Sean Kim

6.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
26 papers, 4.5k citations indexed

About

Sean Kim is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Immunology and Pharmacology. According to data from OpenAlex, Sean Kim has authored 26 papers receiving a total of 4.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Molecular Biology, 11 papers in Immunology and 9 papers in Pharmacology. Recurrent topics in Sean Kim's work include Pharmacogenetics and Drug Metabolism (9 papers), T-cell and B-cell Immunology (6 papers) and Immune Cell Function and Interaction (5 papers). Sean Kim is often cited by papers focused on Pharmacogenetics and Drug Metabolism (9 papers), T-cell and B-cell Immunology (6 papers) and Immune Cell Function and Interaction (5 papers). Sean Kim collaborates with scholars based in United States, Italy and Germany. Sean Kim's co-authors include Laurie H. Glimcher, Xiankui Zhang, Gina L. Costa, Susanne J. Szabo, C. Garrison Fathman, Richard A. Flavell, Patrick E. Fields, Gap Ryol Lee, Charalampos G. Spilianakis and Michael Sinz and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Sean Kim

26 papers receiving 4.5k 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.

A Novel Transcription Factor, T-bet, Directs Th1 Lineage Commitment

2000 2.8k citations Susanne J. Szabo, Sean Kim et al. Cell profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Sean Kim United States	17	3.2k	991	815	402	369	26	4.5k
Takatoshi Chinen Japan	23	2.8k 0.9×	957 1.0×	1.3k 1.6×	282 0.7×	401 1.1×	47	4.5k
Keats Nelms United States	21	2.2k 0.7×	1.4k 1.4×	1.1k 1.4×	476 1.2×	502 1.4×	31	4.2k
Hans‐Pietro Eugster Switzerland	35	1.9k 0.6×	1.0k 1.0×	584 0.7×	243 0.6×	271 0.7×	58	3.9k
Ehud Zigmond Israel	26	2.2k 0.7×	1.0k 1.0×	620 0.8×	222 0.6×	422 1.1×	41	3.7k
Daniella M. Schwartz United States	21	1.8k 0.6×	1.2k 1.2×	1.5k 1.8×	275 0.7×	309 0.8×	38	4.9k
Subburaj Ilangumaran Canada	35	1.5k 0.5×	1.6k 1.6×	1.1k 1.3×	296 0.7×	215 0.6×	101	3.6k
Bruce D. Car United States	26	1.4k 0.4×	886 0.9×	710 0.9×	283 0.7×	467 1.3×	56	3.9k
Gianni Garotta Switzerland	43	3.4k 1.1×	1.3k 1.3×	1.6k 1.9×	334 0.8×	439 1.2×	112	5.5k
Cynthia A. Pise-Masison United States	35	2.3k 0.7×	1.2k 1.2×	755 0.9×	108 0.3×	256 0.7×	81	3.8k
Ben A. Croker United States	31	2.8k 0.9×	2.4k 2.4×	1.3k 1.6×	226 0.6×	348 0.9×	63	5.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Sean Kim

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Fields of papers citing papers by Sean Kim

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sean Kim

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Sean Kim. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Sean Kim 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 Sean Kim. Sean Kim is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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Gui, Gege, Jeremy Herzog, Abigail Wong-Rolle, et al.. (2025). Single-cell spatial transcriptomics reveals immunotherapy-driven bone marrow niche remodeling in AML. Science Advances. 11(28). eadw4871–eadw4871. 1 indexed citations

Ang, Qi Yan, Damian R. Plichta, Sean Kim, et al.. (2023). Differential Impact of Smoking on Methylome and Transcriptome in Crohn’s Disease and Ulcerative Colitis. Inflammatory Bowel Diseases. 30(6). 981–991. 4 indexed citations

Szabo, Susanne J., Sean Kim, Gina L. Costa, et al.. (2015). Pillars Article: A Novel Transcription Factor, T-bet, Directs Th1 Lineage Commitment. Cell. 2000. 100: 655–669. The Journal of Immunology. 194(7). 2961–2975. 7 indexed citations

Raybon, Joseph, Daniel G. Morgan, Mary Zoeckler, et al.. (2010). Pharmacokinetic-Pharmacodynamic Modeling of Rifampicin-Mediated Cyp3a11 Induction in Steroid and Xenobiotic X Receptor Humanized Mice. Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics. 337(1). 75–82. 11 indexed citations

