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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Earth Science 39 6290 5831 2234 1986 110 4564

Hyongki Lee publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Hyongki Lee between 2005 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Hyongki Lee published across 21 years, from 2005 to 2025, averaging 6.8 papers a year. Output peaked at 14 publications in 2017. 13 of the 142 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 2005 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 14. Peak 14 publications in 2017. 2005: 2 publications 2006: 0 publications 2007: 0 publications 2008: 2 publications 2009: 4 publications 2010: 13 publications 2011: 12 publications 2012: 7 publications 2013: 3 publications 2014: 8 publications 2015: 7 publications 2016: 9 publications 2017: 14 publications 2018: 9 publications 2019: 12 publications 2020: 5 publications 2021: 6 publications 2022: 4 publications 2023: 12 publications 2024: 7 publications 2025: 6 publications
2005 2025

142 publications in total across all disciplines

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Hyongki Lee: publications per year, 2005 to 2025
Year Publications
2005 2
2006 0
2007 0
2008 2
2009 4
2010 13
2011 12
2012 7
2013 3
2014 8
2015 7
2016 9
2017 14
2018 9
2019 12
2020 5
2021 6
2022 4
2023 12
2024 7
2025 6
Total 142
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Hyongki Lee publication distribution in Earth Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Earth Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Hyongki Lee sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300 400 500
Bar chart with 58 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 38–47 to 603+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 557. Most scientists, 557, have 128–137 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 603 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 108–117 publications, is where this scientist sits. 38–47 publications: 5 scientists 48–57 publications: 33 scientists 58–67 publications: 94 scientists 68–77 publications: 161 scientists 78–87 publications: 278 scientists 88–97 publications: 376 scientists 98–107 publications: 404 scientists 108–117 publications: 484 scientists 118–127 publications: 540 scientists 128–137 publications: 557 scientists 138–147 publications: 491 scientists 148–157 publications: 495 scientists 158–167 publications: 458 scientists 168–177 publications: 490 scientists 178–187 publications: 414 scientists 188–197 publications: 401 scientists 198–207 publications: 333 scientists 208–217 publications: 292 scientists 218–227 publications: 290 scientists 228–237 publications: 262 scientists 238–247 publications: 243 scientists 248–257 publications: 208 scientists 258–267 publications: 185 scientists 268–277 publications: 147 scientists 278–287 publications: 128 scientists 288–297 publications: 119 scientists 298–307 publications: 120 scientists 308–317 publications: 107 scientists 318–327 publications: 93 scientists 328–337 publications: 87 scientists 338–347 publications: 64 scientists 348–357 publications: 87 scientists 358–367 publications: 60 scientists 368–377 publications: 60 scientists 378–387 publications: 34 scientists 388–397 publications: 50 scientists 398–407 publications: 44 scientists 408–417 publications: 31 scientists 418–427 publications: 39 scientists 428–437 publications: 27 scientists 438–447 publications: 36 scientists 448–457 publications: 27 scientists 458–467 publications: 29 scientists 468–477 publications: 30 scientists 478–487 publications: 19 scientists 488–497 publications: 15 scientists 498–507 publications: 18 scientists 508–517 publications: 19 scientists 518–527 publications: 16 scientists 528–537 publications: 10 scientists 538–547 publications: 11 scientists 548–557 publications: 14 scientists 558–567 publications: 11 scientists 568–577 publications: 7 scientists 578–587 publications: 14 scientists 588–597 publications: 5 scientists 598–602 publications: 4 scientists 603+ publications: 100 scientists
38–47 publications 603+

This scientist: 110 publications — 16th percentile

16% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 603 publications or more.

