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Yong Il Lee

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Earth Science

D-Index
33
Citations
4255
World Ranking
8342
National Ranking
11

Yong Il Lee publication distribution in Earth Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Earth Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Yong Il Lee sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

This scientist: 221 publications — 68th percentile

68% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 510 publications or more.

Yong Il Lee D-index placement in Earth Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Earth Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Yong Il Lee sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 94+

This scientist: 33 D-Index — 5th percentile

5% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 94 D-Index or more.

Overview

Yong Il Lee is affiliated with Seoul National University in South Korea and has contributed to the field of Earth and Planetary Sciences through a significant body of research. Their work spans several key areas including Geophysics, Paleontology, Geochemistry and Petrology, Atmospheric Science, and Artificial Intelligence, with a total of 32 publications in the main field. The scientist's research covers both broad and specialized topics related to geological and geochemical analysis, elemental geochemistry, paleontology, paleoclimatology, and reservoir analysis.

Frequently addressed topics in their research include:

  • Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils
  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping
  • Hydrocarbon Exploration and Reservoir Analysis
  • Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis

Yong Il Lee has published extensively, with research appearing in venues such as Episodes, Journal of the Korean Earth Science Society, Earth-Science Reviews, Frontiers in Earth Science, and Geosciences Journal.

Selected recent papers include:

  • Provenance analysis of the Cretaceous Gyeongsang Basin, SE Korea: A synthesis and tectonic implications for active continental margin in East Asia, 2023, Earth-Science Reviews
  • Mineralogy and geochemistry of clastic sediments of the Terani Formation, Cauvery Basin, southern India: implications for paleoweathering, provenance and tectonic setting, 2020, Geosciences Journal
  • Climate History of Southern Mongolia Since 17 ka: The Ostracod, Gastropod and Charophyte Record From Lake Ulaan, 2020, Frontiers in Earth Science

The scientist has collaborated frequently with a number of researchers including Jayagopal Madhavaraju, Penghui Zhang, Hyoun Soo Lim, Jae Il Lee, and Min Kyung Lee. These collaborations have contributed to a range of studies primarily related to geological and geochemical investigations.

Best Publications

  • Geochemistry of Sandstones from the Upper Miocene Kudankulam Formation, Southern India: Implications for Provenance, Weathering, and Tectonic Setting

    J.S. Armstrong-Altrin;Yong Il Lee;Surendra P. Verma;S. Ramasamy

  • Geochemistry of the Jurassic and Upper Cretaceous shales from the Molango Region, Hidalgo, eastern Mexico: Implications for source-area weathering, provenance, and tectonic setting

    John S. Armstrong-Altrin;Ramasamy Nagarajan;Jayagopal Madhavaraju;Leticia Rosalez-Hoz

  • Geochemistry of beach sands along the western Gulf of Mexico, Mexico: Implication for provenance

    John S. Armstrong-Altrin;Yong Il Lee;Juan J. Kasper-Zubillaga;A. Carranza-Edwards

  • Mineralogy and geochemistry of sands along the Manzanillo and El Carrizal beach areas, southern Mexico: implications for palaeoweathering, provenance and tectonic setting

    John S. Armstrong-Altrin;Yong Il Lee;Juan J. Kasper-Zubillaga;Elisandra Trejo-Ramírez

  • Geochemistry of sands along the San Nicolás and San Carlos beaches, Gulf of California, Mexico: implications for provenance and tectonic setting

    John S. Armstrong-Altrin;Ramasamy Nagarajan;Yong Il Lee

  • Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Human Skin Diseases Due to Particulate Matter.

