Publication List

Research Papers

1. Jaiyong Lee, Daekyung Lee, Seung-Woo Son, Sang Hoon Lee, Mi Jin Lee, and Heetae Kim, Energy-barrier characterization of secured basins in coupled oscillators with inertia, e-print arXiv:2610.11147.

   • an interactive demo, created by Claude Opus 5.5

2. Hae Seong Lee, Deok-Sun Lee, Sang Hoon Lee, Samir Suweis, and Hye Jin Park, Ecological networks of viable species with degree-dependent interaction, e-print arXiv:2607.18809.

   • an interactive demo, created by Claude Opus 5.5

3. Yash Arya and Sang Hoon Lee, Effects of relational graph modularity and depth on the learning performance of neural networks, e-print arXiv:2507.10005, J. Korean Phys. Soc. doi:10.1007/s40042-026-01730-5 (the online-first version).

   • an interactive demo (for the case of UCI Optical Recognition of Handwritten Digits), created by Claude Opus 5.5

4. Min-Kyung Chae, Woo-Sik Son, and Sang Hoon Lee, Evaluating the impact of incomplete contact tracing data on urban epidemic dynamics, e-print arXiv:2601.14632, Sci. Rep. doi:10.1038/s41598-026-66867-6 (the early-access version).

   • an interactive demo, created by Claude Opus 5.5

5. Sang Hoon Lee, Friendship-paradox paradox: Do most people’s friends really have more friends than they do?, e-print arXiv:2511.13957, J. Korean Phys. Soc. 88, 890 (2026).

   • selected as a highlight paper.
   • an interactive demo, created by Claude Sonnet 4.6

6. Sang Hoon Lee, Two variants of the friendship paradox: The condition for inequality between them, e-print arXiv:2511.06176, New Phys.: Sae Mulli 76, 169 (2026).

7. Gahyoun Gim, Jinhyuk Yun, and Sang Hoon Lee, Quantifying interdisciplinary synergy in higher STEM education, e-print arXiv:2502.17841, EPJ Data Sci. 14, 56 (2025).

8. Wonhee Jeong, Unjong Yu, and Sang Hoon Lee, Global decomposition of networks into multiple cores formed by local hubs, e-print arXiv:2407.00355, Phys. Rev. E 111, 054302 (2025).

   • an interactive demo, created by Claude Opus 5.5

9. Wonhee Jeong, Daekyung Lee, Heetae Kim, and Sang Hoon Lee, Kaleidoscopic reorganization of network communities across different scales, e-print arXiv:2409.18665, Phys. Rev. E 111, 014312 (2025).

   • an interactive demo, created by Claude Opus 5.5

10. Sungwon Jung, Sang Hoon Lee, and Jaeyoon Cho, Renormalization of complex networks with partition functions, e-print arXiv:2403.07402, Phys. Rev. E 110, 064316 (2024).

    • an interactive demo, created by Claude Opus 5.5

11. Jong Il Park, Deok-Sun Lee, Sang Hoon Lee, and Hye Jin Park, Incorporating heterogeneous interactions for ecological biodiversity, e-print arXiv:2403.15730, Phys. Rev. Lett. 133, 198402 (2024).

12. Gahyoun Gim, and Sang Hoon Lee, Statistical analysis on scale and regional distribution of undergraduate physics programs in Korean universities (대한민국 대학의 물리학 학부과정 학과 및 학생 수의 증감과 지역적 분포 분석), e-print arXiv:2406.19679, New Phys.: Sae Mulli 74, 610 (2024).

13. Seora Son, Eun Ji Choi, and Sang Hoon Lee, Revisiting small-world network models: Exploring technical realizations and the equivalence of the Newman–Watts and Harary models, e-print arXiv:2308.02596, J. Korean Phys. Soc. 83, 879 (2023).

    • an interactive demo, created by Claude Opus 5.5

14. Jibeom Seo, Gahyoun Gim, Soobin Kim, Meesoon Ha, and Sang Hoon Lee, Scaling relations between regional school-age population density and densities of college departments and students by majors (지역별 학령인구밀도와 대학 전공별 학과 및 학생 밀도의 스케일링 관계), New Phys.: Sae Mulli 73, 858 (2023).

    • selected as a highlight paper and featured in Physics and High Technology (물리학과 첨단기술).

15. Dolores Bernenko, Sang Hoon Lee, and Ludvig Lizana, Exploring 3D community inconsistency in human chromosome contact networks, arXiv:2302.14684, J. Phys.: Complex. 4, 035004 (2023).

16. Dolores Bernenko, Sang Hoon Lee, Per Stenberg, and Ludvig Lizana, Mapping the semi-nested community structure of 3D chromosome contact networks, bioRxiv doi:10.1101/2022.06.24.497560, PLOS Comput. Biol. 19, e1011185 (2023).

