Young Kyu Hwang

19.8k total citations · 6 hit papers
180 papers, 17.4k citations indexed

About

Young Kyu Hwang is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Young Kyu Hwang has authored 180 papers receiving a total of 17.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 95 papers in Materials Chemistry, 94 papers in Inorganic Chemistry and 54 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Young Kyu Hwang's work include Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications (77 papers), Catalysis for Biomass Conversion (38 papers) and Covalent Organic Framework Applications (31 papers). Young Kyu Hwang is often cited by papers focused on Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications (77 papers), Catalysis for Biomass Conversion (38 papers) and Covalent Organic Framework Applications (31 papers). Young Kyu Hwang collaborates with scholars based in South Korea, France and United States. Young Kyu Hwang's co-authors include Jong‐San Chang, Christian Serre, Sung Hwa Jhung, Do‐Young Hong, Gérard Férey, You‐Kyong Seo, Patricia Horcajada, Marco Daturi, Alexandré Vimont and Ji Woong Yoon and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Advanced Materials and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

Young Kyu Hwang

175 papers receiving 17.2k 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.

Porous metal–organic-framework nanoscale carriers as a potential platform for drug delivery and imaging

2009 3.7k citations Patricia Horcajada, Tamim Chalati et al. Nature Materials profile →
Amine Grafting on Coordinatively Unsaturated Metal Centers of MOFs: Consequences for Catalysis and Metal Encapsulation

2008 1.1k citations Young Kyu Hwang, Do‐Young Hong et al. profile →
High Uptakes of CO₂ and CH₄ in Mesoporous Metal—Organic Frameworks MIL-100 and MIL-101

2008 1.0k citations Christian Serre, Jong‐San Chang et al. profile →
Porous Chromium Terephthalate MIL‐101 with Coordinatively Unsaturated Sites: Surface Functionalization, Encapsulation, Sorption and Catalysis

2009 892 citations Do‐Young Hong, Young Kyu Hwang et al. profile →
Adsorptive removal of methyl orange from aqueous solution with metal-organic frameworks, porous chromium-benzenedicarboxylates

2010 621 citations Young Kyu Hwang, Jong‐San Chang et al. profile →
Furfural: Hemicellulose/xylosederived biochemical

2008 543 citations Young Kyu Hwang, Jong‐San Chang et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Young Kyu Hwang South Korea	57	11.0k	9.5k	4.1k	3.8k	2.2k	180	17.4k
Christian J. Doonan Australia	60	14.2k 1.3×	12.5k 1.3×	2.9k 0.7×	2.6k 0.7×	2.3k 1.0×	175	20.5k
Jong‐San Chang South Korea	68	16.6k 1.5×	14.1k 1.5×	4.5k 1.1×	5.3k 1.4×	3.2k 1.4×	258	24.5k
Wha‐Seung Ahn South Korea	69	9.5k 0.9×	9.2k 1.0×	2.7k 0.6×	5.2k 1.4×	1.3k 0.6×	233	17.1k
Takashi Tatsumi Japan	74	10.1k 0.9×	15.3k 1.6×	2.8k 0.7×	3.1k 0.8×	1.1k 0.5×	373	21.0k
Pascal Van Der Voort Belgium	75	8.9k 0.8×	13.5k 1.4×	2.4k 0.6×	2.3k 0.6×	1.6k 0.7×	437	19.9k
Kyle E. Cordova United States	33	16.0k 1.5×	13.0k 1.4×	2.1k 0.5×	3.1k 0.8×	3.0k 1.4×	60	21.6k
Karl Petter Lillerud Norway	64	21.3k 1.9×	16.6k 1.8×	2.3k 0.6×	4.4k 1.2×	2.3k 1.0×	184	25.8k
Unni Olsbye Norway	72	21.6k 2.0×	18.1k 1.9×	3.0k 0.7×	5.1k 1.3×	1.6k 0.7×	240	27.6k
David Fairen‐Jiménez United Kingdom	60	9.6k 0.9×	7.8k 0.8×	2.1k 0.5×	1.7k 0.4×	1.8k 0.8×	150	13.1k
Michał Kruk United States	61	6.1k 0.6×	15.2k 1.6×	2.2k 0.5×	1.8k 0.5×	3.5k 1.6×	123	19.7k

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Yun, Gwang‐Nam, et al.. (2025). Exploring the role of PdO and oxygen vacancies of Pd/CeO2 in bicarbonate hydrogenation. Journal of CO2 Utilization. 92. 103028–103028. 1 indexed citations

Valekar, Anil H., et al.. (2025). Glycerol conversion to lactate over Pt/Ce-ZrO2 catalysts: Support doping effects on product selectivity and catalyst stability. Chemical Engineering Journal. 523. 168525–168525.

