Seungwon Choi

1.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
25 papers, 979 citations indexed

About

Seungwon Choi is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Seungwon Choi has authored 25 papers receiving a total of 979 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Molecular Biology, 8 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 5 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in Seungwon Choi's work include Circadian rhythm and melatonin (4 papers), Cellular transport and secretion (4 papers) and Pain Mechanisms and Treatments (3 papers). Seungwon Choi is often cited by papers focused on Circadian rhythm and melatonin (4 papers), Cellular transport and secretion (4 papers) and Pain Mechanisms and Treatments (3 papers). Seungwon Choi collaborates with scholars based in United States, South Korea and Japan. Seungwon Choi's co-authors include Joshua M. Kaplan, Eunjoon Kim, Marios Chatzigeorgiou, William R Schafer, Seok‐Kyu Kwon, Jooyeon Woo, Jae-Ran Lee, Se-Ho Kim, Anthone W. Dunah and Morgan Sheng and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Seungwon Choi

23 papers receiving 972 citations

Hit Papers

A hypothalamic circuit un... 2025 2026 2025 4 8 12
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. A hypothalamic circuit underlying the dynamic control of social homeostasis
    2025 14 citations Ding Liu, Mohammed Mostafizur Rahman et al. Nature profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Seungwon Choi United States 15 396 367 170 159 158 25 979
Emily A. Bates United States 19 781 2.0× 376 1.0× 153 0.9× 170 1.1× 114 0.7× 34 1.3k
Fu‐Chia Yang United States 15 467 1.2× 413 1.1× 196 1.2× 87 0.5× 477 3.0× 16 1.3k
Martijn P. J. Dekkers Switzerland 11 426 1.1× 362 1.0× 126 0.7× 100 0.6× 94 0.6× 18 943
Anne Lanjuin United States 12 543 1.4× 255 0.7× 116 0.7× 443 2.8× 243 1.5× 18 1.1k
Christopher Gregg Canada 17 857 2.2× 582 1.6× 107 0.6× 185 1.2× 108 0.7× 20 2.4k
Zhitao Hu United States 18 618 1.6× 474 1.3× 424 2.5× 376 2.4× 222 1.4× 51 1.1k
Jason Chan United States 13 341 0.9× 272 0.7× 115 0.7× 103 0.6× 75 0.5× 20 747
David Kapfhamer United States 18 575 1.5× 299 0.8× 324 1.9× 44 0.3× 104 0.7× 23 1.1k
Dong Won Kim United States 22 577 1.5× 215 0.6× 108 0.6× 31 0.2× 267 1.7× 72 1.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Seungwon Choi

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Fields of papers citing papers by Seungwon Choi

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Seungwon Choi. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Seungwon Choi. The network helps show where Seungwon Choi may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Seungwon Choi

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Seungwon Choi. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Seungwon Choi 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 Seungwon Choi. Seungwon Choi 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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Liu, Ding, Mohammed Mostafizur Rahman, Ryunosuke Amo, et al.. (2025). A hypothalamic circuit underlying the dynamic control of social homeostasis. Nature. 640(8060). 1000–1010. 14 indexed citations breakdown →
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Huang, Jia, Bingbing He, Xin Long, et al.. (2024). Generation of rat forebrain tissues in mice. Cell. 187(9). 2129–2142.e17. 11 indexed citations
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Turecek, Josef, et al.. (2024). C-LTMRs evoke wet dog shakes via the spinoparabrachial pathway. Science. 386(6722). 686–692. 5 indexed citations
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Wolfson, Rachel L., Genelle Rankin, Lijun Qi, et al.. (2023). DRG afferents that mediate physiologic and pathologic mechanosensation from the distal colon. Cell. 186(16). 3368–3385.e18. 48 indexed citations
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Choi, Seungwon, Junichi Hachisuka, Alexandra R. Magee, et al.. (2021). Parallel ascending spinal pathways for affective touch and pain. Journal of Pain. 22(5). 578–578. 2 indexed citations
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Ishihama, Nobuaki, Seungwon Choi, Yoshiteru Noutoshi, et al.. (2021). Oxicam-type non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs inhibit NPR1-mediated salicylic acid pathway. Nature Communications. 12(1). 7303–7303. 21 indexed citations
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Choi, Seungwon, Junichi Hachisuka, Alexandra R. Magee, et al.. (2020). Parallel ascending spinal pathways for affective touch and pain. Nature. 587(7833). 258–263. 141 indexed citations
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Ito, Emi, Seungwon Choi, & Takashi Ueda. (2020). Purification and Interaction Analysis of a Plant-Specific RAB5 Effector by In Vitro Pull-Down Assay. Methods in molecular biology. 2177. 183–197. 1 indexed citations
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Choi, Seungwon, Gun-Woo Lee, & Keun‐Bae Lee. (2019). Arthroscopic Microfracture for Osteochondral Lesions of the Talus: Functional Outcomes at a Mean of 6.7 Years in 165 Consecutive Ankles. The American Journal of Sports Medicine. 48(1). 153–158. 39 indexed citations
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Ito, Emi, Kazuo Ebine, Seungwon Choi, et al.. (2018). Integration of two RAB5 groups during endosomal transport in plants. eLife. 7. 24 indexed citations
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Kim, Won‐Seok, et al.. (2017). Gene Expression of Chironomus riparius Heat Shock Protein 70 and Developmental Retardation Exposure to Salinity.. Korean Journal of Ecology and Environment. 50(3). 305–313. 4 indexed citations
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Choi, Seungwon, et al.. (2015). Sensory Neurons Arouse C. elegans Locomotion via Both Glutamate and Neuropeptide Release. PLoS Genetics. 11(7). e1005359–e1005359. 42 indexed citations
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Tang, Jonathan C. Y., Stephanie Rudolph, Onkar S. Dhande, et al.. (2015). Cell type–specific manipulation with GFP-dependent Cre recombinase. Nature Neuroscience. 18(9). 1334–1341. 56 indexed citations
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Choi, Seungwon, et al.. (2013). Analysis of NPR-1 Reveals a Circuit Mechanism for Behavioral Quiescence in C. elegans. Neuron. 78(5). 869–880. 96 indexed citations
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Woo, Jooyeon, Seok‐Kyu Kwon, Jungyong Nam, et al.. (2013). The adhesion protein IgSF9b is coupled to neuroligin 2 via S-SCAM to promote inhibitory synapse development. The Journal of Cell Biology. 201(6). 929–944. 66 indexed citations
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Hu, Zhitao, Sabrina L. Hom, Xia-Jing Tong, et al.. (2012). Neurexin and Neuroligin Mediate Retrograde Synaptic Inhibition in C. elegans. Science. 337(6097). 980–984. 84 indexed citations
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Woo, Jooyeon, Seok‐Kyu Kwon, Seungwon Choi, et al.. (2009). Trans-synaptic adhesion between NGL-3 and LAR regulates the formation of excitatory synapses. Nature Neuroscience. 12(4). 428–437. 168 indexed citations
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Choi, Seungwon, Jaewon Ko, Hyun Woo Lee, et al.. (2006). ARF6 and EFA6A Regulate the Development and Maintenance of Dendritic Spines. Journal of Neuroscience. 26(18). 4811–4819. 87 indexed citations

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