2026 Kami Kim: Biology and Biochemistry Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Biology and Biochemistry	59	12777	11762	5447	4878	159	10119

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Biology and Biochemistry

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Biology and Biochemistry

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10119

World Ranking

12777

National Ranking

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Overview

Kami Kim is affiliated with the University of South Florida in the United States and has contributed extensively to research in Medicine, with a focus on Infectious Diseases. Their work spans several subfields including Parasitology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Epidemiology, and Molecular Biology.

Their research addresses multiple topics, notably:

Toxoplasma gondii Research Studies
COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
Malaria Research and Control
SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
Long-Term Effects of COVID-19
Antimicrobial Resistance in Staphylococcus
Mosquito-borne Diseases and Control

Kami Kim has published in various respected venues, including:

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Open Forum Infectious Diseases
UNC Libraries
The Journal of Infectious Diseases
Annals of Internal Medicine

Recent publication highlights include:

"Tixagevimab-cilgavimab for treatment of patients hospitalised with COVID-19: a randomised, double-blind, phase 3 trial" (2022, The Lancet Respiratory Medicine)
"Real-world effectiveness of early remdesivir and sotrovimab in the highest-risk COVID-19 outpatients during the Omicron surge" (2022, Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy)
"The Association of Baseline Plasma SARS-CoV-2 Nucleocapsid Antigen Level and Outcomes in Patients Hospitalized With COVID-19" (2022, Annals of Internal Medicine)
"Determinants of brain swelling in pediatric and adult cerebral malaria" (2021, JCI Insight)
"A unique GCN5 histone acetyltransferase complex controls erythrocyte invasion and virulence in the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum" (2021, PLoS Pathogens)

Kami Kim frequently collaborates with several researchers, including:

Suzane Silbert
Mamta K. Jain
Cavan Reilly
Elizabeth S. Higgs
Liwang Cui

Best Publications

Bright and stable near-infrared fluorescent protein for in vivo imaging

Grigory S. Filonov;Kiryl D. Piatkevich;Li Min Ting;Jinghang Zhang

786
Citations
Toxoplasma gondii: the model apicomplexan

Kami Kim;Louis M. Weiss

490
Citations
Toxoplasma gondii : the model apicomplexan : perspectives and methods

Louis M. Weiss;Kami Kim

372
Citations
Gene Replacement in Toxoplasma gondii with Chloramphenicol Acetyltransferase as Selectable Marker

Kami Kim;Dominique Soldati;John C. Boothroyd

357
Citations
The development and biology of bradyzoites of Toxoplasma gondii.

Louis M. Weiss;Kami Kim

354
Citations
Local admixture of amplified and diversified secreted pathogenesis determinants shapes mosaic Toxoplasma gondii genomes

Hernan Lorenzi;Asis Khan;Asis Khan;Michael S Behnke;Michael S Behnke;Sivaranjani Namasivayam

279
Citations
Plasmodium falciparum purine nucleoside phosphorylase: crystal structures, immucillin inhibitors, and dual catalytic function.

Wuxian Shi;Li Min Ting;Gregory A. Kicska;Andrzej Lewandowicz

174
Citations
The Toxoplasma gondii cyst wall protein CST1 is critical for cyst wall integrity and promotes bradyzoite persistence.

Tadakimi Tomita;David J. Bzik;Yan Fen Ma;Barbara A. Fox

170
Citations
Purine-less death in Plasmodium falciparum induced by immucillin-H, a transition state analogue of purine nucleoside phosphorylase

Gregory A. Kicska;Peter C. Tyler;Gary B. Evans;Richard H. Furneaux

162
Citations
Pathogens Hijack the Epigenome: A New Twist on Host-Pathogen Interactions

Natalie C. Silmon de Monerri;Kami Kim

158
Citations
Targeting a novel Plasmodium falciparum purine recycling pathway with specific immucillins.

Li Min Ting;Wuxian Shi;Andrzej Lewandowicz;Vipender Singh

148
Citations
A latent ability to persist: differentiation in Toxoplasma gondii.

Victoria Jeffers;Zoi Tampaki;Kami Kim;Kami Kim;William J. Sullivan

146
Citations
A conserved subtilisin-like protein TgSUB1 in microneme organelles of Toxoplasma gondii.

Steven A. Miller;Emily M. Binder;Michael J. Blackman;Vern B. Carruthers

142
Citations
Toxoplasma gondii sequesters centromeres to a specific nuclear region throughout the cell cycle

Carrie F. Brooks;Maria E. Francia;Mathieu Gissot;Mathieu Gissot;Matthew M. Croken

135
Citations
Toxoplasma: the next 100 years

Kami Kim;Louis M. Weiss

134
Citations
The Toxoplasma gondii Rhoptry Protein ROP4 Is Secreted into the Parasitophorous Vacuole and Becomes Phosphorylated in Infected Cells

Kimberly L. Carey;Artemio M. Jongco;Kami Kim;Gary E. Ward

132
Citations
Epigenomic Modifications Predict Active Promoters and Gene Structure in Toxoplasma gondii

Mathieu Gissot;Krystyna A Kelly;Krystyna A Kelly;James W Ajioka;John M Greally

132
Citations
Transition state analogue inhibitors of purine nucleoside phosphorylase from Plasmodium falciparum.

Gregory A. Kicska;Peter C. Tyler;Gary B. Evans;Richard H. Furneaux

125
Citations
Distinct mechanisms govern proteolytic shedding of a key invasion protein in apicomplexan pathogens

Steven A. Howell;Fiona Hackett;Artemio M. Jongco;Chrislaine Withers-Martinez

125
Citations
RESTRICTION ENZYME-MEDIATED INTEGRATION ELEVATES TRANSFORMATION FREQUENCY AND ENABLES CO-TRANSFECTION OF TOXOPLASMA GONDII

Michael Black;Frank Seeber;Dominique Soldati;Kami Kim

124
Citations