Won Kim

19.2k total citations · 8 hit papers
382 papers, 11.7k citations indexed

About

Won Kim is a scholar working on Epidemiology, Hepatology and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Won Kim has authored 382 papers receiving a total of 11.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 169 papers in Epidemiology, 98 papers in Hepatology and 54 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Won Kim's work include Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment (141 papers), Liver Disease and Transplantation (48 papers) and Diet, Metabolism, and Disease (44 papers). Won Kim is often cited by papers focused on Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment (141 papers), Liver Disease and Transplantation (48 papers) and Diet, Metabolism, and Disease (44 papers). Won Kim collaborates with scholars based in South Korea, United States and Ethiopia. Won Kim's co-authors include Donghee Kim, Jung‐Hwan Yoon, Yoon Jun Kim, Sae Kyung Joo, Bo Kyung Koo, Jung Ho Kim, Jeong‐Hoon Lee, Hyo‐Suk Lee, Jong In Yang and Sang‐Heon Cho and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nucleic Acids Research and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Won Kim

365 papers receiving 11.4k 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.

Hepatic steatosis index: A simple screening tool reflecting nonalcoholic fatty liver disease

2009 1.1k citations Donghee Kim, Won Kim et al. profile →
Sarcopenia is an independent risk factor for non-alcoholic steatohepatitis and significant fibrosis

2016 335 citations Bo Kyung Koo, Donghee Kim et al. profile →
Distinct signatures of gut microbiome and metabolites associated with significant fibrosis in non-obese NAFLD

2020 287 citations Sae Kyung Joo, Jeong Hwan Park et al. profile →
KASL clinical practice guidelines: Management of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease

2021 178 citations Sang Gyune Kim, Haeryoung Kim et al. Clinical and Molecular Hepatology profile →
Recompensation in cirrhosis: unravelling the evolving natural history of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease

2023 99 citations Gong Feng, Luca Valenti et al. Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology profile →
Metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease increases the risk of incident cardiovascular disease: a nationwide cohort study

2023 97 citations Seogsong Jeong, Heejoon Jang et al. profile →
Critical appraisal of metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease: Implication of Janus-faced modernity

2023 82 citations Won Kim et al. Clinical and Molecular Hepatology profile →
Outcomes of Various Classes of Oral Antidiabetic Drugs on Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease

2024 55 citations Heejoon Jang, Sae Kyung Joo et al. profile →

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Author						Papers	Cites
Won Kim	5.8k	2.7k	2.4k	2.2k	1.4k	382	11.7k
Donghee Kim	8.3k 1.4×	3.9k 1.4×	2.1k 0.9×	3.4k 1.6×	2.5k 1.7×	380	14.5k
Giorgio Bedogni	7.2k 1.2×	2.4k 0.9×	1.6k 0.7×	4.0k 1.8×	3.0k 2.1×	253	13.8k
Yun Liu	3.1k 0.5×	1.1k 0.4×	1.5k 0.6×	1.6k 0.7×	898 0.6×	316	7.2k
Peter R. Mills	4.6k 0.8×	3.4k 1.2×	1.3k 0.5×	986 0.5×	552 0.4×	218	10.0k
Michiaki Kubo	2.9k 0.5×	964 0.4×	5.1k 2.1×	1.5k 0.7×	1.3k 0.9×	385	18.3k
Loreto Gesualdo	1.9k 0.3×	841 0.3×	4.9k 2.0×	1.3k 0.6×	1.5k 1.0×	529	17.9k
Scott S. Emerson	1.3k 0.2×	668 0.2×	1.5k 0.6×	2.2k 1.0×	1.3k 0.9×	154	11.3k
Guang Ning	3.0k 0.5×	433 0.2×	5.4k 2.2×	4.9k 2.2×	1.9k 1.3×	546	16.0k
Yu Li	2.2k 0.4×	478 0.2×	4.2k 1.8×	752 0.3×	1.5k 1.0×	330	10.3k
Cristina Hernández	1.7k 0.3×	615 0.2×	3.0k 1.2×	1.7k 0.8×	922 0.6×	287	11.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Won Kim

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Kim, Donghee, et al.. (2024). Contemporary awareness of viral hepatitis between 2012 and 2022 among Korean adults. Clinical and Molecular Hepatology. 31(1). e5–e7.

