Sung Min Son

3.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
41 papers, 2.6k citations indexed

About

Sung Min Son is a scholar working on Physiology, Epidemiology and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Sung Min Son has authored 41 papers receiving a total of 2.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 24 papers in Physiology, 17 papers in Epidemiology and 16 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Sung Min Son's work include Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (20 papers), Autophagy in Disease and Therapy (17 papers) and Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (6 papers). Sung Min Son is often cited by papers focused on Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (20 papers), Autophagy in Disease and Therapy (17 papers) and Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (6 papers). Sung Min Son collaborates with scholars based in South Korea, United Kingdom and United States. Sung Min Son's co-authors include Inhee Mook‐Jung, David C. Rubinsztein, Jayoung Byun, Seokjo Kang, Sung-Hoon Baik, Moon-Yong Cha, Cansu Karabiyik, Eleanna Stamatakou, Farah H. Siddiqi and So Jung Park and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, Neuron and Journal of Neuroscience.

In The Last Decade

Sung Min Son

40 papers receiving 2.6k citations

Hit Papers

2 papers align trajectories

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.

The different autophagy degradation pathways and neurodegeneration

2022 293 citations Angeleen Fleming, Mathieu Bourdenx et al. Neuron profile →
Autophagy, aging, and age-related neurodegeneration

2024 61 citations Sung Min Son, Lidia Wróbel et al. Neuron profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Sung Min Son South Korea	26	1.1k	1.0k	638	437	381	41	2.6k
Monika Pawlik United States	25	1.0k 0.9×	1.2k 1.1×	646 1.0×	335 0.8×	372 1.0×	39	2.5k
Juan Pablo Muñoz Spain	24	2.3k 2.0×	1.1k 1.0×	705 1.1×	236 0.5×	790 2.1×	51	3.6k
María Dolores Ledesma Spain	33	2.0k 1.8×	1.8k 1.7×	446 0.7×	378 0.9×	716 1.9×	60	3.7k
Luigi Puglielli United States	35	1.9k 1.7×	1.7k 1.6×	394 0.6×	347 0.8×	654 1.7×	79	4.1k
Mounia Chami France	26	1.8k 1.6×	863 0.8×	867 1.4×	188 0.4×	664 1.7×	44	3.4k
Barry Boland Ireland	18	1.2k 1.1×	1.5k 1.4×	1.1k 1.7×	281 0.6×	626 1.6×	26	3.0k
Julien Puyal Switzerland	30	1.6k 1.4×	439 0.4×	1.3k 2.0×	565 1.3×	350 0.9×	55	3.3k
King‐Ho Cheung Hong Kong	30	1.8k 1.6×	1.1k 1.1×	789 1.2×	250 0.6×	586 1.5×	53	3.6k
Xiulian Sun China	26	1.4k 1.2×	1.2k 1.1×	224 0.4×	257 0.6×	230 0.6×	71	2.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Sung Min Son

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sung Min Son

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

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Merle, Nicolas S., Martin Kolev, Jubayer Rahman, et al.. (2025). Peptide-mediated modulation of T cell-expressed complement-like CD109boosts T cell anti-tumor responses. Immunobiology. 230(4). 153065–153065.

Park, So Jung, Sung Min Son, António Daniel Barbosa, et al.. (2024). Nuclear proteasomes buffer cytoplasmic proteins during autophagy compromise. Nature Cell Biology. 26(10). 1691–1699. 3 indexed citations

Son, Sung Min, So Jung Park, Sophia Y. Breusegem, Delphine Larrieu, & David C. Rubinsztein. (2024). p300 nucleocytoplasmic shuttling underlies mTORC1 hyperactivation in Hutchinson–Gilford progeria syndrome. Nature Cell Biology. 26(2). 235–249. 20 indexed citations

Fleming, Angeleen, Mathieu Bourdenx, Motoki Fujimaki, et al.. (2022). The different autophagy degradation pathways and neurodegeneration. Neuron. 110(6). 935–966. 293 indexed citations breakdown →

Karabiyik, Cansu, Mariella Vicinanza, Sung Min Son, & David C. Rubinsztein. (2021). Glucose starvation induces autophagy via ULK1-mediated activation of PIKfyve in an AMPK-dependent manner. Developmental Cell. 56(13). 1961–1975.e5. 58 indexed citations

