Wei Sun Park

2.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
18 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

Wei Sun Park is a scholar working on Cell Biology, Molecular Biology and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, Wei Sun Park has authored 18 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Cell Biology, 8 papers in Molecular Biology and 5 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in Wei Sun Park's work include Digital Holography and Microscopy (5 papers), Cellular transport and secretion (5 papers) and Protein Kinase Regulation and GTPase Signaling (5 papers). Wei Sun Park is often cited by papers focused on Digital Holography and Microscopy (5 papers), Cellular transport and secretion (5 papers) and Protein Kinase Regulation and GTPase Signaling (5 papers). Wei Sun Park collaborates with scholars based in South Korea, United States and United Kingdom. Wei Sun Park's co-authors include Tobias Meyer, Won Do Heo, Onn Brandman, Jen Liou, Byung Ouk Park, Takanari Inoue, Thomas J. Wandless, Wonhwa Cho, Debasis Manna and Heather M. Bryan and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Wei Sun Park

17 papers receiving 2.0k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

PI(3,4,5)P ₃ and PI(4,5)P ₂ Lipids Target Proteins with Polybasic Clusters to the Plasma Membrane

2006 632 citations Won Do Heo, Takanari Inoue et al. Science profile →
STIM2 Is a Feedback Regulator that Stabilizes Basal Cytosolic and Endoplasmic Reticulum Ca2+ Levels

2007 565 citations Onn Brandman, Jen Liou et al. Cell profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Wei Sun Park South Korea	15	1.2k	612	485	333	203	18	2.0k
Eva C. Schwarz Germany	27	988 0.8×	342 0.6×	805 1.7×	348 1.0×	607 3.0×	49	2.3k
Honnappa Srinivas Switzerland	16	1.6k 1.3×	1.4k 2.2×	238 0.5×	234 0.7×	103 0.5×	18	2.3k
Gerald Hammond United States	29	2.2k 1.9×	1.8k 2.9×	174 0.4×	300 0.9×	236 1.2×	72	3.2k
András Balla Hungary	27	2.4k 2.0×	1.1k 1.8×	245 0.5×	376 1.1×	269 1.3×	47	3.3k
Clotilde Randriamampita France	23	1.3k 1.1×	218 0.4×	423 0.9×	512 1.5×	620 3.1×	35	2.2k
Francesca Giordano France	20	1.7k 1.4×	1.2k 2.0×	119 0.2×	241 0.7×	123 0.6×	34	2.3k
Peter Michaely United States	21	1.3k 1.1×	707 1.2×	77 0.2×	172 0.5×	216 1.1×	29	2.3k
Christopher J. Stefan United States	35	3.7k 3.0×	2.8k 4.6×	99 0.2×	374 1.1×	275 1.4×	59	5.0k
Guy Servant Canada	19	1.3k 1.1×	809 1.3×	297 0.6×	341 1.0×	408 2.0×	31	2.4k
Jeeyun Chung United States	13	1.2k 1.0×	678 1.1×	42 0.1×	91 0.3×	148 0.7×	15	1.9k

Countries citing papers authored by Wei Sun Park

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Fields of papers citing papers by Wei Sun Park

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Wei Sun Park

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

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18 of 18 papers shown

Hugonnet, Hervé, et al.. (2025). Generalized reciprocal diffractive imaging for reference-free, single-shot quantitative phase microscopy. Communications Physics. 8(1).

Jo, YoungJu, Hyungjoo Cho, Wei Sun Park, et al.. (2022). Label-free multiplexed microtomography of endogenous subcellular dynamics using generalizable deep learning. Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics. 8. ATh2I.6–ATh2I.6. 2 indexed citations

Jo, YoungJu, Hyungjoo Cho, Wei Sun Park, et al.. (2021). Label-free multiplexed microtomography of endogenous subcellular dynamics using generalizable deep learning. Nature Cell Biology. 23(12). 1329–1337. 78 indexed citations

Truong, Dorothy, Veronica Canadien, Gregory D. Fairn, et al.. (2018). Salmonellaexploits host Rho GTPase signalling pathways through the phosphatase activity of SopB. Cellular Microbiology. 20(10). e12938–e12938. 28 indexed citations