Lee, Dong Hyeon, Sae Kyung Joo, Heejoon Jang, et al.. (2024). Combi-Elastography versus Transient Elastography for Assessing the Histological Severity of Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatotic Liver Disease. Gut and Liver. 18(6). 1048–1059. 2 indexed citations

Kim, Hee‐Hoon, Ha‐Neul Kim, Keungmo Yang, et al.. (2023). xCT-mediated glutamate excretion in white adipocytes stimulates interferon-γ production by natural killer cells in obesity. Cell Reports. 42(6). 112636–112636. 7 indexed citations

Yoon, Eileen L. & Won Kim. (2023). Current and future treatment for alcoholic‐related liver diseases. Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology. 38(8). 1218–1226. 11 indexed citations

Feng, Gong, Luca Valenti, Vincent Wai‐Sun Wong, et al.. (2023). Recompensation in cirrhosis: unravelling the evolving natural history of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease. Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology. 21(1). 46–56. 99 indexed citations breakdown →

Byeon, Sun‐ju, Mee Soo Chang, Hwa Jin Cho, et al.. (2022). Prognostic roles of leptin‐signaling proteins, PD‐L1, and tumor‐infiltrating lymphocytes in surgically‐resected biliary tract cancers. Journal of Surgical Oncology. 127(4). 587–597.

Chang, Young Woon, Soung Won Jeong, Jae Young Jang, et al.. (2022). The diagnostic value of circulating tumor DNA in hepatitis B virus induced hepatocellular carcinoma: a systematic review and meta-analysis. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 22(2). 167–177. 4 indexed citations

Yim, Hyung Joon, Won Kim, Sang Hoon Ahn, et al.. (2021). Besifovir therapy improves hepatic histology and reduces covalently closed circular DNA in chronic hepatitis B patients. Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology. 37(2). 378–386. 5 indexed citations

Jeong, Seogsong, Yun Hwan Oh, Seulggie Choi, et al.. (2021). Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Fatty Liver Disease Better Predicts Incident Cardiovascular Disease. Gut and Liver. 16(4). 589–598. 18 indexed citations

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Chang, Mee Soo, Sun‐ju Byeon, Kyeong Cheon Jung, et al.. (2020). Prognostic perspectives of PD-L1 combined with tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes, Epstein-Barr virus, and microsatellite instability in gastric carcinomas. Diagnostic Pathology. 15(1). 28 indexed citations

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Lee, Seung Mi, Joong Shin Park, You Jung Han, et al.. (2020). Elevated Alanine Aminotransferase in Early Pregnancy and Subsequent Development of Gestational Diabetes and Preeclampsia. Journal of Korean Medical Science. 35(26). e198–e198. 21 indexed citations

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Lee, Dong Hyeon, Youn I Choi, Jeong Mo Bae, et al.. (2020). Prognostic Value of the Alcoholic Hepatitis Histologic Score in Korean Patients with Biopsy-Proven Alcoholic Hepatitis. Gut and Liver. 14(5). 636–643. 2 indexed citations

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Koo, Bo Kyung, Sae Kyung Joo, Donghee Kim, et al.. (2020). Development and Validation of a Scoring System, Based on Genetic and Clinical Factors, to Determine Risk of Steatohepatitis in Asian Patients with Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease. Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology. 18(11). 2592–2599.e10. 31 indexed citations

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Yoon, Chan, Mee Soo Chang, Dong Ha Kim, et al.. (2020). Epstein–Barr virus-encoded miR-BART5-5p upregulates PD-L1 through PIAS3/pSTAT3 modulation, worsening clinical outcomes of PD-L1-positive gastric carcinomas. Gastric Cancer. 23(5). 780–795. 44 indexed citations

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Kim, Donghee, George Cholankeril, Andrew A. Li, et al.. (2019). Trends in hospitalizations for chronic liver disease‐related liver failure in the United States, 2005‐2014. Liver International. 39(9). 1661–1671. 35 indexed citations

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Li, Andrew A., Donghee Kim, Won Kim, et al.. (2018). Disparities in mortality for chronic liver disease among Asian subpopulations in the United States from 2007 to 2016. Journal of Viral Hepatitis. 25(12). 1608–1616. 13 indexed citations

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Kim, Donghee, Won Kim, Sae Kyung Joo, et al.. (2018). Predictors of nonalcoholic steatohepatitis and significant fibrosis in non‐obese nonalcoholic fatty liver disease. Liver International. 39(2). 332–341. 41 indexed citations

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Kim, Won, Sae Kyung Joo, Sun-Young Park, et al.. (2018). Expression patterns of STAT3, ERK and estrogen-receptor α are associated with development and histologic severity of hepatic steatosis: a retrospective study. Diagnostic Pathology. 13(1). 23–23. 19 indexed citations

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Kim, Won, Li Zhang, John H. Wilton, et al.. (2014). Sequential Use of the Androgen Synthesis Inhibitors Ketoconazole and Abiraterone Acetate in Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer and the Predictive Value of Circulating Androgens. Clinical Cancer Research. 20(24). 6269–6276. 31 indexed citations

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Woo, Hyun Goo, Eun Sung Park, Jae Hee Cheon, et al.. (2008). Gene Expression–Based Recurrence Prediction of Hepatitis B Virus–Related Human Hepatocellular Carcinoma. Clinical Cancer Research. 14(7). 2056–2064. 123 indexed citations

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