Yoonja Kang

1.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
33 papers, 815 citations indexed

About

Yoonja Kang is a scholar working on Oceanography, Ecology and Environmental Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Yoonja Kang has authored 33 papers receiving a total of 815 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 28 papers in Oceanography, 21 papers in Ecology and 9 papers in Environmental Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Yoonja Kang's work include Marine and coastal ecosystems (26 papers), Marine Biology and Ecology Research (15 papers) and Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (14 papers). Yoonja Kang is often cited by papers focused on Marine and coastal ecosystems (26 papers), Marine Biology and Ecology Research (15 papers) and Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (14 papers). Yoonja Kang collaborates with scholars based in South Korea, United States and China. Yoonja Kang's co-authors include Christopher J. Gobler, Theresa K. Hattenrath-Lehmann, R. Wayne Litaker, Owen Doherty, Andrew W. Griffith, Florian Koch, Ying Zhong Tang, Dianna L. Berry, Chang‐Keun Kang and Steven W. Wilhelm and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, The Science of The Total Environment and Applied and Environmental Microbiology.

In The Last Decade

Yoonja Kang

31 papers receiving 795 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. Ocean warming since 1982 has expanded the niche of toxic algal blooms in the North Atlantic and North Pacific oceans
    2017 365 citations Christopher J. Gobler, Owen Doherty et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Yoonja Kang South Korea 13 541 313 310 145 91 33 815
Dianne I. Greenfield United States 15 404 0.7× 355 1.1× 340 1.1× 83 0.6× 139 1.5× 34 736
Jennifer L. Wolny United States 17 558 1.0× 323 1.0× 455 1.5× 74 0.5× 228 2.5× 40 870
Johannes Rick Germany 14 365 0.7× 274 0.9× 113 0.4× 211 1.5× 47 0.5× 54 710
Yoav Lehahn Israel 21 676 1.2× 362 1.2× 102 0.3× 381 2.6× 96 1.1× 40 1.2k
Yubo Liang China 12 206 0.4× 278 0.9× 156 0.5× 127 0.9× 97 1.1× 41 672
Zhaoyang Chai China 12 330 0.6× 211 0.7× 98 0.3× 218 1.5× 140 1.5× 37 623
Chris Scholin United States 14 377 0.7× 350 1.1× 370 1.2× 58 0.4× 235 2.6× 17 699
Vincenzo Saggiomo Italy 26 1.2k 2.2× 731 2.3× 198 0.6× 356 2.5× 121 1.3× 55 1.6k
Mia Bužančić Croatia 12 257 0.5× 156 0.5× 180 0.6× 85 0.6× 48 0.5× 26 401
Luis Salvador Monticelli Italy 18 406 0.8× 698 2.2× 224 0.7× 128 0.9× 273 3.0× 35 1.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Yoonja Kang

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Fields of papers citing papers by Yoonja Kang

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Yoonja Kang. 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 Yoonja Kang. The network helps show where Yoonja Kang may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yoonja Kang

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Yoonja Kang. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Yoonja Kang 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 Yoonja Kang. Yoonja Kang 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, Jung Hwa, et al.. (2025). Neustonic zooplankton communities across distinct summer water masses in the northern East China Sea. Marine Environmental Research. 207. 107088–107088.
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Lee, Minji, Yoonja Kang, Dongseon Kim, Bonggil Hyun, & Seung Ho Baek. (2024). High and fine resolution of bloom dynamics using HPLC analysis in a semi-enclosed harbour. Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science. 309. 108950–108950. 2 indexed citations
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Kang, Yoonja, C. Kwon, Yang‐Ki Cho, et al.. (2024). Impact of Temperature and Stratification, Modulated by Warming Tsushima Warm Current, on the Spatiotemporal Distribution of Picoplankton in the Northern East China Sea. Journal of Geophysical Research Oceans. 129(12). 1 indexed citations
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Kang, Yoonja & Christopher J. Gobler. (2023). Nitrogen liberated via allelopathy can promote harmful algal blooms. Harmful Algae. 129. 102490–102490. 7 indexed citations
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Kang, Yoonja & Dong‐Hun Lee. (2023). Coastal warming heightens direct impacts of seawater temperature on nutrients near aquaculture farms in Korea. The Science of The Total Environment. 892. 164643–164643. 5 indexed citations
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Kang, Yoonja & Chang‐Keun Kang. (2022). Reduced forms of nitrogen control the spatial distribution of phytoplankton communities: The functional winner, dinoflagellates in an anthropogenically polluted estuary. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 177. 113528–113528. 11 indexed citations
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Gann, Eric R., Yoonja Kang, Sonya T. Dyhrman, Christopher J. Gobler, & Steven W. Wilhelm. (2021). Metatranscriptome Library Preparation Influences Analyses of Viral Community Activity During a Brown Tide Bloom. Frontiers in Microbiology. 12. 664189–664189. 12 indexed citations
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Kang, Yoonja, Ihn–Sil Kwak, & Chang‐Keun Kang. (2021). Co-occurrence of Bacillariophyceae-based- and Cryptophyceae-based planktonic food webs in a temperate estuarine ecosystem revealed via eDNA. Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science. 264. 107661–107661. 6 indexed citations
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Kang, Yoonja, Matthew J. Harke, Dianna L. Berry, et al.. (2021). Transcriptomic Responses of Four Pelagophytes to Nutrient (N, P) and Light Stress. Frontiers in Marine Science. 8. 6 indexed citations
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Kang, Yoonja, et al.. (2020). Year-to-year variation in phytoplankton biomass in an anthropogenically polluted and complex estuary: A novel paradigm for river discharge influence. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 161(Pt A). 111756–111756. 15 indexed citations
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Gobler, Christopher J., Owen Doherty, Theresa K. Hattenrath-Lehmann, et al.. (2017). Ocean warming since 1982 has expanded the niche of toxic algal blooms in the North Atlantic and North Pacific oceans. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 114(19). 4975–4980. 365 indexed citations breakdown →
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Moniruzzaman, Mohammad, Eliot Gann, Gary R. LeCleir, et al.. (2016). Diversity and dynamics of algal Megaviridae members during a harmful brown tide caused by the pelagophyte,Aureococcus anophagefferens. FEMS Microbiology Ecology. 92(5). fiw058–fiw058. 28 indexed citations
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Kang, Yoonja, Ying Zhong Tang, Gordon T. Taylor, & Christopher J. Gobler. (2016). Discovery of a resting stage in the harmful, brown‐tide‐causing pelagophyte, Aureoumbra lagunensis: a mechanism potentially facilitating recurrent blooms and geographic expansion. Journal of Phycology. 53(1). 118–130. 17 indexed citations
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Kang, Yoonja, et al.. (2011). Resolving DOM fluorescence fractions during a Karenia brevis bloom patch on the Southwest Florida Shelf. Continental Shelf Research. 32. 121–129. 16 indexed citations
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Kang, Yoonja. (2010). The Distribution of Dinoflagellate Cysts along the West Florida Coast (WFC). 4 indexed citations
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Kang, Yoonja, et al.. (2008). Comparison of Panning and Sodium Polytungstate Methods for Separating Dinoflagellate Cysts. Korean Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 41(3). 228–231. 1 indexed citations
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DeVolder, B. G., James Glimm, John W. Grove, et al.. (2001). Uncertainty Quantification for Multiscale Simulations1. Journal of Fluids Engineering. 124(1). 29–41. 36 indexed citations

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