Seungmin Hwang

29.2k total citations · 3 hit papers
57 papers, 4.8k citations indexed

About

Seungmin Hwang is a scholar working on Epidemiology, Oncology and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Seungmin Hwang has authored 57 papers receiving a total of 4.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 38 papers in Epidemiology, 24 papers in Oncology and 12 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Seungmin Hwang's work include Cytomegalovirus and herpesvirus research (25 papers), Viral-associated cancers and disorders (21 papers) and Autophagy in Disease and Therapy (17 papers). Seungmin Hwang is often cited by papers focused on Cytomegalovirus and herpesvirus research (25 papers), Viral-associated cancers and disorders (21 papers) and Autophagy in Disease and Therapy (17 papers). Seungmin Hwang collaborates with scholars based in United States, South Korea and Bulgaria. Seungmin Hwang's co-authors include Herbert W. Virgin, Ken Cadwell, Yu Matsuzawa, Yousang Gwack, Ren Sun, Joonho Choe, Chunghun Lim, Hailey Brown, Soowon Kang and Gayoung Park and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Seungmin Hwang

57 papers receiving 4.8k 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.

Metabolic Dysfunction Drives a Mechanistically Distinct Proinflammatory Phenotype in Adipose Tissue Macrophages

2014 625 citations Mario Kratz, Katherine B. Hisert et al. Cell Metabolism profile →
m6A mRNA demethylase FTO regulates melanoma tumorigenicity and response to anti-PD-1 blockade

2019 565 citations Seungwon Yang, Jiangbo Wei et al. Nature Communications profile →
Autophagy Links Inflammasomes to Atherosclerotic Progression

2012 479 citations Seungmin Hwang, Herbert W. Virgin et al. Cell Metabolism profile →

Peers

Seungmin Hwang

EPIDE

IMMUN

ONCOL

Rhea Sumpter United States

Georges Herbein France

Norbert Reiling Germany

Jennifer Martinez United States

Jie Sun United States

Felix Randow United Kingdom

Margaret Karow United States

Shawn J. Green United States

Luiz F. L. Reis Brazil

Subash Sad Canada

Rhea Sumpter United States

Seungmin Hwang

3.4k ×1.4

EPIDE

2.3k ×1.3

1.6k ×1.5

IMMUN

364 ×0.3

ONCOL

443 ×0.8

Citations per year, relative to Seungmin Hwang Seungmin Hwang (= 1×) peers Rhea Sumpter

Countries citing papers authored by Seungmin Hwang

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Citations

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Fields of papers citing papers by Seungmin Hwang

Since Specialization

Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Seungmin Hwang

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

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20 of 20 papers shown

Tan, Zher Yin, Michael Salcius, Bingqi Tong, et al.. (2025). Development of an FKBP12-recruiting chemical-induced proximity DNA-encoded library and its application to discover an autophagy potentiator. Cell chemical biology. 32(3). 498–510.e35. 6 indexed citations

McAllaster, Michael R., Dale R. Balce, Anthony Orvedahl, et al.. (2023). Autophagy gene-dependent intracellular immunity triggered by interferon-γ. mBio. 14(6). e0233223–e0233223. 7 indexed citations

Hwang, Seungmin, et al.. (2022). Preventive and Therapeutic Effects of Krill Oil on Obesity and Obesity-Induced Metabolic Syndromes in High-Fat Diet-Fed Mice. Marine Drugs. 20(8). 483–483. 19 indexed citations

Yang, Seungwon, Jiangbo Wei, Yan‐Hong Cui, et al.. (2019). m6A mRNA demethylase FTO regulates melanoma tumorigenicity and response to anti-PD-1 blockade. Nature Communications. 10(1). 2782–2782. 565 indexed citations breakdown →

Bouziat, Romain, Scott B. Biering, Soowon Kang, et al.. (2018). Murine Norovirus Infection Induces TH1 Inflammatory Responses to Dietary Antigens. Cell Host & Microbe. 24(5). 677–688.e5. 62 indexed citations

Lee, Jihye, Beom Seok Park, Intekhab Alam, et al.. (2018). Insight Into the Interaction Between RNA Polymerase and VPg for Murine Norovirus Replication. Frontiers in Microbiology. 9. 1466–1466. 10 indexed citations

