Law School Professors Lee Bu-ha and Kim Hyeon-joon Most Cited Studies

Law School Professors Lee Bu-ha and Kim Hyeon-joon Most Cited Studies N

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National Research Foundation analyzed KCI data from 2004 to 2014
Professor Lee Bu-ha first place in constitution (381 citations) - 2nd in overall law
Professor Kim Hyeon-joon first place in administrative law, two in top 20
[July 18, 2016]

Who is the author of the most frequently cited academic thesis in the law research sector?

Professor Lee Bu-ha (46, left photo) and Professor Kim Hyeon-joon (52, right photo) of the YU Law School were found to be the highest authorities in the constitution and administrative law research sectors through academic data.

Recently, the Law Times analyzed research papers in the law sector accumulated for 11 years from 2004 to 2014 through the National Research Foundation's Korea Citation Index (KCI) system. KCI is a system that analyzes citation relations among studies by collecting and categorizing domestic academic journals, thesis information, and references.

According to this, the paper published by Professor Lee Bu-ha was the most cited in the constitutional studies sector by being cited 381 times. When compared to overall fields of law, he was a close second following Professor Kim In-hyun (57) of Korea University who had 387 citations in the Marine Law sector. The representative paper of Professor Lee, who is a constitutional expert, is 'Principle of Proportionality and Principle of Underestimated Protection Prohibition Policy' that was published in the 'Constitutional Studies Research' journal in 2007.

YU Law School Professor Kim Hyeon-joon also took first place in the administrative law field by being cited 275 times. This is 15th place overall in the law sector.

Total citation ranking of KCI domestic academic journal citation index search results (as of June 30, 2016)

Rank	Name	Institute	Research Field	No. of Citations
1	Kim In-hyun	Korea University	Commercial Law	387
2	Lee Bu-ha	Yeungnam University	Constitutional Law	381
3	Kim Jin-woo	Hankuk University of Foreign Studies	Civil Law	353
4	Koh Hyeong-seok	Sunmoon University	Civil Law	340
5	Lee Byung-joon	Hankuk University of Foreign Studies	Civil Law	333
6	Song Jong-joon	Chungbuk National University	Mercantile Law	331
7	Lee Ho-joong	Sogang University	Criminal Law	328
8	Yoon Jin-soo	Seoul National University	Civil Law	314
9	Choi Joon-sun	Sungkyunkwan University	Commercial Law	311
10	Cho Gook	Seoul National University	Criminal Law	308
11	Kwon Young-joon	Seoul National University	Civil Law	307
12	Kim Jae-hyung	Seoul National University	Civil Law	294
13	Kim Il-hwan	Sungkyunkwan University	Constitutional Law	293
14	Kim Tae-myung	Chonbuk National University	Criminal Law	285
15	Kim Hyeon-joon	Yeungnam University	Administrative Law	275
16	Kim Sang-gyeom	Dongguk University	Constitutional Law	271
17	Park Chang-geol	Catholic University of Daegu	Criminal Law	269
18	Lim Ji-bong	Sogang University	Constitutional Law	261
19	Kim Hyung-seok	Seoul National University	Civil Law	259
20	Kim Jong-cheol	Yonsei University	Constitutional Law	258

Academic circles normally cite the studies of others when it has academic significance such as being creative or requiring critical review. A higher number of citations represent that the value of the said paper is higher. Therefore, the number of citations of a study is used as an objective index that shows the qualitative value of the study throughout all academic fields both in Korea and abroad.

Meanwhile, in the top 20 with the most number of citations for the law sector was Seoul National University Law School with five professors ranking in the top 20. It was followed by YU Law School with two professors.

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