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Kyong Ran Peck

Kyong Ran Peck

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Microbiology
Korea
2026

D-Index & Metrics

Microbiology

D-Index
73
Citations
18828
World Ranking
1666
National Ranking
8

Kyong Ran Peck 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 Kyong Ran Peck sits on this spectrum.

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55 publications 679+

This scientist: 483 publications — 94th percentile

94% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Kyong Ran Peck 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 Kyong Ran Peck sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 127+

This scientist: 73 D-Index — 71st percentile

71% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Microbiology in Korea Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Microbiology in Korea Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Microbiology in Korea Leader Award

Overview

Kyong Ran Peck is affiliated with Samsung Medical Center in South Korea and focuses primarily on research within the field of Medicine, contributing extensively to Infectious Diseases among other subfields.

The main subfields of study that characterize their work include:

  • Infectious Diseases
  • Epidemiology
  • Neurology
  • Clinical Biochemistry
  • Molecular Medicine

The core topics addressed in their publications reflect a strong emphasis on COVID-19-related research as well as antimicrobial resistance:

  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
  • COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
  • Long-Term Effects of COVID-19
  • Antimicrobial Resistance in Staphylococcus
  • Bacterial Identification and Susceptibility Testing
  • Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria
  • Antifungal resistance and susceptibility

Among their notable recent papers are the following:

  • PD-1-Expressing SARS-CoV-2-Specific CD8+ T Cells Are Not Exhausted, but Functional in Patients with COVID-19, 2020, Immunity
  • Association Between Vaccination and Acute Myocardial Infarction and Ischemic Stroke After COVID-19 Infection, 2022, JAMA
  • Rezafungin versus caspofungin for treatment of candidaemia and invasive candidiasis (ReSTORE): a multicentre, double-blind, double-dummy, randomised phase 3 trial, 2022, The Lancet
  • Neutralizing Antibody Production in Asymptomatic and Mild COVID-19 Patients, in Comparison with Pneumonic COVID-19 Patients, 2020, Journal of Clinical Medicine
  • Risk Factors for Mortality and Respiratory Support in Elderly Patients Hospitalized with COVID-19 in Korea, 2020, Journal of Korean Medical Science

Kyong Ran Peck has collaborated frequently with several researchers, including:

  • Jae-Hoon Ko
  • Kyungmin Huh
  • Doo Ryeon Chung
  • Cheol-In Kang
  • Sun Young Cho

Their publications appear predominantly in the following venues:

  • Journal of Korean Medical Science
  • Infection and Chemotherapy
  • Open Forum Infectious Diseases
  • International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents
  • Microbiology Spectrum

Best Publications

  • High prevalence of antimicrobial resistance among clinical Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates in Asia (an ANSORP study).

    Jae-Hoon Song;Sook-In Jung;Kwan Soo Ko;Na Young Kim

  • Spread of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus between the community and the hospitals in Asian countries: an ANSORP study

    Jae-Hoon Song;Po-Ren Hsueh;Doo Ryeon Chung;Kwan Soo Ko

  • Changing Trends in Antimicrobial Resistance and Serotypes of Streptococcus pneumoniae Isolates in Asian Countries: an Asian Network for Surveillance of Resistant Pathogens (ANSORP) Study

    So Hyun Kim;Jae Hoon Song;Doo Ryeon Chung;Visanu Thamlikitkul

  • High prevalence of multidrug-resistant nonfermenters in hospital-acquired pneumonia in Asia.

    Doo Ryeon Chung;Jae Hoon Song;So Hyun Kim;Visanu Thamlikitkul

  • High rates of resistance to colistin and polymyxin B in subgroups of Acinetobacter baumannii isolates from Korea

    Kwan Soo Ko;Ji Yoeun Suh;Ki Tae Kwon;Sook-In Jung

  • Challenges of convalescent plasma infusion therapy in Middle East respiratory coronavirus infection: a single centre experience

    Jae Hoon Ko;Hyeri Seok;Sun Young Cho;Young Eun Ha

  • MERS-CoV outbreak following a single patient exposure in an emergency room in South Korea: an epidemiological outbreak study

    Sun Young Cho;Ji-Man Kang;Young Eun Ha;Ga Eun Park

  • Distribution of Major Genotypes among Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Clones in Asian Countries

    Kwan Soo Ko;Ji-Young Lee;Ji Yoeun Suh;Won Sup Oh

  • Scoring systems for prediction of mortality in patients with intensive care unit-acquired sepsis: a comparison of the Pitt bacteremia score and the Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation II scoring systems.

