2026 Byung Kook Hwang: Plant Science and Agronomy Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Plant Science and Agronomy	66	892	823	6	6	202	12372

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World Ranking

Current World Ranking

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Current National Ranking

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Plant Science and Agronomy

892

823

202

12372

Research.com Recognitions

2026 - Research.com Plant Science and Agronomy in Korea Leader Award

Best Publications

An important role of the pepper phenylalanine ammonia-lyase gene (PAL1) in salicylic acid-dependent signalling of the defence response to microbial pathogens.

Dae Sung Kim;Byung Kook Hwang

455
Citations
Hydrogen Peroxide Generation by the Pepper Extracellular Peroxidase CaPO2 Activates Local and Systemic Cell Death and Defense Response to Bacterial Pathogens

Hyong Woo Choi;Young Jin Kim;Sung Chul Lee;Jeum Kyu Hong

340
Citations
Overexpression of a pepper basic pathogenesis-related protein 1 gene in tobacco plants enhances resistance to heavy metal and pathogen stresses

Sujon Sarowar;Young Jin Kim;Eui Nam Kim;Ki Deok Kim

294
Citations
Expression and functional roles of the pepper pathogen-induced transcription factor RAV1 in bacterial disease resistance, and drought and salt stress tolerance

Kee Hoon Sohn;Sung Chul Lee;Ho Won Jung;Jeum Kyu Hong

291
Citations
The Pepper 9-Lipoxygenase Gene CaLOX1 Functions in Defense and Cell Death Responses to Microbial Pathogens

In Sun Hwang;Byung Kook Hwang

289
Citations
Requirement of the Cytosolic Interaction between PATHOGENESIS-RELATED PROTEIN10 and LEUCINE-RICH REPEAT PROTEIN1 for Cell Death and Defense Signaling in Pepper

Du Seok Choi;In Sun Hwang;Byung Kook Hwang

274
Citations
Pepper pectin methylesterase inhibitor protein CaPMEI1 is required for antifungal activity, basal disease resistance and abiotic stress tolerance

Soo Hyun An;Kee Hoon Sohn;Kee Hoon Sohn;Hyong Woo Choi;In Sun Hwang

247
Citations
Three pathogen‐inducible genes encoding lipid transfer protein from pepper are differentially activated by pathogens, abiotic, and environmental stresses

Ho Won Jung;Woonbong Kim;Byung Kook Hwang

234
Citations
Isolation and in vivo and in vitro antifungal activity of phenylacetic acid and sodium phenylacetate from Streptomyces humidus.

Byung Kook Hwang;Song Won Lim;Beom Seok Kim;Jung Yeop Lee

229
Citations
Pepper gene encoding a basic pathogenesis‐related 1 protein is pathogen and ethylene inducible

Young Jin Kim;Byung Kook Hwang

224
Citations
Iron- and Reactive Oxygen Species-Dependent Ferroptotic Cell Death in Rice-Magnaporthe oryzae Interactions

Sarmina Dangol;Yafei Chen;Byung Kook Hwang;Nam-Soo Jwa

222
Citations
Function of a novel GDSL-type pepper lipase gene, CaGLIP1, in disease susceptibility and abiotic stress tolerance

Jeum Kyu Hong;Hyong Woo Choi;In Sun Hwang;Dae Sung Kim

205
Citations
In vivo control and in vitro antifungal activity of rhamnolipid B, a glycolipid antibiotic, against Phytophthora capsici and Colletotrichum orbiculare

Beom Seok Kim;Jung Yeop Lee;Byung Kook Hwang

203
Citations
Phytophthora blight of pepper and its control in Korea.

Byung Kook Hwang;Choong Hoe Kim

202
Citations
Functional roles of the pepper pathogen-induced bZIP transcription factor, CAbZIP1, in enhanced resistance to pathogen infection and environmental stresses

Sung Chul Lee;Hyong Woo Choi;In Sun Hwang;Du Seok Choi

199
Citations
Convergent Evolution of Pathogen Effectors toward Reactive Oxygen Species Signaling Networks in Plants.

Nam-Soo Jwa;Byung Kook Hwang

196
Citations
Diversity of antifungal actinomycetes in various vegetative soils of Korea.

Unknown

190
Citations
The Pepper Mannose-Binding Lectin Gene CaMBL1 Is Required to Regulate Cell Death and Defense Responses to Microbial Pathogens

In Sun Hwang;Byung Kook Hwang

188
Citations
Proteomics and Functional Analyses of Pepper Abscisic Acid-Responsive 1 (ABR1), Which Is Involved in Cell Death and Defense Signaling

Du Seok Choi;Byung Kook Hwang

185
Citations
Overexpression of lipid transfer protein (LTP) genes enhances resistance to plant pathogens and LTP functions in long-distance systemic signaling in tobacco

Sujon Sarowar;Sujon Sarowar;Young Jin Kim;Ki Deok Kim;Byung Kook Hwang

182
Citations