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Kim Namil

Kyung Hee University · Medicine

About the Lab

Professor Kim Namil's research lab specializes in the historical and philosophical foundations of Korean Oriental Medicine, with a focus on the evolution of medical thought, the indigenization of traditional Chinese medicine in Korea, and the classification of academic schools within Korean medical tradition. The lab explores how medical knowledge has been systematized, transmitted, and transformed over time, particularly through seminal texts like *Dongui Bogam*. It also investigates the impact of AI on human expertise, drawing parallels between historical learning processes and modern AI-augmented decision-making in complex domains such as Go and medicine. The lab emphasizes interdisciplinary approaches, combining history, philosophy, and medical science to trace the internal development of Korean medical thought and its practical applications.

Korean Oriental Medicinemedical historyindigenization of medicineacademic schools in medicinehistorical medical texts

Research Overview

Papers
241
Total Citations
1,145
Papers (5y)
31
Primary Field
Medicine

Research Output Trend

Figures are computed from collected data and may differ slightly.

Publications per year (5y)
31total
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Citations per year (5y)
104total
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Selected Papers

15
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Article|163 citations·2015
Dynamic patterns of industry convergence: Evidence from a large amount of unstructured data
Namil Kim, Hyeokseong Lee, Wonjoon Kim, Hyun-Jong Lee, Jong Hwan Suh
SJR Q1Research Policy
Management Science and Operations ResearchDecision Sciences
2
Article|160 citations·2017
Do your social media lead you to make social deal purchases? Consumer-generated social referrals for sales via social commerce
Namil Kim, Wonjoon Kim
SJR Q1International Journal of Information Management
Sociology and Political ScienceSocial Sciences
3
Article|61 citations·2019
Concentrate or disperse? The relationship between major customer concentration and supplier profitability and the moderating role of insider ownership
Kiho Kwak, Namil Kim
SJR Q1Journal of Business Research
AccountingBusiness, Management and Accounting
4
Article|34 citations·2025
How does artificial intelligence improve human decision‐making? Evidence from the AI ‐powered Go program
Sukwoong Choi, Hyo Kang, Namil Kim, Junsik Kim
SJR Q1Strategic Management JournalOA

Abstract Research Summary We study how humans learn from artificial intelligence (AI), leveraging an introduction of an AI‐powered Go program (APG) that unexpectedly outperformed the best professional player. We compare the move quality of professional players to APG's superior solutions around its public release. Our analysis of 749,190 moves demonstrates significant improvements in players' move quality, especially in the early stages of the game where uncertainty is highest. This improvement

Safety ResearchSocial Sciences
5
Article|29 citations·2021
How Does AI Improve Human Decision-Making? Evidence from the AI-Powered Go Program
Sukwoong Choi, Namil Kim, Junsik Kim, Hyo Kang
SSRN Electronic JournalOA
Economics and EconometricsEconomics, Econometrics and Finance
6
Article|23 citations·2004
韓國韓醫學의 學術流派에 關한 試論
김남일

This study is aimed at grouping the academic lines of Korean Oriental Medicine into academic schools. The standard that can be used to classify the academic schools of Korean Oriental Medicine is first of all, identical theory; secondly, similar trend in compiling medical text; and thirdly, having the same individual body of theory. In this paper, based on these three criterion, the lines have been divided into 15 academic schools.

7
Article|16 citations·2005
韓國醫學史에서의 醫案硏究의 必要性과 意義
김남일

Medical Records are the clinical chronicles of Korean Medicine. It not only has value as historical documentation, but also has value in clinical use. If studies of medical records that contain specific methods for tackling diseases are accompanied, it will be easier to clearly see the internal development process of Korean Medical History. This paper was written in order to achieve these goals by reporting the thoughts on the necessity and meaning of studying Medical Records.

8
Article|14 citations·2022
International alliance formations: The role of brokerage in technology competition networks
Sukwoong Choi, Wonjoon Kim, Namil Kim
SJR Q1Journal of Business Research
Strategy and ManagementBusiness, Management and Accounting
9
Article|13 citations·2014
Dynamic Patterns of Industry Convergence: Evidence from a Large Amount of Unstructured Data
Namil Kim, Hyeokseong Lee, Wonjoon Kim
SSRN Electronic JournalOA
Management Science and Operations ResearchDecision Sciences
10
Article|12 citations·2024
Connecting the dots between democracy and innovation: The role of pro-market institutions and information processing
Hyungseok Yoon, Christopher Boudreaux, Namil Kim
SJR Q1Research PolicyOA
Strategy and ManagementBusiness, Management and Accounting
11
Article|11 citations·2010
東醫寶鑑 의 몸 인식에 대한 一考察
김남일

이 논문에서는 『東醫寶鑑』의 구성, 몸과 자연, 몸과 체질론, 몸의 구성론, 몸의병인론의 순서로 『동의보감』의 몸 인식에 대한 고찰을 시도하였다. 몸과 자연에서는 우주발생과 몸, 생노병사, 몸과 환경, 몸과 사시, 천인상응 등의 문제를 다루었다. 몸과 체질론에서는 上中下器論(태어날 때의 체질의 강약을 상중하 세 등급으로나눈 설명), 肥瘦論(살이 쪘느냐 말랐느냐에 따라 다른 치료법을 적용한다는 논리),黑白論(피부가 검은 색이냐 하얀 색이냐에 따라 원인을 다르게 본다는 논), 長短論(키가 큰지 작은지에 따라 맥의 차이가 있다는 논리), 男女論(남녀의 차이를 인식하여 원인을 찾아야 한다는 논리), 老少論(노소의 차이를 고려하여 약물을 사용해야한다는 논리), 勇怯論(용기가 많은 사람과 겁이 많은 사람도 고려해서 구별해야 한다는 논리), 職業論(직업의 차이, 신분의 차이를 치료에 참조해야 한다는 논리) 등을 논하였다. 몸의 구성론에서는 도가에서 三寶로 꼽는 精氣神을 몸의 중요 구성요소로 살폈

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Article|6 citations·2007
韓國에서의 儒醫들의 活動 - 醫書의 編纂, 治療活動을 中心으로
김남일

‘confucian doctor’ are typically people who study the principles of medicine based on Confusional concepts. In Korea, studying both medicine and Confucianism became a common practice since Confucianism became popular and the class of intellectuals were formed around Confucianism. This study is a research on the activity of confucian doctors in Korea. Many confucian doctors that were discovered in documents are organized according to their activity and books they wrote.

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Article|6 citations·2003
우리나라 傳統醫藥技術의 中國醫學 輸入後 土着化에 對한 硏究
김남일

This paper considers how the Chinese medicine has been indigenized in Korea, focusing on historical facts. The effort Korean people put in to make their native medicine in each period of time is studied in the paper. The common characteristic of Korean medicine all through the time is that healing the fellow public with their native medicine was the principle.

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Article|5 citations·2022
Industrial Leadership Changes without Technological Discontinuity: Modularization, Institution-Led Market Discontinuity, and Market Development Strategy
Kiho Kwak, Namil Kim
SJR Q1Technological Forecasting and Social Change
Political Science and International RelationsSocial Sciences

Research Areas

Complementary and alternative medicinePharmacologyEconomics and EconometricsSociology and Political SciencePublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthMarketing

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