Rakhyun E. Kim

4.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
65 papers, 2.2k citations indexed

About

Rakhyun E. Kim is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Rakhyun E. Kim has authored 65 papers receiving a total of 2.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 31 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 23 papers in Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law and 19 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Rakhyun E. Kim's work include Environmental law and policy (14 papers), Climate Change and Geoengineering (13 papers) and Sustainability and Climate Change Governance (13 papers). Rakhyun E. Kim is often cited by papers focused on Environmental law and policy (14 papers), Climate Change and Geoengineering (13 papers) and Sustainability and Climate Change Governance (13 papers). Rakhyun E. Kim collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, Australia and United Kingdom. Rakhyun E. Kim's co-authors include Frank Biermann, Norichika Kanie, Louis J. Kotzé, Klaus Bosselmann, Peter Bridgewater, Marjanneke J. Vijge, Brendan Mackey, Agni Kalfagianni, Carole‐Anne Sénit and Thomas Hickmann and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Rakhyun E. Kim

61 papers receiving 2.1k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Global governance by goal-setting: the novel approach of the UN Sustainable Development Goals

2017 574 citations Frank Biermann, Rakhyun E. Kim et al. profile →
Scientific evidence on the political impact of the Sustainable Development Goals

2022 247 citations Frank Biermann, Thomas Hickmann et al. Nature Sustainability profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Rakhyun E. Kim Netherlands	23	691	568	538	325	262	65	2.2k
Lorenzo Cotula United Kingdom	21	686 1.0×	623 1.1×	267 0.5×	281 0.9×	277 1.1×	73	3.4k
Daniel Bodansky United States	19	566 0.8×	479 0.8×	284 0.5×	548 1.7×	216 0.8×	86	1.8k
Aarti Gupta Netherlands	33	1.4k 2.0×	681 1.2×	311 0.6×	591 1.8×	397 1.5×	90	2.7k
Chukwumerije Okereke United Kingdom	23	924 1.3×	737 1.3×	308 0.6×	668 2.1×	509 1.9×	67	2.5k
Eva Lövbrand Sweden	24	1.7k 2.4×	1.2k 2.1×	386 0.7×	400 1.2×	225 0.9×	46	2.9k
Leah Temper Spain	21	716 1.0×	1.4k 2.5×	407 0.8×	207 0.6×	140 0.5×	39	3.0k
Edith Brown Weiss United States	16	409 0.6×	489 0.9×	521 1.0×	281 0.9×	154 0.6×	65	1.9k
Oscar Widerberg Netherlands	19	891 1.3×	458 0.8×	273 0.5×	452 1.4×	225 0.9×	47	1.8k
Edward Challies New Zealand	23	969 1.4×	505 0.9×	319 0.6×	310 1.0×	270 1.0×	52	2.1k
Stacy D. VanDeveer United States	25	1.1k 1.5×	871 1.5×	304 0.6×	580 1.8×	219 0.8×	62	2.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Rakhyun E. Kim

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Rakhyun E. Kim

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20 of 20 papers shown

VanDeveer, Stacy D., et al.. (2024). Three Pathways to Nonuse Agreement(s) on Solar Geoengineering. Ethics & International Affairs. 38(3). 275–286.

Patterson, James, Giuseppe Feola, & Rakhyun E. Kim. (2024). Negotiating discord in sustainability transformations. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 121(21). e2310186121–e2310186121. 12 indexed citations

Gupta, Aarti, Frank Biermann, Nadia Bernaz, et al.. (2024). Towards a Non-Use Regime on Solar Geoengineering: Lessons from International Law and Governance. Transnational Environmental Law. 13(2). 368–399. 6 indexed citations

Biermann, Frank, et al.. (2023). The SDGs as integrating force in global governance? Challenges and opportunities. International Environmental Agreements Politics Law and Economics. 23(2). 157–164. 14 indexed citations

Biermann, Frank, et al.. (2023). How the World Bank Engages with the Sustainable Development Goal on Reducing Inequalities: A Case of Organizational Jiu-Jitsu. Global Studies Quarterly. 3(3). 4 indexed citations

Biermann, Frank, Thomas Hickmann, Carole‐Anne Sénit, et al.. (2022). Author Correction: Scientific evidence on the political impact of the Sustainable Development Goals. Nature Sustainability. 6(3). 344–344. 3 indexed citations

Biermann, Frank, Thomas Hickmann, Carole‐Anne Sénit, et al.. (2022). Scientific evidence on the political impact of the Sustainable Development Goals. Nature Sustainability. 5(9). 795–800. 247 indexed citations breakdown →

Biermann, Frank, et al.. (2022). International organisations as ‘custodians’ of the sustainable development goals? Fragmentation and coordination in sustainability governance. Global Policy. 13(5). 669–682. 20 indexed citations

Kotzé, Louis J., Rakhyun E. Kim, Joshua C. Gellers, et al.. (2021). Earth system law: Exploring new frontiers in legal science. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 11. 100126–100126. 30 indexed citations

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Bridgewater, Peter & Rakhyun E. Kim. (2021). The Ramsar Convention on Wetlands at 50. Nature Ecology & Evolution. 5(3). 268–270. 41 indexed citations

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Bridgewater, Peter & Rakhyun E. Kim. (2021). 50 Years on, w(h)ither the Ramsar convention? A case of institutional drift. Biodiversity and Conservation. 30(13). 3919–3937. 15 indexed citations

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Kim, Rakhyun E. & Louis J. Kotzé. (2020). Planetary boundaries at the intersection of Earth system law, science and governance: A state‐of‐the‐art review. Review of European Comparative & International Environmental Law. 30(1). 3–15. 33 indexed citations

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Kim, Rakhyun E., et al.. (2020). Cherry‐picking the Sustainable Development Goals: Goal prioritization by national governments and implications for global governance. Sustainable Development. 28(5). 1269–1278. 133 indexed citations

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Kotzé, Louis J. & Rakhyun E. Kim. (2019). Earth system law: The juridical dimensions of earth system governance. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1. 100003–100003. 60 indexed citations

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Kim, Rakhyun E. & Brendan Mackey. (2013). International Environmental Law as a Complex Adaptive System. SSRN Electronic Journal. 2 indexed citations

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Kim, Rakhyun E. & Klaus Bosselmann. (2013). International Environmental Law in the Anthropocene: Towards a Purposeful System of Multilateral Environmental Agreements. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations

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Kim, Rakhyun E.. (2013). The Emergent Network Structure of the Multilateral Environmental Agreement System. SSRN Electronic Journal.

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Kim, Rakhyun E.. (2010). The Principle of Sustainability: Transforming Law and Governance by Klaus Bosselmann. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations

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Kim, Rakhyun E.. (2008). International Law and Local Normative Changes: Learning to Co-Exist with Hooded Cranes in Suncheon Bay, South Korea. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations

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Kim, Rakhyun E.. (2007). Principles of Sustainable Development in Korean Environmental Law: Towards the Earth Charter Principles. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations

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