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Dongeun Yong

Dongeun Yong

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Microbiology 62 2841 2603 18 18 405 17198

Dongeun Yong publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Dongeun Yong between 1996 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Dongeun Yong published across 30 years, from 1996 to 2025, averaging 16 papers a year. Output peaked at 32 publications in 2016. 23 of the 480 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
10 20 30
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1996 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 32. Peak 32 publications in 2016. 1996: 1 publication 1997: 1 publication 1998: 1 publication 1999: 0 publications 2000: 3 publications 2001: 4 publications 2002: 19 publications 2003: 13 publications 2004: 14 publications 2005: 19 publications 2006: 24 publications 2007: 13 publications 2008: 7 publications 2009: 17 publications 2010: 27 publications 2011: 14 publications 2012: 26 publications 2013: 22 publications 2014: 24 publications 2015: 18 publications 2016: 32 publications 2017: 25 publications 2018: 17 publications 2019: 21 publications 2020: 29 publications 2021: 23 publications 2022: 28 publications 2023: 15 publications 2024: 12 publications 2025: 11 publications
1996 2025

480 publications in total across all disciplines

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Dongeun Yong: publications per year, 1996 to 2025
Year Publications
1996 1
1997 1
1998 1
1999 0
2000 3
2001 4
2002 19
2003 13
2004 14
2005 19
2006 24
2007 13
2008 7
2009 17
2010 27
2011 14
2012 26
2013 22
2014 24
2015 18
2016 32
2017 25
2018 17
2019 21
2020 29
2021 23
2022 28
2023 15
2024 12
2025 11
Total 480
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Dongeun Yong publication distribution in Microbiology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Microbiology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Dongeun Yong sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
50 100 150 200 250
Bar chart with 64 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 55–64 to 679+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 288. Most scientists, 288, have 135–144 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 679 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 405–414 publications, is where this scientist sits. 55–64 publications: 8 scientists 65–74 publications: 29 scientists 75–84 publications: 55 scientists 85–94 publications: 112 scientists 95–104 publications: 137 scientists 105–114 publications: 190 scientists 115–124 publications: 235 scientists 125–134 publications: 234 scientists 135–144 publications: 288 scientists 145–154 publications: 265 scientists 155–164 publications: 264 scientists 165–174 publications: 253 scientists 175–184 publications: 276 scientists 185–194 publications: 190 scientists 195–204 publications: 234 scientists 205–214 publications: 208 scientists 215–224 publications: 198 scientists 225–234 publications: 155 scientists 235–244 publications: 161 scientists 245–254 publications: 160 scientists 255–264 publications: 146 scientists 265–274 publications: 139 scientists 275–284 publications: 148 scientists 285–294 publications: 115 scientists 295–304 publications: 96 scientists 305–314 publications: 88 scientists 315–324 publications: 106 scientists 325–334 publications: 65 scientists 335–344 publications: 76 scientists 345–354 publications: 64 scientists 355–364 publications: 62 scientists 365–374 publications: 65 scientists 375–384 publications: 61 scientists 385–394 publications: 34 scientists 395–404 publications: 44 scientists 405–414 publications: 36 scientists 415–424 publications: 35 scientists 425–434 publications: 29 scientists 435–444 publications: 33 scientists 445–454 publications: 34 scientists 455–464 publications: 25 scientists 465–474 publications: 26 scientists 475–484 publications: 20 scientists 485–494 publications: 19 scientists 495–504 publications: 16 scientists 505–514 publications: 17 scientists 515–524 publications: 23 scientists 525–534 publications: 14 scientists 535–544 publications: 14 scientists 545–554 publications: 18 scientists 555–564 publications: 12 scientists 565–574 publications: 7 scientists 575–584 publications: 9 scientists 585–594 publications: 9 scientists 595–604 publications: 9 scientists 605–614 publications: 7 scientists 615–624 publications: 9 scientists 625–634 publications: 7 scientists 635–644 publications: 4 scientists 645–654 publications: 5 scientists 655–664 publications: 6 scientists 665–674 publications: 7 scientists 675–678 publications: 3 scientists 679+ publications: 99 scientists
55–64 publications 679+

This scientist: 405 publications — 90th percentile

90% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 679 publications or more.

