Donghee Kim

20.6k total citations · 7 hit papers
380 papers, 14.5k citations indexed

About

Donghee Kim is a scholar working on Epidemiology, Hepatology and Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism. According to data from OpenAlex, Donghee Kim has authored 380 papers receiving a total of 14.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 205 papers in Epidemiology, 108 papers in Hepatology and 62 papers in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism. Recurrent topics in Donghee Kim's work include Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment (187 papers), Liver Disease and Transplantation (75 papers) and Diet, Metabolism, and Disease (47 papers). Donghee Kim is often cited by papers focused on Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment (187 papers), Liver Disease and Transplantation (75 papers) and Diet, Metabolism, and Disease (47 papers). Donghee Kim collaborates with scholars based in United States, South Korea and Thailand. Donghee Kim's co-authors include Aijaz Ahmed, W. Ray Kim, George Cholankeril, Won Kim, Hwa Jung Kim, Yoon Jun Kim, Jung‐Hwan Yoon, Andrew A. Li, Terry M. Therneau and Sun Wook Hwang and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Clinical Oncology.

In The Last Decade

Donghee Kim

343 papers receiving 14.2k 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.

Hepatic steatosis index: A simple screening tool reflecting nonalcoholic fatty liver disease

2009 1.1k citations Donghee Kim, Hwa Jung Kim et al. profile →
Direct activation of capsaicin receptors by products of lipoxygenases: Endogenous capsaicin-like substances

2000 868 citations Donghee Kim et al. profile →
Association between noninvasive fibrosis markers and mortality among adults with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease in the United States

2012 600 citations Donghee Kim, W. Ray Kim et al. Hepatology profile →
Clinical epidemiology and disease burden of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease

2017 550 citations Eric R. Yoo, George Cholankeril et al. profile →
Sarcopenia is an independent risk factor for non-alcoholic steatohepatitis and significant fibrosis

2016 335 citations Donghee Kim, Sae Kyung Joo et al. profile →
Metabolic dysfunction-associated fatty liver disease is associated with increased all-cause mortality in the United States

2021 287 citations Donghee Kim, Brittany B. Dennis et al. profile →
Current epidemiology in hepatocellular carcinoma

