Moon‐Kyu Lee

5.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
154 papers, 4.2k citations indexed

About

Moon‐Kyu Lee is a scholar working on Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Surgery and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Moon‐Kyu Lee has authored 154 papers receiving a total of 4.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 77 papers in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, 61 papers in Surgery and 33 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. Recurrent topics in Moon‐Kyu Lee's work include Pancreatic function and diabetes (40 papers), Diabetes Management and Research (24 papers) and Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins (19 papers). Moon‐Kyu Lee is often cited by papers focused on Pancreatic function and diabetes (40 papers), Diabetes Management and Research (24 papers) and Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins (19 papers). Moon‐Kyu Lee collaborates with scholars based in South Korea, United States and Japan. Moon‐Kyu Lee's co-authors include Myung‐Shik Lee, Kwang‐Won Kim, Jae Hyeon Kim, Sang‐Man Jin, Kyu Yeon Hur, Ji Cheol Bae, Jae Hwan Jee, Kwang-Won Kim, Ji Eun Jun and Myoung Sook Han and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Clinical Investigation and The Journal of Immunology.

In The Last Decade

Moon‐Kyu Lee

149 papers receiving 4.1k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Loss of Autophagy Diminishes Pancreatic β Cell Mass and Function with Resultant Hyperglycemia

2008 549 citations Myoung Sook Han, Moon‐Kyu Lee et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Moon‐Kyu Lee South Korea	35	1.4k	1.4k	1.1k	916	653	154	4.2k
Yiming Mu China	35	1.6k 1.1×	2.2k 1.6×	886 0.8×	1.3k 1.4×	619 0.9×	326	5.1k
Robert Caïazzo France	33	2.3k 1.6×	1.6k 1.2×	1.9k 1.6×	735 0.8×	1.1k 1.7×	145	4.6k
Christian Rask‐Madsen United States	31	733 0.5×	1.1k 0.8×	918 0.8×	1.4k 1.6×	1.3k 1.9×	55	4.5k
Yoshimasa Aso Japan	35	809 0.6×	1.6k 1.2×	1.5k 1.3×	1.0k 1.1×	800 1.2×	160	4.3k
Chan Soo Shin South Korea	45	1.4k 1.0×	1.1k 0.8×	622 0.5×	2.1k 2.3×	1.0k 1.6×	217	6.2k
Gunnar Sigurðsson Iceland	33	1.8k 1.3×	1.5k 1.1×	557 0.5×	1.3k 1.4×	661 1.0×	97	5.4k
Robert Y.L. Zee United States	41	1.0k 0.7×	937 0.7×	1.1k 0.9×	1.3k 1.4×	1.1k 1.7×	131	5.9k
Saula Vigili de Kreutzenberg Italy	39	842 0.6×	1.3k 0.9×	682 0.6×	2.0k 2.2×	1.0k 1.5×	115	5.3k
Kwang‐Won Kim South Korea	32	1.2k 0.9×	1.5k 1.1×	606 0.5×	931 1.0×	352 0.5×	105	3.5k
In‐Kyung Jeong South Korea	30	813 0.6×	1.1k 0.8×	450 0.4×	721 0.8×	621 1.0×	161	3.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Moon‐Kyu Lee

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Moon‐Kyu Lee

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Kato, Asuka, et al.. (2025). Diabetes advocacy in the Asia–Pacific region. Journal of Diabetes Investigation. 16(7). 1191–1201.

Yang, Won‐Mo, et al.. (2022). ROCK1 regulates insulin secretion from β-cells. Molecular Metabolism. 66. 101625–101625. 2 indexed citations

Choi, Min Sun, Ji Eun Jun, Sung Woon Park, et al.. (2021). Association of Urinary N-Acetyl-β-D-Glucosaminidase with Cardiovascular Autonomic Neuropathy in Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus without Nephropathy. Diabetes & Metabolism Journal. 45(3). 349–357. 1 indexed citations

Yoo, Jee Hee, Sung Woon Park, Ji Eun Jun, et al.. (2020). Relationship between low skeletal muscle mass, sarcopenic obesity and left ventricular diastolic dysfunction in Korean adults. Diabetes/Metabolism Research and Reviews. 37(1). e3363–e3363. 26 indexed citations

