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Hojeong Kang

Hojeong Kang

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Ecology and Evolution
Korea
2026

D-Index & Metrics

Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
46
Citations
10115
World Ranking
4589
National Ranking
2

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Korea Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Korea Leader Award

Overview

Hojeong Kang is affiliated with Yonsei University in South Korea and specializes in Environmental Science with a significant focus on Ecology and related subfields. Their research portfolio includes comprehensive work on global and planetary environmental changes, environmental chemistry, soil science, and atmospheric science.

The scientist's research topics cover a diverse range of areas including:

  • Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology
  • Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics
  • Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
  • Climate change and permafrost

Hojeong Kang has contributed to research published in several notable venues, with multiple papers appearing in:

  • Ecological Engineering
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Applied Soil Ecology
  • Microbial Ecology

Some of the scientist's recent papers include:

  • "Soil salinity and its associated effects on soil microorganisms, greenhouse gas emissions, crop yield, biodiversity and desertification: A review" (2022, The Science of The Total Environment)
  • "Methane and nitrous oxide have separated production zones and distinct emission pathways in freshwater aquaculture ponds" (2020, Water Research)
  • "The impact of biochar on the activities of soil nutrients acquisition enzymes is potentially controlled by the pyrolysis temperature: A meta-analysis" (2022, Geoderma)
  • "Soil organic carbon is a key determinant of CH4 sink in global forest soils" (2023, Nature Communications)
  • "Non-native plant invasion can accelerate global climate change by increasing wetland methane and terrestrial nitrous oxide emissions" (2022, Global Change Biology)

The scientist frequently collaborates with other researchers, notably with:

  • Jaehyun Lee
  • Yerang Yang
  • Jinhyun Kim
  • Jeongeun Yun
  • Junji Yuan

Hojeong Kang's work intersects multiple ecological and environmental disciplines, contributing insights into wetland ecology, soil nutrient dynamics, and greenhouse gas emissions. Their research is characterized by a multidisciplinary approach, bridging soil science, microbiology, and atmospheric studies to better understand environmental processes and climate change impacts.

Best Publications

  • An enzymic 'latch' on a global carbon store.

    Chris Freeman;Nick Ostle;Hojeong Kang;Hojeong Kang

  • Export of dissolved organic carbon from peatlands under elevated carbon dioxide levels

    C. Freeman;N. Fenner;N. J. Ostle;H. Kang;H. Kang

  • Microbes as engines of ecosystem function: When does community structure enhance predictions of ecosystem processes?

    Emily B. Graham;Emily B. Graham;Joseph E. Knelman;Joseph E. Knelman;Andreas Schindlbacher;Steven Siciliano

  • A regulatory role for phenol oxidase during decomposition in peatlands

    C. Freeman;Nicholas Ostle;N. Fenner;H. Kang

  • Soil salinity and its associated effects on soil microorganisms, greenhouse gas emissions, crop yield, biodiversity and desertification: A review.

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  • Phosphatase and arylsulphatase activities in wetland soils: annual variation and controlling factors

    Hojeong Kang;Chris Freeman

  • Rapid growth in greenhouse gas emissions from the adoption of industrial-scale aquaculture

    Junji Yuan;Jian Xiang;Deyan Liu;Hojeong Kang

  • Characteristics of biochar derived from marine macroalgae and fabrication of granular biochar by entrapment in calcium-alginate beads for phosphate removal from aqueous solution.

    Kyung Won Jung;Tae Un Jeong;Ho Jeong Kang;Kyu Hong Ahn

  • Exotic Spartina alterniflora invasion alters ecosystem-atmosphere exchange of CH4 and N2O and carbon sequestration in a coastal salt marsh in China

    Junji Yuan;Weixin Ding;Deyan Liu;Hojeong Kang

  • Effects of Biochar Addition on Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Microbial Responses in a Short‐Term Laboratory Experiment

    Gayoung Yoo;Hojeong Kang

  • The Regulation by Phenolic Compounds of Soil Organic Matter Dynamics under a Changing Environment

    Kyungjin Min;Chris Freeman;Hojeong Kang;Sung Uk Choi

  • Comparative analysis of soil microbial communities and their responses to the short-term drought in bog, fen, and riparian wetlands

    Seon Young Kim;Seon Young Kim;Seung Hoon Lee;Chris Freeman;Nathalie Fenner

  • Release of phosphate in a wetland by changes in hydrological regime

    Keun Yea Song;Kyung Duk Zoh;Hojeong Kang

  • Different responses of denitrification rates and denitrifying bacterial communities to hydrologic pulsing in created wetlands

    Keunyea Song;Keunyea Song;Keunyea Song;Seung Hoon Lee;William J. Mitsch;Hojeong Kang

  • Enzyme activities in constructed wetlands : implication for water quality amelioration

    Hojeong Kang;Chris Freeman;Dowon Lee;William J. Mitsch

  • Effects of ammonium and nitrate additions on carbon mineralization in wetland soils

    Kyungjin Min;Hojeong Kang;Dowon Lee

  • Contrasted effects of simulated drought on the production and oxidation of methane in a mid-Wales wetland

    C. Freeman;G.B. Nevison;H. Kang;S. Hughes

  • Combined application of biochar and slow-release fertilizer reduces methane emission but enhances rice yield by different mechanisms

    Jinhyun Kim;Gayoung Yoo;Daegyun Kim;Weixin Ding

  • Effects of elevated CO2 on fen peat biogeochemistry.

    Hojeong Kang;Chris Freeman;Trevor W. Ashendon

  • Identification of airborne bacterial and fungal community structures in an urban area by T-RFLP analysis and quantitative real-time PCR

    Seung Hoon Lee;Hyo Jeong Lee;Se Jin Kim;Hyung Min Lee

  • Remarkable Bacterial Diversity in the Tidal Flat Sediment as Revealed by 16S rDNA Analysis

    Bong Soo Kim;Huyn Myung Oh;Hojeong Kang;Seok Soon Park

  • Biologically driven DOC release from peatlands during recovery from acidification

    Hojeong Kang;Min Jung Kwon;Sunghyun Kim;Sunghyun Kim;Seunghoon Lee

Frequent Co-Authors

Chris Freeman
Chris Freeman Bangor University
Weixin Ding
Weixin Ding Chinese Academy of Sciences
William J. Mitsch
William J. Mitsch Florida Gulf Coast University
Kyung-Duk Zoh
Kyung-Duk Zoh Seoul National University
Diana R. Nemergut
Diana R. Nemergut University of Colorado Boulder
Jongsik Chun
Jongsik Chun Seoul National University
Nick Ostle
Nick Ostle Lancaster University
Gerhard Gebauer
Gerhard Gebauer University of Bayreuth
James I. Prosser
James I. Prosser University of Aberdeen
Davey L. Jones
Davey L. Jones Bangor University

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