2021 175 citations Aijaz Ahmed, Donghee Kim et al. profile →

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Donghee Kim

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	PERIODONTITIS AS A RISK FACTOR FOR DEMENTIA: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW AND META-ANALYSIS 2025 ·Journal of Evidence Based Dental Practice ·Donghee Kim, (unknown)	3
2	Advancing policy and practice in alcohol-associated liver disease and alcohol-attributable cancer: Correspondence to the editorial on “Sex disparities in alcohol-associated liver disease and subtype differences in alcohol-attributable cancers in the United States” 2025 ·Clinical and Molecular Hepatology ·Pojsakorn Danpanichkul, Donghee Kim, Karn Wijarnpreecha, Amit G. Singal, Soo Young Hwang	0
3	Healthcare and prescription medication affordability in adults with diabetes in the United States, 2020–2023 2025 ·Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice ·Donghee Kim, Pojsakorn Danpanichkul, Karn Wijarnpreecha, Aijaz Ahmed	0
4	Hydrophilic and lipophilic statin and clinical outcomes in individuals with alcohol-associated liver disease 2025 ·Clinical and Molecular Hepatology ·Pojsakorn Danpanichkul, Donghee Kim, Benjamin Nah, (unknown), (unknown)	1
5	Trends in Mortality From Chronic Liver Disease Before, During, and After the COVID-19 Pandemic, 2015 to 2023 2025 ·Annals of Internal Medicine ·Donghee Kim, Pojsakorn Danpanichkul, (unknown), George Cholankeril, (unknown)	5
6	Disproportionately rising mortality rates of alcohol-associated acute Pancreatitis: Analysis from centers for Disease Control and prevention database (2011–2020) 2025 ·Pancreatology ·Pojsakorn Danpanichkul, (unknown), Donghee Kim, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Juan Pablo Arab, Luis Antonio Díaz, Jorge D. Machicado, Michael B. Wallace, Karn Wijarnpreecha	1
7	Older adults living with gastrointestinal cancers in 2021 2025 ·Cancer Communications ·Pojsakorn Danpanichkul, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Benjamin Nah, Kwanjit Duangsonk, Nicole K. Y. Tang, Neha Mittal, Donghee Kim, Mazen Noureddin, Michael B. Wallace, Amit G. Singal, Karn Wijarnpreecha, Soo Young Hwang	2
8	What Is New in Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatotic Liver Disease in Lean Individuals: From Bench to Bedside 2024 ·Journal of Clinical Medicine ·Pojsakorn Danpanichkul, Kanokphong Suparan, Donghee Kim, Karn Wijarnpreecha	26
9	Leukocyte telomere shortening in metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease and all-cause/cause-specific mortality 2024 ·Clinical and Molecular Hepatology ·Donghee Kim, Pojsakorn Danpanichkul, Karn Wijarnpreecha, (unknown), Aijaz Ahmed	1
10	Contemporary awareness of viral hepatitis between 2012 and 2022 among Korean adults 2024 ·Clinical and Molecular Hepatology ·Donghee Kim, Won Kim, (unknown)	0
11	Current burden of steatotic liver disease and fibrosis among adults in the United States, 2017–2023 2024 ·Clinical and Molecular Hepatology ·Donghee Kim, Pojsakorn Danpanichkul, Karn Wijarnpreecha, George Cholankeril, Rohit Loomba, Aijaz Ahmed	20
12	Incidence of liver cancer in young adults according to the Global Burden of Disease database 2019 2024 ·Hepatology ·Pojsakorn Danpanichkul, Majd B. Aboona, (unknown), (unknown), Kwanjit Duangsonk, Cheng Han Ng, Mark Muthiah, Daniel Q. Huang, Yuya Seko, Luis Antonio Díaz, Juan Pablo Arab, Ju Dong Yang, Vincent Chen, Donghee Kim, Mazen Noureddin, Suthat Liangpunsakul, Karn Wijarnpreecha	27
13	Types of Physical Activity in Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease and All-Cause and Cardiovascular Mortality 2023 ·Journal of Clinical Medicine ·Donghee Kim, Karn Wijarnpreecha, Brittany B. Dennis, George Cholankeril, Aijaz Ahmed	7
14	Association between depression and metabolic dysfunction-associated fatty liver disease/significant fibrosis 2023 ·Journal of Affective Disorders ·Donghee Kim, Brittany B. Dennis, George Cholankeril, Aijaz Ahmed	18
15	Trends in mortality of liver cancer before and during the COVID‐19 pandemic, 2017–2021 2023 ·Liver International ·Donghee Kim, (unknown), George Cholankeril, Aijaz Ahmed	4
16	Transplanting hepatitis B surface antigen–positive livers in the United States: Outcomes and opportunities 2023 ·American Journal of Transplantation ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Donghee Kim, Aijaz Ahmed, Carl L. Berg, Susanna Naggie, Fasiha Kanwal, George Cholankeril, (unknown)	5
17	Association of Digestive Symptoms and Hospitalization in Patients With SARS-CoV-2 Infection 2020 ·The American Journal of Gastroenterology ·George Cholankeril, Alexander Podboy, (unknown), Edward A. Pham, Sean P. Spencer, Donghee Kim, Aijaz Ahmed	41
18	Suboptimal Use of Inpatient Palliative Care Consultation May Lead to Higher Readmissions and Costs in End-Stage Liver Disease 2019 ·Journal of Palliative Medicine ·Adeyinka Adejumo, Donghee Kim, Umair Iqbal, Eric R. Yoo, Brian C. Boursiquot, George Cholankeril, Robert J. Wong, Paul Y. Kwo, Aijaz Ahmed	16
19	Predictors of nonalcoholic steatohepatitis and significant fibrosis in non‐obese nonalcoholic fatty liver disease 2018 ·Liver International ·Donghee Kim, Won Kim, Sae Kyung Joo, Jung Ho Kim, Stephen A. Harrison, Zobair M. Younossi, Aijaz Ahmed	41
20	Association between noninvasive fibrosis markers and mortality among adults with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease in the United States breakdown → 2012 ·Hepatology ·Donghee Kim, W. Ray Kim, Hwa Jung Kim, Terry M. Therneau	600

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