Ki-Wook Kim

11.5k total citations · 3 hit papers
50 papers, 7.3k citations indexed

About

Ki-Wook Kim is a scholar working on Immunology, Oncology and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Ki-Wook Kim has authored 50 papers receiving a total of 7.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 33 papers in Immunology, 14 papers in Oncology and 10 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Ki-Wook Kim's work include Immune cells in cancer (19 papers), Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms (9 papers) and Chemokine receptors and signaling (8 papers). Ki-Wook Kim is often cited by papers focused on Immune cells in cancer (19 papers), Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms (9 papers) and Chemokine receptors and signaling (8 papers). Ki-Wook Kim collaborates with scholars based in United States, Israel and Germany. Ki-Wook Kim's co-authors include Steffen Jung, Simon Yona, Yochai Wolf, Alexander Mildner, Diana Varol, Sergey Viukov, David Hume, Elazar Zelzer, Martin Guilliams and Michal Breker and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Clinical Investigation and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Ki-Wook Kim

49 papers receiving 7.2k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Fate Mapping Reveals Origins and Dynamics of Monocytes and Tissue Macrophages under Homeostasis

2012 2.3k citations Simon Yona, Ki-Wook Kim et al. Immunity profile →
Tissue-Resident Macrophages in Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma Originate from Embryonic Hematopoiesis and Promote Tumor Progression

2017 585 citations Yu Zhu, John M. Herndon et al. Immunity profile →
Recruitment of Beneficial M2 Macrophages to Injured Spinal Cord Is Orchestrated by Remote Brain Choroid Plexus

2013 505 citations Ravid Shechter, Omer Miller et al. Immunity profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ki-Wook Kim United States	35	4.4k	1.8k	1.6k	1.1k	681	50	7.3k
Yochai Wolf Israel	22	3.5k 0.8×	2.3k 1.2×	1.7k 1.1×	866 0.8×	560 0.8×	31	6.3k
Marylène Leboeuf United States	25	6.1k 1.4×	3.1k 1.7×	2.2k 1.4×	815 0.7×	999 1.5×	39	9.7k
Christine D. Dijkstra Netherlands	55	4.0k 0.9×	2.6k 1.4×	2.6k 1.6×	1.0k 0.9×	906 1.3×	132	9.7k
Simon Yona Israel	41	6.7k 1.5×	2.6k 1.4×	3.3k 2.1×	935 0.8×	817 1.2×	74	10.6k
Alexander Mildner Germany	34	6.0k 1.4×	3.0k 1.6×	3.9k 2.4×	1.0k 0.9×	957 1.4×	61	11.2k
Doron Merkler Switzerland	51	3.9k 0.9×	3.0k 1.7×	2.4k 1.5×	1.2k 1.0×	924 1.4×	152	10.1k
Abdolmohamad Rostami United States	51	5.5k 1.3×	1.3k 0.7×	1.9k 1.2×	1.6k 1.4×	531 0.8×	185	9.4k
Roland Liblau France	62	7.4k 1.7×	1.3k 0.7×	1.9k 1.2×	1.6k 1.4×	630 0.9×	206	13.5k
Markus Reindl Austria	60	2.8k 0.6×	1.9k 1.0×	2.3k 1.4×	1.1k 1.0×	1.2k 1.8×	251	13.2k
Reiko Horai United States	44	3.9k 0.9×	864 0.5×	2.3k 1.4×	816 0.7×	540 0.8×	93	7.5k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ki-Wook Kim

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20 of 20 papers shown

Kim, Seung Hyeon, Anastasiia Gainullina, Jiseon Kim, et al.. (2025). IL-10 sensing by lung interstitial macrophages prevents bacterial dysbiosis-driven pulmonary inflammation and maintains immune homeostasis. Immunity. 58(5). 1306–1326.e7. 2 indexed citations

Mildner, Alexander, Ki-Wook Kim, & Simon Yona. (2024). Unravelling monocyte functions: from the guardians of health to the regulators of disease. PubMed. 3(1). kyae014–kyae014. 8 indexed citations

Park, Chung, Ki-Wook Kim, Han Han, & Won Suk Lee. (2023). 23P PMC-309: A highly selective anti-VISTA antibody reverses immunosuppressive TME to immune-supportive. Annals of Oncology. 34. S194–S194. 1 indexed citations

