Yoon Ki Kim

9.0k total citations · 4 hit papers
123 papers, 6.7k citations indexed

About

Yoon Ki Kim is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Yoon Ki Kim has authored 123 papers receiving a total of 6.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 92 papers in Molecular Biology, 15 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and 10 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Yoon Ki Kim's work include RNA Research and Splicing (68 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (52 papers) and RNA modifications and cancer (41 papers). Yoon Ki Kim is often cited by papers focused on RNA Research and Splicing (68 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (52 papers) and RNA modifications and cancer (41 papers). Yoon Ki Kim collaborates with scholars based in South Korea, United States and United Kingdom. Yoon Ki Kim's co-authors include Lynne E. Maquat, Sung Ho Boo, Sung Key Jang, Junho Choe, Ok Hyun Park, Hana Cho, Yujin Lee, Luc Furic, Luc DesGroseillers and Hongseok Ha and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nucleic Acids Research.

In The Last Decade

Yoon Ki Kim

117 papers receiving 6.7k citations

Hit Papers

Endoribonucleolytic Cleavage of m6A-Containing RNAs by RN... 2019 2026 2021 2023 2019 2020 2020 2024 100 200 300 400
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.

  1. Endoribonucleolytic Cleavage of m6A-Containing RNAs by RNase P/MRP Complex
    2019 427 citations Ok Hyun Park, Hongseok Ha et al. profile →
  2. The emerging role of RNA modifications in the regulation of mRNA stability
    2020 380 citations Sung Ho Boo, Yoon Ki Kim Experimental & Molecular Medicine profile →
  3. Molecular Mechanisms Driving mRNA Degradation by m6A Modification
    2020 301 citations Junho Choe, Ok Hyun Park et al. profile →
  4. Molecular mechanisms of circular RNA translation
    2024 60 citations Hyun Jung Hwang, Yoon Ki Kim Experimental & Molecular Medicine profile →

Peers

Yoon Ki Kim
James G. Patton United States
Anne‐Catherine Prats France
Paul D. Soloway United States
Catherine L. Jopling United Kingdom
Isao Oishi Japan
Gregory A. Gibson United States
Sergey Kalachikov United States
Marc R. Fabian Canada
Xiaowei Wang United States
James G. Patton United States
Yoon Ki Kim
Citations per year, relative to Yoon Ki Kim Yoon Ki Kim (= 1×) peers James G. Patton

Countries citing papers authored by Yoon Ki Kim

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Fields of papers citing papers by Yoon Ki Kim

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yoon Ki Kim

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Choi, Heejin, June‐Hee Park, Eui-Chan Jeon, et al.. (2025). Comprehensive discovery of m6A sites in the human transcriptome at single-molecule resolution. Nature Communications. 17(1). 664–664.
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Kim, Beomjun, Yoon Ki Kim, Jaeseung Kim, et al.. (2024). Nanoscale Investigation of the Effect of Annealing Temperature on the Polarization Switching Dynamics of Hf0.5Zr0.5O2 Thin Films. Advanced Materials Interfaces. 11(21). 3 indexed citations
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Ha, Hongseok, et al.. (2024). YAP promotes global mRNA translation to fuel oncogenic growth despite starvation. Experimental & Molecular Medicine. 56(10). 2202–2215. 4 indexed citations
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Sheeraz, Muhammad, Min‐Hyoung Jung, Yoon Ki Kim, et al.. (2023). Freestanding Oxide Membranes for Epitaxial Ferroelectric Heterojunctions. ACS Nano. 17(14). 13510–13521. 14 indexed citations
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Hwang, Hyun Jung, et al.. (2023). YTHDF2 facilitates aggresome formation via UPF1 in an m6A-independent manner. Nature Communications. 14(1). 6248–6248. 9 indexed citations
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Boo, Sung Ho, Hongseok Ha, & Yoon Ki Kim. (2022). m1A and m6A modifications function cooperatively to facilitate rapid mRNA degradation. Cell Reports. 40(10). 111317–111317. 41 indexed citations
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Hwang, Hyun Jung, et al.. (2022). Single polysome analysis of mRNP. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 618. 73–78. 4 indexed citations
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Park, Joori, Hyun Jung Hwang, Kwon Jeong, et al.. (2021). Translation mediated by the nuclear cap-binding complex is confined to the perinuclear region via a CTIF–DDX19B interaction. Nucleic Acids Research. 49(14). 8261–8276. 15 indexed citations
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Hwang, Hyun Jung, Yeon-Gil Choi, Joori Park, et al.. (2021). TRIM28 functions as a negative regulator of aggresome formation. Autophagy. 17(12). 4231–4248. 15 indexed citations
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Kim, Eun Jin, Jiyeon Ohk, Yeon-Gil Choi, et al.. (2021). UXT chaperone prevents proteotoxicity by acting as an autophagy adaptor for p62-dependent aggrephagy. Nature Communications. 12(1). 1955–1955. 17 indexed citations
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Hwang, Hyun Jung, et al.. (2021). UPF1: From mRNA Surveillance to Protein Quality Control. Biomedicines. 9(8). 995–995. 19 indexed citations
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Kim, Sukjun, Soyoung Kim, Doyeon Kim, et al.. (2021). The regulatory impact of RNA-binding proteins on microRNA targeting. Nature Communications. 12(1). 5057–5057. 55 indexed citations
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Park, Joori, Hyun Jung Hwang, Kwon Jeong, et al.. (2021). The pioneer round of translation ensures proper targeting of ER and mitochondrial proteins. Nucleic Acids Research. 49(21). 12517–12534. 5 indexed citations
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Park, Joori, et al.. (2020). Nonsense-mediated mRNA decay factor UPF1 promotes aggresome formation. Nature Communications. 11(1). 3106–3106. 24 indexed citations
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Yu, Sungsook, Young Jin, Ji-Young Cha, et al.. (2020). The position of the target site for engineered nucleases improves the aberrant mRNA clearance in in vivo genome editing. Scientific Reports. 10(1). 4173–4173. 2 indexed citations
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Park, Tae‐Eun, et al.. (2020). LSM12-EPAC1 defines a neuroprotective pathway that sustains the nucleocytoplasmic RAN gradient. PLoS Biology. 18(12). e3001002–e3001002. 14 indexed citations
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Jeong, Kwon, Incheol Ryu, Joori Park, et al.. (2019). Staufen1 and UPF1 exert opposite actions on the replacement of the nuclear cap-binding complex by eIF4E at the 5′ end of mRNAs. Nucleic Acids Research. 47(17). 9313–9328. 20 indexed citations
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Ryu, Incheol, Hongseok Ha, Min Kyung Kim, et al.. (2019). eIF4A3 Phosphorylation by CDKs Affects NMD during the Cell Cycle. Cell Reports. 26(8). 2126–2139.e9. 36 indexed citations
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Kwon, Do Hoon, Ok Hyun Park, Yang Ouk Jung, et al.. (2018). Insights into degradation mechanism of N-end rule substrates by p62/SQSTM1 autophagy adapter. Nature Communications. 9(1). 3291–3291. 62 indexed citations
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Park, Joori, Incheol Ryu, Hyo Jin Lee, et al.. (2017). Misfolded polypeptides are selectively recognized and transported toward aggresomes by a CED complex. Nature Communications. 8(1). 15730–15730. 35 indexed citations

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