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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Chemistry 47 15537 14013 296 291 96 9409

Seoin Back publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Seoin Back between 1999 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Seoin Back published across 27 years, from 1999 to 2025, averaging 5.5 papers a year. Output peaked at 26 publications in 2024. 47 of the 149 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15 20 25
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1999 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 26. Peak 26 publications in 2024. 1999: 1 publication 2000: 1 publication 2001: 0 publications 2002: 0 publications 2003: 0 publications 2004: 0 publications 2005: 0 publications 2006: 0 publications 2007: 0 publications 2008: 0 publications 2009: 0 publications 2010: 0 publications 2011: 0 publications 2012: 0 publications 2013: 1 publication 2014: 1 publication 2015: 3 publications 2016: 4 publications 2017: 7 publications 2018: 13 publications 2019: 16 publications 2020: 10 publications 2021: 11 publications 2022: 15 publications 2023: 19 publications 2024: 26 publications 2025: 21 publications
1999 2025

149 publications in total across all disciplines

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Seoin Back: publications per year, 1999 to 2025
Year Publications
1999 1
2000 1
2001 0
2002 0
2003 0
2004 0
2005 0
2006 0
2007 0
2008 0
2009 0
2010 0
2011 0
2012 0
2013 1
2014 1
2015 3
2016 4
2017 7
2018 13
2019 16
2020 10
2021 11
2022 15
2023 19
2024 26
2025 21
Total 149
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Seoin Back publication distribution in Chemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Chemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Seoin Back sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
250 500 750 1,000 1,250
Bar chart with 63 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 61–80 to 1,295+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 1,350. Most scientists, 1,350, have 161–180 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 1,295 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 81–100 publications, is where this scientist sits. 61–80 publications: 66 scientists 81–100 publications: 302 scientists 101–120 publications: 623 scientists 121–140 publications: 918 scientists 141–160 publications: 1,218 scientists 161–180 publications: 1,350 scientists 181–200 publications: 1,344 scientists 201–220 publications: 1,281 scientists 221–240 publications: 1,216 scientists 241–260 publications: 1,100 scientists 261–280 publications: 979 scientists 281–300 publications: 939 scientists 301–320 publications: 764 scientists 321–340 publications: 643 scientists 341–360 publications: 628 scientists 361–380 publications: 522 scientists 381–400 publications: 459 scientists 401–420 publications: 397 scientists 421–440 publications: 327 scientists 441–460 publications: 270 scientists 461–480 publications: 265 scientists 481–500 publications: 252 scientists 501–520 publications: 201 scientists 521–540 publications: 185 scientists 541–560 publications: 148 scientists 561–580 publications: 148 scientists 581–600 publications: 132 scientists 601–620 publications: 114 scientists 621–640 publications: 104 scientists 641–660 publications: 91 scientists 661–680 publications: 92 scientists 681–700 publications: 73 scientists 701–720 publications: 57 scientists 721–740 publications: 54 scientists 741–760 publications: 67 scientists 761–780 publications: 45 scientists 781–800 publications: 46 scientists 801–820 publications: 39 scientists 821–840 publications: 32 scientists 841–860 publications: 36 scientists 861–880 publications: 29 scientists 881–900 publications: 26 scientists 901–920 publications: 24 scientists 921–940 publications: 14 scientists 941–960 publications: 23 scientists 961–980 publications: 28 scientists 981–1,000 publications: 15 scientists 1,001–1,020 publications: 29 scientists 1,021–1,040 publications: 12 scientists 1,041–1,060 publications: 19 scientists 1,061–1,080 publications: 12 scientists 1,081–1,100 publications: 6 scientists 1,101–1,120 publications: 8 scientists 1,121–1,140 publications: 12 scientists 1,141–1,160 publications: 5 scientists 1,161–1,180 publications: 6 scientists 1,181–1,200 publications: 14 scientists 1,201–1,220 publications: 7 scientists 1,221–1,240 publications: 2 scientists 1,241–1,260 publications: 6 scientists 1,261–1,280 publications: 4 scientists 1,281–1,294 publications: 6 scientists 1,295+ publications: 100 scientists
61–80 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 96 publications — 2nd percentile

2% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,295 publications or more.