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Number of Microbiology scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 5,513 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
55–64 8
65–74 29
75–84 55
85–94 112
95–104 137
105–114 190
115–124 235
125–134 234
135–144 288
145–154 265
155–164 264
165–174 253
175–184 276
185–194 190
195–204 234
205–214 208
215–224 198
225–234 155
235–244 161
245–254 160
255–264 146
265–274 139
275–284 148
285–294 115
295–304 96
305–314 88
315–324 106
325–334 65
335–344 76
345–354 64
355–364 62
365–374 65
375–384 61
385–394 34
395–404 44
405–414 36 405
415–424 35
425–434 29
435–444 33
445–454 34
455–464 25
465–474 26
475–484 20
485–494 19
495–504 16
505–514 17
515–524 23
525–534 14
535–544 14
545–554 18
555–564 12
565–574 7
575–584 9
585–594 9
595–604 9
605–614 7
615–624 9
625–634 7
635–644 4
645–654 5
655–664 6
665–674 7
675–678 3
679+ 99
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Dongeun Yong D-index placement in Microbiology in 2026

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

No. of scientists
50 100 150
Bar chart with 88 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 40 to 127+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 162. Most scientists, 162, have 58 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 127 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 62 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 40 D-Index: 30 scientists 41 D-Index: 86 scientists 42 D-Index: 90 scientists 43 D-Index: 117 scientists 44 D-Index: 122 scientists 45 D-Index: 123 scientists 46 D-Index: 108 scientists 47 D-Index: 110 scientists 48 D-Index: 106 scientists 49 D-Index: 109 scientists 50 D-Index: 129 scientists 51 D-Index: 111 scientists 52 D-Index: 116 scientists 53 D-Index: 127 scientists 54 D-Index: 134 scientists 55 D-Index: 134 scientists 56 D-Index: 112 scientists 57 D-Index: 136 scientists 58 D-Index: 162 scientists 59 D-Index: 151 scientists 60 D-Index: 139 scientists 61 D-Index: 123 scientists 62 D-Index: 126 scientists 63 D-Index: 144 scientists 64 D-Index: 109 scientists 65 D-Index: 103 scientists 66 D-Index: 124 scientists 67 D-Index: 112 scientists 68 D-Index: 103 scientists 69 D-Index: 131 scientists 70 D-Index: 94 scientists 71 D-Index: 93 scientists 72 D-Index: 96 scientists 73 D-Index: 92 scientists 74 D-Index: 80 scientists 75 D-Index: 66 scientists 76 D-Index: 87 scientists 77 D-Index: 60 scientists 78 D-Index: 73 scientists 79 D-Index: 59 scientists 80 D-Index: 57 scientists 81 D-Index: 55 scientists 82 D-Index: 47 scientists 83 D-Index: 77 scientists 84 D-Index: 50 scientists 85 D-Index: 45 scientists 86 D-Index: 42 scientists 87 D-Index: 41 scientists 88 D-Index: 32 scientists 89 D-Index: 38 scientists 90 D-Index: 35 scientists 91 D-Index: 34 scientists 92 D-Index: 27 scientists 93 D-Index: 26 scientists 94 D-Index: 33 scientists 95 D-Index: 22 scientists 96 D-Index: 37 scientists 97 D-Index: 22 scientists 98 D-Index: 21 scientists 99 D-Index: 22 scientists 100 D-Index: 30 scientists 101 D-Index: 16 scientists 102 D-Index: 20 scientists 103 D-Index: 17 scientists 104 D-Index: 19 scientists 105 D-Index: 16 scientists 106 D-Index: 19 scientists 107 D-Index: 18 scientists 108 D-Index: 14 scientists 109 D-Index: 10 scientists 110 D-Index: 9 scientists 111 D-Index: 7 scientists 112 D-Index: 11 scientists 113 D-Index: 6 scientists 114 D-Index: 15 scientists 115 D-Index: 10 scientists 116 D-Index: 12 scientists 117 D-Index: 7 scientists 118 D-Index: 10 scientists 119 D-Index: 10 scientists 120 D-Index: 11 scientists 121 D-Index: 2 scientists 122 D-Index: 7 scientists 123 D-Index: 12 scientists 124 D-Index: 5 scientists 125 D-Index: 9 scientists 126 D-Index: 6 scientists 127+ D-Index: 95 scientists
40 D-Index 127+

This scientist: 62 D-Index — 49th percentile

49% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 127 D-Index or more.

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Number of Microbiology scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 5,513 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
40 30
41 86
42 90
43 117
44 122
45 123
46 108
47 110
48 106
49 109
50 129
51 111
52 116
53 127
54 134
55 134
56 112
57 136
58 162
59 151
60 139
61 123
62 126 62
63 144
64 109
65 103
66 124
67 112
68 103
69 131
70 94
71 93
72 96
73 92
74 80
75 66
76 87
77 60
78 73
79 59
80 57
81 55
82 47
83 77
84 50
85 45
86 42
87 41
88 32
89 38
90 35
91 34
92 27
93 26
94 33
95 22
96 37
97 22
98 21
99 22
100 30
101 16
102 20
103 17
104 19
105 16
106 19
107 18
108 14
109 10
110 9
111 7
112 11
113 6
114 15
115 10
116 12
117 7
118 10
119 10
120 11
121 2
122 7
123 12
124 5
125 9
126 6
127+ 95
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Overview

Dongeun Yong is affiliated with Yonsei University in South Korea and has a significant research output spanning medicine and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their work is highly focused on fields including infectious diseases, molecular biology, epidemiology, clinical biochemistry, and molecular medicine.

