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Young-Kook Lee

Young-Kook Lee

D-Index & Metrics

Materials Science

D-Index
64
Citations
13135
World Ranking
5966
National Ranking
241

Young-Kook 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 Young-Kook Lee sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 228 publications — 40th percentile

40% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Young-Kook 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 Young-Kook Lee sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 64 D-Index — 55th percentile

55% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Young-Kook Lee is affiliated with Yonsei University in South Korea. Their research spans the fields of Engineering and Materials Science with a focus on Mechanical Engineering, Materials Chemistry, and Metals and Alloys. Their work integrates aspects of Mechanics of Materials and Electrical and Electronic Engineering.

The primary research topics covered by Young-Kook Lee include:

  • Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Steels
  • Hydrogen embrittlement and corrosion behaviors in metals
  • Metal Alloys Wear and Properties
  • Microstructure and mechanical properties
  • Metallurgy and Material Forming
  • Corrosion Behavior and Inhibition
  • Welding Techniques and Residual Stresses

Young-Kook Lee has published extensively in several scientific journals. Frequent venues of publication include:

  • Materials Science and Engineering A
  • Journal of Materials Research and Technology
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Acta Materialia
  • Journal of Alloys and Compounds

Among the recent papers authored by or connected with the network of Young-Kook Lee are:

  • "Precipitation strengthening in naturally aged Al-Zn-Mg-Cu alloy", 2020, Materials Science and Engineering A
  • "COVID-19: Initial experience of an international group of hand surgeons", 2020, Hand surgery & rehabilitation
  • "Effects of Ti addition on the microstructure and mechanical properties of Al-Zn-Mg-Cu-Zr alloy", 2020, Materials Science and Engineering A
  • "Design of high strength medium-Mn steel using machine learning", 2022, Materials Science and Engineering A
  • "The mechanism of dynamic strain aging for type A serrations in tensile flow curves of Fe-18Mn-0.55C (wt.%) twinning-induced plasticity steel", 2020, Acta Materialia

Young-Kook Lee collaborates frequently with several researchers, notably:

  • Jin-Young Lee
  • Hyun-Bin Jeong
  • Hee Soo Yun
  • Seung Hoon Nahm
  • Kyoungil Moon

Best Publications

  • Effects of Al on microstructure and tensile properties of C-bearing high Mn TWIP steel

    J.-E. Jin;Y.-K. Lee

  • Current opinion in medium manganese steel

    Y.-K. Lee;J. Han

  • The effects of the initial martensite microstructure on the microstructure and tensile properties of intercritically annealed Fe–9Mn–0.05C steel

    Jeongho Han;Seung Joon Lee;Jae Gil Jung;Young Kook Lee

  • Ultrafine grained ferrite-martensite dual phase steels fabricated via equal channel angular pressing: Microstructure and tensile properties

    Young Il Son;Young Kook Lee;Kyung Tae Park;Chong Soo Lee

  • Minocycline reduces cell death and improves functional recovery after traumatic spinal cord injury in the rat.

    Sang M. Lee;Tae Y. Yune;Sun J. Kim;Do W. Park

  • The effects of Si on the mechanical twinning and strain hardening of Fe-18Mn-0.6C twinning-induced plasticity steel

    Kookhyun Jeong;Jae Eun Jin;Yeon Seung Jung;Singon Kang

  • The office candy dish: proximity's influence on estimated and actual consumption

    Wansink B;Painter Je;Lee Yk

  • Overview of hydrogen embrittlement in high-Mn steels

    Motomichi Koyama;Eiji Akiyama;Young Kook Lee;Dierk Raabe

  • Strain hardening behavior of a Fe―18Mn―0.6C―1.5Al TWIP steel

    Jae Eun Jin;Young Kook Lee

  • The effects of prior austenite grain boundaries and microstructural morphology on the impact toughness of intercritically annealed medium Mn steel

    Jeongho Han;Alisson Kwiatkowski da Silva;Dirk Ponge;Dierk Raabe

  • Effects of recrystallization annealing temperature on carbide precipitation, microstructure, and mechanical properties in Fe-18Mn-0.6C-1.5Al TWIP steel

    Singon Kang;Yeon Seung Jung;Joong Hwan Jun;Young Kook Lee

  • The effects of the heating rate on the reverse transformation mechanism and the phase stability of reverted austenite in medium Mn steels

    Jeongho Han;Young Kook Lee

  • Prediction of austenite grain growth during austenitization of low alloy steels

    Seok Jae Lee;Young Kook Lee

  • Hydrogen Delayed Fracture Properties and Internal Hydrogen Behavior of a Fe-18Mn-1.5Al-0.6C TWIP Steel

    Kyoung Ho So;Ji Soo Kim;Young Soo Chun;Kyung Tae Park

  • A repetitive thermomechanical process to produce nano-crystalline in a metastable austenitic steel

    Yunqing Ma;Jae Eun Jin;Young Kook Lee

  • The mechanism of hydrogen embrittlement in intercritically annealed medium Mn TRIP steel

    Jeongho Han;Jae Hoon Nam;Young Kook Lee

  • Coupled strengthening in a medium manganese lightweight steel with an inhomogeneously grained structure of austenite

    Chan Young Lee;Junyeong Jeong;Jeongho Han;Seung Joon Lee

  • Effect of austenite grain size on the transformation kinetics of upper and lower bainite in a low-alloy steel

    Seok Jae Lee;June Soo Park;Young Kook Lee

  • Precipitation strengthening in naturally aged Al-Zn-Mg-Cu alloy

    Sang Hwa Lee;Jae Gil Jung;Sung Il Baik;David N. Seidman

  • Reverse transformation mechanism of martensite to austenite in a metastable austenitic alloy

    Seok Jae Lee;Yong Min Park;Young Kook Lee

  • Effect of Austenite Grain Size on Martensitic Transformation of a Low Alloy Steel

    Seok Jae Lee;Young Kook Lee

  • Damping Capacity in Fe-Mn Binary Alloys

    Young Kook Lee;Joong Hwan Jun;Chong Sool Choi

Frequent Co-Authors

Kyung-Tae Park
Kyung-Tae Park Hanbat National University
Hahn Choo
Hahn Choo University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Dong Hyuk Shin
Dong Hyuk Shin Hanyang University
Chong Soo Lee
Chong Soo Lee Pohang University of Science and Technology
Ahmad Kermanpur
Ahmad Kermanpur Isfahan University of Technology
Dierk Raabe
Dierk Raabe Max Planck Institute for Iron Research
Abbas Najafizadeh
Abbas Najafizadeh Isfahan University of Technology
Dirk Ponge
Dirk Ponge Max Planck Society
Guodong Wang
Guodong Wang Northeastern University
Stephen Z. D. Cheng
Stephen Z. D. Cheng University of Akron

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