Byung Joo Sun

2.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
62 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Byung Joo Sun is a scholar working on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Byung Joo Sun has authored 62 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 43 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, 23 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and 16 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Byung Joo Sun's work include Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments (27 papers), Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors (18 papers) and Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics (11 papers). Byung Joo Sun is often cited by papers focused on Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments (27 papers), Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors (18 papers) and Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics (11 papers). Byung Joo Sun collaborates with scholars based in South Korea, United States and Japan. Byung Joo Sun's co-authors include Jae‐Kwan Song, Dae‐Hee Kim, Duk‐Hyun Kang, Jong‐Min Song, Cheol‐Hyun Chung, Suk Jung Choo, Jae‐Won Lee, Yong Jin Kim, Dae-Won Sohn and Sung-Cheol Yun and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, Circulation and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Byung Joo Sun

54 papers receiving 1.4k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Early Surgery versus Conventional Treatment for Infective Endocarditis

2012 532 citations Duk‐Hyun Kang, Byung Joo Sun et al. profile →
Cryptogenic Stroke and High-Risk Patent Foramen Ovale

2018 338 citations Pil Hyung Lee, Jae‐Kwan Song et al. Journal of the American College of Cardiology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Byung Joo Sun South Korea	14	800	787	556	432	225	62	1.5k
Anton Doubell South Africa	18	1.1k 1.3×	596 0.8×	246 0.4×	437 1.0×	199 0.9×	117	1.5k
Domenico Cartoni Italy	13	366 0.5×	397 0.5×	465 0.8×	119 0.3×	102 0.5×	32	919
Valeria Pergola Italy	15	565 0.7×	504 0.6×	161 0.3×	313 0.7×	161 0.7×	95	953
Dolores Mesa Spain	17	660 0.8×	435 0.6×	209 0.4×	250 0.6×	126 0.6×	107	981
Kohei Kawazoe Japan	21	833 1.0×	268 0.3×	492 0.9×	446 1.0×	70 0.3×	106	1.3k
Teresa González‐Alujas Spain	22	1.2k 1.5×	388 0.5×	1.1k 2.0×	344 0.8×	62 0.3×	59	1.6k
Cróchán J. O’Sullivan Switzerland	21	1.1k 1.4×	629 0.8×	349 0.6×	525 1.2×	59 0.3×	46	1.5k
Clare O’Donnell New Zealand	14	401 0.5×	563 0.7×	539 1.0×	180 0.4×	49 0.2×	31	923
C M Oakley United Kingdom	22	890 1.1×	514 0.7×	378 0.7×	514 1.2×	76 0.3×	74	1.5k
Christos D. Karkos Greece	17	354 0.4×	223 0.3×	780 1.4×	662 1.5×	287 1.3×	95	1.3k

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Park, Sung‐Ji, Ji Hoon Kim, Byung Joo Sun, et al.. (2025). Long-Term Outcomes of Early Surgery Versus Conventional Treatment for Asymptomatic Severe Mitral Regurgitation: A Propensity Analysis. Circulation. 152(17). 1209–1217.

Kim, Ah‐Ram, Do‐Yoon Kang, Tae Joon Jun, et al.. (2024). Association of Lipoprotein(a) With Severe Degenerative Aortic Valve Stenosis. JACC Asia. 4(10). 751–760. 4 indexed citations

Sun, Byung Joo, et al.. (2024). Semiquantitative 18F-FDG PET/CT in monitoring glucocorticoid response of immunoglobulin G4-related effusive constrictive pericarditis: a case report. BMC Cardiovascular Disorders. 24(1). 122–122. 2 indexed citations

Sun, Byung Joo & Jae‐Kwan Song. (2022). Bicuspid aortic valve: evolving knowledge and new questions. Heart. 109(1). 10–17. 11 indexed citations

Kim, Song Soo, et al.. (2022). Rapid Development of Diffuse Myocardial Calcification in a Patient after Recovery from Sepsis and Renal Failure: A Case Report. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 83(5). 1104–1104. 2 indexed citations

