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Byung-Gee Kim

D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
67
Citations
14495
World Ranking
8296
National Ranking
75

Chemistry

D-Index
67
Citations
14309
World Ranking
6998
National Ranking
114

Byung-Gee Kim publication distribution in Chemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Chemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Byung-Gee Kim sits on this spectrum.

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 405 publications — 81st percentile

81% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,295 publications or more.

Byung-Gee Kim D-index placement in Chemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Chemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Byung-Gee Kim sits on this spectrum.

40–41 D-Index: 289 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 612 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 808 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 776 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 835 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 861 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 872 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 933 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 1,051 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 930 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 882 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 834 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 731 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 775 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 683 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 646 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 561 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 501 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 437 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 388 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 354 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 292 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 275 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 254 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 235 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 185 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 192 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 155 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 163 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 125 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 105 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 105 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 112 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 88 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 68 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 69 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 65 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 79 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 61 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 44 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 37 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 40 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 33 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 26 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 34 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 35 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 25 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 27 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 17 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 16 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 20 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 20 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 15 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 9 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 9 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 16 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 11 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 9 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 3 scientists 158 D-Index: 3 scientists 159+ D-Index: 98 scientists
40 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 67 D-Index — 62nd percentile

62% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 159 D-Index or more.

Overview

Byung-Gee Kim is affiliated with Seoul National University in South Korea. Their research focuses primarily on Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a particular emphasis on Molecular Biology, Biomedical Engineering, Cell Biology, Nutrition and Dietetics, and Biomaterials. The scientist's work spans multiple topics including Enzyme Catalysis and Immobilization, Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction, melanin and skin pigmentation, Biosensors and Analytical Detection, Viral Infectious Diseases and Gene Expression in Insects, Gut microbiota and health, and Enzyme-mediated dye degradation.

Their recent research papers include:

  • Fabrication of polyphenol-incorporated anti-inflammatory hydrogel via high-affinity enzymatic crosslinking for wet tissue adhesion (2020, Biomaterials)
  • Production of Tyrian purple indigoid dye from tryptophan in Escherichia coli (2020, Nature Chemical Biology)
  • Novel enzymatic cross-linking-based hydrogel nanofilm caging system on pancreatic β cell spheroid for long-term blood glucose regulation (2021, Science Advances)
  • Recent trends in the modification of polyphenolic compounds using hydroxylation and glycosylation (2023, Current Opinion in Biotechnology)
  • Spatial epitranscriptomics reveals A-to-I editome specific to cancer stem cell microniches (2022, Nature Communications)

Frequent collaborators in their research include Uk-Jae Lee, Hee-Jin Jeong, Nathaniel S. Hwang, Hyungdon Yun, and Chang-Soo Lee.

The most common venues for their publications are:

  • Biotechnology and Bioprocess Engineering
  • Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology
  • Journal of Crohn s and Colitis
  • Advanced Science
  • Green Chemistry

Byung-Gee Kim has also contributed to book publications, including the work titled Systems Biocatalysis for Bioprocess Design published in 2022 by Frontiers Media.

Best Publications

  • A novel electrochemical detection method for aptamer biosensors

    Gyeong Sook Bang;Suhyeong Cho;Byung-Gee Kim

  • Asymmetric synthesis of chiral amines with ω‐transaminase

    Jong Shik Shin;Byung Gee Kim

  • Liver extracellular matrix providing dual functions of two-dimensional substrate coating and three-dimensional injectable hydrogel platform for liver tissue engineering.

    Jung Seung Lee;Jisoo Shin;Hae Min Park;Yun Gon Kim

  • Synthetic fusion protein design and applications.