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Number of Chemistry scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 17,934 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
61–80 66
81–100 302 96
101–120 623
121–140 918
141–160 1,218
161–180 1,350
181–200 1,344
201–220 1,281
221–240 1,216
241–260 1,100
261–280 979
281–300 939
301–320 764
321–340 643
341–360 628
361–380 522
381–400 459
401–420 397
421–440 327
441–460 270
461–480 265
481–500 252
501–520 201
521–540 185
541–560 148
561–580 148
581–600 132
601–620 114
621–640 104
641–660 91
661–680 92
681–700 73
701–720 57
721–740 54
741–760 67
761–780 45
781–800 46
801–820 39
821–840 32
841–860 36
861–880 29
881–900 26
901–920 24
921–940 14
941–960 23
961–980 28
981–1,000 15
1,001–1,020 29
1,021–1,040 12
1,041–1,060 19
1,061–1,080 12
1,081–1,100 6
1,101–1,120 8
1,121–1,140 12
1,141–1,160 5
1,161–1,180 6
1,181–1,200 14
1,201–1,220 7
1,221–1,240 2
1,241–1,260 6
1,261–1,280 4
1,281–1,294 6
1,295+ 100
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Seoin Back D-index placement in Chemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Chemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Seoin Back sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
250 500 750 1,000
Bar chart with 61 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 40–41 to 159+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 1,051. Most scientists, 1,051, have 56–57 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 159 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 46–47 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 40–41 D-Index: 289 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 612 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 808 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 776 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 835 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 861 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 872 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 933 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 1,051 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 930 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 882 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 834 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 731 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 775 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 683 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 646 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 561 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 501 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 437 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 388 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 354 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 292 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 275 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 254 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 235 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 185 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 192 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 155 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 163 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 125 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 105 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 105 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 112 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 88 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 68 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 69 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 65 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 79 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 61 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 44 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 37 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 40 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 33 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 26 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 34 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 35 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 25 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 27 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 17 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 16 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 20 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 20 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 15 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 9 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 9 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 16 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 11 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 9 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 3 scientists 158 D-Index: 3 scientists 159+ D-Index: 98 scientists
40–41 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 47 D-Index — 14th percentile

14% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 159 D-Index or more.

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Number of Chemistry scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 17,934 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
40–41 289
42–43 612
44–45 808
46–47 776 47
48–49 835
50–51 861
52–53 872
54–55 933
56–57 1,051
58–59 930
60–61 882
62–63 834
64–65 731
66–67 775
68–69 683
70–71 646
72–73 561
74–75 501
76–77 437
78–79 388
80–81 354
82–83 292
84–85 275
86–87 254
88–89 235
90–91 185
92–93 192
94–95 155
96–97 163
98–99 125
100–101 105
102–103 105
104–105 112
106–107 88
108–109 68
110–111 69
112–113 65
114–115 79
116–117 61
118–119 44
120–121 37
122–123 40
124–125 33
126–127 26
128–129 34
130–131 35
132–133 25
134–135 27
136–137 17
138–139 16
140–141 20
142–143 20
144–145 15
146–147 9
148–149 9
150–151 16
152–153 11
154–155 9
156–157 3
158 3
159+ 98
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Overview

Seoin Back is affiliated with Sogang University in South Korea and has a substantial body of research primarily focused on energy conversion, engineering, and materials science. Their scholarly contributions cover multiple subfields including renewable energy, sustainability, electrical and electronic engineering, materials chemistry, catalysis, and electrochemistry.

The main topics of Back's research include:

  • Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion
  • Advanced battery technologies research
  • CO2 Reduction Techniques and Catalysts
  • Fuel Cells and Related Materials
  • Machine Learning in Materials Science
  • Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques
  • Advancements in Battery Materials

Recent publication venues where Seoin Back frequently publishes include:

  • Advanced Materials
  • ACS Catalysis
  • Nature Communications
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Advanced Functional Materials

Their notable recent papers showcase research on catalyst design, electrochemical synthesis, and related topics. Selected papers include:

  • "A Review on Challenges and Successes in Atomic-Scale Design of Catalysts for Electrochemical Synthesis of Hydrogen Peroxide," 2020, ACS Catalysis
  • "Confined local oxygen gas promotes electrochemical water oxidation to hydrogen peroxide," 2020, Nature Catalysis
  • "Electrochemical Synthesis of H2O2 by Two-Electron Water Oxidation Reaction," 2020, Chem
  • "A Porphyrinic Zirconium Metal-Organic Framework for Oxygen Reduction Reaction: Tailoring the Spacing between Active-Sites through Chain-Based Inorganic Building Units," 2020, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • "Transition Metal Ion Doping on ZIF-8 Enhances the Electrochemical CO2 Reduction Reaction," 2022, Advanced Materials

Seoin Back collaborates frequently with several coauthors, including:

  • Dong Hyeon Mok
  • Ho Yeon Jang
  • Taeghwan Hyeon
  • Hyun Dong Jung
  • Samira Siahrostami

Best Publications

  • Highly selective oxygen reduction to hydrogen peroxide on transition metal single atom coordination.

