Hyo‐Joong Kim

2.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
37 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Hyo‐Joong Kim is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Astronomy and Astrophysics and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Hyo‐Joong Kim has authored 37 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 23 papers in Molecular Biology, 18 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics and 11 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Hyo‐Joong Kim's work include Origins and Evolution of Life (18 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (13 papers) and Enzyme Structure and Function (9 papers). Hyo‐Joong Kim is often cited by papers focused on Origins and Evolution of Life (18 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (13 papers) and Enzyme Structure and Function (9 papers). Hyo‐Joong Kim collaborates with scholars based in United States, Japan and Romania. Hyo‐Joong Kim's co-authors include Steven A. Benner, Matthew A. Carrigan, Shuichi Hoshika, Marc Neveu, Myong‐Jung Kim, Nicole A. Leal, Myong Jung Kim, Alonso Ricardo, Han‐Ki Kim and Myong‐Sang Kim and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Hyo‐Joong Kim

34 papers receiving 1.8k citations

Hit Papers

Hachimoji DNA and RNA: A genetic system with eight buildi... 2019 2026 2021 2023 2019 100 200 300
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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.

  1. Hachimoji DNA and RNA: A genetic system with eight building blocks
    2019 330 citations Shuichi Hoshika, Nicole A. Leal et al. Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Hyo‐Joong Kim United States 20 1.2k 819 218 218 172 37 1.8k
Giovanna Costanzo Italy 27 1.2k 1.0× 1.4k 1.7× 336 1.5× 223 1.0× 52 0.3× 63 2.2k
Pierre‐Alain Monnard Denmark 25 1.5k 1.3× 1.3k 1.6× 722 3.3× 163 0.7× 143 0.8× 50 2.1k
Michael P. Robertson United States 18 1.2k 1.0× 626 0.8× 118 0.5× 184 0.8× 152 0.9× 28 1.6k
T.‐Y. Dora Tang Germany 24 1.6k 1.4× 397 0.5× 315 1.4× 419 1.9× 539 3.1× 52 2.5k
Günter von Kiedrowski Germany 29 2.1k 1.7× 1.1k 1.3× 336 1.5× 177 0.8× 207 1.2× 65 2.8k
Itay Budin United States 15 850 0.7× 404 0.5× 270 1.2× 61 0.3× 97 0.6× 32 1.2k
Anastassia Kanavarioti United States 15 736 0.6× 560 0.7× 124 0.6× 63 0.3× 72 0.4× 44 1000
Paul J. Bracher United States 15 452 0.4× 275 0.3× 95 0.4× 209 1.0× 176 1.0× 21 1.1k
J Groen Netherlands 17 654 0.6× 138 0.2× 175 0.8× 182 0.8× 188 1.1× 42 1.7k
Fabiana Ciciriello Italy 17 504 0.4× 615 0.8× 138 0.6× 94 0.4× 30 0.2× 36 976

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Fields of papers citing papers by Hyo‐Joong Kim

