Woochul Kim

5.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
127 papers, 4.2k citations indexed

About

Woochul Kim is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Civil and Structural Engineering and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Woochul Kim has authored 127 papers receiving a total of 4.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 91 papers in Materials Chemistry, 56 papers in Civil and Structural Engineering and 24 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Woochul Kim's work include Advanced Thermoelectric Materials and Devices (69 papers), Thermal Radiation and Cooling Technologies (47 papers) and Thermal properties of materials (44 papers). Woochul Kim is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Thermoelectric Materials and Devices (69 papers), Thermal Radiation and Cooling Technologies (47 papers) and Thermal properties of materials (44 papers). Woochul Kim collaborates with scholars based in South Korea, United States and Saudi Arabia. Woochul Kim's co-authors include Arun Majumdar, A. C. Gossard, Joshua M. O. Zide, Ali Shakouri, Dmitri O. Klenov, Susanne Stemmer, Jiyong Kim, Hwanjoo Park, Junphil Hwang and Salman Khan and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Physical Review Letters and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

Woochul Kim

120 papers receiving 4.2k citations

Hit Papers

Thermal Conductivity Reduction and Thermoelectric Figure ... 2006 2026 2012 2019 2006 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. Thermal Conductivity Reduction and Thermoelectric Figure of Merit Increase by Embedding Nanoparticles in Crystalline Semiconductors
    2006 725 citations Woochul Kim, Joshua M. O. Zide et al. Physical Review Letters profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Woochul Kim South Korea 36 3.6k 1.5k 1.1k 661 491 127 4.2k
Zhiting Tian United States 34 3.5k 1.0× 982 0.6× 1.1k 1.0× 321 0.5× 321 0.7× 89 3.9k
Jiawei Zhou United States 40 4.4k 1.2× 1.3k 0.8× 1.4k 1.2× 512 0.8× 372 0.8× 76 5.7k
Gabi Schierning Germany 32 3.2k 0.9× 737 0.5× 1.1k 1.0× 368 0.6× 944 1.9× 98 4.0k
Theodorian Borca‐Tasciuc United States 34 3.7k 1.0× 1.2k 0.8× 1.2k 1.1× 1.0k 1.6× 908 1.8× 120 5.1k
Wenyu Zhao China 32 4.8k 1.4× 1.6k 1.0× 1.9k 1.7× 312 0.5× 405 0.8× 174 5.5k
Andrew Muto United States 5 5.4k 1.5× 2.2k 1.4× 1.8k 1.7× 364 0.6× 413 0.8× 6 6.0k
Pengcheng Zhai China 32 3.2k 0.9× 787 0.5× 1.2k 1.1× 202 0.3× 640 1.3× 209 4.1k
Denis L. Nika Moldova 28 5.3k 1.5× 1.5k 1.0× 971 0.9× 945 1.4× 519 1.1× 61 6.1k
Baratunde A. Cola United States 32 2.5k 0.7× 604 0.4× 948 0.9× 640 1.0× 534 1.1× 96 3.4k
Arden L. Moore United States 25 5.1k 1.4× 1.6k 1.0× 942 0.9× 1.0k 1.6× 865 1.8× 54 6.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Woochul Kim

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Fields of papers citing papers by Woochul Kim

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Woochul Kim. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Woochul Kim. The network helps show where Woochul Kim may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Woochul Kim

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Woochul Kim. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Woochul 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 Woochul Kim. Woochul 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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Choi, Jun, et al.. (2025). Innovative dual-band energy-efficient smart windows using VO2(M)-Based Fabry-Pérot structures for solar and radiative cooling modulation. Materials Today Physics. 52. 101665–101665. 3 indexed citations
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Acharya, S., Sungjin Park, Woosun Jang, et al.. (2025). Ultra-low thermal conductivity and high zT in multi-doped AgInSe2: A high-entropy approach to n-type thermoelectric materials. Nano Energy. 146. 111491–111491. 1 indexed citations
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Choi, Youngsu, Sungjin Park, & Woochul Kim. (2025). Hollow thermoelectric legs with extremely low power-generation cost compatible with scalable manufacturing. Applied Energy. 398. 126358–126358.
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Park, Gimin, et al.. (2024). In vivo measurement of intrinsic thermal conductivity of living blood-perfused tissue. International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer. 157. 107812–107812.
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Kim, Woochul, In Soo Kim, Chandran Balamurugan, et al.. (2024). Monolithic Perovskite–Silicon Dual‐Band Photodetector for Efficient Spectral Light Discrimination. Advanced Science. 11(21). e2308840–e2308840. 13 indexed citations
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Kim, Jiyong, et al.. (2024). Ultra-low-energy operation of electromagnetic bi-stable actuator under restricted energy supply. Sensors and Actuators A Physical. 378. 115801–115801. 1 indexed citations
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Khan, Salman, Jiyong Kim, Gimin Park, et al.. (2024). Compact Vital-Sensing Band with Uninterrupted Power Supply for Core Body Temperature and Pulse Rate Monitoring. ACS Sensors. 9(11). 5885–5895. 5 indexed citations
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Acharya, S., Junphil Hwang, Kwangrae Kim, et al.. (2023). Quasi-random distribution of distorted nanostructures enhances thermoelectric performance of high-entropy chalcopyrite. Nano Energy. 112. 108493–108493. 20 indexed citations
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Park, Gimin, Jiyong Kim, Junphil Hwang, et al.. (2023). Noninvasive and Continuous Monitoring of the Core Body Temperature through the Quantitative Measurement of Blood Perfusion Rate. ACS Sensors. 8(8). 2975–2985. 3 indexed citations
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Hwang, Junphil, Jae Hyun Yun, Kwan Young Lee, et al.. (2023). Multiple electron & phonon scattering effect achieves highly efficient thermoelectricity due to nanostructuring. Materials Today Physics. 33. 101053–101053. 4 indexed citations
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Kim, Jiyong, et al.. (2022). Numerical Analysis of Air Cooling for Transmit/Receive Modules of Active Electronically Scanned Array Radar. Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers B. 46(11). 593–601. 1 indexed citations
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Kim, Hoon, et al.. (2020). Numerical Analysis of Active Refrigeration Performance in Thermoelectric Device Integrated with Naval Vessel Radar System. Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers B. 44(7). 415–421.
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Kim, Woochul, et al.. (2020). Thermophysical Properties of Nickel-based Superalloy CM247LC. Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers B. 44(10). 619–625. 1 indexed citations
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Kim, Woochul, et al.. (2012). Topology optimization of actuator arms in hard disk drives for reducing bending resonance-induced off-tracks. Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization. 46(6). 907–912. 5 indexed citations
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Kim, Woochul, Joshua M. O. Zide, A. C. Gossard, et al.. (2006). Thermal Conductivity Reduction and Thermoelectric Figure of Merit Increase by Embedding Nanoparticles in Crystalline Semiconductors. Physical Review Letters. 96(4). 45901–45901. 725 indexed citations breakdown →
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Kim, Woochul, et al.. (2004). Coil Configuration Design using the Topology Optimization : Applications to Optical Pickup Actuator. 대한기계학회 춘추학술대회. 37–41.

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