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Kang Min Ok

Kang Min Ok

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Materials Science 64 5929 5735 237 234 304 13940
Chemistry 62 8844 8021 152 151 301 13416

Kang Min Ok publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Kang Min Ok between 1998 and 2026, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Kang Min Ok published across 29 years, from 1998 to 2026, averaging 15.5 papers a year. Output peaked at 70 publications in 2023. 45 of the 449 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
20 40 60
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1998 to 2026. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 70. Peak 70 publications in 2023. 1998: 1 publication 1999: 1 publication 2000: 0 publications 2001: 5 publications 2002: 9 publications 2003: 5 publications 2004: 10 publications 2005: 5 publications 2006: 8 publications 2007: 5 publications 2008: 7 publications 2009: 14 publications 2010: 10 publications 2011: 7 publications 2012: 14 publications 2013: 12 publications 2014: 12 publications 2015: 14 publications 2016: 23 publications 2017: 17 publications 2018: 16 publications 2019: 16 publications 2020: 28 publications 2021: 25 publications 2022: 46 publications 2023: 70 publications 2024: 24 publications 2025: 35 publications 2026: 10 publications
1998 2026

449 publications in total across all disciplines

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Kang Min Ok: publications per year, 1998 to 2026
Year Publications
1998 1
1999 1
2000 0
2001 5
2002 9
2003 5
2004 10
2005 5
2006 8
2007 5
2008 7
2009 14
2010 10
2011 7
2012 14
2013 12
2014 12
2015 14
2016 23
2017 17
2018 16
2019 16
2020 28
2021 25
2022 46
2023 70
2024 24
2025 35
2026 10
Total 449
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Kang Min Ok publication distribution in Materials Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Materials Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Kang Min Ok sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
200 400 600 800
Bar chart with 57 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 50–69 to 1,163+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 891. Most scientists, 891, have 190–209 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 1,163 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 290–309 publications, is where this scientist sits. 50–69 publications: 28 scientists 70–89 publications: 152 scientists 90–109 publications: 356 scientists 110–129 publications: 487 scientists 130–149 publications: 723 scientists 150–169 publications: 835 scientists 170–189 publications: 850 scientists 190–209 publications: 891 scientists 210–229 publications: 862 scientists 230–249 publications: 766 scientists 250–269 publications: 726 scientists 270–289 publications: 665 scientists 290–309 publications: 593 scientists 310–329 publications: 537 scientists 330–349 publications: 477 scientists 350–369 publications: 440 scientists 370–389 publications: 356 scientists 390–409 publications: 321 scientists 410–429 publications: 256 scientists 430–449 publications: 246 scientists 450–469 publications: 216 scientists 470–489 publications: 212 scientists 490–509 publications: 174 scientists 510–529 publications: 194 scientists 530–549 publications: 162 scientists 550–569 publications: 131 scientists 570–589 publications: 111 scientists 590–609 publications: 103 scientists 610–629 publications: 99 scientists 630–649 publications: 77 scientists 650–669 publications: 92 scientists 670–689 publications: 56 scientists 690–709 publications: 53 scientists 710–729 publications: 53 scientists 730–749 publications: 38 scientists 750–769 publications: 52 scientists 770–789 publications: 43 scientists 790–809 publications: 38 scientists 810–829 publications: 34 scientists 830–849 publications: 25 scientists 850–869 publications: 18 scientists 870–889 publications: 20 scientists 890–909 publications: 24 scientists 910–929 publications: 27 scientists 930–949 publications: 20 scientists 950–969 publications: 17 scientists 970–989 publications: 10 scientists 990–1,009 publications: 16 scientists 1,010–1,029 publications: 13 scientists 1,030–1,049 publications: 12 scientists 1,050–1,069 publications: 9 scientists 1,070–1,089 publications: 8 scientists 1,090–1,109 publications: 7 scientists 1,110–1,129 publications: 9 scientists 1,130–1,149 publications: 2 scientists 1,150–1,162 publications: 5 scientists 1,163+ publications: 100 scientists
50–69 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 304 publications — 61st percentile

61% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,163 publications or more.

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Number of Materials Science scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 12,847 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
50–69 28
70–89 152
90–109 356
110–129 487
130–149 723
150–169 835
170–189 850
190–209 891
210–229 862
230–249 766
250–269 726
270–289 665
290–309 593 304
310–329 537
330–349 477
350–369 440
370–389 356
390–409 321
410–429 256
430–449 246
450–469 216
470–489 212
490–509 174
510–529 194
530–549 162
550–569 131
570–589 111
590–609 103
610–629 99
630–649 77
650–669 92
670–689 56
690–709 53
710–729 53
730–749 38
750–769 52
770–789 43
790–809 38
810–829 34
830–849 25
850–869 18
870–889 20
890–909 24
910–929 27
930–949 20
950–969 17
970–989 10
990–1,009 16
1,010–1,029 13
1,030–1,049 12
1,050–1,069 9
1,070–1,089 8
1,090–1,109 7
1,110–1,129 9
1,130–1,149 2
1,150–1,162 5
1,163+ 100
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Kang Min Ok D-index placement in Materials Science in 2026

