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Jongkyeong Chung

Jongkyeong Chung

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Molecular Biology 64 1716 1539 6 6 123 19556

Jongkyeong Chung publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Jongkyeong Chung between 1991 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Jongkyeong Chung published across 35 years, from 1991 to 2025, averaging 3.9 papers a year. Output peaked at 8 publications in 2007. 5 of the 135 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
2 4 6 8
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1991 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 8. Peak 8 publications in 2007. 1991: 5 publications 1992: 2 publications 1993: 0 publications 1994: 2 publications 1995: 1 publication 1996: 1 publication 1997: 1 publication 1998: 0 publications 1999: 3 publications 2000: 7 publications 2001: 5 publications 2002: 6 publications 2003: 6 publications 2004: 1 publication 2005: 3 publications 2006: 5 publications 2007: 8 publications 2008: 5 publications 2009: 5 publications 2010: 7 publications 2011: 4 publications 2012: 8 publications 2013: 4 publications 2014: 2 publications 2015: 4 publications 2016: 5 publications 2017: 4 publications 2018: 2 publications 2019: 4 publications 2020: 4 publications 2021: 5 publications 2022: 7 publications 2023: 4 publications 2024: 1 publication 2025: 4 publications
1991 2025

135 publications in total across all disciplines

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Jongkyeong Chung: publications per year, 1991 to 2025
Year Publications
1991 5
1992 2
1993 0
1994 2
1995 1
1996 1
1997 1
1998 0
1999 3
2000 7
2001 5
2002 6
2003 6
2004 1
2005 3
2006 5
2007 8
2008 5
2009 5
2010 7
2011 4
2012 8
2013 4
2014 2
2015 4
2016 5
2017 4
2018 2
2019 4
2020 4
2021 5
2022 7
2023 4
2024 1
2025 4
Total 135
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Jongkyeong Chung publication distribution in Molecular Biology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Molecular Biology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Jongkyeong Chung sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
50 100 150
Bar chart with 53 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 47–56 to 564+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 177. Most scientists, 177, have 117–126 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 564 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 117–126 publications, is where this scientist sits. 47–56 publications: 7 scientists 57–66 publications: 17 scientists 67–76 publications: 65 scientists 77–86 publications: 90 scientists 87–96 publications: 125 scientists 97–106 publications: 131 scientists 107–116 publications: 162 scientists 117–126 publications: 177 scientists 127–136 publications: 158 scientists 137–146 publications: 158 scientists 147–156 publications: 146 scientists 157–166 publications: 159 scientists 167–176 publications: 131 scientists 177–186 publications: 110 scientists 187–196 publications: 112 scientists 197–206 publications: 100 scientists 207–216 publications: 89 scientists 217–226 publications: 98 scientists 227–236 publications: 74 scientists 237–246 publications: 72 scientists 247–256 publications: 63 scientists 257–266 publications: 53 scientists 267–276 publications: 54 scientists 277–286 publications: 49 scientists 287–296 publications: 52 scientists 297–306 publications: 43 scientists 307–316 publications: 46 scientists 317–326 publications: 41 scientists 327–336 publications: 42 scientists 337–346 publications: 31 scientists 347–356 publications: 28 scientists 357–366 publications: 29 scientists 367–376 publications: 26 scientists 377–386 publications: 24 scientists 387–396 publications: 24 scientists 397–406 publications: 14 scientists 407–416 publications: 13 scientists 417–426 publications: 20 scientists 427–436 publications: 12 scientists 437–446 publications: 20 scientists 447–456 publications: 11 scientists 457–466 publications: 10 scientists 467–476 publications: 14 scientists 477–486 publications: 14 scientists 487–496 publications: 10 scientists 497–506 publications: 13 scientists 507–516 publications: 13 scientists 517–526 publications: 2 scientists 527–536 publications: 4 scientists 537–546 publications: 6 scientists 547–556 publications: 8 scientists 557–563 publications: 6 scientists 564+ publications: 100 scientists
47–56 publications 564+

This scientist: 123 publications — 23rd percentile

23% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 564 publications or more.

