Rokho Kim

1.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
29 papers, 1.0k citations indexed

About

Rokho Kim is a scholar working on Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Pollution and Nutrition and Dietetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Rokho Kim has authored 29 papers receiving a total of 1.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, 9 papers in Pollution and 6 papers in Nutrition and Dietetics. Recurrent topics in Rokho Kim's work include Heavy Metal Exposure and Toxicity (8 papers), Heavy metals in environment (7 papers) and Air Quality and Health Impacts (5 papers). Rokho Kim is often cited by papers focused on Heavy Metal Exposure and Toxicity (8 papers), Heavy metals in environment (7 papers) and Air Quality and Health Impacts (5 papers). Rokho Kim collaborates with scholars based in United States, South Korea and Germany. Rokho Kim's co-authors include Kyung‐Hoi Koo, Tek-Ang Lim, André Conrad, Jurgen Buekers, Thomas Claßen, Rudi Torfs, Marianne Rappolder, Anne Knol, Otto Hänninen and Paolo Carrer and has published in prestigious journals such as JAMA, Radiology and Environmental Health Perspectives.

In The Last Decade

Rokho Kim

27 papers receiving 971 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.

Environmental Burden of Disease in Europe: Assessing Nine Risk Factors in Six Countries

2014 330 citations Otto Hänninen, Anne Knol et al. Environmental Health Perspectives profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Rokho Kim United States	15	440	231	176	149	134	29	1.0k
Po-Ya Chang Taiwan	19	395 0.9×	108 0.5×	77 0.4×	118 0.8×	132 1.0×	46	1.2k
Chiu-Shong Liu Taiwan	23	275 0.6×	280 1.2×	38 0.2×	134 0.9×	38 0.3×	107	1.7k
Kanae Karita Japan	22	504 1.1×	96 0.4×	25 0.1×	85 0.6×	141 1.1×	78	1.4k
Nina Roswall Denmark	24	301 0.7×	375 1.6×	55 0.3×	43 0.3×	34 0.3×	59	1.4k
Jerry Davis United States	17	553 1.3×	58 0.3×	80 0.5×	51 0.3×	182 1.4×	68	1.4k
Joel Schwartz United States	16	810 1.8×	58 0.3×	126 0.7×	147 1.0×	296 2.2×	30	1.2k
Ralf Rittner Sweden	19	338 0.8×	80 0.3×	87 0.5×	187 1.3×	89 0.7×	32	1.3k
Yoon‐Hyeong Choi South Korea	25	942 2.1×	199 0.9×	10 0.1×	122 0.8×	160 1.2×	76	2.1k
David Coggon United Kingdom	18	381 0.9×	65 0.3×	99 0.6×	39 0.3×	57 0.4×	27	1.1k
Y C Ko Taiwan	10	232 0.5×	83 0.4×	70 0.4×	164 1.1×	34 0.3×	14	840

Countries citing papers authored by Rokho Kim

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Fields of papers citing papers by Rokho Kim

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Rokho Kim

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

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Zhang, Min & Rokho Kim. (2025). Occupational health in agriculture: a re-emerging frontier in worker protection. Global Health Journal. 9(2). 65–71.

Kim, Rokho, et al.. (2024). Scope of public health workforce: an exploratory analysis on World Health Organization policy and the literature. Global Health Journal. 8(4). 153–161. 3 indexed citations

Zhang, Min & Rokho Kim. (2021). Occupational health protection for health workers during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic: 6P-approach in China. Global Health Journal. 5(4). 215–219. 8 indexed citations

Zhang, Min & Rokho Kim. (2020). Occupational health and safety in China: From emergency response to Jiangsu chemical explosion to long-term governance improvement. Journal of Global Health. 10(1). 10315–10315. 3 indexed citations

Mannava, Priya, et al.. (2019). Status of water, sanitation and hygiene services for childbirth and newborn care in eight countries in East Asia and the Pacific. Journal of Global Health. 9(2). 20430–20430. 12 indexed citations

Jung, Eun Mi, Paul Jagals, Peter D. Sly, et al.. (2018). Children’s Environmental Health Indicators in Context of the Sustainable Development Goals for Small Island Developing States. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 15(7). 1404–1404. 2 indexed citations

Kim, Rokho, et al.. (2018). Lead contamination of the mining and smelting district in Mitrovica, Kosovo. Environmental Geochemistry and Health. 42(3). 1033–1044. 11 indexed citations

Hänninen, Otto, Anne Knol, Matti Jantunen, et al.. (2014). Environmental Burden of Disease in Europe: Assessing Nine Risk Factors in Six Countries. Environmental Health Perspectives. 122(5). 439–446. 330 indexed citations breakdown →

Min, Jin‐Young, Rokho Kim, & Kyoung‐Bok Min. (2013). Serum polychlorinated biphenyls concentrations and hearing impairment in adults. Chemosphere. 102. 6–11. 14 indexed citations

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Goldman, Rose H., William B. Stason, Sung Kyun Park, et al.. (2010). Low-dose amitriptyline for treatment of persistent arm pain due to repetitive use. Pain. 149(1). 117–123. 17 indexed citations

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Goldman, Rose H., William B. Stason, Sung Kyun Park, et al.. (2008). Acupuncture for Treatment of Persistent Arm Pain Due to Repetitive Use. Clinical Journal of Pain. 24(3). 211–218. 26 indexed citations

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Min, Kyoung‐Bok, Jin‐Young Min, Sung‐Il Cho, et al.. (2007). Relationship between low blood lead levels and growth in children of white-collar civil servants in Korea. International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health. 211(1-2). 82–87. 30 indexed citations

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Pond, Katherine, Rokho Kim, Philippe Pirard, et al.. (2007). Workgroup Report: Developing Environmental Health Indicators for European Children: World Health Organization Working Group. Environmental Health Perspectives. 115(9). 1376–1382. 14 indexed citations

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Farchi, Sara, et al.. (2006). Defining a common set of indicators to monitor road accidents in the European Union. BMC Public Health. 6(1). 183–183. 39 indexed citations

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Lin, Charles C., Rokho Kim, Shirng‐Wern Tsaih, David Sparrow, & Howard Hu. (2004). Determinants of Bone and Blood Lead Levels among Minorities Living in the Boston Area. Environmental Health Perspectives. 112(11). 1147–1151. 31 indexed citations

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Park, Sungkyun, et al.. (2003). Comparisons of sample preparation (acid digestion and microwave digestion) and measurement (inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry and graphite furnace atomic absorption spectrometry) in the determination of bone lead. Analytical Science and Technology. 16(2). 152–158. 1 indexed citations

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Goldman, Rose H., et al.. (2000). Prioritizing Back Injury Risk in Hospital Employees:. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine. 42(6). 645–652. 40 indexed citations

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Koo, Kyung‐Hoi, I O Ahn, Rokho Kim, et al.. (1999). Bone Marrow Edema and Associated Pain in Early Stage Osteonecrosis of the Femoral Head: Prospective Study with Serial MR Images. Radiology. 213(3). 715–722. 104 indexed citations

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Dussault, Robert G., Phoebe A. Kaplan, I O Ahn, et al.. (1999). Fatty Marrow Conversion of the Proximal Femoral Metaphysis in Osteonecrotic Hips. Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research. 361(361). 159–167. 28 indexed citations

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Kim, Rokho, Howard Hu, Andrea Rotnitzky, David Bellinger, & Herbert L. Needleman. (1996). Longitudinal Relationship between Dentin Lead Levels in Childhood and Bone Lead Levels in Young Adulthood. Archives of Environmental Health An International Journal. 51(5). 375–382. 19 indexed citations

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