    • featured in the journal issue cover

17. Mi Jin Lee, Jung-Ho Kim, Kwang-Il Goh, Sang Hoon Lee, Seung-Woo Son, and Deok-Sun Lee, Degree distributions under general node removal: Power-law or Poisson?, e-print arXiv:2205.03887, Phys. Rev. E 106, 064309 (2022).

    • an interactive demo, created by Claude Opus 5.5

18. Sang Hoon Lee, Refinement for community structures of bipartite networks, e-print arXiv:2111.06521, J. Korean Phys. Soc. 79, 1190 (2021).

    • an interactive demo, created by Claude Opus 5.5

19. Mi Jin Lee, Eun Lee, Byunghwee Lee, Hawoong Jeong, Deok-Sun Lee, and Sang Hoon Lee, Uncovering hidden dependency in weighted networks via information entropy, e-print arXiv:2008.11047, Phys. Rev. Res. 3, 043136 (2021).

    • an interactive demo, created by Claude Opus 5.5

20. Daekyung Lee, Sang Hoon Lee, Beom Jun Kim, and Heetae Kim, Consistency landscape of network communities, e-print arXiv:2103.12626, Phys. Rev. E 103, 052306 (2021).

    • an interactive demo, created by Claude Opus 5.5

21. Ana M. Martín González, Diego P. Vázquez, Rodrigo Ramos-Jiliberto, Sang Hoon Lee, and Vincent Miele, Core-periphery structure in mutualistic networks: an epitaph for nestedness?, bioRxiv doi:10.1101/2020.04.02.021691.

22. Sang Hoon Lee, Mesoscale properties of mutualistic networks in ecosystems (생태계 상호 도움 네트워크의 중간 크기 성질 분석), e-print arXiv:2111.06583, New Phys.: Sae Mulli 70, 1077 (2020).

23. Jae Sung Lee, Sang Hoon Lee, Jaegon Um, and Hyunggyu Park, Carnot efficiency and zero-entropy-production rate do not guarantee reversibility of a process, e-print arXiv:1812.10651, J. Korean Phys. Soc. 75, 948 (2019).

24. Ryan Flanagan, Lucas Lacasa, Emma K. Towlson, Sang Hoon Lee, and Mason A. Porter, Effect of antipsychotics on community structure in functional brain networks, e-print arXiv:1806.00080, J. Complex Netw. 7, 932 (2019).

25. Heetae Kim, Mi Jin Lee, Sang Hoon Lee, and Seung-Woo Son, On structural and dynamical factors determining the integrated basin instability of power-grid nodes, e-print arXiv:1906.08629, Chaos 29, 103132 (2019).

26. Heetae Kim and Sang Hoon Lee, Relational flexibility of network elements based on inconsistent community detection, e-print arXiv:1904.05523, Phys. Rev. E 100, 022311 (2019).

27. Sang Hoon Lee, Yeonghoon Kim, Sungmin Lee, Xavier Durang, Jae-Hyung Jeon, Per Stenberg, and Ludvig Lizana, Mapping the spectrum of 3D communities in human chromosome conformation capture data, e-print arXiv:1810.01307, Sci. Rep. 9, 6859 (2019).

28. Jinhyuk Yun, Sang Hoon Lee, and Hawoong Jeong, Early onset of structural inequality in the formation of collaborative knowledge in all Wikimedia projects, e-print arXiv:1610.06006, Nat. Hum. Behav. 3, 103 (2019).

    • featured in the journal issue cover

29. Sang Hoon Lee and Petter Holme, Navigating temporal networks, e-print arXiv:1804.05219, Physica A 513, 288 (2019).

30. Sang Hoon Lee, Jaegon Um, and Hyunggyu Park, Nonuniversality of heat-engine efficiency at maximum power, e-print arXiv:1808.00219, Phys. Rev. E 98, 052137 (2018).

    • an interactive demo, created by Claude Opus 5.5

31. Heetae Kim, Sang Hoon Lee, Jörn Davidsen, and Seung-Woo Son, Multistability and variations in basin of attraction of power-grid systems, e-print arXiv:1807.09420, New J. Phys. 20, 113006 (2018).

32. Hye Jin Park, Woo Seong Jo, Sang Hoon Lee, and Beom Jun Kim, Generalized gravity model for human migration, e-print arXiv:1805.10422, New J. Phys. 20, 093018 (2018).

33. Xue-Mei Cui, Chang No Yoon, Hyejin Youn, Sang Hoon Lee, Jean S. Jung, and Seung Kee Han, Dynamic burstiness of word-occurrence and network modularity in textbook systems, Physica A 487, 103 (2017).

34. Eun Lee, Petter Holme, and Sang Hoon Lee, Modeling the dynamics of dissent, e-print arXiv:1603.01980, Physica A 486, 262 (2017).

