Sejin Son

5.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
51 papers, 4.3k citations indexed

About

Sejin Son is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Immunology and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Sejin Son has authored 51 papers receiving a total of 4.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 24 papers in Molecular Biology, 18 papers in Immunology and 17 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Sejin Son's work include RNA Interference and Gene Delivery (21 papers), Immunotherapy and Immune Responses (15 papers) and Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (14 papers). Sejin Son is often cited by papers focused on RNA Interference and Gene Delivery (21 papers), Immunotherapy and Immune Responses (15 papers) and Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (14 papers). Sejin Son collaborates with scholars based in South Korea, United States and Ethiopia. Sejin Son's co-authors include Jutaek Nam, James J. Moon, Won Jong Kim, Kyong Soo Park, Anna Schwendeman, Rui Kuai, Weiping Zou, Lonnie D. Shea, Lukasz J. Ochyl and Kaushik Singha and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, Nano Letters and Accounts of Chemical Research.

In The Last Decade

Sejin Son

47 papers receiving 4.3k 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.

Cancer nanomedicine for combination cancer immunotherapy

2019 797 citations Jutaek Nam, Sejin Son et al. profile →
Chemo-photothermal therapy combination elicits anti-tumor immunity against advanced metastatic cancer

2018 691 citations Jutaek Nam, Sejin Son et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Sejin Son South Korea	31	2.4k	1.8k	1.3k	1.0k	702	51	4.3k
Song Shen China	39	2.4k 1.0×	2.2k 1.2×	1.6k 1.2×	1.2k 1.2×	556 0.8×	82	5.0k
Keman Cheng China	31	2.2k 0.9×	1.7k 0.9×	860 0.7×	1.2k 1.2×	485 0.7×	52	4.3k
Ashley V. Kroll United States	18	2.8k 1.2×	2.5k 1.4×	1.6k 1.3×	1.2k 1.2×	516 0.7×	24	4.9k
Xuexiang Han China	42	2.1k 0.9×	2.6k 1.4×	1.2k 0.9×	840 0.8×	1.0k 1.4×	64	5.4k
Cong‐Fei Xu China	35	1.8k 0.7×	2.5k 1.3×	1.3k 1.0×	827 0.8×	371 0.5×	65	4.5k
Rachel Riley United States	19	1.5k 0.6×	1.7k 0.9×	734 0.6×	1.2k 1.1×	399 0.6×	26	3.8k
Shuang Wang China	36	1.7k 0.7×	1.9k 1.0×	573 0.4×	722 0.7×	759 1.1×	100	4.1k
Weijing Yang China	37	2.5k 1.0×	1.4k 0.8×	1.3k 1.0×	792 0.8×	995 1.4×	69	4.1k
Yourong Duan China	38	1.6k 0.7×	1.5k 0.8×	1.3k 1.0×	393 0.4×	454 0.6×	130	3.8k
Lihua Luo China	30	2.0k 0.8×	1.2k 0.7×	772 0.6×	915 0.9×	525 0.7×	90	3.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Sejin Son

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sejin Son

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20 of 20 papers shown

Son, Sejin, et al.. (2025). Emerging nano-vaccine technologies to overcome anti-microbial resistance. Journal of Controlled Release. 386. 114076–114076. 1 indexed citations

Park, Bumjun, Shirin Movaghgharnezhad, Seung Min Lee, et al.. (2025). Graphene Nanofibers by Integrated Manufacturing of Electrospinning and Laser Graphitization for Miniaturized Energy Storage Devices. Advanced Science. 12(21). e2414607–e2414607. 2 indexed citations

Nam, Jutaek, et al.. (2024). Engineered polysaccharides for controlling innate and adaptive immune responses. Nature Reviews Bioengineering. 2(9). 733–751. 18 indexed citations

Son, Sejin, et al.. (2024). Colon‐adhesive poly(maleic anhydride)‐sirolimus conjugate alleviates local colitis inflammation. Journal of Applied Polymer Science. 141(45).

Kim, Ki‐Dong, et al.. (2024). Development of Hemoglobin-based Oxygen Delivery System Using PEGylation. Polymer Korea. 48(5). 449–459.