The scientist's research topics cover a broad range of medical and biological investigations. Main areas include bacterial identification and susceptibility testing, antibiotic resistance in bacteria, biosensors and analytical detection, SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing, advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques, gut microbiota and health, and antibiotics pharmacokinetics and efficacy.

Recent publications by Dongeun Yong demonstrate contributions to several important topics in medicine and biosensing technologies. Notable papers include:

  • Use of Convalescent Plasma Therapy in Two COVID-19 Patients with Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome in Korea (2020), Journal of Korean Medical Science
  • Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats-Mediated Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering Assay for Multidrug-Resistant Bacteria (2020), ACS Nano
  • Human reference gut microbiome catalog including newly assembled genomes from under-represented Asian metagenomes (2021), Genome Medicine
  • Environmental contamination in the isolation rooms of COVID-19 patients with severe pneumonia requiring mechanical ventilation or high-flow oxygen therapy (2020), Journal of Hospital Infection
  • Colorimetric Detection of SARS-CoV-2 and Drug-Resistant pH1N1 Using CRISPR/dCas9 (2020), ACS Sensors

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Dongeun Yong include:

  • Hyukmin Lee
  • Taejoon Kang
  • Eun-Kyung Lim
  • Juyeon Jung
  • Le Phuong Nguyen

Key publication venues where Yong regularly publishes research consist of:

  • Annals of Laboratory Medicine
  • Annals of Clinical Microbiology
  • Biosensors and Bioelectronics
  • Microbiology Spectrum
  • Scientific Reports

These publishing patterns illustrate a focus on clinical microbiology, biosensor development, and infectious disease diagnostics. The combination of applied molecular biology techniques and clinical studies forms a core part of Yong's research portfolio.

The breadth of topics in recent work includes innovative biosensing approaches for pathogen detection and characterization, especially in the context of antibiotic resistance and emerging viral infections like COVID-19. This integration of molecular diagnostics and infectious disease epidemiology reflects the multidimensional nature of their scientific inquiry.

Best Publications

  • Characterization of a New Metallo-β-Lactamase Gene, blaNDM-1, and a Novel Erythromycin Esterase Gene Carried on a Unique Genetic Structure in Klebsiella pneumoniae Sequence Type 14 from India

    DongEun Yong;Mark Alexander Howard Toleman;Christian G. Giske;Hyun S. Cho

  • Imipenem-EDTA Disk Method for Differentiation of Metallo-β-Lactamase-Producing Clinical Isolates of Pseudomonas spp. and Acinetobacter spp.

    Dongeun Yong;Kyungwon Lee;Jong Hwa Yum;Hee Bong Shin

  • Evaluation of the Hodge Test and the Imipenem-EDTA Double-Disk Synergy Test for Differentiating Metallo-β-Lactamase-Producing Isolates of Pseudomonas spp. and Acinetobacter spp.

    K. Lee;Y. S. Lim;D. Yong;J. H. Yum

  • Characterization of a new metallo-beta-lactamase gene, bla(NDM-1), and a novel erythromycin esterase gene carried on a unique genetic structure in Klebsiella pneumoniae sequence type 14 from India

    Dongeun Yong;Mark A. Toleman;Christian G. Giske;Hyun S. Cho

  • Modified Hodge and EDTA-disk synergy tests to screen metallo-β-lactamase-producing strains of Pseudomonas and Acinetobacter species

    K. Lee;Y. Chong;H.B. Shin;Y.A. Kim

  • Novel Acquired Metallo-β-Lactamase Gene, blaSIM-1, in a Class 1 Integron from Acinetobacter baumannii Clinical Isolates from Korea

    Kyungwon Lee;Jong Hwa Yum;Dongeun Yong;Hyuk Min Lee

  • Use of Convalescent Plasma Therapy in Two COVID-19 Patients with Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome in Korea

    Jin Young Ahn;Yujin Sohn;Su Hwan Lee;Yunsuk Cho

  • Characterization of microbiome in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid of patients with lung cancer comparing with benign mass like lesions

    Sang Hoon Lee;Ji Yeon Sung;Dongeun Yong;Jongsik Chun

  • blaVIM-2 Cassette-Containing Novel Integrons in Metallo-β-Lactamase-Producing Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Pseudomonas putida Isolates Disseminated in a Korean Hospital

    Kyungwon Lee;Jong Back Lim;Jong Hwa Yum;Dongeun Yong

  • Molecular characterization of metallo-beta-lactamase-producing Acinetobacter baumannii and Acinetobacter genomospecies 3 from Korea: identification of two new integrons carrying the bla(VIM-2) gene cassettes.

