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D-Index
75
Citations
23498
World Ranking
1261
National Ranking
7

Won Joon Shim publication distribution in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Environmental Sciences in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Won Joon Shim sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 690+

This scientist: 245 publications — 77th percentile

77% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 690 publications or more.

Won Joon Shim D-index placement in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Environmental Sciences scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Won Joon Shim sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 126+

This scientist: 75 D-Index — 87th percentile

87% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 126 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Korea Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Korea Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Korea Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Korea Leader Award

Overview

Won Joon Shim is affiliated with the Korea Institute of Ocean Science and Technology in South Korea. Their research activities predominantly focus on environmental science, with significant attention to pollution, industrial and manufacturing engineering, and ocean engineering. They have also contributed work related to health, toxicology, mutagenesis, and nature and landscape conservation.

The scholar's main fields of study include:

  • Environmental Science

Subfields that Won Joon Shim extensively studies are:

  • Pollution
  • Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
  • Ocean Engineering
  • Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
  • Nature and Landscape Conservation

Topics central to their research encompass:

  • Microplastics and Plastic Pollution
  • Recycling and Waste Management Techniques
  • Marine Biology and Environmental Chemistry
  • Turtle Biology and Conservation
  • Biodegradable Polymer Synthesis and Properties
  • Effects and Risks of Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals
  • Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact

Among their recently published papers are:

  • The physical oceanography of the transport of floating marine debris, 2020, Environmental Research Letters
  • Microplastics and nanoplastics in the marine-atmosphere environment, 2022, Nature Reviews Earth & Environment
  • Rapid Production of Micro- and Nanoplastics by Fragmentation of Expanded Polystyrene Exposed to Sunlight, 2020, Environmental Science & Technology
  • Nationwide monitoring of microplastics in bivalves from the coastal environment of Korea, 2020, Environmental Pollution
  • Ecological risk assessment of microplastics in coastal, shelf, and deep sea waters with a consideration of environmentally relevant size and shape, 2020, Environmental Pollution

Won Joon Shim frequently publishes in the following venues:

  • Marine Pollution Bulletin
  • Environmental Pollution
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Journal of Hazardous Materials

Frequent collaborators include:

  • Sang Hee Hong
  • Gi Myung Han
  • Soeun Eo
  • Youna Cho
  • Young Kyoung Song

Best Publications

  • Combined Effects of UV Exposure Duration and Mechanical Abrasion on Microplastic Fragmentation by Polymer Type

    Young Kyoung Song;Young Kyoung Song;Sang Hee Hong;Sang Hee Hong;Mi Jang;Mi Jang;Gi Myung Han

  • Identification methods in microplastic analysis: a review

    Won Joon Shim;Won Joon Shim;Sang Hee Hong;Sang Hee Hong;Soeun Eo Eo;Soeun Eo Eo

  • Size-Dependent Effects of Micro Polystyrene Particles in the Marine Copepod Tigriopus japonicus

    Kyun-Woo Lee;Won Joon Shim;Oh Youn Kwon;Jung-Hoon Kang

  • A comparison of microscopic and spectroscopic identification methods for analysis of microplastics in environmental samples.

    Young Kyoung Song;Sang Hee Hong;Mi Jang;Gi Myung Han

  • The physical oceanography of the transport of floating marine debris

    Erik van Sebille;Stefano Aliani;Kara Lavender Law;Nikolai Maximenko

  • Nanoplastics in the Aquatic Environment. Critical Review

    Albert A. Koelmans;Ellen Besseling;Won J. Shim;Won J. Shim

  • Large Accumulation of Micro-sized Synthetic Polymer Particles in the Sea Surface Microlayer

    Young Kyoung Song;Sang Hee Hong;Mi Jang;Jung-Hoon Kang

  • Identification and quantification of microplastics using Nile Red staining.

    Won Joon Shim;Young Kyoung Song;Sang Hee Hong;Mi Jang

  • Sorption capacity of plastic debris for hydrophobic organic chemicals

    Hwang Lee;Won Joon Shim;Jung Hwan Kwon

  • Spatiotemporal distribution and annual load of microplastics in the Nakdong River, South Korea

    Soeun Eo;Sang Hee Hong;Young Kyoung Song;Gi Myung Han

  • Microplastics and nanoplastics in the marine-atmosphere environment

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  • Relationships among the abundances of plastic debris in different size classes on beaches in South Korea.

    Jongmyoung Lee;Sunwook Hong;Young Kyung Song;Young Kyung Song;Sang Hee Hong;Sang Hee Hong

  • Abundance and characteristics of microplastics in market bivalves from South Korea.

    Youna Cho;Won Joon Shim;Mi Jang;Gi Myung Han

  • Horizontal and Vertical Distribution of Microplastics in Korean Coastal Waters.

    Young Kyoung Song;Young Kyoung Song;Sang Hee Hong;Sang Hee Hong;Soeun Eo;Soeun Eo;Mi Jang;Mi Jang

  • Estimation of lost tourism revenue in Geoje Island from the 2011 marine debris pollution event in South Korea.

    Yong Chang Jang;Sunwook Hong;Jongmyoung Lee;Mi Jeong Lee

  • Occurrence and Distribution of Microplastics in the Sea Surface Microlayer in Jinhae Bay, South Korea

    Young Kyoung Song;Young Kyoung Song;Sang Hee Hong;Sang Hee Hong;Mi Jang;Mi Jang;Gi Myung Han

  • Abundance, composition, and distribution of microplastics larger than 20 μm in sand beaches of South Korea.

    Soeun Eo;Sang Hee Hong;Young Kyoung Song;Jongsu Lee

  • Marine neustonic microplastics around the southeastern coast of Korea.

    Jung-Hoon Kang;Jung-Hoon Kang;Oh Youn Kwon;Kyun-Woo Lee;Young Kyoung Song;Young Kyoung Song

  • Distribution of small plastic debris in cross-section and high strandline on Heungnam beach, South Korea

    Nak Won Heo;Sang Hee Hong;Gi Myung Han;Sunwook Hong

  • Microplastics in the Ocean.

    Won Joon Shim;Won Joon Shim;Richard C. Thomposon

  • Horizontal and vertical distribution of PCBs and chlorinated pesticides in sediments from Masan Bay, Korea.

    Sang Hee Hong;Un Hyuk Yim;Won Joon Shim;Jae Ryoung Oh

  • Spatio-temporal distribution and characteristics of PAHs in sediments from Masan Bay, Korea.

    U.H. Yim;S.H. Hong;W.J. Shim;J.R. Oh

Frequent Co-Authors

Sang Hee Hong
Sang Hee Hong Korea Institute of Ocean Science and Technology
Un Hyuk Yim
Un Hyuk Yim Korea Institute of Ocean Science and Technology
Narayanan Kannan
Narayanan Kannan Taylor's University
Jong Seong Khim
Jong Seong Khim Seoul National University
John P. Giesy
John P. Giesy University of Saskatchewan
Seongjin Hong
Seongjin Hong Chungnam National University
Jae-Seong Lee
Jae-Seong Lee Sungkyunkwan University
Sunghwan Kim
Sunghwan Kim Kyungpook National University
Changhoon Lee
Changhoon Lee Yonsei University
Kyu Tae Lee
Kyu Tae Lee Seoul National University

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