    Kai Yu;Chengcheng Liu;Byung-Gee Kim;Dong-Yup Lee;Dong-Yup Lee

  • Exploring the Active Site of Amine:Pyruvate Aminotransferase on the Basis of the Substrate Structure−Reactivity Relationship: How the Enzyme Controls Substrate Specificity and Stereoselectivity

    Jong Shik Shin;Byung Gee Kim

  • The dynamic transcriptional and translational landscape of the model antibiotic producer Streptomyces coelicolor A3(2)

    Yujin Jeong;Ji-Nu Kim;Min Woo Kim;Giselda Bucca

  • A Novel Sensor Platform Based on Aptamer-Conjugated Polypyrrole Nanotubes for Label-Free Electrochemical Protein Detection

    Hyeonseok Yoon;June-Hyung Kim;Nahum Lee;Byung-Gee Kim

  • Revisit of aminotransferase in the genomic era and its application to biocatalysis

    Bum-Yeol Hwang;Byung-Kwan Cho;Hyungdon Yun;Kinera Koteshwar

  • Kinetic resolution of α-methylbenzylamine with ω-transaminase screened from soil microorganisms : application of a biphasic system to overcome product inhibition

    Jong Shik Shin;Byung Gee Kim

  • Comparison of the ω-Transaminases from Different Microorganisms and Application to Production of Chiral Amines

    Jong Shik Shin;Jong Shik Shin;Byung Gee Kim

  • Kojic acid-amino acid conjugates as tyrosinase inhibitors.

    Jin-Mi Noh;Seon-Yeong Kwak;Hyo-Suk Seo;Joo-Hyun Seo

  • High-level secretory production of intact, biologically active staphylokinase from Bacillus subtilis

    Ruiqiong Ye;June-Hyung Kim;Byung-Gee Kim;Steven Szarka

  • ω-Amino Acid:Pyruvate Transaminase from Alcaligenes denitrificans Y2k-2: a New Catalyst for Kinetic Resolution of β-Amino Acids and Amines

    Hyungdon Yun;Seongyop Lim;Byung-Kwan Cho;Byung-Gee Kim

  • Fabrication of polyphenol-incorporated anti-inflammatory hydrogel via high-affinity enzymatic crosslinking for wet tissue adhesion.

    Su-Hwan Kim;Kyungmin Kim;Beom Seok Kim;Young-Hyeon An

  • Redesigning the substrate specificity of ω‐aminotransferase for the kinetic resolution of aliphatic chiral amines

    Byung-Kwan Cho;Hyung-Yeon Park;Joo-Hyun Seo;Juhan Kim

  • Kinetic resolution of chiral amines with ω‐transaminase using an enzyme‐membrane reactor

    Jong Shik Shin;Byung Gee Kim;Andreas Liese;Christian Wandrey

  • Kinetic modeling of ω‐transamination for enzymatic kinetic resolution of α‐methylbenzylamine

    Jong Shik Shin;Byung Gee Kim

  • Covalent immobilization of ω-transaminase from Vibrio fluvialis JS17 on chitosan beads

    Song-Se Yi;Chang-won Lee;Juhan Kim;Dohyun Kyung

  • Tissue adhesive, rapid forming, and sprayable ECM hydrogel via recombinant tyrosinase crosslinking.

    Su-Hwan Kim;Sang-Hyuk Lee;Ju-Eun Lee;Sung Jun Park

  • A relative and absolute quantification of neutral N-linked oligosaccharides using modification with carboxymethyl trimethylammonium hydrazide and matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry

    Geun-Cheol Gil;Yun-Gon Kim;Byung-Gee Kim

  • Kinetic resolution of (R,S)-sec-butylamine using omega-transaminase from Vibrio fluvialis JS17 under reduced pressure.

    Hyungdon Yun;Byung-Kwan Cho;Byung-Gee Kim

  • Effects of oleamide on choline acetyltransferase and cognitive activities.

    Ho-Jin Heo;Young-June Park;Young-Min Suh;Soo-Jung Choi

Frequent Co-Authors

Chang-Soo Lee
Chang-Soo Lee Chungnam National University
Jae Kyung Sohng
Jae Kyung Sohng Sun Moon University
Yong-Kweon Kim
Yong-Kweon Kim Seoul National University
Byung-Kwan Cho
Byung-Kwan Cho Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
Dong-Yup Lee
Dong-Yup Lee Sungkyunkwan University
Romas J. Kazlauskas
Romas J. Kazlauskas University of Minnesota
Rolf D. Schmid
Rolf D. Schmid University of Stuttgart
Nathaniel S. Hwang
Nathaniel S. Hwang Seoul National University
Seung Hyun Han
Seung Hyun Han Seoul National University
Pauline M. Rudd
Pauline M. Rudd University College Cork

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