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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering 53 1011 929 22 22 386 9647

Yoon Young Kim publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Yoon Young Kim between 1989 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Yoon Young Kim published across 37 years, from 1989 to 2025, averaging 14.5 papers a year. Output peaked at 37 publications in 2016. 10 of the 535 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
10 20 30
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1989 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 37. Peak 37 publications in 2016. 1989: 3 publications 1990: 2 publications 1991: 0 publications 1992: 2 publications 1993: 0 publications 1994: 0 publications 1995: 2 publications 1996: 4 publications 1997: 2 publications 1998: 2 publications 1999: 6 publications 2000: 12 publications 2001: 8 publications 2002: 13 publications 2003: 14 publications 2004: 25 publications 2005: 33 publications 2006: 26 publications 2007: 18 publications 2008: 23 publications 2009: 23 publications 2010: 21 publications 2011: 23 publications 2012: 25 publications 2013: 27 publications 2014: 11 publications 2015: 26 publications 2016: 37 publications 2017: 20 publications 2018: 29 publications 2019: 17 publications 2020: 14 publications 2021: 19 publications 2022: 5 publications 2023: 33 publications 2024: 4 publications 2025: 6 publications
1989 2025

535 publications in total across all disciplines

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Yoon Young Kim: publications per year, 1989 to 2025
Year Publications
1989 3
1990 2
1991 0
1992 2
1993 0
1994 0
1995 2
1996 4
1997 2
1998 2
1999 6
2000 12
2001 8
2002 13
2003 14
2004 25
2005 33
2006 26
2007 18
2008 23
2009 23
2010 21
2011 23
2012 25
2013 27
2014 11
2015 26
2016 37
2017 20
2018 29
2019 17
2020 14
2021 19
2022 5
2023 33
2024 4
2025 6
Total 535
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Yoon Young Kim publications per year - data summary

  • Yoon Young Kim, a Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering scholar from Seoul National University, has 535 publications recorded across 37 years, from 1989 to 2025.
  • The oldest publication on record dates to 1989 and the most recent to 2025.
  • The most productive year is 2016, with 37 publications.
  • The least productive years with any output are 1990, 1992, 1995, 1997 and others, with 2 publications each.
  • 3 of the 37 years in the span carry no publications at all (1991, 1993 and 1994).
  • The rate of publication averages 14.5 papers per year over the whole span, or 15.7 per year counting only the 34 years with at least one publication.
  • The last 5 years on the chart (2021-2025) hold 67 publications, 13% of the career total.
  • Split into equal eras - 1989-2001: 43 publications (3.3 per year); 2002-2014: 282 publications (21.7 per year); 2015-2025: 210 publications (19.1 per year).
  • Comparing the opening and closing eras, the overall trend of publication is rising.

Yoon Young Kim publication distribution in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Yoon Young Kim sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
50 100 150
Bar chart with 63 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 47–56 to 659+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 155. Most scientists, 155, have 147–156 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 659 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 377–386 publications, is where this scientist sits. 47–56 publications: 10 scientists 57–66 publications: 23 scientists 67–76 publications: 32 scientists 77–86 publications: 62 scientists 87–96 publications: 67 scientists 97–106 publications: 91 scientists 107–116 publications: 113 scientists 117–126 publications: 115 scientists 127–136 publications: 130 scientists 137–146 publications: 140 scientists 147–156 publications: 155 scientists 157–166 publications: 132 scientists 167–176 publications: 133 scientists 177–186 publications: 130 scientists 187–196 publications: 140 scientists 197–206 publications: 115 scientists 207–216 publications: 125 scientists 217–226 publications: 117 scientists 227–236 publications: 99 scientists 237–246 publications: 92 scientists 247–256 publications: 100 scientists 257–266 publications: 95 scientists 267–276 publications: 88 scientists 277–286 publications: 77 scientists 287–296 publications: 74 scientists 297–306 publications: 74 scientists 307–316 publications: 62 scientists 317–326 publications: 70 scientists 327–336 publications: 59 scientists 337–346 publications: 58 scientists 347–356 publications: 45 scientists 357–366 publications: 44 scientists 367–376 publications: 36 scientists 377–386 publications: 41 scientists 387–396 publications: 32 scientists 397–406 publications: 23 scientists 407–416 publications: 28 scientists 417–426 publications: 27 scientists 427–436 publications: 25 scientists 437–446 publications: 23 scientists 447–456 publications: 23 scientists 457–466 publications: 20 scientists 467–476 publications: 12 scientists 477–486 publications: 24 scientists 487–496 publications: 18 scientists 497–506 publications: 12 scientists 507–516 publications: 13 scientists 517–526 publications: 21 scientists 527–536 publications: 12 scientists 537–546 publications: 8 scientists 547–556 publications: 16 scientists 557–566 publications: 3 scientists 567–576 publications: 11 scientists 577–586 publications: 6 scientists 587–596 publications: 5 scientists 597–606 publications: 6 scientists 607–616 publications: 7 scientists 617–626 publications: 7 scientists 627–636 publications: 10 scientists 637–646 publications: 4 scientists 647–656 publications: 3 scientists 657–658 publications: 2 scientists 659+ publications: 100 scientists
47–56 publications 659+

