Woosung Kwon

5.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
68 papers, 4.6k citations indexed

About

Woosung Kwon is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Biomedical Engineering and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Woosung Kwon has authored 68 papers receiving a total of 4.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 41 papers in Materials Chemistry, 20 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 19 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Woosung Kwon's work include Carbon and Quantum Dots Applications (29 papers), Quantum Dots Synthesis And Properties (18 papers) and Nanocluster Synthesis and Applications (17 papers). Woosung Kwon is often cited by papers focused on Carbon and Quantum Dots Applications (29 papers), Quantum Dots Synthesis And Properties (18 papers) and Nanocluster Synthesis and Applications (17 papers). Woosung Kwon collaborates with scholars based in South Korea, United States and United Kingdom. Woosung Kwon's co-authors include Shi‐Woo Rhee, Sungan Do, Jounghyun Yoo, Hyemin Kim, Sei Kwang Hahn, Yoonsang Park, Seung-Whee Rhee, Geon‐Hui Lee, Tae‐Woo Lee and Seok Hyun Yun and has published in prestigious journals such as Advanced Materials, Nano Letters and ACS Nano.

In The Last Decade

Woosung Kwon

66 papers receiving 4.5k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Multifunctional materials for implantable and wearable photonic healthcare devices

2020 551 citations Geon‐Hui Lee, Hanul Moon et al. Nature Reviews Materials profile →
Improving the functionality of carbon nanodots: doping and surface functionalization

2016 436 citations Jounghyun Yoo, Woosung Kwon et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Woosung Kwon South Korea	32	3.3k	1.3k	1.2k	488	468	68	4.6k
Guqiao Ding China	36	3.7k 1.1×	1.2k 0.9×	1.7k 1.4×	466 1.0×	430 0.9×	114	4.9k
Alexandru R. Biriş Romania	32	2.2k 0.7×	1.2k 0.9×	1.3k 1.1×	418 0.9×	367 0.8×	128	3.4k
Jiaming Liu China	32	2.1k 0.6×	867 0.6×	1.3k 1.1×	635 1.3×	706 1.5×	138	3.7k
Siwei Yang China	41	5.0k 1.5×	1.8k 1.4×	2.1k 1.8×	702 1.4×	666 1.4×	171	6.8k
Zhuo Wang China	35	1.7k 0.5×	1.1k 0.8×	1.4k 1.2×	510 1.0×	759 1.6×	77	3.6k
Liyan Zheng China	32	2.6k 0.8×	1.2k 0.9×	1.4k 1.2×	527 1.1×	1.2k 2.5×	122	4.8k
Zhijun Zhu China	30	1.3k 0.4×	846 0.6×	881 0.7×	449 0.9×	335 0.7×	69	2.8k
M. Antonia Herrero Spain	35	2.3k 0.7×	461 0.3×	1.7k 1.4×	468 1.0×	750 1.6×	92	4.2k
Lijun Ma China	33	1.1k 0.3×	945 0.7×	721 0.6×	396 0.8×	481 1.0×	127	3.0k
Yanan Hao China	38	2.3k 0.7×	1.9k 1.4×	2.5k 2.1×	469 1.0×	344 0.7×	140	5.4k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Woosung Kwon

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Lee, Seungchan, Chulyong Park, Yea‐Seul Kim, et al.. (2025). Advances in transdermal delivery systems using polysaccharide-based natural enhancers: mechanisms and clinical potential. Journal of Pharmaceutical Investigation.

Park, Yoonsang, Kyunghwan Kim, Jounghyun Yoo, et al.. (2024). Room-temperature phosphorescence of defect-engineered silica nanoparticles for high-contrast afterglow bioimaging. Chemical Engineering Journal. 493. 152529–152529. 13 indexed citations

Kim, Yujin, et al.. (2024). Intermolecular naphthylamine cyclization–based synthesis of bandgap-modulated carbon dots for multicolor light-emitting diodes. Optical Materials. 159. 116313–116313. 1 indexed citations

Kim, Hyemin, et al.. (2024). Insights into glucose-derived carbon dot synthesis via Maillard reaction: from reaction mechanism to biomedical applications. Scientific Reports. 14(1). 31325–31325. 11 indexed citations

