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2026

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Neuroscience

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83
Citations
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Eunjoon Kim publication distribution in Neuroscience in 2026

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

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 240 publications — 72nd percentile

72% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 887 publications or more.

Eunjoon Kim D-index placement in Neuroscience in 2026

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

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30 D-Index 163+

This scientist: 83 D-Index — 85th percentile

85% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 163 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Neuroscience in Korea Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Neuroscience in Korea Leader Award

Overview

Eunjoon Kim is affiliated with the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology in South Korea. Their research primarily focuses on biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and neuroscience, with a strong emphasis on molecular and cellular neuroscience as well as genetics and cognitive neuroscience.

Their main fields of study include:

  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • Neuroscience

Prominent subfields within their work are:

  • Molecular Biology
  • Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
  • Genetics
  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Developmental Neuroscience

Key topics addressed by their research encompass:

  • Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders
  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Autism Spectrum Disorder Research
  • Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms
  • Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling
  • Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior
  • Congenital heart defects research

Eunjoon Kim has published extensively, with notable recent papers including:

  • NMDA RECEPTOR DYSFUNCTION IN AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDERS (2023) in IBRO Neuroscience Reports
  • Stress induces behavioral abnormalities by increasing expression of phagocytic receptor MERTK in astrocytes to promote synapse phagocytosis (2023) in Immunity
  • Brain-region-specific changes in neurons and glia and dysregulation of dopamine signaling in Grin2a mutant mice (2023) in Neuron
  • Early correction of synaptic long-term depression improves abnormal anxiety-like behavior in adult GluN2B-C456Y-mutant mice (2020) in PLoS Biology
  • SLC6A20 transporter: a novel regulator of brain glycine homeostasis and NMDAR function (2021) in EMBO Molecular Medicine

They frequently publish in venues such as:

  • Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience
  • UNC Libraries
  • Molecular Psychiatry
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature Communications

The scientist collaborates often with colleagues including Hyun Kim, Esther Yang, Hyojin Kang, Wangyong Shin, and Suho Lee, with collaboration counts ranging from 15 to 20 joint publications each.

Best Publications

  • PDZ domain proteins of synapses

    Eunjoon Kim;Morgan Sheng

  • Crystal structures of a complexed and peptide-free membrane protein-binding domain: molecular basis of peptide recognition by PDZ.

    Declan A. Doyle;Alice Lee;John Lewis;Eunjoon Kim

  • Clustering of Shaker-type K + channels by interaction with a family of membrane-associated guanylate kinases

    Eunjoon Kim;Martin Niethammer;Adam Rothschild;Yuh Nung Jan

  • Shank, a Novel Family of Postsynaptic Density Proteins that Binds to the NMDA Receptor/PSD-95/GKAP Complex and Cortactin

    Scott Naisbitt;Eunjoon Kim;Jian Cheng Tu;Bo Xiao

  • Interaction between the C terminus of NMDA receptor subunits and multiple members of the PSD-95 family of membrane-associated guanylate kinases

    M Niethammer;E Kim;M Sheng

  • SynGO : An Evidence-Based, Expert-Curated Knowledge Base for the Synapse

    Frank Koopmans;Pim van Nierop;Maria Andres-Alonso;Andrea Byrnes

  • Autistic-like social behaviour in Shank2 -mutant mice improved by restoring NMDA receptor function

    Hyejung Won;Hye Ryeon Lee;Heon Yung Gee;Won Mah

  • The Shank family of scaffold proteins

    M Sheng;Eunjoon Kim

  • The Postsynaptic Organization of Synapses

    Morgan Sheng;Eunjoon Kim

  • Heteromultimerization and NMDA receptor-clustering activity of Chapsyn-110, a member of the PSD-95 family of proteins.

    Eunjoon Kim;Kyung-Ok Cho;Adam Rothschild;Morgan Sheng

  • GKAP, a novel synaptic protein that interacts with the guanylate kinase-like domain of the PSD-95/SAP90 family of channel clustering molecules.

    Eunjoon Kim;Scott Naisbitt;Yi-Ping Hsueh;Anuradha Rao

  • Excitation/Inhibition Imbalance in Animal Models of Autism Spectrum Disorders.

    Eunee Lee;Jiseok Lee;Eunjoon Kim

  • Heterogeneity in the Molecular Composition of Excitatory Postsynaptic Sites during Development of Hippocampal Neurons in Culture

    Anuradha Rao;Eunjoon Kim;Morgan Sheng;Ann Marie Craig

  • Regulation of Dendritic Spine Morphology by SPAR, a PSD-95-Associated RapGAP

    Daniel T.S. Pak;Soyoung Yang;Sheila Rudolph-Correia;Eunjoon Kim

  • Excess of De Novo Deleterious Mutations in Genes Associated with Glutamatergic Systems in Nonsyndromic Intellectual Disability

    Fadi F. Hamdan;Julie Gauthier;Yoichi Araki;Da-Ting Lin

  • Characterization of the Shank Family of Synaptic Proteins MULTIPLE GENES, ALTERNATIVE SPLICING, AND DIFFERENTIAL EXPRESSION IN BRAIN AND DEVELOPMENT

    Sangmi Lim;Scott Naisbitt;Jiyoung Yoon;Jong-Ik Hwang

  • Essential Role for dlg in Synaptic Clustering of Shaker K+ Channels In Vivo

    Francisco J. Tejedor;Amr Bokhari;Oscar Rogero;Michael Gorczyca

  • Microtubule-associated protein tau is essential for long-term depression in the hippocampus

    Tetsuya Kimura;Daniel J. Whitcomb;Jihoon Jo;Philip Regan

  • Interaction between GRIP and Liprin-α/SYD2 Is Required for AMPA Receptor Targeting

    Michael Wyszynski;Eunjoon Kim;Eunjoon Kim;Anthone W. Dunah;Maria Passafaro

  • NGL family PSD-95–interacting adhesion molecules regulate excitatory synapse formation

    Seho Kim;Alain Burette;Hye Sun Chung;Seok Kyu Kwon

Frequent Co-Authors

Morgan Sheng
Morgan Sheng Broad Institute
Hyun Kim
Hyun Kim Korea University
Yong Chul Bae
Yong Chul Bae Kyungpook National University
Bong-Kiun Kaang
Bong-Kiun Kaang Seoul National University
Richard J. Weinberg
Richard J. Weinberg University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Min Goo Lee
Min Goo Lee Yonsei University
Carlo Sala
Carlo Sala University of Milan
Ann Marie Craig
Ann Marie Craig University of British Columbia
Juli G. Valtschanoff
Juli G. Valtschanoff University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Richard L. Huganir
Richard L. Huganir Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

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