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D-Index
57
Citations
10121
World Ranking
3515
National Ranking
28

Jhoon 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 Jhoon Kim sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 687+

This scientist: 400 publications — 94th percentile

94% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Jhoon 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 Jhoon Kim sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 125+

This scientist: 57 D-Index — 65th percentile

65% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Jhoon Kim is affiliated with Yonsei University in South Korea and has a research focus situated within environmental science and earth and planetary sciences. Their work concentrates primarily on atmospheric science as well as global and planetary change, with additional engagements in health, toxicology and mutagenesis, environmental engineering, and aerospace engineering.

The scientist's main topics of study reflect a consistent emphasis on the composition, behavior, and implications of atmospheric components. This includes atmospheric chemistry and aerosols, atmospheric aerosols and clouds, atmospheric ozone and climate, atmospheric and environmental gas dynamics, air quality and health impacts, air quality monitoring and forecasting, and calibration and measurement techniques.

Jhoon Kim has published extensively in various venues, evidencing a pattern of research dissemination across several specialized journals. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Atmospheric measurement techniques
  • Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Remote Sensing

Their recent papers illustrate specific areas of investigation related to air quality and atmospheric measurement. Selected recent papers are:

  • The Korea-United States Air Quality (KORUS-AQ) field study, 2021, published in Elementa Science of the Anthropocene
  • A global observational analysis to understand changes in air quality during exceptionally low anthropogenic emission conditions, 2021, Environment International
  • An overview of and issues with sky radiometer technology and SKYNET, 2020, Atmospheric measurement techniques
  • Role of emissions and meteorology in the recent PM2.5 changes in China and South Korea from 2015 to 2018, 2020, Environmental Pollution
  • Influence of cloud, fog, and high relative humidity during pollution transport events in South Korea: Aerosol properties and PM2.5 variability, 2020, Atmospheric Environment

Collaboration is a notable feature of Jhoon Kim's research activity. Frequent co-authors with whom they have worked include:

  • Seoyoung Lee
  • Myungje Choi
  • Heesung Chong
  • Yeseul Cho
  • Hyunkwang Lim

Best Publications

  • Tropospheric emissions: Monitoring of pollution (TEMPO)

    P. Zoogman;X. Liu;R.M. Suleiman;W.F. Pennington

  • Monsoon changes for 6000 years ago: Results of 18 simulations from the Paleoclimate Modeling Intercomparison Project (PMIP)

    S. Joussaume;K. E. Taylor;P. Braconnot;J. F.B. Mitchell

  • New Era of Air Quality Monitoring from Space: Geostationary Environment Monitoring Spectrometer (GEMS)

    Jhoon Kim;Ukkyo Jeong;Myoung Hwan Ahn;Jae H. Kim

  • Characteristics of aerosol types from AERONET sunphotometer measurements

    J. Lee;J. Lee;J. Lee;J. Kim;J. Kim;J. Kim;C.H. Song;S.B. Kim

  • The Korea–United States Air Quality (KORUS-AQ) field study

    James H. Crawford;Joon-Young Ahn;Jassim Al-Saadi;Limseok Chang

  • A global observational analysis to understand changes in air quality during exceptionally low anthropogenic emission conditions.

    Ranjeet S. Sokhi;Vikas Singh;Xavier Querol;Sandro Finardi

  • A post-pioneer Venus reassessment of the Martian dayside ionosphere as observed by radio occultation methods

    M.H.G. Zhang;Janet Luhmann;A.J. Kliore;Jhoon Kim

  • Impact of the smoke aerosol from Russian forest fires on the atmospheric environment over Korea during May 2003

    Kwon H. Lee;Jeong E. Kim;Young J. Kim;Jhoon Kim

  • Solar cycle variability of hot oxygen atoms at Mars

    Jhoon Kim;Andrew F. Nagy;Jane L. Fox;Thomas E. Cravens

  • Consistency of the aerosol type classification from satellite remote sensing during the Atmospheric Brown Cloud–East Asia Regional Experiment campaign

    Jhoon Kim;Jaehwa Lee;Hee Choon Lee;Akiko Higurashi

  • Evaluation of VIIRS, GOCI, and MODIS Collection 6 AOD retrievals against ground sunphotometer observations over East Asia

    Q. Xiao;H. Zhang;M. Choi;S. Li

  • An overview of and issues with sky radiometer technology and SKYNET

    Teruyuki Nakajima;Monica Campanelli;Huizheng Che;Victor Estellés;Victor Estellés

  • Estimation of the contributions of long range transported aerosol in East Asia to carbonaceous aerosol and PM concentrations in Seoul, Korea using highly time resolved measurements: a PSCF model approach

    Ukkyo Jeong;Jhoon Kim;Hanlim Lee;Jinsang Jung

  • GOCI Yonsei Aerosol Retrieval (YAER) algorithm and validation during the DRAGON-NE Asia 2012 campaign

    Myungje Choi;Jhoon Kim;Jaehwa Lee;Jaehwa Lee;Mijin Kim

  • GOCI Yonsei aerosol retrieval version 2 products: an improved algorithm and error analysis with uncertainty estimation from 5-year validation over East Asia

    Myungje Choi;Jhoon Kim;Jhoon Kim;Jaehwa Lee;Jaehwa Lee;Mijin Kim

  • Algorithm for retrieval of aerosol optical properties over the ocean from the Geostationary Ocean Color Imager

    Jaehwa Lee;Jaehwa Lee;Jhoon Kim;Jhoon Kim;Chul H. Song;Joo Hyung Ryu

  • Cloud condensation nuclei activity at Jeju Island, Korea in spring 2005

    Mikinori Kuwata;Y. Kondo;Y. Miyazaki;Y. Miyazaki;Y. Komazaki

  • Assimilation of next generation geostationary aerosol optical depth retrievals to improve air quality simulations

    Pablo E. Saide;Jhoon Kim;Chul H. Song;Myungje Choi

  • Validation, comparison, and integration of GOCI, AHI, MODIS, MISR, and VIIRS aerosol optical depth over East Asia during the 2016 KORUS-AQ campaign

    Myungje Choi;Myungje Choi;Hyunkwang Lim;Jhoon Kim;Seoyoung Lee

  • Influence of Arctic Oscillation on dust activity over northeast Asia

    Rui Mao;Chang Hoi Ho;Yaping Shao;Dao Yi Gong

  • Hot hydrogen and oxygen atoms in the upper atmospheres of Venus and Mars

    Andrew F. Nagy;Jhoon Kim;Thomas E. Cravens

  • Primary and secondary sources of ambient formaldehyde in the Yangtze River Delta based on Ozone Mapping and Profiler Suite (OMPS) observations

    Wenjing Su;Cheng Liu;Qihou Hu;Shaohua Zhao

Frequent Co-Authors

Thomas F. Eck
Thomas F. Eck Goddard Space Flight Center
Brent N. Holben
Brent N. Holben Goddard Space Flight Center
Xiong Liu
Xiong Liu Harvard University
Kelly Chance
Kelly Chance Harvard University
Jay R. Herman
Jay R. Herman University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Omar Torres
Omar Torres Goddard Space Flight Center
Andrew F. Nagy
Andrew F. Nagy University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Rokjin J. Park
Rokjin J. Park Seoul National University
Randall V. Martin
Randall V. Martin Washington University in St. Louis
Young J. Kim
Young J. Kim Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology

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