Oh, Kyung‐Ryul, Do‐Young Hong, Maeum Lee, et al.. (2024). Continuous production of 1,2-pentanediol from furfuryl alcohol over highly stable bimetallic Ni–Sn alloy catalysts. Green Chemistry. 26(22). 11164–11176. 8 indexed citations

Kang, Jieun, et al.. (2024). Scalable membrane-assisted ion exchange (MEM-IE) strategy for organic acid purification in biorefinery process. Journal of Membrane Science. 715. 123442–123442. 8 indexed citations

Park, Jaedeuk, et al.. (2023). Merging biomass and CO2 utilization; process design and assessment on simultaneous production of lactic acid and formic acid from glycerol and CO2. Chemical Engineering Journal. 463. 142410–142410. 28 indexed citations

Oh, Kyung‐Ryul, Hyunjoon Lee, Gwang‐Nam Yun, et al.. (2023). Fabrication of Hierarchical, Porous, Bimetallic, Zeolitic Imidazolate Frameworks with the Incorporation of Square Planar Pd and Its Catalytic Application. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 15(7). 9296–9306. 17 indexed citations

Oh, Kyung‐Ryul, Gwang‐Nam Yun, Ki-Duk Kim, et al.. (2022). Single-Atom Iridium-Catalyst-Embedded Zeolitic Imidazolate Frameworks for CO₂ and Glycerol Transformations. Chemistry of Materials. 34(18). 8153–8162. 12 indexed citations

Oh, Kyung‐Ryul, et al.. (2021). Carbonic Anhydrase-Mimicking Keplerate Cluster Encapsulated Iron Trimesate for Base-Free CO₂ Hydrogenation. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering. 9(42). 14051–14060. 13 indexed citations

Oh, Kyung‐Ryul, Anil H. Valekar, Ga-Young Cha, et al.. (2020). In Situ Synthesis of Trimeric Ruthenium Cluster-Encapsulated ZIF-11 and Its Carbon Derivatives for Simultaneous Conversion of Glycerol and CO₂. Chemistry of Materials. 32(23). 10084–10095. 28 indexed citations

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Valekar, Anil H., Minhui Lee, Ji Woong Yoon, et al.. (2020). Catalytic Transfer Hydrogenation of Furfural to Furfuryl Alcohol under Mild Conditions over Zr-MOFs: Exploring the Role of Metal Node Coordination and Modification. ACS Catalysis. 10(6). 3720–3732. 236 indexed citations

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Regufe, Maria João, Ana M. Ribeiro, Alexandre Ferreira, et al.. (2015). Syngas Purification by Porous Amino-Functionalized Titanium Terephthalate MIL-125. Energy & Fuels. 29(7). 4654–4664. 48 indexed citations

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Upare, Pravin P., Maeum Lee, Su‐Kyung Lee, et al.. (2015). Ru nanoparticles supported graphene oxide catalyst for hydrogenation of bio-based levulinic acid to cyclic ethers. Catalysis Today. 265. 174–183. 45 indexed citations

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Hundal, Geeta, et al.. (2013). Supramolecular Interactions between Finite Tapes of Water Molecules and Hydrated Metal Ions To Produce Infinite Two-Dimensional Cationic Layers of Water Molecules. Crystal Growth & Design. 14(1). 172–176. 7 indexed citations

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Núñez, Ana, Naween Dahal, Ilich A. Ibarra, et al.. (2011). A coordination polymer of (Ph3P)AuCl prepared by post-synthetic modification and its application in 1-hexene/n-hexane separation. Chemical Communications. 47(43). 11855–11855. 77 indexed citations

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Horcajada, Patricia, Tamim Chalati, Christian Serre, et al.. (2009). Porous metal–organic-framework nanoscale carriers as a potential platform for drug delivery and imaging. Nature Materials. 9(2). 172–178. 3704 indexed citations breakdown →

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Hwang, Young Kyu. (2005). Photoinduced Superhydrophilicity in TiO₂Thin Films Modified with WO₃. Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society. 26(10). 1515–1519. 14 indexed citations

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Park, Hyelim, et al.. (2005). Sonochemical Syntheses and Catalytic Properties of Oxide and Carbide Nanocomposites on Carbon Nanotubes. Chemistry Letters. 34(2). 222–223. 11 indexed citations

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Ramgir, Niranjan S., et al.. (2004). Semiconductor Tin Oxide Gas Sensors: From Bulk to Thin Films. Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry. 10(7). 1242–1256. 12 indexed citations

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Hwang, Young Kyu, et al.. (1993). The Visual Study of Nucleate Boiling Phenomena in Liquid Pool for a Closed Two Phase Thermosyphon. 389–393. 1 indexed citations

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Hwang, Young Kyu, et al.. (1990). Thermally Stratified Hot Water Storage. 134–139. 2 indexed citations

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