Seok Su Sohn

9.3k total citations · 5 hit papers
191 papers, 7.5k citations indexed

About

Seok Su Sohn is a scholar working on Mechanical Engineering, Materials Chemistry and Metals and Alloys. According to data from OpenAlex, Seok Su Sohn has authored 191 papers receiving a total of 7.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 173 papers in Mechanical Engineering, 82 papers in Materials Chemistry and 65 papers in Metals and Alloys. Recurrent topics in Seok Su Sohn's work include Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Steels (90 papers), Hydrogen embrittlement and corrosion behaviors in metals (65 papers) and High Entropy Alloys Studies (63 papers). Seok Su Sohn is often cited by papers focused on Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Steels (90 papers), Hydrogen embrittlement and corrosion behaviors in metals (65 papers) and High Entropy Alloys Studies (63 papers). Seok Su Sohn collaborates with scholars based in South Korea, Germany and Japan. Seok Su Sohn's co-authors include Sunghak Lee, Byeong‐Joo Lee, Yong Hee Jo, Hyoung Seop Kim, Nack J. Kim, Won-Mi Choi, Jai‐Hyun Kwak, Min Chul Jo, Sanghan Lee and Hyejin Song and has published in prestigious journals such as Advanced Materials, Nature Communications and Energy & Environmental Science.

In The Last Decade

Seok Su Sohn

179 papers receiving 7.4k 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.

