Sunghwan Kim

25.9k total citations · 5 hit papers
139 papers, 13.2k citations indexed

About

Sunghwan Kim is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Computational Theory and Mathematics and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, Sunghwan Kim has authored 139 papers receiving a total of 13.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 43 papers in Molecular Biology, 30 papers in Computational Theory and Mathematics and 24 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in Sunghwan Kim's work include Computational Drug Discovery Methods (26 papers), Advanced Chemical Physics Studies (17 papers) and Metabolomics and Mass Spectrometry Studies (14 papers). Sunghwan Kim is often cited by papers focused on Computational Drug Discovery Methods (26 papers), Advanced Chemical Physics Studies (17 papers) and Metabolomics and Mass Spectrometry Studies (14 papers). Sunghwan Kim collaborates with scholars based in United States, South Korea and Japan. Sunghwan Kim's co-authors include Evan Bolton, Paul Thiessen, Bo Yu, Jian Zhang, Siqian He, Asta Gindulytė, Jie Chen, Benjamin A. Shoemaker, Tiejun Cheng and Qingliang Li and has published in prestigious journals such as Nucleic Acids Research, Angewandte Chemie International Edition and The Journal of Chemical Physics.

In The Last Decade

Sunghwan Kim

129 papers receiving 13.0k citations

Hit Papers

PubChem Substance and Compound databases 2015 2026 2018 2022 2015 2020 2018 2022 2024 1000 2.0k 3.0k
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. PubChem Substance and Compound databases
    2015 3.8k citations Sunghwan Kim, Paul Thiessen et al. Nucleic Acids Research profile →
  2. PubChem in 2021: new data content and improved web interfaces
    2020 2.6k citations Sunghwan Kim, Jie Chen et al. Nucleic Acids Research profile →
  3. PubChem 2019 update: improved access to chemical data
    2018 2.3k citations Sunghwan Kim, Jie Chen et al. Nucleic Acids Research profile →
  4. PubChem 2023 update
    2022 1.8k citations Sunghwan Kim, Jie Chen et al. Nucleic Acids Research profile →
  5. PubChem 2025 update
    2024 221 citations Sunghwan Kim, Jie Chen et al. Nucleic Acids Research profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Sunghwan Kim United States 28 6.0k 4.3k 1.5k 1.2k 1.2k 139 13.2k
Paul Thiessen United States 24 6.0k 1.0× 4.3k 1.0× 1.5k 1.1× 1.1k 1.0× 1.2k 1.0× 38 12.8k
Siqian He United States 13 6.1k 1.0× 4.3k 1.0× 1.4k 0.9× 939 0.8× 1.2k 1.0× 14 12.4k
Asta Gindulytė United States 19 5.9k 1.0× 4.5k 1.0× 1.7k 1.2× 1.1k 0.9× 1.2k 1.0× 27 12.5k
Evan Bolton United States 28 7.3k 1.2× 5.1k 1.2× 1.6k 1.1× 1.1k 0.9× 1.4k 1.2× 71 14.6k
Benjamin A. Shoemaker United States 28 8.3k 1.4× 4.9k 1.1× 2.1k 1.4× 1.0k 0.9× 1.3k 1.1× 38 14.7k
Tiejun Cheng United States 24 5.3k 0.9× 4.1k 0.9× 1.3k 0.9× 1.0k 0.8× 1.1k 0.9× 42 10.4k
Dongsheng Cao China 57 6.6k 1.1× 5.7k 1.3× 2.0k 1.4× 1.4k 1.2× 907 0.8× 275 14.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Sunghwan Kim

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Fields of papers citing papers by Sunghwan Kim

