Yeonsook Heo

2.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
69 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

Yeonsook Heo is a scholar working on Building and Construction, Environmental Engineering and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. According to data from OpenAlex, Yeonsook Heo has authored 69 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 47 papers in Building and Construction, 31 papers in Environmental Engineering and 17 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. Recurrent topics in Yeonsook Heo's work include Building Energy and Comfort Optimization (44 papers), Wind and Air Flow Studies (18 papers) and Urban Heat Island Mitigation (16 papers). Yeonsook Heo is often cited by papers focused on Building Energy and Comfort Optimization (44 papers), Wind and Air Flow Studies (18 papers) and Urban Heat Island Mitigation (16 papers). Yeonsook Heo collaborates with scholars based in South Korea, United Kingdom and United States. Yeonsook Heo's co-authors include Ruchi Choudhary, Godfried Augenbroe, Víctor M. Zavala, Kathrin Menberg, Jianhui Wang, Shalinee Kishore, Chen Chen, Wei Tian, Zhanyong Li and Da Yan and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Environmental Science & Technology and Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Yeonsook Heo

64 papers receiving 1.9k 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.

A review of uncertainty analysis in building energy assessment

2018 331 citations Wei Tian, Yeonsook Heo et al. profile →
Interpreting complex relationships between urban and meteorological factors and street-level urban heat islands: Application of random forest and SHAP method

2025 18 citations Steve Hung Lam Yim, Yeonsook Heo et al. Sustainable Cities and Society profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Yeonsook Heo South Korea	21	1.3k	768	451	444	168	69	2.0k
Jason Glazer United States	5	1.9k 1.4×	1.0k 1.3×	421 0.9×	459 1.0×	284 1.7×	7	2.2k
Linda K. Lawrie United States	9	2.6k 1.9×	1.4k 1.8×	574 1.3×	617 1.4×	389 2.3×	18	3.0k
Richard J. Liesen United States	10	2.0k 1.5×	1.1k 1.4×	441 1.0×	469 1.1×	311 1.9×	23	2.3k
Kaiyu Sun United States	27	1.7k 1.3×	872 1.1×	362 0.8×	452 1.0×	270 1.6×	50	2.2k
Paul Strachan United Kingdom	23	1.5k 1.1×	871 1.1×	612 1.4×	287 0.6×	260 1.5×	76	2.1k
Afshin Afshari Germany	22	713 0.5×	639 0.8×	182 0.4×	391 0.9×	126 0.8×	62	1.5k
Sigrid Reiter Belgium	28	2.6k 2.0×	1.8k 2.3×	489 1.1×	318 0.7×	279 1.7×	107	3.6k
Vahid M. Nik Sweden	35	2.1k 1.6×	1.7k 2.3×	348 0.8×	944 2.1×	153 0.9×	80	3.7k
Yiqun Pan China	22	1.2k 0.9×	696 0.9×	292 0.6×	332 0.7×	312 1.9×	80	1.7k
Junjing Yang Singapore	20	1.4k 1.1×	809 1.1×	306 0.7×	1.1k 2.4×	121 0.7×	28	2.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Yeonsook Heo

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Fields of papers citing papers by Yeonsook Heo

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yeonsook Heo

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Yeonsook Heo. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Yeonsook Heo 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 Yeonsook Heo. Yeonsook Heo 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

Yim, Steve Hung Lam, et al.. (2025). Interpreting complex relationships between urban and meteorological factors and street-level urban heat islands: Application of random forest and SHAP method. Sustainable Cities and Society. 126. 106353–106353. 18 indexed citations breakdown →

Jung, Yujun, et al.. (2025). A novel control strategy for optimizing combined cooling, heating, and power systems with energy storage devices in commercial buildings. Energy Conversion and Management. 326. 119517–119517. 4 indexed citations

Han, Changho, et al.. (2025). Optimal partial-load operation strategies of surface water-source centrifugal heat pumps with thermal energy storage for large buildings. Applied Energy. 388. 125724–125724. 2 indexed citations

Hyun, Seung, et al.. (2024). A living lab to develop smart home services for the residential welfare of older adults. Technology in Society. 77. 102577–102577. 10 indexed citations

Yoon, Nari, et al.. (2024). Development and evaluation of a buoyancy-driven airflow window with multioperation modes. Energy and Buildings. 323. 114833–114833.

Li, Yue, Tao Huang, Harry F. Lee, et al.. (2024). Integrating Doppler LiDAR and machine learning into land-use regression model for assessing contribution of vertical atmospheric processes to urban PM2.5 pollution. The Science of The Total Environment. 952. 175632–175632. 1 indexed citations

Heo, Yeonsook, et al.. (2023). An intelligent HVAC control strategy for supplying comfortable and energy-efficient school environment. Advanced Engineering Informatics. 55. 101895–101895. 20 indexed citations

Yoon, Nari, et al.. (2023). Design and analysis of a window-integrated passive system (WIPS) with the use of solar heat gains. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 396. 2040–2040.

Heo, Yeonsook, et al.. (2023). Exploring the impact of urban factors on land surface temperature and outdoor air temperature: A case study in Seoul, Korea. Building and Environment. 243. 110645–110645. 14 indexed citations

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Liao, Wei, Chul‐Ho Kim, Yiqiang Xiao, et al.. (2023). Quantifying Photovoltaic surplus at an urban scale: A case study in Seoul. Energy and Buildings. 298. 113523–113523. 4 indexed citations

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Yoon, Nari & Yeonsook Heo. (2022). Weather-based operation strategy for a dynamically compartmentalized double-skin façade system. Building and Environment. 226. 109755–109755. 5 indexed citations

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Liao, Wei, et al.. (2021). The effect of spatial heterogeneity in urban morphology on surface urban heat islands. Energy and Buildings. 244. 111027–111027. 78 indexed citations

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Yoon, Nari, et al.. (2021). Dynamic compartmentalization of double-skin façade for an office building with single-sided ventilation. Building and Environment. 208. 108624–108624. 18 indexed citations

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Menberg, Kathrin, Yeonsook Heo, Wonjun Choi, et al.. (2017). Exergy Analysis of a Ground-Source Heat Pump System. Building Simulation Conference proceedings. 15. 3 indexed citations

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Tian, Wei, Adam Rysanek, Ruchi Choudhary, & Yeonsook Heo. (2015). High Resolution Energy Simulations At City Scale. Building Simulation Conference proceedings. 15 indexed citations

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Heo, Yeonsook, Fei Zhao, Sang Hoon Lee, et al.. (2012). SCALABLE METHODOLOGY FOR ENERGY EFFICIENCY RETROFIT DECISION ANALYSIS. Proceedings of SimBuild. 5(1). 513–520. 2 indexed citations

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Sun, Yuming, et al.. (2011). Uncertainty quantification of microclimate variables in building energy simulation. Cambridge University Engineering Department Publications Database. 14 indexed citations

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Heo, Yeonsook, Godfried Augenbroe, & Ruchi Choudhary. (2011). Risk analysis of energy-efficiency projects based on Bayesian calibration of building energy models. Cambridge University Engineering Department Publications Database. 20 indexed citations

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Hendrich, Ann, Marilyn Chow, Sonit Bafna, et al.. (2009). Unit-Related Factors That Affect Nursing Time with Patients: Spatial Analysis of the Time and Motion Study. HERD Health Environments Research & Design Journal. 2(2). 5–20. 54 indexed citations

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Augenbroe, Godfried, et al.. (2008). LESSONS FROM AN ADVANCED BUILDING SIMULATION COURSE. Proceedings of SimBuild. 3(1). 261–268. 7 indexed citations

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