Byung Kwon Kim

3.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
48 papers, 2.8k citations indexed

About

Byung Kwon Kim is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Ecology and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Byung Kwon Kim has authored 48 papers receiving a total of 2.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 30 papers in Molecular Biology, 20 papers in Ecology and 6 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Byung Kwon Kim's work include Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (19 papers), Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (19 papers) and Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity (5 papers). Byung Kwon Kim is often cited by papers focused on Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (19 papers), Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (19 papers) and Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity (5 papers). Byung Kwon Kim collaborates with scholars based in South Korea, Pakistan and United States. Byung Kwon Kim's co-authors include Jongsik Chun, Jae‐Hak Lee, Myung‐Jin Kim, Seil Kim, Young‐Woon Lim, Jihyun F. Kim, Kyung Mo Kim, Seon‐Young Kim, Dong Soo Han and Yong‐Sung Kim and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Journal of Bacteriology and Frontiers in Microbiology.

In The Last Decade

Byung Kwon Kim

45 papers receiving 2.8k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

EzTaxon: a web-based tool for the identification of prokaryotes based on 16S ribosomal RNA gene sequences

2007 1.9k citations Jongsik Chun, Seil Kim et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Byung Kwon Kim South Korea	14	1.8k	1.1k	601	247	235	48	2.8k
Axel Strittmatter Germany	19	1.7k 0.9×	731 0.7×	782 1.3×	407 1.6×	332 1.4×	24	3.2k
Andrea Thürmer Germany	25	1.3k 0.7×	969 0.9×	342 0.6×	171 0.7×	194 0.8×	58	2.7k
Sebastian Jaenicke Germany	26	1.2k 0.7×	521 0.5×	442 0.7×	107 0.4×	125 0.5×	45	2.6k
T. B. K. Reddy United States	20	1.6k 0.9×	1.1k 1.0×	588 1.0×	116 0.5×	97 0.4×	90	2.5k
Le Huang United States	13	1.6k 0.9×	713 0.6×	653 1.1×	405 1.6×	356 1.5×	34	2.6k
Sithichoke Tangphatsornruang Thailand	34	1.6k 0.9×	821 0.7×	1.3k 2.2×	155 0.6×	151 0.6×	149	3.4k
Youji Nakagawa Japan	18	2.1k 1.2×	1.2k 1.1×	441 0.7×	381 1.5×	197 0.8×	49	2.6k
Ana Hernández-Plaza Spain	5	1.9k 1.0×	894 0.8×	736 1.2×	133 0.5×	272 1.2×	6	3.1k
Bin-Bin Xie China	31	1.8k 1.0×	938 0.9×	517 0.9×	639 2.6×	159 0.7×	86	2.8k
Felipe Ascencio Mexico	32	956 0.5×	397 0.4×	344 0.6×	132 0.5×	358 1.5×	123	3.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Byung Kwon Kim

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Byung Kwon Kim

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Lee, Ji Yeon, et al.. (2025). Biosafety characteristics and antibacterial activity of probiotic strains against Streptococcus mutans, Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans, and Porphyromonas gingivalis. Annals of Microbiology. 75(1). 2 indexed citations

Kim, Byung Kwon, Changsoo Kim, & Jaelim Cho. (2024). Association between exposure to heavy metals in atmospheric particulate matter and sleep quality: A nationwide data linkage study. Environmental Research. 247. 118217–118217. 3 indexed citations

Kim, Byung Kwon, Seon Jeong Kim, Chan Mi Park, et al.. (2024). Improvement of succinate production from methane by combining rational engineering and laboratory evolution in Methylomonas sp. DH-1. Microbial Cell Factories. 23(1). 297–297. 2 indexed citations

Yoon, Byoung-Ha, et al.. (2020). BaSDAS: a web-based pooled CRISPR-Cas9 knockout screening data analysis system. Genomics & Informatics. 18(4). e46–e46. 1 indexed citations

Kim, Song‐Gun, et al.. (2016). Complete genome of biodegradable plastics-decomposing Roseateles depolymerans KCTC 42856T (=61AT). Journal of Biotechnology. 220. 47–48. 9 indexed citations

