2026 Young-Kook Lee: 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	64	5968	5775	241	238	228	13135

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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

437
Citations
Current opinion in medium manganese steel

Y.-K. Lee;J. Han

437
Citations
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

431
Citations
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

380
Citations
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

369
Citations
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

360
Citations
The office candy dish: proximity's influence on estimated and actual consumption

Wansink B;Painter Je;Lee Yk

347
Citations
Overview of hydrogen embrittlement in high-Mn steels

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

340
Citations
Strain hardening behavior of a Fe―18Mn―0.6C―1.5Al TWIP steel

Jae Eun Jin;Young Kook Lee

319
Citations
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

292
Citations
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

287
Citations
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

266
Citations
Prediction of austenite grain growth during austenitization of low alloy steels

Seok Jae Lee;Young Kook Lee

235
Citations
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

229
Citations
A repetitive thermomechanical process to produce nano-crystalline in a metastable austenitic steel

Yunqing Ma;Jae Eun Jin;Young Kook Lee

205
Citations
The mechanism of hydrogen embrittlement in intercritically annealed medium Mn TRIP steel

Jeongho Han;Jae Hoon Nam;Young Kook Lee

189
Citations
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

180
Citations
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

159
Citations
Precipitation strengthening in naturally aged Al-Zn-Mg-Cu alloy

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

157
Citations
Reverse transformation mechanism of martensite to austenite in a metastable austenitic alloy

Seok Jae Lee;Yong Min Park;Young Kook Lee

157
Citations
Effect of Austenite Grain Size on Martensitic Transformation of a Low Alloy Steel

Seok Jae Lee;Young Kook Lee

149
Citations
Damping Capacity in Fe-Mn Binary Alloys

Young Kook Lee;Joong Hwan Jun;Chong Sool Choi

143
Citations