Kyeong Kyu Kim

9.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
229 papers, 7.4k citations indexed

About

Kyeong Kyu Kim is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Materials Chemistry and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Kyeong Kyu Kim has authored 229 papers receiving a total of 7.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 192 papers in Molecular Biology, 50 papers in Materials Chemistry and 24 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Kyeong Kyu Kim's work include Enzyme Structure and Function (44 papers), DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (32 papers) and RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (32 papers). Kyeong Kyu Kim is often cited by papers focused on Enzyme Structure and Function (44 papers), DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (32 papers) and RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (32 papers). Kyeong Kyu Kim collaborates with scholars based in South Korea, United States and India. Kyeong Kyu Kim's co-authors include Sung‐Hou Kim, Rosalind Kim, Hisao Yokota, Yang‐Gyun Kim, Sung Chul Ha, Dong Young Kim, Li‐Wei Hung, Alexander Rich, Sung Hou Kim and Antony R. Crofts and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Kyeong Kyu Kim

228 papers receiving 7.3k 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.

Electron transfer by domain movement in cytochrome bc1

1998 871 citations Kyeong Kyu Kim et al. profile →
Crystal structure of a small heat-shock protein

1998 751 citations Kyeong Kyu Kim, Sung‐Hou Kim et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Kyeong Kyu Kim South Korea	41	5.8k	1.0k	822	484	472	229	7.4k
David Eramian United States	7	6.0k 1.0×	818 0.8×	813 1.0×	674 1.4×	545 1.2×	8	8.3k
Florian Kiefer Switzerland	18	5.1k 0.9×	877 0.9×	741 0.9×	601 1.2×	421 0.9×	29	8.1k
Ning Gao China	51	5.7k 1.0×	662 0.6×	795 1.0×	542 1.1×	609 1.3×	199	8.6k
Tristan I. Croll United Kingdom	30	5.6k 1.0×	848 0.8×	783 1.0×	723 1.5×	502 1.1×	68	9.4k
Stanley C. Gill United States	19	5.8k 1.0×	832 0.8×	833 1.0×	393 0.8×	458 1.0×	40	7.2k
Pavol Skubák Netherlands	9	5.3k 0.9×	2.0k 2.0×	746 0.9×	480 1.0×	648 1.4×	18	7.4k
Hauke Lilie Germany	45	5.1k 0.9×	1.0k 1.0×	776 0.9×	777 1.6×	412 0.9×	137	6.8k
Haydyn D. T. Mertens Germany	33	4.1k 0.7×	1.5k 1.4×	498 0.6×	585 1.2×	297 0.6×	71	6.6k
M. Chruszcz United States	35	4.4k 0.8×	1.2k 1.2×	455 0.6×	349 0.7×	589 1.2×	163	7.2k
Bi‐Cheng Wang China	40	4.7k 0.8×	1.4k 1.3×	633 0.8×	314 0.6×	625 1.3×	195	6.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Kyeong Kyu Kim

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kyeong Kyu Kim

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Lee, Joohyun, Vinod Kumar Subramani, Wanki Yoo, et al.. (2025). Targeting the G-quadruplex as a novel strategy for developing antibiotics against hypervirulent drug-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. Journal of Biomedical Science. 32(1). 15–15. 1 indexed citations

De, Debojyoti, Su Myung Jung, Jee‐Yin Ahn, et al.. (2025). In vivo brown adipogenic reprogramming induced by a small molecule cocktail. Biomaterials. 324. 123463–123463. 2 indexed citations

Ravichandran, Subramaniyam, et al.. (2024). G-quadruplex as an essential structural element in cytomegalovirus replication origin. Nature Communications. 15(1). 7353–7353. 6 indexed citations

Shin, Ji Hye, Mi‐Jeong Kim, JY Kim, et al.. (2024). USP21-EGFR signaling axis is functionally implicated in metastatic colorectal cancer. Cell Death Discovery. 10(1). 492–492. 7 indexed citations

Lee, Joohyun, et al.. (2024). Cryo-electron microscopy-based drug design. Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences. 11. 1342179–1342179. 9 indexed citations

