Kwang Young Kim

2.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
61 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Kwang Young Kim is a scholar working on Oceanography, Ecology and Environmental Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Kwang Young Kim has authored 61 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 55 papers in Oceanography, 33 papers in Ecology and 9 papers in Environmental Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Kwang Young Kim's work include Marine and coastal plant biology (30 papers), Marine and coastal ecosystems (29 papers) and Marine Biology and Ecology Research (24 papers). Kwang Young Kim is often cited by papers focused on Marine and coastal plant biology (30 papers), Marine and coastal ecosystems (29 papers) and Marine Biology and Ecology Research (24 papers). Kwang Young Kim collaborates with scholars based in South Korea, Canada and United States. Kwang Young Kim's co-authors include Hae Jin Jeong, Ju‐Hyoung Kim, Kitack Lee, David J. Garbary, Matthew S. Edwards, Eun Ju Kang, Yeong Du Yoo, Keunyong Kim, Nam Seon Kang and Myung Gil Park and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, Environmental Science & Technology and Geophysical Research Letters.

In The Last Decade

Kwang Young Kim

60 papers receiving 1.4k citations

Hit Papers

The value of ecosystem services in global marine kelp for... 2023 2026 2024 2025 2023 40 80 120
What are hit papers?

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.

  1. The value of ecosystem services in global marine kelp forests
    2023 149 citations Aaron M. Eger, Ezequiel M. Marzinelli et al. Nature Communications profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Kwang Young Kim South Korea 23 1.2k 759 260 222 196 61 1.5k
Mingjiang Zhou China 21 993 0.8× 599 0.8× 488 1.9× 207 0.9× 200 1.0× 35 1.5k
Francesca Vidussi France 23 1.6k 1.3× 978 1.3× 315 1.2× 391 1.8× 150 0.8× 47 1.9k
Jesús M. Mercado Spain 27 1.5k 1.2× 517 0.7× 181 0.7× 368 1.7× 126 0.6× 76 1.8k
Gregory N. Nishihara Japan 23 1.3k 1.1× 574 0.8× 179 0.7× 236 1.1× 96 0.5× 110 1.6k
Rhodora V. Azanza Philippines 22 991 0.8× 568 0.7× 591 2.3× 293 1.3× 220 1.1× 71 1.5k
Willem Stolte Netherlands 18 997 0.8× 571 0.8× 481 1.9× 155 0.7× 245 1.3× 31 1.4k
Emma Orive Spain 26 1.2k 1.0× 736 1.0× 720 2.8× 302 1.4× 334 1.7× 63 1.7k
Lars‐Johan Naustvoll Norway 23 903 0.7× 548 0.7× 504 1.9× 349 1.6× 205 1.0× 48 1.4k
Ju‐Hyoung Kim South Korea 18 758 0.6× 402 0.5× 94 0.4× 132 0.6× 88 0.4× 79 1.0k
Valentina Asnaghi Italy 21 976 0.8× 536 0.7× 512 2.0× 269 1.2× 139 0.7× 44 1.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Kwang Young Kim

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Fields of papers citing papers by Kwang Young Kim

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Kwang Young Kim. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Kwang Young Kim. The network helps show where Kwang Young Kim may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kwang Young Kim

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Kwang Young Kim. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Kwang Young Kim based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Kwang Young Kim. Kwang Young Kim is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Lee, Kitack, Miok Kim, Ju‐Hyoung Kim, et al.. (2025). Alkalinity (Bicarbonate) Pumping by Coastal Macroalgal Forests. Geophysical Research Letters. 52(12). 2 indexed citations
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Kang, Hee Chang, Hae Jin Jeong, Jin Hee Ok, et al.. (2023). Food web structure for high carbon retention in marine plankton communities. Science Advances. 9(50). eadk0842–eadk0842. 13 indexed citations
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Eger, Aaron M., Ezequiel M. Marzinelli, Rodrigo Beas‐Luna, et al.. (2023). The value of ecosystem services in global marine kelp forests. Nature Communications. 14(1). 1894–1894. 149 indexed citations breakdown →
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Kim, Kwang Young, et al.. (2023). Diversity and assembly of planktonic protist communities in the Jeju Strait, Korea. Frontiers in Marine Science. 10. 2 indexed citations
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Jeong, Hae Jin, Hee Chang Kang, An Suk Lim, et al.. (2021). Feeding diverse prey as an excellent strategy of mixotrophic dinoflagellates for global dominance. Science Advances. 7(2). 71 indexed citations
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Lee, Kyung Ha, Kyung Ha Lee, Hae Jin Jeong, et al.. (2019). Effects of warming and eutrophication on coastal phytoplankton production. Harmful Algae. 81. 106–118. 31 indexed citations
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Ko, Young Ho, Kitack Lee, Jae Hoon Noh, et al.. (2016). Influence of ambient water intrusion on coral reef acidification in the Chuuk lagoon, located in the coral‐rich western Pacific Ocean. Geophysical Research Letters. 43(8). 3830–3838. 7 indexed citations
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Kim, Keunyong, Keunyong Kim, Jong-Kuk Choi, et al.. (2015). Observation of typhoon-induced seagrass die-off using remote sensing. Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science. 154. 111–121. 35 indexed citations
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Lee, Kyung Ha, Hae Jin Jeong, Tae Young Jang, et al.. (2014). Feeding by the newly described mixotrophic dinoflagellate Gymnodinium smaydae: Feeding mechanism, prey species, and effect of prey concentration. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology. 459. 114–125. 40 indexed citations
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Kim, Miran, Kwang Young Kim, Seung Won Nam, et al.. (2014). The Effect of Starvation on Plastid Number and Photosynthetic Performance in the Kleptoplastidic Dinoflagellate Amylax triacantha. Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology. 61(4). 354–363. 9 indexed citations
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Klochkova, Tatyana A., et al.. (2012). Morphology, molecular phylogeny and photosynthetic activity of the sacoglossan mollusc, Elysia nigrocapitata, from Korea. Marine Biology. 160(1). 155–168. 17 indexed citations
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Edwards, Matthew S., et al.. (2010). Elk Kelp, Pelagophycus porra, distribution limited due to susceptibility of microscopic stages to high light. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology. 396(2). 194–201. 14 indexed citations
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Yoo, Yeong Du, Hae Jin Jeong, Mi Seon Kim, et al.. (2009). Feeding by Phototrophic Red‐Tide Dinoflagellates on the Ubiquitous Marine Diatom Skeletonema costatum. Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology. 56(5). 413–420. 88 indexed citations
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Kim, Kwang Young & David J. Garbary. (2006). Photosynthesis in Codium fragile (Chlorophyta) from a Nova Scotia estuary: responses to desiccation and hyposalinity. Marine Biology. 151(1). 99–107. 30 indexed citations
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Garbary, David J., et al.. (2004). Cytological damage to the red alga Griffithsia pacifica from ultraviolet radiation. Hydrobiologia. 512(1-3). 165–170. 9 indexed citations
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Kim, Kwang Young, et al.. (2004). Physiological ecology and seasonality of Ulva pertusa on a temperate rocky shore. Phycologia. 43(4). 483–492. 32 indexed citations
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Kim, Kwang Young. (1999). Vertical Distribution and Seasonality of Intertidal Macroalgae on the Coast of Hawon-Pando, Southwestern Korea. Oceanography. 34(3). 172–178. 2 indexed citations

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