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Hyo‐Joong Kim

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Kim, Hyo‐Joong, et al.. (2025). Interstep compatibility of a model for the prebiotic synthesis of RNA consistent with Hadean natural history. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 122(51). e2516418122–e2516418122.
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Kim, Hyo‐Joong, et al.. (2024). Abiotic Ribose Synthesis Under Aqueous Environments with Various Chemical Conditions. Astrobiology. 24(5). 489–497. 9 indexed citations
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Thomas, Christopher A., Jonathan M. Craig, Shuichi Hoshika, et al.. (2023). Assessing Readability of an 8-Letter Expanded Deoxyribonucleic Acid Alphabet with Nanopores. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 145(15). 8560–8568. 10 indexed citations
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Kim, Hyo‐Joong, et al.. (2022). Catalytic Synthesis of Polyribonucleic Acid on Prebiotic Rock Glasses. Astrobiology. 22(6). 629–636. 37 indexed citations
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Kim, Hyo‐Joong & Steven A. Benner. (2021). Abiotic Synthesis of Nucleoside 5′-Triphosphates with Nickel Borate and Cyclic Trimetaphosphate (CTMP). Astrobiology. 21(3). 298–306. 24 indexed citations
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Hoshika, Shuichi, Nicole A. Leal, Myong‐Jung Kim, et al.. (2019). Hachimoji DNA and RNA: A genetic system with eight building blocks. Science. 363(6429). 884–887. 330 indexed citations breakdown →
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Kim, Hyo‐Joong & Justin Kim. (2019). A Prebiotic Synthesis of Canonical Pyrimidine and Purine Ribonucleotides. Astrobiology. 19(5). 669–674. 24 indexed citations
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Benner, Steven A., Hyo‐Joong Kim, & Elisa Biondi. (2019). Prebiotic Chemistry that Could Not Not Have Happened. Life. 9(4). 84–84. 43 indexed citations
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Kim, Hyo‐Joong & Steven A. Benner. (2017). A Direct Prebiotic Synthesis of Nicotinamide Nucleotide. Chemistry - A European Journal. 24(3). 581–584. 30 indexed citations
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Kim, Hyo‐Joong, et al.. (2017). Stretchable Ag electrodes with mechanically tunable optical transmittance on wavy-patterned PDMS substrates. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 46739–46739. 82 indexed citations
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Kim, Hyo‐Joong, Myong‐Jung Kim, Myong‐Sang Kim, et al.. (2016). Assays To Detect the Formation of Triphosphates of Unnatural Nucleotides: Application to Escherichia coli Nucleoside Diphosphate Kinase. ACS Synthetic Biology. 5(3). 234–240. 15 indexed citations
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Shao, Yaming, Shuichi Hoshika, Zunyi Yang, et al.. (2015). A Crystal Structure of a Functional RNA Molecule Containing an Artificial Nucleobase Pair. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 54(34). 9853–9856. 18 indexed citations
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Benner, Steven A., et al.. (2015). Next-generation DNA in pathogen detection, surveillance, and CLIA-waivable diagnostics. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 9490. 94900K–94900K. 5 indexed citations
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Kim, Hyo‐Joong, Hyo‐Joong Kim, Ki‐Won Seo, et al.. (2014). Direct laser patterning of transparent ITO–Ag–ITO multilayer anodes for organic solar cells. Applied Surface Science. 328. 215–221. 38 indexed citations
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Neveu, Marc, Hyo‐Joong Kim, & Steven A. Benner. (2013). The “Strong” RNA World Hypothesis: Fifty Years Old. Astrobiology. 13(4). 391–403. 135 indexed citations
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Kim, Hyo‐Joong & Soojin Park. (2011). Visual Tactility in Web-based Digital Contents. The Journal of the Korea Contents Association. 11(4). 121–131.
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Kim, Hyo‐Joong, Nicole A. Leal, & Steven A. Benner. (2009). 2′-Deoxy-1-methylpseudocytidine, a stable analog of 2′-deoxy-5-methylisocytidine. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry. 17(10). 3728–3732. 18 indexed citations
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Kim, Hyo‐Joong, Ashoke Sharon, Jianing Wang, et al.. (2008). Synthesis and Anti-Hepatitis B Virus and Anti-Hepatitis C Virus Activities of 7-Deazaneplanocin A Analogues in Vitro. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 52(1). 206–213. 27 indexed citations
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Kim, Hyo‐Joong, Myong Jung Kim, Nilesh B. Karalkar, Daniel Hutter, & Steven A. Benner. (2008). Synthesis of Pyrophosphates for In Vitro Selection of Catalytic RNA Molecules. Nucleosides Nucleotides & Nucleic Acids. 27(1). 43–56. 2 indexed citations
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Kim, Hyo‐Joong, et al.. (2005). Synthesis and antiviral activity of 7-deazaneplanocin A against orthopoxviruses (vaccinia and cowpox virus). Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 16(2). 285–287. 11 indexed citations

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