Sun A. Kim

3.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
13 papers, 2.9k citations indexed

About

Sun A. Kim is a scholar working on Plant Science, Molecular Biology and Hematology. According to data from OpenAlex, Sun A. Kim has authored 13 papers receiving a total of 2.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Plant Science, 2 papers in Molecular Biology and 1 paper in Hematology. Recurrent topics in Sun A. Kim's work include Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance (12 papers), Plant Micronutrient Interactions and Effects (10 papers) and Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism (3 papers). Sun A. Kim is often cited by papers focused on Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance (12 papers), Plant Micronutrient Interactions and Effects (10 papers) and Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism (3 papers). Sun A. Kim collaborates with scholars based in United States, South Korea and France. Sun A. Kim's co-authors include Mary Lou Guerinot, Mary Lou Guerinot, Gynheung An, Sichul Lee, Tracy Punshon, Sébastien Thomine, Antonio Lanzirotti, Jerry Kaplan, José M. Alonso and Joseph R. Ecker and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and PLANT PHYSIOLOGY.

In The Last Decade

Sun A. Kim

13 papers receiving 2.8k 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.

  1. Phylogenetic Relationships within Cation Transporter Families of Arabidopsis
    2001 947 citations Pascal Mäser, Sébastien Thomine et al. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY profile →
  2. Localization of Iron in Arabidopsis Seed Requires the Vacuolar Membrane Transporter VIT1
    2006 507 citations Sun A. Kim, Tracy Punshon et al. Science profile →

Peers

Sun A. Kim
Karl Ravet United States
Frédéric Gaymard France
John Danku United Kingdom
Joe Morrissey United States
Jossia Boucherez France
Stéphanie Arrivault Germany
Sidsel Birkelund Schmidt Denmark
Paulina Flis United Kingdom
Rebecca F. Mills United Kingdom
Mineo Shibasaka Japan
Karl Ravet United States
Sun A. Kim
Citations per year, relative to Sun A. Kim Sun A. Kim (= 1×) peers Karl Ravet

Countries citing papers authored by Sun A. Kim

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Citations

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Fields of papers citing papers by Sun A. Kim

Since Specialization
Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Sun A. Kim. 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 Sun A. Kim. The network helps show where Sun A. Kim may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sun A. Kim

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

All Works

13 of 13 papers shown
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Kim, Sun A., Ian S. LaCroix, Scott A. Gerber, & Mary Lou Guerinot. (2019). The iron deficiency response in Arabidopsis thaliana requires the phosphorylated transcription factor URI. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 116(50). 24933–24942. 135 indexed citations
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Hong, Sunghyun, Sun A. Kim, Mary Lou Guerinot, & C. Robertson McClung. (2012). Reciprocal Interaction of the Circadian Clock with the Iron Homeostasis Network in Arabidopsis  . PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 161(2). 893–903. 70 indexed citations
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Lee, Sichul, Hee Joong Jeong, Sun A. Kim, et al.. (2010). OsZIP5 is a plasma membrane zinc transporter in rice. Plant Molecular Biology. 73(4-5). 507–517. 171 indexed citations
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Lee, Sichul, Sun A. Kim, Joohyun Lee, Mary Lou Guerinot, & Gynheung An. (2010). Zinc deficiency-inducible OsZIP8 encodes a plasma membrane-localized zinc transporter in rice. Molecules and Cells. 29(6). 551–558. 149 indexed citations
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Kim, Sun A., et al.. (2009). De‐regulated expression of the plant glutamate receptor homolog AtGLR3.1 impairs long‐term Ca 2+ ‐programmed stomatal closure. The Plant Journal. 58(3). 437–449. 84 indexed citations
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Lee, Sichul, Sun A. Kim, Elsbeth L. Walker, et al.. (2009). Disruption ofOsYSL15Leads to Iron Inefficiency in Rice Plants      . PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 150(2). 786–800. 262 indexed citations
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Ravet, Karl, Brigitte Touraine, Sun A. Kim, et al.. (2009). Post-Translational Regulation of AtFER2 Ferritin in Response to Intracellular Iron Trafficking during Fruit Development in Arabidopsis. Molecular Plant. 2(5). 1095–1106. 60 indexed citations
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Kim, Sun A. & Mary Lou Guerinot. (2007). Mining iron: Iron uptake and transport in plants. FEBS Letters. 581(12). 2273–2280. 380 indexed citations
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Kim, Sun A., Tracy Punshon, Antonio Lanzirotti, et al.. (2006). Localization of Iron in Arabidopsis Seed Requires the Vacuolar Membrane Transporter VIT1. Science. 314(5803). 1295–1298. 507 indexed citations breakdown →
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Mäser, Pascal, Sébastien Thomine, Julian I. Schroeder, et al.. (2001). Phylogenetic Relationships within Cation Transporter Families of Arabidopsis. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 126(4). 1646–1667. 947 indexed citations breakdown →
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Kwak, June M., Sun A. Kim, Suk W. Hong, & Hong Gil Nam. (1997). Evaluation of 515 expressed sequence tags obtained from guard cells of Brassica campestris. Planta. 202(1). 9–17. 45 indexed citations
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Kwak, June M., Sun A. Kim, Moon‐Soo Soh, et al.. (1996). Characterization of 475 Expressed Sequence Tags Generated from Root cDNA Clones of Brassica napus by Single-pass Sequencing. Molecules and Cells. 6(5). 563–570. 5 indexed citations

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