Kyung Soo Lee

30.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
461 papers, 20.2k citations indexed

About

Kyung Soo Lee is a scholar working on Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Kyung Soo Lee has authored 461 papers receiving a total of 20.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 269 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, 109 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging and 98 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Kyung Soo Lee's work include Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment (122 papers), Interstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (81 papers) and Medical Imaging and Pathology Studies (78 papers). Kyung Soo Lee is often cited by papers focused on Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment (122 papers), Interstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (81 papers) and Medical Imaging and Pathology Studies (78 papers). Kyung Soo Lee collaborates with scholars based in South Korea, United States and Japan. Kyung Soo Lee's co-authors include Joungho Han, O Jung Kwon, Myung Jin Chung, Young Mog Shim, Ho Yun Lee, Tae Sung Kim, Chin A Yi, Won‐Jung Koh, Yeon Joo Jeong and Man Pyo Chung and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Clinical Oncology, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Kyung Soo Lee

443 papers receiving 19.7k citations

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Guidelines for Management of Incidental Pulmonary Nodules Detected on CT Images: From the Fleischner Society 2017

2017 1.5k citations Kyung Soo Lee et al. Radiology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Kyung Soo Lee South Korea	75	12.3k	6.2k	4.1k	3.3k	2.5k	461	20.2k
Néstor L. Müller Canada	89	17.9k 1.5×	3.1k 0.5×	5.1k 1.2×	3.8k 1.1×	2.8k 1.1×	358	24.8k
O Jung Kwon South Korea	61	5.9k 0.5×	2.3k 0.4×	5.2k 1.3×	2.0k 0.6×	3.6k 1.5×	380	13.3k
Jaco J. Verweij Netherlands	52	9.8k 0.8×	4.1k 0.7×	2.6k 0.6×	4.9k 1.5×	3.0k 1.2×	223	29.8k
Joungho Han South Korea	58	7.4k 0.6×	2.2k 0.4×	1.8k 0.4×	1.7k 0.5×	642 0.3×	367	11.7k
David M. Hansell United Kingdom	80	19.9k 1.6×	2.4k 0.4×	3.3k 0.8×	2.0k 0.6×	1.2k 0.5×	294	23.0k
Atul C. Mehta United States	56	9.2k 0.7×	1.9k 0.3×	1.5k 0.4×	4.5k 1.4×	884 0.4×	436	13.2k
David P. Naidich United States	61	13.7k 1.1×	7.8k 1.3×	1.6k 0.4×	3.2k 1.0×	790 0.3×	252	19.1k
Eric Verbeken Belgium	48	3.6k 0.3×	1.4k 0.2×	2.1k 0.5×	1.9k 0.6×	1.8k 0.7×	236	8.5k
Rainer Storb United States	126	4.5k 0.4×	2.6k 0.4×	5.3k 1.3×	5.1k 1.6×	2.2k 0.9×	1.1k	67.2k
Anil T. Ahuja Hong Kong	69	3.0k 0.2×	3.9k 0.6×	3.1k 0.8×	6.5k 2.0×	2.4k 0.9×	413	18.4k

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Yanagawa, Masahiro, Joungho Han, Noriaki Wada, et al.. (2025). Advances in Concept and Imaging of Interstitial Lung Disease. Radiology. 315(2). e241252–e241252. 2 indexed citations

Chung, Man Pyo, et al.. (2023). Clinical characteristics and outcomes of hypersensitivity pneumonitis in South Korea. Therapeutic Advances in Respiratory Disease. 17. 2683791632–2683791632. 2 indexed citations

Park, Jong Eun, Sung‐A Chang, Shin Yi Jang, et al.. (2023). Differential Diagnosis of Pulmonary Veno-Occlusive Disease and/or Pulmonary Capillary Hemangiomatosis after Identification of Two Novel EIF2AK4 Variants by Whole-Exome Sequencing. Molecular Syndromology. 14(3). 254–257. 4 indexed citations

Chung, Man Pyo, Kyung Soo Lee, Myung Jin Chung, et al.. (2022). Clinical characteristics and prognostic factors of fibrotic nonspecific interstitial pneumonia. Therapeutic Advances in Respiratory Disease. 16. 2673668796–2673668796. 8 indexed citations

