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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Materials Science 71 4165 4032 1115 1049 244 25963

Yu Seung Kim publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Yu Seung Kim between 1997 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Yu Seung Kim published across 29 years, from 1997 to 2025, averaging 10.4 papers a year. Output peaked at 21 publications in 2023. 35 of the 302 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15 20
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1997 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 21. Peak 21 publications in 2023. 1997: 1 publication 1998: 1 publication 1999: 2 publications 2000: 1 publication 2001: 5 publications 2002: 7 publications 2003: 5 publications 2004: 9 publications 2005: 5 publications 2006: 9 publications 2007: 10 publications 2008: 10 publications 2009: 15 publications 2010: 14 publications 2011: 9 publications 2012: 9 publications 2013: 8 publications 2014: 16 publications 2015: 10 publications 2016: 9 publications 2017: 11 publications 2018: 19 publications 2019: 10 publications 2020: 14 publications 2021: 17 publications 2022: 20 publications 2023: 21 publications 2024: 20 publications 2025: 15 publications
1997 2025

302 publications in total across all disciplines

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Yu Seung Kim: publications per year, 1997 to 2025
Year Publications
1997 1
1998 1
1999 2
2000 1
2001 5
2002 7
2003 5
2004 9
2005 5
2006 9
2007 10
2008 10
2009 15
2010 14
2011 9
2012 9
2013 8
2014 16
2015 10
2016 9
2017 11
2018 19
2019 10
2020 14
2021 17
2022 20
2023 21
2024 20
2025 15
Total 302
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Yu Seung Kim publications per year - data summary

  • Yu Seung Kim, a Materials Science scholar from Los Alamos National Laboratory, has 302 publications recorded across 29 years, from 1997 to 2025.
  • The oldest publication on record dates to 1997 and the most recent to 2025.
  • The most productive year is 2023, with 21 publications.
  • The least productive years with any output are 1997, 1998 and 2000, with 1 publication each.
  • The rate of publication averages 10.4 papers per year over the whole span, or 10.4 per year counting only the 29 years with at least one publication.
  • The last 5 years on the chart (2021-2025) hold 93 publications, 31% of the career total.
  • Split into equal eras - 1997-2006: 45 publications (4.5 per year); 2007-2016: 110 publications (11.0 per year); 2017-2025: 147 publications (16.3 per year).
  • Comparing the opening and closing eras, the overall trend of publication is rising.

Yu Seung Kim 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 Yu Seung Kim sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
200 400 600 800
Bar chart with 57 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 50–69 to 1,163+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 891. Most scientists, 891, have 190–209 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 1,163 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 230–249 publications, is where this scientist sits. 50–69 publications: 28 scientists 70–89 publications: 152 scientists 90–109 publications: 356 scientists 110–129 publications: 487 scientists 130–149 publications: 723 scientists 150–169 publications: 835 scientists 170–189 publications: 850 scientists 190–209 publications: 891 scientists 210–229 publications: 862 scientists 230–249 publications: 766 scientists 250–269 publications: 726 scientists 270–289 publications: 665 scientists 290–309 publications: 593 scientists 310–329 publications: 537 scientists 330–349 publications: 477 scientists 350–369 publications: 440 scientists 370–389 publications: 356 scientists 390–409 publications: 321 scientists 410–429 publications: 256 scientists 430–449 publications: 246 scientists 450–469 publications: 216 scientists 470–489 publications: 212 scientists 490–509 publications: 174 scientists 510–529 publications: 194 scientists 530–549 publications: 162 scientists 550–569 publications: 131 scientists 570–589 publications: 111 scientists 590–609 publications: 103 scientists 610–629 publications: 99 scientists 630–649 publications: 77 scientists 650–669 publications: 92 scientists 670–689 publications: 56 scientists 690–709 publications: 53 scientists 710–729 publications: 53 scientists 730–749 publications: 38 scientists 750–769 publications: 52 scientists 770–789 publications: 43 scientists 790–809 publications: 38 scientists 810–829 publications: 34 scientists 830–849 publications: 25 scientists 850–869 publications: 18 scientists 870–889 publications: 20 scientists 890–909 publications: 24 scientists 910–929 publications: 27 scientists 930–949 publications: 20 scientists 950–969 publications: 17 scientists 970–989 publications: 10 scientists 990–1,009 publications: 16 scientists 1,010–1,029 publications: 13 scientists 1,030–1,049 publications: 12 scientists 1,050–1,069 publications: 9 scientists 1,070–1,089 publications: 8 scientists 1,090–1,109 publications: 7 scientists 1,110–1,129 publications: 9 scientists 1,130–1,149 publications: 2 scientists 1,150–1,162 publications: 5 scientists 1,163+ publications: 100 scientists
50–69 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 244 publications — 45th percentile

45% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Materials Science scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 12,847 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
50–69 28
70–89 152
90–109 356
110–129 487
130–149 723
150–169 835
170–189 850
190–209 891
210–229 862
230–249 766 244
250–269 726
270–289 665
290–309 593
310–329 537
330–349 477
350–369 440
370–389 356
390–409 321
410–429 256
430–449 246
450–469 216
470–489 212
490–509 174
510–529 194
530–549 162
550–569 131
570–589 111
590–609 103
610–629 99
630–649 77
650–669 92
670–689 56
690–709 53
710–729 53
730–749 38
750–769 52
770–789 43
790–809 38
810–829 34
830–849 25
850–869 18
870–889 20
890–909 24
910–929 27
930–949 20
950–969 17
970–989 10
990–1,009 16
1,010–1,029 13
1,030–1,049 12
1,050–1,069 9
1,070–1,089 8
1,090–1,109 7
1,110–1,129 9
1,130–1,149 2
1,150–1,162 5
1,163+ 100
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Yu Seung Kim publication distribution in Materials Science in 2026 - data summary

  • The chart plots the publication count of all 12,847 Materials Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026, grouped into 57 ranges running from 50–69 to 1,163+ publications.
  • Yu Seung Kim, a Materials Science scholar from Los Alamos National Laboratory, records 244 publications - the 45th percentile of the discipline.
  • 45% of ranked Materials Science scientists score the same or lower than Yu Seung Kim, and about 55% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 250–269 publications range, and Yu Seung Kim ranks below the median.
  • The most crowded range is 190–209 publications, holding 891 scientists (7% of the field).
  • 70% of the field sits in the lowest quarter of the value range (up to 330–349 publications), so the distribution is heavily right-skewed and high scores are rare.
  • The final bar has no upper bound: it groups every scientist with 1,163 publications or more, 100 scientists in all (<1% of the field).

Yu Seung Kim 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 Yu Seung Kim sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
200 400 600
Bar chart with 64 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 40–41 to 165+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 667. Most scientists, 667, have 52–53 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 165 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 70–71 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 40–41 D-Index: 211 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 450 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 612 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 612 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 598 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 657 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 667 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 621 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 597 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 610 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 587 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 606 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 533 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 490 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 469 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 378 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 421 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 359 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 323 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 299 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 230 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 210 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 195 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 203 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 175 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 175 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 142 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 121 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 117 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 107 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 88 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 85 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 68 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 62 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 57 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 45 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 49 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 50 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 34 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 38 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 37 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 29 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 28 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 24 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 33 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 28 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 21 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 20 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 23 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 17 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 12 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 17 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 21 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 13 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 11 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 14 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 13 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 9 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 10 scientists 158–159 D-Index: 7 scientists 160–161 D-Index: 4 scientists 162–163 D-Index: 4 scientists 164 D-Index: 3 scientists 165+ D-Index: 98 scientists
40–41 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 71 D-Index — 68th percentile

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

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

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Number of Materials Science scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 12,847 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
40–41 211
42–43 450
44–45 612
46–47 612
48–49 598
50–51 657
52–53 667
54–55 621
56–57 597
58–59 610
60–61 587
62–63 606
64–65 533
66–67 490
68–69 469
70–71 378 71
72–73 421
74–75 359
76–77 323
78–79 299
80–81 230
82–83 210
84–85 195
86–87 203
88–89 175
90–91 175
92–93 142
94–95 121
96–97 117
98–99 107
100–101 88
102–103 85
104–105 68
106–107 62
108–109 57
110–111 45
112–113 49
114–115 50
116–117 34
118–119 38
120–121 37
122–123 29
124–125 28
126–127 24
128–129 33
130–131 28
132–133 21
134–135 20
136–137 23
138–139 17
140–141 12
142–143 17
144–145 21
146–147 13
148–149 11
150–151 14
152–153 13
154–155 9
156–157 10
158–159 7
160–161 4
162–163 4
164 3
165+ 98
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Yu Seung Kim D-index placement in Materials Science in 2026 - data summary

