Kimoon Kim

47.1k total citations · 14 hit papers
423 papers, 42.0k citations indexed

About

Kimoon Kim is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Materials Chemistry and Spectroscopy. According to data from OpenAlex, Kimoon Kim has authored 423 papers receiving a total of 42.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 259 papers in Organic Chemistry, 168 papers in Materials Chemistry and 121 papers in Spectroscopy. Recurrent topics in Kimoon Kim's work include Supramolecular Chemistry and Complexes (200 papers), Molecular Sensors and Ion Detection (95 papers) and Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications (90 papers). Kimoon Kim is often cited by papers focused on Supramolecular Chemistry and Complexes (200 papers), Molecular Sensors and Ion Detection (95 papers) and Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications (90 papers). Kimoon Kim collaborates with scholars based in South Korea, Japan and United States. Kimoon Kim's co-authors include Minyoung Yoon, Dongmok Whang, Young Ho Ko, Danil N. Dybtsev, Hyungphil Chun, Narayanan Selvapalam, Renganathan Srirambalaji, Hyunuk Kim, Hee‐Joon Kim and Young Jin Jeon and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Chemical Reviews and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Kimoon Kim

415 papers receiving 41.5k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

A homochiral metal–organic porous material for enantioselective separation and catalysis

2000 3.6k citations Dongmok Whang, Kimoon Kim et al. profile →
Homochiral Metal–Organic Frameworks for Asymmetric Heterogeneous Catalysis

2011 2.7k citations Kimoon Kim et al. profile →
Cucurbituril Homologues and Derivatives: New Opportunities in Supramolecular Chemistry

2003 1.6k citations Kimoon Kim et al. profile →
New Cucurbituril Homologues: Syntheses, Isolation, Characterization, and X-ray Crystal Structures of Cucurbit[n]uril (n = 5, 7, and 8)

2000 1.5k citations Jaheon Kim, Eunsung Lee et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
Rigid and Flexible: A Highly Porous Metal–Organic Framework with Unusual Guest‐Dependent Dynamic Behavior

2004 1.1k citations Kimoon Kim et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →
Mechanically interlocked molecules incorporating cucurbituril and their supramolecular assemblies

2002 900 citations Kimoon Kim profile →
Microporous Manganese Formate: A Simple Metal−Organic Porous Material with High Framework Stability and Highly Selective Gas Sorption Properties

2003 877 citations Kimoon Kim et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
Functionalized cucurbiturils and their applications

2006 813 citations Kimoon Kim, Young Ho Ko et al. profile →
Synthesis, X‐ray Crystal Structures, and Gas Sorption Properties of Pillared Square Grid Nets Based on Paddle‐Wheel Motifs: Implications for Hydrogen Storage in Porous Materials

2005 803 citations Kimoon Kim et al. Chemistry - A European Journal profile →
Proton Conduction in Metal–Organic Frameworks and Related Modularly Built Porous Solids

2013 675 citations Kimoon Kim et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →
A Homochiral Metal–Organic Material with Permanent Porosity, Enantioselective Sorption Properties, and Catalytic Activity

2005 594 citations Kimoon Kim et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →
The aqueous supramolecular chemistry of cucurbit[n]urils, pillar[n]arenes and deep-cavity cavitands

2017 517 citations James Murray, Kimoon Kim et al. profile →
A synthetic host-guest system achieves avidin-biotin affinity by overcoming enthalpy–entropy compensation

2007 502 citations Young Ho Ko, Kimoon Kim et al. profile →
Can we beat the biotin–avidin pair?: cucurbit[7]uril-based ultrahigh affinity host–guest complexes and their applications

2015 362 citations Kyeng Min Park, Kimoon Kim et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Kimoon Kim	21.5k	18.3k	18.1k	12.5k	9.6k	423	42.0k
Jean‐Maríe Lehn	24.3k 1.1×	9.9k 0.5×	18.4k 1.0×	12.3k 1.0×	4.9k 0.5×	593	49.0k
Andrew J. P. White	27.9k 1.3×	12.3k 0.7×	10.1k 0.6×	4.4k 0.4×	2.2k 0.2×	1.0k	40.5k
Pierangelo Metrangolo	9.5k 0.4×	10.8k 0.6×	9.0k 0.5×	4.6k 0.4×	16.8k 1.8×	312	27.8k
Jonathan L. Sessler	22.4k 1.0×	8.6k 0.5×	39.1k 2.2×	27.6k 2.2×	5.7k 0.6×	965	65.6k
David N. Reinhoudt	19.7k 0.9×	5.6k 0.3×	16.6k 0.9×	14.4k 1.1×	4.6k 0.5×	966	49.6k
Feihe Huang	30.6k 1.4×	6.3k 0.3×	23.2k 1.3×	15.7k 1.3×	3.6k 0.4×	470	45.8k
Jonathan W. Steed	10.6k 0.5×	6.6k 0.4×	9.7k 0.5×	5.5k 0.4×	5.3k 0.6×	421	23.2k
Jonathan R. Nitschke	16.4k 0.8×	7.6k 0.4×	8.0k 0.4×	6.4k 0.5×	2.2k 0.2×	305	21.1k
Vivian Wing‐Wah Yam	17.3k 0.8×	6.4k 0.3×	22.4k 1.2×	5.2k 0.4×	1.7k 0.2×	657	37.7k
Vincent M. Lynch	12.4k 0.6×	5.5k 0.3×	13.7k 0.8×	10.3k 0.8×	2.7k 0.3×	564	26.4k

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Kang, Soo‐Jin, et al.. (2025). How to decrypt files encrypted by Rhysida ransomware without the attacker’s private key. Computers & Security. 151. 104340–104340.

