Ranked No. 1 in Korea for SCI Article Citation: Professor Kwon Young-Joon (Physics) According to the Korean Science and Engineering Foundation report on the citation of articles published by Korean scientists in the past ten years, Yonsei University was ranked 1st among private universities for both top 1 percent and top 0.1 percent range. In the reviews division, Professor Kwon Young-Joon of the Yonsei Physics Department was ranked 1st with the greatest number of citations. Professor Kwon’s work in the Review of Particle Physics, published in Physics Letters B, was cited 2,857 times. The Review of Particle Physics is a collection of articles published every two years by researchers participating in the Particle data group, which has its headquarters at Berkeley. First published in 1956, it is an esteemed journal in the field of particle physics. Professor Kwon became a member in 2002 and began publishing in 2004. Among the 120 participating authors, Professor Kwon’s role is to organize all data regarding particle physics and record all new research results. Since his section collects comprehensive research results, many scholars in the field cite his work. Professor Kwon is the only Korean among the authors of the Review of Particle Physics. Participating in the ‘Review of Particle Physics’ Professor Kwon first came to participate in the group and work on the Review thanks to his involvement with the Belle experiment conducted from 1999 in Japan. The experiment was conducted to verify the theory of 2007 Nobel Laureates, Makoto Kobayashi and Toshihide Maskawa. As part of the effort to verify whether the theory is applicable to real natural phenomena, Professor Kwon joined the 300 physicists conducting the experiment in Tsukuba Science City, Japan. When the experiment first began, Professor Kwon was named leader of the “Physics Study Research Group.” The professor in charge of the experiment recommended him to the Particle Data Group. Due to his introduction, Professor Kwon was given the role of collecting and organizing information regarding the Belle experiment for the Review. The research dealt with the B particle. The B particle was used to provide an answer to the question of “Why does matter exist in the universe” and is based on the violation of CP-symmetry theory of Russian scientist Sakharov. It explains why antimatter, which had existed in an amount equal to matter when the universe was first created, completely disappeared to leave only matter. Continuing Research on Symmetry Violation, Antimatter In order to conduct this research Professor Kwon often visited Japan during the semester to participate in meetings, and devoted his breaks to the research in Japan. Initially, he was granted a fellowship by the Japanese Ministry of Education. Professor Kwon continued on to report on the research and to compose the final article. Professor Kwon plans to continue research on the balance of matter and antimatter, for there is not sufficient support for the violation of CP-symmetry theory. He is also conducting research with scholars interested in the relationship between astronomical physics and particle physics on the subject of cosmic ray particles. His research is expanding. Always busy due to his dedication to teaching and research, Professor Kwon wishes to tell students one thing: “Physics is fun.” It is very simple, but he asks students not to lose their passion. “Students come to physics with interest, and then turn away, thinking that it is difficult. But if they can go beyond that point, they can have so much fun. They can participate in the discovery of new phenomena. That makes it fun, and having fun makes you better. Once you get over that initial point of difficulty, it’s easygoing from then on.” “Ten, twenty years ago, Korean scientists were only able to participate in experiments being conducted overseas, but now, more and more scientists are leading world-level research. This makes it important that various specialized fields work together and help each other. This will lead to better results in research and publication.”