  • The chart plots the discipline H-index (D-index) of all 12,847 Materials Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026, grouped into 64 ranges running from 40–41 to 165+ D-Index.
  • Yu Seung Kim, a Materials Science scholar from Los Alamos National Laboratory, records 71 D-Index - the 68th percentile of the discipline.
  • 68% of ranked Materials Science scientists score the same or lower than Yu Seung Kim, and about 32% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 62–63 D-Index range, and Yu Seung Kim ranks above the median.
  • The most crowded range is 52–53 D-Index, holding 667 scientists (5% of the field).
  • 68% of the field sits in the lowest quarter of the value range (up to 70–71 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 165 D-Index or more, 98 scientists in all (<1% of the field).

Overview

Yu Seung Kim is a researcher affiliated with Los Alamos National Laboratory in the United States, specializing in the fields of engineering and energy. Their work predominantly focuses on electrical and electronic engineering, renewable energy, sustainability, and materials chemistry. Within these domains, their research extends into biomedical engineering and energy engineering and power technology.

The primary topics in Yu Seung Kim's work include fuel cells and related materials, electrocatalysts for energy conversion, advanced battery technologies, membrane-based ion separation techniques, and hybrid renewable energy systems. There is also a notable focus on advancements in solid oxide fuel cells.

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Yu Seung Kim include Eun Joo Park, Sandip Maurya, Cy Fujimoto, Ivana Matanović, and Santosh Adhikari. These collaborations highlight a network of colleagues contributing to the various aspects of their research fields.

The scientist has published extensively across several venues. The most frequent publication outlets include ECS Meeting Abstracts, SSRN Electronic Journal, ACS Energy Letters, Journal of The Electrochemical Society, and Journal of Materials Chemistry A.

Among the recent papers authored or coauthored by Yu Seung Kim are:

  • Highly quaternized polystyrene ionomers for high performance anion exchange membrane water electrolysers, 2020, Nature Energy
  • Durability challenges of anion exchange membrane fuel cells, 2020, Energy & Environmental Science
  • Durability of anion exchange membrane water electrolyzers, 2021, Energy & Environmental Science
  • Synergistically integrated phosphonated poly(pentafluorostyrene) for fuel cells, 2020, Nature Materials
  • Protonated phosphonic acid electrodes for high power heavy-duty vehicle fuel cells, 2022, Nature Energy

Best Publications

  • Scientific aspects of polymer electrolyte fuel cell durability and degradation.

    Rodney Borup;Jeremy Meyers;Bryan Pivovar;Yu Seung Kim

  • Alternative Polymer Systems for Proton Exchange Membranes (PEMs)

    Michael A. Hickner;Hossein Ghassemi;Yu Seung Kim;Brian R. Einsla

  • Direct polymerization of sulfonated poly(arylene ether sulfone) random (statistical) copolymers: candidates for new proton exchange membranes

    Feng Wang;Michael Hickner;Yu Seung Kim;Thomas A. Zawodzinski

  • Anion exchange membrane fuel cells: Current status and remaining challenges

    Shimshon Gottesfeld;Dario R. Dekel;Miles Page;Chulsung Bae

  • Highly quaternized polystyrene ionomers for high performance anion exchange membrane water electrolysers

    Dongguo Li;Eun Joo Park;Wenlei Zhu;Qiurong Shi

  • Durability challenges of anion exchange membrane fuel cells

    William E. Mustain;Marian Chatenet;Miles Page;Yu Seung Kim

  • Durability of anion exchange membrane water electrolyzers

    Dongguo Li;Andrew R. Motz;Chulsung Bae;Cy Fujimoto

  • Hard-Magnet L10-CoPt Nanoparticles Advance Fuel Cell Catalysis

    Junrui Li;Shubham Sharma;Xiaoming Liu;Yung-Tin Pan

  • State of Water in Disulfonated Poly(arylene ether sulfone) Copolymers and a Perfluorosulfonic Acid Copolymer (Nafion) and Its Effect on Physical and Electrochemical Properties