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Number of Earth Science scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,176 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
38–47 5
48–57 33
58–67 94
68–77 161
78–87 278
88–97 376
98–107 404
108–117 484 110
118–127 540
128–137 557
138–147 491
148–157 495
158–167 458
168–177 490
178–187 414
188–197 401
198–207 333
208–217 292
218–227 290
228–237 262
238–247 243
248–257 208
258–267 185
268–277 147
278–287 128
288–297 119
298–307 120
308–317 107
318–327 93
328–337 87
338–347 64
348–357 87
358–367 60
368–377 60
378–387 34
388–397 50
398–407 44
408–417 31
418–427 39
428–437 27
438–447 36
448–457 27
458–467 29
468–477 30
478–487 19
488–497 15
498–507 18
508–517 19
518–527 16
528–537 10
538–547 11
548–557 14
558–567 11
568–577 7
578–587 14
588–597 5
598–602 4
603+ 100
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Hyongki Lee D-index placement in Earth Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Earth Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Hyongki Lee sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300
Bar chart with 77 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 30 to 106+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 389. Most scientists, 389, have 36 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 106 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 39 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 30 D-Index: 144 scientists 31 D-Index: 215 scientists 32 D-Index: 278 scientists 33 D-Index: 379 scientists 34 D-Index: 366 scientists 35 D-Index: 372 scientists 36 D-Index: 389 scientists 37 D-Index: 366 scientists 38 D-Index: 344 scientists 39 D-Index: 349 scientists 40 D-Index: 296 scientists 41 D-Index: 289 scientists 42 D-Index: 277 scientists 43 D-Index: 279 scientists 44 D-Index: 248 scientists 45 D-Index: 257 scientists 46 D-Index: 212 scientists 47 D-Index: 202 scientists 48 D-Index: 207 scientists 49 D-Index: 204 scientists 50 D-Index: 183 scientists 51 D-Index: 178 scientists 52 D-Index: 182 scientists 53 D-Index: 178 scientists 54 D-Index: 163 scientists 55 D-Index: 117 scientists 56 D-Index: 163 scientists 57 D-Index: 120 scientists 58 D-Index: 113 scientists 59 D-Index: 136 scientists 60 D-Index: 135 scientists 61 D-Index: 96 scientists 62 D-Index: 103 scientists 63 D-Index: 83 scientists 64 D-Index: 103 scientists 65 D-Index: 83 scientists 66 D-Index: 89 scientists 67 D-Index: 92 scientists 68 D-Index: 89 scientists 69 D-Index: 78 scientists 70 D-Index: 75 scientists 71 D-Index: 53 scientists 72 D-Index: 62 scientists 73 D-Index: 54 scientists 74 D-Index: 35 scientists 75 D-Index: 52 scientists 76 D-Index: 50 scientists 77 D-Index: 32 scientists 78 D-Index: 37 scientists 79 D-Index: 20 scientists 80 D-Index: 33 scientists 81 D-Index: 36 scientists 82 D-Index: 34 scientists 83 D-Index: 34 scientists 84 D-Index: 24 scientists 85 D-Index: 19 scientists 86 D-Index: 18 scientists 87 D-Index: 26 scientists 88 D-Index: 30 scientists 89 D-Index: 17 scientists 90 D-Index: 21 scientists 91 D-Index: 19 scientists 92 D-Index: 15 scientists 93 D-Index: 14 scientists 94 D-Index: 20 scientists 95 D-Index: 9 scientists 96 D-Index: 10 scientists 97 D-Index: 15 scientists 98 D-Index: 13 scientists 99 D-Index: 3 scientists 100 D-Index: 13 scientists 101 D-Index: 3 scientists 102 D-Index: 9 scientists 103 D-Index: 4 scientists 104 D-Index: 6 scientists 105 D-Index: 6 scientists 106+ D-Index: 98 scientists
30 D-Index 106+

This scientist: 39 D-Index — 35th percentile

35% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 106 D-Index or more.

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Number of Earth Science scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,176 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
30 144
31 215
32 278
33 379
34 366
35 372
36 389
37 366
38 344
39 349 39
40 296
41 289
42 277
43 279
44 248
45 257
46 212
47 202
48 207
49 204
50 183
51 178
52 182
53 178
54 163
55 117
56 163
57 120
58 113
59 136
60 135
61 96
62 103
63 83
64 103
65 83
66 89
67 92
68 89
69 78
70 75
71 53
72 62
73 54
74 35
75 52
76 50
77 32
78 37
79 20
80 33
81 36
82 34
83 34
84 24
85 19
86 18
87 26
88 30
89 17
90 21
91 19
92 15
93 14
94 20
95 9
96 10
97 15
98 13
99 3
100 13
101 3
102 9
103 4
104 6
105 6
106+ 98
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Overview

Hyongki Lee is affiliated with the University of Houston in the United States. Their research contributions focus primarily on Environmental Science with particular expertise in Global and Planetary Change, Water Science and Technology, Atmospheric Science, Environmental Engineering, and Ocean Engineering. The scientist's work spans various subfields and topics within environmental research.

Lee has published extensively on Flood Risk Assessment and Management, Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies, as well as Hydrology and Drought Analysis. Other notable research interests include Water Resources Management and Optimization, Cryospheric Studies and Observations, Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations, and Groundwater and Watershed Analysis.

The scientist maintains collaborations with several coauthors who have frequently contributed to joint research efforts. These include Faisal Hossain, Tien Le Thuy Du, Chi-Hung Chang, Pritam Das, and Hahn Chul Jung.

Lee's research has been disseminated through publication venues such as:

  • Environmental Modelling & Software
  • Remote Sensing
  • Water Resources Research
  • Remote Sensing of Environment
  • Geophysical Monograph

Notable recent papers authored or coauthored by Lee include:

  • Detecting vulnerability of humid tropical forests to multiple stressors (2021), published in One Earth
  • Towards a global Reservoir Assessment Tool for predicting hydrologic impacts and operating patterns of existing and planned reservoirs (2021), published in Environmental Modelling & Software
  • Streamflow Prediction in Highly Regulated, Transboundary Watersheds Using Multi-Basin Modeling and Remote Sensing Imagery (2022), published in Water Resources Research
  • Streamflow prediction in "geopolitically ungauged" basins using satellite observations and regionalization at subcontinental scale (2020), published in Journal of Hydrology
  • Hindcast and forecast of daily inundation extents using satellite SAR and altimetry data with rotated empirical orthogonal function analysis: Case study in Tonle Sap Lake Floodplain (2020), published in Remote Sensing of Environment

