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Kwan-Soo Lee

Kwan-Soo Lee

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Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Korea
2022

D-Index & Metrics

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

D-Index
53
Citations
9417
World Ranking
1013
National Ranking
23

Kwan-Soo Lee publication distribution in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Kwan-Soo Lee sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 659+

This scientist: 298 publications — 72nd percentile

72% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 659 publications or more.

Kwan-Soo Lee D-index placement in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Kwan-Soo Lee sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index: 83 scientists 31 D-Index: 113 scientists 32 D-Index: 144 scientists 33 D-Index: 153 scientists 34 D-Index: 189 scientists 35 D-Index: 158 scientists 36 D-Index: 139 scientists 37 D-Index: 127 scientists 38 D-Index: 130 scientists 39 D-Index: 126 scientists 40 D-Index: 104 scientists 41 D-Index: 100 scientists 42 D-Index: 107 scientists 43 D-Index: 101 scientists 44 D-Index: 103 scientists 45 D-Index: 79 scientists 46 D-Index: 88 scientists 47 D-Index: 70 scientists 48 D-Index: 83 scientists 49 D-Index: 44 scientists 50 D-Index: 64 scientists 51 D-Index: 56 scientists 52 D-Index: 50 scientists 53 D-Index: 48 scientists 54 D-Index: 58 scientists 55 D-Index: 52 scientists 56 D-Index: 48 scientists 57 D-Index: 42 scientists 58 D-Index: 34 scientists 59 D-Index: 42 scientists 60 D-Index: 37 scientists 61 D-Index: 42 scientists 62 D-Index: 44 scientists 63 D-Index: 22 scientists 64 D-Index: 33 scientists 65 D-Index: 29 scientists 66 D-Index: 23 scientists 67 D-Index: 29 scientists 68 D-Index: 24 scientists 69 D-Index: 19 scientists 70 D-Index: 34 scientists 71 D-Index: 26 scientists 72 D-Index: 19 scientists 73 D-Index: 18 scientists 74 D-Index: 19 scientists 75 D-Index: 14 scientists 76 D-Index: 19 scientists 77 D-Index: 8 scientists 78 D-Index: 18 scientists 79 D-Index: 16 scientists 80 D-Index: 12 scientists 81 D-Index: 17 scientists 82 D-Index: 11 scientists 83 D-Index: 16 scientists 84 D-Index: 7 scientists 85 D-Index: 9 scientists 86 D-Index: 8 scientists 87 D-Index: 6 scientists 88 D-Index: 6 scientists 89 D-Index: 7 scientists 90 D-Index: 10 scientists 91 D-Index: 4 scientists 92 D-Index: 4 scientists 93+ D-Index: 100 scientists
30 D-Index 93+

This scientist: 53 D-Index — 71st percentile

71% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 93 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2022 - Research.com Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in Korea Leader Award

Overview

Kwan-Soo Lee is a researcher affiliated with Hanyang University in South Korea, whose work primarily spans the fields of engineering and medicine. Their research focuses largely on mechanical engineering and related subfields such as surfaces, coatings and films, aerospace engineering, and civil and structural engineering.

The main topics of their research include heat transfer and optimization, surface modification and superhydrophobicity, icing and de-icing technologies, heat transfer and boiling studies, refrigeration and air conditioning technologies, thermal radiation and cooling technologies, and solar thermal and photovoltaic systems.

Notable recent papers authored by or involving Kwan-Soo Lee include:

  • Frost growth mechanism and its behavior under ultra-low temperature conditions, 2021, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer
  • Frost modeling under cryogenic conditions, 2020, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer
  • Thermal enhancement of an air-cooled motor with a flow guide, 2021, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer
  • Frost formation from general-low to ultra-low temperatures: A review, 2022, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer
  • Recent progress on developing anti-frosting and anti-fouling functional surfaces for air source heat pumps, 2020, Energy and Buildings

The frequent co-authors collaborating with Kwan-Soo Lee include Haijun Jeong, Sungjoon Byun, Dong Rip Kim, Seounghwan Hyeon, and Hobin Son.