    • an interactive demo, created by Claude Opus 5.5

35. Sang Hoon Lee, Mark D. Fricker, and Mason A. Porter, Mesoscale analyses of fungal networks as an approach for quantifying phenotypic traits, e-print arXiv:1406.5855, bioRxiv doi:10.1101/006544, J. Complex Netw. 5, 145 (2017).

    • the fungal network data (zip) See the paper for details.

36. Sang Hoon Lee, José Manuel Magallanes, and Mason A. Porter, Time-dependent community structure in legislation cosponsorship networks in the Congress of the Republic of Peru, e-print arXiv:1510.01002, J. Complex Netw. 5, 127 (2017).

37. Sang Hoon Lee, Jaegon Um, and Hyunggyu Park, Efficiency at the maximum power output for simple two-level heat engine, e-print arXiv:1612.00518.

38. Mihai Cucuringu, Puck Rombach, Sang Hoon Lee, and Mason A. Porter, Detection of core-periphery structure in networks using spectral methods and geodesic paths, e-print arXiv:1410.6572, Eur. J. Appl. Math. 27, 846 (2016).

    • an interactive demo, created by Claude Opus 5.5

39. Heetae Kim, Sang Hoon Lee, and Petter Holme, Building blocks of basin stability of power grids, e-print arXiv:1602.01712, Phys. Rev. E 93, 062318 (2016).

40. Sang Hoon Lee, Network nestedness as generalized core-periphery structures, e-print arXiv:1602.00093, Phys. Rev. E 93, 022306 (2016).

41. Jinhyuk Yun, Sang Hoon Lee, and Hawoong Jeong, Intellectual interchanges in the history of the massive online open-editing encyclopedia, Wikipedia, e-print arXiv:1510.06092, Phys. Rev. E 93, 012307 (2016).

42. Heetae Kim, Sang Hoon Lee, and Petter Holme, Community consistency determines the stability transition window of power-grid nodes, e-print arXiv:1504.05717, New J. Phys. 17, 113005 (2015).

    • video abstract by Heetae Kim

43. Sang Hoon Lee, Robyn Ffrancon, Daniel M. Abrams, Beom Jun Kim, and Mason A. Porter, Matchmaker, matchmaker, make me a match: Migration of populations via marriages in the past, e-print arXiv:1310.7532, bioRxiv doi:10.1101/000257, Phys. Rev. X 4, 041009 (2014).

44. Sang Hoon Lee, Mihai Cucuringu, and Mason A. Porter, Density-based and transport-based core-periphery structures in networks, e-print arXiv:1310.8387, Phys. Rev. E 89, 032810 (2014).

    • the simplified rabbit warren data (zip) There are two files: one has the node information, and the other has the edge information.
    • the road network data (zip) and readme file (txt)

45. Jing Zhao, Sang Hoon Lee, Mikael Huss, and Petter Holme, The network organization of cancer-associated protein complexes in human tissues, Sci. Rep. 3, 1583 (2013).

46. Sang Hoon Lee and Petter Holme, A greedy-navigator approach to navigable city plans, e-print arXiv:1205.0537, Eur. Phys. J.-Spec. Top. 215, 135 (2013).

    • an interactive demo, created by Claude Sonnet 4.6

47. Sang Hoon Lee and Petter Holme, Geometric properties of graph layouts optimized for greedy navigation, e-print arXiv:1206.6651, Phys. Rev. E 86, 067103 (2012).

    • an interactive demo, created by Claude Sonnet 4.6

48. Sang Hoon Lee and Petter Holme, Exploring maps with greedy navigators, e-print arXiv:1111.2125, Phys. Rev. Lett. 108, 128701 (2012).

    • the road network data (zip) and readme file (txt)
    • an interactive demo, created by Claude Sonnet 4.6
    • a maze-navigator demo, created by Claude Sonnet 4.6

49. Sang Hoon Lee, Sebastian Bernhardsson, Petter Holme, Beom Jun Kim, and Petter Minnhagen, Neutral theory of chemical reaction networks, e-print arXiv:1112.3803, New J. Phys. 14, 033032 (2012).

    • video abstract by Petter Minnhagen
    • selected by the editors of New J. Phys. for inclusion in the Highlights of 2012 collection

50. Sang Hoon Lee, Sungmin Lee, Seung-Woo Son, and Petter Holme, Phase-shift inversion in oscillator systems with periodically switching couplings, e-print arXiv:1111.3734, Phys. Rev. E 85, 027202 (2012).

    • Java Applet by Sungmin Lee
    • an interactive demo, created by Claude Sonnet 4.6

51. Sang Hoon Lee and Petter Holme, Pathlength scaling in graphs with incomplete navigational information, e-print arXiv:1106.2610, Physica A 390, 3996 (2011).