This scientist: 386 publications — 85th percentile

85% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 659 publications or more.

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Number of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 3,445 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
47–56 10
57–66 23
67–76 32
77–86 62
87–96 67
97–106 91
107–116 113
117–126 115
127–136 130
137–146 140
147–156 155
157–166 132
167–176 133
177–186 130
187–196 140
197–206 115
207–216 125
217–226 117
227–236 99
237–246 92
247–256 100
257–266 95
267–276 88
277–286 77
287–296 74
297–306 74
307–316 62
317–326 70
327–336 59
337–346 58
347–356 45
357–366 44
367–376 36
377–386 41 386
387–396 32
397–406 23
407–416 28
417–426 27
427–436 25
437–446 23
447–456 23
457–466 20
467–476 12
477–486 24
487–496 18
497–506 12
507–516 13
517–526 21
527–536 12
537–546 8
547–556 16
557–566 3
567–576 11
577–586 6
587–596 5
597–606 6
607–616 7
617–626 7
627–636 10
637–646 4
647–656 3
657–658 2
659+ 100
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Yoon Young Kim publication distribution in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in 2026 - data summary

  • The chart plots the publication count of all 3,445 Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026, grouped into 63 ranges running from 47–56 to 659+ publications.
  • Yoon Young Kim, a Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering scholar from Seoul National University, records 386 publications - the 85th percentile of the discipline.
  • 85% of ranked Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering scientists score the same or lower than Yoon Young Kim, and about 15% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 217–226 publications range, and Yoon Young Kim ranks above the median.
  • The most crowded range is 147–156 publications, holding 155 scientists (4% of the field).
  • 46% of the field sits in the lowest quarter of the value range (up to 197–206 publications), so the distribution leans towards the lower end of the scale.
  • The final bar has no upper bound: it groups every scientist with 659 publications or more, 100 scientists in all (3% of the field).

Yoon Young Kim D-index placement in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Yoon Young Kim sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
50 100 150
Bar chart with 64 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 30 to 93+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 189. Most scientists, 189, have 34 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 93 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 53 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 30 D-Index: 83 scientists 31 D-Index: 113 scientists 32 D-Index: 144 scientists 33 D-Index: 153 scientists 34 D-Index: 189 scientists 35 D-Index: 158 scientists 36 D-Index: 139 scientists 37 D-Index: 127 scientists 38 D-Index: 130 scientists 39 D-Index: 126 scientists 40 D-Index: 104 scientists 41 D-Index: 100 scientists 42 D-Index: 107 scientists 43 D-Index: 101 scientists 44 D-Index: 103 scientists 45 D-Index: 79 scientists 46 D-Index: 88 scientists 47 D-Index: 70 scientists 48 D-Index: 83 scientists 49 D-Index: 44 scientists 50 D-Index: 64 scientists 51 D-Index: 56 scientists 52 D-Index: 50 scientists 53 D-Index: 48 scientists 54 D-Index: 58 scientists 55 D-Index: 52 scientists 56 D-Index: 48 scientists 57 D-Index: 42 scientists 58 D-Index: 34 scientists 59 D-Index: 42 scientists 60 D-Index: 37 scientists 61 D-Index: 42 scientists 62 D-Index: 44 scientists 63 D-Index: 22 scientists 64 D-Index: 33 scientists 65 D-Index: 29 scientists 66 D-Index: 23 scientists 67 D-Index: 29 scientists 68 D-Index: 24 scientists 69 D-Index: 19 scientists 70 D-Index: 34 scientists 71 D-Index: 26 scientists 72 D-Index: 19 scientists 73 D-Index: 18 scientists 74 D-Index: 19 scientists 75 D-Index: 14 scientists 76 D-Index: 19 scientists 77 D-Index: 8 scientists 78 D-Index: 18 scientists 79 D-Index: 16 scientists 80 D-Index: 12 scientists 81 D-Index: 17 scientists 82 D-Index: 11 scientists 83 D-Index: 16 scientists 84 D-Index: 7 scientists 85 D-Index: 9 scientists 86 D-Index: 8 scientists 87 D-Index: 6 scientists 88 D-Index: 6 scientists 89 D-Index: 7 scientists 90 D-Index: 10 scientists 91 D-Index: 4 scientists 92 D-Index: 4 scientists 93+ D-Index: 100 scientists
30 D-Index 93+

