Insil Kim

3.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
21 papers, 3.0k citations indexed

About

Insil Kim is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Epidemiology and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Insil Kim has authored 21 papers receiving a total of 3.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Molecular Biology, 6 papers in Epidemiology and 2 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Insil Kim's work include RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (10 papers), RNA Research and Splicing (6 papers) and Autophagy in Disease and Therapy (5 papers). Insil Kim is often cited by papers focused on RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (10 papers), RNA Research and Splicing (6 papers) and Autophagy in Disease and Therapy (5 papers). Insil Kim collaborates with scholars based in United States, Japan and South Korea. Insil Kim's co-authors include John J. Lemasters, Sara Rodríguez‐Enríquez, Joseph D. Puglisi, Peter J. Lukavsky, Robert T. Currin, Geoff Otto, Sean A. McKenna, Shigeyuki Yokoyama, Y. Muto and Yoshiro Shimura and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Insil Kim

21 papers receiving 2.9k citations

Hit Papers

Selective degradation of mitochondria by mitophagy 2007 2026 2013 2019 2007 400 800 1.2k
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. Selective degradation of mitochondria by mitophagy
    2007 1.3k citations Insil Kim, Sara Rodríguez‐Enríquez et al. Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Insil Kim United States 14 2.0k 1.2k 324 269 172 21 3.0k
Bénédicte Salin France 28 2.2k 1.1× 812 0.7× 362 1.1× 478 1.8× 45 0.3× 62 2.8k
Kasturi Mitra United States 16 1.6k 0.8× 997 0.8× 307 0.9× 505 1.9× 41 0.2× 28 2.6k
Ayumu Sugiura Japan 18 2.1k 1.0× 777 0.7× 378 1.2× 361 1.3× 41 0.2× 32 2.8k
R. Mark Payne United States 29 1.8k 0.9× 399 0.3× 408 1.3× 251 0.9× 536 3.1× 66 2.8k
Lígia C. Gomes Italy 10 3.0k 1.5× 1.1k 1.0× 742 2.3× 420 1.6× 83 0.5× 10 3.8k
Kenji Takehana Japan 17 2.1k 1.0× 1.6k 1.4× 547 1.7× 726 2.7× 47 0.3× 26 3.6k
Céline Candé France 16 2.6k 1.3× 389 0.3× 211 0.7× 394 1.5× 67 0.4× 17 3.4k
G Allen United Kingdom 23 1.0k 0.5× 783 0.7× 289 0.9× 230 0.9× 41 0.2× 39 2.0k
Toshihiko Oka Japan 23 3.3k 1.7× 1.1k 0.9× 538 1.7× 425 1.6× 70 0.4× 41 4.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Insil Kim

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Fields of papers citing papers by Insil Kim

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Insil Kim. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Insil Kim. The network helps show where Insil Kim may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Insil Kim

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Insil Kim. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Insil 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 Insil Kim. Insil Kim is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Kim, Insil, et al.. (2023). Factors influencing the successful eruption of the maxillary third molar after extraction of the maxillary second molar. American Journal of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics. 164(5). 636–645. 3 indexed citations
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Lemasters, John J., Sara Rodríguez‐Enríquez, & Insil Kim. (2020). Selective degradation of mitochondria by mitophagy. UNC Libraries. 6 indexed citations
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Hwang, Soonshin, et al.. (2018). A 15-year follow up of an orthodontic treatment including a lower incisor extraction and keeping the maxillary canine–premolar transposition. The Angle Orthodontist. 89(5). 812–826. 4 indexed citations
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Kim, Insil & John J. Lemasters. (2010). Mitophagy Selectively Degrades Individual Damaged Mitochondria After Photoirradiation. Antioxidants and Redox Signaling. 14(10). 1919–1928. 149 indexed citations
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Kim, Insil & John J. Lemasters. (2010). Mitochondrial degradation by autophagy (mitophagy) in GFP-LC3 transgenic hepatocytes during nutrient deprivation. American Journal of Physiology-Cell Physiology. 300(2). C308–C317. 131 indexed citations
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Rehman, Hasibur, Venkat K. Ramshesh, Tom P. Theruvath, et al.. (2008). NIM811 (N-Methyl-4-isoleucine Cyclosporine), a Mitochondrial Permeability Transition Inhibitor, Attenuates Cholestatic Liver Injury but Not Fibrosis in Mice. Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics. 327(3). 699–706. 41 indexed citations
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Zhong, Zhi, Venkat K. Ramshesh, Hasibur Rehman, et al.. (2008). Activation of the oxygen-sensing signal cascade prevents mitochondrial injury after mouse liver ischemia-reperfusion. American Journal of Physiology-Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology. 295(4). G823–G832. 70 indexed citations
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McKenna, Sean A., Darrin A. Lindhout, Insil Kim, et al.. (2007). Molecular Framework for the Activation of RNA-dependent Protein Kinase. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 282(15). 11474–11486. 50 indexed citations
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Kim, Insil, Sara Rodríguez‐Enríquez, & John J. Lemasters. (2007). Selective degradation of mitochondria by mitophagy. Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics. 462(2). 245–253. 1271 indexed citations breakdown →
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McKenna, Sean A., Insil Kim, Elisabetta Viani Puglisi, et al.. (2007). Purification and characterization of transcribed RNAs using gel filtration chromatography. Nature Protocols. 2(12). 3270–3277. 82 indexed citations
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Kim, Insil, Corey W. Liu, & Joseph D. Puglisi. (2006). Specific Recognition of HIV TAR RNA by the dsRNA Binding Domains (dsRBD1–dsRBD2) of PKR. Journal of Molecular Biology. 358(2). 430–442. 46 indexed citations
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Rodríguez‐Enríquez, Sara, Insil Kim, Robert T. Currin, & John J. Lemasters. (2006). Tracker Dyes to Probe Mitochondrial Autophagy (Mitophagy) in Rat Hepatocytes. Autophagy. 2(1). 39–46. 291 indexed citations
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McKenna, Sean A., Insil Kim, Corey W. Liu, & Joseph D. Puglisi. (2006). Uncoupling of RNA Binding and PKR Kinase Activation by Viral Inhibitor RNAs. Journal of Molecular Biology. 358(5). 1270–1285. 56 indexed citations
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Kim, Insil, Sean A. McKenna, Elisabetta Viani Puglisi, & Joseph D. Puglisi. (2006). Rapid purification of RNAs using fast performance liquid chromatography (FPLC). RNA. 13(2). 289–294. 93 indexed citations
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Lukavsky, Peter J., Insil Kim, Geoff Otto, & Joseph D. Puglisi. (2003). Structure of HCV IRES domain II determined by NMR. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology. 10(12). 1033–1038. 237 indexed citations
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Kitamura, Aya, Y. Muto, Satoru Watanabe, et al.. (2002). Solution structure of an RNA fragment with the P7/P9.0 region and the 3???-terminal guanosine of the Tetrahymena group I intron. RNA. 8(4). 440–451. 13 indexed citations
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Kim, Insil, Peter J. Lukavsky, & Joseph D. Puglisi. (2002). NMR Study of 100 kDa HCV IRES RNA Using Segmental Isotope Labeling. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 124(32). 9338–9339. 82 indexed citations
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Handa, N., Osamu Nureki, Kazuki Kurimoto, et al.. (1999). Structural basis for recognition of the tra mRNA precursor by the Sex-lethal protein. Nature. 398(6728). 579–585. 319 indexed citations
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