  1. Understanding the physical metallurgy of the CoCrFeMnNi high-entropy alloy: an atomistic simulation study
    2018 633 citations Yong Hee Jo, Seok Su Sohn et al. profile →
  2. Ultrastrong Medium‐Entropy Single‐Phase Alloys Designed via Severe Lattice Distortion
    2018 462 citations Seok Su Sohn, Yuji Ikeda et al. profile →
  3. Cryogenic strength improvement by utilizing room-temperature deformation twinning in a partially recrystallized VCrMnFeCoNi high-entropy alloy
    2017 377 citations Yong Hee Jo, Seok Su Sohn et al. Nature Communications profile →
  4. Exceptional phase-transformation strengthening of ferrous medium-entropy alloys at cryogenic temperatures
    2018 266 citations Jae Wung Bae, Jae Bok Seol et al. Acta Materialia profile →
  5. A strong and ductile medium-entropy alloy resists hydrogen embrittlement and corrosion
    2020 237 citations Seok Su Sohn, Zhiming Li et al. Nature Communications profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Seok Su Sohn South Korea 46 6.8k 3.2k 2.8k 1.5k 1.3k 191 7.5k
Wenjun Lu China 46 5.5k 0.8× 2.5k 0.8× 2.8k 1.0× 924 0.6× 649 0.5× 145 6.6k
Hiroyuki Kokawa Japan 56 11.1k 1.6× 3.8k 1.2× 4.0k 1.4× 1.1k 0.8× 1.5k 1.1× 268 12.1k
Pedro E.J. Rivera-Díaz-del-Castillo United Kingdom 49 6.0k 0.9× 4.3k 1.3× 1.3k 0.5× 1.9k 1.3× 1.3k 1.1× 150 7.0k
Hamed Mirzadeh Iran 65 9.9k 1.5× 5.8k 1.8× 2.9k 1.0× 4.5k 3.1× 1.3k 1.0× 294 11.3k
Warren J. Poole Canada 45 6.3k 0.9× 4.7k 1.5× 3.2k 1.1× 2.2k 1.5× 464 0.4× 158 7.5k
Nicole Stanford Australia 48 7.5k 1.1× 4.4k 1.4× 2.2k 0.8× 1.8k 1.2× 311 0.2× 146 8.5k
Junhua Luan Hong Kong 54 9.4k 1.4× 3.1k 1.0× 5.0k 1.8× 988 0.7× 496 0.4× 188 10.5k
I. Samajdar India 41 4.1k 0.6× 3.8k 1.2× 1.1k 0.4× 1.8k 1.3× 763 0.6× 285 5.6k
Jianxin Xie China 40 4.4k 0.7× 3.4k 1.1× 1.6k 0.6× 1.0k 0.7× 256 0.2× 346 5.9k
Guilin Wu China 31 4.1k 0.6× 3.0k 0.9× 1.1k 0.4× 1.2k 0.8× 352 0.3× 215 5.2k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Kim, Young‐Kyun, Jaimyun Jung, Yoona Lee, et al.. (2025). Extremely low-temperature tensile behavior of 316L stainless steel additively manufactured by laser powder bed fusion. Materials Science and Engineering A. 950. 149460–149460.
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Kim, Ki Jeong, Hye-Jin Kim, Ho Yong Um, et al.. (2024). Ferrite-enabled improvement of hydrogen embrittlement through strain partitioning in quenching and partitioning steels. Materials Science and Engineering A. 913. 147008–147008. 2 indexed citations
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Oh, Sang‐Ho, Byeong‐Joo Lee, Pyuck‐Pa Choi, et al.. (2024). Ultrastrong and ductile CoNiMoAl medium-entropy alloys enabled by L12 nanoprecipitate-induced multiple deformation mechanisms. Journal of Material Science and Technology. 225. 72–86. 7 indexed citations
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Nam, Seungjin, Sang‐Won Lee, Ji‐Su Lee, et al.. (2024). Effects of homogenization and deep cryogenic treatments on microstructure and mechanical property of D2 tool steel fabricated by laser direct energy deposition. Materials Science and Engineering A. 908. 146777–146777. 2 indexed citations
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Sung, Hyokyung, et al.. (2024). Simultaneous enhancement of strength and ductility of Al matrix composites enabled by submicron-sized high-entropy alloy phases. Journal of Materials Research and Technology. 33. 1470–1478. 2 indexed citations
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Lee, Sang Won, et al.. (2023). Fe-based high-entropy alloy with excellent mechanical properties enabled by nanosized precipitates and heterogeneous grain distribution. Journal of Material Science and Technology. 181. 71–81. 29 indexed citations
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Kim, Selim, Selim Kim, Jinkeun Oh, et al.. (2023). Effects of Ni-precoating on hydrogen intrusion/emission behavior in Al-Si-coated hot-press-forming steel sheets. Surface and Coatings Technology. 477. 130322–130322. 1 indexed citations
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Ikeda, Yuji, Fritz Körmann, Hyeon-Seok Do, et al.. (2023). Compositive role of refractory element Mo in improving strength and ductility of face-centered-cubic complex concentrated alloys. Acta Materialia. 255. 119030–119030. 44 indexed citations
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Chung, Hyun Jung, Won Seok Choi, Hosun Jun, et al.. (2023). Doubled strength and ductility via maraging effect and dynamic precipitate transformation in ultrastrong medium-entropy alloy. Nature Communications. 14(1). 145–145. 50 indexed citations
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Lim, Gukhyun, Keun Hwa Chae, Min Kyung Cho, et al.. (2022). Regulating Dynamic Electrochemical Interface of LiNi0.5Mn1.5O4 Spinel Cathode for Realizing Simultaneous Mn and Ni Redox in Rechargeable Lithium Batteries. Advanced Energy Materials. 12(46). 26 indexed citations
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Seol, Jae Bok, Won‐Seok Ko, Seok Su Sohn, et al.. (2022). Mechanically derived short-range order and its impact on the multi-principal-element alloys. Nature Communications. 13(1). 6766–6766. 60 indexed citations
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Kim, Dae Woong, Suk Jin Lee, & Seok Su Sohn. (2021). Overcoming strength-ductility trade-off via subzero martensitic transformation in medium-Mn lightweight steel. Scripta Materialia. 210. 114477–114477. 13 indexed citations
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Moshiri, A., A. Zarei‐Hanzaki, H.R. Abedi, et al.. (2021). On the fatigue and dwell-fatigue behavior of a low-density steel and the correlated microstructure origin of damage mechanism. Journal of Materials Research and Technology. 15. 6136–6154. 17 indexed citations
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Lee, Seok Gyu, Seok Gyu Lee, Yong Hee Jo, et al.. (2021). Strength–ductility enhancement in multi-layered sheet with high-entropy alloy and high-Mn twinning-induced plasticity steel. Materials Science and Engineering A. 822. 141670–141670. 6 indexed citations
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Kim, Dong Geun, Min Cheol Jo, Yong Hee Jo, et al.. (2021). Effects of temperature and loading rate on phase stability and deformation mechanism in metastable V10Cr10Co30FexNi50-x high entropy alloys. Materials Science and Engineering A. 804. 140766–140766. 10 indexed citations
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Yoo, Jisung, Min Chul Jo, Dae Woong Kim, et al.. (2020). Effects of Cu addition on resistance to hydrogen embrittlement in 1 GPa-grade duplex lightweight steels. Acta Materialia. 196. 370–383. 61 indexed citations
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Song, Hyejin, Seok Su Sohn, Minseo Koo, et al.. (2018). Improvement of tensile properties in (austenite+ferrite+κ-carbide) triplex hot-rolled lightweight steels. Materials Science and Engineering A. 730. 177–186. 32 indexed citations
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Bae, Jae Wung, Jae Bok Seol, Jongun Moon, et al.. (2018). Exceptional phase-transformation strengthening of ferrous medium-entropy alloys at cryogenic temperatures. Acta Materialia. 161. 388–399. 266 indexed citations breakdown →
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Song, Hyejin, Jisung Yoo, Sang‐Heon Kim, et al.. (2017). Novel ultra-high-strength Cu-containing medium-Mn duplex lightweight steels. Acta Materialia. 135. 215–225. 129 indexed citations
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