Cho, Nam H., Young‐Rak Cho, Mi Kyoung Park, et al.. (2019). Effect of Blood Pressure on Cardiovascular Diseases at 10-Year Follow-Up. The American Journal of Cardiology. 123(10). 1654–1659. 2 indexed citations

Yu, Tae Yang, Sang‐Man Jin, Jae Hwan Jee, et al.. (2019). The Protective Effects of Increasing Serum Uric Acid Level on Development of Metabolic Syndrome. Diabetes & Metabolism Journal. 43(4). 504–504. 14 indexed citations

Jun, Ji Eun, Seung‐Eun Lee, You‐Bin Lee, et al.. (2018). Continuous glucose monitoring defined glucose variability is associated with cardiovascular autonomic neuropathy in type 1 diabetes. Diabetes/Metabolism Research and Reviews. 35(2). e3092–e3092. 39 indexed citations

Yabe, Daisuke, Atsutaka Yasui, Linong Ji, et al.. (2018). Safety and tolerability of empagliflozin in East Asian patients with type 2 diabetes: Pooled analysis of phase I–III clinical trials. Journal of Diabetes Investigation. 10(2). 418–428. 32 indexed citations

Kim, Gyuri, Seung‐Eun Lee, You‐Bin Lee, et al.. (2018). Relationship Between Relative Skeletal Muscle Mass and Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease: A 7‐Year Longitudinal Study. Hepatology. 68(5). 1755–1768. 144 indexed citations

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Kim, So Yoon, et al.. (2018). Is decreased lung function associated with chronic kidney disease? A retrospective cohort study in Korea. BMJ Open. 8(4). e018928–e018928. 16 indexed citations

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Kim, So Yoon, et al.. (2017). Decline in lung function rather than baseline lung function is associated with the development of metabolic syndrome: A six-year longitudinal study. PLoS ONE. 12(3). e0174228–e0174228. 9 indexed citations

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Baek, Jong Ha, Sang‐Man Jin, Ji Cheol Bae, et al.. (2017). Serum Calcium and the Risk of Incident Metabolic Syndrome: A 4.3-Year Retrospective Longitudinal Study. Diabetes & Metabolism Journal. 41(1). 60–60. 10 indexed citations

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Kim, Hosu, Tae Hyuk Kim, Hye In Kim, et al.. (2017). Subclinical thyroid dysfunction and risk of carotid atherosclerosis. PLoS ONE. 12(7). e0182090–e0182090. 18 indexed citations

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Chung, Hye Soo, Sunghwan Suh, Mi Yeon Kim, et al.. (2013). Predictive factors of durability to sitagliptin: Slower reduction of glycated hemoglobin, older age and higher baseline glycated hemoglobin. Journal of Diabetes Investigation. 5(1). 51–59. 6 indexed citations

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Cheon, Hwanju, Jae Min Cho, Sunshin Kim, et al.. (2010). Role of JNK activation in pancreatic β-cell death by streptozotocin. Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology. 321(2). 131–137. 23 indexed citations

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Kim, Sunshin, Isabelle Millet, Hun Sik Kim, et al.. (2007). NF-κB prevents β cell death and autoimmune diabetes in NOD mice. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 104(6). 1913–1918. 105 indexed citations

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Kang, Mira, Jidong Sung, Yoon‐Ho Choi, et al.. (2005). Maximal Oxygen Uptake (VO2max) and Metabolic Syndrome.. Diabetes & Metabolism Journal. 29(1). 65–71. 2 indexed citations

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Kim, Dong‐Jun, Jung Hyun Noh, Byung‐Wan Lee, et al.. (2005). A white blood cell count in the normal concentration range is independently related to cardiorespiratory fitness in apparently healthy Korean men. Metabolism. 54(11). 1448–1452. 13 indexed citations

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Lee, Moon‐Kyu, et al.. (2001). An Automated Machine-Vision-based Feeding System for Engine Mount Parts. Journal of the Korean Society for Precision Engineering. 18(5). 177–185. 2 indexed citations

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Lee, Moon‐Kyu, et al.. (1999). A Pickup/Delivery Management System Using Geographic Information System and Global Positioning System. IE interfaces. 12(4). 557–566.

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