Where National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) Funded Research Is Published: Top 50 Journals

In shortNational Research Foundation of Korea (South Korea) is named as a funder in the recent research articles of 1,290 journals we checked, most often in Molecules and Cells (109 of 200 recent articles). The journals below publish its funded work most often; open a journal for its indexing, review time, reviewer comments and fee waivers.

Journals that publish National Research Foundation of Korea funded research most often

#	Journal	Articles naming it	Indexing	Impact factor*	Median review time
1	Molecules and Cells	109 of 200	SCIE	7.00	n/a
2	Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society	90 of 200	SCIE	2.87	45 days
3	The Journal of Microbiology	90 of 181	SCIE	4.61	54 days
4	BMB Reports	81 of 110	SCIE	4.67	65 days
5	Biomolecules & Therapeutics	80 of 190	SCIE	3.93	83 days
6	Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology	74 of 200	SCIE	3.71	60 days
7	Current Applied Physics	70 of 200	SCIE	3.54	n/a
8	Experimental & Molecular Medicine	70 of 200	SCIE	14.78	172 days
9	Eon'eo cheong'gag jang'ae yeon'gu/Communication sciences & disorders	64 of 152	ESCI	0.48	56 days
10	Korean Journal of Applied Statistics	58 of 100	ESCI	0.20	47 days
11	Immune Network	55 of 89	SCIE	9.61	60 days
12	Korean Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology	55 of 140	SCIE	3.03	95 days
13	Journal of Sensor Science and Technology	48 of 171	Scopus	1.45	16 days
14	Journal of the Korean Society for Precision Engineering	48 of 200	Scopus	0.26	68 days
15	Journal of Veterinary Science	46 of 186	SCIE	2.02	113 days
16	Nutrition Research and Practice	45 of 134	SCIE	2.21	77 days
17	Animal Cells and Systems	44 of 95	SCIE	4.19	105 days
18	Journal of Clinical Neurology	43 of 193	SCIE	3.01	72 days
19	International Journal of Precision Engineering and Manufacturing-Green Technology	42 of 200	SCIE	5.37	122 days
20	Nano Convergence	42 of 133	SCIE	16.04	64 days
21	KOREAN JOURNAL OF REMOTE SENSING	41 of 200	ESCI	1.27	20 days
22	BioChip Journal	39 of 112	SCIE	7.03	97 days
23	Economic and Environmental Geology	39 of 128	ESCI	0.68	41 days
24	ICT Express	39 of 200	SCIE	6.04	n/a
25	Journal of the Korean Society of Clothing and Textiles	39 of 163	Scopus	0.46	94 days
26	Psychiatry Investigation	39 of 200	SCIE SSCI	2.28	118 days
27	Yonsei Medical Journal	39 of 200	SCIE	2.72	145 days
28	Experimental Neurobiology	38 of 56	SCIE	1.94	68 days
29	Journal of Ginseng Research	38 of 200	SCIE	5.43	n/a
30	Journal of the Korean Physical Society	38 of 200	SCIE	1.55	76 days
31	Annals of Laboratory Medicine	37 of 200	SCIE	3.40	143 days
32	Biotechnology and Bioprocess Engineering	37 of 183	SCIE	3.07	114 days
33	Food Science of Animal Resources	37 of 200	SCIE	5.60	66 days
34	Journal of the Korean Ceramic Society	37 of 200	SCIE	4.57	108 days
35	Archives of Design Research	36 of 168	Scopus	1.07	106 days
36	KOREAN JOURNAL OF METALS AND MATERIALS	36 of 118	SCIE	1.51	41 days
37	Endocrinology and Metabolism	35 of 200	SCIE	5.49	71 days
38	Exercise Science	34 of 102	Scopus	0.50	64 days
39	Genes & Genomics	34 of 200	SCIE	1.91	72 days
40	The Plant Pathology Journal	34 of 151	SCIE	2.81	61 days
41	Gut and Liver	32 of 200	SCIE	3.18	74 days
42	Archives of Pharmacal Research	31 of 128	SCIE	8.38	185 days
43	Communications for Statistical Applications and Methods	31 of 96	ESCI	0.56	80 days
44	Diabetes & Metabolism Journal	31 of 200	SCIE	7.39	118 days
45	Journal of Computational Design and Engineering	31 of 200	SCIE	5.78	n/a
46	npj Flexible Electronics	31 of 200	SCIE	14.28	113 days
47	Journal of Korean Medical Science	30 of 200	SCIE	2.99	102 days
48	Natural Product Sciences	30 of 84	Scopus	1.62	61 days
49	Applied Science and Convergence Technology	29 of 75	ESCI	1.46	32 days
50	International Journal of Stem Cells	29 of 65	SCIE	3.71	74 days

"Articles naming" counts the research articles (of up to 200 from the last 24 months) whose funder list names National Research Foundation of Korea. *Impact factor calculated from OpenAlex open data, not the official Clarivate value. Review time: median days from submission to acceptance, from the dates publishers deposit in Crossref.

Funders named alongside National Research Foundation of Korea

Other funders that appear in the same journals. Their pages show where their funded research is published.

Ministry of Science and ICT, South Korea National Natural Science Foundation of China National Key Research and Development Program of China Korea Health Industry Development Institute Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities Ministry of Health and Welfare China Postdoctoral Science Foundation Rural Development Administration Japan Society for the Promotion of Science National Science Foundation National Institutes of Health Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province Ministry of Food and Drug Safety Soonchunhyang University Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft

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Frequently asked questions

Which journals publish the most National Research Foundation of Korea funded research?

In the recent research articles we checked, the journals that name National Research Foundation of Korea as a funder most often are Molecules and Cells, Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society, The Journal of Microbiology, BMB Reports, Biomolecules & Therapeutics. In all, 1290 journals name it.

Does publishing in these journals help my National Research Foundation of Korea grant?

These journals already publish work supported by National Research Foundation of Korea, so editors and reviewers know this kind of research. Whether a journal suits your paper still depends on its scope, indexing and review time, shown for each journal in the table.

Does National Research Foundation of Korea pay the article processing charge (APC)?

Many funders pay or reimburse open access fees under their open access policy, but the rules differ by funder and by grant. Check National Research Foundation of Korea's open access policy and your grant terms; for country-based waivers, use the free APC waiver checker.

Where does this data come from?

From the funder information publishers deposit with each article in Crossref. For each journal, ScholarsColab looked at up to 200 research articles from the last 24 months and counted the funders they name. Not every publisher deposits funders, so a journal can be missing.

Source, method and date. Source: the funder information publishers deposit with each article in Crossref. Method: for each journal, ScholarsColab looked at up to 200 research articles from the last 24 months and counted the funders they name; spelling variants of a funder are combined. Updated: 29 October 2026. ScholarsColab is not affiliated with National Research Foundation of Korea or these journals.