This scientist: 53 D-Index — 71st percentile

71% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 93 D-Index or more.

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Number of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 3,445 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
30 83
31 113
32 144
33 153
34 189
35 158
36 139
37 127
38 130
39 126
40 104
41 100
42 107
43 101
44 103
45 79
46 88
47 70
48 83
49 44
50 64
51 56
52 50
53 48 53
54 58
55 52
56 48
57 42
58 34
59 42
60 37
61 42
62 44
63 22
64 33
65 29
66 23
67 29
68 24
69 19
70 34
71 26
72 19
73 18
74 19
75 14
76 19
77 8
78 18
79 16
80 12
81 17
82 11
83 16
84 7
85 9
86 8
87 6
88 6
89 7
90 10
91 4
92 4
93+ 100
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Yoon Young Kim D-index placement in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in 2026 - data summary

  • The chart plots the discipline H-index (D-index) of all 3,445 Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026, grouped into 64 ranges running from 30 to 93+ D-Index.
  • Yoon Young Kim, a Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering scholar from Seoul National University, records 53 D-Index - the 71st percentile of the discipline.
  • 71% of ranked Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering scientists score the same or lower than Yoon Young Kim, and about 29% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 43 D-Index range, and Yoon Young Kim ranks above the median.
  • The most crowded range is 34 D-Index, holding 189 scientists (5% of the field).
  • 57% of the field sits in the lowest quarter of the value range (up to 45 D-Index), so the distribution is heavily right-skewed and high scores are rare.
  • The final bar has no upper bound: it groups every scientist with 93 D-Index or more, 100 scientists in all (3% of the field).

Overview

Yoon Young Kim is affiliated with Seoul National University in South Korea and has contributed extensively to the field of engineering with a focus on mechanics and materials. Their research spans multiple subfields including biomedical engineering, mechanics of materials, civil and structural engineering, mechanical engineering, and electronic, optical, and magnetic materials.

The main topics of their work encompass:

  • Acoustic Wave Phenomena Research
  • Composite Structure Analysis and Optimization
  • Metamaterials and Metasurfaces Applications
  • Ultrasonics and Acoustic Wave Propagation
  • Structural Health Monitoring Techniques
  • Structural Analysis and Optimization
  • Structural Load-Bearing Analysis

Yoon Young Kim has published research in several academic venues, frequently contributing to:

  • International Journal of Mechanical Sciences
  • Computers & Structures
  • Extreme Mechanics Letters
  • Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing
  • Nature Communications

Significant recent papers include:

  • "Non-resonant metasurface for broadband elastic wave mode splitting" (2020), Applied Physics Letters
  • "Elastic metamaterials for guided waves: from fundamentals to applications" (2023), Smart Materials and Structures
  • "Longitudinal wave steering using beam-type elastic metagratings" (2021), Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing
  • "Perfect transmission of elastic waves obliquely incident at solid-solid interfaces" (2022), Extreme Mechanics Letters
  • "Higher-order Vlasov torsion theory for thin-walled box beams" (2020), International Journal of Mechanical Sciences

They have collaborated frequently with a number of co-authors, including:

  • Soo-Min Choi
  • Gang-Won Jang
  • Jeseung Lee
  • Chung Il Park
  • Joong Seok Lee

Yoon Young Kim has also contributed to academic literature through book publications. Notably, they published a book titled Analysis of Thin-Walled Beams in 2023 with Springer Nature (Netherlands).

Best Publications

  • Review of magnetostrictive patch transducers and applications in ultrasonic nondestructive testing of waveguides.

