Yeong-Man Kwon

989 total citations · 1 hit paper
21 papers, 695 citations indexed

About

Yeong-Man Kwon is a scholar working on Civil and Structural Engineering, Environmental Engineering and Biomaterials. According to data from OpenAlex, Yeong-Man Kwon has authored 21 papers receiving a total of 695 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Civil and Structural Engineering, 14 papers in Environmental Engineering and 3 papers in Biomaterials. Recurrent topics in Yeong-Man Kwon's work include Microbial Applications in Construction Materials (14 papers), Grouting, Rheology, and Soil Mechanics (13 papers) and Geotechnical Engineering and Soil Stabilization (10 papers). Yeong-Man Kwon is often cited by papers focused on Microbial Applications in Construction Materials (14 papers), Grouting, Rheology, and Soil Mechanics (13 papers) and Geotechnical Engineering and Soil Stabilization (10 papers). Yeong-Man Kwon collaborates with scholars based in South Korea, Australia and United States. Yeong-Man Kwon's co-authors include Gye-Chun Cho, Ilhan Chang, Minhyeong Lee, Jooyoung Im, Sojeong Lee, Thi Phuong An Tran, Soo-Min Ham, Tae‐Hyuk Kwon, Moonkyung Chung and Alessandro F. Rotta Loria and has published in prestigious journals such as Scientific Reports, Construction and Building Materials and Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering.

In The Last Decade

Yeong-Man Kwon

21 papers receiving 681 citations

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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.

Review on biopolymer-based soil treatment (BPST) technology in geotechnical engineering practices

2020 269 citations Ilhan Chang, Minhyeong Lee et al. Transportation Geotechnics profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Yeong-Man Kwon South Korea	11	518	423	92	73	70	21	695
Minhyeong Lee South Korea	12	588 1.1×	553 1.3×	120 1.3×	124 1.7×	49 0.7×	25	859
Mohamed Ayeldeen Egypt	8	485 0.9×	291 0.7×	64 0.7×	52 0.7×	39 0.6×	14	603
Thi Phuong An Tran Vietnam	7	294 0.6×	242 0.6×	76 0.8×	47 0.6×	46 0.7×	12	433
Marta Miletić United States	9	344 0.7×	184 0.4×	48 0.5×	50 0.7×	40 0.6×	19	486
Sojeong Lee South Korea	5	263 0.5×	225 0.5×	56 0.6×	43 0.6×	34 0.5×	6	380
Hadi Fatehi Australia	7	308 0.6×	272 0.6×	62 0.7×	61 0.8×	19 0.3×	9	436
Moonkyung Chung South Korea	10	402 0.8×	246 0.6×	42 0.5×	40 0.5×	26 0.4×	45	527
Mostafa El Sawwaf Egypt	17	1.1k 2.2×	291 0.7×	66 0.7×	52 0.7×	39 0.6×	45	1.3k
Alireza Tabarsa Iran	13	628 1.2×	179 0.4×	45 0.5×	49 0.7×	62 0.9×	28	771
Kejun Wen United States	17	842 1.6×	928 2.2×	63 0.7×	186 2.5×	25 0.4×	56	1.2k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Kwon, Yeong-Man, Gye-Chun Cho, & Ilhan Chang. (2025). Effects of xanthan gum treatment on sedimentation and consolidation of kaolinite aggregates. Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering. 17(11). 7288–7296. 2 indexed citations

Kwon, Yeong-Man, et al.. (2024). Effects of salinity on the microscopic interaction and sedimentation behavior of halloysite nanotube. Applied Clay Science. 260. 107511–107511. 2 indexed citations

Kwon, Yeong-Man & Alessandro F. Rotta Loria. (2024). Electrochemical cementation of granular materials with different fabric. Applied Materials Today. 38. 102235–102235. 2 indexed citations

Kwon, Yeong-Man, et al.. (2023). Xanthan gum biopolymer-based soil treatment as a construction material to mitigate internal erosion of earthen embankment: A field-scale. Construction and Building Materials. 389. 131716–131716. 43 indexed citations

Kwon, Yeong-Man, Ilhan Chang, & Gye-Chun Cho. (2023). Consolidation and swelling behavior of kaolinite clay containing xanthan gum biopolymer. Acta Geotechnica. 18(7). 3555–3571. 36 indexed citations

