2026 Sung Wng Kim: Materials Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Materials Science	53	9069	8755	395	389	220	15828

Sung Wng Kim 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 Sung Wng Kim sits on this spectrum.

50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 220 publications — 37th percentile

37% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Sung Wng Kim 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 Sung Wng Kim sits on this spectrum.

40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 53 D-Index — 30th percentile

30% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Sung Wng Kim is affiliated with Sungkyunkwan University in South Korea and works primarily in the fields of Materials Science, Physics and Astronomy, and Engineering. Their research spans several subfields including Materials Chemistry, Catalysis, Atomic and Molecular Physics and Optics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment.

The main topics covered in their work include:

Ammonia Synthesis and Nitrogen Reduction
Advanced Thermoelectric Materials and Devices
Topological Materials and Phenomena
Graphene Research and Applications
Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques
Thermal Radiation and Cooling Technologies
Heusler Alloys: Electronic and Magnetic Properties

Sung Wng Kim has a record of publishing in several key scientific venues. Frequent publication outlets include:

Advanced Materials
Nature Communications
Research Square (Research Square)
Nano Letters
SSRN Electronic Journal

Some of the recent papers authored or co-authored by Sung Wng Kim are:

"Non-oxidized bare copper nanoparticles with surface excess electrons in air" (2022) published in Nature Nanotechnology
"Ferromagnetic quasi-atomic electrons in two-dimensional electride" (2020) published in Nature Communications
"Band Convergence in Thermoelectric Materials: Theoretical Background and Consideration on Bi-Sb-Te Alloys" (2020) published in ACS Applied Energy Materials
"Weighted Mobility Ratio Engineering for High-Performance Bi-Te-Based Thermoelectric Materials via Suppression of Minority Carrier Transport" (2021) published in Advanced Materials
"Water- and acid-stable self-passivated dihafnium sulfide electride and its persistent electrocatalytic reaction" (2020) published in Science Advances

Their frequent co-authors include:

Kyu Hyoung Lee
Joonho Bang
Seong-Gon Kim
Sang-il Kim
Kimoon Lee

Best Publications

Dense dislocation arrays embedded in grain boundaries for high-performance bulk thermoelectrics

Sang Il Kim;Kyu Hyoung Lee;Hyeon A Mun;Hyun Sik Kim;Hyun Sik Kim

2122
Citations
Ammonia synthesis using a stable electride as an electron donor and reversible hydrogen store

Masaaki Kitano;Yasunori Inoue;Youhei Yamazaki;Fumitaka Hayashi

1489
Citations
Phase patterning for ohmic homojunction contact in MoTe2

Suyeon Cho;Sera Kim;Jung Ho Kim;Jiong Zhao

1207
Citations
Giant thermoelectric Seebeck coefficient of a two-dimensional electron gas in SrTiO3

Hiromichi Ohta;Hiromichi Ohta;SungWng Kim;Yoriko Mune;Teruyasu Mizoguchi

1189
Citations
Bandgap opening in few-layered monoclinic MoTe 2

Dong Hoon Keum;Suyeon Cho;Jung Ho Kim;Duk Hyun Choe

1072
Citations
Dicalcium nitride as a two-dimensional electride with an anionic electron layer

Kimoon Lee;Sung Wng Kim;Sung Wng Kim;Yoshitake Toda;Satoru Matsuishi

529
Citations
Structural and quantum-state phase transition in van der Waals layered materials

Heejun Yang;Sung Wng Kim;Manishkumar Chhowalla;Young Hee Lee

388
Citations
Crystallographic phase transition and high-Tc superconductivity in LaFeAsO:F

T Nomura;S W Kim;Y Kamihara;M Hirano

308
Citations
Superconductivity in an Inorganic Electride 12CaO·7Al2O3:e-

Masashi Miyakawa;Sung Wng Kim;Masahiro Hirano;Yoshimitsu Kohama

263
Citations
Two-dome structure in electron-doped iron arsenide superconductors

Soshi Iimura;Satoru Matsuishi;Hikaru Sato;Taku Hanna

250
Citations
Metallic state in a lime-alumina compound with nanoporous structure.

Sung Wng Kim;Satoru Matsuishi;Takatoshi Nomura;Yoshiki Kubota

242
Citations
Lowering the Schottky Barrier Height by Graphene/Ag Electrodes for High‐Mobility MoS2 Field‐Effect Transistors

Sang Soo Chee;Dongpyo Seo;Hanggyu Kim;Hanbyeol Jang

232
Citations
High temperature thermoelectric properties of TiNiSn-based half-Heusler compounds

Sung-Wng Kim;Yoshisato Kimura;Yoshinao Mishima

174
Citations
Solvated Electrons in High-Temperature Melts and Glasses of the Room-Temperature Stable Electride [Ca24Al28O64]4+⋅4e−

Sung Wng Kim;Terumasa Shimoyama;Hideo Hosono

162
Citations
Non-oxidized bare copper nanoparticles with surface excess electrons in air

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157
Citations
Ruddlesden-Popper phases as thermoelectric oxides: Nb-doped SrO(SrTiO3)n (n=1,2)

Kyu Hyoung Lee;Sung Wng Kim;Hiromichi Ohta;Kunihito Koumoto

153
Citations
Synthesis of a room temperature stable 12CaO·7Al2O3 electride from the melt and its application as an electron field emitter

Sung Wng Kim;Yoshitake Toda;Katsuro Hayashi;Masahiro Hirano

144
Citations
Topotactic Metal-Insulator Transition in Epitaxial SrFeOx Thin Films.

Amit Khare;Dongwon Shin;Tae Sup Yoo;Minu Kim

129
Citations
Field-induced water electrolysis switches an oxide semiconductor from an insulator to a metal

Hiromichi Ohta;Yukio Sato;Takeharu Kato;Sungwng Kim

126
Citations
Intense thermal field electron emission from room-temperature stable electride

Yoshitake Toda;Sung Wng Kim;Katsuro Hayashi;Masahiro Hirano

122
Citations
Active hydrogen evolution through lattice distortion in metallic MoTe2

Jinbong Seok;Jun Ho Lee;Suyeon Cho;Byungdo Ji

121
Citations
The effects of quaternary additions on thermoelectric properties of TiNiSn-based half-heusler alloys

Takahiro Katayama;Sung Wng Kim;Yoshisato Kimura;Yoshinao Mishima

114
Citations