Best Publications

  • Phase Unwrapping in InSAR : A Review

    Hanwen Yu;Yang Lan;Zhihui Yuan;Junyi Xu

  • Opportunities for Hydrologic Research in the Congo Basin

    Douglas Alsdorf;Ed Beighley;Alain Laraque;Hyongki Lee

  • Analysis of the water level dynamics simulated by a global river model: A case study in the Amazon River

    Dai Yamazaki;Dai Yamazaki;Hyongki Lee;Douglas E. Alsdorf;Emanuel Dutra

  • Characterization of terrestrial water dynamics in the Congo Basin using GRACE and satellite radar altimetry

    Hyongki Lee;R. Edward Beighley;Douglas Alsdorf;Hahn Chul Jung

  • Characterization of complex fluvial systems using remote sensing of spatial and temporal water level variations in the Amazon, Congo, and Brahmaputra Rivers.

    Hahn Chul Jung;James Hamski;Michael Durand;Doug Alsdorf

  • A Phase-Decomposition-Based PSInSAR Processing Method

    Ning Cao;Hyongki Lee;Hahn Chul Jung

  • Integrated analysis of PALSAR/Radarsat-1 InSAR and ENVISAT altimeter data for mapping of absolute water level changes in Louisiana wetlands.

    Jin-Woo Kim;Zhong Lu;Hyongki Lee;C.K. Shum

  • How much groundwater did California's Central Valley lose during the 2012–2016 drought?

    Mu Xiao;Akash Koppa;Zelalem Mekonnen;Brianna R. Pagán

  • Comparing satellite derived precipitation datasets using the Hillslope River Routing (HRR) model in the Congo River Basin

    R. E. Beighley;R. L. Ray;Y. He;H. Lee

  • Proof of Concept of an Altimeter-Based River Forecasting System for Transboundary Flow Inside Bangladesh

    Faisal Hossain;A. H. Siddique-E-Akbor;Liton Chandra Mazumder;Sardar M. ShahNewaz

  • Characterization of surface water storage changes in Arctic lakes using simulated SWOT measurements

    Hyongki Lee;Michael Durand;Hahn Chul Jung;Doug Alsdorf

  • Detecting vulnerability of humid tropical forests to multiple stressors

    Sassan Saatchi;Sassan Saatchi;Marcos Longo;Liang Xu;Yan Yang

  • Present-day lake level variation from envisat altimetry over the northeastern qinghai-tibetan plateau: Links with precipitation and temperature

    Hyongki Lee;C. K. Shum;Kuo Hsin Tseng;Jun Yi Guo

  • Mathematical Framework for Phase-Triangulation Algorithms in Distributed-Scatterer Interferometry

    Ning Cao;Hyongki Lee;Hahn Chul Jung

  • Coseismic slip of the 2010 Mw 8.8 Great Maule, Chile, earthquake quantified by the inversion of GRACE observations

    Lei Wang;C. K. Shum;Frederik J. Simons;Andrés Tassara

  • Laurentia crustal motion observed using TOPEX/POSEIDON radar altimetry over land

    Hyongki Lee;C.K. Shum;Yuchan Yi;Alexander Braun

  • Satellite-based, multi-indices for evaluation of agricultural droughts in a highly dynamic tropical catchment, Central Vietnam

    Tien Le Thuy Du;Duong Du Bui;Minh Duc Nguyen;Hyongki Lee

  • Monitoring Everglades freshwater marsh water level using L-band synthetic aperture radar backscatter

    Jin-Woo Kim;Zhong Lu;John W. Jones;C.K. Shum;C.K. Shum

  • Validation of Jason-2 Altimeter Data by Waveform Retracking over California Coastal Ocean

    Hyongki Lee;C. K. Shum;William Emery;Stephane Calmant

  • Understanding satellite-based monthly-to-seasonal reservoir outflow estimation as a function of hydrologic controls

    Matthew Bonnema;Safat Sikder;Yabin Miao;Xiaodong Chen

  • Inter-comparison study of water level estimates derived from hydrodynamic–hydrologic model and satellite altimetry for a complex deltaic environment

    A.H.M. Siddique-E-Akbor;Faisal Hossain;Hyongki Lee;C.K. Shum

  • Integrated groundwater resource management in Indus Basin using satellite gravimetry and physical modeling tools.

    Naveed Iqbal;Faisal Hossain;Hyongki Lee;Gulraiz Akhter

Frequent Co-Authors

C. K. Shum
C. K. Shum The Ohio State University
Faisal Hossain
Faisal Hossain University of Washington
Douglas Alsdorf
Douglas Alsdorf The Ohio State University
Zhong Lu
Zhong Lu Southern Methodist University
Michael Durand
Michael Durand The Ohio State University
Dai Yamazaki
Dai Yamazaki University of Tokyo
Paul D Bates
Paul D Bates University of Bristol
Hyungjun Kim
Hyungjun Kim University of Tokyo
Emanuel Dutra
Emanuel Dutra Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera
Stéphane Calmant
Stéphane Calmant Institut de Recherche pour le Développement

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