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D-Index
66
Citations
16218
World Ranking
2756
National Ranking
8

Sang Heon Cho publication distribution in Immunology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Immunology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Sang Heon Cho sits on this spectrum.

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62 publications 807+

This scientist: 515 publications — 90th percentile

90% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 807 publications or more.

Sang Heon Cho D-index placement in Immunology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Immunology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Sang Heon Cho sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 157+

This scientist: 66 D-Index — 45th percentile

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

The last bar groups every scientist with 157 D-Index or more.

Overview

Sang Heon Cho is affiliated with Seoul National University in South Korea and has contributed extensively to research in Medicine, particularly in fields such as Physiology, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Immunology, Pharmacology, and Surgery. The primary focus of their work centers on asthma and respiratory diseases, respiratory and cough-related research, IL-33, ST2, and ILC pathways, drug-induced adverse reactions, allergic rhinitis and sensitization, eosinophilic esophagitis, and pediatric health related to respiratory diseases.

The scientist's recent notable publications include:

  • Novel tobacco products including electronic cigarette and heated tobacco products increase risk of allergic rhinitis and asthma in adolescents: Analysis of Korean youth survey, 2020, Allergy
  • Impact of Chronic Cough on Health-Related Quality of Life in the Korean Adult General Population: The Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2010-2016, 2020, Allergy Asthma and Immunology Research
  • Lung virome: New potential biomarkers for asthma severity and exacerbation, 2021, Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
  • A unique population of neutrophils generated by air pollutant-induced lung damage exacerbates airway inflammation, 2021, Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
  • Cigarette smoke aggravates asthma by inducing memory-like type 3 innate lymphoid cells, 2022, Nature Communications

Frequent co-authors in the scientist's body of work include:

  • Hye-Ryun Kang
  • Kyoung-Hee Sohn
  • Jae-Woo Jung
  • Sae-Hoon Kim
  • Woo-Jung Song

Publishing venues where Sang Heon Cho has frequently contributed comprise:

  • Allergy Asthma and Immunology Research
  • Allergy
  • World Allergy Organization Journal
  • Allergy Asthma & Respiratory Disease
  • Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Their research spans over 116 publications focused on Medicine, with major contributions within subfields such as Physiology (36 publications), Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine (29 publications), Immunology (14 publications), Pharmacology (10 publications), and Surgery (8 publications).

Main topics covered in their studies include:

  • Asthma and respiratory diseases
  • Respiratory and cough-related research
  • IL-33, ST2, and ILC pathways
  • Drug-induced adverse reactions
  • Allergic rhinitis and sensitization
  • Eosinophilic esophagitis
  • Pediatric health and respiratory diseases

Best Publications

  • The global epidemiology of chronic cough in adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis

    Woo Jung Song;Yoon Seok Chang;Shoaib Faruqi;Ju Young Kim

  • Increased interleukin-4, interleukin-5, and interferon-γ in airway CD4+ and CD8+ T cells in atopic asthma

    Sang Heon Cho;Luminita A. Stanciu;Stephen T. Holgate;Sebastian L. Johnston

  • Carbamazepine-induced severe cutaneous adverse reactions and HLA genotypes in Koreans.

    Sae-Hoon Kim;Sae-Hoon Kim;Sae-Hoon Kim;Kyung Wha Lee;Woo-Jung Song;Woo-Jung Song;Woo-Jung Song;Sang-Heon Kim

  • Airway Exposure Levels of Lipopolysaccharide Determine Type 1 versus Type 2 Experimental Asthma

    Yoon Keun Kim;Sun Young Oh;Seong Gyu Jeon;Heung Woo Park

  • Positive and negative associations of HLA class I alleles with allopurinol-induced SCARs in Koreans.

    Hye Ryun Kang;Young Koo Jee;Yon Soo Kim;Chang Hwa Lee

  • Epidemiologic and clinical features of anaphylaxis in Korea

    Min-Suk Yang;So-Hee Lee;So-Hee Lee;Tae-Wan Kim;Tae-Wan Kim;Jae-Woo Kwon;Jae-Woo Kwon

  • Asthma in the elderly: what we know and what we have yet to know.

