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Seok Su Sohn

Seok Su Sohn

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2025

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Rising Stars

D-Index
44
Citations
6792
World Ranking
493
National Ranking
9

Materials Science

D-Index
51
Citations
8920
World Ranking
9948
National Ranking
445

Seok Su Sohn 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 Seok Su Sohn sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 174 publications — 22nd percentile

22% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Seok Su Sohn 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 Seok Su Sohn sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 51 D-Index — 24th percentile

24% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Rising Stars Award

Overview

Seok Su Sohn is affiliated with Korea University in South Korea and has contributed extensively to the fields of engineering and materials science. Their research spans primarily mechanical engineering, materials chemistry, aerospace engineering, metals and alloys, and mechanics of materials.

The scientist's work focuses on several main topics, including high entropy alloys studies, hydrogen embrittlement and corrosion behaviors in metals, microstructure and mechanical properties of steels, high-temperature coating behaviors, additive manufacturing materials and processes, metal alloys wear and properties, and high temperature alloys and creep.

Seok Su Sohn has published numerous papers, among which recent notable publications include:

  • "A strong and ductile medium-entropy alloy resists hydrogen embrittlement and corrosion" (2020) in Nature Communications
  • "Shear band-driven precipitate dispersion for ultrastrong ductile medium-entropy alloys" (2021) in Nature Communications
  • "Effects of solid solution and grain-boundary segregation of Mo on hydrogen embrittlement in 32MnB5 hot-stamping steels" (2021) in Acta Materialia
  • "High-rate superplasticity in an equiatomic medium-entropy VCoNi alloy enabled through dynamic recrystallization of a duplex microstructure of ordered phases" (2020) in Acta Materialia
  • "Effects of cryogenic temperature on tensile and impact properties in a medium-entropy VCoNi alloy" (2021) in Journal of Material Science and Technology

Collaborations with frequent co-authors reflect ongoing partnerships in the research community, including:

  • Sunghak Lee (42 co-authored works)
  • Byeong-Joo Lee (25 co-authored works)
  • Alireza Zargaran (25 co-authored works)
  • Hyoung Seop Kim (22 co-authored works)
  • Sang Yoon Song (21 co-authored works)

Seok Su Sohn has published frequently in the following venues:

  • Materials Science and Engineering A (28 publications)
  • Journal of Materials Research and Technology (17 publications)
  • SSRN Electronic Journal (16 publications)
  • Journal of Material Science and Technology (11 publications)
  • Acta Materialia (10 publications)

The primary fields of study for Seok Su Sohn include engineering with 277 publications and materials science with 115 publications, with strong expertise in mechanical engineering and related subfields.

Best Publications

  • Understanding the physical metallurgy of the CoCrFeMnNi high-entropy alloy: An atomistic simulation study

    Won Mi Choi;Yong Hee Jo;Seok Su Sohn;Sunghak Lee

  • Ultrastrong Medium-Entropy Single-Phase Alloys Designed via Severe Lattice Distortion

    Seok Su Sohn;Alisson Kwiatkowski da Silva;Yuji Ikeda;Yuji Ikeda;Fritz Körmann;Fritz Körmann

  • Cryogenic strength improvement by utilizing room-temperature deformation twinning in a partially recrystallized VCrMnFeCoNi high-entropy alloy

    Y. H. Jo;S. Jung;W. M. Choi;S. S. Sohn

  • Exceptional phase-transformation strengthening of ferrous medium-entropy alloys at cryogenic temperatures

    Jae Wung Bae;Jae Bok Seol;Jongun Moon;Seok Su Sohn;Seok Su Sohn

  • Effects of Mn and Al contents on cryogenic-temperature tensile and Charpy impact properties in four austenitic high-Mn steels

    Seok Su Sohn;Seokmin Hong;Junghoon Lee;Byeong Chan Suh

  • A strong and ductile medium-entropy alloy resists hydrogen embrittlement and corrosion

    Hong Luo;Hong Luo;Seok Su Sohn;Seok Su Sohn;Wenjun Lu;Linlin Li

  • Novel ultra-high-strength (ferrite + austenite) duplex lightweight steels achieved by fine dislocation substructures (Taylor lattices), grain refinement, and partial recrystallization

    Seok Su Sohn;Hyejin Song;Byeong Chan Suh;Jai Hyun Kwak

  • Shear band-driven precipitate dispersion for ultrastrong ductile medium-entropy alloys.