Key publication venues for their work are:

  • International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer
  • Energy and Buildings
  • Applied Thermal Engineering
  • International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer
  • International Journal of Production Research

Best Publications

  • A one-dimensional model for frost formation on a cold flat surface

    Kwan-Soo Lee;Woo-Seung Kim;Tae-Hee Lee

  • Influence of design parameters on the heat transfer and flow friction characteristics of the heat exchanger with slit fins

    Jeom-Yul Yun;Kwan-Soo Lee

  • Prediction of the frost formation on a cold flat surface

    Kwan-Soo Lee;Sung Jhee;Dong-Keun Yang

  • Effect of surface treatments on the frosting/defrosting behavior of a fin-tube heat exchanger

    Sung Jhee;Kwan-Soo Lee;Woo-Seung Kim

  • Optimum design of a radial heat sink under natural convection

    Seung Hwan Yu;Kwan Soo Lee;Se Jin Yook

  • Multidisciplinary optimization of a pin-fin radial heat sink for LED lighting applications

    Daeseok Jang;Seung-Hwan Yu;Kwan-Soo Lee

  • Natural convection around a radial heat sink

    Seung Hwan Yu;Kwan Soo Lee;Se Jin Yook

  • Optimum design of a radial heat sink with a fin-height profile for high-power LED lighting applications

    Daeseok Jang;Se-Jin Yook;Kwan Soo Lee

  • Dimensionless correlations of frost properties on a cold plate

    Dong-Keun Yang;Kwan-Soo Lee

  • Frosting characteristics on hydrophobic and superhydrophobic surfaces: A review

    Min-Hwan Kim;Hisuk Kim;Kwan-Soo Lee;Dong Rip Kim

  • Correlations and optimization of a heat exchanger with offset-strip fins

    Min-Soo Kim;Jonghyeok Lee;Se-Jin Yook;Kwan-Soo Lee

  • Modeling for predicting frosting behavior of a fin-tube heat exchanger

    Dong-Keun Yang;Kwan-Soo Lee;Simon Song

  • Transport phenomena in the thin-film region of a micro-channel

    Kyoungwoo Park;Kwan-Joong Noh;Kwan-Soo Lee

  • Frosting and defrosting characteristics of a fin according to surface contact angle

    Kyoungmin Kim;Kwan-Soo Lee

  • A model on the basis of analytics for computing maximum heat transfer in porous fins

    Balaram Kundu;Balaram Kundu;Dipankar Bhanja;Kwan-Soo Lee

  • Investigation of heat transfer characteristics on various kinds of fin-and-tube heat exchangers with interrupted surfaces

    J.Y. Yun;K.S. Lee

  • The orientation effect for cylindrical heat sinks with application to LED light bulbs

    Daeseok Jang;Seung-Jae Park;Se-Jin Yook;Kwan-Soo Lee

  • Frosting model for predicting macroscopic and local frost behaviors on a cold plate

    Donghee Kim;Chiwon Kim;Kwan-Soo Lee

  • Fin spacing optimization of a fin-tube heat exchanger under frosting conditions

    Dong-Keun Yang;Kwan-Soo Lee;Simon Song

  • Frosting and defrosting characteristics of surface-treated louvered-fin heat exchangers: Effects of fin pitch and experimental conditions

    Kyoungmin Kim;Kwan-Soo Lee

  • Flow and heat transfer characteristics of the evaporating extended meniscus in a micro-capillary channel

    Kyoungwoo Park;Kwan-Soo Lee

Frequent Co-Authors

Balaram Kundu
Balaram Kundu Jadavpur University
Se-Jin Yook
Se-Jin Yook Hanyang University
Jin-Seong Park
Jin-Seong Park Hanyang University
Chang Sik Lee
Chang Sik Lee Hanyang University
Bingxi Li
Bingxi Li Michigan Technological University
Ranjan Das
Ranjan Das Indian Institute of Technology Ropar
Antonio Campo
Antonio Campo The University of Texas at San Antonio
Abdul Aziz
Abdul Aziz King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals
Su Han Park
Su Han Park Chonnam National University
Hyunchul Ju
Hyunchul Ju Inha University

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