Yoo Kyung Lee

3.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
80 papers, 2.5k citations indexed

About

Yoo Kyung Lee is a scholar working on Ecology, Molecular Biology and Atmospheric Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Yoo Kyung Lee has authored 80 papers receiving a total of 2.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 47 papers in Ecology, 35 papers in Molecular Biology and 21 papers in Atmospheric Science. Recurrent topics in Yoo Kyung Lee's work include Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (35 papers), Climate change and permafrost (21 papers) and Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (19 papers). Yoo Kyung Lee is often cited by papers focused on Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (35 papers), Climate change and permafrost (21 papers) and Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (19 papers). Yoo Kyung Lee collaborates with scholars based in South Korea, United States and Canada. Yoo Kyung Lee's co-authors include Mincheol Kim, Binu M. Tripathi, Jonathan M. Adams, James Stegen, Ke Dong, Hong Kum Lee, Ji Young Jung, Yung‐Hun Yang, Shashi Kant Bhatia and Yun‐Gon Kim and has published in prestigious journals such as Environmental Science & Technology, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Yoo Kyung Lee

76 papers receiving 2.5k 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.

Soil pH mediates the balance between stochastic and deterministic assembly of bacteria

2018 767 citations Binu M. Tripathi, Mincheol Kim et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Yoo Kyung Lee South Korea	26	1.3k	958	413	404	303	80	2.5k
Stephanie A. Eichorst Austria	22	1.6k 1.3×	905 0.9×	833 2.0×	1.0k 2.5×	350 1.2×	33	3.0k
Adrian Ho Germany	29	1.3k 1.0×	1.0k 1.1×	333 0.8×	615 1.5×	343 1.1×	63	2.7k
Junpeng Rui China	29	1.4k 1.1×	998 1.0×	686 1.7×	826 2.0×	503 1.7×	51	3.2k
Yunfu Gu China	26	557 0.4×	414 0.4×	666 1.6×	539 1.3×	508 1.7×	96	2.1k
Minna K. Männistö Finland	27	1.1k 0.9×	555 0.6×	495 1.2×	498 1.2×	280 0.9×	53	2.1k
Irina S. Kulichevskaya Russia	29	1.4k 1.1×	1.0k 1.1×	303 0.7×	182 0.5×	287 0.9×	57	2.2k
Linwei Wu China	22	2.4k 1.9×	1.4k 1.5×	855 2.1×	966 2.4×	796 2.6×	50	4.2k
Anzhou Ma China	25	561 0.4×	521 0.5×	463 1.1×	287 0.7×	305 1.0×	75	2.0k
Anna M. Kielak Netherlands	19	994 0.8×	656 0.7×	1.1k 2.6×	651 1.6×	244 0.8×	24	2.4k
Xuesong Luo China	33	1.1k 0.9×	1.1k 1.1×	581 1.4×	760 1.9×	554 1.8×	103	2.9k

Countries citing papers authored by Yoo Kyung Lee

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yoo Kyung Lee

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Lee, Taewoo, Jee Young Kim, Jaewon Lee, et al.. (2025). Modifying carbon feedback by transforming arctic soil into biochar. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews. 216. 115712–115712.

Lee, Jaehyun, Yerang Yang, Ji Young Jung, et al.. (2023). Attenuation of Methane Oxidation by Nitrogen Availability in Arctic Tundra Soils. Environmental Science & Technology. 57(6). 2647–2659. 14 indexed citations

Choi, Tae‐Rim, Soyeon Ahn, Hye Soo Lee, et al.. (2022). Arctic Psychrotolerant Pseudomonas sp. B14-6 Exhibits Temperature-Dependent Susceptibility to Aminoglycosides. Antibiotics. 11(8). 1019–1019. 2 indexed citations

Kim, You Jin, Dominique Laffly, Lennart Nilsen, et al.. (2022). Chronological changes in soil biogeochemical properties of the glacier foreland of Midtre Lovénbreen, Svalbard, attributed to soil-forming factors. Geoderma. 415. 115777–115777. 14 indexed citations