Kim, Kyeong Kyu & Vinod Kumar Subramani. (2023). Z-DNA. Methods in molecular biology. 2 indexed citations

Kim, Kyeong Kyu, et al.. (2023). Toward Visualizing Genomic DNA Using Electron Microscopy via DNA Metallization. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4(8). 8 indexed citations

Kim, Young-Eui, Young-Eui Kim, Kyeong Kyu Kim, et al.. (2022). Analysis of Novel Drug-Resistant Human Cytomegalovirus DNA Polymerase Mutations Reveals the Role of a DNA-Binding Loop in Phosphonoformic Acid Resistance. Frontiers in Microbiology. 13. 771978–771978. 8 indexed citations

Yeo, Won‐Sik, et al.. (2021). FtsH Sensitizes Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus to β-Lactam Antibiotics by Degrading YpfP, a Lipoteichoic Acid Synthesis Enzyme. Antibiotics. 10(10). 1198–1198. 8 indexed citations

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Ko, Kwan Soo, et al.. (2020). Functional Identification of Serine Hydroxymethyltransferase as a Key Gene Involved in Lysostaphin Resistance and Virulence Potential of Staphylococcus aureus Strains. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 21(23). 9135–9135. 15 indexed citations

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Ko, Kwan Soo, et al.. (2020). Draft Genome Sequences of Lysostaphin-Resistant (K07-204) and Lysostaphin-Susceptible (K07-561) Staphylococcus aureus Sequence Type 72 Strains Isolated from Patients in South Korea. Microbiology Resource Announcements. 9(49). 2 indexed citations

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Nguyễn, Thành, Minh Ho, Sun‐Il Yun, et al.. (2019). Suppression of the Ubiquitin Pathway by Small Molecule Binding to Ubiquitin Enhances Doxorubicin Sensitivity of the Cancer Cells. Molecules. 24(6). 1073–1073. 4 indexed citations

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Kang, Tong Mook, et al.. (2018). Discovery of Natural Compounds Promoting Cardiomyocyte Differentiation. Stem Cells and Development. 28(1). 13–27. 5 indexed citations

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Choi, Jongkeun, et al.. (2015). Crystal structure analysis of c4763, a uropathogenicEscherichia coli-specific protein. Acta Crystallographica Section F Structural Biology Communications. 71(8). 1042–1047. 2 indexed citations

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Yun, Sun‐Il, Hyeon Ho Kim, Jung Hwan Yoon, et al.. (2015). Ubiquitin specific protease 4 positively regulates the WNT/β‐catenin signaling in colorectal cancer. Molecular Oncology. 9(9). 1834–1851. 98 indexed citations

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Kim, Kyung‐Min, Kyung‐Min Kim, Bum Han Ryu, et al.. (2014). Structural and biochemical characterization of a carbohydrate acetylesterase from Sinorhizobium meliloti 1021. FEBS Letters. 589(1). 117–122. 17 indexed citations

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Lee, Ji Min, Jason S. Lee, Hyun-Kyung Kim, et al.. (2012). EZH2 Generates a Methyl Degron that Is Recognized by the DCAF1/DDB1/CUL4 E3 Ubiquitin Ligase Complex. Molecular Cell. 48(4). 572–586. 188 indexed citations

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Kim, Sung‐Hou, Weiru Wang, & Kyeong Kyu Kim. (2002). Dynamic and clustering model of bacterial chemotaxis receptors: Structural basis for signaling and high sensitivity. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 99(18). 11611–11615. 128 indexed citations

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Lokanath, N.K., et al.. (2002). Cloning, purification, crystallization and preliminary X-ray studies of RFC boxes II–VIII of replication factor C fromMethanococcus jannaschii. Acta Crystallographica Section D Biological Crystallography. 58(3). 519–521. 2 indexed citations

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Eom, Soo Hyun, Changsoo Chang, Dong Hae Shin, et al.. (1995). Crystallization, molecular replacement solution, and refinement of tetrameric β‐amylase from sweet potato. Proteins Structure Function and Bioinformatics. 21(2). 105–117. 43 indexed citations

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