Young‐Soo Yoon

7.2k total citations · 4 hit papers
114 papers, 6.1k citations indexed

About

Young‐Soo Yoon is a scholar working on Civil and Structural Engineering, Building and Construction and Pollution. According to data from OpenAlex, Young‐Soo Yoon has authored 114 papers receiving a total of 6.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 108 papers in Civil and Structural Engineering, 70 papers in Building and Construction and 5 papers in Pollution. Recurrent topics in Young‐Soo Yoon's work include Innovative concrete reinforcement materials (75 papers), Structural Behavior of Reinforced Concrete (66 papers) and Concrete and Cement Materials Research (36 papers). Young‐Soo Yoon is often cited by papers focused on Innovative concrete reinforcement materials (75 papers), Structural Behavior of Reinforced Concrete (66 papers) and Concrete and Cement Materials Research (36 papers). Young‐Soo Yoon collaborates with scholars based in South Korea, Canada and Japan. Young‐Soo Yoon's co-authors include Doo‐Yeol Yoo, Nemkumar Banthia, Joo-Ha Lee, Jun-Mo Yang, Hyun-Oh Shin, Jung-Jun Park, Sung Wook Kim, Kyung-Hwan Min, Tian-Feng Yuan and Denis Mitchell and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Cement and Concrete Research and Construction and Building Materials.

In The Last Decade

Young‐Soo Yoon

113 papers receiving 5.9k 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.

Effect of fiber content on mechanical and fracture properties of ultra high performance fiber reinforced cementitious composites

2013 393 citations Doo‐Yeol Yoo, Joo-Ha Lee et al. profile →
Structural performance of ultra-high-performance concrete beams with different steel fibers

2015 381 citations Doo‐Yeol Yoo, Young‐Soo Yoon Engineering Structures profile →
Material and bond properties of ultra high performance fiber reinforced concrete with micro steel fibers

2013 328 citations Doo‐Yeol Yoo, Jun-Mo Yang et al. profile →
Effect of fiber length and placement method on flexural behavior, tension-softening curve, and fiber distribution characteristics of UHPFRC

2014 298 citations Doo‐Yeol Yoo, Young‐Soo Yoon et al. Construction and Building Materials profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Young‐Soo Yoon South Korea	39	5.7k	4.0k	395	292	256	114	6.1k
Antoine E. Naaman United States	47	8.2k 1.4×	6.0k 1.5×	708 1.8×	505 1.7×	441 1.7×	165	8.6k
Mohamed Maalej United Arab Emirates	35	3.5k 0.6×	2.6k 0.6×	384 1.0×	104 0.4×	205 0.8×	113	3.8k
Zhi Fang China	25	3.3k 0.6×	1.8k 0.5×	422 1.1×	202 0.7×	111 0.4×	122	3.7k
P. Balaguru United States	29	2.7k 0.5×	1.8k 0.5×	557 1.4×	164 0.6×	139 0.5×	120	3.1k
Xianglin Gu China	37	3.5k 0.6×	1.9k 0.5×	1.1k 2.9×	25 0.1×	248 1.0×	144	4.0k
Hong Zhu China	35	3.3k 0.6×	2.3k 0.6×	477 1.2×	37 0.1×	82 0.3×	139	3.7k
Sami Rizkalla United States	46	7.8k 1.4×	7.1k 1.7×	243 0.6×	24 0.1×	219 0.9×	209	8.8k
Yiming Yao China	29	1.7k 0.3×	1.3k 0.3×	249 0.6×	69 0.2×	59 0.2×	120	2.3k
Manfred Curbach Germany	26	2.6k 0.5×	1.8k 0.4×	314 0.8×	22 0.1×	66 0.3×	251	2.9k
Xinchun Guan China	20	1.5k 0.3×	385 0.1×	411 1.0×	26 0.1×	311 1.2×	66	1.9k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Young‐Soo Yoon

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All Works

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Zi, Goangseup, et al.. (2025). Optimizing accelerated carbonation of carbon-eating concrete on early age microstructure and durability improvement. Construction and Building Materials. 491. 142654–142654. 2 indexed citations

Choi, Jin-Seok, et al.. (2025). Structural feasibility of segmental prestressed concrete box girders with multi-directional dry joints and unbonded tendons. Engineering Structures. 335. 120341–120341. 2 indexed citations

Choi, Jin-Seok, Hyung‐Bae Kim, Doo‐Yeol Yoo, Kyung-Hwan Min, & Young‐Soo Yoon. (2025). Early-age durability and semi-destructive strength evaluation of rapid-hardening latex-modified concrete overlays. Developments in the Built Environment. 24. 100768–100768.

