So Yoon Ahn

4.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
135 papers, 3.5k citations indexed

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So Yoon Ahn is a scholar working on Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, So Yoon Ahn has authored 135 papers receiving a total of 3.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 98 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, 55 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health and 42 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in So Yoon Ahn's work include Neonatal Respiratory Health Research (94 papers), Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Studies (37 papers) and Neonatal and fetal brain pathology (27 papers). So Yoon Ahn is often cited by papers focused on Neonatal Respiratory Health Research (94 papers), Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Studies (37 papers) and Neonatal and fetal brain pathology (27 papers). So Yoon Ahn collaborates with scholars based in South Korea, United States and Switzerland. So Yoon Ahn's co-authors include Yun Sil Chang, Se In Sung, Won Soon Park, Dong Kyung Sung, Hye Soo Yoo, Soo Jin Choi, Won Il Oh, Young‐Eun Kim, Jee‐Yin Ahn and Eun Sun Kim and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and Stroke.

In The Last Decade

So Yoon Ahn

123 papers receiving 3.5k citations

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Mesenchymal Stem Cells for Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia: Phase 1 Dose-Escalation Clinical Trial

2014 317 citations Yun Sil Chang, So Yoon Ahn et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
So Yoon Ahn South Korea	33	2.1k	1.3k	1.0k	969	638	135	3.5k
Won Soon Park South Korea	33	2.2k 1.1×	1.4k 1.1×	950 0.9×	1.1k 1.1×	664 1.0×	176	3.9k
Se In Sung South Korea	30	1.8k 0.8×	1.1k 0.9×	844 0.8×	776 0.8×	556 0.9×	111	3.0k
Hye Soo Yoo South Korea	16	1.0k 0.5×	681 0.5×	438 0.4×	395 0.4×	176 0.3×	46	1.5k
Gregory J. Ensing United States	28	942 0.4×	756 0.6×	654 0.6×	223 0.2×	328 0.5×	72	3.5k
Kathryn D. Anderson United States	35	1.8k 0.9×	2.1k 1.7×	129 0.1×	156 0.2×	1.1k 1.8×	98	4.0k
Thomas J. Kulik United States	35	1.8k 0.8×	1.6k 1.3×	118 0.1×	208 0.2×	647 1.0×	101	4.8k
Ronald V. Lacro United States	28	1.3k 0.6×	934 0.7×	84 0.1×	492 0.5×	757 1.2×	56	3.3k
Juha Räsänen Finland	33	827 0.4×	891 0.7×	67 0.1×	1.2k 1.3×	492 0.8×	133	3.5k
Scott J. Soifer United States	29	1.3k 0.6×	379 0.3×	136 0.1×	142 0.1×	342 0.5×	74	2.5k
Michael D. Taylor United States	33	523 0.2×	1.2k 1.0×	348 0.3×	118 0.1×	861 1.3×	168	3.8k

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Kim, Young‐Eun, et al.. (2025). Extracellular vesicles from mesenchymal stromal cells: an emerging therapy for intractable neonatal disorders. Stem Cells Translational Medicine. 14(10).

Park, Jong-Ho, So Yoon Ahn, Se In Sung, et al.. (2024). Diagnostic Utility of Whole Genome Sequencing After Negative Karyotyping/Chromosomal Microarray in Infants Born With Multiple Congenital Anomalies. Journal of Korean Medical Science. 39(36). e250–e250. 2 indexed citations

Sung, Se In, et al.. (2024). Current Status and Associated Factors of Post-Hemorrhagic Hydrocephalus in Infants of 22 to 28 Weeks Gestation With Severe Intraventricular Hemorrhage in Korea: A Nationwide Cohort Study. Journal of Korean Medical Science. 39(15). e139–e139. 2 indexed citations

Kim, Hanna, et al.. (2024). Predictive factors for perinatal bacterial transmission from colonized mothers to delivered very-low-birth-weight infants: a retrospective cohort study. Scientific Reports. 14(1). 16835–16835.

Sung, Dong Kyung, et al.. (2023). Mesenchymal Stromal Cells Primed by Toll-like Receptors 3 and 4 Enhanced Anti-Inflammatory Effects against LPS-Induced Macrophages via Extracellular Vesicles. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 24(22). 16264–16264. 12 indexed citations

Ahn, So Yoon, et al.. (2023). On the 10th Anniversary of the Korean Neonatal Network. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 30(1). 1–9.

