Whanhee Lee

6.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
86 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Whanhee Lee is a scholar working on Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, General Health Professions and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Whanhee Lee has authored 86 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 71 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, 26 papers in General Health Professions and 13 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in Whanhee Lee's work include Climate Change and Health Impacts (61 papers), Air Quality and Health Impacts (56 papers) and Global Health Care Issues (24 papers). Whanhee Lee is often cited by papers focused on Climate Change and Health Impacts (61 papers), Air Quality and Health Impacts (56 papers) and Global Health Care Issues (24 papers). Whanhee Lee collaborates with scholars based in South Korea, United States and Japan. Whanhee Lee's co-authors include Ho Kim, Yasushi Honda, Michelle L. Bell, Hayon Michelle Choi, Seulkee Heo, Cinoo Kang, Yue Leon Guo, Hye Min Jang, Masahiro Hashizume and Renjie Chen and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Whanhee Lee

69 papers receiving 1.2k 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.

The effects of night-time warming on mortality burden under future climate change scenarios: a modelling study

2022 134 citations Cheng He, Ho Kim et al. profile →
Nonlinear exposure-response associations of daytime, nighttime, and day-night compound heatwaves with mortality amid climate change

2025 16 citations Ho Kim, Masahiro Hashizume et al. profile →

Peers

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Citations

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Fields of papers citing papers by Whanhee Lee

