Sung‐Yon Kim

8.5k total citations · 5 hit papers
35 papers, 5.8k citations indexed

About

Sung‐Yon Kim is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Biomedical Engineering and Cognitive Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Sung‐Yon Kim has authored 35 papers receiving a total of 5.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Molecular Biology, 12 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 8 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Sung‐Yon Kim's work include Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques (7 papers), Neural dynamics and brain function (6 papers) and Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (5 papers). Sung‐Yon Kim is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques (7 papers), Neural dynamics and brain function (6 papers) and Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (5 papers). Sung‐Yon Kim collaborates with scholars based in South Korea, United States and Puerto Rico. Sung‐Yon Kim's co-authors include Karl Deisseroth, Kay M. Tye, Julie J. Mirzabekov, Kimberly R. Thompson, Logan Grosenick, Charu Ramakrishnan, Viviana Gradinaru, Avishek Adhikari, Aaron S. Andalman and Melissa R. Warden and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Sung‐Yon Kim

34 papers receiving 5.7k citations

Hit Papers

5 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.

Structural and molecular interrogation of intact biological systems

2013 1.4k citations Kwanghun Chung, Jenelle L. Wallace et al. Nature profile →
Amygdala circuitry mediating reversible and bidirectional control of anxiety

2011 932 citations Kay M. Tye, Rohit Prakash et al. Nature profile →
Dopamine neurons modulate neural encoding and expression of depression-related behaviour

2012 805 citations Kay M. Tye, Julie J. Mirzabekov et al. Nature profile →
A prefrontal cortex–brainstem neuronal projection that controls response to behavioural challenge

2012 487 citations Melissa R. Warden, Aslihan Selimbeyoglu et al. Nature profile →
Diverging neural pathways assemble a behavioural state from separable features in anxiety

2013 474 citations Sung‐Yon Kim, Avishek Adhikari et al. Nature profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Sung‐Yon Kim South Korea	22	2.3k	1.6k	1.5k	1.2k	852	35	5.8k
Julie J. Mirzabekov United States	6	2.2k 0.9×	1.4k 0.9×	1.3k 0.8×	735 0.6×	478 0.6×	6	4.5k
Kelly A. Zalocusky United States	15	2.1k 0.9×	1.7k 1.0×	1.7k 1.1×	825 0.7×	511 0.6×	21	5.5k
Matthias Eder Germany	30	2.0k 0.9×	880 0.5×	1.1k 0.7×	693 0.6×	343 0.4×	69	4.4k
Hirotaka Onoe Japan	43	1.9k 0.8×	1.5k 0.9×	2.5k 1.7×	486 0.4×	576 0.7×	171	7.0k
Thomas J. Davidson United States	28	5.6k 2.4×	4.6k 2.8×	2.4k 1.6×	861 0.7×	857 1.0×	49	9.6k
Axel Nimmerjahn United States	29	4.0k 1.7×	1.6k 1.0×	2.6k 1.7×	990 0.8×	711 0.8×	39	11.3k
Joanna Mattis United States	17	3.1k 1.3×	1.7k 1.0×	1.5k 1.0×	761 0.7×	749 0.9×	23	5.1k
Serge Charpak France	43	4.0k 1.7×	1.7k 1.0×	2.0k 1.3×	648 0.6×	1.0k 1.2×	74	8.5k
Yaniv Ziv Israel	28	2.4k 1.0×	1.8k 1.1×	1.4k 0.9×	473 0.4×	263 0.3×	44	6.6k
Yulong Li China	51	3.5k 1.5×	1.8k 1.1×	4.3k 2.8×	384 0.3×	371 0.4×	302	9.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Sung‐Yon Kim

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sung‐Yon Kim

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20 of 20 papers shown

Kim, Seongchan, Joon‐Woo Kim, Jieun Han, et al.. (2025). Dual-phoretic wireless device for directionally oriented and carrier-free targeted drug delivery. Science Advances. 11(28). eads9269–eads9269.