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

No. of scientists
200 400 600
Bar chart with 64 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 40–41 to 165+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 667. Most scientists, 667, have 52–53 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 165 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 64–65 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 40–41 D-Index: 211 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 450 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 612 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 612 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 598 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 657 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 667 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 621 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 597 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 610 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 587 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 606 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 533 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 490 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 469 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 378 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 421 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 359 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 323 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 299 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 230 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 210 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 195 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 203 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 175 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 175 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 142 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 121 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 117 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 107 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 88 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 85 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 68 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 62 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 57 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 45 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 49 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 50 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 34 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 38 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 37 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 29 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 28 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 24 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 33 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 28 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 21 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 20 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 23 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 17 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 12 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 17 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 21 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 13 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 11 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 14 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 13 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 9 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 10 scientists 158–159 D-Index: 7 scientists 160–161 D-Index: 4 scientists 162–163 D-Index: 4 scientists 164 D-Index: 3 scientists 165+ D-Index: 98 scientists
40–41 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 64 D-Index — 55th percentile

55% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 165 D-Index or more.

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Number of Materials Science scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 12,847 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
40–41 211
42–43 450
44–45 612
46–47 612
48–49 598
50–51 657
52–53 667
54–55 621
56–57 597
58–59 610
60–61 587
62–63 606
64–65 533 64
66–67 490
68–69 469
70–71 378
72–73 421
74–75 359
76–77 323
78–79 299
80–81 230
82–83 210
84–85 195
86–87 203
88–89 175
90–91 175
92–93 142
94–95 121
96–97 117
98–99 107
100–101 88
102–103 85
104–105 68
106–107 62
108–109 57
110–111 45
112–113 49
114–115 50
116–117 34
118–119 38
120–121 37
122–123 29
124–125 28
126–127 24
128–129 33
130–131 28
132–133 21
134–135 20
136–137 23
138–139 17
140–141 12
142–143 17
144–145 21
146–147 13
148–149 11
150–151 14
152–153 13
154–155 9
156–157 10
158–159 7
160–161 4
162–163 4
164 3
165+ 98
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Overview

Kang Min Ok is affiliated with Sogang University in South Korea and has a research focus predominantly in Materials Science. Their work spans various subfields including Materials Chemistry, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, Inorganic Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, and Organic Chemistry.

The scientist's research includes a significant volume of publications in the field, covering topics such as crystallization, solubility studies, and X-ray diffraction in crystallography. Specific research themes include crystal structures and properties, solid-state spectroscopy and crystallography, nonlinear optical materials research, inorganic fluorides and related compounds, and metal-organic frameworks with a focus on synthesis and applications.

Among their recent published papers are the following:

  • "Novel ultraviolet (UV) nonlinear optical (NLO) materials discovered by chemical substitution-oriented design," 2020, Chemical Science
  • "K2Sb(P2O7)F: Cairo Pentagonal Layer with Bifunctional Genes Reveal Optical Performance," 2020, Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • "High-Performance Sulfate Optical Materials Exhibiting Giant Second Harmonic Generation and Large Birefringence," 2022, Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • "An analog-AI chip for energy-efficient speech recognition and transcription," 2023, Nature
  • "Pb18O8Cl15I5: A Polar Lead Mixed Oxyhalide with Unprecedented Architecture and Excellent Infrared Nonlinear Optical Properties," 2020, Angewandte Chemie International Edition

Kang Min Ok frequently collaborates with several coauthors, including Hongil Jo, Tae-Soo You, Yunseung Kuk, Jihyun Lee, and Zhiyong Bai. These partnerships contribute extensively to their research output.

Their publications are primarily found in several prominent venues, including:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Angewandte Chemie
  • Inorganic Chemistry
  • Chemistry of Materials

The scientist's research contributions reflect a multidisciplinary approach within materials science, emphasizing the synthesis, characterization, and application of advanced materials with optical, electronic, and chemical functionalities.

Best Publications

  • Bulk characterization methods for non-centrosymmetric materials: second-harmonic generation, piezoelectricity, pyroelectricity, and ferroelectricity.

    Kang Min Ok;Eun Ok Chi;P. Shiv Halasyamani

  • Toward the Rational Design of Novel Noncentrosymmetric Materials: Factors Influencing the Framework Structures.

    Kang Min Ok

  • Combining second-order Jahn-Teller distorted cations to create highly efficient SHG materials: synthesis, characterization, and NLO properties of BaTeM2O9 (M = Mo6+ or W6+).

    Hyun-Seup Ra;Kang Min Ok;P Shiv Halasyamani

  • CsSbF 2 SO 4 : An Excellent Ultraviolet Nonlinear Optical Sulfate with a KTiOPO 4 (KTP)-type Structure.