    Yu Seung Kim;Limin Dong;Michael Anthony Hickner;Thomas E. Glass

  • Fe Stabilization by Intermetallic L10-FePt and Pt Catalysis Enhancement in L10-FePt/Pt Nanoparticles for Efficient Oxygen Reduction Reaction in Fuel Cells.

    Junrui Li;Zheng Xi;Yung-Tin Pan;Jacob S. Spendelow

  • Fabrication and characterization of heteropolyacid (H3PW12O40)/directly polymerized sulfonated poly(arylene ether sulfone) copolymer composite membranes for higher temperature fuel cell applications

    Yu Seung Kim;Feng Wang;Michael Hickner;Thomas A Zawodzinski

  • Poly(Arylene Ether Sulfone) Copolymers and Related Systems from Disulfonated Monomer Building Blocks: Synthesis, Characterization, and Performance – A Topical Review

    W. L. Harrison;M. A. Hickner;M. A. Hickner;Y. S. Kim;Y. S. Kim;J. E. McGrath

  • Robust Hydroxide Ion Conducting Poly(biphenyl alkylene)s for Alkaline Fuel Cell Membranes

    Woo-Hyung Lee;Yu Seung Kim;Chulsung Bae

  • Influence of the bisphenol structure on the direct synthesis of sulfonated poly(arylene ether) copolymers. I

    William L. Harrison;Feng Wang;Jeffery B. Mecham;Vinayak A. Bhanu

  • An operationally flexible fuel cell based on quaternary ammonium-biphosphate ion pairs

    Kwan Soo Lee;Jacob Schatz Spendelow;Yoong Kee Choe;Cy Fujimoto

  • Backbone stability of quaternized polyaromatics for alkaline membrane fuel cells

    Cy Fujimoto;Dae-Sik Kim;Michael Hibbs;Debra Wrobleski

  • Sulfonated poly(arylene ether sulfone) copolymer proton exchange membranes: composition and morphology effects on the methanol permeability

    Yu Seung Kim;Michael A. Hickner;Limin Dong;Bryan S. Pivovar

  • Poly(terphenylene) Anion Exchange Membranes: The Effect of Backbone Structure on Morphology and Membrane Property

    Woo-Hyung Lee;Eun Joo Park;Eun Joo Park;Junyoung Han;Dong Won Shin

  • Charged-particle multiplicity measurement in proton-proton collisions at sqrt(s) = 0.9 and 2.36 TeV with ALICE at LHC

    K. Aamodt;N. Abel;U. Abeysekara;A. Abrahantes Quintana

  • Stable Elastomeric Anion Exchange Membranes Based on Quaternary Ammonium-Tethered Polystyrene-b-poly(ethylene-co-butylene)-b-polystyrene Triblock Copolymers

    Angela D. Mohanty;Chang Y. Ryu;Yu Seung Kim;Chulsung Bae

  • Structure–property–performance relationships of sulfonated poly(arylene ether sulfone)s as a polymer electrolyte for fuel cell applications

    Yu Seung Kim;Brian Einsla;Mehmet Sankir;William Harrison

Frequent Co-Authors

Bryan S. Pivovar
Bryan S. Pivovar National Renewable Energy Laboratory
James E. McGrath
James E. McGrath Virginia Tech
Michael A. Hickner
Michael A. Hickner Pennsylvania State University
Chulsung Bae
Chulsung Bae Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Rangachary Mukundan
Rangachary Mukundan Los Alamos National Laboratory
Michael D. Guiver
Michael D. Guiver Tianjin University
Piotr Zelenay
Piotr Zelenay Los Alamos National Laboratory
Qing Li
Qing Li Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Jovan Milosevic
Jovan Milosevic University of Belgrade
Karren L. More
Karren L. More Oak Ridge National Laboratory

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