Wonjin Sim

1.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
24 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Wonjin Sim is a scholar working on Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Pollution and Environmental Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Wonjin Sim has authored 24 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, 10 papers in Pollution and 8 papers in Environmental Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Wonjin Sim's work include Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact (12 papers), Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts (10 papers) and Water Treatment and Disinfection (7 papers). Wonjin Sim is often cited by papers focused on Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact (12 papers), Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts (10 papers) and Water Treatment and Disinfection (7 papers). Wonjin Sim collaborates with scholars based in South Korea and Japan. Wonjin Sim's co-authors include Jeong‐Eun Oh, Jiwoo Lee, Sun-Kyoung Shin, Seung-Ryul Hwang, Sung‐Deuk Choi, In-Seok Lee, Rui Guo, Jihyun Lee, Sunghee Lee and Hee-Young Kim and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Environmental Science & Technology and The Science of The Total Environment.

In The Last Decade

Wonjin Sim

24 papers receiving 1.4k 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. Occurrence and distribution of pharmaceuticals in wastewater from households, livestock farms, hospitals and pharmaceutical manufactures
    2010 466 citations Wonjin Sim, Jiwoo Lee et al. Chemosphere profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Wonjin Sim South Korea 13 908 634 277 247 241 24 1.5k
Bruno Paracchini Italy 9 847 0.9× 598 0.9× 270 1.0× 227 0.9× 216 0.9× 9 1.3k
Simona Tavazzi Italy 15 951 1.0× 669 1.1× 272 1.0× 212 0.9× 352 1.5× 21 1.6k
Jianghong Shi China 26 1.1k 1.2× 961 1.5× 290 1.0× 261 1.1× 166 0.7× 61 1.9k
Paula Guerra Spain 21 948 1.0× 1.1k 1.7× 229 0.8× 291 1.2× 226 0.9× 32 1.8k
Zhiyong Guo China 23 706 0.8× 386 0.6× 283 1.0× 146 0.6× 134 0.6× 81 1.5k
John L. Wilkinson United Kingdom 15 821 0.9× 491 0.8× 227 0.8× 164 0.7× 179 0.7× 21 1.3k
Jianhua Tan China 18 1.0k 1.1× 909 1.4× 226 0.8× 154 0.6× 272 1.1× 52 1.8k
Marianne Köck-Schulmeyer Spain 19 1.2k 1.3× 822 1.3× 316 1.1× 249 1.0× 318 1.3× 21 1.8k
Leendert Vergeynst Denmark 16 787 0.9× 335 0.5× 175 0.6× 209 0.8× 247 1.0× 34 1.3k
Monica W. Lam Canada 8 869 1.0× 357 0.6× 330 1.2× 142 0.6× 191 0.8× 9 1.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Wonjin Sim

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Fields of papers citing papers by Wonjin Sim

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Wonjin Sim

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

All Works

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Sim, Wonjin, et al.. (2025). Risk assessment and monitoring of tranquilizers in live seafood: Analysis of natural essential oil and 2-phenoxyethanol by GC–MS/MS. The Science of The Total Environment. 959. 178338–178338. 1 indexed citations
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Sim, Wonjin, et al.. (2025). Occurrence, distribution, and prioritization of unregulated emerging contaminants including battery-related chemicals in drinking water systems across South Korea. The Science of The Total Environment. 967. 178799–178799. 2 indexed citations
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Sim, Wonjin, Okon Dominic Ekpe, Eun‐Hee Lee, et al.. (2024). Distribution and ecological risk assessment of priority water pollutants in surface river sediments with emphasis on industrially affected areas. Chemosphere. 352. 141275–141275. 5 indexed citations
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Sim, Wonjin, et al.. (2023). Polychlorinated biphenyls and organochlorine pesticides in surface sediments from river networks, South Korea: Spatial distribution, source identification, and ecological risks. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 30(41). 94371–94385. 2 indexed citations
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Sim, Wonjin, Suyeon Park, Ji-Hye Ha, Donghyun Kim, & Jeong‐Eun Oh. (2022). Evaluation of population estimation methods for wastewater-based epidemiology in a metropolitan city. The Science of The Total Environment. 857(Pt 1). 159154–159154. 12 indexed citations
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Sim, Wonjin, et al.. (2021). Characteristic distribution patterns of perfluoroalkyl substances in soils according to land-use types. Chemosphere. 276. 130167–130167. 20 indexed citations
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Kim, Da‐Hye, et al.. (2020). Monitoring of Nitrophenols and Insecticides in the Daecheong Lake, Served as Resources of Drinking Water. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 42(7). 327–338. 2 indexed citations
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Lee, Ji‐Hyun, et al.. (2017). Optimization of disinfection by-product analysis methods for IMO G9 approval. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 126. 402–412. 4 indexed citations
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Lee, In-Seok, Wonjin Sim, Changwon Kim, Yoon‐Seok Chang, & Jeong‐Eun Oh. (2010). Characteristic occurrence patterns of micropollutants and their removal efficiencies in industrial wastewater treatment plants. Journal of Environmental Monitoring. 13(2). 391–397. 23 indexed citations
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Guo, Rui, et al.. (2010). Evaluation of the fate of perfluoroalkyl compounds in wastewater treatment plants. Water Research. 44(11). 3476–3486. 147 indexed citations
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Sim, Wonjin, et al.. (2010). Occurrence and distribution of pharmaceuticals in wastewater from households, livestock farms, hospitals and pharmaceutical manufactures. Chemosphere. 82(2). 179–186. 466 indexed citations breakdown →
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Sim, Wonjin, Jiwoo Lee, Sun-Kyoung Shin, Ki‐Bong Song, & Jeong‐Eun Oh. (2010). Assessment of fates of estrogens in wastewater and sludge from various types of wastewater treatment plants. Chemosphere. 82(10). 1448–1453. 74 indexed citations
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Sim, Wonjin, Sunghee Lee, In-Seok Lee, Sung‐Deuk Choi, & Jeong‐Eun Oh. (2009). Distribution and formation of chlorophenols and bromophenols in marine and riverine environments. Chemosphere. 77(4). 552–558. 123 indexed citations
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Sim, Wonjin, Jiwoo Lee, & Jeong‐Eun Oh. (2009). Occurrence and fate of pharmaceuticals in wastewater treatment plants and rivers in Korea. Environmental Pollution. 158(5). 1938–1947. 261 indexed citations
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Lee, In-Seok, et al.. (2008). Analysis and evaluation of chlorinated persistent organic compounds and PAHs in sludge in Korea. Chemosphere. 74(3). 441–447. 52 indexed citations
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Lee, In-Seok, et al.. (2007). Evaluation of Removal Efficiencies of Micropollutants in Wastewater Treatment Plants. Journal of Korean Society of Environmental Engineers. 29(2). 214–219. 4 indexed citations

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