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Jong Seong Khim is affiliated with Seoul National University in South Korea. Their research primarily focuses on Environmental Science, with a substantial body of work distributed across related subfields including Ecology, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Oceanography, Pollution, and Global and Planetary Change.

The scientist's research topics cover a range of environmental and ecological issues. Notable areas include:

  • Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact
  • Marine Biology and Ecology Research
  • Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology
  • Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics
  • Isotope Analysis in Ecology
  • Effects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals
  • Marine and coastal plant biology

Khim has contributed extensively to several academic journals. The most frequent publication venues are:

  • Marine Pollution Bulletin (34 publications)
  • The Science of The Total Environment (19 publications)
  • Environment International (15 publications)
  • SSRN Electronic Journal (12 publications)
  • Regional Studies in Marine Science (11 publications)

Highlighted recent papers authored or co-authored by Khim include:

  • "The Blue Economy and the United Nations' sustainable development goals: Challenges and opportunities" (2020) published in Environment International
  • "Ecological risk assessment of heavy metals in sediments and water from the coastal areas of the Bohai Sea and the Yellow Sea" (2020) published in Environment International
  • "Occurrence, distribution and affecting factors of microplastics in agricultural soils along the lower reaches of Yangtze River, China" (2021) published in The Science of The Total Environment
  • "Accumulation and ecological risk of heavy metals in soils along the coastal areas of the Bohai Sea and the Yellow Sea: A comparative study of China and South Korea" (2020) published in Environment International
  • "Perfluoroalkyl substances in marine food webs from South China Sea: Trophic transfer and human exposure implication" (2022) published in Journal of Hazardous Materials

Throughout their career, Khim has frequently collaborated with other researchers. Regular co-authors include:

  • Jung-Hyun Lee
  • Seongjin Hong
  • Bong-Oh Kwon
  • Changkeun Lee
  • Seo Joon Yoon

Best Publications

  • Endocrine disruption and consequences of chronic exposure to ibuprofen in Japanese medaka (Oryzias latipes) and freshwater cladocerans Daphnia magna and Moina macrocopa.

    Sunyoung Han;Kyungho Choi;Jungkon Kim;Kyunghee Ji

  • The Blue Economy and the United Nations' sustainable development goals: Challenges and opportunities.

    Ki-Hoon Lee;Junsung Noh;Jong Seong Khim

  • Aquatic toxicology of perfluorinated chemicals.

    John P. Giesy;Jonathan E. Naile;Jong Seong Khim;Paul D. Jones

  • Characterization and Distribution of Trace Organic Contaminants in Sediment from Masan Bay, Korea. 1. Instrumental Analysis

    Jong Seong Khim;Kurunthachalam Kannan;Daniel L. Villeneuve;Chul Hwan Koh

  • Perfluorinated compounds in water, sediment, soil and biota from estuarine and coastal areas of Korea

    Jonathan E. Naile;Jong Seong Khim;Tieyu Wang;Chunli Chen

  • Ecological risk assessment of heavy metals in sediments and water from the coastal areas of the Bohai Sea and the Yellow Sea.

    Kang Tian;Qiumei Wu;Qiumei Wu;Peng Liu;Wenyou Hu

  • A review of sources, multimedia distribution and health risks of perfluoroalkyl acids (PFAAs) in China

    Tieyu Wang;Pei Wang;Jing Meng;Shijie Liu

  • Relative potencies of individual polychlorinated naphthalenes to induce dioxin-like responses in fish and mammalian in vitro bioassays.

    D. L. Villeneuve;K. Kannan;J. S. Khim;J. Falandysz

  • Relative potencies of individual polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons to induce dioxinlike and estrogenic responses in three cell lines

    D. L. Villeneuve;J. S. Khim;J. S. Khim;K. Kannan;J. P. Giesy

  • Trace organic contaminants in sediment and water from Ulsan Bay and its vicinity, Korea.

    J. S. Khim;K. T. Lee;K. Kannan;D. L. Villeneuve

  • Occurrence, distribution and affecting factors of microplastics in agricultural soils along the lower reaches of Yangtze River, China.

    Lu Cao;Lu Cao;Di Wu;Peng Liu;Wenyou Hu

  • Perfluorinated compounds in streams of the Shihwa industrial zone and Lake Shihwa, South Korea

    Pawel Rostkowski;Nobuyoshi Yamashita;Iris Man Ka So;Sachi Taniyasu

  • Hydroxylated Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers and Bisphenol A in Pregnant Women and Their Matching Fetuses: Placental Transfer and Potential Risks

    Yi Wan;Kyungho Choi;Sunmi Kim;Kyunghee Ji

  • Polychlorinated Naphthalenes and Polychlorinated Biphenyls in Fishes from Michigan Waters Including the Great Lakes

    Kurunthachalam Kannan;Nobuyoshi Yamashita;Takashi Imagawa;W. I. M. Decoen

  • Ecological risk assessment of arsenic and metals in sediments of coastal areas of northern Bohai and Yellow Seas, China

    Wei Luo;Yonglong Lu;Tieyu Wang;Wenyou Hu

  • Alkylphenols, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, and organochlorines in sediment from Lake Shihwa, Korea: Instrumental and bioanalytical characterization

    Jong Seong Khim;Jong Seong Khim;Daniel L. Villeneuve;Kurunthachalam Kannan;Kyu Tae Lee

  • Perfluorinated compounds in surface waters from Northern China: comparison to level of industrialization.

    Tieyu Wang;Jong Seong Khim;Chunli Chen;Jonathan E. Naile

  • Polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins (PCDDs), dibenzofurans (PCDFs), biphenyls (PCBs), and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and 2,3,7,8-TCDD equivalents (TEQs) in sediment from the Hyeongsan River, Korea.

    C.-H. Koh;J.S. Khim;K. Kannan;D.L. Villeneuve

  • Distributions and bioconcentration characteristics of perfluorinated compounds in environmental samples collected from the west coast of Korea.

    Jonathan E. Naile;Jong Seong Khim;Seongjin Hong;Jinsoon Park

  • Biosurfactant-assisted bioremediation of crude oil by indigenous bacteria isolated from Taean beach sediment.

    Dong Wan Lee;Hanbyul Lee;Bong Oh Kwon;Jong Seong Khim

  • Relative potencies of individual polychlorinated napthalenes to induce dioxin-like responses in fish and mammalian in vitro bioassays

    Daniel L. Villeneuve;Jong Seong Khim;Kurunthachalam Kannan;Jerzy Falandysz

Frequent Co-Authors

John P. Giesy
John P. Giesy University of Saskatchewan
Seongjin Hong
Seongjin Hong Chungnam National University
Tieyu Wang
Tieyu Wang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Kurunthachalam Kannan
Kurunthachalam Kannan University at Albany, State University of New York
Un Hyuk Yim
Un Hyuk Yim Korea Institute of Ocean Science and Technology
Yonglong Lu
Yonglong Lu Chinese Academy of Sciences
Won Joon Shim
Won Joon Shim Korea Institute of Ocean Science and Technology
Wenyou Hu
Wenyou Hu Chinese Academy of Sciences
Paul D. Jones
Paul D. Jones University of Saskatchewan
Xiaowei Zhang
Xiaowei Zhang Nanjing University

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