Kim, Young‐Eun, et al.. (2023). SOCS3 Protein Mediates the Therapeutic Efficacy of Mesenchymal Stem Cells against Acute Lung Injury. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 24(9). 8256–8256. 8 indexed citations

Jeon, Ga Won, So Yoon Ahn, Se In Sung, et al.. (2023). Antenatal Magnesium Sulfate Is Not Associated With Improved Long-Term Neurodevelopment and Growth in Very Low Birth Weight Infants. Journal of Korean Medical Science. 38(44). e350–e350. 1 indexed citations

Kim, Hanna, et al.. (2023). Changes to Blood-Sampling Protocol to Reduce the Sampling Amount in Neonatal Intensive Care Units: A Quality Improvement Project. Journal of Clinical Medicine. 12(17). 5712–5712. 3 indexed citations

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Kim, Young‐Eun, Won Soon Park, So Yoon Ahn, et al.. (2022). Thrombin Preconditioning Improves the Therapeutic Efficacy of Mesenchymal Stem Cells in Severe Intraventricular Hemorrhage Induced Neonatal Rats. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 23(8). 4447–4447. 14 indexed citations

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Ahn, So Yoon, Yun Sil Chang, Dong Kyung Sung, Young Eun Kim, & Won Soon Park. (2019). Developing a newborn rat model of ventriculitis without concomitant bacteremia by intraventricular injection of K1 (−) Escherichia coli. Pediatrics International. 62(3). 347–356. 4 indexed citations

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Ahn, So Yoon, Yun Sil Chang, Young‐Eun Kim, et al.. (2018). Mesenchymal stem cells transplantation attenuates brain injury and enhances bacterial clearance in Escherichia coli meningitis in newborn rats. Pediatric Research. 84(5). 778–785. 18 indexed citations

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Sung, Se In, Jisook Kim, Ga Young Park, et al.. (2017). Prophylactic versus Early Rescue Surfactant Treatment in Preterm Infants Born at Less than 30 Weeks Gestation or with Birth Weight Less than or Equal 1,250 Grams. Journal of Korean Medical Science. 32(8). 1288–1288. 3 indexed citations

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Jeong, Soo, Se In Sung, Ji‐Hee Sung, et al.. (2017). MERS-CoV Infection in a Pregnant Woman in Korea. Journal of Korean Medical Science. 32(10). 1717–1717. 73 indexed citations

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Kim, Jin Kyu, Yun Sil Chang, Se In Sung, et al.. (2016). Trends in Survival and Incidence of Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia in Extremely Preterm Infants at 23-26 Weeks Gestation. Journal of Korean Medical Science. 31(3). 423–423. 26 indexed citations

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Jung, Yu Jin, So Yoon Ahn, Hye Soo Yoo, et al.. (2015). Effect of Prophylactic Palivizumab on Admission Due to Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infection in Former Very Low Birth Weight Infants with Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia. Journal of Korean Medical Science. 30(7). 924–924. 9 indexed citations

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Chang, Yun Sil, So Yoon Ahn, Hong Bae Jeon, et al.. (2014). Critical Role of Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Secreted by Mesenchymal Stem Cells in Hyperoxic Lung Injury. American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology. 51(3). 391–399. 89 indexed citations

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Yoo, Hye Soo, Yun Sil Chang, Jin Kyu Kim, et al.. (2013). Antenatal betamethasone attenuates intrauterine infection-aggravated hyperoxia-induced lung injury in neonatal rats. Pediatric Research. 73(6). 726–733. 11 indexed citations

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Yu, Hee Joon, Se In Sung, Jin Kyu Kim, et al.. (2010). Two Cases of Neonatal Persistent Pulmonary Hypertension Treated by Veno-venous Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (V-V ECMO).. Neonatal Medicine. 17(1). 109–115. 1 indexed citations

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Kim, Jin Kyu, Hye Soo Yoo, So Yoon Ahn, et al.. (2009). Pathogens and Prognotic Factors for Early Onset Sepsis in Very Low Birth Weight Infants. Neonatal Medicine. 16(2). 163–171. 1 indexed citations

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