Ik–Kyung Jang

26.0k total citations · 7 hit papers
236 papers, 12.8k citations indexed

About

Ik–Kyung Jang is a scholar working on Surgery, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Ik–Kyung Jang has authored 236 papers receiving a total of 12.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 190 papers in Surgery, 116 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging and 89 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. Recurrent topics in Ik–Kyung Jang's work include Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics (161 papers), Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics (116 papers) and Acute Myocardial Infarction Research (60 papers). Ik–Kyung Jang is often cited by papers focused on Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics (161 papers), Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics (116 papers) and Acute Myocardial Infarction Research (60 papers). Ik–Kyung Jang collaborates with scholars based in United States, Japan and South Korea. Ik–Kyung Jang's co-authors include Brett E. Bouma, Guillermo J. Tearney, Milen Shishkov, Fabian Moselewski, Stuart L. Houser, Elkan F. Halpern, Maros Ferencik, Udo Hoffmann, Thomas J. Brady and H. Thomas Aretz and has published in prestigious journals such as JAMA, Circulation and Nature Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Ik–Kyung Jang

230 papers receiving 12.5k citations

Hit Papers

Characterization of Human... 2001 2026 2009 2017 2002 2005 2009 2003 2003 250 500 750
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.

  1. Characterization of Human Atherosclerosis by Optical Coherence Tomography
    2002 902 citations Ik–Kyung Jang et al. profile →
  2. In Vivo Characterization of Coronary Atherosclerotic Plaque by Use of Optical Coherence Tomography
    2005 670 citations Ik–Kyung Jang, Masamichi Takano et al. profile →
  3. Expert review document on methodology, terminology, and clinical applications of optical coherence tomography: physical principles, methodology of image acquisition, and clinical application for assessment of coronary arteries and atherosclerosis
    2009 619 citations Ik–Kyung Jang et al. European Heart Journal profile →
  4. Detection of Calcified and Noncalcified Coronary Atherosclerotic Plaque by Contrast-Enhanced, Submillimeter Multidetector Spiral Computed Tomography
    2003 617 citations Maros Ferencik, Ik–Kyung Jang et al. profile →
  5. Quantification of Macrophage Content in Atherosclerotic Plaques by Optical Coherence Tomography
    2003 507 citations Ik–Kyung Jang et al. profile →
  6. Argatroban Anticoagulant Therapy in Patients With Heparin-Induced Thrombocytopenia
    2001 507 citations Ik–Kyung Jang et al. profile →
  7. Reassessing the Mechanisms of Acute Coronary Syndromes
    2019 329 citations Peter Libby, Filippo Crea et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Ik–Kyung Jang 8.5k 6.3k 4.7k 3.4k 3.3k 236 12.8k
Francesco Burzotta 6.6k 0.8× 3.8k 0.6× 6.6k 1.4× 812 0.2× 2.7k 0.8× 449 10.2k
Pim J. de Feyter 13.5k 1.6× 14.7k 2.4× 10.5k 2.2× 5.0k 1.5× 3.9k 1.2× 410 22.2k
Eugène McFadden 12.4k 1.5× 6.7k 1.1× 11.3k 2.4× 1.5k 0.4× 3.0k 0.9× 143 16.5k
Seung‐Jung Park 13.1k 1.5× 8.8k 1.4× 10.8k 2.3× 1.4k 0.4× 3.7k 1.1× 505 17.0k
Wolfgang Rutsch 7.6k 0.9× 4.7k 0.8× 7.3k 1.5× 720 0.2× 2.3k 0.7× 114 11.2k
Evelyn Regar 11.5k 1.4× 5.2k 0.8× 6.7k 1.4× 2.1k 0.6× 4.5k 1.4× 305 13.6k
Akiko Maehara 13.2k 1.6× 9.9k 1.6× 8.7k 1.8× 1.4k 0.4× 5.2k 1.6× 501 16.5k
Guy R. Heyndrickx 9.5k 1.1× 7.8k 1.2× 9.3k 2.0× 912 0.3× 2.1k 0.6× 169 14.3k
Cheol Whan Lee 10.1k 1.2× 6.3k 1.0× 8.4k 1.8× 579 0.2× 2.8k 0.8× 389 12.6k
Jozef Bartúnek 8.1k 1.0× 6.1k 1.0× 9.1k 1.9× 1.1k 0.3× 1.4k 0.4× 283 14.2k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Lee, Jinho, Lorenz Räber, & Ik–Kyung Jang. (2025). Artificial intelligence-based identification of thin-cap fibroatheroma: a new paradigm for risk stratification?. European Heart Journal. 46(46). 5042–5044.
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Kinoshita, Daisuke, Keishi Suzuki, Daichi Fujimoto, et al.. (2025). High-risk plaque features and perivascular inflammation. Journal of cardiovascular computed tomography. 19(3). 299–305. 1 indexed citations
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Pedicino, Daniela, Youssef S. Abdelwahed, N Kraenkel, et al.. (2025). Acute coronary syndrome with plaque erosion: clinical characteristics, mechanisms, and unmet needs. European Heart Journal. 47(12). 1403–1414.
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Kinoshita, Daisuke, Keishi Suzuki, Haruhito Yuki, et al.. (2024). Sex-Specific Association Between Perivascular Inflammation and Plaque Vulnerability. Circulation Cardiovascular Imaging. 17(2). e016178–e016178. 8 indexed citations
