Sung Wook

4.6k total citations · 3 hit papers
27 papers, 3.5k citations indexed

About

Sung Wook is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cancer Research and Nutrition and Dietetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Sung Wook has authored 27 papers receiving a total of 3.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 24 papers in Molecular Biology, 12 papers in Cancer Research and 3 papers in Nutrition and Dietetics. Recurrent topics in Sung Wook's work include MicroRNA in disease regulation (11 papers), RNA Research and Splicing (10 papers) and RNA modifications and cancer (8 papers). Sung Wook is often cited by papers focused on MicroRNA in disease regulation (11 papers), RNA Research and Splicing (10 papers) and RNA modifications and cancer (8 papers). Sung Wook collaborates with scholars based in South Korea, United States and Japan. Sung Wook's co-authors include Robert B. Darnell, Aldo Mele, Julie B. Zang, Gregory J. Hannon, Jernej Ule, Jennifer C. Darnell, Melis Kayikci, Anthony Schweitzer, Donny D. Licatalosi and John J. Fak and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nucleic Acids Research.

In The Last Decade

Sung Wook

25 papers receiving 3.5k 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.

Argonaute HITS-CLIP decodes microRNA–mRNA interaction maps

2009 1.4k citations Sung Wook, Julie B. Zang et al. Nature profile →
HITS-CLIP yields genome-wide insights into brain alternative RNA processing

2008 1.1k citations Donny D. Licatalosi, Aldo Mele et al. Nature profile →
8-Oxoguanine: from oxidative damage to epigenetic and epitranscriptional modification

2022 163 citations Ja Young Hahm, Sung Wook et al. Experimental & Molecular Medicine profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Sung Wook South Korea	16	3.2k	1.9k	187	100	97	27	3.5k
Sònia Guil Spain	23	2.8k 0.9×	1.6k 0.8×	122 0.7×	110 1.1×	177 1.8×	38	3.1k
Stefanie Jonas Germany	22	2.5k 0.8×	987 0.5×	174 0.9×	120 1.2×	126 1.3×	36	2.9k
S. Zucchelli Italy	27	1.9k 0.6×	1.1k 0.6×	275 1.5×	98 1.0×	214 2.2×	46	2.6k
Xiaolong Cui United States	18	2.9k 0.9×	1.3k 0.7×	80 0.4×	62 0.6×	118 1.2×	46	3.0k
Feizhen Wu China	24	2.8k 0.9×	837 0.4×	279 1.5×	94 0.9×	317 3.3×	51	3.4k
Alejandro P. Ugalde Spain	19	2.1k 0.7×	588 0.3×	107 0.6×	89 0.9×	154 1.6×	26	2.5k
Songshan Jiang China	24	1.4k 0.4×	1.2k 0.6×	102 0.5×	30 0.3×	53 0.5×	43	1.8k
Catherine A. Makarewich United States	28	3.0k 0.9×	1.1k 0.6×	147 0.8×	81 0.8×	143 1.5×	56	3.9k
Meritxell Alberich-Jordà Czechia	25	1.3k 0.4×	486 0.3×	258 1.4×	89 0.9×	96 1.0×	60	2.0k
Manjeet K. Rao United States	27	2.1k 0.7×	1.0k 0.5×	134 0.7×	83 0.8×	448 4.6×	67	2.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Sung Wook

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sung Wook

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

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Kim, Bo-Kyeong, H. Lee, Jieun Seo, et al.. (2025). Dopamine D2 receptor modulation of insulin receptor signaling in the central amygdala: implications for compulsive-like eating behavior. Molecular Psychiatry. 31(2). 664–675.

Kang, So Min, Wook Kim, Sung Wook, et al.. (2025). Identification of Tie2 as a sensor for reactive oxygen species and its therapeutic implication. Redox Biology. 81. 103555–103555.