Yan, Ping, Ki-Wook Kim, Qingli Xiao, et al.. (2022). Peripheral monocyte–derived cells counter amyloid plaque pathogenesis in a mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 132(11). 47 indexed citations

Vollmann, Elisabeth H., Kristin Rattay, Olga Barreiro, et al.. (2021). Specialized transendothelial dendritic cells mediate thymic T-cell selection against blood-borne macromolecules. Nature Communications. 12(1). 6230–6230. 31 indexed citations

Williams, Jesse W., Konstantin Zaitsev, Ki-Wook Kim, et al.. (2020). Limited proliferation capacity of aortic intima resident macrophages requires monocyte recruitment for atherosclerotic plaque progression. Nature Immunology. 21(10). 1194–1204. 138 indexed citations

Gunner, Georgia, Lucas Cheadle, Kasey M. Johnson, et al.. (2019). Sensory lesioning induces microglial synapse elimination via ADAM10 and fractalkine signaling. Nature Neuroscience. 22(7). 1075–1088. 216 indexed citations

Lee, Sanghyun, Hejun Liu, Craig B. Wilen, et al.. (2019). A Secreted Viral Nonstructural Protein Determines Intestinal Norovirus Pathogenesis. Cell Host & Microbe. 25(6). 845–857.e5. 55 indexed citations

Buechler, Matthew B., Ki-Wook Kim, Emily J. Onufer, et al.. (2019). A Stromal Niche Defined by Expression of the Transcription Factor WT1 Mediates Programming and Homeostasis of Cavity-Resident Macrophages. Immunity. 51(1). 119–130.e5. 106 indexed citations

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Dunlap, Micah, Nicole C. Howard, Shibali Das, et al.. (2018). A novel role for C–C motif chemokine receptor 2 during infection with hypervirulent Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Mucosal Immunology. 11(6). 1727–1742. 35 indexed citations

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Williams, Jesse W., Andrew Elvington, Stoyan Ivanov, et al.. (2017). Thermoneutrality but Not UCP1 Deficiency Suppresses Monocyte Mobilization Into Blood. Circulation Research. 121(6). 662–676. 34 indexed citations

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Zhu, Yu, John M. Herndon, Dorothy K. Sojka, et al.. (2017). Tissue-Resident Macrophages in Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma Originate from Embryonic Hematopoiesis and Promote Tumor Progression. Immunity. 47(2). 323–338.e6. 585 indexed citations breakdown →

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Zigmond, Ehud, Biana Bernshtein, Gilgi Friedlander, et al.. (2014). Macrophage-Restricted Interleukin-10 Receptor Deficiency, but Not IL-10 Deficiency, Causes Severe Spontaneous Colitis. Immunity. 40(5). 720–733. 418 indexed citations

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Kim, Ki-Wook, et al.. (2013). Education. Modern Pathology. 26. 125–128.

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Wolf, Yochai, Simon Yona, Ki-Wook Kim, & Steffen Jung. (2013). Microglia, seen from the CX3CR1 angle. Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience. 7. 26–26. 247 indexed citations

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Shechter, Ravid, Omer Miller, Neta Rosenzweig, et al.. (2013). Recruitment of Beneficial M2 Macrophages to Injured Spinal Cord Is Orchestrated by Remote Brain Choroid Plexus. Immunity. 38(3). 555–569. 505 indexed citations breakdown →

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Farache, Júlia, Idan Milo, Irina Gurevich, et al.. (2013). Luminal Bacteria Recruit CD103+ Dendritic Cells into the Intestinal Epithelium to Sample Bacterial Antigens for Presentation. Immunity. 38(3). 581–595. 345 indexed citations

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Mildner, Alexander, Elik Chapnik, Ohad Manor, et al.. (2012). Mononuclear phagocyte miRNome analysis identifies miR-142 as critical regulator of murine dendritic cell homeostasis. Blood. 121(6). 1016–1027. 88 indexed citations

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Yona, Simon, Ki-Wook Kim, Yochai Wolf, et al.. (2012). Fate Mapping Reveals Origins and Dynamics of Monocytes and Tissue Macrophages under Homeostasis. Immunity. 38(1). 79–91. 2282 indexed citations breakdown →

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Landsman, Limor, Liat Bar‐On, Alma Zernecke, et al.. (2008). CX3CR1 is required for monocyte homeostasis and atherogenesis by promoting cell survival. Blood. 113(4). 963–972. 362 indexed citations

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