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D-Index
88
Citations
29328
World Ranking
645
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5

Ho Kim publication distribution in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Environmental Sciences in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Ho Kim sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 443 publications — 95th percentile

95% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 687 publications or more.

Ho Kim D-index placement in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Environmental Sciences scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Ho Kim sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 88 D-Index — 93rd percentile

93% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 125 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Korea Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Korea Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Korea Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Korea Leader Award

Overview

Ho Kim is affiliated with Seoul National University in South Korea. Their research spans key topics within environmental science and medicine, with a primary focus on health-related impacts of environmental factors.

The main fields of study for Ho Kim include Environmental Science and Medicine. Within these areas, subfields of study are concentrated on Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, General Health Professions, Molecular Biology, Physiology, and Sociology and Political Science.

The core topics covered in Ho Kim's work include Climate Change and Health Impacts, Air Quality and Health Impacts, Global Health Care Issues, Thermoregulation and physiological responses, Health disparities and outcomes, Air Quality Monitoring and Forecasting, and Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols.

An overview of recent papers authored or co-authored by Ho Kim features:

  • The burden of heat-related mortality attributable to recent human-induced climate change, 2021, Nature Climate Change
  • Global, regional, and national burden of mortality associated with non-optimal ambient temperatures from 2000 to 2019: a three-stage modelling study, 2021, The Lancet Planetary Health
  • Associations Between Extreme Temperatures and Cardiovascular Cause-Specific Mortality: Results From 27 Countries, 2022, Circulation
  • Mortality risk attributable to wildfire-related PM2·5 pollution: a global time series study in 749 locations, 2021, The Lancet Planetary Health
  • Short term association between ozone and mortality: global two stage time series study in 406 locations in 20 countries, 2020, BMJ

The scholar frequently collaborates with the following researchers:

  • Whanhee Lee
  • Masahiro Hashizume
  • Michelle L. Bell
  • Cinoo Kang
  • Éric Lavigne

Prominent publication venues where Ho Kim's work has appeared most often include:

  • ISEE Conference Abstracts
  • The Lancet Planetary Health
  • Environment International
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Scientific Reports

Best Publications

  • Mortality risk attributable to high and low ambient temperature: a multicountry observational study

    Antonio Gasparrini;Yuming Guo;Masahiro Hashizume;Eric Lavigne

  • Ambient Particulate Air Pollution and Daily Mortality in 652 Cities

    Cong Liu;Renjie Chen;Francesco Sera;Ana M. Vicedo-Cabrera

  • The burden of heat-related mortality attributable to recent human-induced climate change

    A. M. Vicedo-Cabrera;A. M. Vicedo-Cabrera;N. Scovronick;F. Sera;F. Sera;D. Royé

  • Projections of temperature-related excess mortality under climate change scenarios

    Antonio Gasparrini;Yuming Guo;Yuming Guo;Francesco Sera;Ana Maria Vicedo-Cabrera

  • Global, regional, and national burden of mortality associated with non-optimal ambient temperatures from 2000 to 2019: a three-stage modelling study

    Qi Zhao;Qi Zhao;Yuming Guo;Tingting Ye;Antonio Gasparrini

  • Heat Wave and Mortality: A Multicountry, Multicommunity Study.

    Yuming Guo;Yuming Guo;Antonio Gasparrini;Ben G. Armstrong;Benjawan Tawatsupa

  • Temporal variation in heat-mortality associations: A multicountry study

    Antonio Gasparrini;Yuming Guo;Masahiro Hashizume;Patrick L. Kinney

  • Air Pollution and Symptoms of Depression in Elderly Adults

    Youn-Hee Lim;Ho Kim;Jin Hee Kim;Sanghyuk Bae

  • Quantifying excess deaths related to heatwaves under climate change scenarios: A multicountry time series modelling study

    Yuming Guo;Antonio Gasparrini;Shanshan Li;Francesco Sera

  • Effects of air pollutants on acute stroke mortality

    Yun Chul Hong;Jong Tae Lee;Ho Kim;Eun Hee Ha

  • Associations Between Extreme Temperatures and Cardiovascular Cause-Specific Mortality: Results From 27 Countries

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  • Air pollution: a new risk factor in ischemic stroke mortality.

    Yun Chul Hong;Jong Tae Lee;Ho Kim;Ho Jang Kwon

  • Temperature Variability and Mortality: A Multi-Country Study.

    Yuming Guo;Antonio Gasparrini;Ben G. Armstrong;Benjawan Tawatsupa

  • Mortality risk attributable to wildfire-related PM2·5 pollution: a global time series study in 749 locations.

    Gongbo Chen;Yuming Guo;Xu Yue;Shilu Tong

  • Bisphenol A exposure is associated with oxidative stress and inflammation in postmenopausal women

    Yoon Jung Yang;Yun Chul Hong;Se Young Oh;Min Seon Park

  • How urban characteristics affect vulnerability to heat and cold: a multi-country analysis

    Francesco Sera;Ben Armstrong;Aurelio Tobias;Ana Maria Vicedo-Cabrera

  • Health Impacts of Climate Change in Pacific Island Countries: A Regional Assessment of Vulnerabilities and Adaptation Priorities.

    Lachlan McIver;Rokho Kim;Alistair Woodward;Simon Hales

  • An ecological time-series study of heat-related mortality in three European cities

    Ai Ishigami;Shakoor Hajat;R Sari Kovats;Luigi Bisanti

  • Ischemic stroke associated with decrease in temperature.

    Yun Chul Hong;Joung Ho Rha;Jong Tae Lee;Eun Hee Ha

  • Low concentration of serum total cholesterol is associated with multifocal signal loss lesions on gradient-echo magnetic resonance imaging: analysis of risk factors for multifocal signal loss lesions

    Seung-Hoon Lee;Hee-Joon Bae;Byung-Woo Yoon;Ho Kim

  • Effects of diurnal temperature range on cardiovascular and respiratory hospital admissions in Korea.

    Youn-Hee Lim;Yun-Chul Hong;Ho Kim

  • Exposure to air pollution during different gestational phases contributes to risks of low birth weight

    B. E. Lee;E. H. Ha;H. S. Park;Y. J. Kim

  • Ambient temperature and mortality: an international study in four capital cities of East Asia.

    Joo-Youn Chung;Yasushi Honda;Yun-Chul Hong;Xiao-Chuan Pan

Frequent Co-Authors

Yasushi Honda
Yasushi Honda University of Tsukuba
Masahiro Hashizume
Masahiro Hashizume University of Tokyo
Yun-Chul Hong
Yun-Chul Hong Seoul National University
Eric Lavigne
Eric Lavigne University of Ottawa
Shilu Tong
Shilu Tong Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Michelle L. Bell
Michelle L. Bell Yale University
Seung-Muk Yi
Seung-Muk Yi Seoul National University
Yuming Guo
Yuming Guo Monash University
Joel Schwartz
Joel Schwartz Harvard University
Antonella Zanobetti
Antonella Zanobetti Harvard University

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