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D-Index
97
Citations
36442
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9247
National Ranking
25

Kyong Soo Park 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 Kyong Soo Park sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 566 publications — 68th percentile

68% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Kyong Soo Park 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 Kyong Soo Park sits on this spectrum.

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70 D-Index 217+

This scientist: 97 D-Index — 55th percentile

55% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Kyong Soo Park is affiliated with Seoul National University Hospital in South Korea and has contributed extensively to the fields of medicine, biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their body of work encompasses a broad range of topics with a focus on diabetes treatment and management, immunotherapy and immune responses, metabolism, cancer, genetic associations, and pancreatic function.

Their research spans several subfields, including molecular biology, endocrinology, diabetes and metabolism, immunology, genetics, and surgery. This multidisciplinary approach is reflected in Kyong Soo Park's publication record and thematic interests.

Key topics covered in their work include:

  • Diabetes Treatment and Management
  • Immunotherapy and Immune Responses
  • Metabolism, Diabetes, and Cancer
  • Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
  • Pancreatic function and diabetes
  • Diabetes Management and Research
  • Catalytic Processes in Materials Science

Kyong Soo Park has published in a variety of scientific journals, with frequent appearances in:

  • Diabetes & Metabolism Journal
  • Diabetes Obesity and Metabolism
  • Diabetes Care
  • Journal of Controlled Release
  • Diabetes

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Kyong Soo Park include:

  • Non-viral COVID-19 vaccine delivery systems, 2020, Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews
  • Efficient Lymph Node-Targeted Delivery of Personalized Cancer Vaccines with Reactive Oxygen Species-Inducing Reduced Graphene Oxide Nanosheets, 2020, ACS Nano
  • Identification of type 2 diabetes loci in 433,540 East Asian individuals, 2020, Nature
  • Amplifying STING activation by cyclic dinucleotide-manganese particles for local and systemic cancer metalloimmunotherapy, 2021, Nature Nanotechnology
  • Multi-ancestry genome-wide association study of gestational diabetes mellitus highlights genetic links with type 2 diabetes, 2022, Human Molecular Genetics

Throughout their career, Kyong Soo Park has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including Soo Heon Kwak, James J. Moon, Sung Soo Chung, Hye Seung Jung, and Hak Chul Jang. These collaborations have contributed to various areas within their main and sub-fields, indicating a strong interdisciplinary and cooperative research environment.

Best Publications

  • Albiglutide and cardiovascular outcomes in patients with type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease (Harmony Outcomes): a double-blind, randomised placebo-controlled trial

    Adrian F Hernandez;Jennifer B Green;Salim Janmohamed;Ralph B D'Agostino

  • The genetic architecture of type 2 diabetes

    Christian Fuchsberger;Christian Fuchsberger;Jason A. Flannick;Jason A. Flannick;Tanya M. Teslovich;Anubha Mahajan

  • Genome-wide trans-ancestry meta-analysis provides insight into the genetic architecture of type 2 diabetes susceptibility.

    Anubha Mahajan;Min Jin Go;Weihua Zhang;Jennifer E. Below

  • Variants in KCNQ1 are associated with susceptibility to type 2 diabetes mellitus.

    Kazuki Yasuda;Kazuaki Miyake;Yukio Horikawa;Kazuo Hara

  • Increasing Prevalence of Metabolic Syndrome in Korea: The Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey for 1998–2007

    Soo A Lim;Hayley Shin;Jung Han Song;Soo Heon Kwak

  • Meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies identifies eight new loci for type 2 diabetes in east Asians

    Yoon Shin Cho;Chien Hsiun Chen;Chien Hsiun Chen;Cheng Hu;Jirong Long

  • Sarcopenic Obesity: Prevalence and Association with Metabolic Syndrome in the Korean Longitudinal Study on Health and Aging (KLoSHA)

    Soo Lim;Jung Hee Kim;Ji Won Yoon;Seon Mee Kang

  • Plasma retinol-binding protein-4 concentrations are elevated in human subjects with impaired glucose tolerance and type 2 diabetes.

    Young Min Cho;Byung-Soo Youn;Hyewon Lee;Namseok Lee

  • Dynamic changes in mitochondrial biogenesis and antioxidant enzymes during the spontaneous differentiation of human embryonic stem cells.

    Young Min Cho;Sujin Kwon;Youngmi Kim Pak;Hye Won Seol

  • Implication of genetic variants near TCF7L2, SLC30A8, HHEX, CDKAL1, CDKN2A/B, IGF2BP2, and FTO in type 2 diabetes and obesity in 6,719 Asians.

    Maggie C.Y. Ng;Kyong Soo Park;Bermseok Oh;Claudia H.T. Tam

  • Differences in the glucose-lowering efficacy of dipeptidyl peptidase-4 inhibitors between Asians and non-Asians: a systematic review and meta-analysis

    Y. G. Kim;S. Hahn;S. Hahn;T. J. Oh;S. H. Kwak

  • The N-End Rule Pathway

    Takafumi Tasaki;Shashikanth M. Sriram;Kyong Soo Park;Yong Tae Kwon

  • Resistin is secreted from macrophages in atheromas and promotes atherosclerosis.

    Hye Seung Jung;Ki Ho Park;Young Min Cho;Young Min Cho;Sung Soo Chung

  • Identification of type 2 diabetes loci in 433,540 East Asian individuals

    Cassandra N Spracklen;Cassandra N Spracklen;Momoko Horikoshi;Young Jin Kim;Kuang Lin

  • A genome-wide association study in the Japanese population identifies susceptibility loci for type 2 diabetes at UBE2E2 and C2CD4A-C2CD4B

    Toshimasa Yamauchi;Kazuo Hara;Shiro Maeda;Kazuki Yasuda

  • Relationship between serum adiponectin and leptin concentrations and body fat distribution

    Keun-Gyu Park;Kyong Soo Park;Mi-Jung Kim;Hye-Soon Kim

  • Plasma resistin concentrations measured by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay using a newly developed monoclonal antibody are elevated in individuals with type 2 diabetes mellitus

    Byung-Soo Youn;Kang-Yeol Yu;Hong Je Park;Nam Seok Lee

  • The genetic architecture of type 2 diabetes

    Christian Fuchsberger;Jason Flannick;Tanya M. Teslovich;Anubha Mahajan

  • Genome-wide trans-ancestry meta-analysis provides insight into the genetic architecture of type 2 diabetes susceptibility

    Anubha Mahajan;Min Jin Go;Weihua Zhang;Jennifer E. Below

  • Plasma Retinol-Binding Protein-4 Concentrations Are Elevated in Human Subjects With Impaired Glucose Tolerance and Type 2 Diabetes: Response to Gavi et al.

    Young Min Cho;Byung-Soo Youn;Kyong Soo Park

Frequent Co-Authors

Hak Chul Jang
Hak Chul Jang Seoul National University
Hyoung Doo Shin
Hyoung Doo Shin Sogang University
Jose C. Florez
Jose C. Florez Harvard University
Tien Yin Wong
Tien Yin Wong Tsinghua University
Jianjun Liu
Jianjun Liu Genome Institute of Singapore
Wing-Yee So
Wing-Yee So Chinese University of Hong Kong
Ki Woong Kim
Ki Woong Kim Seoul National University Bundang Hospital
Jason Flannick
Jason Flannick Broad Institute
Torben Hansen
Torben Hansen University of Copenhagen
Andrew P. Morris
Andrew P. Morris University of Liverpool

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