Woojin S. Kim

6.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
121 papers, 4.7k citations indexed

About

Woojin S. Kim is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Physiology and Neurology. According to data from OpenAlex, Woojin S. Kim has authored 121 papers receiving a total of 4.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 52 papers in Molecular Biology, 52 papers in Physiology and 49 papers in Neurology. Recurrent topics in Woojin S. Kim's work include Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (39 papers), Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments (38 papers) and Cholesterol and Lipid Metabolism (23 papers). Woojin S. Kim is often cited by papers focused on Alzheimer's disease research and treatments (39 papers), Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments (38 papers) and Cholesterol and Lipid Metabolism (23 papers). Woojin S. Kim collaborates with scholars based in Australia, United States and China. Woojin S. Kim's co-authors include Glenda M. Halliday, Brett Garner, Noel W. Dunn, Katarina Kågedal, Cynthia Shannon Weickert, Elias N. Glaros, John B. Kwok, YuHong Fu, Jen-Hsiang T. Hsiao and Surabhi Bhatia and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, Nature Communications and Journal of Neuroscience.

In The Last Decade

Woojin S. Kim

115 papers receiving 4.6k 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.

Reduced glucocerebrosidase is associated with increased α-synuclein in sporadic Parkinson’s disease

2014 382 citations Woojin S. Kim, Brett Garner et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Woojin S. Kim Australia	38	1.9k	1.8k	1.5k	791	712	121	4.7k
Weiming Fu China	39	3.9k 2.0×	1.7k 1.0×	352 0.2×	256 0.3×	935 1.3×	91	6.4k
Philippe Marambaud United States	38	3.1k 1.6×	2.8k 1.6×	360 0.2×	301 0.4×	1.2k 1.7×	87	6.6k
Lester R. Drewes United States	37	2.2k 1.1×	1.3k 0.7×	312 0.2×	372 0.5×	978 1.4×	103	5.3k
Steven Estus United States	44	4.4k 2.3×	4.4k 2.5×	446 0.3×	313 0.4×	1.5k 2.2×	87	8.3k
Eun-hye Joe South Korea	41	2.1k 1.1×	810 0.5×	713 0.5×	308 0.4×	1.1k 1.5×	99	5.0k
Yoichi Kondo Japan	40	2.2k 1.1×	711 0.4×	323 0.2×	351 0.4×	905 1.3×	172	4.7k
Kwang Chul Chung South Korea	41	2.6k 1.4×	975 0.5×	1.3k 0.9×	118 0.1×	921 1.3×	124	5.0k
Pierre Morell United States	48	3.9k 2.0×	1.4k 0.8×	325 0.2×	534 0.7×	1.7k 2.5×	137	7.5k
Stephen D. Schmidt United States	30	2.8k 1.4×	5.6k 3.2×	668 0.5×	306 0.4×	1.2k 1.7×	38	7.4k
Tomohiro Nakamura United States	42	3.9k 2.0×	2.6k 1.5×	858 0.6×	128 0.2×	1.0k 1.5×	89	6.6k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Woojin S. Kim

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Galper, Jasmin, et al.. (2025). Dysregulation of SELENOI Is Associated with TDP-43 Neuropathology in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis. Cells. 14(18). 1457–1457.

Fu, YuHong, et al.. (2025). Human Endogenous Retrovirus K in Astrocytes Is Altered in Parkinson's Disease. Movement Disorders. 40(4). 683–692. 3 indexed citations

Galper, Jasmin, Giorgia Mori, Gordon McDonald, et al.. (2024). Prediction of motor and non-motor Parkinson’s disease symptoms using serum lipidomics and machine learning: a 2-year study. npj Parkinson s Disease. 10(1). 123–123. 5 indexed citations

Yang, Yue, Qi Cheng, Jianqun Gao, & Woojin S. Kim. (2024). Status of biomarker development for frontotemporal dementia and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Neural Regeneration Research. 19(10). 2117–2118. 1 indexed citations

