Signal Korea holds 1.1 percent of top-cited scientists as researchers lose time to administration

Summary

The plan observes that Korea needs globally competitive innovators and excellent researchers. Among 6,868 Highly Cited Researchers identified by Clarivate, the United States accounts for 37 percent, China for 20 percent and Korea for only 1.1 percent. Researchers in the field keep asking for an environment that lets them concentrate on research. A 2022 survey by HelloDD found that 55.9 percent of researchers spend more than half of each working day on administrative tasks. The plan presents these figures as evidence that talent quality and research conditions lag behind Korea's large inputs.