Yonghyun Lee

3.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
77 papers, 2.4k citations indexed

About

Yonghyun Lee is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Biomedical Engineering and Mechanics of Materials. According to data from OpenAlex, Yonghyun Lee has authored 77 papers receiving a total of 2.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 23 papers in Molecular Biology, 17 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 11 papers in Mechanics of Materials. Recurrent topics in Yonghyun Lee's work include Adhesion, Friction, and Surface Interactions (11 papers), Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics (10 papers) and Neonatal Health and Biochemistry (9 papers). Yonghyun Lee is often cited by papers focused on Adhesion, Friction, and Surface Interactions (11 papers), Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics (10 papers) and Neonatal Health and Biochemistry (9 papers). Yonghyun Lee collaborates with scholars based in South Korea, United States and China. Yonghyun Lee's co-authors include Sangyong Jon, James J. Moon, Nobuhiko Kamada, Merritt Gillilland, Kohei Sugihara, Hyungjun Kim, Dong Yun Lee, Sukmo Kang, Wenjun Miao and Jinho Park and has published in prestigious journals such as Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Nature Communications and Nature Materials.

In The Last Decade

Yonghyun Lee

71 papers receiving 2.4k citations

Hit Papers

Hyaluronic acid–bilirubin... 2019 2026 2021 2023 2019 2024 100 200 300 400 500
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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.

  1. Hyaluronic acid–bilirubin nanomedicine for targeted modulation of dysregulated intestinal barrier, microbiome and immune responses in colitis
    2019 551 citations Yonghyun Lee, Kohei Sugihara et al. Nature Materials profile →
  2. Antioxidative Hyaluronic Acid–Bilirubin Nanomedicine Targeting Activated Hepatic Stellate Cells for Anti-Hepatic-Fibrosis Therapy
    2024 50 citations James J. Moon, Yonghyun Lee et al. ACS Nano profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Yonghyun Lee South Korea 23 1.0k 742 412 368 300 77 2.4k
Lili Huang China 25 1.1k 1.1× 826 1.1× 253 0.6× 224 0.6× 450 1.5× 73 2.5k
Subhra Mohapatra United States 31 1.2k 1.2× 666 0.9× 478 1.2× 274 0.7× 339 1.1× 112 3.3k
Xue Yang China 30 1.3k 1.3× 688 0.9× 333 0.8× 264 0.7× 365 1.2× 156 3.2k
Majid Ahmadi Iran 40 1.3k 1.3× 359 0.5× 345 0.8× 204 0.6× 1.3k 4.3× 103 4.2k
Peng‐Hui Wang China 32 843 0.8× 470 0.6× 737 1.8× 132 0.4× 183 0.6× 103 3.2k
Junjie Zhu China 25 1.1k 1.1× 889 1.2× 261 0.6× 592 1.6× 205 0.7× 71 2.6k
Rui Sun China 24 825 0.8× 489 0.7× 499 1.2× 149 0.4× 230 0.8× 86 2.0k
Babak Negahdari Iran 27 1.1k 1.1× 558 0.8× 447 1.1× 500 1.4× 353 1.2× 100 2.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Yonghyun Lee

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Fields of papers citing papers by Yonghyun Lee

