Sung Min Kim

6.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
152 papers, 4.6k citations indexed

About

Sung Min Kim is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Materials Chemistry and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Sung Min Kim has authored 152 papers receiving a total of 4.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 42 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 33 papers in Materials Chemistry and 22 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Sung Min Kim's work include Catalytic Processes in Materials Science (21 papers), Catalysts for Methane Reforming (15 papers) and Chemical Looping and Thermochemical Processes (13 papers). Sung Min Kim is often cited by papers focused on Catalytic Processes in Materials Science (21 papers), Catalysts for Methane Reforming (15 papers) and Chemical Looping and Thermochemical Processes (13 papers). Sung Min Kim collaborates with scholars based in United States, South Korea and Switzerland. Sung Min Kim's co-authors include Christoph R. Müller, Paula M. Abdala, Christophe Copéret, Davood Hosseini, Tigran Margossian, Andaç Armutlulu, Charles Intenzo, Yongwoo Jang, Alexey Fedorov and Agnieszka Kierzkowska and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Advanced Materials.

In The Last Decade

Sung Min Kim

145 papers receiving 4.5k 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. Low-temperature upcycling of polyolefins into liquid alkanes via tandem cracking-alkylation
    2023 196 citations Wei Zhang, Sung Min Kim et al. Science profile →

Peers

Sung Min Kim
Rui Han China
Diana Tran Australia
Alessandro Pistone Italy
Yu‐Wen Chen Taiwan
Xuesong Liu China
Isao Nakamura Japan
Liping Xiao China
Barbara Onida Italy
Xinli Zhu China
Weizhong Ding China
Rui Han China
Sung Min Kim
Citations per year, relative to Sung Min Kim Sung Min Kim (= 1×) peers Rui Han

Countries citing papers authored by Sung Min Kim

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Fields of papers citing papers by Sung Min Kim

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Sung Min Kim. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Sung Min 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 Min Kim. Sung Min 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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Zhao, Ruixue, Sung Min Kim, Mal‐Soon Lee, et al.. (2025). Interactions of Polar and Nonpolar Groups of Alcohols in Zeolite Pores. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 147(29). 26049–26059.
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Zhang, Wei, Honghong Shi, Donald M. Camaioni, et al.. (2025). Integrated low-temperature PVC and polyolefin upgrading. Science. 390(6768). 88–94. 3 indexed citations
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Kim, Sung Min, Oliver Y. Gutiérrez, Wei Zhang, et al.. (2025). Ru-Catalyzed Polyethylene Hydrogenolysis under Quasi-Supercritical Conditions. JACS Au. 5(4). 1760–1770. 4 indexed citations
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Zhang, Wei, Rachit Khare, Sung Min Kim, et al.. (2024). Active species in chloroaluminate ionic liquids catalyzing low-temperature polyolefin deconstruction. Nature Communications. 15(1). 5785–5785. 9 indexed citations
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Lin, Fan, Meijun Li, Stephen C. Purdy, et al.. (2024). Restructuring of the Lewis Acid Sites in Y-Modified Dealuminated Beta-Zeolite by Hydrothermal Treatment. ACS Catalysis. 14(20). 15250–15264. 7 indexed citations
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Zhang, Wei, Rachit Khare, Wenda Hu, et al.. (2024). Chloride and Hydride Transfer as Keys to Catalytic Upcycling of Polyethylene into Liquid Alkanes. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 63(17). e202319580–e202319580. 18 indexed citations
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Tan, Jun Zhi, Sung Min Kim, Wenda Hu, et al.. (2024). Catalytic Consequences of Hierarchical Pore Architectures within MFI and FAU Zeolites for Polyethylene Conversion. ACS Catalysis. 14(10). 7536–7552. 22 indexed citations
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Kim, Sung Min, Mal‐Soon Lee, Donald M. Camaioni, et al.. (2023). Self-Organization of 1-Propanol at H-ZSM-5 Brønsted Acid Sites. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3(9). 2487–2497. 3 indexed citations
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Kim, Sung Min, Nicholas R. Jaegers, Wenda Hu, et al.. (2023). Impact of the Environment of BEA-Type Zeolites for Sorption of Water and Cyclohexanol. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 127(48). 23390–23399. 6 indexed citations
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Krödel, Maximilian, César Leroy, Sung Min Kim, et al.. (2023). Of Glasses and Crystals: Mitigating the Deactivation of CaO-Based CO2 Sorbents through Calcium Aluminosilicates. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3(11). 3111–3126. 4 indexed citations
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Zhang, Wei, Sung Min Kim, Rachit Khare, et al.. (2023). Low-temperature upcycling of polyolefins into liquid alkanes via tandem cracking-alkylation. Science. 379(6634). 807–811. 196 indexed citations breakdown →
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Kim, Sung Min, Andaç Armutlulu, Wei‐Chih Liao, et al.. (2021). Structural insight into an atomic layer deposition (ALD) grown Al 2 O 3 layer on Ni/SiO 2 : impact on catalytic activity and stability in dry reforming of methane. Catalysis Science & Technology. 11(23). 7563–7577. 22 indexed citations
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Hintermeier, Peter H., Sebastian Eckstein, Sung Min Kim, et al.. (2021). Role of the ionic environment in enhancing the activity of reacting molecules in zeolite pores. Science. 372(6545). 952–957. 117 indexed citations
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Cho, Yongil, Tae Ho Lim, Youngjoon Chee, et al.. (2020). What muscles need to be trained for high-quality chest compression?. Australasian Emergency Care. 23(4). 272–280. 2 indexed citations
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Jang, Yongwoo, Sung Min Kim, Keon Jung Kim, et al.. (2019). Self-Powered Coiled Carbon-Nanotube Yarn Sensor for Gastric Electronics. ACS Sensors. 4(11). 2893–2899. 52 indexed citations
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Cho, Hawon, Yongwoo Jang, Byeongjun Lee, et al.. (2013). Voluntary Movements as a Possible Non-Reflexive Pain Assay. Molecular Pain. 9. 25–25. 33 indexed citations
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Kim, Sung Min, et al.. (1993). Tallium(I) Ion-Selective Electrodes Based on Crown Ethers. Journal of the Korean Chemical Society. 37(8). 773–778. 7 indexed citations
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Kim, Sung Min, et al.. (1987). False positive bone scan due to skin fold artifact: case report. Journal of Nuclear Medicine Technology. 15(1). 11–12.

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