Kim, Hyemin, et al.. (2023). Waste toner–derived carbon dots for bioimaging and photodynamic therapy. Dyes and Pigments. 217. 111441–111441. 9 indexed citations

Kim, Hyemin, et al.. (2023). Predictable incorporation of nitrogen into carbon dots: insights from pinacol rearrangement and iminium ion cyclization. Nanoscale Advances. 5(20). 5613–5626. 3 indexed citations

Heo, Hye Jin, Yoonsang Park, Yujin Kim, et al.. (2022). Clinical big-data-based design of GLUT2-targeted carbon nanodots for accurate diagnosis of hepatocellular carcinoma. Nanoscale. 14(45). 17053–17064. 4 indexed citations

Lee, Geon‐Hui, Hanul Moon, Hyemin Kim, et al.. (2020). Multifunctional materials for implantable and wearable photonic healthcare devices. Nature Reviews Materials. 5(2). 149–165. 551 indexed citations breakdown →

Park, Yoonsang, Jounghyun Yoo, Myoung Hee Kang, Woosung Kwon, & Jinmyoung Joo. (2019). Photoluminescent and biodegradable porous silicon nanoparticles for biomedical imaging. Journal of Materials Chemistry B. 7(41). 6271–6292. 52 indexed citations

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Lee, Taehyung, Woosung Kwon, & Minwoo Park. (2019). Highly conductive, transparent and metal-free electrodes with a PEDOT:PSS/SWNT bilayer for high-performance organic thin film transistors. Organic Electronics. 67. 26–33. 17 indexed citations

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Kim, Hyemin, Myeonghwan Shin, Seulgi Han, Woosung Kwon, & Sei Kwang Hahn. (2019). Hyaluronic Acid Derivatives for Translational Medicines. Biomacromolecules. 20(8). 2889–2903. 72 indexed citations

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Yoo, Jounghyun, UnJin Ryu, Woosung Kwon, & Kyung Min Choi. (2018). A multi-dye containing MOF for the ratiometric detection and simultaneous removal of Cr2O72− in the presence of interfering ions. Sensors and Actuators B Chemical. 283. 426–433. 81 indexed citations

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Ryu, UnJin, Jounghyun Yoo, Woosung Kwon, & Kyung Min Choi. (2017). Tailoring Nanocrystalline Metal–Organic Frameworks as Fluorescent Dye Carriers for Bioimaging. Inorganic Chemistry. 56(21). 12859–12865. 42 indexed citations

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Lee, Donghyun, Changho Lee, Woosung Kwon, Songeun Beack, & Chulhong Kim. (2017). N-doped carbon nanodots for non-invasive photoacoustic imaging and photothermal therapy. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 10064. 1006433–1006433. 4 indexed citations

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Kwon, Woosung, Young‐Hoon Kim, Ji‐Hee Kim, et al.. (2016). High Color-Purity Green, Orange, and Red Light-Emitting Diodes Based on Chemically Functionalized Graphene Quantum Dots. Scientific Reports. 6(1). 24205–24205. 85 indexed citations

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Lee, Changho, Woosung Kwon, Songeun Beack, et al.. (2016). Biodegradable Nitrogen-Doped Carbon Nanodots for Non-Invasive Photoacoustic Imaging and Photothermal Therapy. Theranostics. 6(12). 2196–2208. 128 indexed citations

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Do, Sungan, et al.. (2015). N,S‐Induced Electronic States of Carbon Nanodots Toward White Electroluminescence. Advanced Optical Materials. 4(2). 276–284. 62 indexed citations

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Kwon, Woosung, Young‐Hoon Kim, Chang‐Lyoul Lee, et al.. (2014). Electroluminescence from Graphene Quantum Dots Prepared by Amidative Cutting of Tattered Graphite. Nano Letters. 14(3). 1306–1311. 260 indexed citations

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Kwon, Woosung & Shi‐Woo Rhee. (2012). Facile synthesis of graphitic carbon quantum dots with size tunability and uniformity using reverse micelles. Chemical Communications. 48(43). 5256–5256. 222 indexed citations

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Yun, Dong‐Jin, Kipyo Hong, Se Hyun Kim, et al.. (2011). Multiwall Carbon Nanotube and Poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene): Polystyrene Sulfonate (PEDOT:PSS) Composite Films for Transistor and Inverter Devices. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 3(1). 43–49. 99 indexed citations

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