    Yoon Young Kim;Young Eui Kwon

  • Damage detection using the Lipschitz exponent estimated by the wavelet transform: applications to vibration modes of a beam

    J.-C. Hong;Y.Y. Kim;H.C. Lee;Y.W. Lee

  • Mac-based mode-tracking in structural topology optimization

    Tae Soo Kim;Yoon Young Kim

  • Element connectivity parameterization for topology optimization of geometrically nonlinear structures

    Gil Ho Yoon;Yoon Young Kim

  • Mass-stiffness substructuring of an elastic metasurface for full transmission beam steering

    Hyuk Lee;Jun Kyu Lee;Hong Min Seung;Yoon Young Kim

  • Multi-resolution multi-scale topology optimization — a new paradigm

    Yoon Young Kim;Gil Ho Yoon

  • Notch1 counteracts WNT/β-catenin signaling through chromatin modification in colorectal cancer

    Hyun-A Kim;Bon-Kyoung Koo;Ji-Hoon Cho;Yoon-Young Kim

  • Topology optimization of muffler internal partitions for improving acoustical attenuation performance

    Jin Woo Lee;Yoon Young Kim

  • Transmodal Fabry-Pérot Resonance: Theory and Realization with Elastic Metamaterials.

    Joshua Minwoo Kweun;Hyung Jin Lee;Joo Hwan Oh;Hong Min Seung

  • The matching pursuit approach based on the modulated Gaussian pulse for efficient guided-wave damage inspection

    Jin-Chul Hong;Kyung Ho Sun;Yoon Young Kim

  • Rational design of common transition metal-nitrogen-carbon catalysts for oxygen reduction reaction in fuel cells

    Yongping Zheng;Yongping Zheng;Dae Soo Yang;Joshua M. Kweun;Chenzhe Li

  • Torsional wave experiments with a new magnetostrictive transducer configuration.

    Yoon Young Kim;Chan Il Park;Seung Hyun Cho;Soon Woo Han

  • Effectiveness of the continuous wavelet transform in the analysis of some dispersive elastic waves

    Yoon Young Kim;Eung-Hun Kim

  • Beam-focused shear-horizontal wave generation in a plate by a circular magnetostrictive patch transducer employing a planar solenoid array

    Ju Seung Lee;Yoon Young Kim;Seung Hyun Cho

  • Multiple slow waves in metaporous layers for broadband sound absorption

    Jieun Yang;Joong Seok Lee;Yoon Young Kim

  • Topology optimization of beam cross sections

    Yoon Young Kim;Tae Soo Kim

  • Checkerboard‐free topology optimization using non‐conforming finite elements

    Gang-Won Jang;Je Hyun Jeong;Yoon Young Kim;Dongwoo Sheen

  • An omnidirectional shear-horizontal guided wave EMAT for a metallic plate

    Hong Min Seung;Chung Il Park;Yoon Young Kim

  • Development of an omni-directional shear-horizontal wave magnetostrictive patch transducer for plates

    Hong Min Seung;Hoe Woong Kim;Yoon Young Kim

  • Dispersion-based short-time Fourier transform applied to dispersive wave analysis.

    Jin-Chul Hong;Kyung Ho Sun;Yoon Young Kim

  • Hinge-free topology optimization with embedded translation-invariant differentiable wavelet shrinkage

    G. H. Yoon;Y. Y. Kim;Martin P. Bendsøe;Ole Sigmund

  • Elastic metamaterials for independent realization of negativity in density and stiffness.

    Joo Hwan Oh;Young Eui Kwon;Hyung Jin Lee;Yoon Young Kim

Frequent Co-Authors

Gil Ho Yoon
Gil Ho Yoon Hanyang University
Young Whan Cho
Young Whan Cho Korea Institute of Science and Technology
Charles R. Steele
Charles R. Steele Stanford University
Chun-Gon Kim
Chun-Gon Kim Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
Byeng D. Youn
Byeng D. Youn Seoul National University
Young-Yun Kong
Young-Yun Kong Seoul National University
Kyeongjae Cho
Kyeongjae Cho The University of Texas at Dallas
Michitoshi Yoshida
Michitoshi Yoshida National Astronomical Observatory of Japan
Heung Nam Han
Heung Nam Han Seoul National University
Maenghyo Cho
Maenghyo Cho Seoul National University

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