Myung Ja Kim

Founding Director, AirStas; Distinguished Professor, Sunway U: focuses on digitalization, sustainability, space tourism, climate crisis, and data analytics, AGI

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12,000 Google Scholar Citations => A Journey That Was Never Supposed to Happen💚💚💚💚
When I began this career 18 years ago, even my own mother, the woman who brought me into this world, told me it was time to slow down. "Travel. Play golf. Enjoy the rest of your life," she said💚💚💚💚
I chose a different path!
I still remember the quiet thrill of reaching 1,000 citations, a number that felt almost unreal at the time. Today, as that number crosses 12,000, I find myself overwhelmed not by the count itself, but by everything it represents: the late nights, the countless revisions, the rejections that stung, the acceptances that healed, and the beautiful minds I've had the privilege to work alongside.
Every single citation is a conversation, someone, somewhere in the world, read our work and found it worthy of building upon. That thought alone humbles me beyond words.
This milestone belongs not to me, but to all of you!
To my co-authors and colleagues who trusted me and walked this road together. To my students, my greatest pride, who challenged me to grow even as I tried to guide them. To the journal editors and reviewers whose rigorous eyes sharpened every word we wrote. And to every scholar who cited our work, thank you for listening, for engaging, and for carrying these ideas forward.
They say academia is a lonely journey. I disagree. It is the most connected journey I have ever known.
The path of scholarship has no finish line, and at 12,000 citations, I am more certain than ever that the best chapters are still ahead.
With a heart full of gratitude, mj in Sunway 🇲🇾
Sohye Bae @Joaquim Dias Soeiro @Phil Metzger @홍미정; Tatiyaporn Jarumaneerat Soojong Pak; YeAh Kim; Man S Kim; Hwieun Sylvia Choi; Yong-ki Lee; Yeonwoo Kyla Joo; 彭康麟 Ben Goh; Kevin So; Tran My Linh; Yunkyoung Jo; 한신희; Ho-Young Lee; Hakseung Shin; Chung Chan Ho Charlie; Taelyn Songyi Kim; Siamak Seyfii; Vo Thanh Tan; C. Michael Hall; Namho Chung; Jim Petrick; Ohbyung Kwon; Timothy Jung; Mark Bonn; Susanna Jinok Kim; Nu Promsivapallop; Hesam Olya; Namhyun Kim; Chulmo Koo; Taeky Kim; Sungeun Kang; Ji Yoon; Kisang Ryu; Noshir Contractor; Vincent Mangematin; Timothy Lee; Jin Young Chung; Seol-Min Yoon; Kwonsang Sohn; Viswanathan Girish; 황경화; Joo Yeon Park; Sung Taek Lim; Woojin Lee; Erika Heekyung Sung; Seok Kang Xiaoxin Liang Yooshik Yoon @이창규 @Samantha Murdy Michael Preis; 신창열; Eunjung Yang; @Myongjae Lee @Chris Shin @Ivan KW Lai; @Xi Ji; @Zhilun Huang; @jeong Hyun Kim; @Mustafeed Zaman; @Changkyu Lee; @Amin Nazifi; @AJ Han; @Jeongdoo Park; @Stuart Barnes; @Emrullah Erul; @Eunjung you; @Jialing Zhang; @Lawrence Bendle; @Sabena Hahn: @Choong-Ki Lee; @Dae-Kwan Kim; @JeongmanKim; @Chulwon Kim; @Soo Kang; @Minseong Kim; @HakJun Song; @Woo Gon Kim; @Haywantee Ramkissoon; @Yae-Na Park; @Yu-Jin Kwon; @Hyun Jeong Jenny Kim; @Paraskevi Fountoulaki; and many more!
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Publishing a research paper seems like conducting an orchestra💚💚💚💚 It takes the generous support of colleagues, the guidance of journal editors, the dedication of Ph.D. students, and then the countless stages: pilot testing, preliminary surveys, content validity checks, expert reviews from both academic and field professionals, the main survey… and on top of all that, the insightful comments from three anonymous reviewers who push you to make it better💛💛💛💛 This journey was not easy. There were many struggles at the beginning. But after two years of persistence and the collective effort of every person involved, I am deeply grateful to share that our paper, "Resident Perceptions of Spaceport Destination Development," has been published in the @JSustTour JournalSustainableTourism, a leading journal in the field.
No research is ever a solo performance. It is the harmony of many hands, many minds, and many hearts that brings a paper to life. To my wonderful co-authors, @SINHEEHAN, @YunkyoungJo, @hyodanChoi, @NamhoChung, and @ColinMichaelHall, the great editor @xavierfont, and to everyone who contributed along the amazing way (@SergioAlvarez @NatashaCruzMillheim @SungEunKang @ChanhoChung): thank you so much from the bottom of my heart.
This one means a lot. 🙏🙏🙏🙏
#Spaceport #SustainableTourism #SpaceTourism #SpaceportDevelopment #ResearchJourney #Teamwork #Grateful #SunwayUniversity #SunwayBusinessSchool
#DMSI #SunwayEducationGroup

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Extremely thrilled to share that our paper "Orthostatic Intolerance in Spaceflight: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis" has just been published in Acta Astronautica💚💚💚💚
This one is deeply personal to me💛💛💛💛
As a tourism and hospitality scholar, authoring a medical systematic review with my colleagues and doctoral students from the College of Medicine was both humbling and exhilarating. I spent countless late nights studying on my own, determined not to mislead my team, writing comments, learning, and pushing beyond my comfort zone.
The journey was long and challenging, but the reward has been extraordinary. If there's one lesson this experience has driven home, it's this: interdisciplinary research doesn't just produce papers, it transforms the researcher. I gained more knowledge stepping outside my field than I ever could have staying within it.
My heartfelt gratitude goes to my wonderful colleagues, brilliant doctoral students, and the journal editor for believing in this work (@YeAhKim @JunghyunKim @HwieunChoi @SoojongPak @ManSKim [김만석] @ZhengHong(George)Zhu).
The path of scholarship truly has no finish line, and I wouldn't have it any other way.
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#AirStas #SunwayUniversity #SunwayBusinessShool #DMSI

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@DrPhiltill WOW!!!!

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@GregWAutry THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SHARING THIS!!!!