Kim, Sean, Joseph Dinchuk, Mary Zoeckler, et al.. (2009). Evaluation of Cynomolgus Monkey Pregnane X Receptor, Primary Hepatocyte, and in Vivo Pharmacokinetic Changes in Predicting Human CYP3A4 Induction. Drug Metabolism and Disposition. 38(1). 16–24. 39 indexed citations

Gupta, Divya, Madhukumar Venkatesh, Sean Kim, et al.. (2008). Expanding the Roles for Pregnane X Receptor in Cancer: Proliferation and Drug Resistance in Ovarian Cancer. Clinical Cancer Research. 14(17). 5332–5340. 90 indexed citations

Das, Bhaskar C., Jaime Anguiano, Sean Kim, et al.. (2008). Synthesis of novel ketoconazole derivatives as inhibitors of the human Pregnane X Receptor (PXR; NR1I2; also termed SXR, PAR). Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 18(14). 3974–3977. 26 indexed citations

Kim, Sean, et al.. (2008). Quantitative Relationship Between Rifampicin Exposure and Induction of CYP3a11 in SXR Humanized Mice: Extrapolation to Human CYP3A4 Induction Potential. Drug Metabolism Letters. 2(3). 169–175. 8 indexed citations

Chen, Liang, Weifeng He, Sean Kim, et al.. (2007). Epigenetic and Transcriptional Programs Lead to Default IFN-γ Production by γδ T Cells. The Journal of Immunology. 178(5). 2730–2736. 54 indexed citations

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Aguilar, R. Claudio, Silvia A. Longhi, Sean Kim, et al.. (2006). Epsin N-terminal homology domains perform an essential function regulating Cdc42 through binding Cdc42 GTPase-activating proteins. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 103(11). 4116–4121. 86 indexed citations

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Kamanaka, Masahito, Sean Kim, Yisong Y. Wan, et al.. (2006). Expression of Interleukin-10 in Intestinal Lymphocytes Detected by an Interleukin-10 Reporter Knockin tiger Mouse. Immunity. 25(6). 941–952. 318 indexed citations

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Sinz, Michael & Sean Kim. (2006). Stem cells, immortalized cells and primary cells in ADMET assays. Drug Discovery Today Technologies. 3(1). 79–85. 12 indexed citations

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Sinz, Michael, Sean Kim, Zhengrong Zhu, et al.. (2006). Evaluation of 170 Xenobiotics as Transactivators of Human Pregnane X Receptor (hPXR) and Correlation to Known CYP3A4 Drug Interactions. Current Drug Metabolism. 7(4). 375–388. 115 indexed citations

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Lee, Gap Ryol, Sean Kim, Charalampos G. Spilianakis, Patrick E. Fields, & Richard A. Flavell. (2006). T Helper Cell Differentiation: Regulation by cis Elements and Epigenetics. Immunity. 24(4). 369–379. 256 indexed citations

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Odegard, Valerie, Sean Kim, Shannon M. Anderson, Mark J. Shlomchik, & David G. Schatz. (2005). Histone Modifications Associated with Somatic Hypermutation. Immunity. 23(1). 101–110. 61 indexed citations

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Fields, Patrick E., Gap Ryol Lee, Sean Kim, Victor V. Bartsevich, & Richard A. Flavell. (2004). Th2-Specific Chromatin Remodeling and Enhancer Activity in the Th2 Cytokine Locus Control Region. Immunity. 21(6). 865–876. 152 indexed citations

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Zhu, Zhengrong, Sean Kim, Taosheng Chen, et al.. (2004). Correlation of High-Throughput Pregnane X Receptor (PXR) Transactivation and Binding Assays. SLAS DISCOVERY. 9(6). 533–540. 46 indexed citations

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Luo, Gang, Lin Jian-rong, William D. Fiske, et al.. (2003). CONCURRENT INDUCTION AND MECHANISM-BASED INACTIVATION OF CYP3A4 BY AN l-VALINAMIDE DERIVATIVE. Drug Metabolism and Disposition. 31(9). 1170–1175. 22 indexed citations

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Oukka, Mohamed, Sean Kim, Geanncarlo Lugo‐Villarino, et al.. (2002). A Mammalian Homolog of Drosophila schnurri, KRC, Regulates TNF Receptor-Driven Responses and Interacts with TRAF2. Molecular Cell. 9(1). 121–131. 56 indexed citations

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Szabo, Susanne J., Sean Kim, Gina L. Costa, et al.. (2000). A Novel Transcription Factor, T-bet, Directs Th1 Lineage Commitment. Cell. 100(6). 655–669. 2819 indexed citations breakdown →

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