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sunghwan Kim

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Sunghwan Kim. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Sunghwan 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 Sunghwan Kim. Sunghwan 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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Li, Qingliang, Sunghwan Kim, Leonid Zaslavsky, et al.. (2025). A resource description framework (RDF) model of named entity co-occurrences in biomedical literature and its integration with PubChemRDF. Journal of Cheminformatics. 17(1). 79–79. 1 indexed citations
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Kim, Sunghwan, Bo Yu, Qingliang Li, & Evan Bolton. (2024). PubChem synonym filtering process using crowdsourcing. Journal of Cheminformatics. 16(1). 69–69. 1 indexed citations
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Kim, Sunghwan, et al.. (2024). The Impact of Big Data Quality Characteristics on User Satisfaction through Perceived Ease of Use and Perceived Usefulness. Asia-pacific Journal of Convergent Research Interchange. 10(2). 79–88. 1 indexed citations
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Kim, Sunghwan, Jian Zhang, Tiejun Cheng, Qingliang Li, & Evan Bolton. (2024). Glycoscience data content in the NCBI Glycans and PubChem. Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry. 417(5). 865–878. 4 indexed citations
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Kim, Sunghwan, Jie Chen, Tiejun Cheng, et al.. (2024). PubChem 2025 update. Nucleic Acids Research. 53(D1). D1516–D1525. 221 indexed citations breakdown →
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Gupta, Parul, Sushma Naithani, Justin Preece, et al.. (2022). Plant Reactome and PubChem: The Plant Pathway and (Bio)Chemical Entity Knowledgebases. Methods in molecular biology. 2443. 511–525. 8 indexed citations
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Kim, Sunghwan, Jie Chen, Tiejun Cheng, et al.. (2022). PubChem 2023 update. Nucleic Acids Research. 51(D1). D1373–D1380. 1787 indexed citations breakdown →
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Kim, Sunghwan, et al.. (2021). Academic Trend Analysis of Shared Economy Based on Text Mining and Network Analysis. 16(2). 15–34. 2 indexed citations
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Kim, Soyeon, et al.. (2020). Future Residential Forecasting and Recommendations of Housing Using STEEP-V Analysis. The Journal of the Korea Contents Association. 20(6). 230–240. 1 indexed citations
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Kim, Sunghwan, et al.. (2020). Necessity of the Needs Map in the Service Design for Smart Cities. Frontiers in Psychology. 11. 202–202. 6 indexed citations
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Kim, Sunghwan, Jie Chen, Tiejun Cheng, et al.. (2020). PubChem in 2021: new data content and improved web interfaces. Nucleic Acids Research. 49(D1). D1388–D1395. 2581 indexed citations breakdown →
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Kim, Sunghwan, et al.. (2020). Synthesis of poly(disulfide)s with narrow molecular weight distributionsvialactone ring-opening polymerization. Chemical Science. 11(19). 4882–4886. 26 indexed citations
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Kim, Sunghwan, Jie Chen, Tiejun Cheng, et al.. (2018). PubChem 2019 update: improved access to chemical data. Nucleic Acids Research. 47(D1). D1102–D1109. 2321 indexed citations breakdown →
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Kim, Jongwoo, et al.. (2011). Improvement of the Grid-based Password System Resistant to Shoulder-Surfing Attacks. Jeongbo gwahaghoe nonmunji. keompyuting ui silje. 17(4). 264–268. 1 indexed citations
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Kim, Sunghwan, et al.. (2011). The Effects of Firms’ Contribution Expenses and Catering Expenses on Their Profitability in Korea: Theory and Evidence. korean management review. 40(3). 659–685. 3 indexed citations
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Bolton, Evan, Sunghwan Kim, & Stephen H. Bryant. (2011). PubChem3D: Conformer generation. Journal of Cheminformatics. 3(1). 4–4. 33 indexed citations
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Woo, Hyenkyun, Sunghwan Kim, & Jin Keun Seo. (2010). Electrical capacitance tomography for visualizing the flow of a mixture of high/low conducting components. Inverse Problems in Science and Engineering. 18(5). 691–709. 6 indexed citations
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Park, Jong Cheol, et al.. (2004). Inhibitory Effects of Methanol Extract, Phenolic Acids and Flavonoids from the Leaves of Eucalyptus darylmpleana against 1,1-Diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl Radical. Natural Product Sciences. 10(5). 244–247. 5 indexed citations

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