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Genetics

D-Index
79
Citations
30498
World Ranking
1622
National Ranking
3

Plant Science and Agronomy

D-Index
81
Citations
32503
World Ranking
396
National Ranking
2

Yong-Hwan Lee publication distribution in Plant Science and Agronomy in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Plant Science and Agronomy in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Yong-Hwan Lee sits on this spectrum.

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36 publications 467+

This scientist: 338 publications — 95th percentile

95% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 467 publications or more.

Yong-Hwan Lee D-index placement in Plant Science and Agronomy in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Plant Science and Agronomy scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Yong-Hwan Lee sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 109+

This scientist: 81 D-Index — 94th percentile

94% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 109 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Genetics in Korea Leader Award
  • 2026 - Research.com Plant Science and Agronomy in Korea Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Genetics in Korea Leader Award
  • 2017 - Fellow of the American Phytopathological Society

Overview

Yong-Hwan Lee is affiliated with Seoul National University in South Korea and has contributed extensively to research in agricultural and biological sciences, with a particular focus on plant science and molecular biology.

The scientist's research spans several specialized fields including plant-microbe interactions and immunity, plant pathogens and fungal diseases, fungal and yeast genetics research, mycorrhizal fungi and plant interactions, plant disease resistance and genetics, legume nitrogen-fixing symbiosis, and gut microbiota and health.

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Yong-Hwan Lee include:

  • Jongbum Jeon
  • Hyun Kim
  • Gobong Choi
  • William Harris
  • Ki-Tae Kim

Yong-Hwan Lee has published numerous papers in a variety of scientific venues. The most frequent publication venues are:

  • Frontiers in Microbiology
  • Nature Communications
  • Phytopathology
  • BMC Genomics
  • Molecular Plant Pathology

Notable recent papers include:

  • "Plant domestication shapes rhizosphere microbiome assembly and metabolic functions," 2023, Microbiome
  • "Phylogenomic Analysis of a 55.1-kb 19-Gene Dataset Resolves a Monophyletic Fusarium that Includes the Fusarium solani Species Complex," 2020, Phytopathology
  • "Domestication of Oryza species eco-evolutionarily shapes bacterial and fungal communities in rice seed," 2020, Microbiome
  • "Two nuclear effectors of the rice blast fungus modulate host immunity via transcriptional reprogramming," 2020, Nature Communications
  • "Longitudinal transmission of bacterial and fungal communities from seed to seed in rice," 2022, Communications Biology

Best Publications

  • The tomato genome sequence provides insights into fleshy fruit evolution

    Shusei Sato;Satoshi Tabata;Hideki Hirakawa;Erika Asamizu

  • Analysis of the mouse transcriptome based on functional annotation of 60,770 full-length cDNAs

    Y. Okazaki;M. Furuno;T. Kasukawa;J. Adachi

  • The genome sequence of the rice blast fungus Magnaporthe grisea

    Ralph A. Dean;Nicholas J. Talbot;Daniel J. Ebbole;Mark L. Farman

  • Comparative genomics reveals mobile pathogenicity chromosomes in Fusarium

    Li Jun Ma;H. Charlotte Van Der Does;Katherine A. Borkovich;Jeffrey J. Coleman

  • Genome sequence of the hot pepper provides insights into the evolution of pungency in Capsicum species

    Seungill Kim;Minkyu Park;Seon In Yeom;Yong Min Kim

  • Lifestyle transitions in plant pathogenic Colletotrichum fungi deciphered by genome and transcriptome analyses

    Richard J. O'Connell;Michael R. Thon;Stéphane Hacquard;Stefan G. Amyotte

  • Jasmonic acid carboxyl methyltransferase: A key enzyme for jasmonate-regulated plant responses

    Hak Soo Seo;Jong Tae Song;Jong-Joo Cheong;Yong-Hwan Lee

  • The MYB96 Transcription Factor Mediates Abscisic Acid Signaling during Drought Stress Response in Arabidopsis

    Pil Joon Seo;Fengning Xiang;Meng Qiao;Ju-Young Park

  • The Plant Cell Wall–Decomposing Machinery Underlies the Functional Diversity of Forest Fungi

    Daniel C. Eastwood;Dimitrios Floudas;Manfred Binder;Andrzej Majcherczyk

  • Internet-Accessible DNA Sequence Database for Identifying Fusaria from Human and Animal Infections

    Kerry O'Donnell;Deanna A. Sutton;Michael G. Rinaldi;Brice A.J. Sarver

  • GH3-mediated auxin homeostasis links growth regulation with stress adaptation response in Arabidopsis

    Jung-Eun Park;Ju-Young Park;Youn-Sung Kim;Paul E. Staswick

  • Comparative Genomics Yields Insights into Niche Adaptation of Plant Vascular Wilt Pathogens

    Steven J. Klosterman;Krishna V. Subbarao;Seogchan Kang;Paola Veronese

  • 2R,3R-Butanediol, a Bacterial Volatile Produced by Pseudomonas chlororaphis O6, Is Involved in Induction of Systemic Tolerance to Drought in Arabidopsis thaliana

    Song Mi Cho;Beom Ryong Kang;Song Hee Han;Anne J. Anderson

  • cAMP Regulates Infection Structure Formation in the Plant Pathogenic Fungus Magnaporthe grisea.

    Yong-Hwan Lee;Ralph A. Dean

  • Cold activation of a plasma membrane-tethered NAC transcription factor induces a pathogen resistance response in Arabidopsis.

    Pil Joon Seo;Mi Jung Kim;Ju-Young Park;Sun-Young Kim

  • Vitamin B1 Functions as an Activator of Plant Disease Resistance

    Il-Pyung Ahn;Soonok Kim;Yong-Hwan Lee

  • A Phenome-Based Functional Analysis of Transcription Factors in the Cereal Head Blight Fungus, Fusarium graminearum

    Hokyoung Son;Young-Su Seo;Kyunghun Min;Ae Ran Park

  • New reference genome sequences of hot pepper reveal the massive evolution of plant disease-resistance genes by retroduplication

    Seungill Kim;Jieun Park;Seon-In Yeom;Yong-Min Kim

  • Agrobacterium tumefaciens-mediated transformation of the plant pathogenic fungus, Magnaporthe grisea.

    Hee-Sool Rho;Seogchan Kang;Yong-Hwan Lee

  • Genome-wide functional analysis of pathogenicity genes in the rice blast fungus

    Junhyun Jeon;Sook Young Park;Sook Young Park;Myoung Hwan Chi;Jaehyuk Choi

  • Insight into trade‐off between wood decay and parasitism from the genome of a fungal forest pathogen

    Åke Olson;Andrea Aerts;Fred Asiegbu;Lassaad Belbahri

  • MHP1, a Magnaporthe grisea hydrophobin gene, is required for fungal development and plant colonization

    Soonok Kim;Il Pyung Ahn;Hee Sool Rho;Yong Hwan Lee

Frequent Co-Authors

Seogchan Kang
Seogchan Kang Pennsylvania State University
Doil Choi
Doil Choi Seoul National University
Fred O. Asiegbu
Fred O. Asiegbu University of Helsinki
Bernard Henrissat
Bernard Henrissat Technical University of Denmark
Randeep Rakwal
Randeep Rakwal University of Tsukuba
David M. Geiser
David M. Geiser Pennsylvania State University
Ralph A. Dean
Ralph A. Dean North Carolina State University
Jinhee Choi
Jinhee Choi University of Seoul
Jae-Seoun Hur
Jae-Seoun Hur Sunchon National University
Byoung-Cheorl Kang
Byoung-Cheorl Kang Seoul National University

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