Sang‐im Lee

1.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
67 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Sang‐im Lee is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Ecology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Sang‐im Lee has authored 67 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 37 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 28 papers in Ecology and 15 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Sang‐im Lee's work include Animal Behavior and Reproduction (31 papers), Plant and animal studies (14 papers) and Avian ecology and behavior (12 papers). Sang‐im Lee is often cited by papers focused on Animal Behavior and Reproduction (31 papers), Plant and animal studies (14 papers) and Avian ecology and behavior (12 papers). Sang‐im Lee collaborates with scholars based in South Korea, Poland and United States. Sang‐im Lee's co-authors include Piotr G. Jabłoński, Changku Kang, Eunjin Yang, Ho-Young Kim, Jae Hak Son, Haecheon Choi, Jae Chun Choe, Robert J. Wood, Je‐Sung Koh and Kyu‐Jin Cho and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Sang‐im Lee

62 papers receiving 1.2k citations

Hit Papers

Jumping on water: Surface tension–dominated jumping of wa... 2015 2026 2018 2022 2015 100 200 300
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. Jumping on water: Surface tension–dominated jumping of water striders and robotic insects
    2015 319 citations Sang‐im Lee, Piotr G. Jabłoński et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Sang‐im Lee South Korea 18 390 230 218 201 177 67 1.3k
Piotr G. Jabłoński Poland 26 957 2.5× 219 1.0× 155 0.7× 633 3.1× 168 0.9× 119 2.0k
Simon Sponberg United States 21 405 1.0× 783 3.4× 403 1.8× 250 1.2× 382 2.2× 48 2.8k
Donato Romano Italy 27 495 1.3× 240 1.0× 129 0.6× 147 0.7× 153 0.9× 101 1.9k
Alexander Kovalev Germany 30 392 1.0× 670 2.9× 72 0.3× 171 0.9× 399 2.3× 128 2.8k
M. Edwin DeMont Canada 20 236 0.6× 243 1.1× 344 1.6× 242 1.2× 104 0.6× 45 1.8k
Giovanni Polverino Italy 22 524 1.3× 67 0.3× 89 0.4× 299 1.5× 49 0.3× 44 1.3k
S. Tonia Hsieh United States 15 230 0.6× 895 3.9× 191 0.9× 129 0.6× 544 3.1× 44 3.1k
John H. Long United States 26 312 0.8× 458 2.0× 1.1k 5.2× 503 2.5× 134 0.8× 82 2.6k
Henry C. Astley United States 17 187 0.5× 606 2.6× 209 1.0× 83 0.4× 253 1.4× 42 1.1k
Stephen M. Deban United States 24 391 1.0× 337 1.5× 138 0.6× 316 1.6× 55 0.3× 57 1.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Sang‐im Lee

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Fields of papers citing papers by Sang‐im Lee

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sang‐im Lee

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

All Works

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Park, Jinseok, et al.. (2024). Escape behaviors in prey and the evolution of pennaceous plumage in dinosaurs. Scientific Reports. 14(1). 549–549.
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Jabłoński, Piotr G., et al.. (2023). Long-term memory of experienced jays facilitates problem-solving by naïve group members in the wild. Scientific Reports. 13(1). 21593–21593. 2 indexed citations
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Yang, Eun-Jeong, Hokyung Song, Injae Hwang, et al.. (2023). Unlearned adaptive responses to heterospecific referential alarm calls in two bird species from separate evolutionary lineages. Scientific Reports. 13(1). 3 indexed citations
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Kryukov, A. P., Yaroslav A. Red’kin, Sang‐im Lee, et al.. (2022). Introgression at the emerging secondary contact zone of magpie Pica pica subspecies (Aves: Corvidae): integrating data on nuclear and mitochondrial markers, vocalizations, and field observations. Organisms Diversity & Evolution. 22(4). 1037–1064. 3 indexed citations
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Lee, Sang‐im, et al.. (2022). Reformulation of Trivers–Willard hypothesis for parental investment. Communications Biology. 5(1). 371–371. 1 indexed citations
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Song, Hokyung, Injae Hwang, Eun-Jeong Yang, et al.. (2022). Dynamics of Bacterial Communities on Eggshells and on Nest Materials During Incubation in the Oriental Tit (Parus minor). Microbial Ecology. 85(2). 429–440. 3 indexed citations
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Park, Jinseok, et al.. (2021). Sundering of earthworms by the Fairy Pitta (Pitta nympha): an unexplored strategy of prey preparation for brood provisioning by avian vermivores. Journal für Ornithologie. 163(2). 565–573. 1 indexed citations
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Park, Kiwan, Mandana Barghi, Jae‐Eun Lim, et al.. (2021). Assessment of regional and temporal trends in per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances using the Oriental Magpie (Pica serica) in Korea. The Science of The Total Environment. 793. 148513–148513. 13 indexed citations
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Jung, Yeonsu, et al.. (2021). Avian mud nest architecture by self-secreted saliva. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 118(3). 6 indexed citations
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Yang, Eun-Jeong, Hokyung Song, Injae Hwang, et al.. (2020). Experimental study of alarm calls of the oriental tit (Parus minor) toward different predators and reactions they induce in nestlings. Ethology. 126(6). 610–619. 7 indexed citations
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Lee, Sang‐im, et al.. (2018). A novel supportive assessment for comprehensive aggression using EEG and ECG. Neuroscience Letters. 694. 136–142. 4 indexed citations
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Choi, Sunghoon, et al.. (2017). Foraging Behavior and Diet of Northward Migrating Bar-Tailed Godwits (Limosa laponica) and Great Knots (Calidris tenuirostris) at a Key Stopover Site. International Journal of Sciences: Basic and Applied Research. 36(6). 276–286.
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Lee, Won Young, et al.. (2016). Antarctic skuas recognize individual humans. Animal Cognition. 19(4). 861–865. 17 indexed citations
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Lee, Sang‐im, et al.. (2016). Hydrodynamic role of longitudinal dorsal ridges in a leatherback turtle swimming. Scientific Reports. 6(1). 34283–34283. 21 indexed citations
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Lee, Sang‐im, et al.. (2013). Direct Look from a Predator Shortens the Risk-Assessment Time by Prey. PLoS ONE. 8(6). e64977–e64977. 16 indexed citations
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Lee, Sang‐im, et al.. (2012). Effect of longitudinal ridges on the hydrodynamic performance of a leatherback turtle model. Bulletin of the American Physical Society. 1 indexed citations
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Lee, Sang‐im. (2011). Spectral Analysis of Mandarin Chinese Sibilant Fricatives.. ICPhS. 1178–1181. 10 indexed citations
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Lee, Sang‐im, et al.. (2003). Phylogeny of magpies (genus Pica) inferred from mtDNA data. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 29(2). 250–257. 23 indexed citations

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