Sang‐Heon Shim

4.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
110 papers, 3.7k citations indexed

About

Sang‐Heon Shim is a scholar working on Geophysics, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Sang‐Heon Shim has authored 110 papers receiving a total of 3.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 91 papers in Geophysics, 37 papers in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials and 23 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Sang‐Heon Shim's work include High-pressure geophysics and materials (88 papers), Geological and Geochemical Analysis (61 papers) and Crystal Structures and Properties (36 papers). Sang‐Heon Shim is often cited by papers focused on High-pressure geophysics and materials (88 papers), Geological and Geochemical Analysis (61 papers) and Crystal Structures and Properties (36 papers). Sang‐Heon Shim collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and South Korea. Sang‐Heon Shim's co-authors include T. S. Duffy, Vitali B. Prakapenka, Guoyin Shen, K. Catalli, Edward J. Garnero, A. K. McNamara, Raymond Jeanloz, Brent Grocholski, Yue Meng and Maarten V. de Hoop and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Sang‐Heon Shim

106 papers receiving 3.7k 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.

Continent-sized anomalous zones with low seismic velocity at the base of Earth's mantle

2016 287 citations Edward J. Garnero, Sang‐Heon Shim et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Sang‐Heon Shim United States	35	3.0k	923	855	221	208	110	3.7k
Tiziana Boffa Ballaran Germany	32	2.5k 0.8×	952 1.0×	961 1.1×	192 0.9×	210 1.0×	163	3.4k
Henrik Skogby Sweden	32	2.5k 0.9×	854 0.9×	906 1.1×	243 1.1×	142 0.7×	155	3.9k
Nοbuyοshi Miyajima Germany	37	2.7k 0.9×	1.7k 1.8×	685 0.8×	286 1.3×	241 1.2×	146	4.4k
Gerd Steinle‐Neumann Germany	29	1.8k 0.6×	1.2k 1.3×	493 0.6×	369 1.7×	235 1.1×	83	3.0k
Koichiro Umemoto United States	31	2.0k 0.7×	1.3k 1.4×	805 0.9×	293 1.3×	236 1.1×	77	3.3k
I. Kantor France	31	2.1k 0.7×	1.4k 1.5×	815 1.0×	449 2.0×	75 0.4×	121	3.3k
Steven D. Jacobsen United States	44	4.4k 1.5×	1.5k 1.6×	1.3k 1.5×	435 2.0×	239 1.1×	147	5.9k
Shigeaki Ono Japan	41	4.8k 1.6×	1.7k 1.9×	1.3k 1.5×	399 1.8×	167 0.8×	129	6.0k
Clemens Prescher United States	25	2.0k 0.7×	1.6k 1.7×	715 0.8×	485 2.2×	192 0.9×	53	3.4k
Nagayoshi Sata Japan	40	4.2k 1.4×	1.4k 1.6×	1.2k 1.4×	403 1.8×	172 0.8×	62	4.9k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sang‐Heon Shim

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Hao, Ming, Wen‐Hao Su, Sibo Chen, et al.. (2025). Elasticity of davemaoite as a primary contributor to lower-mantle heterogeneities. Science. 390(6776). 935–939.

Tsuno, K., et al.. (2024). The Effect of Nitrogen on the Dihedral Angle Between Fe−Ni Melt and Ringwoodite: Implications for the Nitrogen Deficit in the Bulk Silicate Earth. Geophysical Research Letters. 51(18). 2 indexed citations

Hansen, S. E., et al.. (2024). Ultra‐Low Velocity Zones Beneath the Southern Hemisphere Imaged With Double‐Array Stacking of PcP Waveforms. Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth. 129(4). 1 indexed citations

Chizmeshya, A. V. G., Bin Chen, Stella Chariton, et al.. (2023). Superstoichiometric Alloying of H and Close‐Packed Fe‐Ni Metal Under High Pressures: Implications for Hydrogen Storage in Planetary Core. Geophysical Research Letters. 50(5). 5 indexed citations

Hansen, S. E., Edward J. Garnero, Mingming Li, Sang‐Heon Shim, & Sebastian Rost. (2023). Globally distributed subducted materials along the Earth’s core-mantle boundary: Implications for ultralow velocity zones. Science Advances. 9(14). eadd4838–eadd4838. 24 indexed citations

Shim, Sang‐Heon, Byeongkwan Ko, Dimosthenis Sokaras, et al.. (2023). Ultrafast x-ray detection of low-spin iron in molten silicate under deep planetary interior conditions. Science Advances. 9(42). eadi6153–eadi6153. 4 indexed citations

Chariton, Stella, et al.. (2023). Stability of hydrides in sub-Neptune exoplanets with thick hydrogen-rich atmospheres. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 120(52). e2309786120–e2309786120. 8 indexed citations

Ko, Byeongkwan, Eran Greenberg, Vitali B. Prakapenka, et al.. (2022). Calcium dissolution in bridgmanite in the Earth’s deep mantle. Nature. 611(7934). 88–92. 19 indexed citations

Leinenweber, Kurt, et al.. (2021). Effects of Hydrogen on the Phase Relations in Fe‐FeS at Pressures of Mars‐Sized Bodies. Journal of Geophysical Research Planets. 126(11). 3 indexed citations

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Husband, Rachel J., R. S. McWilliams, A. L. Coleman, et al.. (2021). X-ray free electron laser heating of water and gold at high static pressure. Communications Materials. 2(1). 6 indexed citations

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Ko, Byeongkwan, Vitali B. Prakapenka, Eran Greenberg, et al.. (2020). A new hydrous iron oxide phase stable at mid-mantle pressures. Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 550. 116551–116551. 6 indexed citations

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Li, Han, Ying Qin, Byeongkwan Ko, et al.. (2020). Anomalous Behavior of 2D Janus Excitonic Layers under Extreme Pressures. Advanced Materials. 32(33). e2002401–e2002401. 56 indexed citations

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O’Rourke, J. G. & Sang‐Heon Shim. (2019). Hydrogenation of the Martian Core by Hydrated Mantle Minerals With Implications for the Early Dynamo. Journal of Geophysical Research Planets. 124(12). 3422–3441. 7 indexed citations

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O’Rourke, J. G. & Sang‐Heon Shim. (2018). Suppressing the Martian Dynamo with Ongoing Hydrogenation of the Core by Hydrated Mantle Minerals. Lunar and Planetary Science Conference. 2390. 1 indexed citations

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Shim, Sang‐Heon, et al.. (2017). Incorporation of Calcium in Bridgmanite in the Deep Mantle.. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2017. 1 indexed citations

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Shim, Sang‐Heon. (2014). Un-Earth-Like Interiors of Earth-Like Exoplanets. LPICo. 1839. 5020. 1 indexed citations

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Hilst, R. D. van der, et al.. (2010). Complex plume dynamics in the transition zone underneath the Hawaii hotspot: seismic imaging results. AGUFM. 2010. 1 indexed citations

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Speziale, S., H. J. Reichmann, Hauke Marquardt, & Sang‐Heon Shim. (2009). Elasticity of MgSiO3 glass to pressures of the transition zone. Publication Database GFZ (GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences). 12325. 1 indexed citations

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Duffy, T. S., Akira Kubo, S. R. Shieh, et al.. (2005). Compressibility and Structural Evolution of Germanate and Silicate Post-Perovskite Phases. AGUFM. 2005. 1 indexed citations

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Shim, Sang‐Heon, et al.. (2005). New Micro-Raman Spectroscopy Systems for High-Temperature Studies in the Diamond Anvil Cell. AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. 2005. 2 indexed citations

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