Choah Kim

2.2k total citations · 3 hit papers
8 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Choah Kim is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Choah Kim has authored 8 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 5 papers in Molecular Biology, 3 papers in Cell Biology and 2 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in Choah Kim's work include Cellular transport and secretion (3 papers), Autophagy in Disease and Therapy (1 paper) and RNA modifications and cancer (1 paper). Choah Kim is often cited by papers focused on Cellular transport and secretion (3 papers), Autophagy in Disease and Therapy (1 paper) and RNA modifications and cancer (1 paper). Choah Kim collaborates with scholars based in United States and South Korea. Choah Kim's co-authors include David M. Sabatini, Gregory A. Wyant, Roberto Zoncu, Lynne Chantranupong, Zhi-Yang Tsun, Liron Bar‐Peled, Timothy C. Wang, Elizaveta Freinkman, Monther Abu-Remaileh and Sze Ham Chan and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Journal of Clinical Investigation and Molecular Cell.

In The Last Decade

Choah Kim

8 papers receiving 1.5k citations

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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.

Metabolism. Lysosomal amino acid transporter SLC38A9 signals arginine sufficiency to mTORC1.

2015 618 citations Shuyu Wang, Zhi-Yang Tsun et al. PubMed profile →
Lysosomal metabolomics reveals V-ATPase- and mTOR-dependent regulation of amino acid efflux from lysosomes

2017 457 citations Monther Abu-Remaileh, Gregory A. Wyant et al. Science profile →
The Folliculin Tumor Suppressor Is a GAP for the RagC/D GTPases That Signal Amino Acid Levels to mTORC1

2013 421 citations Zhi-Yang Tsun, Liron Bar‐Peled et al. Molecular Cell profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Choah Kim United States	5	992	435	396	237	218	8	1.5k
Mariana E. G. de Araújo Austria	14	858 0.9×	500 1.1×	359 0.9×	253 1.1×	179 0.8×	21	1.4k
Zhi-Yang Tsun United States	6	910 0.9×	328 0.8×	251 0.6×	147 0.6×	130 0.6×	6	1.3k
Claudia Dall’Armi United States	14	808 0.8×	600 1.4×	562 1.4×	161 0.7×	342 1.6×	15	1.6k
Jlenia Monfregola Italy	18	595 0.6×	326 0.7×	437 1.1×	251 1.1×	259 1.2×	27	1.4k
Constance Petit France	9	884 0.9×	409 0.9×	675 1.7×	262 1.1×	268 1.2×	10	1.6k
Akiko Nezu Japan	7	985 1.0×	644 1.5×	1.1k 2.8×	222 0.9×	269 1.2×	7	1.8k
Jose M. Orozco United States	7	965 1.0×	269 0.6×	211 0.5×	74 0.3×	163 0.7×	8	1.3k
Caroline Mauvezin Spain	13	974 1.0×	475 1.1×	909 2.3×	184 0.8×	297 1.4×	23	1.8k
Xin Gu United States	21	1.5k 1.5×	273 0.6×	211 0.5×	92 0.4×	228 1.0×	34	2.1k
Lawrence D. Schweitzer United States	9	920 0.9×	309 0.7×	200 0.5×	120 0.5×	115 0.5×	10	1.3k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Choah Kim

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Choah Kim. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Choah Kim based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Choah Kim. Choah Kim is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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8 of 8 papers shown

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Kim, Choah, Katlyn R. Gabriel, Matthew Brown, et al.. (2025). FAF2 is a bifunctional regulator of peroxisomal homeostasis and saturated lipid responses. Science Advances. 11(27). eadu9104–eadu9104. 1 indexed citations

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Kim, Choah, et al.. (2023). Increasing Student Confidence in Writing: Integrating Authentic Manuscript Writing into an Online 8-Week Research Program. Journal of Microbiology and Biology Education. 24(1). 2 indexed citations

3.

Carroll, K. K., et al.. (2022). Antimicrobial properties of common household spices on microbes cultured from two kitchen locations. Journal of Emerging Investigators. 1 indexed citations

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Sidhom, Eriene-Heidi, Choah Kim, Maria Kost‐Alimova, et al.. (2021). Targeting a Braf/Mapk pathway rescues podocyte lipid peroxidation in CoQ-deficiency kidney disease. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 131(5). 30 indexed citations

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Zhou, Yiming, Choah Kim, Juan Lorenzo Pablo, et al.. (2021). TRPC5 Channel Inhibition Protects Podocytes in Puromycin-Aminonucleoside Induced Nephrosis Models. Frontiers in Medicine. 8. 721865–721865. 13 indexed citations

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Abu-Remaileh, Monther, Gregory A. Wyant, Choah Kim, et al.. (2017). Lysosomal metabolomics reveals V-ATPase- and mTOR-dependent regulation of amino acid efflux from lysosomes. Science. 358(6364). 807–813. 457 indexed citations breakdown →

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Wang, Shuyu, Zhi-Yang Tsun, Rachel L. Wolfson, et al.. (2015). Metabolism. Lysosomal amino acid transporter SLC38A9 signals arginine sufficiency to mTORC1.. PubMed. 347(6218). 188–94. 618 indexed citations breakdown →

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Tsun, Zhi-Yang, Liron Bar‐Peled, Lynne Chantranupong, et al.. (2013). The Folliculin Tumor Suppressor Is a GAP for the RagC/D GTPases That Signal Amino Acid Levels to mTORC1. Molecular Cell. 52(4). 495–505. 421 indexed citations breakdown →

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