    Tae Jin Jang;Won Seok Choi;Dae Woong Kim;Gwanghyo Choi

  • Novel ferrite-austenite duplex lightweight steel with 77% ductility by transformation induced plasticity and twinning induced plasticity mechanisms

    Seok Su Sohn;Kayoung Choi;Jai Hyun Kwak;Nack J. Kim

  • Novel medium-Mn (austenite + martensite) duplex hot-rolled steel achieving 1.6 GPa strength with 20 % ductility by Mn-segregation-induced TRIP mechanism

    Hyungsoo Lee;Min Chul Jo;Seok Su Sohn;A. Zargaran

  • Novel ultra-high-strength Cu-containing medium-Mn duplex lightweight steels

    Hyejin Song;Jisung Yoo;Sang Heon Kim;Seok Su Sohn

  • Effect of annealing temperature on microstructural modification and tensile properties in 0.35 C–3.5 Mn–5.8 Al lightweight steel

    S.S. Sohn;B.-J. Lee;S. Lee;N.J. Kim

  • Ultrastrong duplex high-entropy alloy with 2 GPa cryogenic strength enabled by an accelerated martensitic transformation

    Dong Geun Kim;Yong Hee Jo;Junha Yang;Won Mi Choi

  • Utilization of brittle σ phase for strengthening and strain hardening in ductile VCrFeNi high-entropy alloy

    Y.H. Jo;W.M. Choi;D.G. Kim;A. Zargaran

  • FCC to BCC transformation-induced plasticity based on thermodynamic phase stability in novel V10Cr10Fe45CoxNi35-x medium-entropy alloys.

    Yonghee Jo;Won Mi Choi;Donggeun Kim;Alireza Zargaran

  • Effects of solid solution and grain-boundary segregation of Mo on hydrogen embrittlement in 32MnB5 hot-stamping steels

    Jisung Yoo;Min Chul Jo;Min Cheol Jo;Seongwoo Kim

  • Effects of cryogenic temperature on tensile and impact properties in a medium-entropy VCoNi alloy

    Dae Cheol Yang;Yong Hee Jo;Yuji Ikeda;Fritz Körmann;Fritz Körmann

  • High-rate superplasticity in an equiatomic medium-entropy VCoNi alloy enabled through dynamic recrystallization of a duplex microstructure of ordered phases

    Seok Su Sohn;Dong Geun Kim;Yong Hee Jo;Alisson Kwiatkowski da Silva

  • Effects of Mn Addition on Tensile and Charpy Impact Properties in Austenitic Fe-Mn-C-Al-Based Steels for Cryogenic Applications

    Junghoon Lee;Seok Su Sohn;Seokmin Hong;Byeong Chan Suh

  • Cryogenic-temperature fracture toughness analysis of non-equi-atomic V10Cr10Fe45Co20Ni15 high-entropy alloy

    Yong Hee Jo;Kyung Yeon Doh;Dong Geun Kim;Kwanho Lee

  • Effects of martensite-austenite constituent on crack initiation and propagation in inter-critical heat-affected zone of high-strength low-alloy (HSLA) steel

    Seok Gyu Lee;Seok Su Sohn;Bohee Kim;Woo Gyeom Kim

  • Quasi-static and dynamic deformation mechanisms interpreted by microstructural evolution in TWinning Induced Plasticity (TWIP) steel

    Jaeyeong Park;Minju Kang;Seok Su Sohn;Sang-Heon Kim

  • Effects of Ni and Mn addition on critical crack tip opening displacement (CTOD) of weld-simulated heat-affected zones of three high-strength low-alloy (HSLA) steels

    Seok Gyu Lee;Dong Ho Lee;Seok Su Sohn;Woo Gyeom Kim

Frequent Co-Authors

Sunghak Lee
Sunghak Lee Pohang University of Science and Technology
Byeong-Joo Lee
Byeong-Joo Lee Pohang University of Science and Technology
Hyoung Seop Kim
Hyoung Seop Kim Pohang University of Science and Technology
Nack J. Kim
Nack J. Kim Pohang University of Science and Technology
Dong-Woo Suh
Dong-Woo Suh Pohang University of Science and Technology
Wenjun Lu
Wenjun Lu Southern University of Science and Technology
Zhiming Li
Zhiming Li Central South University
Dirk Ponge
Dirk Ponge Max Planck Society
Dierk Raabe
Dierk Raabe Max Planck Institute for Iron Research
Baptiste Gault
Baptiste Gault Max Planck Institute for Iron Research

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