Kurt Hong

3.8k total citations · 3 hit papers
36 papers, 3.1k citations indexed

About

Kurt Hong is a scholar working on Physiology, Surgery and Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism. According to data from OpenAlex, Kurt Hong has authored 36 papers receiving a total of 3.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Physiology, 8 papers in Surgery and 8 papers in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism. Recurrent topics in Kurt Hong's work include Diet and metabolism studies (10 papers), Pharmacology and Obesity Treatment (4 papers) and Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (4 papers). Kurt Hong is often cited by papers focused on Diet and metabolism studies (10 papers), Pharmacology and Obesity Treatment (4 papers) and Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (4 papers). Kurt Hong collaborates with scholars based in United States, Italy and France. Kurt Hong's co-authors include Marie D. Burdick, Robert M. Strieter, John A. Belperio, Michael P. Keane, Ying Xue, Roderick J. Phillips, Lynne A. Murray, David Heber, Eric Yan and Robert M. Elashoff and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, Journal of Clinical Investigation and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Kurt Hong

34 papers receiving 3.0k 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.

  1. Circulating fibrocytes traffic to the lungs in response to CXCL12 and mediate fibrosis
    2004 813 citations Roderick J. Phillips, Marie D. Burdick et al. Journal of Clinical Investigation profile →
  2. Circulating fibrocytes traffic to the lungs in response to CXCL12 and mediate fibrosis
    2004 770 citations Roderick J. Phillips, Marie D. Burdick et al. Journal of Clinical Investigation profile →
  3. Fasting-mimicking diet and markers/risk factors for aging, diabetes, cancer, and cardiovascular disease
    2017 393 citations Min Wei, Sebastian Brandhorst et al. Science Translational Medicine profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Kurt Hong United States 17 1.2k 784 524 499 384 36 3.1k
Neville Berkman Israel 31 1.3k 1.1× 1.4k 1.7× 709 1.4× 423 0.8× 806 2.1× 117 3.6k
Erika Gromnica‐Ihle Germany 32 860 0.7× 412 0.5× 379 0.7× 336 0.7× 1.0k 2.7× 87 4.7k
Ying Gao China 29 432 0.4× 352 0.4× 366 0.7× 691 1.4× 293 0.8× 136 2.3k
Ronald H. Goldstein United States 37 1.8k 1.6× 293 0.4× 495 0.9× 1.4k 2.7× 280 0.7× 101 4.1k
Marc R. Barnard United States 32 568 0.5× 243 0.3× 845 1.6× 326 0.7× 448 1.2× 59 4.4k
Debashish Danda India 29 1.2k 1.1× 340 0.4× 501 1.0× 418 0.8× 627 1.6× 180 3.1k
Hideo Mugishima Japan 38 748 0.6× 503 0.6× 991 1.9× 1.6k 3.3× 504 1.3× 219 5.0k
P. C. Limburg Netherlands 33 1.0k 0.9× 429 0.5× 225 0.4× 543 1.1× 1.3k 3.3× 52 3.6k
Christine zu Eulenburg Germany 29 538 0.5× 707 0.9× 623 1.2× 318 0.6× 186 0.5× 96 2.5k
Yuben Moodley Australia 30 1.8k 1.6× 559 0.7× 747 1.4× 787 1.6× 297 0.8× 90 3.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Kurt Hong

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Fields of papers citing papers by Kurt Hong