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Number of Molecular Biology scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 3,076 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
47–56 7
57–66 17
67–76 65
77–86 90
87–96 125
97–106 131
107–116 162
117–126 177 123
127–136 158
137–146 158
147–156 146
157–166 159
167–176 131
177–186 110
187–196 112
197–206 100
207–216 89
217–226 98
227–236 74
237–246 72
247–256 63
257–266 53
267–276 54
277–286 49
287–296 52
297–306 43
307–316 46
317–326 41
327–336 42
337–346 31
347–356 28
357–366 29
367–376 26
377–386 24
387–396 24
397–406 14
407–416 13
417–426 20
427–436 12
437–446 20
447–456 11
457–466 10
467–476 14
477–486 14
487–496 10
497–506 13
507–516 13
517–526 2
527–536 4
537–546 6
547–556 8
557–563 6
564+ 100
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Jongkyeong Chung D-index placement in Molecular Biology in 2026

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

No. of scientists
25 50 75 100 125
Bar chart with 54 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 40–41 to 145+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 131. Most scientists, 131, have 64–65 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 145 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 64–65 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 40–41 D-Index: 36 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 101 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 115 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 121 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 118 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 130 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 106 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 116 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 113 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 129 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 120 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 105 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 131 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 95 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 97 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 106 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 83 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 89 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 77 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 70 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 73 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 60 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 48 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 45 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 50 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 31 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 51 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 43 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 38 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 39 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 41 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 29 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 33 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 35 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 20 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 38 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 19 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 28 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 13 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 23 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 16 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 15 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 11 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 21 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 7 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 13 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 14 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 17 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 9 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 8 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 16 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 7 scientists 144 D-Index: 7 scientists 145+ D-Index: 100 scientists
40–41 D-Index 145+

This scientist: 64 D-Index — 45th percentile

45% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 145 D-Index or more.

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Number of Molecular Biology scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 3,076 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
40–41 36
42–43 101
44–45 115
46–47 121
48–49 118
50–51 130
52–53 106
54–55 116
56–57 113
58–59 129
60–61 120
62–63 105
64–65 131 64
66–67 95
68–69 97
70–71 106
72–73 83
74–75 89
76–77 77
78–79 70
80–81 73
82–83 60
84–85 48
86–87 45
88–89 50
90–91 31
92–93 51
94–95 43
96–97 38
98–99 39
100–101 41
102–103 29
104–105 33
106–107 35
108–109 20
110–111 38
112–113 19
114–115 28
116–117 13
118–119 23
120–121 16
122–123 15
124–125 11
126–127 21
128–129 7
130–131 13
132–133 14
134–135 17
136–137 9
138–139 8
140–141 16
142–143 7
144 7
145+ 100
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Overview

Jongkyeong Chung is a scientist affiliated with Seoul National University in South Korea. Their research primarily spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a significant focus on Medicine. Their work involves subfields such as Molecular Biology, Epidemiology, Neurology, Cell Biology, and Genetics.

Chung has contributed extensively to topics including Autophagy in Disease and Therapy, Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments, Mitochondrial Function and Pathology, Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Disease, Single-cell and Spatial Transcriptomics, Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics, and Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders.

Recent significant papers by Chung include "Decision between mitophagy and apoptosis by Parkin via VDAC1 ubiquitination" published in 2020 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, "Lysosomal control of senescence and inflammation through cholesterol partitioning" published in 2023 in Nature Metabolism, and "Characterization of altered molecular mechanisms in Parkinson's disease through cell type-resolved multiomics analyses" published in 2023 in Science Advances.

Other notable publications are "Loss of UCHL1 rescues the defects related to Parkinson's disease by suppressing glycolysis" from 2021 and "Peroxiredoxin 3 deficiency induces cardiac hypertrophy and dysfunction by impaired mitochondrial quality control" from 2022, both published in Science Advances and Redox Biology respectively.

Chung frequently publishes in venues such as Science Advances, Nature Communications, PubMed, the Journal of Biological Chemistry, and the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The highest number of their publications are found in Science Advances.

Collaborations have been established with a number of coauthors including Su Jin Ham, Kyoungho Jun, D. S. Lee, Heesuk Yoo, and Sun Ju Chung, with Su Jin Ham being the most frequent collaborator.