Kim, Yubin, et al.. (2023). Metal-Based Nanoparticles for Cancer Metalloimmunotherapy. Pharmaceutics. 15(7). 2003–2003. 19 indexed citations

Aliya, Sheik, Kugalur Shanmugam Ranjith, Seyed Majid Ghoreishian, et al.. (2023). Green approach for the fabrication of dual-functional S/N doped graphene tagged ZnO nanograins for in vitro bioimaging and water pollutant remediation. Environmental Pollution. 343. 123077–123077. 21 indexed citations

Son, Sejin, Jutaek Nam, Weiping Zou, et al.. (2022). Induction of T-helper-17-cell-mediated anti-tumour immunity by pathogen-mimicking polymer nanoparticles. Nature Biomedical Engineering. 7(1). 72–84. 38 indexed citations

Nam, Jutaek, Sejin Son, Kyong Soo Park, & James J. Moon. (2021). Modularly Programmable Nanoparticle Vaccine Based on Polyethyleneimine for Personalized Cancer Immunotherapy. Advanced Science. 8(5). 2002577–2002577. 76 indexed citations

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Park, Kyong Soo, Jutaek Nam, Sejin Son, & James J. Moon. (2021). Personalized combination nano-immunotherapy for robust induction and tumor infiltration of CD8+ T cells. Biomaterials. 274. 120844–120844. 26 indexed citations

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Son, Sejin, Jutaek Nam, Lukasz J. Ochyl, et al.. (2020). Sugar-Nanocapsules Imprinted with Microbial Molecular Patterns for mRNA Vaccination. Nano Letters. 20(3). 1499–1509. 80 indexed citations

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Scheetz, Lindsay, Padma Kadiyala, Xiaoqi Sun, et al.. (2020). Synthetic High-density Lipoprotein Nanodiscs for Personalized Immunotherapy Against Gliomas. Clinical Cancer Research. 26(16). 4369–4380. 64 indexed citations

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You, Dong Gil, Hong Yeol Yoon, Sangmin Jeon, et al.. (2017). Deep tissue penetration of nanoparticles using pulsed-high intensity focused ultrasound. Nano Convergence. 4(1). 30–30. 19 indexed citations

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Min, Hyun Su, Sejin Son, Dong Gil You, et al.. (2016). Chemical gas-generating nanoparticles for tumor-targeted ultrasound imaging and ultrasound-triggered drug delivery. Biomaterials. 108. 57–70. 60 indexed citations

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Son, Sejin, Nam‐Ho Kim, Dong Gil You, et al.. (2016). Antitumor therapeutic application of self-assembled RNAi-AuNP nanoconstructs: Combination of VEGF-RNAi and photothermal ablation. Theranostics. 7(1). 9–22. 32 indexed citations

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Muthiah, Muthunarayanan, Youngkeun Ahn, Sejin Son, et al.. (2011). Biodegradable Particulate Delivery of Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Plasmid from Polycaprolactone/Polyethylenimine Electrospun Nanofibers for the Treatment of Myocardial Infarction. Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology. 11(8). 7073–7077. 17 indexed citations

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Garripelli, Vivek Kumar, et al.. (2011). Matrix metalloproteinase-sensitive thermogelling polymer for bioresponsive local drug delivery. Acta Biomaterialia. 7(5). 1984–1992. 54 indexed citations

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Kim, Gahee, Yecheol Rho, Samdae Park, et al.. (2010). The biocompatibility of self-assembled brush polymers bearing glycine derivatives. Biomaterials. 31(14). 3816–3826. 21 indexed citations

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Son, Sejin, Do Won Hwang, Kaushik Singha, et al.. (2010). RVG peptide tethered bioreducible polyethylenimine for gene delivery to brain. Journal of Controlled Release. 155(1). 18–25. 112 indexed citations

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Son, Sejin & Won Jong Kim. (2009). Biodegradable nanoparticles modified by branched polyethylenimine for plasmid DNA delivery. Biomaterials. 31(1). 133–143. 93 indexed citations

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