Kyoung, Hyunjin, et al.. (2023). PSXIII-7 Effect of Dietary Supplementation of Lactobacillus Rhamnosus on Blood Profiles, Intestinal Morphology, Immune Responses, and Gene Expression of Tight Junction Proteins and Cytokines of Weaned Pigs. Journal of Animal Science. 101(Supplement_3). 574–575. 1 indexed citations

Lee, Hochan, Avinash Dhamija, Anilkumar Gunnam, et al.. (2023). Flow Synthesis of Gigantic Porphyrinic Cages: Facile Synthesis of P₁₂L₂₄ and Discovery of Kinetic Product P₉L₁₈. Chemistry - A European Journal. 29(34). e202300760–e202300760. 3 indexed citations

Mukhopadhyay, Rahul Dev, et al.. (2022). Spatiotemporal segregation of chiral supramolecular polymers. Chem. 9(3). 624–636. 20 indexed citations

Lee, Jaechul, Younggyu Seo, Dong Won Kang, et al.. (2022). Reversible ammonia uptake at room temperature in a robust and tunable metal–organic framework. RSC Advances. 12(13). 7605–7611. 7 indexed citations

Kim, Hyunyong, Hyunseok Kim, Kimoon Kim, & Eunsung Lee. (2021). Construction of Stable Metal–Organic Framework Platforms Embedding N -Heterocyclic Carbene Metal Complexes for Selective Catalysis. Inorganic Chemistry. 60(24). 18687–18697. 6 indexed citations

Pietrasiak, Ewa, Takashi Ohhara, Akiko Nakao, et al.. (2021). Programmable Synthesis of Silver Wheels. Inorganic Chemistry. 60(9). 6403–6409. 3 indexed citations

Smith, Peter T., Younghoon Kim, Bahiru Punja Benke, Kimoon Kim, & Christopher J. Chang. (2020). Supramolecular Tuning Enables Selective Oxygen Reduction Catalyzed by Cobalt Porphyrins for Direct Electrosynthesis of Hydrogen Peroxide. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 59(12). 4902–4907. 124 indexed citations

Tang, Hao, Palani Natarajan, Young Ho Ko, et al.. (2020). Nonlinear Dependence on Na⁺ Ions for the Binding Dynamics of Cucurbit[6]uril with the trans-1-Methyl-4-(4-hydroxystyryl)pyridinium Cation. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B. 124(45). 10219–10225. 4 indexed citations

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Kim, Hyunseok, Hyunyong Kim, Kimoon Kim, & Eunsung Lee. (2019). Structural Control of Metal–Organic Framework Bearing N-Heterocyclic Imidazolium Cation and Generation of Highly Stable Porous Structure. Inorganic Chemistry. 58(10). 6619–6627. 16 indexed citations

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Lee, Jaechul, Chong Yang Chuah, Jaheon Kim, et al.. (2018). Separation of Acetylene from Carbon Dioxide and Ethylene by a Water‐Stable Microporous Metal–Organic Framework with Aligned Imidazolium Groups inside the Channels. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 57(26). 7869–7873. 264 indexed citations

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Song, Hayoung, et al.. (2018). SuFEx in Metal–Organic Frameworks: Versatile Postsynthetic Modification Tool. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 10(40). 33785–33789. 28 indexed citations

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Aich, Pulakesh, Byeongseon Yang, Young Ho Ko, et al.. (2018). Self-assembled adhesive biomaterials formed by a genetically designed fusion protein. Chemical Communications. 54(89). 12642–12645. 21 indexed citations

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Kim, Nam Hoon, Wooseup Hwang, Kangkyun Baek, et al.. (2018). Smart SERS Hot Spots: Single Molecules Can Be Positioned in a Plasmonic Nanojunction Using Host–Guest Chemistry. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 140(13). 4705–4711. 120 indexed citations

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Lee, Hyunjung, Jaeung Sim, Yonghwi Kim, et al.. (2017). Synthetic control of coincidental formation of an N-heterocyclic carbene–copper(i) complex and imidazolium cations within metal–organic frameworks. CrystEngComm. 19(11). 1528–1534. 17 indexed citations

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Kim, Youngsuk, et al.. (2017). Triazenyl Radicals Stabilized by N-Heterocyclic Carbenes. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 139(43). 15300–15303. 63 indexed citations

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Song, Hayoung, et al.. (2017). An N‐Heterocyclic‐Carbene–Tetracyanoethylene Zwitterion: Experimental and Theoretical Study on Its Formation and Reactivity. European Journal of Organic Chemistry. 2017(8). 1231–1235. 7 indexed citations

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Baek, Kangkyun, Daqiang Yuan, Wooram Kim, et al.. (2017). Reversible photoreduction of Cu(ii)–coumarin metal–organic polyhedra. Chemical Communications. 53(66). 9250–9253. 16 indexed citations

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Kang, Shin‐Geol, et al.. (2016). Preparation and properties of new Di-N-alkylated 14-membered tetraaza macrocycles and their nickel(II) and copper(II) complexes. Open Access System for Information Sharing (Pohang University of Science and Technology).

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Cho, Sung‐Hee, Dongmok Whang, & Kimoon Kim. (2016). SYNTHESIS AND STRUCTURE OF BIS[HYDROTRIS(1-PYRAZOLYL)BORATO]IRON(III) NITRATE. Open Access System for Information Sharing (Pohang University of Science and Technology).

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