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D-Index
49
Citations
6662
World Ranking
15010
National Ranking
283

SangGuan You publication distribution in Chemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Chemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where SangGuan You sits on this spectrum.

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 150 publications — 14th percentile

14% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,295 publications or more.

SangGuan You D-index placement in Chemistry in 2026

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

40–41 D-Index: 289 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 612 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 808 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 776 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 835 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 861 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 872 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 933 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 1,051 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 930 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 882 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 834 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 731 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 775 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 683 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 646 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 561 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 501 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 437 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 388 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 354 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 292 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 275 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 254 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 235 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 185 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 192 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 155 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 163 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 125 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 105 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 105 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 112 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 88 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 68 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 69 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 65 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 79 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 61 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 44 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 37 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 40 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 33 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 26 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 34 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 35 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 25 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 27 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 17 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 16 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 20 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 20 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 15 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 9 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 9 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 16 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 11 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 9 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 3 scientists 158 D-Index: 3 scientists 159+ D-Index: 98 scientists
40 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 49 D-Index — 19th percentile

19% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 159 D-Index or more.

Overview

SangGuan You is affiliated with Gangneung-Wonju National University in South Korea. Their research primarily focuses on the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Materials Science, with a substantial body of work in related subfields including Aquatic Science, Materials Chemistry, Molecular Biology, Plant Science, and Immunology.

The scientist's main topics of research encompass Seaweed-derived Bioactive Compounds, Polysaccharides and Plant Cell Walls, Carbon and Quantum Dots Applications, Advanced Biosensing and Bioanalysis Techniques, Nanocluster Synthesis and Applications, Nanoparticles: Synthesis and Applications, and Aquaculture Nutrition and Growth.

The recent publication record includes papers such as:

  • Microbial exopolysaccharides for immune enhancement: Fermentation, modifications and bioactivities, 2020, Food Bioscience
  • Bioengineered gold nanoparticles from marine seaweed Acanthophora spicifera for pharmaceutical uses: antioxidant, antibacterial, and anticancer activities, 2020, Bioprocess and Biosystems Engineering
  • Optimization of ultrasonic-assisted extraction of polysaccharides from purple glutinous rice bran (Oryza sativa L.) and their antioxidant activities, 2020, Scientific Reports
  • Studies on isolation, characterization of fucoidan from brown algae Turbinaria decurrens and evaluation of its in vivo and in vitro anti-inflammatory activities, 2020, International Journal of Biological Macromolecules
  • The Antiviral Activity of Bacterial, Fungal, and Algal Polysaccharides as Bioactive Ingredients: Potential Uses for Enhancing Immune Systems and Preventing Viruses, 2021, Frontiers in Nutrition

Frequent publication venues for SangGuan You's work include:

  • International Journal of Biological Macromolecules
  • Process Biochemistry
  • Journal of Molecular Liquids
  • Marine Drugs
  • Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology

The scientist has collaborated repeatedly with several coauthors, among them:

  • Subramanian Palanisamy
  • Sonaimuthu Mohandoss
  • Yong Rok Lee
  • Narayanasamy Marimuthu Prabhu
  • Kuppu Sakthi Velu

Best Publications

  • Effects of molecular weight and hydrolysis conditions on anticancer activity of fucoidans from sporophyll of Undaria pinnatifida

    Chen Yang;Donghwa Chung;Il-Shik Shin;HyeonYong Lee

  • Antioxidant properties of extract and fractions from Enteromorpha prolifera, a type of green seaweed.

    MyoungLae Cho;Hyi-Seung Lee;Il-Jun Kang;Moo-Ho Won

  • In vitro and in vivo immunomodulatory activity of sulfated polysaccharides from Enteromorpha prolifera

    Jin-Kyung Kim;Myoung Lae Cho;Supatra Karnjanapratum;Il-Shik Shin

  • Molecular characteristics and anti-inflammatory activity of the fucoidan extracted from Ecklonia cava.

    Seung-Hong Lee;Chang-Ik Ko;Ginnae Ahn;SangGuan You

  • Relationship between oversulfation and conformation of low and high molecular weight fucoidans and evaluation of their in vitro anticancer activity.

