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D-Index
90
Citations
42364
World Ranking
12001
National Ranking
6151

Ik-Kyung Jang publication distribution in Medicine in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Medicine in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Ik-Kyung Jang sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 549 publications — 65th percentile

65% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,796 publications or more.

Ik-Kyung Jang D-index placement in Medicine in 2026

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

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70 D-Index 217+

This scientist: 90 D-Index — 41st percentile

41% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 217 D-Index or more.

Overview

Ik-Kyung Jang is affiliated with Massachusetts General Hospital in the United States. Their research spans a broad spectrum within medicine, with a strong emphasis on surgery, radiology, nuclear medicine, imaging, cardiology, and cardiovascular medicine. The primary focus areas of their scientific work include coronary interventions and diagnostics, cardiac imaging and diagnostics, acute myocardial infarction research, cerebrovascular and carotid artery diseases, cardiovascular disease and adiposity, atherosclerosis and cardiovascular diseases, and optical coherence tomography applications.

They have contributed extensively to the academic literature, with a total of 195 publications in the field of medicine. Their work has frequently appeared in the following scientific venues:

  • Journal of the American College of Cardiology (10 publications)
  • Journal of the American Heart Association (9 publications)
  • Journal of Thrombosis and Thrombolysis (9 publications)
  • Circulation Cardiovascular Imaging (6 publications)
  • European Heart Journal (6 publications)

Among their recent published papers are:

  • "Optical coherence tomography," 2022, Nature Reviews Methods Primers
  • "Plaque erosion and acute coronary syndromes: phenotype, molecular characteristics and future directions," 2021, Nature Reviews Cardiology
  • "Predictors of Rapid Plaque Progression," 2020, JACC. Cardiovascular Imaging
  • "High spatial endothelial shear stress gradient independently predicts site of acute coronary plaque rupture and erosion," 2020, Cardiovascular Research
  • "Optical Coherence Tomography of Plaque Vulnerability and Rupture," 2021, Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Ik-Kyung Jang has collaborated regularly with several coauthors, with the most frequent being:

  • Hang Lee (46 joint publications)
  • Iris McNulty (36 joint publications)
  • Makoto Araki (34 joint publications)
  • Tsunekazu Kakuta (33 joint publications)
  • Akihiro Nakajima (29 joint publications)

Best Publications

  • From vulnerable plaque to vulnerable patient: a call for new definitions and risk assessment strategies: Part II.

    Morteza Naghavi;Peter Libby;Erling Falk;S. Ward Casscells;S. Ward Casscells

  • Characterization of Human Atherosclerosis by Optical Coherence Tomography

    Hiroshi Yabushita;Brett E. Bouma;Stuart L. Houser;H. Thomas Aretz

  • Visualization of coronary atherosclerotic plaques in patients using optical coherence tomography: comparison with intravascular ultrasound.

    Ik-Kyung Jang;Brett E. Bouma;Dong-Heon Kang;Dong-Heon Kang;Seung-Jung Park

  • Detection of Calcified and Noncalcified Coronary Atherosclerotic Plaque by Contrast-Enhanced, Submillimeter Multidetector Spiral Computed Tomography A Segment-Based Comparison With Intravascular Ultrasound

    Stephan Achenbach;Fabian Moselewski;Dieter Ropers;Maros Ferencik

  • Expert review document on methodology, terminology, and clinical applications of optical coherence tomography: Physical principles, methodology of image acquisition, and clinical application for assessment of coronary arteries and atherosclerosis

    Francesco Prati;Evelyn Regar;Gary S. Mintz;Eloisa Arbustini

  • In Vivo Characterization of Coronary Atherosclerotic Plaque by Use of Optical Coherence Tomography

    Ik-Kyung Jang;Guillermo J. Tearney;Briain MacNeill;Masamichi Takano

  • Quantification of Macrophage Content in Atherosclerotic Plaques by Optical Coherence Tomography

    Guillermo J. Tearney;Hiroshi Yabushita;Stuart L. Houser;H. Thomas Aretz

  • Argatroban Anticoagulant Therapy in Patients With Heparin-Induced Thrombocytopenia

    B. E. Lewis;D. E. Wallis;S. D. Berkowitz;W. H. Matthai

  • In Vivo Diagnosis of Plaque Erosion and Calcified Nodule in Patients With Acute Coronary Syndrome by Intravascular Optical Coherence Tomography

    Haibo Jia;Farhad Abtahian;Aaron D. Aguirre;Stephen Lee

  • Noninvasive Assessment of Plaque Morphology and Composition in Culprit and Stable Lesions in Acute Coronary Syndrome and Stable Lesions in Stable Angina by Multidetector Computed Tomography

    Udo Hoffmann;Fabian Moselewski;Koen Nieman;Ik Kyung Jang

  • Coronary Computed Tomography Angiography for Early Triage of Patients With Acute Chest Pain: The ROMICAT (Rule Out Myocardial Infarction using Computer Assisted Tomography) Trial

    Udo Hoffmann;Fabian Bamberg;Claudia U. Chae;John H. Nichols

  • Predictive Value of 16-Slice Multidetector Spiral Computed Tomography to Detect Significant Obstructive Coronary Artery Disease in Patients at High Risk for Coronary Artery Disease: Patient- Versus Segment-Based Analysis

    Udo Hoffmann;Fabian Moselewski;Ricardo C. Cury;Maros Ferencik

  • Evaluation of intracoronary stenting by intravascular optical coherence tomography

    B. E. Bouma;G. J. Tearney;H. Yabushita;M. Shishkov

  • Comprehensive volumetric optical microscopy in vivo.

    Seok H. Yun;Guillermo J. Tearney;Guillermo J. Tearney;Benjamin J. Vakoc;Milen Shishkov

  • Focal and multi-focal plaque macrophage distributions in patients with acute and stable presentations of coronary artery disease.

    Briain D. MacNeill;Ik-Kyung Jang;Brett E. Bouma;Nicusor Iftimia

  • Differential sensitivity of erythrocyte-rich and platelet-rich arterial thrombi to lysis with recombinant tissue-type plasminogen activator. A possible explanation for resistance to coronary thrombolysis.

    I K Jang;H K Gold;A A Ziskind;J T Fallon

  • assessment of coronary remodeling in stenotic and nonstenotic coronary atherosclerotic lesions by multidetector spiral computed tomography

    Stephan Achenbach;Dieter Ropers;Udo Hoffmann;Briain MacNeill

  • Characterization of non-calcified coronary atherosclerotic plaque by multi-detector row CT: comparison to IVUS.

    Karsten Pohle;Stephan Achenbach;Stephan Achenbach;Briain MacNeill;Dieter Ropers

  • Reassessing the Mechanisms of Acute Coronary Syndromes

    Peter Libby;Gerard Pasterkamp;Filippo Crea;Ik Kyung Jang

  • Expert review document part 2: methodology, terminology and clinical applications of optical coherence tomography for the assessment of interventional procedures

    Francesco Prati;Giulio Guagliumi;Gary S. Mintz;Marco Costa

Frequent Co-Authors

Hang Lee
Hang Lee Harvard University
Lei Xing
Lei Xing Stanford University
Brett E. Bouma
Brett E. Bouma Harvard University
Filippo Crea
Filippo Crea Catholic University of the Sacred Heart
Thomas J. Brady
Thomas J. Brady Harvard University
Herman K. Gold
Herman K. Gold Harvard University
Stephan Achenbach
Stephan Achenbach University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Udo Hoffmann
Udo Hoffmann Harvard University
Yangsoo Jang
Yangsoo Jang Yonsei University

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