Kwon, Min Jung, Binu M. Tripathi, Mathias Göckede, et al.. (2021). Disproportionate microbial responses to decadal drainage on a Siberian floodplain. Global Change Biology. 27(20). 5124–5140. 16 indexed citations

Moon, Yu‐Mi, Tae‐Rim Choi, Hye‐Rim Jung, et al.. (2018). Enhanced production of glutaric acid by NADH oxidase and GabD‐reinforced bioconversion from l‐lysine. Biotechnology and Bioengineering. 116(2). 333–341. 18 indexed citations

Lee, Yoo Kyung, et al.. (2017). CspB of an arctic bacterium, Polaribacter irgensii KOPRI 22228, confers extraordinary freeze-tolerance. Brazilian Journal of Microbiology. 49(1). 97–103. 10 indexed citations

Kim, Mincheol, et al.. (2016). Shifts in bacterial community structure during succession in a glacier foreland of the High Arctic. FEMS Microbiology Ecology. 93(1). fiw213–fiw213. 60 indexed citations

Sathiyanarayanan, Ganesan, Da-Hye Yi, Shashi Kant Bhatia, et al.. (2015). Exopolysaccharide from psychrotrophic Arctic glacier soil bacterium Flavobacterium sp. ASB 3-3 and its potential applications. RSC Advances. 5(103). 84492–84502. 39 indexed citations

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Han, Dukki, Ho Kyung Ha, Chung Yeon Hwang, et al.. (2015). Bacterial communities along stratified water columns at the Chukchi Borderland in the western Arctic Ocean. Deep Sea Research Part II Topical Studies in Oceanography. 120. 52–60. 25 indexed citations

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Kim, Hye Min, Ji Young Jung, Étienne Yergeau, et al.. (2014). Bacterial community structure and soil properties of a subarctic tundra soil in Council, Alaska. FEMS Microbiology Ecology. 89(2). 465–475. 109 indexed citations

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Chae, Namyi, et al.. (2014). Temporal Changes in Soil Bacterial Diversity and Humic Substances Degradation in Subarctic Tundra Soil. Microbial Ecology. 69(3). 668–675. 24 indexed citations

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Han, Dukki, Ilnam Kang, Ho Kyung Ha, et al.. (2014). Bacterial Communities of Surface Mixed Layer in the Pacific Sector of the Western Arctic Ocean during Sea-Ice Melting. PLoS ONE. 9(1). e86887–e86887. 41 indexed citations

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Rajesh, Thangamani, Jong-Min Jeon, Haemin Park, et al.. (2013). Putative Role of a Streptomyces coelicolor-Derived α-Mannosidase in Deglycosylation and Antibiotic Production. Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology. 172(3). 1639–1651. 4 indexed citations

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Lee, Yoo Kyung, et al.. (2012). List of Korean Names for the Vascular Plants in Spitsbergen Island, in the Arctic Region. Ocean and Polar Research. 34(1). 101–110.

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Lee, Yoo Kyung, et al.. (2010). Rescue of a cold-sensitive mutant at low temperatures by cold shock proteins from Polaribacter irgensii KOPRI 22228. The Journal of Microbiology. 48(6). 798–802. 4 indexed citations

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Lee, Yoo Kyung, Hyun Jung Jung, & Hong Kum Lee. (2006). Marine bacteria associated with the Korean brown alga, Undaria pinnatifida.. PubMed. 44(6). 694–8. 36 indexed citations

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Lee, Yoo Kyung, et al.. (2003). Culture and Identification of Bacteria from Marine Biofilms. The Journal of Microbiology. 41(3). 183–188. 32 indexed citations

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Lee, Eunyoung, Hong Kum Lee, Yoo Kyung Lee, Chung Ja Sim, & Jung‐Hyun Lee. (2003). Diversity of symbiotic archaeal communities in marine sponges from Korea. Biomolecular Engineering. 20(4-6). 299–304. 39 indexed citations

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Lee, Yoo Kyung, et al.. (2001). Cold Shock Response of an Antarctic Streptomyces Strain Showing Demulsifying Ability. 138–145. 2 indexed citations

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