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Yuan Kun Lee

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
67
Citations
16561
World Ranking
8190
National Ranking
32

Yuan Kun Lee 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 Yuan Kun Lee sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 238 publications — 64th percentile

64% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Yuan Kun Lee 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 Yuan Kun Lee sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 67 D-Index — 59th percentile

59% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Yuan Kun Lee is a researcher affiliated with the National University of Singapore. Their academic contributions primarily span the fields of biochemistry, genetics and molecular biology, medicine, and agricultural and biological sciences. Their work encompasses several subfields, including molecular biology, food science, physiology, nutrition and dietetics, and infectious diseases.

The main topics of Yuan Kun Lee's research include gut microbiota and health, probiotics and fermented foods, diet and metabolism studies, Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research, nutritional studies and diet, bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing, and tryptophan and brain disorders.

The scientist's recent prominent papers include the following:

  • Towards a psychobiotic therapy for depression: Bifidobacterium breve CCFM1025 reverses chronic stress-induced depressive symptoms and gut microbial abnormalities in mice (2020, Neurobiology of Stress)
  • Roles of intestinal bacteroides in human health and diseases (2020, Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition)
  • Acetic acid and butyric acid released in large intestine play different roles in the alleviation of constipation (2020, Journal of Functional Foods)
  • Probiotic-directed modulation of gut microbiota is basal microbiome dependent (2020, Gut Microbes)
  • Chinese gut microbiota and its associations with staple food type, ethnicity, and urbanization (2021, npj Biofilms and Microbiomes)

Yuan Kun Lee collaborates frequently with several coauthors, including Hao Zhang, Wei Chen, Jianxin Zhao, and Wenwei Lu. The collaborative count with these colleagues ranges from 13 to 30 joint publications.

The scientist has published regularly in several academic journals, with a concentration of work found in:

  • Food Bioscience
  • Microorganisms
  • Food & Function
  • Gut Microbes
  • Frontiers in Microbiology

Best Publications

  • Probiotics: how should they be defined?

    S Salminen;A Ouwehand;Y Benno;Y.K Lee

  • The coming of age of probiotics

    Yuan-Kun Lee;Seppo Salminen

  • Microalgal mass culture systems and methods: Their limitation and potential

    Yuan-Kun Lee

  • Determination of biomass dry weight of marine microalgae

    C. J. Zhu;Y. K. Lee

  • Displacement of bacterial pathogens from mucus and Caco-2 cell surface by lactobacilli

    Yuan-Kun Lee;Kim-Yoong Puong;Arthur C. Ouwehand;Seppo Salminen

  • Intestinal Microbiota Distinguish Gout Patients from Healthy Humans

    Zhuang Guo;Jiachao Zhang;Zhanli Wang;Kay Ying Ang

  • Diversity in gut bacterial community of school-age children in Asia

    Jiro Nakayama;Koichi Watanabe;Jiahui Jiang;Kazunori Matsuda

  • Commercial production of microalgae in the Asia-Pacific rim

    Yuan-Kun Lee

  • The influence of polyunsaturated fatty acids on probiotic growth and adhesion.

    Pasi E. Kankaanpää;Seppo J. Salminen;Erika Isolauri;Yuan Kun Lee

  • Effects of temperature and growth phase on lipid and biochemical composition of Isochrysis galbana TK1

    C. J. Zhu;Y. K. Lee;T. M. Chao

  • Towards a psychobiotic therapy for depression: Bifidobacterium breve CCFM1025 reverses chronic stress-induced depressive symptoms and gut microbial abnormalities in mice.

    Peijun Tian;Kenneth J. O'Riordan;Yuan-kun Lee;Gang Wang

  • Quantitative Approach in the Study of Adhesion of Lactic Acid Bacteria to Intestinal Cells and Their Competition with Enterobacteria

    Y. K. Lee;C. Y. Lim;W. L. Teng;A. C. Ouwehand

  • Handbook of Probiotics and Prebiotics

    Yuan Kun Lee;Seppo Salminen

  • Spatial Heterogeneity and Co-occurrence of Mucosal and Luminal Microbiome across Swine Intestinal Tract.

    Li Zhang;Weida Wu;Yuan-Kun Lee;Jingjing Xie

  • Enterococcus faecalis from newborn babies regulate endogenous PPARγ activity and IL-10 levels in colonic epithelial cells

    Alexandra Are;Linda Aronsson;Shugui Wang;Gediminas Greicius

  • The dilemma for lipid productivity in green microalgae: importance of substrate provision in improving oil yield without sacrificing growth.

    Kenneth Wei Min Tan;Yuan Kun Lee

  • Impact of Westernized Diet on Gut Microbiota in Children on Leyte Island

    Jiro Nakayama;Azusa Yamamoto;Ladie A. Palermo-Conde;Kanako Higashi

  • Mongolians core gut microbiota and its correlation with seasonal dietary changes

    Jiachao Zhang;Zhuang Guo;Angela An Qi Lim;Yi Zheng

  • Mixotrophic growth of Chlorella sorokiniana in outdoor enclosed photobioreactor

    Yuan-Kun Lee;Sun-Yeun Ding;Chye-Hock Hoe;Chin-Seng Low

  • Kinetics of adsorption and desorption of aflatoxin B1 by viable and nonviable bacteria.

    Y K Lee;H El-Nezami;H El-Nezami;C A Haskard;Silvia Gratz

Frequent Co-Authors

Jianxin Zhao
Jianxin Zhao University of Queensland
Hao Zhang
Hao Zhang Jiangnan University
Wei Chen
Wei Chen Jiangnan University
Boon-Huat Bay
Boon-Huat Bay National University of Singapore
Jiro Nakayama
Jiro Nakayama Kyushu University
Heping Zhang
Heping Zhang Inner Mongolia Agricultural University
Kenji Sonomoto
Kenji Sonomoto Kyushu University
Seppo Salminen
Seppo Salminen University of Turku
Alan Prem Kumar
Alan Prem Kumar National University of Singapore
Sean Li
Sean Li University of New South Wales

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Qiang Hu

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Publications: 23

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Erika Isolauri

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