Sung Nim Han

4.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
111 papers, 3.4k citations indexed

About

Sung Nim Han is a scholar working on Nutrition and Dietetics, Epidemiology and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Sung Nim Han has authored 111 papers receiving a total of 3.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 38 papers in Nutrition and Dietetics, 30 papers in Epidemiology and 30 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in Sung Nim Han's work include Adipokines, Inflammation, and Metabolic Diseases (24 papers), Vitamin D Research Studies (20 papers) and Immune Cell Function and Interaction (17 papers). Sung Nim Han is often cited by papers focused on Adipokines, Inflammation, and Metabolic Diseases (24 papers), Vitamin D Research Studies (20 papers) and Immune Cell Function and Interaction (17 papers). Sung Nim Han collaborates with scholars based in South Korea, United States and India. Sung Nim Han's co-authors include Simin Nikbin Meydani, Ga Young Lee, Dayong Wu, A.A. Beharka, Donald E. Smith, Mohsen Meydani, Chan Yoon Park, Hye‐Kyeong Kim, Michael G. Hayek and Alice H. Lichtenstein and has published in prestigious journals such as The Journal of Immunology, Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry and The FASEB Journal.

In The Last Decade

Sung Nim Han

103 papers receiving 3.2k 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.

The Role of Vitamin E in Immunity

2018 385 citations Ga Young Lee, Sung Nim Han Nutrients profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Sung Nim Han South Korea	30	1.3k	807	623	597	475	111	3.4k
Gerd Bobe United States	39	1.2k 1.0×	1.1k 1.4×	381 0.6×	465 0.8×	324 0.7×	167	5.1k
Smaragdi Antonopoulou Greece	35	948 0.8×	904 1.1×	651 1.0×	601 1.0×	598 1.3×	153	3.9k
María Dolores Mesa Spain	27	875 0.7×	561 0.7×	498 0.8×	437 0.7×	255 0.5×	86	2.9k
Marcelo Macedo Rogero Brazil	35	1.1k 0.9×	1.5k 1.9×	1.4k 2.2×	368 0.6×	747 1.6×	206	5.7k
Maria Annunziata Carluccio Italy	32	852 0.7×	821 1.0×	392 0.6×	792 1.3×	273 0.6×	87	3.6k
Pilar Ramos Spain	31	723 0.6×	1.1k 1.4×	758 1.2×	357 0.6×	684 1.4×	100	3.7k
Alessandra Bordoni Italy	37	1.6k 1.3×	1.5k 1.9×	736 1.2×	674 1.1×	218 0.5×	171	4.8k
Changjiang Guo China	35	1.1k 0.9×	1.2k 1.4×	464 0.7×	1.2k 2.1×	352 0.7×	143	5.1k
Toshinao Goda Japan	30	887 0.7×	1.7k 2.1×	1.1k 1.8×	683 1.1×	476 1.0×	245	4.6k
Oh Yoen Kim South Korea	36	640 0.5×	1.1k 1.3×	1.1k 1.8×	331 0.6×	732 1.5×	134	3.8k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sung Nim Han

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Lee, Mi Kyung, Justin Y. Jeon, Sung Nim Han, et al.. (2024). Development and Preliminary Efficacy of a Mindfulness-Based Counseling Program as Part of Comprehensive Cardiac Rehabilitation: A Pilot Study. Korean Journal of Stress Research. 32(2). 53–65.

Park, Chan Yoon, Sunhye Shin, & Sung Nim Han. (2024). Multifaceted Roles of Vitamin D for Diabetes: From Immunomodulatory Functions to Metabolic Regulations. Nutrients. 16(18). 3185–3185. 9 indexed citations

Han, Sung Nim, et al.. (2024). Thermogenesis and cellular senescence of diabetic adipocytes in response to β-agonists and 18-carbon fatty acids. Journal of Nutrition and Health. 57(4). 376–376.