    Xuehua Dong;Ling Huang;Cuifang Hu;Hongmei Zeng

  • Pb2BO3Cl: A Tailor-Made Polar Lead Borate Chloride with Very Strong Second Harmonic Generation

    Guohong Zou;Chensheng Lin;Hongil Jo;Gnu Nam

  • Structural modulation of molybdenyl iodate architectures by alkali metal cations in AMoO3(IO3) (A = K, Rb, Cs): a facile route to new polar materials with large SHG responses.

    Richard E. Sykora;Kang Min Ok;P. Shiv Halasyamani;Thomas E. Albrecht-Schmitt

  • Alignment of lone pairs in a new polar material: synthesis, characterization, and functional properties of Li2Ti(IO3)6.

    Hong-Young Chang;Sang-Hwan Kim;P. Shiv Halasyamani;Kang Min Ok

  • Polar or nonpolar? A+ cation polarity control in A2Ti(IO3)6 (A = Li, Na, K, Rb, Cs, Tl).

    Hong-Young Chang;Sang-Hwan Kim;Kang Min Ok;P Shiv Halasyamani

  • Novel ultraviolet (UV) nonlinear optical (NLO) materials discovered by chemical substitution-oriented design

    Guohong Zou;Kang Min Ok

  • K 2 Sb(P 2 O 7 )F: Cairo Pentagonal Layer with Bifunctional Genes Reveal Optical Performance

    Yalan Deng;Yalan Deng;Ling Huang;Xuehua Dong;Lei Wang

  • Na2Te3Mo3O16: A New Molybdenum Tellurite with Second-Harmonic Generating and Pyroelectric Properties

    Eun Ok Chi;Kang Min Ok;Yetta Porter;P. Shiv Halasyamani

  • Synthesis and characterization of Te2SeO7 : A powder second-harmonic-generating study of TeO2, Te2SeO7, Te2O5, and TeSeO4

    Yetta Porter;Kang Min Ok;N. S. P. Bhuvanesh;P. Shiv Halasyamani

  • Rb 3 VO(O 2 ) 2 CO 3 : A Four-in-One Carbonatoperoxovanadate Exhibiting an Extremely Strong Second-Harmonic Generation Response.

    Guohong Zou;Hongil Jo;Seong-Ji Lim;Tae-Soo You

  • The Lone‐Pair Cation I5+ in a Hexagonal Tungsten Oxide‐Like Framework: Synthesis, Structure, and Second‐Harmonic Generating Properties of Cs2I4O11

    Kang Min Ok;P. Shiv Halasyamani

  • Structure and physical properties of the polar oxysulfide CaZnOS.

    Timothy Sambrook;Catherine F. Smura;Simon J. Clarke;Kang Min Ok

  • Pb 18 O 8 Cl 15 I 5 : A Polar Lead Mixed Oxyhalide with Unprecedented Architecture and Excellent Infrared Nonlinear Optical Properties

    Xinglong Chen;Qun Jing;Kang Min Ok

  • New One-Dimensional Vanadyl Iodates: Hydrothermal Preparation, Structures, and NLO Properties of A[VO2(IO3)2] (A = K, Rb) and A[(VO)2(IO3)3O2] (A = NH4, Rb, Cs)

    Richard E. Sykora;Kang Min Ok;P. Shiv Halasyamani;and Daniel M. Wells

  • Lead Mixed Oxyhalides Satisfying All Fundamental Requirements for High‐Performance Mid‐Infrared Nonlinear Optical Materials

    Xinglong Chen;Hongil Jo;Kang Min Ok

  • TOF-2: a large 1D channel thorium organic framework.

    Kang Min Ok;Jaeyoung Sung;Gang Hu;Robert M J Jacobs

  • Bi2TeO5: Synthesis, Structure, and Powder Second Harmonic Generation Properties

    Ok Km;Bhuvanesh Ns;Halasyamani Ps

  • Syntheses, structures, and second-harmonic generating properties in new quaternary tellurites: A2TeW3O12 (A=K, Rb, or Cs)

    Joanna Goodey;Kang Min Ok;Jake Broussard;Cristina Hofmann

  • New metal iodates: syntheses, structures, and characterizations of noncentrosymmetric La(IO3)3 and NaYI4O12 and Centrosymmetric beta-Cs2I4O11 and Rb2I6O15(OH)2.H2O.

    Kang Min Ok;P Shiv Halasyamani

Frequent Co-Authors

P. Shiv Halasyamani
P. Shiv Halasyamani University of Houston
Dermot O'Hare
Dermot O'Hare University of Oxford
Thomas E. Albrecht-Schmitt
Thomas E. Albrecht-Schmitt Florida State University
Jong-In Hong
Jong-In Hong Seoul National University
Nattamai Bhuvanesh
Nattamai Bhuvanesh Texas A&M University
Guntae Kim
Guntae Kim Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology
Joon I. Jang
Joon I. Jang Sogang University
Ho-Young Kwak
Ho-Young Kwak Chung-Ang University
Jeeyoung Shin
Jeeyoung Shin Sookmyung Women's University
Ronald I. Smith
Ronald I. Smith Rutherford Appleton Laboratory

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