• Korean Security Journal
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• no.14
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• pp.21-41
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• 2007

This study has analyzed demonstratively the total of 192 dissertations published on the Korea Security Science Association Journal for the last 10 years in order to take a look at the research trends in the field of security. Based on this, this study intends to examine the research trends in the research field of security and present suggestions. The standard for analysis was largely divided into per period, per subject and per method of research. First, the research trend of the group per period was classified into a quickening period, a formative period and a development period. As a result, among the total of 192 dissertations, the quickening period occupied 45%, the formative, 42% and the development, 13%. The dissertations in the field of security were made up of 52% in the formative, 37% in the quickening and 11% in the development period. Also, it was shown that the number of dissertations in the field of security and escort did not even come up to half of total number of publications. Secondly, the research trend of the group per subject is divided into per large subject and per medium subject. As a result, all quickening, formative and development periods showed the highest values for other researches, which showed a tendency to lean upon other researches. In classifying the group per large subject by period, it presented similar aspects with 46% of the quickening period and 43% of the formative. Lastly, for the trends per method of research, compared to 23% of quantitative research, the qualitative research held 77%, which showed an overall tendency to depend on the qualitative research.