Yoo‐Sung Ko

1.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
13 papers, 1000 citations indexed

About

Yoo‐Sung Ko is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Biomedical Engineering and Biotechnology. According to data from OpenAlex, Yoo‐Sung Ko has authored 13 papers receiving a total of 1000 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Molecular Biology, 8 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 2 papers in Biotechnology. Recurrent topics in Yoo‐Sung Ko's work include Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction (12 papers), Biofuel production and bioconversion (8 papers) and Enzyme Catalysis and Immobilization (8 papers). Yoo‐Sung Ko is often cited by papers focused on Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction (12 papers), Biofuel production and bioconversion (8 papers) and Enzyme Catalysis and Immobilization (8 papers). Yoo‐Sung Ko collaborates with scholars based in South Korea, Denmark and United States. Yoo‐Sung Ko's co-authors include Sang Yup Lee, Je Woong Kim, Tong Un Chae, Jong An Lee, Gi Bae Kim, Tae-Hee Han, So Young Choi, Chan Woo Song, Joungmin Lee and Won‐Hee Ryu and has published in prestigious journals such as Chemical Society Reviews, Electrochimica Acta and Trends in biotechnology.

In The Last Decade

Yoo‐Sung Ko

13 papers receiving 992 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.

Tools and strategies of systems metabolic engineering for the development of microbial cell factories for chemical production

2020 325 citations Yoo‐Sung Ko, Je Woong Kim et al. Chemical Society Reviews profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Yoo‐Sung Ko South Korea	10	747	348	94	89	86	13	1000
Sujin Kim South Korea	18	556 0.7×	282 0.8×	45 0.5×	63 0.7×	37 0.4×	24	862
Valeria Mapelli Sweden	13	572 0.8×	394 1.1×	63 0.7×	64 0.7×	30 0.3×	31	912
Je Woong Kim South Korea	9	965 1.3×	565 1.6×	29 0.3×	154 1.7×	57 0.7×	9	1.3k
Jong An Lee South Korea	12	710 1.0×	399 1.1×	44 0.5×	149 1.7×	43 0.5×	17	1.0k
Tung‐Yun Wu United States	7	1.0k 1.4×	623 1.8×	103 1.1×	43 0.5×	70 0.8×	8	1.5k
Guipeng Hu China	20	1.1k 1.5×	447 1.3×	36 0.4×	63 0.7×	79 0.9×	62	1.4k
Tong Un Chae South Korea	13	972 1.3×	586 1.7×	24 0.3×	195 2.2×	74 0.9×	17	1.3k
Liya Liang China	24	1.1k 1.5×	527 1.5×	32 0.3×	128 1.4×	38 0.4×	54	1.5k
Y.-H. Percival Zhang United States	7	541 0.7×	296 0.9×	62 0.7×	35 0.4×	33 0.4×	9	769
Young Joo Yeon South Korea	16	422 0.6×	189 0.5×	38 0.4×	114 1.3×	45 0.5×	40	699

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yoo‐Sung Ko

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All Works

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13 of 13 papers shown

Ko, Yoo‐Sung, et al.. (2025). Engineering Escherichia coli for the Production of the PK/NRP Hybrid Antibiotic Salivabactin. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering. 13(27). 10556–10562. 2 indexed citations

Ko, Yoo‐Sung, et al.. (2025). Microbial production of propionic acid through a novel β-alanine route. Metabolic Engineering. 93. 219–231. 1 indexed citations

Lee, Jong An, Hyun Uk Kim, Jeong‐Geol Na, et al.. (2022). Factors affecting the competitiveness of bacterial fermentation. Trends in biotechnology. 41(6). 798–816. 33 indexed citations

Kim, Je Woong, Yoo‐Sung Ko, Tong Un Chae, & Sang Yup Lee. (2020). High‐level production of 3‐hydroxypropionic acid from glycerol as a sole carbon source using metabolically engineered Escherichia coli. Biotechnology and Bioengineering. 117(7). 2139–2152. 41 indexed citations

Ko, Yoo‐Sung, Je Woong Kim, Jong An Lee, et al.. (2020). Tools and strategies of systems metabolic engineering for the development of microbial cell factories for chemical production. Chemical Society Reviews. 49(14). 4615–4636. 325 indexed citations breakdown →

Ko, Yoo‐Sung, Je Woong Kim, Tong Un Chae, Chan Woo Song, & Sang Yup Lee. (2020). A Novel Biosynthetic Pathway for the Production of Acrylic Acid through β-Alanine Route in Escherichia coli. ACS Synthetic Biology. 9(5). 1150–1159. 31 indexed citations

Lee, Sang Yup, Hyun Uk Kim, Tong Un Chae, et al.. (2019). Author Correction: A comprehensive metabolic map for production of bio-based chemicals. Nature Catalysis. 2(10). 942–944. 18 indexed citations

Chae, Tong Un, Jung Ho Ahn, Yoo‐Sung Ko, et al.. (2019). Metabolic engineering for the production of dicarboxylic acids and diamines. Metabolic Engineering. 58. 2–16. 114 indexed citations

Chae, Tong Un, et al.. (2017). Metabolic engineering of Escherichia coli for the production of four-, five- and six-carbon lactams. Metabolic Engineering. 41. 82–91. 70 indexed citations

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Chae, Tong Un, So Young Choi, Je Woong Kim, Yoo‐Sung Ko, & Sang Yup Lee. (2017). Recent advances in systems metabolic engineering tools and strategies. Current Opinion in Biotechnology. 47. 67–82. 169 indexed citations

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Song, Chan Woo, Joungmin Lee, Yoo‐Sung Ko, & Sang Yup Lee. (2015). Metabolic engineering of Escherichia coli for the production of 3-aminopropionic acid. Metabolic Engineering. 30. 121–129. 105 indexed citations

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Song, Chan Woo, Joungmin Lee, Yoo‐Sung Ko, & Sang Yup Lee. (2015). Metabolic engineering of Escherichia coli for the production of 3-aminopropionic acid. Queensland's institutional digital repository (The University of Queensland). 2 indexed citations

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Ryu, Won‐Hee, Do‐Hwan Nam, Yoo‐Sung Ko, Ryoung‐Hee Kim, & HyukSang Kwon. (2011). Electrochemical performance of a smooth and highly ordered TiO2 nanotube electrode for Li-ion batteries. Electrochimica Acta. 61. 19–24. 89 indexed citations

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