Lee, Ga Young, et al.. (2024). Effects of an in vitro vitamin D treatment on the inflammatory responses in visceral adipose tissue from Ldlr^−/− mice. Nutrition Research and Practice. 18(1). 19–19. 1 indexed citations

Park, Chan Yoon & Sung Nim Han. (2024). Vitamin D and obesity. Advances in food and nutrition research. 109. 221–247. 6 indexed citations

Lee, Ga Young, et al.. (2023). Transcriptome analysis of T cells from Ldlr−/− mice and effects of in vitro vitamin D treatment. The Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry. 124. 109510–109510. 2 indexed citations

Han, Sung Nim. (2023). Vegetarian Diet for Cardiovascular Disease Risk Reduction: Cons. Journal of Lipid and Atherosclerosis. 12(3). 323–323. 3 indexed citations

Chung, Kyong‐Mee, et al.. (2023). High intake of sweet foods and low life satisfaction can act as risk factors for acute coronary syndrome through synergistic interaction. Frontiers in Nutrition. 10. 1221916–1221916. 1 indexed citations

Lee, Ga Young & Sung Nim Han. (2021). Direct-to-Consumer Genetic Testing in Korea: Current Status and Significance in Clinical Nutrition. Clinical Nutrition Research. 10(4). 279–279. 5 indexed citations

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Lee, Ga Young, et al.. (2021). Effects of Vitamin D Supplementation on CD4+ T Cell Subsets and mTOR Signaling Pathway in High-Fat-Diet-Induced Obese Mice. Nutrients. 13(3). 796–796. 10 indexed citations

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Park, Chan Yoon, Seul Ki Lee, Dong-Uk Kim, et al.. (2021). Endoplasmic reticulum stress increases LECT2 expression via ATF4. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 585. 169–176. 6 indexed citations

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Kim, Hyunsuk, et al.. (2020). Dietary Assessment of Korean Non-dialysis Chronic Kidney Disease Patients with or without Diabetes. Journal of Korean Medical Science. 35(23). e181–e181. 2 indexed citations

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Park, Chan Yoon, et al.. (2020). Effects of high fat diet-induced obesity on vitamin D metabolism and tissue distribution in vitamin D deficient or supplemented mice. Nutrition & Metabolism. 17(1). 44–44. 32 indexed citations

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Lee, Jee‐Young, et al.. (2017). Elevated Serum Vitamin B ₁₂ Levels as a Prognostic Factor for Survival Time in Metastatic Cancer Patients: A Retrospective Study. Nutrition and Cancer. 70(1). 37–44. 12 indexed citations

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Park, Chan Yoon, So‐Young Park, Min Soo Kim, Hye‐Kyeong Kim, & Sung Nim Han. (2017). Effects of mild calorie restriction on lipid metabolism and inflammation in liver and adipose tissue. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 490(3). 636–642. 33 indexed citations

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Jin, Chang Hyun, Yangkang So, Bomi Nam, Sung Nim Han, & Jin‐Baek Kim. (2017). Isoegomaketone Alleviates the Development of Collagen Antibody-Induced Arthritis in Male Balb/c Mice. Molecules. 22(7). 1209–1209. 13 indexed citations

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Kim, Jin Nam, et al.. (2014). Phytic acid and myo-inositol support adipocyte differentiation and improve insulin sensitivity in 3T3-L1 cells. Nutrition Research. 34(8). 723–731. 47 indexed citations

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Han, Sung Nim, Oskar Adolfsson, Cheol‐Koo Lee, et al.. (2006). Age and Vitamin E-Induced Changes in Gene Expression Profiles of T Cells. The Journal of Immunology. 177(9). 6052–6061. 59 indexed citations

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Han, Sung Nim, Dayong Wu, A.A. Beharka, et al.. (2000). Vitamin E supplementation increases T helper 1 cytokine production in old mice infected with influenza virus. Immunology. 100(4). 487–493. 126 indexed citations

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Han, Sung Nim & Simin Nikbin Meydani. (1999). Vitamin E and infectious diseases in the aged. Proceedings of The Nutrition Society. 58(3). 697–705. 29 indexed citations

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