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D-Index
34
Citations
4548
World Ranking
9231
National Ranking
2591

Heechun Song publication distribution in Engineering and Technology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Engineering and Technology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Heechun Song sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 804+

This scientist: 196 publications — 46th percentile

46% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 804 publications or more.

Heechun Song D-index placement in Engineering and Technology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Engineering and Technology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Heechun Song sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 107+

This scientist: 34 D-Index — 7th percentile

7% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 107 D-Index or more.

Overview

Heechun Song is affiliated with the Scripps Institution of Oceanography in the United States and has contributed extensively to fields intersecting engineering, molecular biology, and oceanography. Their research portfolio spans 37 publications in Engineering and 33 in Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology, reflecting a multidisciplinary approach.

Within these main fields, Song's work particularly focuses on subfields such as Molecular Biology, Oceanography, Ocean Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, and Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition. This range illustrates a breadth that covers both life sciences and technological applications in marine and biomedical contexts.

The scientist's research topics include:

  • Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics
  • Underwater Acoustics Research
  • Underwater Vehicles and Communication Systems
  • Geophysical Methods and Applications
  • Sperm and Testicular Function
  • Reproductive Biology and Fertility
  • Genetic and Clinical Aspects of Sex Determination and Chromosomal Abnormalities

Heechun Song has published many papers across a range of venues. Among the most frequent are:

  • The Journal of Immunology (10 publications)
  • Cancer Research (9 publications)
  • The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America (8 publications)
  • Journal of Korean Society of Water Science and Technology (5 publications)
  • IEEE Access (4 publications)

Selected recent papers document their contributions to diverse subjects, including cellular biology and acoustics:

  • "Single-cell RNAseq analysis of testicular germ and somatic cell development during the perinatal period," 2020, Development
  • "Transcriptome profiling reveals signaling conditions dictating human spermatogonia fate in vitro," 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Multiple constraint matched field processing tolerant to array tilt mismatch," 2020, The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America
  • "RHOX10 drives mouse spermatogonial stem cell establishment through a transcription factor signaling cascade," 2021, Cell Reports
  • "Lipid-Functionalized Graphene Loaded with hMnSOD for Selective Inhibition of Cancer Cells," 2020, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Heechun Song's research collaborations include frequent coauthors such as Aruna Ayer, Gihoon Byun, Larry Wang, Kun Tan, and Miles Wilkinson, reflecting a network of interdisciplinary partnerships.

Best Publications

  • Phase conjugation in the ocean: Experimental demonstration of an acoustic time-reversal mirror

    W. A. Kuperman;William S. Hodgkiss;Hee Chun Song;T. Akal

  • An initial demonstration of underwater acoustic communication using time reversal

    G.F. Edelmann;T. Akal;W.S. Hodgkiss;Seongil Kim

  • A long-range and variable focus phase-conjugation experiment in shallow water

    W. S. Hodgkiss;H. C. Song;W. A. Kuperman;T. Akal

  • Underwater acoustic communications using time reversal

    G.F. Edelmann;H.C. Song;S. Kim;W.S. Hodgkiss

  • Improvement of Time-Reversal Communications Using Adaptive Channel Equalizers

    H.C. Song;W.S. Hodgkiss;W.A. Kuperman;M. Stevenson

  • A time-reversal mirror with variable range focusing

    Hee Chun Song;W. A. Kuperman;W. S. Hodgkiss

  • Iterative time reversal in the ocean

    H. C. Song;W. A. Kuperman;W. S. Hodgkiss;T. Akal

  • Impact of ocean variability on coherent underwater acoustic communications during the Kauai experiment (KauaiEx)

    Aijun Song;Mohsen Badiey;H. C. Song;William S. Hodgkiss

  • Spatial diversity in passive time reversal communications

    Hee C Song;W S Hodgkiss;W A Kuperman;W J Higley

  • Multiuser Communications Using Passive Time Reversal

    H.C. Song;W.S. Hodgkiss;W.A. Kuperman;T. Akal

  • Multiple-input-multiple-output coherent time reversal communications in a shallow-water acoustic channel

    H.C. Song;P. Roux;W.S. Hodgkiss;W.A. Kuperman

  • ECHO-TO-REVERBERATION ENHANCEMENT USING A TIME REVERSAL MIRROR

    S. Kim;W. A. Kuperman;W. S. Hodgkiss;H. C. Song

  • Robust time reversal focusing in the ocean

    Seongil Kim;W. A. Kuperman;W. S. Hodgkiss;H. C. Song

  • Spatial resolution of time-reversal arrays in shallow water

    Seongil Kim;G. F. Edelmann;W. A. Kuperman;W. S. Hodgkiss

  • Automatic vehicle location in cellular communications systems

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  • Null broadening with snapshot-deficient covariance matrices in passive sonar

    H. Song;W.A. Kuperman;W.S. Hodgkiss;P. Gerstoft

  • Adaptive time-reversal mirror.

    J. S. Kim;H. C. Song;W. A. Kuperman

  • Adaptive passive fathometer processing

    Martin Siderius;Heechun Song;Peter Gerstoft;William S. Hodgkiss

  • Experimental demonstration of adaptive reverberation nulling using time reversal

    H. C. Song;W. S. Hodgkiss;W. A. Kuperman;P. Roux

  • Environmentally adaptive reverberation nulling using a time reversal mirror

    H. C. Song;S. Kim;W. S. Hodgkiss;W. A. Kuperman

  • Time reversed reverberation focusing in a waveguide.

    J. F. Lingevitch;H. C. Song;W. A. Kuperman

  • Transcriptome profiling reveals signaling conditions dictating human spermatogonia fate in vitro

    Kun Tan;Hye-Won Song;Merlin Thompson;Sarah K. Munyoki

  • Long-range time reversal communication in deep water: Experimental results

    T. Shimura;Y. Watanabe;H. Ochi;H. C. Song

  • Time reversal communication in a time-varying sparse channel

    Hee-Chun Song

Frequent Co-Authors

William S. Hodgkiss
William S. Hodgkiss University of California, San Diego
William A. Kuperman
William A. Kuperman University of California, San Diego
Philippe Roux
Philippe Roux Grenoble Alpes University
Peter Gerstoft
Peter Gerstoft University of California, San Diego
David R. Dowling
David R. Dowling University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Bruce D. Cornuelle
Bruce D. Cornuelle University of California, San Diego
Peter V. Nielsen
Peter V. Nielsen Aalborg University
Bruce M. Howe
Bruce M. Howe University of Hawaii at Manoa

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