Youngkwon Choi

1.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
29 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Youngkwon Choi is a scholar working on Water Science and Technology, Biomedical Engineering and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. According to data from OpenAlex, Youngkwon Choi has authored 29 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Water Science and Technology, 20 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 13 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. Recurrent topics in Youngkwon Choi's work include Membrane Separation Technologies (21 papers), Membrane-based Ion Separation Techniques (17 papers) and Solar-Powered Water Purification Methods (12 papers). Youngkwon Choi is often cited by papers focused on Membrane Separation Technologies (21 papers), Membrane-based Ion Separation Techniques (17 papers) and Solar-Powered Water Purification Methods (12 papers). Youngkwon Choi collaborates with scholars based in South Korea, Australia and Saudi Arabia. Youngkwon Choi's co-authors include Gayathri Naidu, Sanghyun Jeong, S. Vigneswaran, Sangho Lee, Seongchul Ryu, Saravanamuthu Vigneswaran, Ramesh Thiruvenkatachari, Long D. Nghiem, Yun Chul Woo and Md Abu Hasan Johir and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Cleaner Production, Environmental Pollution and Chemosphere.

In The Last Decade

Youngkwon Choi

28 papers receiving 1.1k citations

Hit Papers

A critical review on remediation, reuse, and resource rec... 2019 2026 2021 2023 2019 100 200 300
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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.

  1. A critical review on remediation, reuse, and resource recovery from acid mine drainage
    2019 347 citations Gayathri Naidu, Seongchul Ryu et al. Environmental Pollution profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Youngkwon Choi South Korea 14 683 658 297 280 265 29 1.2k
Lucy Mar Camacho United States 14 1.2k 1.7× 845 1.3× 289 1.0× 318 1.1× 521 2.0× 20 2.0k
Qingjun Guan China 24 676 1.0× 502 0.8× 142 0.5× 627 2.2× 104 0.4× 47 1.3k
Xinchao Wei United States 16 356 0.5× 333 0.5× 295 1.0× 240 0.9× 80 0.3× 32 990
Zhigang Yin China 25 1.2k 1.8× 861 1.3× 124 0.4× 920 3.3× 252 1.0× 41 1.7k
Nicholas Milne Australia 20 1.1k 1.6× 724 1.1× 83 0.3× 362 1.3× 306 1.2× 36 1.6k
Rosa Malena Fernandes Lima Brazil 16 406 0.6× 268 0.4× 135 0.5× 293 1.0× 119 0.4× 70 838
Behzad Vaziri Hassas United States 20 654 1.0× 492 0.7× 113 0.4× 705 2.5× 116 0.4× 29 1.3k
Sara J. Couperthwaite Australia 24 795 1.2× 415 0.6× 285 1.0× 645 2.3× 95 0.4× 69 1.8k
Elizaveta Forbes Australia 18 747 1.1× 379 0.6× 85 0.3× 527 1.9× 125 0.5× 38 1.0k
Shaojun Bai China 25 1.2k 1.8× 948 1.4× 179 0.6× 806 2.9× 232 0.9× 73 1.5k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Youngkwon Choi

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Youngkwon Choi

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Youngkwon Choi. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Youngkwon Choi 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 Youngkwon Choi. Youngkwon Choi 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, Youngkwon, et al.. (2025). Advances in electrochemical recovery of valuable metals: A focus on lithium. Desalination. 612. 118960–118960. 5 indexed citations
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Kim, H.S., Daeho Lee, Jae‐Won Lee, et al.. (2025). Isothermal membrane distillation using omniphobic membranes for enhanced ammonia recovery from anaerobic digestion sludge leachate. Separation and Purification Technology. 370. 133282–133282.
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Lee, Jong-Hun, et al.. (2023). A review of semiconductor wastewater treatment processes: Current status, challenges, and future trends. Journal of Cleaner Production. 429. 139570–139570. 58 indexed citations
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Choi, Youngkwon, et al.. (2023). Enhancement of fouling resistance of microfiltration membranes by surface modification using UV-curing photopolymer. Chemosphere. 346. 140555–140555. 3 indexed citations
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Choi, Youngkwon, et al.. (2023). Water management and produced water treatment in oil sand plant: A review. Desalination. 567. 116991–116991. 25 indexed citations
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Choi, Youngkwon, Gayathri Naidu, Sangho Lee, & Saravanamuthu Vigneswaran. (2019). Recovery of sodium sulfate from seawater brine using fractional submerged membrane distillation crystallizer. Chemosphere. 238. 124641–124641. 54 indexed citations
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Naidu, Gayathri, Seongchul Ryu, Ramesh Thiruvenkatachari, et al.. (2019). A critical review on remediation, reuse, and resource recovery from acid mine drainage. Environmental Pollution. 247. 1110–1124. 347 indexed citations breakdown →
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Choi, Youngkwon, Gayathri Naidu, Long D. Nghiem, Sangho Lee, & Saravanamuthu Vigneswaran. (2019). Membrane distillation crystallization for brine mining and zero liquid discharge: opportunities, challenges, and recent progress. Environmental Science Water Research & Technology. 5(7). 1202–1221. 93 indexed citations
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Choi, Youngkwon, Gayathri Naidu, Sangho Lee, & S. Vigneswaran. (2019). Effect of inorganic and organic compounds on the performance of fractional-submerged membrane distillation-crystallizer. Journal of Membrane Science. 582. 9–19. 13 indexed citations
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Ryu, Seongchul, Gayathri Naidu, Md Abu Hasan Johir, et al.. (2018). Acid mine drainage treatment by integrated submerged membrane distillation–sorption system. Chemosphere. 218. 955–965. 56 indexed citations
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Choi, Youngkwon, Saravanamuthu Vigneswaran, & Sangho Lee. (2016). Evaluation of fouling potential and power density in pressure retarded osmosis (PRO) by fouling index. Desalination. 389. 215–223. 27 indexed citations
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Naidu, Gayathri, Wang Geun Shim, Sanghyun Jeong, et al.. (2016). Transport phenomena and fouling in vacuum enhanced direct contact membrane distillation: Experimental and modelling. Separation and Purification Technology. 172. 285–295. 42 indexed citations
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Choi, Yongjun, et al.. (2015). Application of tubular membranes for surface water treatment: effect of membrane properties and operation modes. Desalination and Water Treatment. 57(22). 10077–10085. 3 indexed citations
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Choi, Youngkwon, et al.. (2013). Study on Water / Energy / Mutual-changing Technology by RO/PRO Process. Journal of Fluid Machinery. 16(1). 61–65. 1 indexed citations
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Choi, Youngkwon, Seung Min Park, Sangho Lee, et al.. (2013). Characterization and theoretical analysis of isoporous cycloaliphatic polyurethane membrane for water treatment. Desalination and Water Treatment. 52(4-6). 1021–1027. 5 indexed citations
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Park, Seung Min, Youngkwon Choi, Sang-Ho Lee, et al.. (2013). Experimental analysis of transport characteristics for vertically aligned carbon nanotube membranes. Desalination and Water Treatment. 51(25-27). 5349–5354. 3 indexed citations
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Park, Seung Min, Jae-Wuk Koo, Youngkwon Choi, et al.. (2012). Optimization of hybrid system consisting of forward osmosis and reverse osmosis: a Monte Carlo simulation approach. Desalination and Water Treatment. 43(1-3). 274–280. 8 indexed citations

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