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D-Index
48
Citations
9720
World Ranking
6163
National Ranking
32

Woong Sun publication distribution in Neuroscience in 2026

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

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38 publications 887+

This scientist: 229 publications — 70th percentile

70% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 887 publications or more.

Woong Sun D-index placement in Neuroscience in 2026

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

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30 D-Index 163+

This scientist: 48 D-Index — 37th percentile

37% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 163 D-Index or more.

Overview

Woong Sun is affiliated with Korea University in South Korea and has an extensive publication record focused mainly on biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and neuroscience. Their research spans several key fields and topics within these domains.

Their main fields of study include:

  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • Neuroscience

Within these broad areas, Woong Sun has contributed notably to several subfields such as:

  • Molecular Biology
  • Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Developmental Neuroscience
  • Genetics

Major research topics covered in their work include:

  • Pluripotent Stem Cells Research
  • Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms
  • 3D Printing in Biomedical Research
  • Neuroscience and Neural Engineering
  • Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation
  • CRISPR and Genetic Engineering
  • RNA Research and Splicing

Woong Sun has coauthored numerous papers with several frequent collaborators, including:

  • Ju-Hyun Lee
  • Jae Ryun Ryu
  • Mohammed R. Shaker
  • Boram Lee
  • June Hoan Kim

The venues where Woong Sun has most often published include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Scientific Reports
  • International Journal of Stem Cells
  • Cell Death and Disease
  • Animal Cells and Systems

Selected recent papers by Woong Sun illustrate the focus and scope of their research:

  • "3D high-density microelectrode array with optical stimulation and drug delivery for investigating neural circuit dynamics," 2021, published in Nature Communications
  • "Neurodevelopmental defects and neurodegenerative phenotypes in human brain organoids carrying Parkinson's disease-linked DNAJC6 mutations," 2021, published in Science Advances
  • "Production of human spinal-cord organoids recapitulating neural-tube morphogenesis," 2022, published in Nature Biomedical Engineering
  • "Generation of homogeneous midbrain organoids with in vivo-like cellular composition facilitates neurotoxin-based Parkinson's disease modeling," 2020, published in Stem Cells
  • "Rapid and Efficient Generation of Myelinating Human Oligodendrocytes in Organoids," 2021, published in Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience

Best Publications

  • Adaptive roles of programmed cell death during nervous system development.

    Robert R. Buss;Woong Sun;Ronald W. Oppenheim

  • Complete dissociation of motor neuron death from motor dysfunction by Bax deletion in a mouse model of ALS.

    Thomas W. Gould;Robert R. Buss;Sharon Vinsant;David Prevette

  • Rapid induction and long-term self-renewal of primitive neural precursors from human embryonic stem cells by small molecule inhibitors

    Wenlin Li;Woong Sun;Yu Zhang;Wanguo Wei

  • Adrenal peripheral clock controls the autonomous circadian rhythm of glucocorticoid by causing rhythmic steroid production

    Gi Hoon Son;Sooyoung Chung;Han Kyoung Choe;Hee-Dae Kim

  • Amygdala depotentiation and fear extinction.

    Jeongyeon Kim;Sukwon Lee;Kyungjoon Park;Ingie Hong

  • Programmed Cell Death of Adult-Generated Hippocampal Neurons Is Mediated by the Proapoptotic Gene Bax

    Woong Sun;Adam Winseck;Sharon Vinsant;Ok Hee Park

  • 3D high-density microelectrode array with optical stimulation and drug delivery for investigating neural circuit dynamics.

    Hyogeun Shin;Hyogeun Shin;Sohyeon Jeong;Sohyeon Jeong;Ju Hyun Lee;Woong Sun

  • Overexpression of HGF Retards Disease Progression and Prolongs Life Span in a Transgenic Mouse Model of ALS

    Woong Sun;Hiroshi Funakoshi;Toshikazu Nakamura

  • Control of adult neurogenesis by programmed cell death in the mammalian brain

    Jae Ryun Ryu;Caroline Jeeyeon Hong;Joo Yeon Kim;Eun Kyoung Kim

  • Autophagic death of neural stem cells mediates chronic stress-induced decline of adult hippocampal neurogenesis and cognitive deficits.

    Seonghee Jung;Seongwon Choe;Hanwoong Woo;Hyeonjeong Jeong

  • Spatiotemporal expression pattern of non-clustered protocadherin family members in the developing rat brain.

    S.-Y. Kim;H. Sun Chung;W. Sun;H. Kim

  • Production of human spinal-cord organoids recapitulating neural-tube morphogenesis

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  • Physiological and Pathological Significance of Dynamin-Related Protein 1 (Drp1)-Dependent Mitochondrial Fission in the Nervous System

    Bongki Cho;So Yoen Choi;Hyo Min Cho;Hyun-Jung Grace Kim

  • Small molecules enable OCT4-mediated direct reprogramming into expandable human neural stem cells

    Saiyong Zhu;Rajesh Ambasudhan;Woong Sun;Hyun Jung Kim

  • Neurodevelopmental defects and neurodegenerative phenotypes in human brain organoids carrying Parkinson’s disease-linked DNAJC6 mutations

    Noviana Wulansari;Wahyu Handoko Wibowo Darsono;Hye Ji Woo;Mi Yoon Chang

  • Neuroprotective effect of topiramate on hypoxic ischemic brain injury in neonatal rats.

    Mi Ra Noh;Sung Koo Kim;Sung Koo Kim;Woong Sun;Soon Kwon Park

  • Impaired Migration in the Rostral Migratory Stream But Spared Olfactory Function after the Elimination of Programmed Cell Death in Bax Knock-Out Mice

    Woon Ryoung Kim;Younghwa Kim;Bokkee Eun;Ok-hee Park

  • Drp1-Zip1 Interaction Regulates Mitochondrial Quality Surveillance System.

    Hyo Min Cho;Jae Ryun Ryu;Youhwa Jo;Tae Woong Seo

  • Phosphorylation of LSD1 by PKCα Is Crucial for Circadian Rhythmicity and Phase Resetting

    Hye Jin Nam;Kyungjin Boo;Dongha Kim;Dong Hee Han

  • Essential role of ELOVL4 protein in very long chain fatty acid synthesis and retinal function.

    Richard Harkewicz;Hongjun Du;Hongjun Du;Hongjun Du;Zongzhong Tong;Hisham Alkuraya

  • Enhanced proliferation of progenitor cells following long-term potentiation induction in the rat dentate gyrus

    Sung Kun Chun;Woong Sun;Joong Jean Park;Min Whan Jung

  • Induction of Neuronal Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Expression by cAMP in the Dentate Gyrus of the Hippocampus Is Required for Antidepressant-Like Behaviors

    Jeong-Sik Lee;Deok-Jin Jang;Nuribalhae Lee;Hyoung-Gon Ko

Frequent Co-Authors

Hyun Kim
Hyun Kim Korea University
Kyungjin Kim
Kyungjin Kim Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology
Ronald W. Oppenheim
Ronald W. Oppenheim Wake Forest University
Hyun Uk Kim
Hyun Uk Kim Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
Kang Zhang
Kang Zhang Macau University of Science and Technology
Toshikazu Nakamura
Toshikazu Nakamura Osaka University
Yun-Hee Kim
Yun-Hee Kim Sungkyunkwan University
Sheng Ding
Sheng Ding Tsinghua University
Won Ki Kim
Won Ki Kim Korea University
Seung U. Kim
Seung U. Kim University of British Columbia

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