52. Sang Hoon Lee, Pan-Jun Kim, and Hawoong Jeong, Global organization of protein complexome in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, e-print arXiv:1011.2699, BMC Syst. Biol. 5, 126 (2011).

53. Petter Holme, Mikael Huss, and Sang Hoon Lee, Atmospheric reaction systems as null-models to identify structural traces of evolution in metabolism, e-print arXiv:1104.3312, PLOS ONE 6(5), e19759 (2011).

54. Sang Hoon Lee, Meesoon Ha, Chanil Jeon, and Hawoong Jeong, Finite-size scaling in random K-satisfiability problems, e-print arXiv:1005.0251, Phys. Rev. E 82, 061109 (2010).

    • an interactive demo, created by Claude Opus 5.5

55. Yongjoo Baek, Sang Hoon Lee, and Hawoong Jeong, Market behavior and performance of different strategy evaluation schemes, e-print arXiv:1002.4744, Phys. Rev. E 82, 026109 (2010).

56. Sang Hoon Lee, Pan-Jun Kim, Yong-Yeol Ahn, and Hawoong Jeong, Googling social interactions: Web search engine based social network construction, e-print arXiv:0710.3268, PLOS ONE 5(7), e11233 (2010).

57. Sang Hoon Lee, Meesoon Ha, Hawoong Jeong, Jae Dong Noh, and Hyunggyu Park, Critical behavior of the Ising model in annealed scale-free networks, e-print arXiv:0909.1597, Phys. Rev. E 80, 051127 (2009).

    • an interactive demo, created by Claude Opus 5.5

58. Sang Hoon Lee, Hawoong Jeong, and Jae Dong Noh, Random field Ising model on networks with inhomogeneous connections, e-print cond-mat/0606179, Phys. Rev. E 74, 031118 (2006).

    • an interactive demo, created by Claude Opus 5.5

59. Sang Hoon Lee and Hawoong Jeong, Effects of substrate network topologies on competition dynamics, e-print cond-mat/0602295, Phys. Rev. E 74, 026118 (2006).

    • an interactive demo, created by Claude Opus 5.5

60. Sang Hoon Lee and Hawoong Jeong, Minority game with interaction via various networks, J. Korean Phys. Soc. 48, S186 (2006).

61. Sang Hoon Lee, Pan-Jun Kim, and Hawoong Jeong, Statistical properties of sampled networks, e-print cond-mat/0505232, Phys. Rev. E 73, 016102 (2006).

    • an interactive demo, created by Claude Opus 5.5

Ph.D. Thesis

• A few applications and critical phenomena on networks, DPH 20047392, Ph.D. Supervisor: Prof. Hawoong Jeong, KAIST (2010). PDF

Translation

5. 복잡계 네트워크의 자연법칙 (에이콘출판사, 2026), in collaboration with Mi Jin Lee, Heetae Kim, Seung-Woo Son, Jinhyuk Yun, and Eun Lee.

   • the original book: Sergey N. Dorogovtsev and José F. F. Mendes, The Nature of Complex Networks (Oxford University Press, 2022).
   • selected as Excellent Academic Book (우수학술도서) by National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Korea (대한민국학술원) in 2026.

6. 비선형 동역학과 카오스 2/e (에이콘출판사, 2025), in collaboration with Hye Jin Park, Heetae Kim, Mi Jin Lee, and Seung-Woo Son.

   • the original book: Steven H. Strogatz, Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos: 2nd Edition (Westview Press, 2014).

7. 네트워크 사이언스 (에이콘출판사, 2023), in collaboration with Mi Jin Lee, Jinhyuk Yun, Eun Lee, Hang-Hyun Jo, Heetae Kim, and Seung-Woo Son.

   • the original book: Albert-László Barabási, Network Science (Cambridge University Press, 2016).
   • selected as Excellent Academic Book (우수학술도서) by National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Korea (대한민국학술원) in 2024.

8. 네트워크 2/e (에이콘출판사, 2022), in collaboration with Heetae Kim, Seung-Woo Son, Jinhyuk Yun, Hang-Hyun Jo, Eun Lee, and Mi Jin Lee.

   • the original book: Mark Newman, Networks: 2nd Edition (Oxford University Press, 2018).

9. 네트워크 분석 (에이콘출판사, 2022), in collaboration with Seung-Woo Son, Young-Ho Eom, Eun Lee, Heetae Kim, and Mi Jin Lee.

   • the original book: Filippo Menczer, Santo Fortunato, and Clayton A. Davis, A First Course in Network Science (Cambridge University Press, 2020).
   • selected as Excellent Academic Book (우수학술도서) by National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Korea (대한민국학술원) in 2022.

10. The Korean version of Network Literacy Project: 네트워크 이해하기, in collaboration with Mi Jin Lee.

Essay

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