| # | Title | Journal | Year | Citations |
|---|
| 1 | El Niño–Southern Oscillation complexity | Nature | 2018 | 702 |
| 2 | Pantropical climate interactions | Science | 2019 | 419 |
| 3 | Contribution of ocean overturning circulation to tropical rainfall peak in the Northern Hemisphere | Nature Geoscience | 2013 | 247 |
| 4 | Anthropogenic sulfate aerosol and the southward shift of tropical precipitation in the late 20th century | Geophysical Research Letters | 2013 | 229 |
| 5 | Polar amplification dominated by local forcing and feedbacks | Nature Climate Change | 2018 | 216 |
| 6 | Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in soils from a multi-industrial city, South Korea | Science of the Total Environment | 2014 | 209 |
| 7 | Optimizing low impact development (LID) for stormwater runoff treatment in urban area, Korea: Experimental and modeling approach | Water Research | 2015 | 198 |
| 8 | Prediction of effluent concentration in a wastewater treatment plant using machine learning models | Journal of Environmental Sciences | 2015 | 180 |
| 9 | Recent progress and future trends on damage identification methods for bridge structures | Structural Control and Health Monitoring | 2019 | 162 |
| 10 | Machine learning approaches to coastal water quality monitoring using GOCI satellite data | GIScience and Remote Sensing | 2014 | 141 |
| 11 | CO2 Capture from Simulated Fuel Gas Mixtures Using Semiclathrate Hydrates Formed by Quaternary Ammonium Salts | Environmental Science & Technology | 2013 | 136 |
| 12 | Evaluation of multiple regional climate models for summer climate extremes over East Asia | Climate Dynamics | 2016 | 130 |
| 13 | Predicting PM10 concentration in Seoul metropolitan subway stations using artificial neural network (ANN) | Journal of Hazardous Materials | 2018 | 129 |
| 14 | Preparation of cellulose triacetate/cellulose acetate (CTA/CA)-based membranes for forward osmosis | Journal of Membrane Science | 2013 | 128 |
| 15 | Downscaling of AMSR-E soil moisture with MODIS products using machine learning approaches | Environmental Earth Sciences | 2016 | 125 |
| 16 | Expansion of the Hadley Cell under Global Warming: Winter versus Summer | Journal of Climate | 2012 | 124 |
| 17 | Microstructural and strength improvements through the use of Na2CO3 in a cementless Ca(OH)2-activated Class F fly ash system | Cement and Concrete Research | 2015 | 119 |
| 18 | Protection of polymeric membranes with antifouling surfacing via surface modifications | Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects | 2016 | 119 |
| 19 | Distribution and formation of chlorophenols and bromophenols in marine and riverine environments | Chemosphere | 2009 | 117 |
| 20 | Hydrate-based pre-combustion capture of carbon dioxide in the presence of a thermodynamic promoter and porous silica gels | International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control | 2013 | 115 |
| 21 | Modeling fate and transport of fecally-derived microorganisms at the watershed scale: State of the science and future opportunities | Water Research | 2016 | 114 |
| 22 | Evaluation of pharmaceuticals and personal care products with emphasis on anthelmintics in human sanitary waste, sewage, hospital wastewater, livestock wastewater and receiving water | Journal of Hazardous Materials | 2013 | 109 |
| 23 | Tailor-Made Polyamide Membranes for Water Desalination | ACS Nano | 2015 | 109 |
| 24 | Prediction of Water Level and Water Quality Using a CNN-LSTM Combined Deep Learning Approach | Water (Switzerland) | 2020 | 109 |
| 25 | The relative importance of water temperature and residence time in predicting cyanobacteria abundance in regulated rivers | Water Research | 2017 | 100 |
| 26 | Global energetics and local physics as drivers of past, present and future monsoons | Nature Geoscience | 2018 | 100 |
| 27 | A convolutional neural network regression for quantifying cyanobacteria using hyperspectral imagery | Remote Sensing of Environment | 2019 | 98 |
| 28 | Evaluating five remote sensing based single-source surface energy balance models for estimating daily evapotranspiration in a humid subtropical climate | International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation | 2016 | 94 |
| 29 | Estimation of heavy metals using deep neural network with visible and infrared spectroscopy of soil | Science of the Total Environment | 2020 | 94 |
| 30 | Influence of slag characteristics on strength development and reaction products in a CaO-activated slag system | Cement and Concrete Composites | 2016 | 92 |
| 31 | Why does the MJO detour the Maritime Continent during austral summer? | Geophysical Research Letters | 2017 | 91 |
| 32 | Structure identification and dissociation enthalpy measurements of the CO2+ N2 hydrates for their application to CO2 capture and storage | Chemical Engineering Journal | 2014 | 88 |
| 33 | Interannual variability of heat waves in South Korea and their connection with large‐scale atmospheric circulation patterns | International Journal of Climatology | 2016 | 87 |
| 34 | Changes in weather and climate extremes over Korea and possible causes: A review | Asia-Pacific Journal of Atmospheric Sciences | 2015 | 82 |
| 35 | A multivariate study for characterizing particulate matter (PM10, PM2.5, and PM1) in Seoul metropolitan subway stations, Korea | Journal of Hazardous Materials | 2015 | 81 |
| 36 | Recent advances in wireless smart sensors for multi-scale monitoring and control of civil infrastructure | Journal of Civil Structural Health Monitoring | 2016 | 74 |
| 37 | Sensitivity of Intertropical Convergence Zone Movement to the Latitudinal Position of Thermal Forcing | Journal of Climate | 2014 | 71 |
| 38 | Effect of acidic aqueous solution on chemical and physical properties of polyamide NF membranes | Applied Surface Science | 2018 | 71 |
| 39 | Semiclathrate-based CO2 capture from flue gas mixtures: An experimental approach with thermodynamic and Raman spectroscopic analyses | Applied Energy | 2015 | 70 |
| 40 | Characterization of thermally damaged concrete using a nonlinear ultrasonic method | Cement and Concrete Research | 2012 | 68 |
| 41 | Dynamic Assessment of Timber Railroad Bridges Using Displacements | Journal of Bridge Engineering | 2015 | 68 |
| 42 | Croll revisited: Why is the northern hemisphere warmer than the southern hemisphere? | Climate Dynamics | 2015 | 68 |
| 43 | Substrate-immobilized electrospun TiO2 nanofibers for photocatalytic degradation of pharmaceuticals: The effects of pH and dissolved organic matter characteristics | Water Research | 2015 | 66 |
| 44 | Extratropical forcing and tropical rainfall distribution: energetics framework and ocean Ekman advection | Npj Climate and Atmospheric Science | 2018 | 65 |
| 45 | High pressure study of low compressibility tetracalcium aluminum carbonate hydrates 3CaO·Al2O3·CaCO3·11H2O | Cement and Concrete Research | 2012 | 64 |
| 46 | Novel activation of peroxymonosulfate by biochar derived from rice husk toward oxidation of organic contaminants in wastewater | Journal of Water Process Engineering | 2020 | 64 |
| 47 | Thermodynamic and 13C NMR spectroscopic verification of methane–carbon dioxide replacement in natural gas hydrates | Chemical Engineering Journal | 2013 | 63 |
| 48 | Time trends in the levels and patterns of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in pine bark, litter, and soil after a forest fire | Science of the Total Environment | 2014 | 63 |
| 49 | State of the Art on Prediction of Concrete Pumping | International Journal of Concrete Structures and Materials | 2016 | 63 |
| 50 | COVID-19 impact on city and region: what’s next after lockdown? | International Journal of Urban Sciences | 2020 | 63 |