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yonghyun Lee

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

All Works

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Lee, Yonghyun, Gyeong Hee Ryu, Jun Hong Park, et al.. (2025). Scalable Mass Production of Additive‐Free Few‐Layer Enriched Graphene Oxide Ink for Industrially Sustainable Printing. Advanced Materials Technologies. 11(4).
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Lee, Yonghyun. (2025). Topical nanomedicines using lipids, carbohydrates, proteins, and synthetic polymers for enhanced management of skin disorders. Journal of Pharmaceutical Investigation. 55(6). 787–808. 1 indexed citations
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Lee, Yonghyun, et al.. (2024). Complete genome sequences of Klebsiella pneumoniae bacteriophages YMR1 and YMR2 isolated from sewage. Microbiology Resource Announcements. 13(9). e0054424–e0054424.
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Lee, Yonghyun, et al.. (2023). Hyaluronic acid-bilirubin nanomedicine-based combination chemoimmunotherapy. Nature Communications. 14(1). 4771–4771. 65 indexed citations
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Xu, Cheng, Hao Hong, Yonghyun Lee, et al.. (2020). Efficient Lymph Node-Targeted Delivery of Personalized Cancer Vaccines with Reactive Oxygen Species-Inducing Reduced Graphene Oxide Nanosheets. ACS Nano. 14(10). 13268–13278. 90 indexed citations
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Yu, Byeongjun, Hyungjun Kim, Yonghyun Lee, et al.. (2019). A Hybrid Platform Based on a Bispecific Peptide–Antibody Complex for Targeted Cancer Therapy. Angewandte Chemie. 131(7). 2027–2032. 3 indexed citations
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Yu, Byeongjun, Hyungjun Kim, Yonghyun Lee, et al.. (2019). A Hybrid Platform Based on a Bispecific Peptide–Antibody Complex for Targeted Cancer Therapy. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 58(7). 2005–2010. 10 indexed citations
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Lee, Yonghyun, Kohei Sugihara, Merritt Gillilland, et al.. (2019). Hyaluronic acid–bilirubin nanomedicine for targeted modulation of dysregulated intestinal barrier, microbiome and immune responses in colitis. Nature Materials. 19(1). 118–126. 551 indexed citations breakdown →
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Kim, Hyungjun, Minsuk Choi, Soyoung Lee, et al.. (2018). Antibody-Assisted Delivery of a Peptide–Drug Conjugate for Targeted Cancer Therapy. Molecular Pharmaceutics. 16(1). 165–172. 16 indexed citations
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Lee, Yonghyun, Soyoung Lee, & Sangyong Jon. (2018). Biotinylated Bilirubin Nanoparticles as a Tumor Microenvironment‐Responsive Drug Delivery System for Targeted Cancer Therapy. Advanced Science. 5(6). 1800017–1800017. 76 indexed citations
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Lee, Soyoung, Yonghyun Lee, Hyungjun Kim, Dong Yun Lee, & Sangyong Jon. (2018). Bilirubin Nanoparticle-Assisted Delivery of a Small Molecule-Drug Conjugate for Targeted Cancer Therapy. Biomacromolecules. 19(6). 2270–2277. 43 indexed citations
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Lee, Dong Yun, Jin Yong Kim, Yonghyun Lee, et al.. (2017). Black Pigment Gallstone Inspired Platinum‐Chelated Bilirubin Nanoparticles for Combined Photoacoustic Imaging and Photothermal Therapy of Cancers. Angewandte Chemie. 129(44). 13872–13876. 25 indexed citations
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Lee, Dong Yun, Jin Yong Kim, Yonghyun Lee, et al.. (2017). Black Pigment Gallstone Inspired Platinum‐Chelated Bilirubin Nanoparticles for Combined Photoacoustic Imaging and Photothermal Therapy of Cancers. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 56(44). 13684–13688. 80 indexed citations
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Kim, Min Jun, Yonghyun Lee, Sangyong Jon, & Dong Yun Lee. (2017). PEGylated bilirubin nanoparticle as an anti-oxidative and anti-inflammatory demulcent in pancreatic islet xenotransplantation. Biomaterials. 133. 242–252. 86 indexed citations
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Kim, Dong Eon, Yonghyun Lee, Mingyo Kim, et al.. (2017). Bilirubin nanoparticles ameliorate allergic lung inflammation in a mouse model of asthma. Biomaterials. 140. 37–44. 103 indexed citations
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Kim, Hyung‐Jun, Yonghyun Lee, Sung-Hyun Kim, et al.. (2014). Synthesis and therapeutic evaluation of an aptide–docetaxel conjugate targeting tumor-associated fibronectin. Journal of Controlled Release. 178. 118–124. 36 indexed citations
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Kim, Hyun‐Jeong, Yonghyun Lee, Jihye Kim, et al.. (2011). Synthesis and evaluation of sulfate conjugated metronidazole as a colon-specific prodrug of metronidazole. Journal of drug targeting. 20(3). 255–263. 8 indexed citations
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Lee, Yonghyun, et al.. (2010). Evaluation of dextran-flufenamic acid ester as a polymeric colon-specific prodrug of flufenamic acid, an anti-inflammatory drug, for chronotherapy. Journal of drug targeting. 19(5). 336–343. 16 indexed citations
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Kong, Hyesik, Youngsoo Kim, Youngsoo Kim, et al.. (2008). Sulfate-conjugated methylprednisolone: Evaluation as a colon-specific methylprednisolone prodrug and comparison with sulfate-conjugated prednisolone and dexamethasone. Journal of drug targeting. 17(2). 159–167. 8 indexed citations

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