    Kun Jiang;Seoin Back;Austin J. Akey;Chuan Xia

  • Suppression of Hydrogen Evolution Reaction in Electrochemical N2 Reduction Using Single-Atom Catalysts: A Computational Guideline

    Changhyeok Choi;Seoin Back;Na Young Kim;Juhyung Lim

  • Active Sites of Au and Ag Nanoparticle Catalysts for CO2 Electroreduction to CO

    Seoin Back;Min Sun Yeom;Yousung Jung

  • Single-atom catalysts for CO2 electroreduction with significant activity and selectivity improvements

    Seoin Back;Juhyung Lim;Na Young Kim;Yong-Hyun Kim

  • A Review on Challenges and Successes in Atomic-Scale Design of Catalysts for Electrochemical Synthesis of Hydrogen Peroxide

    Samira Siahrostami;Santiago Jimenez Villegas;Amir Hassan Bagherzadeh Mostaghimi;Seoin Back

  • Confined local oxygen gas promotes electrochemical water oxidation to hydrogen peroxide

    Chuan Xia;Seoin Back;Stefan Ringe;Kun Jiang

  • Electrochemical Synthesis of H2O2 by Two-Electron Water Oxidation Reaction

    Xinjian Shi;Seoin Back;Thomas Mark Gill;Samira Siahrostami

  • Balancing activity, stability and conductivity of nanoporous core-shell iridium/iridium oxide oxygen evolution catalysts.

    Yong-Tae Kim;Pietro Papa Lopes;Shin-Ae Park;A-Yeong Lee

  • ZnO As an Active and Selective Catalyst for Electrochemical Water Oxidation to Hydrogen Peroxide

    Sara R. Kelly;Xinjian Shi;Seoin Back;Lauren Vallez

  • Convolutional Neural Network of Atomic Surface Structures To Predict Binding Energies for High-Throughput Screening of Catalysts

    Seoin Back;Junwoong Yoon;Nianhan Tian;Wen Zhong

  • TiC- and TiN-Supported Single-Atom Catalysts for Dramatic Improvements in CO2 Electrochemical Reduction to CH4

    Seoin Back;Yousung Jung

  • A Porphyrinic Zirconium Metal-Organic Framework for Oxygen Reduction Reaction: Tailoring the Spacing between Active-Sites through Chain-Based Inorganic Building Units.

    Magdalena Ola Cichocka;Zuozhong Liang;Dawei Feng;Seoin Back

  • Selective Heterogeneous CO2 Electroreduction to Methanol

    Seoin Back;Heejin Kim;Yousung Jung

  • Toward a Design of Active Oxygen Evolution Catalysts: Insights from Automated Density Functional Theory Calculations and Machine Learning

    Seoin Back;Kevin Tran;Zachary W. Ulissi

  • On the mechanism of electrochemical ammonia synthesis on the Ru catalyst

    Seoin Back;Yousung Jung

  • Improved reversibility in lithium-oxygen battery: Understanding elementary reactions and surface charge engineering of metal alloy catalyst

    Byung Gon Kim;Hyung-Jin Kim;Seoin Back;Kwan Woo Nam

  • Mixed Transition Metal Oxide with Vacancy-Induced Lattice Distortion for Enhanced Catalytic Activity of Oxygen Evolution Reaction

    Hyeon Jeong Lee;Seoin Back;Ji Hoon Lee;Sun Hee Choi

  • The Role of Adsorbed CN and Cl on an Au Electrode for Electrochemical CO2 Reduction

    Minhyung Cho;Jun Tae Song;Seoin Back;Yousung Jung

  • Data-driven discovery of electrocatalysts for CO2 reduction using active motifs-based machine learning

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  • Bifunctional Interface of Au and Cu for Improved CO2 Electroreduction.

    Seoin Back;Jun-Hyuk Kim;Yong-Tae Kim;Yousung Jung

  • Doping palladium with tellurium for the highly selective electrocatalytic reduction of aqueous CO2 to CO

    Hengcong Tao;Xiaofu Sun;Seoin Back;Zishan Han

Frequent Co-Authors

Yousung Jung
Yousung Jung Seoul National University
Samira Siahrostami
Samira Siahrostami Simon Fraser University
Jens K. Nørskov
Jens K. Nørskov Technical University of Denmark
Haotian Wang
Haotian Wang Rice University
Kun Jiang
Kun Jiang Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Yong-Hyun Kim
Yong-Hyun Kim Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
Jang Wook Choi
Jang Wook Choi Seoul National University
Xiaolin Zheng
Xiaolin Zheng Stanford University
Thomas F. Jaramillo
Thomas F. Jaramillo Stanford University
Jeong Young Park
Jeong Young Park Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology

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