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Young Kwan Sohn 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 Young Kwan Sohn sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 510+

This scientist: 121 publications — 20th percentile

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Young Kwan Sohn 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 Young Kwan Sohn sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 36 D-Index — 13th percentile

13% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Young Kwan Sohn is affiliated with Gyeongsang National University in South Korea. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences, with 52 publications in this main field. Subfields of particular interest include Atmospheric Science, Geophysics, Earth-Surface Processes, Paleontology, and Anthropology.

The topics covered in Sohn's work encompass a broad spectrum of geological and archaeological studies. These include:

  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Geological formations and processes
  • Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology
  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
  • Archaeology and ancient environmental studies
  • Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Young Kwan Sohn illustrate an engagement with interdisciplinary themes connecting volcanology, archaeology, and geology. These include:

  • "The oldest Homo erectus buried lithic horizon from the Eastern Saharan Africa. EDAR 7 - an Acheulean assemblage with Kombewa method from the Eastern Desert, Sudan" (2021, PLoS ONE)
  • "A Window into the Early-Middle Stone Age Transition in Northeastern Africa-A Marine Isotope Stage 7a/6 Late Acheulean Horizon from the EDAR 135 Site, Eastern Sahara (Sudan)" (2021, Journal of Field Archaeology)
  • "Gold Miners on the Trail of the Earliest Humans in Eastern Saharan Africa. Investigating the Acheulean and Middle Stone Age in Sudanese Nubia" (2021, Journal of African Archaeology)
  • "Volcano-air-sea interactions in a coastal tuff ring, Jeju Island, Korea" (2021, Geological Society London Special Publications)
  • "Hydrovolcanic activity on a continental shelf inferred from the subsurface diatreme- and crater-filling deposits of Jeju Island, Korea" (2022, Bulletin of Volcanology)

Frequent coauthors in Sohn's research include:

  • Jong Ok Jeong
  • Mirosław Masojć
  • Ju-Yong Kim
  • Grzegorz Michalec
  • Maciej Ehlert

Publication venues where Sohn commonly contributes are:

  • Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research
  • Journal of Field Archaeology
  • Bulletin of Volcanology
  • Terra Nova
  • Geosciences Journal

Best Publications

  • On Traction-Carpet Sedimentation

    Y. K. Sohn

  • Debris Flow and Hyperconcentrated Flood‐Flow Deposits in an Alluvial Fan, Northwestern Part of the Cretaceous Yongdong Basin, Central Korea

    Young Kwan Sohn;Chul Woo Rhee;Bok Chul Kim

  • Tectonic and sedimentary evolution of a Cretaceous continental arc–backarc system in the Korean peninsula: New view

    S.K. Chough;Y.K. Sohn

  • Depositional processes of the Suwolbong tuff ring, Cheju Island (Korea)

    Young Kwan Sohn;Sung Kwun Chough

  • Depositional mechanics and sequences of base surges, Songaksan tuff ring, Cheju Island, Korea

    S. K. Chough;Y. K. Sohn

  • Hydrovolcanic processes forming basaltic tuff rings and cones on Cheju Island, Korea

    Young Kwan Sohn

  • Depositional Processes of Submarine Debris Flows in the Miocene Fan Deltas, Pohang Basin, SE Korea with Special Reference to Flow Transformation

    Young K. Sohn

  • Mechanisms driving polymagmatic activity at a monogenetic volcano, Udo, Jeju Island, South Korea

    Marco Brenna;Shane J. Cronin;Ian E. M. Smith;Young Kwan Sohn

  • The Ilchulbong tuff cone, Cheju Island, South Korea

    Y. K. Sohn;S. K. Chough

  • Intraplate volcanism influenced by distal subduction tectonics at Jeju Island, Republic of Korea

    Marco Brenna;Marco Brenna;Shane J. Cronin;Gábor Kereszturi;Young Kwan Sohn

  • Tectonic, sedimentary, and volcanic evolution of a back-arc basin in the East Sea (Sea of Japan)

    S.H. Yoon;Y.K. Sohn;S.K. Chough

  • Composite tuff ring/cone complexes in Jeju Island, Korea: possible consequences of substrate collapse and vent migration

    Young Kwan Sohn;Ki Hwa Park

  • Transition from debris flow to hyperconcentrated flow in a submarine channel (the Cretaceous Cerro Toro Formation, southern Chile)

    Y. K. Sohn;M. Y. Choe;H. R. Jo

  • Characteristics and Depositional Processes of Large-scale Gravelly Gilbert-Type Foresets in the Miocene Doumsan Fan Delta, Pohang Basin, Se Korea

    Y. K. Sohn;S. B. Kim;I. G. Hwang;J. J. Bahk

  • The influence of magma plumbing complexity on monogenetic eruptions, Jeju Island, Korea

    Marco Brenna;Shane J. Cronin;Károly Németh;Ian E. M. Smith

  • Primary versus secondary and subaerial versus submarine hydrovolcanic deposits in the subsurface of Jeju Island, Korea

    Young Kwan Sohn;Ki Hwa Park;Seok-Hoon Yoon

  • Miocene tectonic evolution of the basins and fault systems, SE Korea: dextral, simple shear during the East Sea (Sea of Japan) opening

    M. Son;C. W. Song;M.-C. Kim;Y. Cheon

  • Synrift stratigraphic geometry in a transfer zone coarse-grained delta complex, Miocene Pohang Basin, SE Korea

    Young Kwan Sohn;Moon Son

  • Stratigraphy, petrochemistry and Quaternary depositional record of the Songaksan tuff ring, Jeju Island, Korea

    Y.K Sohn;J.B Park;B.K Khim;K.H Park

  • How Small-volume Basaltic Magmatic Systems Develop: a Case Study from the Jeju Island Volcanic Field, Korea

    Marco Brenna;Shane J. Cronin;Ian E. M. Smith;Roland Maas

  • The Udo tuff cone, Cheju island, South Korea: transformation of pyroclastic fall into debris fall and grain flow on a steep volcanic cone slope

    Young Kwan Sohn;Sung Kwun Chough

Frequent Co-Authors

Shane J. Cronin
Shane J. Cronin University of Auckland
Ian E. M. Smith
Ian E. M. Smith University of Auckland
Károly Németh
Károly Németh Massey University
James D. L. White
James D. L. White University of Otago
Roland Maas
Roland Maas University of Melbourne
Jan Wijbrans
Jan Wijbrans Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Xian-Hua Li
Xian-Hua Li Chinese Academy of Sciences
Der-Chuen Lee
Der-Chuen Lee Academia Sinica
Jiaqi Liu
Jiaqi Liu Chinese Academy of Sciences
Axel Timmermann
Axel Timmermann Pusan National University

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