Youyoung Kim

2.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
12 papers, 2.1k citations indexed

About

Youyoung Kim is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Surgery and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Youyoung Kim has authored 12 papers receiving a total of 2.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Organic Chemistry, 1 paper in Surgery and 1 paper in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Youyoung Kim's work include Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (8 papers), Catalytic Cross-Coupling Reactions (4 papers) and Synthesis and Catalytic Reactions (3 papers). Youyoung Kim is often cited by papers focused on Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (8 papers), Catalytic Cross-Coupling Reactions (4 papers) and Synthesis and Catalytic Reactions (3 papers). Youyoung Kim collaborates with scholars based in South Korea and India. Youyoung Kim's co-authors include Sukbok Chang, Yoonsu Park, Juhyeon Park, Sangwon Seo, Dongwook Kim, Joon Heo, Sunkyu Han, Kwangmin Shin, Seewon Joung and Seungwon Lee and has published in prestigious journals such as Chemical Reviews, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Youyoung Kim

10 papers receiving 2.1k 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.

Transition Metal-Catalyzed C–H Amination: Scope, Mechanism, and Applications

2017 1.8k citations Yoonsu Park, Youyoung Kim et al. Chemical Reviews profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Youyoung Kim South Korea	8	2.1k	537	104	95	52	12	2.1k
Yichen Wu China	26	1.9k 0.9×	389 0.7×	174 1.7×	113 1.2×	65 1.3×	67	2.0k
Zhongxing Huang China	20	1.7k 0.8×	422 0.8×	81 0.8×	122 1.3×	46 0.9×	31	1.8k
Matthew A. Larsen United States	8	1.3k 0.6×	364 0.7×	83 0.8×	89 0.9×	41 0.8×	13	1.4k
Yusuke Ano Japan	16	2.5k 1.2×	501 0.9×	102 1.0×	86 0.9×	45 0.9×	38	2.5k
Alexander P. Pulis United Kingdom	27	2.2k 1.1×	384 0.7×	162 1.6×	180 1.9×	127 2.4×	44	2.3k
Xiaoming Jie China	19	1.7k 0.8×	418 0.8×	59 0.6×	78 0.8×	54 1.0×	34	1.8k
Soumitra Agasti India	22	1.8k 0.9×	309 0.6×	105 1.0×	64 0.7×	33 0.6×	26	1.9k
Arun Jyoti Borah India	16	1.3k 0.6×	402 0.7×	95 0.9×	140 1.5×	71 1.4×	31	1.4k
Kwangmin Shin South Korea	19	3.2k 1.5×	943 1.8×	100 1.0×	190 2.0×	92 1.8×	30	3.2k
Junfeng Yang China	23	1.3k 0.6×	395 0.7×	94 0.9×	73 0.8×	32 0.6×	54	1.4k

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Lee, Seungeun, Hoyoung Lee, Chae Yeon Park, et al.. (2025). Synthesis of γ-Carbolines through Annulative Cyclization between Indolyl Azines and Alkynes under Rhodium Catalysis. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 90(30). 10835–10845.

Lee, Youngil, et al.. (2025). Distinct Selectivity of 2-Aryl Thioquinazolinones in the Sulfur Directing Rh(III)-Catalyzed Amidation Reaction. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 90(24). 8366–8375. 1 indexed citations

Kim, Youyoung, et al.. (2025). Selective Synthesis of Acyl-Sulfonyl Hydrazide Isomers: The Role of the Countercation of Base Selection in Palladium-Catalyzed Aminocarbonylations. Organic Letters. 27(5). 1232–1237.

Lee, Seungwon, et al.. (2022). Remimazolam dose for successful insertion of a supraglottic airway device with opioids: a dose-determination study using Dixon’s up-and-down method. Canadian Journal of Anesthesia/Journal canadien d anesthésie. 70(3). 343–350. 8 indexed citations

Kim, Youyoung, Dongwook Kim, & Sukbok Chang. (2021). Ir(iii)-Catalysed electrooxidative intramolecular dehydrogenative C–H/N–H coupling for the synthesis of N–H indoles. Chemical Communications. 57(92). 12309–12312. 14 indexed citations

Kim, Youyoung, et al.. (2021). Biopatterned Reorganization of Alkaloids Enabled by Ring-Opening Functionalization of Tertiary Amines. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 143(47). 19966–19974. 32 indexed citations

Kim, Youyoung, Joon Heo, Dongwook Kim, Sukbok Chang, & Sangwon Seo. (2020). Ring-opening functionalizations of unstrained cyclic amines enabled by difluorocarbene transfer. Nature Communications. 11(1). 4761–4761. 81 indexed citations

Kim, Youyoung, Yoonsu Park, & Sukbok Chang. (2018). Delineating Physical Organic Parameters in Site-Selective C–H Functionalization of Indoles. ACS Central Science. 4(6). 768–775. 44 indexed citations

Shin, Kwangmin, Seewon Joung, Youyoung Kim, & Sukbok Chang. (2017). Selective Synthesis of Silacycles by Borane‐Catalyzed Domino Hydrosilylation of Proximal Unsaturated Bonds: Tunable Approach to 1,n‐Diols. Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis. 359(19). 3428–3436. 15 indexed citations

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Park, Yoonsu, Youyoung Kim, & Sukbok Chang. (2017). Transition Metal-Catalyzed C–H Amination: Scope, Mechanism, and Applications. Chemical Reviews. 117(13). 9247–9301. 1822 indexed citations breakdown →

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Kim, Youyoung, Juhyeon Park, & Sukbok Chang. (2016). A Direct Access to 7-Aminoindoles via Iridium-Catalyzed Mild C–H Amidation of N-Pivaloylindoles with Organic Azides. Organic Letters. 18(8). 1892–1895. 112 indexed citations

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Kang, Hungu, Youyoung Kim, Taesun Park, et al.. (2011). Surface Structures and Thermal Desorption Behaviors of Cyclopentanethiol Self-Assembled Monolayers on Au(111). Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society. 32(4). 1253–1257. 6 indexed citations

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