Min Whan Jung

8.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
109 papers, 5.6k citations indexed

About

Min Whan Jung is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Cognitive Neuroscience and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Min Whan Jung has authored 109 papers receiving a total of 5.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 75 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 75 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience and 25 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Min Whan Jung's work include Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (55 papers), Memory and Neural Mechanisms (51 papers) and Neural dynamics and brain function (42 papers). Min Whan Jung is often cited by papers focused on Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (55 papers), Memory and Neural Mechanisms (51 papers) and Neural dynamics and brain function (42 papers). Min Whan Jung collaborates with scholars based in South Korea, United States and Japan. Min Whan Jung's co-authors include Jeansok J. Kim, Bruce L. McNaughton, Daeyeol Lee, Inhee Mook‐Jung, Jung Hoon Sul, Namjung Huh, Hyojung Seo, Hoseok Kim, Gary Lynch and John Larson and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Communications and Neuron.

In The Last Decade

Min Whan Jung

107 papers receiving 5.5k 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. Spatial selectivity of unit activity in the hippocampal granular layer
    1993 587 citations Min Whan Jung et al. Hippocampus profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Min Whan Jung South Korea 38 3.4k 2.8k 1.2k 586 525 109 5.6k
Brian J. Wiltgen United States 26 2.6k 0.8× 2.6k 0.9× 1.1k 1.0× 493 0.8× 811 1.5× 39 4.7k
Jean‐Christophe Cassel France 44 2.7k 0.8× 3.1k 1.1× 1.4k 1.2× 570 1.0× 516 1.0× 176 5.4k
Elizabeth C. Warburton United Kingdom 38 3.1k 0.9× 3.2k 1.2× 1.1k 0.9× 378 0.6× 628 1.2× 69 5.0k
Andrea A. Chiba United States 25 2.8k 0.8× 2.5k 0.9× 843 0.7× 544 0.9× 436 0.8× 52 4.8k
Lia R. Bevilaqua Brazil 38 2.7k 0.8× 3.4k 1.2× 1.5k 1.3× 432 0.7× 666 1.3× 92 5.2k
Robert W. Stackman United States 34 2.4k 0.7× 2.6k 0.9× 1.1k 0.9× 649 1.1× 383 0.7× 70 4.9k
Carolyn W. Harley Canada 38 3.0k 0.9× 2.8k 1.0× 942 0.8× 369 0.6× 497 0.9× 127 5.1k
Kazu Nakazawa United States 33 2.4k 0.7× 3.8k 1.4× 1.9k 1.7× 375 0.6× 470 0.9× 52 5.6k
Stephan Anagnostaras United States 31 3.0k 0.9× 3.8k 1.4× 1.6k 1.4× 415 0.7× 1.2k 2.3× 50 5.8k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Min Whan Jung

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Min Whan Jung

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Min Whan Jung. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Min Whan Jung 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 Min Whan Jung. Min Whan Jung 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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Jung, Min Whan, et al.. (2025). Striatal arbitration between choice strategies guides few-shot adaptation. Nature Communications. 16(1). 1811–1811.
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Yi, Jee Hyun, et al.. (2025). Cortical VIP neurons as a critical node for dopamine actions. Science Advances. 11(1). eadn3221–eadn3221. 1 indexed citations
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Lee, Jong Won & Min Whan Jung. (2025). Memory consolidation from a reinforcement learning perspective. Frontiers in Computational Neuroscience. 18. 1538741–1538741. 1 indexed citations
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Yi, Jee Hyun, et al.. (2025). Selective engagement of prefrontal VIP neurons in reversal learning. Science Advances. 11(30). eadt4945–eadt4945.
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Song, Min, Eun Ju Shin, Hyojung Seo, et al.. (2024). Hierarchical gradients of multiple timescales in the mammalian forebrain. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 121(51). e2415695121–e2415695121. 4 indexed citations
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Jung, Min Whan, et al.. (2023). Septotemporal variations in hippocampal value and outcome processing. Cell Reports. 42(2). 112094–112094. 6 indexed citations
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Kim, Woohyun, Yu Jin Jeong, Kyungdeok Kim, et al.. (2022). Suppressed prefrontal neuronal firing variability and impaired social representation in IRSp53-mutant mice. eLife. 11. 4 indexed citations
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Jeong, Huijeong, et al.. (2021). Parallel processing of working memory and temporal information by distinct types of cortical projection neurons. Nature Communications. 12(1). 4352–4352. 16 indexed citations
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Shin, Eun Ju, Soyoun Kim, Hoseok Kim, et al.. (2021). Robust and distributed neural representation of action values. eLife. 10. 20 indexed citations
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Lee, Jong Won, Yoo Jin Lee, Soo‐Min Lee, et al.. (2021). A role of anterior cingulate cortex in the emergence of worker–parasite relationship. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 118(48). 4 indexed citations
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Lee, Doyun, et al.. (2020). Transient effect of mossy fiber stimulation on spatial firing of CA3 neurons in familiar and novel environments. Hippocampus. 30(7). 693–702. 1 indexed citations
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Jeong, Huijeong, Dohoung Kim, Min Song, Se‐Bum Paik, & Min Whan Jung. (2020). Distinct roles of parvalbumin- and somatostatin-expressing neurons in flexible representation of task variables in the prefrontal cortex. Progress in Neurobiology. 187. 101773–101773. 10 indexed citations
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Lee, Jong Won, et al.. (2019). Transient effect of mossy fiber stimulation on spatial firing of CA3 neurons. Hippocampus. 29(7). 639–651. 8 indexed citations
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Lee, Jong Won, et al.. (2019). Distinct effects of reward and navigation history on hippocampal forward and reverse replays. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 117(1). 689–697. 24 indexed citations
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Delcasso, Sébastien, et al.. (2014). Functional Relationships between the Hippocampus and Dorsomedial Striatum in Learning a Visual Scene-Based Memory Task in Rats. Journal of Neuroscience. 34(47). 15534–15547. 32 indexed citations
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Lee, Ji Hyun, et al.. (2013). Neural activity in mediodorsal nucleus of thalamus in rats performing a working memory task. Frontiers in Neural Circuits. 7. 128–128. 13 indexed citations
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Kim, Yeon‐Hwa, Yunkyoung Lee, Hansol Lee, Min Whan Jung, & Chang‐Joong Lee. (2009). Impaired avoidance learning and increased hsp70 mRNA expression in pentylenetetrazol‐treated zebrafish. Animal Cells and Systems. 13(3). 275–281. 9 indexed citations
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Lee, Woojin, Jung Hyun Boo, Min Whan Jung, et al.. (2004). Amyloid beta peptide directly inhibits PKC activation. Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience. 26(2). 222–231. 53 indexed citations
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Mook‐Jung, Inhee, Jieun Shin, Sung Hwan Yun, et al.. (1999). Protective effects of asiaticoside derivatives against beta-amyloid neurotoxicity. Journal of Neuroscience Research. 58(3). 417–425. 108 indexed citations
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Jung, Min Whan, John Larson, & Gary Lynch. (1990). Long‐term potentiation of monosynaptic EPSPS in rat piroform cortex in vitro. Synapse. 6(3). 279–283. 97 indexed citations

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