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Yong-Keun Jung

D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
62
Citations
42172
World Ranking
10502
National Ranking
116

Yong-Keun Jung publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Biology and Biochemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Yong-Keun Jung sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 170 publications — 36th percentile

36% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,028 publications or more.

Yong-Keun Jung D-index placement in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Biology and Biochemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Yong-Keun Jung sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 62 D-Index — 46th percentile

46% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 167 D-Index or more.

Overview

Yong-Keun Jung is affiliated with Seoul National University in South Korea and has contributed extensively to research in biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine. Their work particularly focuses on molecular biology, physiology, cell biology, epidemiology, and neurology.

Their main research topics cover autophagy in disease and therapy, endoplasmic reticulum stress and disease, Alzheimer's disease research and treatments, neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration mechanisms, advanced glycation end products research, cellular transport and secretion, and signaling pathways in disease.

Major publication venues where Yong-Keun Jung has published include:

  • Autophagy
  • Nature Communications
  • Advanced Science
  • Cardiovascular Research
  • Cell Reports

Some of their recent papers include:

  • Emerging perspectives on mitochondrial dysfunction and inflammation in Alzheimer's disease, 2020, BMB Reports
  • Loss of HSPA9 induces peroxisomal degradation by increasing pexophagy, 2020, Autophagy
  • Ulk1-dependent alternative mitophagy plays a protective role during pressure overload in the heart, 2022, Cardiovascular Research
  • Aberrant role of pyruvate kinase M2 in the regulation of gamma-secretase and memory deficits in Alzheimer's disease, 2021, Cell Reports
  • Endolysosomal impairment by binding of amyloid beta or MAPT/Tau to V-ATPase and rescue via the HYAL-CD44 axis in Alzheimer disease, 2023, Autophagy

Frequent co-authors in their research include:

  • Youbin Kim
  • Dong-Gyu Jo
  • Cathena Meiling Li
  • Jisu Park
  • Doo Sin Jo

Best Publications

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (4th edition)

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Amal Kamal Abdel-Aziz;Sara Abdelfatah;Mahmoud Abdellatif

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Fabio C. Abdalla;Hagai Abeliovich;Robert T. Abraham

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition)

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Kotb Abdelmohsen;Akihisa Abe;Joynal Abedin

  • An Anti-apoptotic Protein Human Survivin is a Direct Inhibitor of Caspase-3 and -7

    Sejeong Shin;Byung-Je Sung;Yong-Soon Cho;Hyun-Ju Kim

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition)

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Kotb Abdelmohsen;Akihisa Abe;Joynal Abedin

  • Murine Caspase-11, an ICE-Interacting Protease, Is Essential for the Activation of ICE

    Suyue Wang;Masayuki Miura;Yong-keun Jung;Hong Zhu

  • Overexpression of Atg5 in mice activates autophagy and extends lifespan

    Jong Ok Pyo;Seung Min Yoo;Hye Hyun Ahn;Jihoon Nah

  • Essential roles of Atg5 and FADD in autophagic cell death: dissection of autophagic cell death into vacuole formation and cell death.

    Jong Ok Pyo;Mi Hee Jang;Yun Kyung Kwon;Ho June Lee

  • Alternative Cleavage of Alzheimer-Associated Presenilins During Apoptosis by a Caspase-3 Family Protease

    Tae-Wan Kim;Warren H. Pettingell;Yong-Keun Jung;Dora M. Kovacs

  • A Molecular Approach to Mitophagy and Mitochondrial Dynamics.

    Seung-Min Yoo;Yong-Keun Jung

  • Identification and Characterization of Ich-3, a Member of the Interleukin-1β Converting Enzyme (ICE)/Ced-3 Family and an Upstream Regulator of ICE

    Suyue Wang;Masayuki Miura;Yong-keun Jung;Hong Zhu

  • Erratum to: Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition) (Autophagy, 12, 1, 1-222, 10.1080/15548627.2015.1100356

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Kotb Abdelmohsen;Akihisa Abe;Joynal Abedin

  • Molecules and their functions in autophagy

    Jong Ok Pyo;Jihoon Nah;Yong Keun Jung

  • Proapoptotic Effects of Tau Cleavage Product Generated by Caspase-3

    Chul Woong Chung;Yu Hyun Song;In Ki Kim;Won Joo Yoon

  • A nuclear factor, ASC-2, as a cancer-amplified transcriptional coactivator essential for ligand-dependent transactivation by nuclear receptors in vivo.

    Soo Kyung Lee;Sarah L. Anzick;Ji Eun Choi;Lukas Bubendorf

  • Autophagy in Neurodegenerative Diseases: From Mechanism to Therapeutic Approach

    Jihoon Nah;Junying Yuan;Yong-Keun Jung

  • Essential Role of E2-25K/Hip-2 in Mediating Amyloid-β Neurotoxicity

    Sungmin Song;So-Young Kim;Yeon-Mi Hong;Dong-Gyu Jo

  • Cleavage of Bax is mediated by caspase-dependent or -independent calpain activation in dopaminergic neuronal cells: protective role of Bcl-2.

    Won Seok Choi;Eun Hee Lee;Chul Woong Chung;Yong Keun Jung

  • Autophagy Induction by Capsaicin in Malignant Human Breast Cells Is Modulated by p38 and Extracellular Signal-Regulated Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases and Retards Cell Death by Suppressing Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress-Mediated Apoptosis

    Cheol-Hee Choi;Yong-Keun Jung;Seon-Hee Oh

  • Calpain-dependent cleavage of cain/cabin1 activates calcineurin to mediate calcium-triggered cell death

    Min Jung Kim;Dong Gyu Jo;Gil Sun Hong;Byung Ju Kim

Frequent Co-Authors

Dong-Gyu Jo
Dong-Gyu Jo Sungkyunkwan University
Dong-Hyung Cho
Dong-Hyung Cho Kyungpook National University
Junying Yuan
Junying Yuan Harvard University
Jae-Young Koh
Jae-Young Koh University of Ulsan
Sergio Lavandero
Sergio Lavandero University of Chile
Han-Jung Chae
Han-Jung Chae Jeonbuk National University
Evelina Gatti
Evelina Gatti Aix-Marseille University
Beth Levine
Beth Levine The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Steven Finkbeiner
Steven Finkbeiner University of California, San Francisco
Shazib Pervaiz
Shazib Pervaiz National University of Singapore

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