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Highly Cited Researchers
Highly Cited Researchers 42.815 Scientists Citation in South Korea Rankings - 2025
Discover the world’s highly cited researchers through the AD Scientific Index 2025 Citation Rankings.
These rankings evaluate scientists based on their total and recent citation counts, capturing the breadth and real-time currency of academic recognition. Citation data reveals how widely a scholar’s work is referenced, applied, and extended across diverse disciplines. The rankings are routinely updated to reflect ongoing citation growth, while eliminating distortions from excessive co-authorship and institutional inflation. Premium tools provide access to detailed citation dynamics, unethical citation behavior detection, and field-normalized benchmarking.
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
high energy physics
astro-particle physics
scintillato
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
598,660
161,192
0.269
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
physic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
525,259
150,315
0.286
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Particle Physic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
411,604
119,549
0.290
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Particle Physic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
398,613
135,448
0.340
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
High Energy Physic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
380,779
110,761
0.291
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Physic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
338,433
137,134
0.405
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Chemistry
materials
carbon material
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
277,458
80,283
0.289
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
social determinants of health
health inequalities
early childhood intervention
population health trend
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
267,952
176,145
0.657
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
High Energy Physics
Neutrino Physics
Astro-particle physic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
254,992
84,942
0.333
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Nuclear and Particle Physic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
252,327
98,458
0.390
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
High energy physic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
199,844
94,537
0.473
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Nuclear Physics
Particle Physics
Quark-Gluon-Plasm
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
193,035
76,834
0.398
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Experimental HE
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
154,578
29,844
0.193
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Physic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
149,842
54,639
0.365
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Astrophysics
neutron stars
black holes
gravitational waves
heavy ion collision
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
137,939
78,196
0.567
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
137,448
107,699
0.784
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Stellar Dynamics
gravitational waves
interstellar dust
globular clusters
infrared astronom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
136,373
84,988
0.623
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
126,011
34,521
0.274
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
nanotechnology
nanoscienc
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
120,865
48,517
0.401
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
https://www.nature.com/articles/d42473-021-00540-
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
118,512
97,342
0.821
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Gravitational Physics
Gravitational-Wave
Astrophysic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
118,020
81,285
0.689
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Relativistic Heavy Ion Collision Experiments
Quark-Gluon Plasma
Particle Detector
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
109,268
48,442
0.443
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
109,242
83,935
0.768
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Lithium ion batteries
All Solid State Battery
Na ion and Potassium ion batteries
Cathode for batteries
Li sulfur and Li oxy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
109,140
58,664
0.538
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Oncology
Translational Oncolog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
107,720
35,372
0.328
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
14
1
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
HJ Kim
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
598,660
161,192
0.269
high energy physics
astro-particle physics
scintillato
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
26
2
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
SB Kim
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
525,259
150,315
0.286
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
71
3
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Donghee Kim
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
411,604
119,549
0.290
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
81
4
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
UK Yang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
398,613
135,448
0.340
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
99
5
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Sehwook Lee
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
380,779
110,761
0.291
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
156
6
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Byungsik Hong
Korea University
Seoul, South Korea
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
338,433
137,134
0.405
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
332
7
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Rodney Ruoff
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
277,458
80,283
0.289
Chemistry
materials
carbon material
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
381
8
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Young Ho Khang
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
267,952
176,145
0.657
social determinants of health
health inequalities
early childhood intervention
population health trend
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
467
9
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Dongchul Son|Dong-Chul Son
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
254,992
84,942
0.333
High Energy Physics
Neutrino Physics
Astro-particle physic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
484
10
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Guinyun Kim
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
252,327
98,458
0.390
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
880
11
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Chang Seong Moon
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
199,844
94,537
0.473
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
939
12
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Dong Ho Moon
Chonnam National University
Gwangju, South Korea
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
193,035
76,834
0.398
Nuclear Physics
Particle Physics
Quark-Gluon-Plasm
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,435
13
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Byeongrok Ko
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
154,578
29,844
0.193
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,526
14
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Sun Kee Kim
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
149,842
54,639
0.365
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,807
15
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Chang-Hwan Lee
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
137,939
78,196
0.567
Astrophysics
neutron stars
black holes
gravitational waves
heavy ion collision
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,822
16
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
In-Hwan Oh
Kyung Hee University
Seoul, South Korea
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
137,448
107,699
0.784
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,851
17
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Hyung Mok Lee
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
136,373
84,988
0.623
Stellar Dynamics
gravitational waves
interstellar dust
globular clusters
infrared astronom
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,136
18
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Ji Yeon Kim
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
126,011
34,521
0.274
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,324
19
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Taeghwan Hyeon
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
120,865
48,517
0.401
nanotechnology
nanoscienc
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,426
20
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Yong Sik Ok
Korea University
Seoul, South Korea
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
118,512
97,342
0.821
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,441
21
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
John J Oh
World Institute of Kimchi
Gwangju, South Korea
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
118,020
81,285
0.689
Gravitational Physics
Gravitational-Wave
Astrophysic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,840
22
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
In-Kwon Yoo
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
109,268
48,442
0.443
Relativistic Heavy Ion Collision Experiments
Quark-Gluon Plasma
Particle Detector
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,842
23
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Ki Hyun Kim
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
109,242
83,935
0.768
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,856
24
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Sun Yang Kook
Hanyang University
Seoul, South Korea
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
109,140
58,664
0.538
Lithium ion batteries
All Solid State Battery
Na ion and Potassium ion batteries
Cathode for batteries
Li sulfur and Li oxy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,932
25
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Jeeyun Lee (이지연)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
107,720
35,372
0.328
Oncology
Translational Oncolog