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Whanhee Lee

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Whanhee Lee. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Whanhee 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 Whanhee Lee. Whanhee 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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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Short-term exposure to warm-season ozone, cardiovascular mortality, and novel high-risk populations: A nationwide time-stratified case-crossover study 2025 ·Atmospheric Environment ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Soo‐Young Kim, Hye Min Jang, Yejin Kim, Cinoo Kang, (unknown), Ayoung Kim, Dohoon Kwon, (unknown), In-Sung Song, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Ho Kim, Whanhee Lee	2
2	Does the risk of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) incidence change by day of week and holidays? A nationwide case time series study in South Korea 2025 ·BMJ Open ·(unknown), Hye Sook Min, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Cinoo Kang, Whanhee Lee	0
3	Air pollution and acute kidney injury with comorbid disease: A nationwide case-crossover study in South Korea 2024 ·Environmental Research ·(unknown), Whanhee Lee, Duk‐Hee Kang, (unknown), Ayoung Kim, Cinoo Kang, Jongmin Oh, Hye Min Jang, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Sooyoung Kim, Jungsil Lee, Min Ho Kim, (unknown), Eun‐Hee Ha	4
4	Association between increase in temperature due to climate change and depressive symptoms in Korea 2024 ·Journal of Affective Disorders ·(unknown), (unknown), Whanhee Lee, Hyeon Woo Yim, Sanghyuk Bae	2
5	The overlooked health impacts of extreme rainfall exposure in 30 East Asian cities 2024 ·Nature Sustainability ·Cheng He, Ho Kim, Masahiro Hashizume, Whanhee Lee, Yasushi Honda, Satbyul Estella Kim, Yue Leon Guo, Alexandra Schneider, Yixiang Zhu, Lu Zhou, Renjie Chen, Haidong Kan	11
6	Short-term exposure to outdoor nitrogen dioxide and respiratory mortality, with high-risk populations: a nationwide time-stratified case-crossover study 2024 ·BMC Public Health ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Cinoo Kang, (unknown), Dohoon Kwon, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Ho Kim, Whanhee Lee	0
7	Long-term exposure to PM2.5 and mortality: a national health insurance cohort study 2024 ·International Journal of Epidemiology ·(unknown), (unknown), Hyemin Jang, In-Sung Song, Dohoon Kwon, Cinoo Kang, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Moonjung Choi, Yong‐Mei Cha, Ho Kim, Whanhee Lee	6
8	Associations between various types of mortality and temperature variability distinguishing the intraday and interday effects in South Korea 2024 ·Environmental Research ·(unknown), Cinoo Kang, Whanhee Lee, K. Chaelin, (unknown), (unknown), Dohoon Kwon, Moon Ki Choi, (unknown), (unknown), Ho Kim	0
9	Heterogeneous associations between short-term ambient ozone exposure and morbidities from infants to seniors: A nationwide case-crossover study in South Korea 2024 ·Journal of Hazardous Materials Advances ·(unknown), Cinoo Kang, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Ayoung Kim, Dohoon Kwon, (unknown), Hye Min Jang, (unknown), Michelle L. Bell, Ho Kim, Whanhee Lee	2
10	Summer temperature and emergency room visits due to urinary tract infection in South Korea: a national time-stratified case-crossover study 2024 ·BMC Public Health ·(unknown), Whanhee Lee, Duk‐Hee Kang, (unknown), Hyemin Jang, Cinoo Kang, Dohoon Kwon, (unknown), (unknown)	0
11	Association Between Air Pollution and Osteoporosis with High-Risk Populations: A Narrative Review 2024 ·Current Osteoporosis Reports ·Hyejung Lee, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Michelle L. Bell, Whanhee Lee	1
12	Synergistic effect of periodontitis and C-reactive protein levels on mortality: NHANES 2001–2004 2024 ·PLoS ONE ·Miyeun Han, Whanhee Lee, (unknown), Moon Ho Kang, Hyeon Seok Hwang, Soie Kwon, Yaerim Kim, Jeonghwan Lee, (unknown), Chun Soo Lim, Yon Su Kim, Jung Pyo Lee	0
13	Beneficial impacts of residential greenness on sleep deprivation in adults aged 19 or older living in South Korea: A nationwide community health survey in 2011–2018 2023 ·The Science of The Total Environment ·Cinoo Kang, Whanhee Lee, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Ho Kim	5
14	Hospital admission risks and excess costs for neurological symptoms attributable to long-term exposure to fine particulate matter in New York State, USA 2023 ·Environmental Research ·(unknown), Whanhee Lee, Michelle L. Bell, (unknown), Seulkee Heo, (unknown), Jee Hyun Kim, Ji Young Yun, Soo In Kim, Joel Schwartz, Eun‐Hee Ha	2
15	Associations between greenness and kidney disease in Massachusetts: The US Medicare longitudinal cohort study 2023 ·Environment International ·Whanhee Lee, Seulkee Heo, (unknown), Xiao Wu, Kelvin C. Fong, Ji-Young Son, Benjamin M. Sabath, Danielle Braun, Jung Tak Park, Yong Chul Kim, Jung Pyo Lee, Joel Schwartz, Ho Kim, Francesca Dominici, Michelle L. Bell	7
16	Association of long-term exposure to air pollution with chronic sleep deprivation in South Korea: A community-level longitudinal study, 2008–2018 2023 ·Environmental Research ·(unknown), Cinoo Kang, (unknown), Ejin Kim, In-Sung Song, Hye Min Jang, Dohoon Kwon, (unknown), (unknown), Ho Kim, Whanhee Lee	17
17	A Proactive Testing Strategy to COVID-19 for Reopening University Campus during Omicron Wave in Korea: Ewha Safe Campus (ESC) Project 2023 ·SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·Whanhee Lee, Kyunghee Jung‐Choi, (unknown), (unknown), Nackmoon Sung, Sun-Hwa Lee, (unknown), Hee Jung Choi, Chung-Jong Kim, Hyesook Park, Eun‐Hee Ha	1
18	Association between long-term PM2.5 exposure and risk of Kawasaki disease in children: A nationwide longitudinal cohort study 2023 ·Environmental Research ·Hanna Kim, (unknown), (unknown), Whanhee Lee, Jongmin Oh, (unknown), Min Ho Kim, Jung Won Lee, Hae Soon Kim, Ho Kim, Ejin Kim, Cinoo Kang, In-Sung Song, (unknown), (unknown), Dohoon Kwon, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Ayoung Kim, (unknown), (unknown), Eun‐Hee Ha	6
19	The COVID-19 Pandemic Response System at University Level: The Case of Safe Campus Model at Ewha Womans University 2022 ·SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·Kyunghee Jung‐Choi, Nackmoon Sung, (unknown), (unknown), Hee Jung Choi, Chung-Jong Kim, Nam‐Kyong Choi, (unknown), Yi‐Jun Kim, Whanhee Lee, (unknown), (unknown)	1
20	Association of long-term exposure to air pollution with chronic sleep deprivation in adults from 141 urban communities in South Korea: a community-level longitudinal study, 2008‒2016 2021 ·Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences ·Whanhee Lee, (unknown), Woojae Myung, (unknown), Cinoo Kang, Hye Min Jang, (unknown), Michelle L. Bell, Ho Kim	10

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