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Environmental Sciences

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5024
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2160
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Pil Joo Kim publication distribution in Plant Science and Agronomy in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Plant Science and Agronomy in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Pil Joo Kim sits on this spectrum.

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36 publications 467+

This scientist: 268 publications — 89th percentile

89% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 467 publications or more.

Pil Joo Kim D-index placement in Plant Science and Agronomy in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Plant Science and Agronomy scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Pil Joo Kim sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 109+

This scientist: 50 D-Index — 68th percentile

68% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 109 D-Index or more.

Overview

Pil Joo Kim is affiliated with Gyeongsang National University in South Korea and has contributed extensively to the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Environmental Science. Their research primarily focuses on Soil Science, Plant Science, Environmental Chemistry, Geochemistry and Petrology, and Pollution.

The main topics covered in their body of work include Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics, Rice Cultivation and Yield Improvement, Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics, Agriculture, Soil, Plant Science, Silicon Effects in Agriculture, Soil and Unsaturated Flow, and Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis.

Among recent publications, several notable papers include:

  • Straw recycling in rice paddy: Trade-off between greenhouse gas emission and soil carbon stock increase (2020) published in Soil and Tillage Research
  • Synergistic Release of Crop Nutrients and Stimulants from Hydroxyapatite Nanoparticles Functionalized with Humic Substances: Toward a Multifunctional Nanofertilizer (2020) published in ACS Omega
  • Steel slag amendment impacts on soil microbial communities and activities of rice (Oryza sativa L.) (2020) published in Scientific Reports
  • Recycling of ferrous slag in agriculture: Potentials and challenges (2020) published in Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology
  • Strong mitigation of greenhouse gas emission impact via aerobic short pre-digestion of green manure amended soils during rice cropping (2020) published in The Science of The Total Environment

Their frequent co-authors include Gil Won Kim, Snowie Jane C. Galgo, Suvendu Das, Ronley C. Canatoy, and Jeong Gu Lee.

Kim's research is often published in venues such as The Science of The Total Environment, SSRN Electronic Journal, Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment, Journal of Cleaner Production, and Soil Biology and Biochemistry.

Best Publications

  • Excess copper induced physiological and proteomic changes in germinating rice seeds

    Nagib Ahsan;Dong-Gi Lee;Sang-Hoon Lee;Kyu Young Kang

  • Impact of plastic film mulching on increasing greenhouse gas emissions in temperate upland soil during maize cultivation

    Jennifer P. Cuello;Hyun Young Hwang;Jessie Gutierrez;Sang Yoon Kim

  • Comparative proteomic study of arsenic‐induced differentially expressed proteins in rice roots reveals glutathione plays a central role during As stress

    Nagib Ahsan;Dong-Gi Lee;Iftekhar Alam;Pil Joo Kim

  • Fly ash effect on improving soil properties and rice productivity in Korean paddy soils

    Hyup Lee;Ho Sung Ha;Chang Hoon Lee;Yong Bok Lee

  • Composted Cattle Manure Increases Microbial Activity and Soil Fertility More Than Composted Swine Manure in a Submerged Rice Paddy.

    Suvendu Das;Seung Tak Jeong;Subhasis Das;Pil Joo Kim

  • Effects of oyster shell on soil chemical and biological properties and cabbage productivity as a liming materials.

    Chang Hoon Lee;Do Kyoung Lee;Muhammad Aslam Ali;Pil Joo Kim

  • Changes of soil organic carbon and its fractions in relation to soil physical properties in a long-term fertilized paddy.

    Seul Bi Lee;Chang Hoon Lee;Ki Yuol Jung;Ki Do Park

  • Cadmium Contamination and Its Risk Management in Rice Ecosystems

    Nanthi S. Bolan;Nanthi S. Bolan;Tomoyuki Makino;Anitha Kunhikrishnan;Pil Joo Kim

  • Effect of Chinese milk vetch (Astragalus sinicus L.) as a green manure on rice productivity and methane emission in paddy soil.

    Chang Hoon Lee;Ki Do Park;Ki Yuol Jung;Muhammad Aslam Ali

  • High resolution depth distribution of Bacteria, Archaea, methanotrophs, and methanogens in the bulk and rhizosphere soils of a flooded rice paddy.

    Hyo Jung Lee;Sang Eun Jeong;Pil Joo Kim;Eugene Lewis Madsen

  • Methane emission and dynamics of methanotrophic and methanogenic communities in a flooded rice field ecosystem

    Hyo Jung Lee;Sang Yoon Kim;Pil Joo Kim;Eugene L. Madsen

  • Arsenic-enrichment enhanced root exudates and altered rhizosphere microbial communities and activities in hyperaccumulator Pteris vittata

    Suvendu Das;Mon Lin Chou;Jiin-Shuh Jean;Huai-Jen Yang

  • Influence of cold stress on contents of soluble sugars, vitamin C and free amino acids including gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) in spinach (Spinacia oleracea)

    Young-Eun Yoon;Saranya Kuppusamy;Kye Man Cho;Pil Joo Kim

  • Evaluation of silicate iron slag amendment on reducing methane emission from flood water rice farming

    Muhammad Aslam Ali;Ju Hwan Oh;Pil Joo Kim

  • Silicate fertilization in no-tillage rice farming for mitigation of methane emission and increasing rice productivity.

    Muhammad Aslam Ali;Chang Hoon Lee;Yong Bok Lee;Pil Joo Kim

  • Chromium-induced physiological and proteomic alterations in roots of Miscanthus sinensis.

    Shamima Akhtar Sharmin;Iftekhar Alam;Kyung-Hee Kim;Yong-Goo Kim

  • Long-term effects of fertilization on the forms and availability of soil phosphorus in rice paddy

    Chang Hoon Lee;Chang Young Park;Ki Do Park;Weon Tae Jeon

  • Straw recycling in rice paddy: Trade-off between greenhouse gas emission and soil carbon stock increase

    Jin Ho Lee;Jeong Gu Lee;Seung Tak Jeong;Hyo Suk Gwon

  • Effect of silicate fertilizer on reducing methane emission during rice cultivation

    Muhammad Aslam Ali;Chang Hoon Lee;Pil Joo Kim

  • Synergistic Release of Crop Nutrients and Stimulants from Hydroxyapatite Nanoparticles Functionalized with Humic Substances: Toward a Multifunctional Nanofertilizer

    Ho Young Yoon;Jeong Gu Lee;Lorenzo Degli Esposti;Michele Iafisco

  • Considering winter cover crop selection as green manure to control methane emission during rice cultivation in paddy soil

    Sang Yoon Kim;Jessie Gutierrez;Pil Joo Kim

  • Contribution of winter cover crop amendments on global warming potential in rice paddy soil during cultivation

    Sang Yoon Kim;Chang Hoon Lee;Jessie Gutierrez;Pil Joo Kim

Frequent Co-Authors

Kyu Young Kang
Kyu Young Kang Dongguk University
Paul L. E. Bodelier
Paul L. E. Bodelier Netherlands Institute of Ecology
Kazuyuki Inubushi
Kazuyuki Inubushi Chiba University
Eugene L. Madsen
Eugene L. Madsen Cornell University
Ravi Naidu
Ravi Naidu University of Newcastle Australia
Che Ok Jeon
Che Ok Jeon Chung-Ang University
Joy D. Van Nostrand
Joy D. Van Nostrand University of Oklahoma
Nanthi Bolan
Nanthi Bolan University of Western Australia
Sang-Soo Kwak
Sang-Soo Kwak Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology
Jeong Dong Bahk
Jeong Dong Bahk Gyeongsang National University

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