Pilwon Heo

629 total citations · 1 hit paper
9 papers, 453 citations indexed

About

Pilwon Heo is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Rehabilitation and Cognitive Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Pilwon Heo has authored 9 papers receiving a total of 453 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 6 papers in Rehabilitation and 3 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Pilwon Heo's work include Muscle activation and electromyography studies (8 papers), Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery (6 papers) and Prosthetics and Rehabilitation Robotics (4 papers). Pilwon Heo is often cited by papers focused on Muscle activation and electromyography studies (8 papers), Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery (6 papers) and Prosthetics and Rehabilitation Robotics (4 papers). Pilwon Heo collaborates with scholars based in South Korea. Pilwon Heo's co-authors include Jung Kim, Gwang Min Gu, Soojin Lee, Kyehan Rhee, Youngjin Na, Junghoon Park, Sangjoon J. Kim, Kihan Park and Hyosang Lee and has published in prestigious journals such as IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, Sensors and International Journal of Precision Engineering and Manufacturing.

In The Last Decade

Pilwon Heo

9 papers receiving 431 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.

Current hand exoskeleton technologies for rehabilitation and assistive engineering

2012 382 citations Pilwon Heo, Gwang Min Gu et al. International Journal of Precision Engineering and Manufacturing profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Pilwon Heo South Korea	5	363	270	115	62	53	9	453
Gwang Min Gu South Korea	6	393 1.1×	244 0.9×	103 0.9×	59 1.0×	51 1.0×	15	483
Andreas Wege Germany	5	344 0.9×	279 1.0×	98 0.9×	54 0.9×	54 1.0×	5	413
Tobias Bützer Switzerland	9	365 1.0×	265 1.0×	62 0.5×	66 1.1×	62 1.2×	10	472
Tommaso Proietti United States	10	495 1.4×	350 1.3×	94 0.8×	50 0.8×	45 0.8×	18	619
Motoyuki Abe Japan	5	266 0.7×	246 0.9×	73 0.6×	54 0.9×	66 1.2×	11	361
Chad G. Rose United States	10	289 0.8×	259 1.0×	91 0.8×	36 0.6×	56 1.1×	37	372
E. Cattin Italy	8	381 1.0×	239 0.9×	71 0.6×	63 1.0×	42 0.8×	15	460
Aiguo Song China	11	270 0.7×	262 1.0×	47 0.4×	78 1.3×	50 0.9×	30	413
Mario Cortese Italy	13	643 1.8×	457 1.7×	114 1.0×	62 1.0×	61 1.2×	18	787
J. Celestino United States	4	275 0.8×	316 1.2×	118 1.0×	24 0.4×	95 1.8×	4	437

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Pilwon Heo

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Pilwon Heo. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Pilwon Heo 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 Pilwon Heo. Pilwon Heo is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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9 of 9 papers shown

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Park, Junghoon, Pilwon Heo, Jung Kim, & Youngjin Na. (2020). Qualitative Stability Analysis of Soft Hand Exoskeleton Based on Tendon-driven Mechanism. International Journal of Precision Engineering and Manufacturing. 21(11). 2095–2104. 5 indexed citations

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Park, Junghoon, Pilwon Heo, Jung Kim, & Youngjin Na. (2019). A Finger Grip Force Sensor with an Open-Pad Structure for Glove-Type Assistive Devices. Sensors. 20(1). 4–4. 21 indexed citations

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Gu, Gwang Min, Hyosang Lee, Pilwon Heo, Sangjoon J. Kim, & Jung Kim. (2014). Upper-limb assistive device for the elderly at home. 535–539. 1 indexed citations

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Heo, Pilwon & Jung Kim. (2014). Estimating grip forces with a tactilely transparent finger exoskeleton for pinch grip force assistance. 22. 493–497. 2 indexed citations

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Heo, Pilwon & Jung Kim. (2014). Power-Assistive Finger Exoskeleton With a Palmar Opening at the Fingerpad. IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering. 61(11). 2688–2697. 28 indexed citations

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Heo, Pilwon, Sangjoon J. Kim, & Jung Kim. (2013). Powered finger exoskeleton having partially open fingerpad for flexion force assistance. 182–187. 9 indexed citations

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Heo, Pilwon & Jung Kim. (2012). Finger flexion force sensor based on volar displacement of flexor tendon. 1392–1397. 3 indexed citations

8.

Park, Kihan, et al.. (2012). Development of mirror image motion system with sEMG for shoulder rehabilitation of post-stroke hemiplegic patients. International Journal of Precision Engineering and Manufacturing. 13(8). 1473–1479. 2 indexed citations

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Heo, Pilwon, Gwang Min Gu, Soojin Lee, Kyehan Rhee, & Jung Kim. (2012). Current hand exoskeleton technologies for rehabilitation and assistive engineering. International Journal of Precision Engineering and Manufacturing. 13(5). 807–824. 382 indexed citations breakdown →

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