    Le Thi Nhu Ngoc;Duckshin Park;Yongil Lee;Young-Chul Lee

  • Provenance derived from the geochemistry of late Paleozoic early Mesozoic mudrocks of the Pyeongan Supergroup, Korea

    Yong Il Lee

  • Evaluation of atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations during the Cretaceous

    Sung Kyung Hong;Yong Il Lee

  • Geochemistry of shales of the Upper Cretaceous Hayang Group, SE Korea: implications for provenance and source weathering at an active continental margin

    Yong Il Lee

  • Geochemistry of soils of King George Island, South Shetland Islands, West Antarctica: Implications for pedogenesis in cold polar regions

    Yong Il Lee;Hyoun Soo Lim;Ho Il Yoon

  • Geochemistry of the Dalmiapuram Formation of the Uttatur Group (Early Cretaceous), Cauvery basin, southeastern India: Implications on provenance and paleo-redox conditions

    Jayagopal Madhavaraju;Yong Il Lee

  • Geochemistry of upper miocene kudankulam limestones, Southern India

    J. S. Armstrong-Altrin;Surendra P. Verma;J. Madhavaraju;Yong Il Lee

  • Storm‐influenced siliciclastic and carbonate ramp deposits, the Lower Ordovician Dumugol Formation, South Korea

    Yong Il Lee;Jeong Chan Kim

  • DINOSAUR TRACK-BEARING DEPOSITS IN THE CRETACEOUS JINDONG FORMATION, KOREA : OCCURRENCE, PALAEOENVIRONMENTS AND PRESERVATION

    In Sung Paik;Hyun Joo Kim;Yong Il Lee

  • Geochemistry of the Mural Formation (Aptian-Albian) of the Bisbee Group, Northern Sonora, Mexico

    J. Madhavaraju;C.M. González-León;Yong Il Lee;J.S. Armstrong-Altrin

  • Deep-burial dolomitization in the Ordovician Ellenburger Group carbonates, West Texas and southeastern New Mexico

    Yong Il Lee;Gerald M. Friedman

  • Depositional and compositional controls on sandstone diagenesis, the Tetori Group (Middle Jurassic–Early Cretaceous), central Japan

    Jin Cheul Kim;Yong Il Lee;Ken-ichiro Hisada

  • Detrital zircon geochronology of the Cretaceous Sindong Group, Southeast Korea: Implications for depositional age and Early Cretaceous igneous activity

    Yong Il Lee;Taejin Choi;Hyoun Soo Lim;Yuji Orihashi

  • Carbon, oxygen, and strontium isotope geochemistry of carbonate rocks of the upper Miocene Kudankulam Formation, southern India: Implications for paleoenvironment and diagenesis

    John S. Armstrong-Altrin;Yong Il Lee;Surendra P. Verma;Richard H. Worden

  • Carbon and nitrogen isotope composition of vegetation on King George Island, maritime Antarctic

    Yong Il Lee;Hyoun Soo Lim;Ho Il Yoon

  • A review of high-resolution X-ray computed tomography applied to petroleum geology and a case study.

    Penghui Zhang;Penghui Zhang;Yong Il Lee;Jinliang Zhang

  • Paleozoic sedimentation and tectonics in Korea: A review

    Yong Il Lee;Jae Il Lee

  • Stable isotopic composition of calcic paleosols of the Early Cretaceous Hasandong Formation, southeastern Korea

    Yong Il Lee

  • Provenances of atmospheric dust over Korea from Sr–Nd isotopes and rare earth elements in early 2006

    Min Kyung Lee;Yong Il Lee;Hi-Il Yi

  • Geotectonic significance of detrital chromian spinel: a review

    Yong Il Lee

  • Provenance of the Qingshuijian Formation (Late Carboniferous), NE China: Implications for tectonic processes in the northern margin of the North China block

    Young Ji Joo;Yong Il Lee;Zhiquiang Bai

Frequent Co-Authors

John S. Armstrong-Altrin
John S. Armstrong-Altrin National Autonomous University of Mexico
Shoji Arai
Shoji Arai Kanazawa University
Robert W. Scott
Robert W. Scott University of Tulsa
Surendra P. Verma
Surendra P. Verma National Autonomous University of Mexico
Helen M. Roberts
Helen M. Roberts Aberystwyth University
Geoff A.T. Duller
Geoff A.T. Duller Aberystwyth University
Vysetti Balaram
Vysetti Balaram National Geophysical Research Institute
Gerald M. Friedman
Gerald M. Friedman Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Lewis A. Owen
Lewis A. Owen North Carolina State University
Ann G. Wintle
Ann G. Wintle Aberystwyth University

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