Choi, Jin-Seok, et al.. (2025). Optimizing hybrid ratio of steel and polyethylene fibers on the compressive and tensile properties of ultra-high-strength lightweight concrete. Construction and Building Materials. 494. 143515–143515. 1 indexed citations

Choi, Jin-Seok, Doo‐Yeol Yoo, Hyun-Oh Shin, & Young‐Soo Yoon. (2024). Shear strengthening of self-compacting lightweight concrete beams with steel fibers and unbonded prestressing bars. Engineering Structures. 317. 118412–118412. 13 indexed citations

Choi, Jin-Seok, et al.. (2024). Enhancing time-dependent performance of internally cured self-compacting lightweight concrete. Journal of Building Engineering. 95. 110328–110328. 10 indexed citations

Yuan, Tian-Feng, et al.. (2021). Assessment of Steel Slag and Steel Fiber to Control Electromagnetic Shielding in High-Strength Concrete. KSCE Journal of Civil Engineering. 25(3). 920–930. 24 indexed citations

Park, Young Hwan, et al.. (2020). Flexural Behavior of a Precast Concrete Deck Connected with Headed GFRP Rebars and UHPC. Materials. 13(3). 604–604. 12 indexed citations

Yuan, Tian-Feng, et al.. (2019). Learned Prediction of Compressive Strength of GGBFS Concrete Using Hybrid Artificial Neural Network Models. Materials. 12(22). 3708–3708. 46 indexed citations

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Shin, Hyun-Oh, et al.. (2019). Optimized mix design for 180 MPa ultra-high-strength concrete. Journal of Materials Research and Technology. 8(5). 4182–4197. 34 indexed citations

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Yuan, Tian-Feng, et al.. (2018). Synergistic Benefits of Using Expansive and Shrinkage Reducing Admixture on High-Performance Concrete. Materials. 11(12). 2514–2514. 11 indexed citations

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Yang, Jun-Mo, Hyun-Oh Shin, Young‐Soo Yoon, & Denis Mitchell. (2017). Benefits of blast furnace slag and steel fibers on the static and fatigue performance of prestressed concrete sleepers. Engineering Structures. 134. 317–333. 23 indexed citations

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Yoo, Doo‐Yeol, Nemkumar Banthia, & Young‐Soo Yoon. (2016). Impact Resistance of Reinforced Ultra-High-Performance Concrete Beams with Different Steel Fibers. ACI Structural Journal. 114(1). 58 indexed citations

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Yoo, Doo‐Yeol & Young‐Soo Yoon. (2016). Bond behavior of GFRP and steel bars in ultra-high-performance fiber-reinforced concrete. Advanced Composite Materials. 26(6). 493–510. 37 indexed citations

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Lee, Joo-Ha & Young‐Soo Yoon. (2014). The effects of cementitious materials on the mechanical and durability performance of high-strength concrete. KSCE Journal of Civil Engineering. 19(5). 1396–1404. 26 indexed citations

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Lee, Jin‐Young, et al.. (2014). Evaluation of Local Damages and Residual Performance of Blast Damaged RC Beams Strengthened with Steel Fiber and FRP Sheet. Journal of the Korea Concrete Institute. 26(5). 627–634. 3 indexed citations

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Yoon, Young‐Soo, et al.. (2011). Rheological concrete creep prediction model for prestressed concrete bridges constructed by the free cantilever method. Magazine of Concrete Research. 63(9). 645–653. 2 indexed citations

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Lee, Seung–Joo, et al.. (2003). Electrochemical characteristics of Co–Si alloy and multilayer films as anodes for lithium ion microbatteries. Electrochimica Acta. 48(18). 2593–2597. 61 indexed citations

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Yoon, Young‐Soo & Bryan Stafford Smith. (1995). Estimating period ratio for predicting torsional coupling. Engineering Structures. 17(1). 52–62. 15 indexed citations

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Smith, Bryan Stafford & Young‐Soo Yoon. (1991). Discussion of "Method to Estimate Center of Rigidity Using Vibration Recordings". Journal of Structural Engineering. 117(8). 2563–2565. 2 indexed citations

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