Jong An Lee

1.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
17 papers, 1.0k citations indexed

About

Jong An Lee is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Biomedical Engineering and Biomaterials. According to data from OpenAlex, Jong An Lee has authored 17 papers receiving a total of 1.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Molecular Biology, 13 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 4 papers in Biomaterials. Recurrent topics in Jong An Lee's work include Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction (13 papers), Biofuel production and bioconversion (12 papers) and Enzyme Catalysis and Immobilization (5 papers). Jong An Lee is often cited by papers focused on Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction (13 papers), Biofuel production and bioconversion (12 papers) and Enzyme Catalysis and Immobilization (5 papers). Jong An Lee collaborates with scholars based in South Korea, United States and Denmark. Jong An Lee's co-authors include Sang Yup Lee, Jung Ho Ahn, Gi Bae Kim, Yoo‐Sung Ko, Je Woong Kim, Tae-Hee Han, Bang Junho, Kyung‐Jin Kim, Won Jun Kim and Hogyun Seo and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Chemical Society Reviews and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Jong An Lee

16 papers receiving 1.0k 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.

Tools and strategies of systems metabolic engineering for the development of microbial cell factories for chemical production

2020 325 citations Yoo‐Sung Ko, Je Woong Kim et al. Chemical Society Reviews profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Jong An Lee South Korea	12	710	399	149	64	59	17	1.0k
Jung Ho Ahn South Korea	15	736 1.0×	541 1.4×	178 1.2×	35 0.5×	53 0.9×	22	1.1k
Je Woong Kim South Korea	9	965 1.4×	565 1.4×	154 1.0×	95 1.5×	87 1.5×	9	1.3k
Tong Un Chae South Korea	13	972 1.4×	586 1.5×	195 1.3×	66 1.0×	80 1.4×	17	1.3k
Yoo‐Sung Ko South Korea	10	747 1.1×	348 0.9×	89 0.6×	80 1.3×	77 1.3×	13	1000
Qiang Yan United States	15	865 1.2×	299 0.7×	217 1.5×	120 1.9×	47 0.8×	27	1.3k
Dong In Kim South Korea	10	608 0.9×	378 0.9×	67 0.4×	42 0.7×	60 1.0×	24	905
Tae Hoon Yang Germany	14	1.1k 1.6×	612 1.5×	120 0.8×	30 0.5×	58 1.0×	19	1.4k
Vikramaditya G. Yadav Canada	14	387 0.5×	427 1.1×	73 0.5×	59 0.9×	92 1.6×	39	991
Gi Bae Kim South Korea	16	1.5k 2.1×	645 1.6×	105 0.7×	99 1.5×	89 1.5×	23	1.9k
H. Brett Schreyer United States	8	901 1.3×	662 1.7×	126 0.8×	35 0.5×	75 1.3×	11	1.2k

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17 of 17 papers shown

Kim, Ji Yeon, Jong An Lee, Gi Bae Kim, Youngjoon Lee, & Sang Yup Lee. (2025). Succinic Acid Production by Engineered Mannheimia succiniciproducens and Its Use in Chemoenzymatic Poly(Butylene Succinate) Synthesis. Biotechnology and Bioengineering. 122(12). 3393–3405.

Lee, Jong An, et al.. (2024). High-level succinic acid production by overexpressing a magnesium transporter in Mannheimia succiniciproducens. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 121(37). e2407455121–e2407455121. 4 indexed citations

Kim, Ji Yeon, Jong An Lee, & Sang Yup Lee. (2023). Biobased Production of Succinic Acid and Its Derivatives Using Metabolically Engineered Microorganisms. Industrial Biotechnology. 19(3). 125–137. 11 indexed citations

Kim, Gi Bae, Ji Yeon Kim, Jong An Lee, et al.. (2023). Functional annotation of enzyme-encoding genes using deep learning with transformer layers. Nature Communications. 14(1). 7370–7370. 47 indexed citations

Lee, Jong An, et al.. (2023). Current advancements in the bio-based production of polyamides. Trends in Chemistry. 5(12). 873–891. 21 indexed citations

Kim, Ji Yeon, et al.. (2023). Recent advances in the production of platform chemicals using metabolically engineered microorganisms. Current Opinion in Green and Sustainable Chemistry. 40. 100777–100777. 17 indexed citations

Lee, Jong An, et al.. (2022). Can microbes be harnessed to reduce atmospheric loads of greenhouse gases?. Environmental Microbiology. 25(1). 17–25. 6 indexed citations

Lee, Jong An, Hyun Uk Kim, Jeong‐Geol Na, et al.. (2022). Factors affecting the competitiveness of bacterial fermentation. Trends in biotechnology. 41(6). 798–816. 33 indexed citations

Lee, Jong An, Jung Ho Ahn, Gi Bae Kim, et al.. (2022). Metabolic engineering of Mannheimia succiniciproducens for malic acid production using dimethylsulfoxide as an electron acceptor. Biotechnology and Bioengineering. 120(1). 203–215. 4 indexed citations

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Junho, Bang, Jung Ho Ahn, Jong An Lee, et al.. (2021). Synthetic Formatotrophs for One‐Carbon Biorefinery. Advanced Science. 8(12). 2100199–2100199. 26 indexed citations

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Ahn, Jung Ho, Hogyun Seo, Jong An Lee, et al.. (2020). Enhanced succinic acid production by Mannheimia employing optimal malate dehydrogenase. Nature Communications. 11(1). 1970–1970. 225 indexed citations

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Ko, Yoo‐Sung, Je Woong Kim, Jong An Lee, et al.. (2020). Tools and strategies of systems metabolic engineering for the development of microbial cell factories for chemical production. Chemical Society Reviews. 49(14). 4615–4636. 325 indexed citations breakdown →

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Lee, Jong An, Jung Ho Ahn, In Ho Kim, Sheng Li, & Sang Yup Lee. (2020). Synthesis, Characterization, and Application of Fully Biobased and Biodegradable Nylon-4,4 and -5,4. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering. 8(14). 5604–5614. 48 indexed citations

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Junho, Bang, et al.. (2020). Escherichia coli is engineered to grow on CO2 and formic acid. Nature Microbiology. 5(12). 1459–1463. 97 indexed citations

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Chae, Tong Un, Jung Ho Ahn, Yoo‐Sung Ko, et al.. (2019). Metabolic engineering for the production of dicarboxylic acids and diamines. Metabolic Engineering. 58. 2–16. 114 indexed citations

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Ahn, Jung Ho, Jong An Lee, Bang Junho, & Sang Yup Lee. (2018). Membrane engineering via trans-unsaturated fatty acids production improves succinic acid production in Mannheimia succiniciproducens. Journal of Industrial Microbiology & Biotechnology. 45(7). 555–566. 30 indexed citations

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Lee, Jong An, et al.. (2018). Separation and purification of three, four, and five carbon diamines from fermentation broth. Chemical Engineering Science. 196. 324–332. 19 indexed citations

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