Mishra, Partha Narayan, Surabhi Jain, Thierry Boré, et al.. (2023). Biological perspectives in geotechnics: Application and monitoring. Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering. 16(7). 2854–2878. 3 indexed citations

Lee, Minhyeong, et al.. (2023). Study on Crosslink-Induced Gelation of Xanthan Gum Biopolymer and Its Soil Strengthening Behavior as Sustainable Grout Material. 128. 322–330. 1 indexed citations

Kwon, Yeong-Man, Ilhan Chang, & Gye-Chun Cho. (2023). Xanthan biopolymer-based soil treatment effect on kaolinite clay fabric and structure using XRD analysis. Scientific Reports. 13(1). 11666–11666. 18 indexed citations

Kwon, Yeong-Man, et al.. (2023). Xanthan Gum Biopolymer-Based Soil Treatment (Bpst) as a Construction Material to Mitigate Internal Erosion of Earthen Levee and Embankment Structures: A Field-Scale Study. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations

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Lee, Minhyeong, et al.. (2022). Durability and strength degradation of xanthan gum based biopolymer treated soil subjected to severe weathering cycles. Scientific Reports. 12(1). 19453–19453. 38 indexed citations

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Lee, Sojeong, Yeong-Man Kwon, Minhyeong Lee, Gye-Chun Cho, & Ilhan Chang. (2022). Surface and Internal Erosion Responses of Earthen Levee Structures Reinforced by Biopolymer-Based Soil Treatment (BPST) Assessed via Open-Channel Hydraulic Flume Apparatus. Geo-Congress 2022. 253. 191–198. 1 indexed citations

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Kwon, Yeong-Man, Gye-Chun Cho, Moonkyung Chung, & Ilhan Chang. (2021). Surface erosion behavior of biopolymer-treated river sand. Geomechanics and Engineering. 25(1). 49–58. 9 indexed citations

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Lee, Minhyeong, Jooyoung Im, Yeong-Man Kwon, et al.. (2021). Site application of biopolymer-based soil treatment (BPST) for slope surface protection: in-situ wet-spraying method and strengthening effect verification. Construction and Building Materials. 307. 124983–124983. 48 indexed citations

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Chang, Ilhan, Yeong-Man Kwon, & Gye-Chun Cho. (2021). Effect of Pore–Fluid Chemistry on the Undrained Shear Strength of Xanthan Gum Biopolymer-Treated Clays. Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering. 147(11). 21 indexed citations

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Chang, Ilhan, Minhyeong Lee, Thi Phuong An Tran, et al.. (2020). Review on biopolymer-based soil treatment (BPST) technology in geotechnical engineering practices. Transportation Geotechnics. 24. 100385–100385. 269 indexed citations breakdown →

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Lee, Sojeong, Yeong-Man Kwon, Gye-Chun Cho, & Ilhan Chang. (2020). Investigation of Biopolymer Treatment Feasibility to Mitigate Surface Erosion Using a Hydraulic Flume Apparatus. Geo-Congress 2020. 46–52. 4 indexed citations

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Kwon, Yeong-Man, Ilhan Chang, Minhyeong Lee, & Gye-Chun Cho. (2019). Geotechnical engineering behavior of biopolymer-treated soft marine soil. Geomechanics and Engineering. 17(5). 453–464. 54 indexed citations

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Kwon, Yeong-Man, Soo-Min Ham, Tae‐Hyuk Kwon, Gye-Chun Cho, & Ilhan Chang. (2019). Surface-erosion behaviour of biopolymer-treated soils assessed by EFA. Géotechnique Letters. 10(2). 106–112. 57 indexed citations

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Chang, Ilhan, Yeong-Man Kwon, Jooyoung Im, & Gye-Chun Cho. (2018). Soil consistency and interparticle characteristics of xanthan gum biopolymer–containing soils with pore-fluid variation. Canadian Geotechnical Journal. 56(8). 1206–1213. 65 indexed citations

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Kwon, Yeong-Man, Jooyoung Im, Ilhan Chang, & Gye-Chun Cho. (2017). ε-polylysine biopolymer for coagulation of clay suspensions. Geomechanics and Engineering. 12(5). 753–770. 20 indexed citations

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