2026 Woong Sun: Neuroscience Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Neuroscience	48	6163	5677	32	32	229	9720

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World Ranking

Current World Ranking

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Neuroscience

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5677

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9720

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

476
Citations
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

474
Citations
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

432
Citations
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

373
Citations
Amygdala depotentiation and fear extinction.

Jeongyeon Kim;Sukwon Lee;Kyungjoon Park;Ingie Hong

306
Citations
Programmed Cell Death of Adult-Generated Hippocampal Neurons Is Mediated by the Proapoptotic Gene Bax

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

260
Citations
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

198
Citations
Overexpression of HGF Retards Disease Progression and Prolongs Life Span in a Transgenic Mouse Model of ALS

Woong Sun;Hiroshi Funakoshi;Toshikazu Nakamura

188
Citations
Control of adult neurogenesis by programmed cell death in the mammalian brain

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

166
Citations
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

160
Citations
Spatiotemporal expression pattern of non-clustered protocadherin family members in the developing rat brain.

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

155
Citations
Production of human spinal-cord organoids recapitulating neural-tube morphogenesis

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155
Citations
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

136
Citations
Small molecules enable OCT4-mediated direct reprogramming into expandable human neural stem cells

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

130
Citations
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

130
Citations
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

118
Citations
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

110
Citations
Drp1-Zip1 Interaction Regulates Mitochondrial Quality Surveillance System.

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

105
Citations
Phosphorylation of LSD1 by PKCα Is Crucial for Circadian Rhythmicity and Phase Resetting

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

104
Citations
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

103
Citations
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

102
Citations
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

98
Citations