Koo, Dong-Jun, et al.. (2022). Three-dimensional imaging and analysis of pathological tissue samples with de novo generation of citrate-based fluorophores. Science Advances. 8(46). eadd9419–eadd9419. 5 indexed citations

Ahn, Jungho, Da‐Hyun Kim, Dong-Jun Koo, et al.. (2022). 3D microengineered vascularized tumor spheroids for drug delivery and efficacy testing. Acta Biomaterialia. 165. 153–167. 33 indexed citations

Kim, Sung‐Yon, et al.. (2022). Brain circuits for promoting homeostatic and non-homeostatic appetites. Experimental & Molecular Medicine. 54(4). 349–357. 27 indexed citations

Kim, Hyun-Kyung, et al.. (2022). Lateral Septum Somatostatin Neurons are Activated by Diverse Stressors. Experimental Neurobiology. 31(6). 376–389. 9 indexed citations

Kim, Sung‐Yon, et al.. (2021). Functional Dissection of Glutamatergic and GABAergic Neurons in the Bed Nucleus of the Stria Terminalis. Molecules and Cells. 44(2). 63–67. 18 indexed citations

Lee, Myungsun, Dongyoon Kim, Dong-Jun Koo, et al.. (2021). A forebrain neural substrate for behavioral thermoregulation. Neuron. 110(2). 266–279.e9. 21 indexed citations

Hong, Gyu‐Sang, Hyungsup Kim, Dongyoon Kim, et al.. (2020). Tentonin 3/TMEM150C senses blood pressure changes in the aortic arch. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 130(7). 3671–3683. 25 indexed citations

Kim, Hyun Kyung, et al.. (2020). A neural circuit mechanism for mechanosensory feedback control of ingestion. Nature. 580(7803). 376–380. 100 indexed citations

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Kim, Sung‐Yon, et al.. (2019). Optogenetic stimulation promotes Schwann cell proliferation, differentiation, and myelination in vitro. Scientific Reports. 9(1). 3487–3487. 22 indexed citations

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Ahn, Jungho, Chong‐Su Cho, Joo H. Kang, et al.. (2018). Investigation on vascular cytotoxicity and extravascular transport of cationic polymer nanoparticles using perfusable 3D microvessel model. Acta Biomaterialia. 76. 154–163. 23 indexed citations

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Seo, Jinyoung, et al.. (2016). Clearing and Labeling Techniques for Large-Scale Biological Tissues. Molecules and Cells. 39(6). 439–446. 85 indexed citations

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Adhikari, Avishek, Talia N. Lerner, Joel Finkelstein, et al.. (2015). Basomedial amygdala mediates top-down control of anxiety and fear. Nature. 527(7577). 179–185. 358 indexed citations

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Bolton, Andrew D., Yasunobu Murata, Rory Kirchner, et al.. (2015). A Diencephalic Dopamine Source Provides Input to the Superior Colliculus, where D1 and D2 Receptors Segregate to Distinct Functional Zones. Cell Reports. 13(5). 1003–1015. 50 indexed citations

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Kim, Sung‐Yon, Kwanghun Chung, & Karl Deisseroth. (2013). Light microscopy mapping of connections in the intact brain. Trends in Cognitive Sciences. 17(12). 596–599. 61 indexed citations

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Chung, Kwanghun, Jenelle L. Wallace, Sung‐Yon Kim, et al.. (2013). Structural and molecular interrogation of intact biological systems. Nature. 497(7449). 332–337. 1417 indexed citations breakdown →

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Namburi, Praneeth, et al.. (2012). Optogenetic dissection of neural circuits underlying emotional valence and motivated behaviors. DSpace@MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology). 2 indexed citations

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Tye, Kay M., Julie J. Mirzabekov, Melissa R. Warden, et al.. (2012). Dopamine neurons modulate neural encoding and expression of depression-related behaviour. Nature. 493(7433). 537–541. 805 indexed citations breakdown →

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Warden, Melissa R., Aslihan Selimbeyoglu, Julie J. Mirzabekov, et al.. (2012). A prefrontal cortex–brainstem neuronal projection that controls response to behavioural challenge. Nature. 492(7429). 428–432. 487 indexed citations breakdown →

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Tye, Kay M., Rohit Prakash, Sung‐Yon Kim, et al.. (2011). Amygdala circuitry mediating reversible and bidirectional control of anxiety. Nature. 471(7338). 358–362. 932 indexed citations breakdown →

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