    Jong Hwa Yum;Keonsoo Yi;Hyukmin Lee;Dongeun Yong

  • Multidrug-Resistant Acinetobacter spp.: Increasingly Problematic Nosocomial Pathogens

    Kyungwon Lee;Dongeun Yong;Seok Hoon Jeong;Yunsop Chong

  • High Prevalence of PER-1 Extended-Spectrum β-Lactamase-Producing Acinetobacter spp. in Korea

    Dongeun Yong;Jong Hee Shin;Sinyoung Kim;Youngsik Lim

  • Dissemination of 16S rRNA methylase-mediated highly amikacin-resistant isolates of Klebsiella pneumoniae and Acinetobacter baumannii in Korea

    Hyukmin Lee;Dongeun Yong;Jong Hwa Yum;Kyoung Ho Roh

  • Efficacy of bacteriophage treatment against carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii in Galleria mellonella larvae and a mouse model of acute pneumonia

    Jongsoo Jeon;Jong Hwan Park;Dongeun Yong

  • Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats-Mediated Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering Assay for Multidrug-Resistant Bacteria

    Hongki Kim;Soohyun Lee;Hwi Won Seo;Byunghoon Kang

  • Further Increases in Carbapenem-, Amikacin-, and Fluoroquinolone-Resistant Isolates of Acinetobacter spp. and P. aeruginosa in Korea: KONSAR Study 2009

    Kyungwon Lee;Mi Na Kim;Jae Seok Kim;Hye Lim Hong

  • Imipenem-EDTA disk method for differentiation of metallo-beta-lactamase-producing clinical isolates of Pseudomonas spp. and Acinetobacter spp.

    Dongeun Yong;Kyungwon Lee;Jong Hwa Yum;Hee Bong Shin

  • Genetic and Biochemical Characterization of an Acquired Subgroup B3 Metallo-β-Lactamase Gene, blaAIM-1, and Its Unique Genetic Context in Pseudomonas aeruginosa from Australia

    Dongeun Yong;Mark A. Toleman;Jan Bell;Brett Ritchie

  • Relative Prevalence and Antimicrobial Susceptibility of Clinical Isolates of Elizabethkingia Species Based on 16S rRNA Gene Sequencing.

    Mi Soon Han;Hyunsoo Kim;Yangsoon Lee;Myungsook Kim

  • Various penA mutations together with mtrR, porB and ponA mutations in Neisseria gonorrhoeae isolates with reduced susceptibility to cefixime or ceftriaxone

    Sang Guk Lee;Hyukmin Lee;Hyukmin Lee;Seok Hoon Jeong;Dongeun Yong

  • Application of the Whole Genome-Based Bacterial Identification System, TrueBac ID, Using Clinical Isolates That Were Not Identified With Three Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption/Ionization Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS) Systems

    Sung Min Ha;Chang Ki Kim;Juhye Roh;Jung Hyun Byun;Jung Hyun Byun

  • Survey of Clinical Laboratory Practices for 2015 Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus Outbreak in the Republic of Korea.

    Mi Kyung Lee;Sinyoung Kim;Mi Na Kim;Oh Joo Kweon

  • Evaluation of the Hodge Test and the Imipenem-EDTA Double-Disk Synergy Test for Differentiating Metallo-β-Lactamase-Producing Isolates of Pseudomonas spp. and Acinetobacter spp.

    K. Lee;Y. S. Lim;Y. Chong;J. H. Yum

Frequent Co-Authors

Kyungwon Lee
Kyungwon Lee Yonsei University
Yunsop Chong
Yunsop Chong Yonsei University
Seok Jeong
Seok Jeong Inha University
Jong Hee Shin
Jong Hee Shin Chonnam National University
Eui Chong Kim
Eui Chong Kim Seoul National University
Choong-Min Ryu
Choong-Min Ryu Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology
Gian Maria Rossolini
Gian Maria Rossolini University of Florence
Jae-Kwan Hwang
Jae-Kwan Hwang Yonsei University
Tai-Soon Yong
Tai-Soon Yong Yonsei University
Jongsik Chun
Jongsik Chun Seoul National University

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