Lee, Seon Yong, Hee‐Sung Ahn, Young‐Gyu Ko, et al.. (2024). Migrasomal autophagosomes relieve endoplasmic reticulum stress in glioblastoma cells. BMC Biology. 22(1). 23–23. 15 indexed citations

Jeong, Seong Dong, et al.. (2024). Role of UPF1 in lncRNA-HEIH regulation for hepatocellular carcinoma therapy. Experimental & Molecular Medicine. 56(2). 344–354. 5 indexed citations

Shin, Yoon Kyung, Yun Young Choi, Minjae Kang, et al.. (2023). βPix Guanine Nucleotide Exchange Factor Regulates Regeneration of Injured Peripheral Axons. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 24(18). 14357–14357. 3 indexed citations

Ahn, Seung Hyun, Hye-Sook Lee, Jung Lee, et al.. (2023). Widespread 8-oxoguanine modifications of miRNA seeds differentially regulate redox-dependent cancer development. Nature Cell Biology. 25(9). 1369–1383. 27 indexed citations

Hahm, Ja Young, et al.. (2022). 8-Oxoguanine: from oxidative damage to epigenetic and epitranscriptional modification. Experimental & Molecular Medicine. 54(10). 1626–1642. 163 indexed citations breakdown →

Ahn, Seung Hyun, et al.. (2021). AGO-accessible anticancer siRNAs designed with synergistic miRNA-like activity. Molecular Therapy — Nucleic Acids. 23. 1172–1190. 10 indexed citations

Ahn, Seung Hyun, et al.. (2021). AGO CLIP-based imputation of potent siRNA sequences targeting SARS-CoV-2 with antifibrotic miRNA-like activity. Scientific Reports. 11(1). 19161–19161. 6 indexed citations

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Seok, Heeyoung, et al.. (2020). Position-specific oxidation of miR-1 encodes cardiac hypertrophy. Nature. 584(7820). 279–285. 101 indexed citations

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Park, Sihyung, et al.. (2018). CLIPick: a sensitive peak caller for expression-based deconvolution of HITS-CLIP signals. Nucleic Acids Research. 46(21). 11153–11168. 9 indexed citations

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Seok, Heeyoung, Eun-Sook Jang, & Sung Wook. (2016). Rationally designed siRNAs without miRNA-like off-target repression. BMB Reports. 49(3). 135–136. 15 indexed citations

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Seok, Heeyoung, et al.. (2016). MicroRNA Target Recognition: Insights from Transcriptome-Wide Non-Canonical Interactions. Molecules and Cells. 39(5). 375–381. 122 indexed citations

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Seok, Heeyoung, et al.. (2015). Abasic pivot substitution harnesses target specificity of RNA interference. Nature Communications. 6(1). 10154–10154. 41 indexed citations

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Wook, Sung, Gregory J. Hannon, & Robert B. Darnell. (2012). An alternative mode of microRNA target recognition. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology. 19(3). 321–327. 268 indexed citations

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Kim, Yong Jin, Seung‐Yup Ku, Zev Rosenwaks, et al.. (2010). MicroRNA Expression Profiles are Altered by Gonadotropins and Vitamin C Status During In Vitro Follicular Growth. Reproductive Sciences. 17(12). 1081–1089. 34 indexed citations

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Wook, Sung, Julie B. Zang, Aldo Mele, & Robert B. Darnell. (2009). Argonaute HITS-CLIP decodes microRNA–mRNA interaction maps. Nature. 460(7254). 479–486. 1424 indexed citations breakdown →

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Licatalosi, Donny D., Aldo Mele, John J. Fak, et al.. (2008). HITS-CLIP yields genome-wide insights into brain alternative RNA processing. Nature. 456(7221). 464–469. 1060 indexed citations breakdown →

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Wook, Sung, et al.. (2003). Gene Expression Pattern Analysis via Latent Variable Models Coupled with Topographic Clustering. Genomics & Informatics. 1(1). 32–39. 4 indexed citations

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Cho, Ssang‐Goo, Jin Woo Kim, Yong Hee Lee, et al.. (2003). Identification of a novel antiapoptotic protein that antagonizes ASK1 and CAD activities. The Journal of Cell Biology. 163(1). 71–81. 40 indexed citations

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