Murota, Makiko, Takeshi Johkoh, Kyung Soo Lee, et al.. (2020). Influenza H1N1 virus-associated pneumonia often resembles rapidly progressive interstitial lung disease seen in collagen vascular diseases and COVID-19 pneumonia; CT-pathologic correlation in 24 patients. European Journal of Radiology Open. 7. 100297–100297. 2 indexed citations

Kim, Tae Jung, Cho Hee Kim, Ho Yun Lee, et al.. (2019). Management of incidental pulmonary nodules: current strategies and future perspectives. Expert Review of Respiratory Medicine. 14(2). 173–194. 30 indexed citations

Shin, Sun Hye, Kyung Soo Lee, Jong Ho Cho, et al.. (2019). Which definition of a central tumour is more predictive of occult mediastinal metastasis in nonsmall cell lung cancer patients with radiological N0 disease?. European Respiratory Journal. 53(3). 1801508–1801508. 36 indexed citations

Lee, Kyung Soo, Joon Young Choi, Myung Jin Chung, et al.. (2018). Surgically resected T1‐ and T2‐stage esophageal squamous cell carcinoma: T and N staging performance of EUS and PET/CT. Cancer Medicine. 7(8). 3561–3570. 14 indexed citations

Um, Sang‐Won, Hong Kwan Kim, Hong Kwan Kim, et al.. (2015). Endobronchial Ultrasound versus Mediastinoscopy for Mediastinal Nodal Staging of Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer. Journal of Thoracic Oncology. 10(2). 331–337. 142 indexed citations

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Yoon, Hyun Jung, Insuk Sohn, Jong Ho Cho, et al.. (2015). Decoding Tumor Phenotypes for ALK, ROS1, and RET Fusions in Lung Adenocarcinoma Using a Radiomics Approach. Medicine. 94(41). e1753–e1753. 101 indexed citations

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Han, Joungho, et al.. (2015). A Rare Case of Mixed Type A Thymoma and Micronodular Thymoma with Lymphoid Stroma. Journal of Pathology and Translational Medicine. 49(1). 75–77. 9 indexed citations

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Jeong, Byeong‐Ho, Kyeongman Jeon, Hye Yun Park, et al.. (2014). Intermittent Antibiotic Therapy for Nodular Bronchiectatic Mycobacterium avium Complex Lung Disease. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 191(1). 96–103. 106 indexed citations

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Lee, Geewon, Hyun Su Kim, Kyung Soo Lee, et al.. (2013). Serial CT Findings of Nodular Bronchiectatic Mycobacterium avium Complex Pulmonary Disease With Antibiotic Treatment. American Journal of Roentgenology. 201(4). 764–772. 31 indexed citations

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Lee, Ho Yun, Ji Yun Jeong, Kyung Soo Lee, et al.. (2012). Solitary Pulmonary Nodular Lung Adenocarcinoma: Correlation of Histopathologic Scoring and Patient Survival with Imaging Biomarkers. Radiology. 264(3). 884–893. 44 indexed citations

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Lee, Eun Seong, Chaemin Lim, Ho‐Taek Song, et al.. (2012). A nanosized delivery system of superparamagnetic iron oxide for tumor MR imaging. International Journal of Pharmaceutics. 439(1-2). 342–348. 17 indexed citations

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Min, Ji Hye, Ho Yun Lee, Ho-Yeong Lim, et al.. (2011). Drug-induced interstitial lung disease in tyrosine kinase inhibitor therapy for non-small cell lung cancer: a review on current insight. Cancer Chemotherapy and Pharmacology. 68(5). 1099–1109. 69 indexed citations

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Müller, Néstor L., et al.. (2008). Imaging of the chest. Elsevier eBooks. 21 indexed citations

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Koh, Won‐Jung, O Jung Kwon, Gee Young Suh, et al.. (2004). Mycobacterium avium Complex (MAC) 폐질환의 치료성적. Tuberculosis & respiratory diseases. 57(3). 234–241. 4 indexed citations

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Kim, Eun A, Kyung Soo Lee, Young Mog Shim, et al.. (2002). Radiographic and CT Findings in Complications Following Pulmonary Resection. Radiographics. 22(1). 67–86. 69 indexed citations

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Kang, Jin Han, et al.. (1996). The Report of the Epidemiology of Measles which Prevailed in the Kyungi-Incheon Districts from July, 1993 & June,1994. Korean Journal of Pediatrics. 39(10). 1378–1384. 1 indexed citations

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