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Usui, Eisuke, Rocco Vergallo, Daisuke Kinoshita, et al.. (2024). Relationship Between Coronary Artery Calcium Score and Vulnerability of Culprit Plaque Assessed by OCT in Patients With Established Coronary Artery Disease. Circulation Cardiovascular Imaging. 18(1). e017099–e017099. 2 indexed citations
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Yuki, Haruhito, Thoralf M. Sundt, Takayuki Niida, et al.. (2024). Level of Perivascular Inflammation Is Significantly Lower Around the Left Internal Mammary Artery Than Around Native Coronary Arteries. Journal of the American Heart Association. 13(12). e033224–e033224. 1 indexed citations
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Yuki, Haruhito, Eric M. Isselbacher, Takayuki Niida, et al.. (2024). Protruding Aortic Plaque and Coronary Plaque Vulnerability. Journal of the American Heart Association. 13(2). e032742–e032742. 3 indexed citations
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Kinoshita, Daisuke, Keishi Suzuki, Takayuki Niida, et al.. (2024). Relationship between plaque burden and plaque vulnerability: Acute coronary syndromes versus chronic coronary syndrome. Journal of cardiovascular computed tomography. 18(6). 559–566. 2 indexed citations
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Suzuki, Keishi, Daisuke Kinoshita, Takayuki Niida, et al.. (2024). Computed Tomography Angiography Characteristics of Thin‐Cap Fibroatheroma in Patients With Diabetes. Journal of the American Heart Association. 13(10). e033639–e033639.
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Yuki, Haruhito, Keishi Suzuki, Takayuki Niida, et al.. (2023). Coronary Inflammation and Plaque Vulnerability: A Coronary Computed Tomography and Optical Coherence Tomography Study. Circulation Cardiovascular Imaging. 16(3). e014959–e014959. 25 indexed citations
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Seegers, Lena Marie, Doreen DeFaria Yeh, Taishi Yonetsu, et al.. (2023). Sex Differences in Coronary Atherosclerotic Phenotype and Healing Pattern on Optical Coherence Tomography Imaging. Circulation Cardiovascular Imaging. 16(8). e015227–e015227. 4 indexed citations
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Kinoshita, Daisuke, Keishi Suzuki, Haruhito Yuki, et al.. (2023). Coronary artery disease reporting and data system (CAD-RADS), vascular inflammation and plaque vulnerability. Journal of cardiovascular computed tomography. 17(6). 445–452. 6 indexed citations
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Suzuki, Keishi, Takayuki Niida, Haruhito Yuki, et al.. (2023). Coronary Plaque Characteristics and Underlying Mechanism of Acute Coronary Syndromes in Different Age Groups of Patients With Diabetes. Journal of the American Heart Association. 12(23). e031474–e031474. 7 indexed citations
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Seegers, Lena Marie, Makoto Araki, Akihiro Nakajima, et al.. (2022). Sex Differences in Culprit Plaque Characteristics Among Different Age Groups in Patients With Acute Coronary Syndromes. Circulation Cardiovascular Interventions. 15(6). e011612–e011612. 36 indexed citations
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Araki, Makoto, Tomoyo Sugiyama, Akihiro Nakajima, et al.. (2022). Level of Vascular Inflammation Is Higher in Acute Coronary Syndromes Compared with Chronic Coronary Disease. Circulation Cardiovascular Imaging. 15(11). e014191–e014191. 18 indexed citations
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Nakajima, Akihiro, Makoto Araki, Yoshiyasu Minami, et al.. (2021). Layered Plaque Characteristics and Layer Burden in Acute Coronary Syndromes. The American Journal of Cardiology. 164. 27–33. 7 indexed citations
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Thondapu, Vikas, Eric Poon, Osamu Kurihara, et al.. (2020). High spatial endothelial shear stress gradient independently predicts site of acute coronary plaque rupture and erosion. Cardiovascular Research. 117(8). 1974–1985. 62 indexed citations
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Kurihara, Osamu, Hyung Oh Kim, Michele Russo, et al.. (2020). Relation of Low-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol Level to Plaque Rupture. The American Journal of Cardiology. 134. 48–54. 8 indexed citations
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Russo, Michele, Hyung Oh Kim, Vikas Thondapu, et al.. (2020). Ethnic Differences in the Pathobiology of Acute Coronary Syndromes Between Asians and Whites. The American Journal of Cardiology. 125(12). 1757–1764. 8 indexed citations

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