    Myoung Lae Cho;Boo-Yong Lee;Sang Guan You

  • Effect of different non-conventional extraction methods on the antibacterial and antiviral activity of fucoidans extracted from Nizamuddinia zanardinii

    Mehdi Alboofetileh;Masoud Rezaei;Mehdi Tabarsa;Massimo Rittà

  • Molecular Characterization of Corn Starch Using an Aqueous HPSEC-MALLS-RI System Under Various Dissolution and Analytical Conditions

    Sang Guan You;Seung Taik Lim

  • Exopolysaccharides from lactic acid bacteria: Structural analysis, molecular weight effect on immunomodulation

    Utoomporn Surayot;Jianguo Wang;Phisit Seesuriyachan;Ampin Kuntiya

  • Chemical and rheological properties of polysaccharides from fruit body of Auricularia auricular-judae

    Honghui Bao;SangGuan You;Longkui Cao;Rui Zhou

  • Molecular characteristics of sulfated polysaccharides from Monostroma nitidum and their in vitro anticancer and immunomodulatory activities.

    Supatra Karnjanapratum;SangGuan You

  • Molecular characteristics of partially hydrolyzed fucoidans from sporophyll of Undaria Pinnatifida and their in vitro anticancer activity

    SangGuan You;Chen Yang;HyeonYong Lee;Boo-Yong Lee

  • Effects of extraction methods on molecular characteristics, antioxidant properties and immunomodulation of alginates from Sargassum angustifolium.

    Niloofar Jokar Borazjani;Mehdi Tabarsa;SangGuan You;Masoud Rezaei

  • Isolation and structural characterization of sulfated polysaccharide from Spirulina platensis and its bioactive potential: In vitro antioxidant, antibacterial activity and Zebrafish growth and reproductive performance.

    Periyannan Rajasekar;Subramanian Palanisamy;Ravichandran Anjali;Manoharan Vinosha

  • Microbial exopolysaccharides for immune enhancement: Fermentation, modifications and bioactivities

    Worraprat Chaisuwan;Kittisak Jantanasakulwong;Sutee Wangtueai;Yuthana Phimolsiripol

  • Structure and physicochemical properties of β-glucans and arabinoxylans isolated from hull-less barley

    J.M. Storsley;M.S. Izydorczyk;S. You;C.G. Biliaderis

  • Determination of physicochemical properties of sulphated fucans from sporophyll of Undaria pinnatifida using light scattering technique.

    Chen Yang;Donghwa Chung;SangGuan You

  • Molecular characteristics of barley starches with variable amylose content

    SangGuan You;Marta S Izydorczyk

  • Characterization and immunomodulatory activities of sulfated polysaccharides from Capsosiphon fulvescens.

    Supatra Karnjanapratum;Mehdi Tabarsa;MyoungLae Cho;SangGuan You

  • Inhibitory effects of fucan sulfates on enzymatic hydrolysis of starch

    MyoungLae Cho;Jung H. Han;SangGuan You

  • The antioxidant properties of ethanol extracts and their solvent-partitioned fractions from various green seaweeds

    MyoungLae Cho;Il-Jun Kang;Moo-Ho Won;Hyi-Seung Lee

  • Molecular characterization and biological activities of watersoluble sulfated polysaccharides from Enteromorpha prolifera

    MyoungLae Cho;Chen Yang;Sang Moo Kim;SangGuan You

  • Subcritical water extraction as an efficient technique to isolate biologically-active fucoidans from Nizamuddinia zanardinii

    Mehdi Alboofetileh;Masoud Rezaei;Mehdi Tabarsa;SangGuan You

  • Purification, molecular properties, structural characterization, and immunomodulatory activities of water soluble polysaccharides from Sargassum angustifolium.

    Niloofar Jokar Borazjani;Mehdi Tabarsa;SangGuan You;Masoud Rezaei

  • Bioengineered gold nanoparticles from marine seaweed Acanthophora spicifera for pharmaceutical uses: antioxidant, antibacterial, and anticancer activities.

    Baskaran Babu;Subramanian Palanisamy;Manoharan Vinosha;Ravichandran Anjali

Frequent Co-Authors

Yong Rok Lee
Yong Rok Lee Yeungnam University
Moo-Ho Won
Moo-Ho Won Kangwon National University
Jae-Jin Shim
Jae-Jin Shim Yeungnam University
Raji Atchudan
Raji Atchudan Yeungnam University
Seung Taik Lim
Seung Taik Lim Korea University
Francisco J. Barba
Francisco J. Barba University of Valencia
In Koo Hwang
In Koo Hwang Seoul National University
Young-Myeong Kim
Young-Myeong Kim Kangwon National University
Joe M. Regenstein
Joe M. Regenstein Cornell University

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