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Environmental Sciences
Korea
2025

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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
72
Citations
14504
World Ranking
1526
National Ranking
9

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Korea Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Korea Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Korea Leader Award

Overview

Kyoung-Woong Kim is affiliated with the Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology in South Korea. Their primary research focus lies within the field of Environmental Science, with significant contributions across multiple related subfields.

The main areas of study for Kim include:

  • Pollution
  • Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
  • Environmental Chemistry
  • Water Science and Technology
  • Geochemistry and Petrology

The scientist's research covers several key topics, notably:

  • Heavy metals in environment
  • Arsenic contamination and mitigation
  • Heavy Metal Exposure and Toxicity
  • Water Quality and Pollution Assessment
  • Groundwater and Isotope Geochemistry
  • Heavy Metals in Plants
  • Radioactivity and Radon Measurements

Kyoung-Woong Kim has frequently published in the following venues:

  • Environmental Geochemistry and Health
  • Research Square (Research Square)
  • Journal of environmental chemical engineering
  • Economic and Environmental Geology
  • Environmental Science and Pollution Research

A selection of recent papers authored or co-authored by Kim includes:

  • Enhanced Gold(III) adsorption using glutaraldehyde-crosslinked chitosan beads: Effect of crosslinking degree on adsorption selectivity, capacity, and mechanism, 2020, Separation and Purification Technology
  • Variability of water quality and metal pollution index in the Ganges River, Bangladesh, 2020, Environmental Science and Pollution Research
  • Contamination of heavy metals in paddy soil in the vicinity of Nui Phao multi-metal mine, North Vietnam, 2020, Environmental Geochemistry and Health
  • Soil contamination and health risk assessment from heavy metals exposure near mining area in Bac Kan province, Vietnam, 2022, Environmental Geochemistry and Health
  • Functionalization of gold nanoparticles using guanidine thiocyanate for sensitive and selective visual detection of Cd2+, 2021, Sensors and Actuators B Chemical

The scientist often collaborates with a group of frequent co-authors, including:

  • Anh Tuan Hoang
  • Myoung-Soo Ko
  • Han Gyeol Jeon
  • Muhammad Raznisyafiq Razak
  • Ahmad Zaharin Aris

Best Publications

  • Competitive adsorption characteristics of Co2+, Ni2+, and Cr3+ by IRN-77 cation exchange resin in synthesized wastewater.

    So-Young Kang;Jong-Un Lee;Seung-Hyeon Moon;Kyoung-Woong Kim

  • The relationship of climatic and hydrological parameters to surface water quality in the lower Mekong River.

    Lunchakorn Prathumratana;Suthipong Sthiannopkao;Kyoung Woong Kim

  • Enhanced biodegradation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons using nonionic surfactants in soil slurry

    In S Kim;Jong-Sup Park;Kyoung-Woong Kim

  • Mapping of heavy metal pollution in stream sediments using combined geochemistry, field spectroscopy, and hyperspectral remote sensing: A case study of the Rodalquilar mining area, SE Spain

    Eunyoung Choe;Freek van der Meer;Freek van der Meer;Frank van Ruitenbeek;Harald van der Werff

  • Contamination of groundwater and risk assessment for arsenic exposure in Ha Nam province, Vietnam.

    Van Anh Nguyen;Sunbaek Bang;Pham Hung Viet;Kyoung-Woong Kim

  • Stabilization of available arsenic in highly contaminated mine tailings using iron.

    Ju-Yong Kim;Allen P Davis;Kyoung-Woong Kim

  • Human risk assessment of As, Cd, Cu and Zn in the abandoned metal mine site.

    Jin-Soo Lee;Hyo-Taek Chon;Kyoung-Woong Kim

  • Arsenic geochemistry and human health in South East Asia.

    Kathleen M. McCarty;Hoang Thi Hanh;Kyoung-Woong Kim

  • Biosorption of Cr(III) and Cr(VI) onto the cell surface of Pseudomonas aeruginosa

    So-Young Kang;Jong-Un Lee;Kyoung-Woong Kim

  • Arsenic Removal from Vietnamese Groundwater Using the Arsenic-Binding DNA Aptamer

    Mina Kim;Hyun-Ju Um;SunBaek Bang;Sang-Hee Lee

  • Health risk assessment of inorganic arsenic intake of Cambodia residents through groundwater drinking pathway.

    Kongkea Phan;Suthipong Sthiannopkao;Kyoung Woong Kim;Ming Hung Wong

  • Heavy metal contamination in dusts and stream sediments in the Taejon area, Korea

    K.-W. Kim;J.-H. Myung;J.S. Ahn;H.-T. Chon

  • Estrogenic chemicals and estrogenicity in river waters of South Korea and seven Asian countries.

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  • Human Risk Assessment for Heavy Metals and as Contamination in the Abandoned Metal Mine Areas, Korea

    Sang-woo Lee;Byung-tae Lee;Ju-yong Kim;Kyoung-woong Kim

  • Anaerobic, Nitrate-Dependent Oxidation of Pyrite Nanoparticles by Thiobacillus denitrificans

    Julian Bosch;Keun-Young Lee;Guntram Jordan;Kyoung-Woong Kim

  • Performance and mechanism of arsenic removal from water by a nanofiltration membrane

    Cuong Manh Nguyen;Sunbaek Bang;Jaeweon Cho;Kyoung-Woong Kim

  • Prediction of contamination potential of groundwater arsenic in Cambodia, Laos, and Thailand using artificial neural network.

    Kyung Hwa Cho;Suthipong Sthiannopkao;Yakov A. Pachepsky;Kyoung-Woong Kim

  • Reduction and adsorption mechanisms of selenate by zero-valent iron and related iron corrosion

    In-Ho Yoon;Kyoung-Woong Kim;Sunbaek Bang;Min Gyu Kim

  • Removal of Heavy Metals from Soils using Enhanced Electrokinetic Soil Processing

    Soon-Oh Kim;Seung-Hyeon Moon;Kyoung-Woong Kim

  • Arsenic removal using steel manufacturing byproducts as permeable reactive materials in mine tailing containment systems.

    Joo Sung Ahn;Chul-Min Chon;Hi-Soo Moon;Kyoung-Woong Kim

  • Assessment of pilot-scale acid washing of soil contaminated with As, Zn and Ni using the BCR three-step sequential extraction

    Ilwon Ko;Yoon-Young Chang;Cheol-Hyo Lee;Kyoung-Woong Kim

Frequent Co-Authors

Ming Hung Wong
Ming Hung Wong Education University of Hong Kong
Kyung Hwa Cho
Kyung Hwa Cho Korea University
Heechul Choi
Heechul Choi Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology
Seung-Hyeon Moon
Seung-Hyeon Moon Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology
Min Gyu Kim
Min Gyu Kim Pohang University of Science and Technology
Joon Ha Kim
Joon Ha Kim Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology
Freek D. van der Meer
Freek D. van der Meer University of Twente
Min Jang
Min Jang Kwangwoon University
Yoshio Takahashi
Yoshio Takahashi University of Tokyo
In S. Kim
In S. Kim Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology

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