Yeongjin Hong

4.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
78 papers, 3.6k citations indexed

About

Yeongjin Hong is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Biotechnology and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Yeongjin Hong has authored 78 papers receiving a total of 3.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 29 papers in Molecular Biology, 29 papers in Biotechnology and 24 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Yeongjin Hong's work include Cancer Research and Treatments (27 papers), Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics (21 papers) and Virus-based gene therapy research (19 papers). Yeongjin Hong is often cited by papers focused on Cancer Research and Treatments (27 papers), Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics (21 papers) and Virus-based gene therapy research (19 papers). Yeongjin Hong collaborates with scholars based in South Korea, Japan and United States. Yeongjin Hong's co-authors include Hyon E. Choy, Jung‐Joon Min, Vu H. Nguyen, Taroh Kinoshita, Joon Haeng Rhee, Yusuke Maeda, Seung‐Hwan Park, Shengnan Jiang, Jin Zheng and Hee‐Seung Bom and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, Nature Communications and Genes & Development.

In The Last Decade

Yeongjin Hong

78 papers receiving 3.6k 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.

Two-step enhanced cancer immunotherapy with engineered Salmonella typhimurium secreting heterologous flagellin

2017 430 citations Jin Zheng, Vu H. Nguyen et al. profile →
Exploiting bacteria for cancer immunotherapy

2024 91 citations Seong Young Kwon, Jinbae Son et al. Nature Reviews Clinical Oncology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Yeongjin Hong South Korea	34	1.8k	1.6k	1.2k	893	522	78	3.6k
Mark Tangney Ireland	34	1.3k 0.7×	871 0.5×	2.1k 1.8×	738 0.8×	332 0.6×	107	3.9k
Michael Hust Germany	41	482 0.3×	454 0.3×	3.2k 2.7×	380 0.4×	808 1.5×	154	5.0k
C. Roger MacKenzie Canada	36	839 0.5×	1.1k 0.7×	2.2k 1.9×	141 0.2×	295 0.6×	93	3.5k
Neus Ferrer‐Miralles Spain	29	501 0.3×	303 0.2×	2.1k 1.8×	417 0.5×	449 0.9×	103	2.9k
Jonathan Hardy United States	22	286 0.2×	387 0.2×	1.3k 1.1×	467 0.5×	194 0.4×	41	2.8k
Loreé C. Heller United States	26	1.2k 0.7×	636 0.4×	1.0k 0.9×	290 0.3×	75 0.1×	70	2.3k
Amine Kamen Canada	48	589 0.3×	702 0.4×	5.2k 4.4×	3.2k 3.6×	191 0.4×	196	6.5k
Gérard Tiraby France	27	393 0.2×	382 0.2×	1.5k 1.2×	452 0.5×	83 0.2×	66	2.7k
Anna Sokolovska United States	18	498 0.3×	410 0.2×	1.3k 1.1×	208 0.2×	145 0.3×	24	2.8k
Katja Conrath Belgium	25	318 0.2×	308 0.2×	3.1k 2.6×	270 0.3×	295 0.6×	28	4.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Yeongjin Hong

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Fields of papers citing papers by Yeongjin Hong

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yeongjin Hong

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

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20 of 20 papers shown

Kim, Seung‐Hyun, et al.. (2024). Comparison of Plasmid Curing Efficiency across Five Lactic Acid Bacterial Species. Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology. 34(11). 2385–2395. 1 indexed citations

Joe, Sung-Hong, et al.. (2024). Vagococcus jeotgali sp. nov., isolated from cutlassfish jeotgal, a traditional Korean fermented seafood. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY. 74(8). 1 indexed citations

Kwon, Seong Young, et al.. (2024). Exploiting bacteria for cancer immunotherapy. Nature Reviews Clinical Oncology. 21(8). 569–589. 91 indexed citations breakdown →

Qin, Yeshan, et al.. (2023). Genetic Programming by Nitric Oxide-Sensing Gene Switch System in Tumor-Targeting Bacteria. Biosensors. 13(2). 266–266. 9 indexed citations