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kurt Hong

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Kurt Hong. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Kurt Hong 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 Kurt Hong. Kurt Hong 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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Chung, Brian, et al.. (2025). Total Hip Arthroplasty Among Superobese Patients: Proceed With Caution. Arthroplasty Today. 34. 101770–101770.
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Peraza, Natalia, Dae‐Hee Han, Erin A. Vogel, et al.. (2024). Appeal and Sensory Characteristics of Oral Nicotine Products in Young Adults Who Vape E-Cigarettes. Nicotine & Tobacco Research. 28(2). 204–212. 1 indexed citations
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Mayfield, Cory K., et al.. (2024). Preoperative Laboratory Values Predicting Periprosthetic Joint Infection in Morbidly Obese Patients Undergoing Total Hip or Knee Arthroplasty. Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. 106(14). 1317–1327. 8 indexed citations
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Han, Dae‐Hee, Natalia Peraza, Alyssa F. Harlow, et al.. (2024). Effect of packaging with versus without candy-oriented marketing themes on the appeal and sensory attributes of flavoured e-cigarettes. Tobacco Control. 35(1). 63–70.
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Brandhorst, Sebastian, Morgan E. Levine, Min Wei, et al.. (2024). Fasting-mimicking diet causes hepatic and blood markers changes indicating reduced biological age and disease risk. Nature Communications. 15(1). 1309–1309. 23 indexed citations
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Stanton, Eloise, et al.. (2024). Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 Agonists. Annals of Plastic Surgery. 94(1). 121–127. 5 indexed citations
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Tackett, Alayna P., Dae‐Hee Han, Natalia Peraza, et al.. (2023). Effects of ‘Ice’ flavoured e-cigarettes with synthetic cooling agent WS-23 or menthol on user-reported appeal and sensory attributes. Tobacco Control. 34(2). 175–182. 10 indexed citations
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Mishra, Amrendra, Maura Fanti, Xinzhou Ge, et al.. (2023). Fasting mimicking diet cycles versus a Mediterranean diet and cardiometabolic risk in overweight and obese hypertensive subjects: a randomized clinical trial. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1(1). 1–1. 3 indexed citations
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Hong, Kurt, et al.. (2021). Nutrition Care for Poorly Nourished Outpatients Reduces Resource Use and Lowers Costs. Journal of Primary Care & Community Health. 12. 3667702582–3667702582. 10 indexed citations
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Wei, Min, Sebastian Brandhorst, Hamed Mirzaei, et al.. (2017). Fasting-mimicking diet and markers/risk factors for aging, diabetes, cancer, and cardiovascular disease. Science Translational Medicine. 9(377). 393 indexed citations breakdown →
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Yan, Eric, Francisco Durazo, Myron J. Tong, & Kurt Hong. (2007). Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease: Pathogenesis, Identification, Progression, and Management. Nutrition Reviews. 65(8). 376–384. 16 indexed citations
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Hong, Kurt, John A. Belperio, Michael P. Keane, Marie D. Burdick, & Robert M. Strieter. (2007). Differentiation of Human Circulating Fibrocytes as Mediated by Transforming Growth Factor-β and Peroxisome Proliferator-activated Receptor γ. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 282(31). 22910–22920. 183 indexed citations
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Hong, Kurt, et al.. (2006). Weight cycling in a very low‐calorie diet programme has no effect on weight loss velocity, blood pressure and serum lipid profile. Diabetes Obesity and Metabolism. 9(3). 379–385. 18 indexed citations
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Belperio, John A., Michael P. Keane, Marie D. Burdick, et al.. (2005). Role of CXCR2/CXCR2 ligands in vascular remodeling during bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 115(5). 1150–1162. 91 indexed citations
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Belperio, John A., Michael P. Keane, Marie D. Burdick, et al.. (2005). Role of CXCR2/CXCR2 ligands in vascular remodeling during bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 115(5). 1150–1162. 102 indexed citations
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Hong, Kurt, Zhe Li, Haijun Wang, Robert M. Elashoff, & David Heber. (2005). Analysis of weight loss outcomes using VLCD in black and white overweight and obese women with and without metabolic syndrome. International Journal of Obesity. 29(4). 436–442. 27 indexed citations
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Phillips, Roderick J., Marie D. Burdick, Kurt Hong, et al.. (2004). Circulating fibrocytes traffic to the lungs in response to CXCL12 and mediate fibrosis. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 114(3). 438–446. 813 indexed citations breakdown →
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Vassilev, Peter, et al.. (1997). A Flickery Block of a K+Channel Mediated by Extracellular Ca2+and Other Agonists of the Ca2+-Sensing Receptors in Dispersed Bovine Parathyroid Cells. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 230(3). 616–623. 6 indexed citations

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