Lee, Jae‐Hwan, et al.. (2021). Effect of Cardiac Rehabilitation on Left Ventricular Diastolic Function in Patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction. Journal of Clinical Medicine. 10(10). 2088–2088. 7 indexed citations

Oh, Jin Kyung, Yong‐Hoon Yoon, Jae‐Hyung Roh, et al.. (2021). Prognostic Impact of Left Atrial Strain After Mitral Valve Repair Surgery in Patients With Severe Mitral Regurgitation. Korean Circulation Journal. 52(3). 205–205. 10 indexed citations

Sun, Byung Joo, et al.. (2020). Prevalence and Prediction of Aneurysmal Dilatation of the Abdominal Aorta in Koreans: Results of Screening During Transthoracic Echocardiographic Examination. PubMed. 28(4). 257–257.

Sun, Byung Joo, Jae‐Hyeong Park, Jin‐Oh Choi, et al.. (2020). Normal Reference Values for Left Atrial Strain and Its Determinants from a Large Korean Multicenter Registry. PubMed. 28(3). 186–186. 32 indexed citations

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Sun, Byung Joo, Jin Kyung Oh, Jeong Yoon Jang, et al.. (2019). Mid-term Clinical Outcomes in a Cohort of Asymptomatic or Mildly Symptomatic Korean Patients with Bicuspid Aortic Valve in a Tertiary Referral Hospital. PubMed. 27(2). 105–105. 6 indexed citations

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Sun, Byung Joo, Jae‐Hyeong Park, Jae‐Hyeong Park, et al.. (2018). Normal reference values of diastolic strain rate in healthy individuals: Chronological trends and the comparison according to genders. Echocardiography. 35(10). 1533–1541. 7 indexed citations

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Lee, Pil Hyung, Jae‐Kwan Song, Jae‐Kwan Song, et al.. (2018). Cryptogenic Stroke and High-Risk Patent Foramen Ovale. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 71(20). 2335–2342. 338 indexed citations breakdown →

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Cho, Jung Sun, Jung Sun Cho, Jae Yeong Cho, et al.. (2017). The association between aortic regurgitation and undetermined embolic infarction with aortic complex plaque. International Journal of Stroke. 13(4). 391–399. 5 indexed citations

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Sun, Byung Joo, Sahmin Lee, Jeong Yoon Jang, et al.. (2017). Performance of a Simplified Dichotomous Phenotypic Classification of Bicuspid Aortic Valve to Predict Type of Valvulopathy and Combined Aortopathy. Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography. 30(12). 1152–1161. 17 indexed citations

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Sun, Byung Joo, Jae‐Kwan Song, Sahmin Lee, et al.. (2017). Clinical Characteristics of Korean Patients with Bicuspid Aortic Valve Who Underwent Aortic Valve Surgery. Korean Circulation Journal. 48(1). 48–48. 5 indexed citations

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Cho, Min Soo, Sun‐Joo Jang, Byung Joo Sun, et al.. (2014). Prognostic Implications of Initial Echocardiographic Findings in Adolescents and Adults with Supracristal Ventricular Septal Defects. Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography. 27(9). 965–971. 3 indexed citations

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Kang, Duk–Hyun, Sung‐Ji Park, Byung Joo Sun, et al.. (2014). Early Surgery Versus Conventional Treatment for Asymptomatic Severe Mitral Regurgitation. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 63(22). 2398–2407. 72 indexed citations

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Sun, Byung Joo, et al.. (2011). Abstract 14612: Infective Endocarditis in Patients Without Previous History of Cardiac Diseases: Clinical Features and Treatment Outcome. Circulation. 124(5). 485–488. 1 indexed citations

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Lee, Seung Hwan, et al.. (2009). 관상동맥 스텐트 삽입술 후 Ultegra rapid platelet function Assay-ASA을 이용한 Aspirin 저항성의 임상적 의의. The Korean Journal of Internal Medicine. 76(6). 685–691.

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Kim, Hyun‐Woo, et al.. (2008). A Case of Nephrotic Syndrome after Thymectomy due to Thymoma. Kidney Research and Clinical Practice. 27(4). 492–496. 1 indexed citations

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