Pyo, Ayoung, Sung-Hwan You, Jung Young Kim, et al.. (2020). Production of 64Cu-labeled monobody for imaging of human EphA2-expressing tumors. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 30(14). 127262–127262. 3 indexed citations

Kim, Kwangsoo, Jae Ho Jeong, Daejin Lim, et al.. (2015). L-Asparaginase delivered by Salmonella typhimurium suppresses solid tumors. PMC. 1 indexed citations

Jeong, Jae‐Ho, Kwangsoo Kim, Daejin Lim, et al.. (2014). Anti-Tumoral Effect of the Mitochondrial Target Domain of Noxa Delivered by an Engineered Salmonella typhimurium. PLoS ONE. 9(1). e80050–e80050. 64 indexed citations

Kim, Kwang‐Soo, Jae‐Ho Jeong, Daejin Lim, et al.. (2013). A Novel Balanced-Lethal Host-Vector System Based on glmS. PLoS ONE. 8(3). e60511–e60511. 19 indexed citations

Park, Sung‐Jun, Seung‐Hwan Park, Sunghoon Cho, et al.. (2013). New paradigm for tumor theranostic methodology using bacteria-based microrobot. Scientific Reports. 3(1). 3394–3394. 192 indexed citations

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Jiang, Shengnan, Seung‐Hwan Park, Hee Jung Lee, et al.. (2013). Engineering of Bacteria for the Visualization of Targeted Delivery of a Cytolytic Anticancer Agent. Molecular Therapy. 21(11). 1985–1995. 122 indexed citations

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Park, Sang‐Ik, Jae‐Ho Jeong, Hyon E. Choy, et al.. (2010). Immune response induced by ppGpp-defective Salmonella enterica serovar Gallinarum in chickens. The Journal of Microbiology. 48(5). 674–681. 20 indexed citations

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Nguyen, Vu H., Hyung-Seok Kim, Jung‐Min Ha, et al.. (2009). Genetically Engineered Salmonella typhimurium as an Imageable Therapeutic Probe for Cancer. Cancer Research. 70(1). 18–23. 174 indexed citations

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Choy, Hyon E., et al.. (2009). Expression of c-Myc is related to host cell death following Salmonella typhimurium infection in macrophage. The Journal of Microbiology. 47(2). 214–219. 3 indexed citations

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Shin, Dong‐Jun, Duck Cho, Young Ran Kim, et al.. (2006). Diagnosis of Paroxysmal Nocturnal Hemoglobinuria by Fluorescent <i>Clostridium septicum</i> Alpha Toxin. Microbial Physiology. 11(1-2). 20–27. 3 indexed citations

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Shin, Dong‐Jun, Hyon E. Choy, & Yeongjin Hong. (2005). Use of Clostridium septicum alpha toxins for isolation of various glycosylphosphatidylinositol-deficient cells.. PubMed. 43(3). 266–71. 1 indexed citations

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Hong, Yeongjin, Ji Young Kang, Dong‐Jun Shin, et al.. (2005). New mutant Chinese hamster ovary cell representing an unknown gene for attachment of glycosylphosphatidylinositol to proteins. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 335(4). 1060–1069. 5 indexed citations

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Kang, Ji Young, Yeongjin Hong, Hisashi Ashida, et al.. (2004). PIG-V Involved in Transferring the Second Mannose in Glycosylphosphatidylinositol. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 280(10). 9489–9497. 59 indexed citations

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Song, Mi‐Ryoung, Hyun-Ju Kim, Eun Young Kim, et al.. (2004). ppGpp-dependent Stationary Phase Induction of Genes on Salmonella Pathogenicity Island 1. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 279(33). 34183–34190. 127 indexed citations

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Murakami, Yoshiko, Yeongjin Hong, Ji Young Kang, et al.. (2003). PIG-W Is Critical for Inositol Acylation but Not for Flipping of Glycosylphosphatidylinositol-Anchor. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 14(10). 4285–4295. 82 indexed citations

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Hong, Yeongjin, Kazuhito Ohishi, Ji Young Kang, et al.. (2003). Human PIG-U and Yeast Cdc91p Are the Fifth Subunit of GPI Transamidase That Attaches GPI-Anchors to Proteins. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 14(5). 1780–1789. 93 indexed citations

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