    Anahí Yáñez;Sang-Hoen Cho;Joan B Soriano;Lanny J Rosenwasser

  • Identification of asthma clusters in two independent Korean adult asthma cohorts

    Tae Bum Kim;An Soo Jang;Hyouk Soo Kwon;Jong Sook Park

  • Epidemiology of adult asthma in Asia: toward a better understanding

    Woo-Jung Song;Woo-Jung Song;Min-Gyu Kang;Min-Gyu Kang;Yoon-Seok Chang;Yoon-Seok Chang;Yoon-Seok Chang;Sang-Heon Cho;Sang-Heon Cho

  • Smoking, longer disease duration and absence of rhinosinusitis are related to fixed airway obstruction in Koreans with severe asthma: findings from the COREA study

    Taehoon Lee;Yoon Su Lee;Yun Jeong Bae;Tae Bum Kim

  • Anaphylaxis to iodinated contrast media: clinical characteristics related with development of anaphylactic shock.

    Min Hye Kim;Suh Young Lee;Seung Eun Lee;Min Suk Yang

  • Diagnostic accuracy of fractional exhaled nitric oxide measurement in predicting cough-variant asthma and eosinophilic bronchitis in adults with chronic cough: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

    Woo Jung Song;Hyun Jung Kim;Ji Su Shim;Ha Kyeong Won

  • Skin tests in patients with hypersensitivity reaction to iodinated contrast media: a meta‐analysis

    Soon Ho Yoon;Suh Young Lee;Hye Ryun Kang;Hye Ryun Kang;J. Y. Kim;J. Y. Kim

  • Allergic Diseases in Preschoolers Are Associated With Psychological and Behavioural Problems

    Hyoung Yoon Chang;Ju Hee Seo;Hyung Young Kim;Ji Won Kwon

  • Peripheral blood CD4+ and CD8+ T cell type 1 and type 2 cytokine production in atopic asthmatic and normal subjects.

    Sang Heon Cho;L. A. Stanciu;T. Begishivili;P. J. Bates

  • The role of high‐mobility group box‐1 (HMGB1) in the pathogenesis of asthma

    Eun-Jin Shim;Eunyoung Chun;Hyun-Seung Lee;Bo-Ram Bang

  • Burden of Respiratory Disease in Korea: An Observational Study on Allergic Rhinitis, Asthma, COPD, and Rhinosinusitis

    Kwang Ha Yoo;Hae Ryun Ahn;Jae Kyoung Park;Jong Woong Kim

  • Time for a new language for asthma control: results from REALISE Asia

    David Price;Aileen David-Wang;Sang Heon Cho;James Chung-Man Ho

  • Genome-wide and follow-up studies identify CEP68 gene variants associated with risk of aspirin-intolerant asthma.

    Jeong-Hyun Kim;Byung-Lae Park;Hyun Sub Cheong;Joon Seol Bae

  • Innate immune crosstalk in asthmatic airways: Innate lymphoid cells coordinate polarization of lung macrophages.

    Jihyun Kim;Yuna Chang;Boram Bae;Kyoung Hee Sohn

  • Allergic diseases and air pollution

    Suh-Young Lee;Suh-Young Lee;Yoon-Seok Chang;Yoon-Seok Chang;Yoon-Seok Chang;Sang-Heon Cho;Sang-Heon Cho;Sang-Heon Cho

  • Defining Chronic Cough: A Systematic Review of the Epidemiological Literature

    Woo Jung Song;Yoon Seok Chang;Yoon Seok Chang;Shoaib Faruqi;Min Koo Kang

  • Alveolar macrophages modulate allergic inflammation in a murine model of asthma.

    Bo Ram Bang;Eunyoung Chun;Eun Jin Shim;Hyun Seung Lee

Frequent Co-Authors

Yoon-Seok Chang
Yoon-Seok Chang Seoul National University
Choon-Sik Park
Choon-Sik Park Soonchunhyang University
Hae-Sim Park
Hae-Sim Park Ajou University
Hyoung Doo Shin
Hyoung Doo Shin Sogang University
Yu Kyeong Kim
Yu Kyeong Kim Seoul National University
Soo-Jong Hong
Soo-Jong Hong University of Ulsan
Ki Woong Kim
Ki Woong Kim Seoul National University Bundang Hospital
Byung Hee Oh
Byung Hee Oh Seoul National University Hospital
Yoon-Keun Kim
Yoon-Keun Kim Pohang University of Science and Technology
De Yun Wang
De Yun Wang National University of Singapore

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