Brian Kim

17.6k total citations · 5 hit papers
222 papers, 9.5k citations indexed

About

Brian Kim is a scholar working on Dermatology, Immunology and Allergy and Rheumatology. According to data from OpenAlex, Brian Kim has authored 222 papers receiving a total of 9.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 97 papers in Dermatology, 46 papers in Immunology and Allergy and 45 papers in Rheumatology. Recurrent topics in Brian Kim's work include Dermatology and Skin Diseases (92 papers), Urticaria and Related Conditions (44 papers) and Allergic Rhinitis and Sensitization (35 papers). Brian Kim is often cited by papers focused on Dermatology and Skin Diseases (92 papers), Urticaria and Related Conditions (44 papers) and Allergic Rhinitis and Sensitization (35 papers). Brian Kim collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and Canada. Brian Kim's co-authors include David Artis, Mark C. Siracusa, Steven A. Saenz, Laurel A. Monticelli, Madison R. Mack, Mario Noti, Gregory F. Sonnenberg, Jonathan R. Brestoff, Michael R. Comeau and Jonathan M. Spergel and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and New England Journal of Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Brian Kim

208 papers receiving 9.4k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Group 2 innate lymphoid cells promote beiging of white adipose tissue and limit obesity

2014 758 citations Brian Kim et al. profile →
TSLP Elicits IL-33–Independent Innate Lymphoid Cell Responses to Promote Skin Inflammation

2013 599 citations Brian Kim et al. profile →
TSLP promotes interleukin-3-independent basophil haematopoiesis and type 2 inflammation

2011 411 citations Brian Kim et al. profile →
Activation of Mast-Cell-Expressed Mas-Related G-Protein-Coupled Receptors Drives Non-histaminergic Itch

2019 259 citations Fang Wang, Brian Kim et al. profile →
Dupilumab in patients with prurigo nodularis: two randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled phase 3 trials

2023 119 citations Gil Yosipovitch, Sonja Ständer et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Brian Kim United States	49	3.4k	2.9k	2.5k	2.0k	1.7k	222	9.5k
Masutaka Furue Japan	64	4.2k 1.2×	8.0k 2.7×	2.7k 1.1×	3.8k 1.9×	906 0.5×	741	17.3k
Mayte Suárez‐Fariñas United States	66	8.1k 2.4×	9.8k 3.4×	4.3k 1.7×	4.9k 2.5×	553 0.3×	196	17.6k
Rui He China	39	1.8k 0.5×	1.2k 0.4×	945 0.4×	790 0.4×	491 0.3×	156	5.1k
Carl J. Hauser United States	52	3.7k 1.1×	931 0.3×	940 0.4×	689 0.4×	2.1k 1.2×	228	11.9k
Arnold E. Postlethwaite United States	52	2.1k 0.6×	1.3k 0.5×	622 0.3×	991 0.5×	1.1k 0.6×	166	11.0k
Ratko Djukanović United Kingdom	67	5.0k 1.5×	629 0.2×	12.0k 4.8×	3.5k 1.8×	1.5k 0.9×	239	17.0k
Deborah A. Meyers United States	70	3.7k 1.1×	819 0.3×	7.7k 3.1×	2.4k 1.2×	1.5k 0.9×	283	16.9k
Ari Waisman Germany	77	10.7k 3.2×	825 0.3×	2.1k 0.8×	492 0.3×	1.6k 0.9×	286	22.1k
Heather J. Cordell United Kingdom	49	1.7k 0.5×	815 0.3×	664 0.3×	655 0.3×	1.5k 0.8×	186	10.8k
Luo Zhang China	49	1.1k 0.3×	1.2k 0.4×	5.0k 2.0×	5.3k 2.7×	2.2k 1.3×	613	11.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Brian Kim

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Brian Kim

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Kinsky, Nathaniel R., et al.. (2025). Erasable hippocampal neural signatures predict memory discrimination. Cell Reports. 44(3). 115391–115391. 1 indexed citations

Ständer, Sonja, Martin Schmelz, Ethan A. Lerner, et al.. (2025). A multidisciplinary Delphi consensus on the modern definition of pruritus: Sensation and disease. Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology. 40(1). 59–66. 4 indexed citations

Ständer, Sonja, Gil Yosipovitch, Eric L. Simpson, et al.. (2025). Onset and Long-Term Maintenance of Optimal Itch Response in Adult Patients with Moderate-to-Severe Atopic Dermatitis Treated with Dupilumab: Post Hoc Analysis from Two Phase 3 Trials. Advances in Therapy. 42(4). 1800–1810. 1 indexed citations

Kim, Brian. (2024). Humans are unreliable models of mouse disease. Cell. 187(18). 4814–4818.