Best Publications

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy in higher eukaryotes

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Hagai Abeliovich;Patrizia Agostinis;Devendra K. Agrawal

  • Mitochondrial dysfunction in Drosophila PINK1 mutants is complemented by parkin

    Jeehye Park;Sung Bae Lee;Sungkyu Lee;Yongsung Kim

  • Rapamycin-FKBP specifically blocks growth-dependent activation of and signaling by the 70 kd S6 protein kinases.

    Jongkyeong Chung;Calvin J. Kuo;Gerald R. Crabtree;John Blenis

  • PDGF- and insulin-dependent pp70S6k activation mediated by phosphatidylinositol-3-OH kinase

    Jongkyeong Chung;T. C. Grammer;K. P. Lemon;A. Kazlauskas

  • STAT3 serine phosphorylation by ERK-dependent and -independent pathways negatively modulates its tyrosine phosphorylation.

    Jongkyeong Chung;Eriko Uchida;Timothy C. Grammer;John Blenis

  • Rapamycin selectively inhibits interleukin-2 activation of p70 S6 kinase

    Calvin J. Kuo;Jongkyeong Chung;Jongkyeong Chung;David F. Fiorentino;W. Michael Flanagan

  • Akt/PKB promotes cancer cell invasion via increased motility and metalloproteinase production

    Dohoon Kim;Sunhong Kim;Hyongjong Koh;Sang-Oh Yoon

  • Energy-dependent regulation of cell structure by AMP-activated protein kinase

    Jun Hee Lee;Hyongjong Koh;Myungjin Kim;Yongsung Kim

  • PINK1 controls mitochondrial localization of Parkin through direct phosphorylation.

    Yongsung Kim;Jeehye Park;Sunhong Kim;Saera Song

  • Conserved MicroRNA miR-8/miR-200 and Its Target USH/FOG2 Control Growth by Regulating PI3K

    Seogang Hyun;Jung Hyun Lee;Hua Jin;Jin Wu Nam

  • Parkin negatively regulates JNK pathway in the dopaminergic neurons of Drosophila

    Guang Ho Cha;Sunhong Kim;Jeehye Park;Eunji Lee

  • Host Cell Autophagy Activated by Antibiotics Is Required for Their Effective Antimycobacterial Drug Action

    Jwa Jin Kim;Hye Mi Lee;Dong Min Shin;Wonho Kim

  • Akt: versatile mediator of cell survival and beyond.

    Dohoon Kim;Jongkyeong Chung

  • Drosophila DJ-1 mutants show oxidative stress-sensitive locomotive dysfunction

    Jeehye Park;Sung Yun Kim;Guang-Ho Cha;Sung Bae Lee

  • Cyclic AMP inhibits Akt activity by blocking the membrane localization of PDK1.

    Sunhong Kim;Kwangho Jee;Dohoon Kim;Hyongjong Koh

  • p53 negatively regulates cdc2 transcription via the CCAAT-binding NF-Y transcription factor.

    Jean Ho Yun;Hee Don Chae;Hyon E Choy;Jong Kyeong Chung

  • The PINK1–Parkin pathway is involved in the regulation of mitochondrial remodeling process

    Jeehye Park;Gina Lee;Jongkyeong Chung

  • Activation of pp70/85 S6 kinases in interleukin-2-responsive lymphoid cells is mediated by phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase and inhibited by cyclic AMP.

    M. Monfar;K. P. Lemon;T. C. Grammer;L. Cheatham

  • Akt (protein kinase B) negatively regulates SEK1 by means of protein phosphorylation.

    Hee Sae Park;Mi Sung Kim;Sung Ho Huh;Jihyun Park

  • ATG1, an autophagy regulator, inhibits cell growth by negatively regulating S6 kinase.

    Sung Bae Lee;Sunhong Kim;Jiwoon Lee;Jeehye Park

Frequent Co-Authors

John Blenis
John Blenis Cornell University
Minho Shong
Minho Shong Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
Won Ho Kim
Won Ho Kim Yonsei University
Jin-Man Kim
Jin-Man Kim Seoul National University
Jae U. Jung
Jae U. Jung Cleveland Clinic
Tamotsu Yoshimori
Tamotsu Yoshimori Osaka University
Calvin J. Kuo
Calvin J. Kuo Stanford University
Sung Hee Baek
Sung Hee Baek Seoul National University
Young-Yun Kong
Young-Yun Kong Seoul National University
Howard T. Jacobs
Howard T. Jacobs Tampere University

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