Son, Sung Min, So Jung Park, Marian Fernandez-Estévez, & David C. Rubinsztein. (2021). Autophagy regulation by acetylation—implications for neurodegenerative diseases. Experimental & Molecular Medicine. 53(1). 30–41. 39 indexed citations

Park, So Jung, Cansu Karabiyik, Sung Min Son, et al.. (2021). Vinexin contributes to autophagic decline in brain ageing across species. Cell Death and Differentiation. 29(5). 1055–1070. 15 indexed citations

Pavel-Tanasă, Mariana, So Jung Park, Sung Min Son, et al.. (2021). α-Catenin levels determine direction of YAP/TAZ response to autophagy perturbation. Nature Communications. 12(1). 1703–1703. 25 indexed citations

Stamatakou, Eleanna, Lidia Wróbel, Sandra Malmgren Hill, et al.. (2020). Mendelian neurodegenerative disease genes involved in autophagy. Cell Discovery. 6(1). 24–24. 35 indexed citations

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Kang, Seokjo, Jayoung Byun, Sung Min Son, & Inhee Mook‐Jung. (2018). Thrombospondin-1 protects against Aβ-induced mitochondrial fragmentation and dysfunction in hippocampal cells. Cell Death Discovery. 4(1). 31–31. 23 indexed citations

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Kim, Yoonhee, Chaeyoung Kim, Sung Min Son, et al.. (2016). The novel RAGE interactor PRAK is associated with autophagy signaling in Alzheimer’s disease pathogenesis. Molecular Neurodegeneration. 11(1). 4–4. 21 indexed citations

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Son, Sung Min, Moon-Yong Cha, Hee-Sun Choi, et al.. (2016). Insulin-degrading enzyme secretion from astrocytes is mediated by an autophagy-based unconventional secretory pathway in Alzheimer disease. Autophagy. 12(5). 784–800. 107 indexed citations

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Son, Sung Min, Seokjo Kang, Hee-Sun Choi, & Inhee Mook‐Jung. (2015). Statins induce insulin-degrading enzyme secretion from astrocytes via an autophagy-based unconventional secretory pathway. Molecular Neurodegeneration. 10(1). 56–56. 56 indexed citations

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Son, Sung Min, Dong Woo Nam, Moon-Yong Cha, et al.. (2015). Thrombospondin-1 prevents amyloid beta–mediated synaptic pathology in Alzheimer's disease. Neurobiology of Aging. 36(12). 3214–3227. 41 indexed citations

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Son, Sung Min, et al.. (2014). Reduced IRE1α mediates apoptotic cell death by disrupting calcium homeostasis via the InsP3 receptor. Cell Death and Disease. 5(4). e1188–e1188. 83 indexed citations

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Byun, Junho, Sung Min Son, Minho Shong, et al.. (2014). CR6-interacting factor 1 is a key regulator in Aβ-induced mitochondrial disruption and pathogenesis of Alzheimer’s disease. Cell Death and Differentiation. 22(6). 959–973. 28 indexed citations

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Delgado, Francisco Feijó, Nathan Cermak, Vivian Hecht, et al.. (2013). Intracellular Water Exchange for Measuring the Dry Mass, Water Mass and Changes in Chemical Composition of Living Cells. PLoS ONE. 8(7). e67590–e67590. 127 indexed citations

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Kim, Kyung Ho, Sung Min Son, & Inhee Mook‐Jung. (2013). Contributions of Microglia to Structural Synaptic Plasticity. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 7. 85–91. 21 indexed citations

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Son, Sung Min, Hyundong Song, Jayoung Byun, et al.. (2012). Accumulation of autophagosomes contributes to enhanced amyloidogenic APP processing under insulin-resistant conditions. Autophagy. 8(12). 1842–1844. 75 indexed citations

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Cho, Hyun Jin, Seok Min Jin, Sung Min Son, et al.. (2009). Constitutive JAK2/STAT1 activation regulates endogenous BACE1 expression in neurons. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 386(1). 175–180. 23 indexed citations

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