Research Professor Yong Cheol Kang; Professor Younghun Kim  (Department of Chemical Engineering); Professor TaeKyun Kim (Department of Mathematics); Professor Myun-Joo Park (Department of Electronic Convergence Engineering); Professor Jae Young Park (Department of Electronic Engineering); Professor Chulhwan Park (Department of Chemical Engineering); Visiting Professor Hwan-Seop Eom (PBRC); Professor Sang-Shin Lee (Department of Electronic Engineering); Professor Min Jang (Department of Environmental Engineering); and Professor Emeritus Eun-Ha Choi (Department of Electrophysics).

  Meanwhile, 14 researchers were selected in the Single-Year Impact category: Professor Emeritus Nam-Young Kim (Department of Electronic Engineering); Professor TaeKyun Kim (Department of Mathematics); Professor Nagendra (Department of Electrophysics); Professor Jae Young Park (Department of Electronic Engineering); Professor Cheol Soo Park (School of Computer and Information Engineering); Visiting Professor Hwan-Seop Eom (PBRC); Professor Sang-Shin Lee (Department of Electronic Engineering); Professor Taek Lee (Department of Chemical Engineering); Professor Min Jang (Department of Environmental Engineering); Professor Eun-Sung Cho (School of Business Administration); Professor Sang Ho Choi (School of Computer and Information Engineering); Professor Emeritus Eun-Ha Choi (Department of Electrophysics); Professor Janardhan Reddy Koduru (Department of Environmental Engineering); and Professor Tae-Jun Ha (Department of Electronic Materials Engineering).

  Notably, six researchers—TaeKyun Kim, Jae-Young Park, Hwan-Seop Eom, Sang-Shin Lee, Min Jang, and Eun-Ha Choi—were recognized in both the Career-Long Impact and Single-Year Impact categories.

  Kwangwoon University President Yoon Do-young stated, "This recognition is a meaningful achievement that highlights the outstanding research capabilities and international academic influence of Kwangwoon University's researchers across a wide range of disciplines, including mathematics, electronic engineering, environmental engineering, chemical engineering, artificial intelligence, and interdisciplinary research." He added, "We will continue to strengthen our research support systems so that our researchers can devote themselves to innovative and challenging research, while consistently producing world-class research outcomes."