World’s Top 0.5% Most Cited Scientist (2024). Stanford’s List of Top Scientists 

• • • Top 0.5% in the field of human factors (ranked number 2 in Asia)

    • Top 0.4% in all scientific fields considered together

    • The most cited faculty member in the Department of Media and Communication

    • Based on the 2023 Scopus citation database

World’s Top 0.5% Most Cited Scientist (2023). Stanford’s List of Top Scientists 

• • • Top 0.5% in the field of human factors (ranked number 1 in Asia)

    • Top 0.5% in all scientific fields considered together

    • The most cited faculty member in the Department of Media and Communication

    • Based on the 2022 Scopus citation database

World’s Top 0.5% Most Cited Scientist (2022). Stanford’s List of Top Scientists 

• • • Top 0.5% in the field of human factors (ranked number 2 in Asia)

    • Top 0.4% in all scientific fields considered together

    • The most cited faculty member in the Department of Media and Communication

    • Based on the 2021 Scopus citation database

World’s Top 0.5% Most Cited Scientist (2021). Stanford’s List of Top Scientists 

• • • Top 0.5% in the field of human factors (ranked number 2 in Asia)

    • Top 0.4% in all scientific fields considered together

    • The most cited faculty member in the Department of Media and Communication

    • Based on the 2020 Scopus citation database

Outstanding Research Award (2021). City University of Hong Kong

• • • The highest recognition of research excellence at the University 

    • Only three humanities and social sciences faculty members have won the award before Kim since its inception in 2007

Early Promotion with Tenure (2021). City University of Hong Kong

• The first and only faculty member ever awarded early promotion with tenure in the Department of Media and Communication 

• The only early promotion in entire University in 2021

World’s Top 1% Most Cited Scientist (2020). Stanford’s List of Top Scientists 

• Top 0.8% in the field of human factors (ranked number 3 in Asia)

• Top 0.7% in all scientific fields considered together

• The most cited faculty member in the Department of Media and Communication

• Based on the 2019 Scopus citation database

New Researcher Award (2018). City University of Hong Kong

• The first and only recipient of the award in the Department of Media and Communication 

Outstanding Paper Award (2015). National Research Foundation, Ministry of Science and ICT, South Korea