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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Materials Science 42 12500 12090 2867 2666 95 8779

Seung-Wuk Lee publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Seung-Wuk Lee between 2002 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Seung-Wuk Lee published across 24 years, from 2002 to 2025, averaging 4.9 papers a year. Output peaked at 17 publications in 2020. 6 of the 118 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 2002 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 17. Peak 17 publications in 2020. 2002: 1 publication 2003: 3 publications 2004: 3 publications 2005: 0 publications 2006: 0 publications 2007: 1 publication 2008: 2 publications 2009: 5 publications 2010: 3 publications 2011: 10 publications 2012: 2 publications 2013: 8 publications 2014: 11 publications 2015: 8 publications 2016: 9 publications 2017: 6 publications 2018: 8 publications 2019: 6 publications 2020: 17 publications 2021: 3 publications 2022: 4 publications 2023: 2 publications 2024: 4 publications 2025: 2 publications
2002 2025

118 publications in total across all disciplines

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Seung-Wuk Lee: publications per year, 2002 to 2025
Year Publications
2002 1
2003 3
2004 3
2005 0
2006 0
2007 1
2008 2
2009 5
2010 3
2011 10
2012 2
2013 8
2014 11
2015 8
2016 9
2017 6
2018 8
2019 6
2020 17
2021 3
2022 4
2023 2
2024 4
2025 2
Total 118
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Seung-Wuk Lee 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 Seung-Wuk Lee sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
200 400 600 800
Bar chart with 57 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 50–69 to 1,163+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 891. Most scientists, 891, have 190–209 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 1,163 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 90–109 publications, is where this scientist sits. 50–69 publications: 28 scientists 70–89 publications: 152 scientists 90–109 publications: 356 scientists 110–129 publications: 487 scientists 130–149 publications: 723 scientists 150–169 publications: 835 scientists 170–189 publications: 850 scientists 190–209 publications: 891 scientists 210–229 publications: 862 scientists 230–249 publications: 766 scientists 250–269 publications: 726 scientists 270–289 publications: 665 scientists 290–309 publications: 593 scientists 310–329 publications: 537 scientists 330–349 publications: 477 scientists 350–369 publications: 440 scientists 370–389 publications: 356 scientists 390–409 publications: 321 scientists 410–429 publications: 256 scientists 430–449 publications: 246 scientists 450–469 publications: 216 scientists 470–489 publications: 212 scientists 490–509 publications: 174 scientists 510–529 publications: 194 scientists 530–549 publications: 162 scientists 550–569 publications: 131 scientists 570–589 publications: 111 scientists 590–609 publications: 103 scientists 610–629 publications: 99 scientists 630–649 publications: 77 scientists 650–669 publications: 92 scientists 670–689 publications: 56 scientists 690–709 publications: 53 scientists 710–729 publications: 53 scientists 730–749 publications: 38 scientists 750–769 publications: 52 scientists 770–789 publications: 43 scientists 790–809 publications: 38 scientists 810–829 publications: 34 scientists 830–849 publications: 25 scientists 850–869 publications: 18 scientists 870–889 publications: 20 scientists 890–909 publications: 24 scientists 910–929 publications: 27 scientists 930–949 publications: 20 scientists 950–969 publications: 17 scientists 970–989 publications: 10 scientists 990–1,009 publications: 16 scientists 1,010–1,029 publications: 13 scientists 1,030–1,049 publications: 12 scientists 1,050–1,069 publications: 9 scientists 1,070–1,089 publications: 8 scientists 1,090–1,109 publications: 7 scientists 1,110–1,129 publications: 9 scientists 1,130–1,149 publications: 2 scientists 1,150–1,162 publications: 5 scientists 1,163+ publications: 100 scientists
50–69 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 95 publications — 2nd percentile

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

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

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Number of Materials Science scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 12,847 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
50–69 28
70–89 152
90–109 356 95
110–129 487
130–149 723
150–169 835
170–189 850
190–209 891
210–229 862
230–249 766
250–269 726
270–289 665
290–309 593
310–329 537
330–349 477
350–369 440
370–389 356
390–409 321
410–429 256
430–449 246
450–469 216
470–489 212
490–509 174
510–529 194
530–549 162
550–569 131
570–589 111
590–609 103
610–629 99
630–649 77
650–669 92
670–689 56
690–709 53
710–729 53
730–749 38
750–769 52
770–789 43
790–809 38
810–829 34
830–849 25
850–869 18
870–889 20
890–909 24
910–929 27
930–949 20
950–969 17
970–989 10
990–1,009 16
1,010–1,029 13
1,030–1,049 12
1,050–1,069 9
1,070–1,089 8
1,090–1,109 7
1,110–1,129 9
1,130–1,149 2
1,150–1,162 5
1,163+ 100
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Seung-Wuk Lee 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 Seung-Wuk Lee sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
200 400 600
Bar chart with 64 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 40–41 to 165+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 667. Most scientists, 667, have 52–53 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 165 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 42–43 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 40–41 D-Index: 211 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 450 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 612 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 612 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 598 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 657 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 667 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 621 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 597 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 610 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 587 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 606 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 533 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 490 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 469 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 378 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 421 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 359 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 323 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 299 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 230 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 210 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 195 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 203 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 175 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 175 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 142 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 121 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 117 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 107 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 88 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 85 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 68 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 62 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 57 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 45 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 49 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 50 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 34 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 38 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 37 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 29 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 28 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 24 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 33 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 28 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 21 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 20 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 23 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 17 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 12 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 17 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 21 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 13 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 11 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 14 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 13 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 9 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 10 scientists 158–159 D-Index: 7 scientists 160–161 D-Index: 4 scientists 162–163 D-Index: 4 scientists 164 D-Index: 3 scientists 165+ D-Index: 98 scientists
40–41 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 42 D-Index — 3rd percentile

3% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Materials Science scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 12,847 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
40–41 211
42–43 450 42
44–45 612
46–47 612
48–49 598
50–51 657
52–53 667
54–55 621
56–57 597
58–59 610
60–61 587
62–63 606
64–65 533
66–67 490
68–69 469
70–71 378
72–73 421
74–75 359
76–77 323
78–79 299
80–81 230
82–83 210
84–85 195
86–87 203
88–89 175
90–91 175
92–93 142
94–95 121
96–97 117
98–99 107
100–101 88
102–103 85
104–105 68
106–107 62
108–109 57
110–111 45
112–113 49
114–115 50
116–117 34
118–119 38
120–121 37
122–123 29
124–125 28
126–127 24
128–129 33
130–131 28
132–133 21
134–135 20
136–137 23
138–139 17
140–141 12
142–143 17
144–145 21
146–147 13
148–149 11
150–151 14
152–153 13
154–155 9
156–157 10
158–159 7
160–161 4
162–163 4
164 3
165+ 98
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Overview

Seung-Wuk Lee is affiliated with the University of California, Berkeley, United States. Their research spans multiple disciplines including engineering, biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with a total of 20 publications in engineering and 10 in biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology.

The scientist has contributed significantly to various subfields such as mechanical engineering, biomedical engineering, biomaterials, molecular biology, and genetics. These encompass areas with 10, 8, 6, 6, and 3 publications respectively.

Main topics of Seung-Wuk Lee's work include advanced sensor and energy harvesting materials, extraction and separation processes, advanced materials and mechanics, bacteriophages and microbial interactions, connective tissue disorders research, electrospun nanofibers in biomedical applications, and advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques. The number of publications in these topics range from 12 in advanced sensor and energy harvesting materials down to 4 in several other specialized areas.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Lee include Han Kim, Inseok Chae, Oleg Gang, Patrick Huber, and Alamgir Karim, with between 5 to 6 shared publications each.

Lee's publication record contains several recent papers notable for their focus on biomaterials and hydrogels. These include:

  • Biomolecular Piezoelectric Materials: From Amino Acids to Living Tissues (2020, Advanced Materials)
  • Elastin-Based Thermoresponsive Shape-Memory Hydrogels (2020, Biomacromolecules)
  • Moisture-induced autonomous surface potential oscillations for energy harvesting (2021, Nature Communications)
  • Catechol-Functionalized Elastin-like Polypeptides as Tissue Adhesives (2020, Biomacromolecules)
  • Design of functional hydrogels using smart polymer based on elastin-like polypeptides (2022, Chemical Engineering Journal)

Seung-Wuk Lee frequently publishes in venues such as Nano Letters, Advanced Materials, Biomacromolecules, Nature Communications, and the Chemical Engineering Journal. The publication counts in these venues are 4, 3, 3, 1, and 1 respectively.

The scientist also has authored a series of books published by World Scientific, all titled Soft Matter and Biomaterials on the Nanoscale from the year 2020, with varying citation counts.

Best Publications

  • Ordering of Quantum Dots Using Genetically Engineered Viruses

    Seung Wuk Lee;Chuanbin Mao;Christine E. Flynn;Angela M. Belcher

  • A comprehensive review on piezoelectric energy harvesting technology: Materials, mechanisms, and applications

    Huicong Liu;Huicong Liu;Junwen Zhong;Chengkuo Lee;Seung-Wuk Lee

  • Light-Controlled Graphene-Elastin Composite Hydrogel Actuators

    Eddie Wang;Malav S. Desai;Malav S. Desai;Seung-Wuk Lee;Seung-Wuk Lee

  • Biomimetic self-templating supramolecular structures

    Woo Jae Chung;Jin Woo Oh;Jin Woo Oh;Kyungwon Kwak;Kyungwon Kwak;Byung Yang Lee;Byung Yang Lee

  • Virus-based piezoelectric energy generation

    Byung Yang Lee;Jinxing Zhang;Jinxing Zhang;Chris Zueger;Chris Zueger;Woo Jae Chung;Woo Jae Chung

  • Fluorine-free preparation of titanium carbide MXene quantum dots with high near-infrared photothermal performances for cancer therapy.

