Professor Jeong Seonghwa of Kyungpook National University Selected as 'World's Most Influential Researcher' for 5 Consecutive Years

Professor Jeong Seonghwa, Kyungpook National University.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Gu Daeseon] Professor Jeong Seonghwa of the Department of Chemistry at Kyungpook National University has been selected as one of the ‘World’s Most Influential Researchers’ for five consecutive years.

The global leading company Clarivate recently announced the list of ‘2022 Highly Cited Researchers (HCR)’. HCR refers to researchers who have published a large number of papers ranked in the top 1% by citation count over the past 11 years, representing approximately 0.1% of all researchers worldwide.

Clarivate selects recipients based on the number of papers published within the top 1% citation count in 22 fields including engineering, mathematics, and chemistry from January 2011 to December 2021, a total of 11 years. This year, 6,938 researchers worldwide were selected as HCRs. Among them, 63 researchers are affiliated with Korean institutions.

Professor Jeong Seonghwa has been selected in the HCR engineering field for five consecutive years since 2018.

Professor Jeong researches technologies for adsorptive removal of harmful substances present in water and petroleum products, oxidation catalysts for desulfurization and denitrification of petroleum products, and fine dust removal technologies, having published over 100 SCI papers in the past five years.

According to the Google Scholar site, Professor Jeong’s papers have been cited more than 28,000 times in total. In particular, last year they were cited 3,660 times, and as of November 21 this year, more than 3,410 times.

Through original and highly influential research, Professor Jeong received the Daegu City Cultural Award (Academic II category) last year and was also elected as a full member of the Korean Academy of Science and Technology.

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