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Professor Heejung Kim Named Among the World’s Top 2% Scientists in 2026
We are pleased to announce that Professor Heejung Kim of Yonsei University College of Nursing has been named among the World’s Top 2% Scientists in the 2026 Stanford–Elsevier database, in the single-year citation impact category.
The 2026 edition reflects citations received during 2025. Using Scopus data and standardized bibliometric indicators, the database assesses researchers’ scholarly influence across disciplines. Professor Kim is one of eight faculty members at Yonsei University College of Nursing included in this year’s single-year list.
Professor Kim’s research spans psychiatric and mental health nursing, digital suicide prevention, and technology-supported care for older adults. This recognition highlights the international scholarly influence of her work and marks a meaningful achievement for our research community.
Yonsei University College of Nursing also honored Professor Kim with a commemorative plaque in recognition of this achievement.
Our laboratory warmly congratulates Professor Kim on this international recognition!
Read the official announcement from Yonsei University College of Nursing
Advancing Digital Mental Health Nursing: Four Key Challenges for Rigorous and Safe Research
Professor Heejung Kim and the eRAPPORT research team published an invited perspective article, “Four Challenges in ICT-based Mental Health Nursing Research: Perspectives from Rapid Innovation to Rigorous Nursing Science,” in September 2026.
The article highlights four key challenges in ICT-based mental health nursing research: the gap between rapid technological innovation and scientific evidence, user readiness and engagement, AI safety and privacy, and consistent outcome evaluation. It emphasizes rigorous validation, co-design, and safety protections to advance digital mental health research toward clinically meaningful and responsible implementation.
eRAPPORT Team at IASP 2026: Sharing Research and Building International Connections
With the IASP President and Research Collaborators
Suicide Prevention Workshop
eRAPPORT Lightning Presentation
Professor Heejung Kim and PhD student Jinyeong Kim attended the IASP Asia-Pacific Regional Forum in Fiji from September 14 to 16, 2026.
Jinyeong Kim delivered a lightning presentation titled “Users’ Experiences and Perceived Effectiveness of the eRAPPORT© Mobile App for Suicide Prevention Among Young Adults With Mental Health Vulnerability: A Retrospective Qualitative Secondary Analysis.” The presentation highlighted users’ experiences of emotional awareness, reflection, and perceived support, alongside challenges in sustained app use and opportunities for further development.
Through workshops and meetings, our team exchanged ideas with researchers and practitioners from Australia, Japan, New Zealand, Fiji, and the wider Pacific region. Workshops on safe online communication, culturally adapted safety planning, safe AI design for crisis support, and co-design with people with lived experience provided valuable insights for the next phase of eRAPPORT. Building on these exchanges, we plan to pursue international collaborative research on cultural and language adaptation, user engagement, and the development and evaluation of future interventions.
The team also met with IASP President Professor Jo Robinson to discuss future academic exchange and explored plans with Professor Yoshikazu Komura for a Korea–Japan suicide prevention symposium and collaborative eRAPPORT research. Follow-up discussions will help shape these initiatives and potential joint symposium participation at the 2027 IASP World Congress in Sri Lanka.
We thank everyone who shared their expertise and perspectives and look forward to continuing these conversations to advance culturally responsive digital suicide prevention.
International Research Team Members Visit Yonsei University for YINC 2026
International Research Team Members Visit Yonsei University for YINC 2026
International research team members at YINC 2026
Professor Chien Wai Tong presenting
at YINC 2026
Professor Tzu Tsun Luk delivering a colloquium at the College of Nursing
Our international research team members visited Yonsei University for the Yonsei International Nursing Conference (YINC) 2026.
Professor Chien Wai Tong delivered a symposium presentation titled “Effectiveness of a Peer-Facilitated, Acceptance-Based Illness Self-Management Program for Recent-Onset Psychosis: A Pilot RCT.”
Professor Tzu Tsun Luk also delivered a colloquium at the College of Nursing on “AI-Driven Nursing Research: Leveraging Chat-Based Interventions: From Tobacco Cessation to Beyond,” for faculty members and graduate students.
Professor Heejung Kim Leads KAST Expert Roundtable on AI, Science, and Humanity
한림원의창_2026 여름호_커버스토리좌담회_0814.pdfProfessor Heejung Kim led an expert roundtable organized by the Korean Academy of Science and Technology (KAST) under the theme “Co-evolution of AI, Science, and Humanity.” The discussion brought together experts from diverse fields to explore how AI is reshaping scientific research, with a focus on AI evaluation, verification, research ecosystems, and the evolving role of researchers in the AI era.
Read the full interview in the PDF above.
eRAPPORT Team at INRC 2026
Our research team participated in the INRC 2026 conference held in Toronto, Canada, from July 16 to 18, 2026.
We presented a poster entitled “Unmet Needs and Structural Implementation Gaps in Trauma-Informed Mental Health Services for Families Bereaved by Man-made Disasters: A Qualitative Study Integrating Trauma-Informed Care Principles and the SAMHSA 4Rs Framework.” This study identifies system-level implementation gaps in disaster mental health services and proposes sustained recovery pathways for disaster-bereaved families.
New Publication from the eRAPPORT Team
Our research team’s paper, “Conceptualization From the Sensors to Suicide-Related Outcomes: Scoping Review Based on Layered Hierarchical Sensemaking Framework,” has been published in JMIR mHealth and uHealth.
This scoping review applies the Layered Hierarchical Sensemaking Framework (LHSF) to summarize how passive sensing data collected from smartphones and wearable devices are associated with suicide-related outcomes.
이라포 마라톤 영상.mp4eRAPPORT Team at the 2026 Mind Marathon
The eRAPPORT research team participated in the 2026 Mind Marathon, held on June 7 at Seoul Plaza, to support child and adolescent mental health.
Our research team joined the race and promoted the eRAPPORT app, a digital tool designed to support youth mental health and accessible psychosocial care.
Through this event, the team contributed to raising public awareness of youth mental health and shared its ongoing efforts to advance digital mental health interventions for children and adolescents.
eRAPPORT Team Presents at EAFONS 2026
Our research team attended the 29th EAFONS 2026 in Singapore (February 26-28, 2026), where we presented an e-poster titled, “A Scoping Review to Synthesize Digital Behaviors, Markers, and Phenotypes in Suicide Research.”
During the conference, eRAPPORT Lab also had the opportunity to meet with our collaborators from Hong Kong and Singapore, engaging in in-person discussions and networking.
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