    Xinghua Yu;Xingke Cai;Haodong Cui;Seung-Wuk Lee

  • Viruses as vehicles for growth, organization and assembly of materials

    Christine E. Flynn;Seung-Wuk Lee;Beau R. Peelle;Angela M. Belcher

  • Biomolecular Piezoelectric Materials: From Amino Acids to Living Tissues.

    Daeyeong Kim;Sang A Han;Sang A Han;Jung Ho Kim;Ju-Hyuck Lee

  • Biomimetic virus-based colorimetric sensors

    Seung-Wuk Lee;Woo-Jae Chung;Jin-woo Oh

  • Virus-Based Fabrication of Micro- and Nanofibers Using Electrospinning

    Seung-Wuk Lee;Angela M. Belcher

  • Genetically engineered nanofiber-like viruses for tissue regenerating materials.

    Anna Merzlyak;Shyam Indrakanti;Seung-Wuk Lee

  • Diphenylalanine Peptide Nanotube Energy Harvesters

    Ju-Hyuck Lee;Ju-Hyuck Lee;Kwang Heo;Kwang Heo;Konstantin Schulz-Schönhagen;Konstantin Schulz-Schönhagen;Ju Hun Lee;Ju Hun Lee

  • Virus‐Based Alignment of Inorganic, Organic, and Biological Nanosized Materials

    Seung-Wuk Lee;Soo Kwan Lee;Angela M. Belcher

  • Evolutionary Screening of Biomimetic Coatings for Selective Detection of Explosives

    Justyn W. Jaworski;Digvijay Raorane;Jin H. Huh;Arunava Majumdar

  • Highly Efficient Light‐Emitting Diodes Based on an Organic‐Soluble Poly(p‐phenylenevinylene) Derivative Carrying the Electron‐Transporting PBD Moiety

    Sung Jae Chung;Ki Young Kwon;Seung Wuk Lee;Jung Il Jin

  • Selective and Sensitive TNT Sensors Using Biomimetic Polydiacetylene- Coated CNT-FETs

    Tae Hyun Kim;Byung Yang Lee;Byung Yang Lee;Justyn Jaworski;Justyn Jaworski;Keisuke Yokoyama

  • The incidence and clinical characteristics of Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection among systemic lupus erythematosus and rheumatoid arthritis patients in Korea.

    Yun Je;Lee Sw;Kim Th;Jun Jb

  • Genetically Driven Assembly of Nanorings Based on the M13 Virus

    Ki Tae Nam;Beau R. Peelle;Seung-Wuk Lee,‡,⊥ and;Angela M. Belcher

  • Phage as templates for hybrid materials and mediators for nanomaterial synthesis.

    Anna Merzlyak;Seung-Wuk Lee

  • Phage-Based Structural Color Sensors and Their Pattern Recognition Sensing System

    Ju Hun Lee;Ju Hun Lee;Benson Fan;Tuan D. Samdin;David A. Monteiro;David A. Monteiro

  • Chiral smectic C structures of virus-based films

    Seung-Wuk Lee;Bryant M. Wood;Angela M. Belcher

  • Assembly of bacteriophage into functional materials.

    Sung Ho Yang;Sung Ho Yang;Woo-Jae Chung;Woo-Jae Chung;Sean McFarland;Sean McFarland;Seung-Wuk Lee;Seung-Wuk Lee

  • Evolutionary Screening of Collagen-like Peptides That Nucleate Hydroxyapatite Crystals

    Woo-Jae Chung;Ki-Young Kwon;Jie Song;Seung-Wuk Lee

  • Polymer-oligopeptide composite coating for selective detection of explosives in water.

    Marta Cerruti;Justyn Jaworski;Digvijay Raorane;Chris Zueger

  • Early Osteogenic Differentiation of Mouse Preosteoblasts Induced by Collagen-Derived DGEA-Peptide on Nanofibrous Phage Tissue Matrices

    So Young Yoo;Masae Kobayashi;Phin Peng Lee;Seung-Wuk Lee

Frequent Co-Authors

Arun Majumdar
Arun Majumdar Stanford University
Liwei Lin
Liwei Lin University of California, Berkeley
Oleg Gang
Oleg Gang Columbia University
Alamgir Karim
Alamgir Karim University of Houston
Deborah Dean
Deborah Dean University of California, San Francisco
Seunghun Hong
Seunghun Hong Seoul National University
Jiang Chang
Jiang Chang University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
Haimei Zheng
Haimei Zheng Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Ramamoorthy Ramesh
Ramamoorthy Ramesh Rice University

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