Fu, YuHong, et al.. (2024). Human Endogenous Retroviruses in Neurodegenerative Diseases. Genes. 15(6). 745–745. 10 indexed citations

Hsiao, Jen-Hsiang T., et al.. (2023). Role of Oligodendrocyte Lineage Cells in Multiple System Atrophy. Cells. 12(5). 739–739. 10 indexed citations

Strohäker, Timo, Lars Tatenhorst, Lucas Caldi Gomes, et al.. (2023). Alpha‐synuclein fibrils amplified from multiple system atrophy and Parkinson's disease patient brain spread after intracerebral injection into mouse brain. Brain Pathology. 33(5). e13196–e13196. 8 indexed citations

Fu, YuHong, Ying He, Katherine Phan, et al.. (2022). Sex-specific lipid dysregulation in the Abca7 knockout mouse brain. Brain Communications. 4(3). fcac120–fcac120. 5 indexed citations

Fu, YuHong, Ying He, Katherine Phan, et al.. (2022). Increased unsaturated lipids underlie lipid peroxidation in synucleinopathy brain. Acta Neuropathologica Communications. 10(1). 165–165. 31 indexed citations

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Frieg, Benedikt, Timo Strohäker, Christian Dienemann, et al.. (2022). Quaternary structure of patient-homogenate amplified α-synuclein fibrils modulates seeding of endogenous α-synuclein. Communications Biology. 5(1). 1040–1040. 16 indexed citations

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Galper, Jasmin, Woojin S. Kim, & Nicolas Dzamko. (2022). LRRK2 and Lipid Pathways: Implications for Parkinson’s Disease. Biomolecules. 12(11). 1597–1597. 12 indexed citations

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Phan, Katherine, Ying He, YuHong Fu, et al.. (2021). Pathological manifestation of human endogenous retrovirus K in frontotemporal dementia. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1(1). 22 indexed citations

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Newman, Morgan, Seyyed Hani Moussavi Nik, Greg T. Sutherland, et al.. (2020). Accelerated loss of hypoxia response in zebrafish with familial Alzheimer’s disease-like mutation of presenilin 1. Human Molecular Genetics. 29(14). 2379–2394. 11 indexed citations

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Phan, Katherine, Ying He, Russell Pickford, et al.. (2020). Uncovering pathophysiological changes in frontotemporal dementia using serum lipids. Scientific Reports. 10(1). 3640–3640. 49 indexed citations

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Strohäker, Timo, Byung Chul Jung, Shu-Hao Liou, et al.. (2019). Structural heterogeneity of α-synuclein fibrils amplified from patient brain extracts. Nature Communications. 10(1). 5535–5535. 155 indexed citations

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Mills, James D., Woojin S. Kim, Glenda M. Halliday, & Michael Janitz. (2014). Transcriptome analysis of grey and white matter cortical tissue in multiple system atrophy. Neurogenetics. 16(2). 107–122. 32 indexed citations

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Kim, Woojin S., Hongyun Li, Kalani Ruberu, et al.. (2013). Deletion ofAbca7Increases Cerebral Amyloid-β Accumulation in the J20 Mouse Model of Alzheimer's Disease. Journal of Neuroscience. 33(10). 4387–4394. 155 indexed citations

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Bleasel, Jonathan M., Jen-Hsiang T. Hsiao, Glenda M. Halliday, & Woojin S. Kim. (2013). Increased Expression of ABCA8 in Multiple System Atrophy Brain is Associated with Changes in Pathogenic Proteins. Journal of Parkinson s Disease. 3(3). 331–339. 22 indexed citations

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Cheng, Danni, Woojin S. Kim, & Brett Garner. (2008). Regulation of α-synuclein expression by liver X receptor ligands in vitro. Neuroreport. 19(17). 1685–1689. 24 indexed citations

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Kim, Woojin S., Gilles J. Guillemin, Elias N. Glaros, Chai K. Lim, & Brett Garner. (2006). Quantitation of ATP-binding cassette subfamily-A transporter gene expression in primary human brain cells. Neuroreport. 17(9). 891–896. 114 indexed citations

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