Sung Jae Kim

5.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
95 papers, 4.8k citations indexed

About

Sung Jae Kim is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Water Science and Technology. According to data from OpenAlex, Sung Jae Kim has authored 95 papers receiving a total of 4.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 74 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 31 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 9 papers in Water Science and Technology. Recurrent topics in Sung Jae Kim's work include Nanopore and Nanochannel Transport Studies (52 papers), Microfluidic and Capillary Electrophoresis Applications (43 papers) and Microfluidic and Bio-sensing Technologies (35 papers). Sung Jae Kim is often cited by papers focused on Nanopore and Nanochannel Transport Studies (52 papers), Microfluidic and Capillary Electrophoresis Applications (43 papers) and Microfluidic and Bio-sensing Technologies (35 papers). Sung Jae Kim collaborates with scholars based in South Korea, United States and China. Sung Jae Kim's co-authors include Jongyoon Han, Hyomin Lee, Sung Hee Ko, Kwan Hyoung Kang, Inhee Cho, Yong‐Ak Song, Jeong Hoon Lee, Ying‐Chih Wang, Hongchul Jang and Leon D. Li and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Physical Review Letters.

In The Last Decade

Sung Jae Kim

88 papers receiving 4.7k citations

Hit Papers

Direct seawater desalination by ion concentration polariz... 2010 2026 2015 2020 2010 2017 200 400 600
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. Direct seawater desalination by ion concentration polarization
    2010 643 citations Sung Jae Kim, Sung Hee Ko et al. Nature Nanotechnology profile →
  2. Ion Concentration Polarization by Bifurcated Current Path
    2017 592 citations Inhee Cho, Hyomin Lee et al. Scientific Reports profile →

Peers

Sung Jae Kim
Bin Dong China
Salvador Mafé Spain
Song Li China
Fernando Galembeck Brazil
Yousef Haik United Arab Emirates
Dale L. Huber United States
Jong-Duk Kim South Korea
Lucio Colombi Ciacchi Germany
Dong Chen China
Stefan Heißler Germany
Bin Dong China
Sung Jae Kim
Citations per year, relative to Sung Jae Kim Sung Jae Kim (= 1×) peers Bin Dong

Countries citing papers authored by Sung Jae Kim

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Fields of papers citing papers by Sung Jae Kim

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sung Jae Kim

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Kim, Sung Jae, et al.. (2026). Optimization of spin coating parameters for hydrophobic cover glasses in cellular microscopy. Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology. 40(2). 1373–1379.
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Song, Junseok, et al.. (2024). Digital twin-based design and techno-economic analysis of solar hydrail as future locomotive. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. 56. 1216–1226. 7 indexed citations
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Kim, Sung Jae, et al.. (2024). Investigation of Operational Parameters for Nanoelectrokinetic Purification and Preconcentration. Langmuir. 40(31). 16443–16453.
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Park, Seung Min, et al.. (2021). Overlimiting Current in Nonuniform Arrays of Microchannels: Recirculating Flow and Anticrystallization. Nano Letters. 21(12). 5438–5446. 10 indexed citations
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Kim, Soohyun, Jiyun Heo, Riyul Kim, et al.. (2021). Electrokinetic‐Driven Fast Ion Delivery for Reversible Aqueous Zinc Metal Batteries with High Capacity. Small. 17(21). e2008059–e2008059. 18 indexed citations
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Kim, Won‐Seok, Jung‐Eun Lee, G.S. Yun, Gun Yong Sung, & Sung Jae Kim. (2020). Direct Visualization of Perm-Selective Ion Transportation. Scientific Reports. 10(1). 8898–8898. 6 indexed citations
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Lee, Sang‐Jun, et al.. (2019). Enhancing the sensitivity of point-of-use electrochemical microfluidic sensors by ion concentration polarisation – A case study on arsenic. Sensors and Actuators B Chemical. 304. 127340–127340. 38 indexed citations
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Yoo, Youngjin & Sung Jae Kim. (2019). Analysis of the Characteristics of Water Quality Difference Occurring between High Tide and Low Tide in Masan Bay. Journal of Wetlands Research. 21(2). 102–113. 1 indexed citations
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Park, Sung‐Min, et al.. (2018). Non-negligible Water-permeance through Nanoporous Ion Exchange Medium. Scientific Reports. 8(1). 12842–12842. 15 indexed citations
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Hong, Sung A, Yong‐June Kim, Sung Jae Kim, & Sung Yang. (2018). Electrochemical detection of methylated DNA on a microfluidic chip with nanoelectrokinetic pre-concentration. Biosensors and Bioelectronics. 107. 103–110. 67 indexed citations
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Lee, Hyomin, et al.. (2016). Capillarity ion concentration polarization for spontaneous biomolecular preconcentration mechanism. Biomicrofluidics. 10(1). 14102–14102. 37 indexed citations
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Park, Sung‐Min, Yeonsu Jung, Inhee Cho, et al.. (2016). Capillarity ion concentration polarization as spontaneous desalting mechanism. Nature Communications. 7(1). 11223–11223. 40 indexed citations
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Nam, Sungmin, Inhee Cho, Geunbae Lim, et al.. (2015). Experimental Verification of Overlimiting Current by Surface Conduction and Electro-Osmotic Flow in Microchannels. Physical Review Letters. 114(11). 114501–114501. 109 indexed citations
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Cho, Inhee, Gun Yong Sung, & Sung Jae Kim. (2014). Overlimiting current through ion concentration polarization layer: hydrodynamic convection effects. Nanoscale. 6(9). 4620–4620. 50 indexed citations
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Chun, Honggu, et al.. (2013). Modulation of molecular hybridization and charge screening in a carbon nanotube network channel using the electrical pulse method. Lab on a Chip. 13(18). 3755–3755. 20 indexed citations
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Ko, Sung Hee, et al.. (2012). Nanofluidic preconcentration device in a straight microchannel using ion concentration polarization. Lab on a Chip. 12(21). 4472–4472. 150 indexed citations
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Kim, Bumjoo, Hyukjin Kwon, Seong Jin Cho, et al.. (2012). Tunable Ionic Transport for a Triangular Nanochannel in a Polymeric Nanofluidic System. ACS Nano. 7(1). 740–747. 69 indexed citations
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Kim, Sung Jae, Sung Hee Ko, Kwan Hyoung Kang, & Jongyoon Han. (2010). Direct seawater desalination by ion concentration polarization. Nature Nanotechnology. 5(4). 297–301. 643 indexed citations breakdown →
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Kim, Sung Jae, Ying‐Chih Wang, Jeong Hoon Lee, Hongchul Jang, & Jongyoon Han. (2007). Concentration Polarization and Nonlinear Electrokinetic Flow near a Nanofluidic Channel. Physical Review Letters. 99(4). 44501–44501. 475 indexed citations

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