The power of Research Capabilities per scholar in humanities was displayed
Professors Lee, Hwan Beom, Kim, Soon Yang, Jung, Byung Kee, Cha, Myung Soo, Park, Chu Hwan, Kim, Jeong Sook
[Sep 23, 2013]

 Professors who were ranked in the top 50 for research capabilities in their majors
(from top left: Lee, Hwan Beom, Kim, Soon Yang, Jung, Byung Kee;
from bottom left: Cha, Myung Soo, Park, Chu Hwan, Kim Jung-sook)

 In the scholar research capability evaluation in humanities that was conducted for the first time in the nation, 6 YU professors were ranked in the Top 50.

 Donga Ilbo (Sep 23 issue) analyzed the thesis database (131,589 theses and 2,507,629 references) in seven humanities fields (economics, public administration, sociology, political science and diplomacy, Korean language and literature, history) registered in the Korea Citation Index (KCI) for ten years since 2004 together with the National Research Foundation of Korea and Treum, a social media analysis company.

 In order to find who provided high quality results, the analysis team checked both the number of direct and indirect citations of the theses. It is basically an index that shows the impact of the thesis in academia.

 In result, Professor Lee, Hwan Beom (51, photo) in the Department of Public Administration was ranked as the 9th most influential scholar in the public administration sector, while Professor Kim, Soon Yang (55) was judged to be 25th in impact. Professor Jung, Byung Kee (47) of the Department of Political Science and Diplomacy was ranked 31st in the political science and diplomacy sector, while Professors Cha, Myung Soo (58) and Park, Chu Hwan (49) of the School of Economics and Finance were ranked 32nd and 39th, respectively, in the economics sector. Professor Kim, Jeong Sookin the Department of Korean History was also ranked 41st in research capabilities for the history sector, and thus 6 YU professors were ranked as the top 50 influential scholars.