Belgiovine, Mauro, et al.. (2024). TRACTOR: Traffic Analysis and Classification Tool for Open RAN. 4894–4899. 4 indexed citations

Lü, Ping, Yonghui Zhao, Zili Xie, et al.. (2023). MrgprA3-expressing pruriceptors drive pruritogen-induced alloknesis through mechanosensitive Piezo2 channel. Cell Reports. 42(4). 112283–112283. 10 indexed citations

Yosipovitch, Gil, Brian Kim, Thomas A. Luger, et al.. (2023). Similarities and differences in peripheral itch and pain pathways in atopic dermatitis. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. 153(4). 904–912. 16 indexed citations

Silverberg, Jonathan I., Jennifer A. Mohawk, Kristine Nograles, et al.. (2023). Burden of Disease and Unmet Needs in Atopic Dermatitis: Results from a Patient Survey. Dermatitis. 34(2). 135–144. 17 indexed citations

Guttman‐Yassky, Emma, Paola Facheris, Joel Corrêa da Rosa, et al.. (2023). Oral difelikefalin reduces moderate to severe pruritus and expression of pruritic and inflammatory biomarkers in subjects with atopic dermatitis. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. 152(4). 916–926. 16 indexed citations

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Tamari, Masato, Aaron Ver Heul, Kristine Nograles, et al.. (2023). Difelikefalin suppresses itch and reduces scratching independent of inflammation in a murine model of atopic dermatitis. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. 152(4). 927–932. 7 indexed citations

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Ständer, Sonja, et al.. (2023). 42895 Validation of the skin pain numeric rating scale (NRS) in prurigo nodularis (PN) based on clinical studies of dupilumab in adults with PN. Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology. 89(3). AB103–AB103. 1 indexed citations

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Margolis, David J., Nandita Mitra, Ole Hoffstad, et al.. (2021). Association of KIR Genes and MHC Class I Ligands with Atopic Dermatitis. The Journal of Immunology. 207(6). 1522–1529. 12 indexed citations

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Tauber, M., Fang Wang, Brian Kim, & Nicolas Gaudenzio. (2021). Bidirectional sensory neuron–immune interactions: a new vision in the understanding of allergic inflammation. Current Opinion in Immunology. 72. 79–86. 10 indexed citations

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Pieracci, Fredric M., Kiara Leasia, Matthew C. Hernandez, et al.. (2021). Surgical stabilization of rib fractures in octogenarians and beyond—what are the outcomes?. The Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and Critical Care. 90(6). 1014–1021. 28 indexed citations

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Margolis, David J., Nandita Mitra, Jamie L. Duke, et al.. (2021). Human leukocyte antigen class-I variation is associated with atopic dermatitis: A case-control study. Human Immunology. 82(8). 593–599. 10 indexed citations

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Ma, Chenyan, Peng Zhong, Danqian Liu, et al.. (2019). Sleep Regulation by Neurotensinergic Neurons in a Thalamo-Amygdala Circuit. Neuron. 103(2). 323–334.e7. 52 indexed citations

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Kim, Brian, et al.. (2019). Performance of an Augmented Reality Device on Functional Activities. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 60(9). 4024–4024. 1 indexed citations

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Feng, Jing, Jialie Luo, Yang Pu, et al.. (2018). Piezo2 channel–Merkel cell signaling modulates the conversion of touch to itch. Science. 360(6388). 530–533. 141 indexed citations

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Kim, Brian, Jarrett Rosenberg, Erik Mittra, et al.. (2016). Detection of nociceptive-related metabolic activity in the spinal cord of low back pain patients using ¹⁸ F-FDG PET/CT. Scandinavian Journal of Pain. 15(1). 53–57. 8 indexed citations

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M., Huy, et al.. (2005). Prospective analysis of clinical outcomes after percutaneous vertebroplasty for painful osteoporotic vertebral body fractures.. American Journal of Neuroradiology. 26(7). 1623–8. 75 indexed citations

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