Park, Minkyu, Byung Kwon Kim, Sang‐Heon Lee, et al.. (2016). CLUSTOM-CLOUD: In-Memory Data Grid-Based Software for Clustering 16S rRNA Sequence Data in the Cloud Environment. PLoS ONE. 11(3). e0151064–e0151064. 10 indexed citations

Kim, Song‐Gun, et al.. (2015). Complete genome of brown algal polysaccharides-degrading Pseudoalteromonas issachenkonii KCTC 12958T (=KMM 3549T). Journal of Biotechnology. 219. 86–87. 1 indexed citations

Kim, Byung Kwon, et al.. (2015). Complete genome of the marine bacterium Wenzhouxiangella marina KCTC 42284T. Marine Genomics. 24. 277–280. 8 indexed citations

Kim, Byung Kwon, et al.. (2015). Complete genome of a coastal marine bacterium Muricauda lutaonensis KCTC 22339T. Marine Genomics. 23. 51–53. 8 indexed citations

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Kim, Seil, et al.. (2015). Complete genome of Kangiella geojedonensis KCTC 23420T, putative evidence for recent genome reduction in marine environments. Marine Genomics. 24. 215–217. 7 indexed citations

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Eun, Chang Soo, Byung Kwon Kim, Dong Soo Han, et al.. (2014). Differences in Gastric Mucosal Microbiota Profiling in Patients with Chronic Gastritis, Intestinal Metaplasia, and Gastric Cancer Using Pyrosequencing Methods. Helicobacter. 19(6). 407–416. 227 indexed citations

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Kim, Tae-Kyung, Byung Kwon Kim, Dong Yu, et al.. (2013). CLUSTOM: A Novel Method for Clustering 16S rRNA Next Generation Sequences by Overlap Minimization. PLoS ONE. 8(5). e62623–e62623. 15 indexed citations

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Song, Ju Yeon, Hyun A Kim, Seon‐Young Kim, et al.. (2012). Genome Sequence of the Plant Growth-Promoting Rhizobacterium Bacillus sp. Strain JS. Journal of Bacteriology. 194(14). 3760–3761. 34 indexed citations

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Kim, Byung Kwon, et al.. (2012). PyroTrimmer: a software with GUI for pre-processing 454 amplicon sequences. The Journal of Microbiology. 50(5). 766–769. 23 indexed citations

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Kim, Byung Kwon, Geun Cheol Song, Seon‐Young Kim, et al.. (2012). Genome Sequence of the Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli Strain NCCP15657. Journal of Bacteriology. 194(14). 3751–3752. 5 indexed citations

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Kim, Byung Kwon, et al.. (2011). Genome Sequence of an Ammonia-Oxidizing Soil Archaeon, “Candidatus Nitrosoarchaeum koreensis” MY1. Journal of Bacteriology. 193(19). 5539–5540. 93 indexed citations

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Oh, Hyun‐Myung, Yong‐Joon Cho, Byung Kwon Kim, et al.. (2010). Complete Genome Sequence Analysis of Leuconostoc kimchii IMSNU 11154. Journal of Bacteriology. 192(14). 3844–3845. 19 indexed citations

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Kim, Jihyun F., Cheol‐Goo Hur, Sung Ho Yoon, et al.. (2009). Genome Encyclopedia of Microbes. 298–298. 1 indexed citations

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Kim, Byung Kwon, Yoon‐Dong Park, Hyun‐Myung Oh, & Jongsik Chun. (2009). Identification and characterization of metagenomic fragments from tidal flat sediment. The Journal of Microbiology. 47(4). 402–410. 6 indexed citations

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Kim, Byung Kwon, et al.. (2009). Proposal to transferFlavobacterium oceanosedimentumâCarty and Litchfield 1978 to the genusCurtobacteriumâasCurtobacterium oceanosedimentumcomb. nov.. FEMS Microbiology Letters. 296(1). 137–141. 3 indexed citations

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