Yoon, Jonghee, YoungJu Jo, Young Seo Kim, et al.. (2018). Label-Free Identification of Lymphocyte Subtypes Using Three-Dimensional Quantitative Phase Imaging and Machine Learning. Journal of Visualized Experiments. 5 indexed citations

Kim, Kyoohyun, Wei Sun Park, Sang‐Bum Kim, et al.. (2017). Correlative three-dimensional fluorescence and refractive index tomography: bridging the gap between molecular specificity and quantitative bioimaging. Biomedical Optics Express. 8(12). 5688–5688. 60 indexed citations

Nguyen, Trang, Wei Sun Park, Byung Ouk Park, et al.. (2016). PLEKHG3 enhances polarized cell migration by activating actin filaments at the cell front. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 113(36). 10091–10096. 25 indexed citations

Mankouri, Jamel, Cheryl Walter, Hazel Stewart, et al.. (2016). Release of Infectious Hepatitis C Virus from Huh7 Cells Occurs via a trans -Golgi Network-to-Endosome Pathway Independent of Very-Low-Density Lipoprotein Secretion. Journal of Virology. 90(16). 7159–7170. 38 indexed citations

Sohn, Y. S., Wei Sun Park, Jianning Ge, et al.. (2015). Lpg0393 of Legionella pneumophila Is a Guanine-Nucleotide Exchange Factor for Rab5, Rab21 and Rab22. PLoS ONE. 10(3). e0118683–e0118683. 14 indexed citations

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Yang, Hee Won, Min‐Gyoung Shin, Sangkyu Lee, et al.. (2012). Cooperative Activation of PI3K by Ras and Rho Family Small GTPases. Molecular Cell. 47(2). 281–290. 140 indexed citations

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Ku, Bonsu, Wei Sun Park, Chul‐Su Yang, et al.. (2012). VipD of Legionella pneumophila Targets Activated Rab5 and Rab22 to Interfere with Endosomal Trafficking in Macrophages. PLoS Pathogens. 8(12). e1003082–e1003082. 80 indexed citations

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Ku, Bonsu, Wei Sun Park, Byung‐Ha Oh, et al.. (2012). Phosphoinositides Differentially Regulate Protrudin Localization through the FYVE Domain. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 287(49). 41268–41276. 32 indexed citations

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Mun, Ji-Young, Kyung Jin Lee, Ohsuk Kwon, et al.. (2011). Development of fluorescent probes for the detection of fucosylated N-glycans using an Aspergillus oryzae lectin. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 93(1). 251–260. 14 indexed citations

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Aligo, Jason, Chenjia Xu, Wei Sun Park, et al.. (2009). Endocytic Rab proteins are required for hepatitis C virus replication complex formation. Virology. 398(1). 21–37. 54 indexed citations

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Park, Wei Sun, Won Do Heo, Nancy O’Rourke, et al.. (2008). Comprehensive Identification of PIP3-Regulated PH Domains from C. elegans to H. sapiens by Model Prediction and Live Imaging. Molecular Cell. 30(3). 381–392. 145 indexed citations

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Brandman, Onn, Jen Liou, Wei Sun Park, & Tobias Meyer. (2007). STIM2 Is a Feedback Regulator that Stabilizes Basal Cytosolic and Endoplasmic Reticulum Ca2+ Levels. Cell. 131(7). 1327–1339. 565 indexed citations breakdown →

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Manna, Debasis, et al.. (2007). Mechanistic Basis of Differential Cellular Responses of Phosphatidylinositol 3,4-Bisphosphate- and Phosphatidylinositol 3,4,5-Trisphosphate-binding Pleckstrin Homology Domains. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 282(44). 32093–32105. 115 indexed citations

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Heo, Won Do, Takanari Inoue, Wei Sun Park, et al.. (2006). PI(3,4,5)P ₃ and PI(4,5)P ₂ Lipids Target Proteins with Polybasic Clusters to the Plasma Membrane. Science. 314(5804). 1458–1461. 632 indexed citations breakdown →

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