Biering, Scott B., Jayoung Choi, Hailey Brown, & Seungmin Hwang. (2017). LC3s hire membrane breakers to attack viral shelters. Autophagy. 13(11). 2010–2012. 3 indexed citations

Biering, Scott B., Jayoung Choi, Hailey Brown, et al.. (2017). Viral Replication Complexes Are Targeted by LC3-Guided Interferon-Inducible GTPases. Cell Host & Microbe. 22(1). 74–85.e7. 72 indexed citations

Choi, Jayoung, Sunmin Park, Scott B. Biering, et al.. (2014). The Parasitophorous Vacuole Membrane of Toxoplasma gondii Is Targeted for Disruption by Ubiquitin-like Conjugation Systems of Autophagy. Immunity. 40(6). 924–935. 143 indexed citations

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Kratz, Mario, Katherine B. Hisert, Derek Hagman, et al.. (2014). Metabolic Dysfunction Drives a Mechanistically Distinct Proinflammatory Phenotype in Adipose Tissue Macrophages. Cell Metabolism. 20(4). 614–625. 625 indexed citations breakdown →

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Case, Elizabeth Di Russo, Audrey Chong, Tara D. Wehrly, et al.. (2013). The F rancisella O-antigen mediates survival in the macrophage cytosol via autophagy avoidance. Cellular Microbiology. 16(6). 862–877. 56 indexed citations

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Hwang, Seungmin, Monique W. Bruinsma, Gautam Goel, et al.. (2012). Nondegradative Role of Atg5-Atg12/ Atg16L1 Autophagy Protein Complex in Antiviral Activity of Interferon Gamma. Cell Host & Microbe. 11(4). 397–409. 201 indexed citations

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Wu, Ting-Ting, et al.. (2011). The Anti-interferon Activity of Conserved Viral dUTPase ORF54 is Essential for an Effective MHV-68 Infection. PLoS Pathogens. 7(10). e1002292–e1002292. 47 indexed citations

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Miyahira, Andrea K., Arash Shahangian, Seungmin Hwang, Ren Sun, & Genhong Cheng. (2009). TANK-Binding Kinase-1 Plays an Important Role during In Vitro and In Vivo Type I IFN Responses to DNA Virus Infections. The Journal of Immunology. 182(4). 2248–2257. 41 indexed citations

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Hwang, Seungmin, Emilio Flaño, Ting-Ting Wu, et al.. (2009). Conserved Herpesviral Kinase Promotes Viral Persistence by Inhibiting the IRF-3-Mediated Type I Interferon Response. Cell Host & Microbe. 5(2). 166–178. 129 indexed citations

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Xiaofei, E, Seungmin Hwang, Soohwan Oh, et al.. (2009). Viral Bcl-2-Mediated Evasion of Autophagy Aids Chronic Infection of γHerpesvirus 68. PLoS Pathogens. 5(10). e1000609–e1000609. 72 indexed citations

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Sanchez, David Jesse, Vaithilingaraja Arumugaswami, Seungmin Hwang, et al.. (2007). A Repetitive Region of Gammaherpesvirus Genomic DNA Is a Ligand for Induction of Type I Interferon. Journal of Virology. 82(5). 2208–2217. 15 indexed citations

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Tarakanova, Vera L., Van Leung‐Pineda, Seungmin Hwang, et al.. (2007). γ-Herpesvirus Kinase Actively Initiates a DNA Damage Response by Inducing Phosphorylation of H2AX to Foster Viral Replication. Cell Host & Microbe. 1(4). 275–286. 116 indexed citations

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Xie, Michael W., Fulai Jin, Heejun Hwang, et al.. (2005). Insights into TOR function and rapamycin response: Chemical genomic profiling by using a high-density cell array method. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 102(20). 7215–7220. 120 indexed citations

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Lim, Chunghun, Yousang Gwack, Seungmin Hwang, Se-Ho Kim, & Joonho Choe. (2001). The Transcriptional Activity of cAMP Response Element-binding Protein-binding Protein Is Modulated by the Latency Associated Nuclear Antigen of Kaposi's Sarcoma-associated Herpesvirus. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 276(33). 31016–31022. 101 indexed citations

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