    Ji-Young Rhee;Ki Tae Kwon;Hyun Kyun Ki;Sang Yop Shin

  • Impact of imipenem resistance on mortality in patients with Acinetobacter bacteraemia

    Ki Tae Kwon;Won Sup Oh;Jae-Hoon Song;Hyun-Ha Chang

  • Epidemiology and clinical outcomes of community-acquired pneumonia in adult patients in Asian countries: a prospective study by the Asian network for surveillance of resistant pathogens.

    Jae-Hoon Song;Won Sup Oh;Cheol-In Kang;Doo Ryeon Chung

  • Clinical Significance and Outcome of Nosocomial Acquisition of Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis in Patients with Liver Cirrhosis

    Hae Suk Cheong;Cheol-In Kang;Jeong A Lee;Soo Youn Moon

  • Association Between Vaccination and Acute Myocardial Infarction and Ischemic Stroke After COVID-19 Infection.

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  • PD-1-Expressing SARS-CoV-2-Specific CD8 + T Cells Are Not Exhausted, but Functional in Patients with COVID-19.

    Min Seok Rha;Hye Won Jeong;Jae Hoon Ko;Seong Jin Choi

  • Carriage of Antibiotic-Resistant Pneumococci among Asian Children: A Multinational Surveillance by the Asian Network for Surveillance of Resistant Pathogens (ANSORP)

    Nam Yong Lee;Jae-Hoon Song;Sungmin Kim;Kyong Ran Peck

  • Tandemly repeated genes encode nucleoside triphosphate hydrolase isoforms secreted into the parasitophorous vacuole of Toxoplasma gondii.

    David Bermudes;Kyong Ran Peck;Mohammed Afifi Afifi;Con J.M. Beckers

  • Emergence in Asian Countries of Staphylococcus aureus with Reduced Susceptibility to Vancomycin

    Jae-Hoon Song;Keiichi Hiramatsu;Ji Yoeun Suh;Kwan Soo Ko

  • High prevalence of CTX-M-15-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates in Asian countries: diverse clones and clonal dissemination

    Mi Young Lee;Kwan Soo Ko;Cheol-In Kang;Doo Ryeon Chung

  • Macrolide resistance and genotypic characterization of Streptococcus pneumoniae in Asian countries: a study of the Asian Network for Surveillance of Resistant Pathogens (ANSORP)

    Jae Hoon Song;Hyun Ha Chang;Ji Yoeun Suh;Kwan Soo Ko

  • Predictive factors for pneumonia development and progression to respiratory failure in MERS-CoV infected patients.

    Jae Hoon Ko;Ga Eun Park;Ji Yeon Lee;Ji Yong Lee

  • Neutralizing Antibody Production in Asymptomatic and Mild COVID-19 Patients, in Comparison with Pneumonic COVID-19 Patients

    Jae-Hoon Ko;Eun-Jeong Joo;Su-Jin Park;Jin Yang Baek

Frequent Co-Authors

Jae-Hoon Song
Jae-Hoon Song Samsung Medical Center
Doo Ryeon Chung
Doo Ryeon Chung Samsung Medical Center
Cheol-In Kang
Cheol-In Kang Sungkyunkwan University
Kwan Soo Ko
Kwan Soo Ko Sungkyunkwan University
Nam Yong Lee
Nam Yong Lee Samsung Medical Center
Po-Ren Hsueh
Po-Ren Hsueh China Medical University
Cheng-Hsun Chiu
Cheng-Hsun Chiu Chang Gung University
Ki-Hyun Kim
Ki-Hyun Kim Hanyang University
Marcel A. Müller
Marcel A. Müller Charité - University Medicine Berlin
Christian Drosten
Christian Drosten Charité - University Medicine Berlin

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