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Yunsop Chong

Yunsop Chong

D-Index & Metrics

Microbiology

D-Index
47
Citations
9002
World Ranking
4775
National Ranking
33

Yunsop Chong publication distribution in Microbiology in 2026

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

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55 publications 679+

This scientist: 143 publications — 23rd percentile

23% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 679 publications or more.

Yunsop Chong D-index placement in Microbiology in 2026

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

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40 D-Index 127+

This scientist: 47 D-Index — 14th percentile

14% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 127 D-Index or more.

Overview

Yunsop Chong is affiliated with Yonsei University in South Korea and has contributed to various research areas primarily within biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their work spans multiple subfields, including molecular biology, endocrinology, molecular medicine, public health, environmental and occupational health, and clinical psychology.

The main topics covered by Chong's research involve antibiotic resistance in bacteria, infections and bacterial resistance, bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing, organ donation and transplantation, grief, bereavement and mental health, as well as RNA modifications and cancer and RNA research and splicing.

Recent publications by Chong include:

  • First Identification of IMP-1 Metallo-β-Lactamase in Delftia tsuruhatensis Strain CRS1243 Isolated From a Clinical Specimen, 2021, Annals of Laboratory Medicine
  • A Study on the Motivation and Experience of Anonymous Living Organ Donation - Focus on Kidney Donors -, 2022, Korean Journal of Social Welfare
  • An Exhaustive Structural Scrutiny and Initial Functional Appraisal of the Yak SLC11A1 Gene, 2024, Russian Journal of Genetics
  • Evaluation of Disk carbapenemase test using improved disks for rapid detection and differentiation of clinical isolates of carbapenemase-producing Enterobacterales, 2021, Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy
  • Toxicodendron vernicifluum(sumac) Inhibits Mast Cell Degranulation by Suppressing the Syk/PLCγ Signaling Pathway in RBL-2H3 Cells, 2021, Food Supplements and Biomaterials for Health

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Chong include:

  • Sun-Mi Cho
  • Dongeun Yong
  • Kyungwon Lee
  • Yangsoon Lee
  • Wonkeun Song

Chong's research has been disseminated through various publication venues, including:

  • Annals of Laboratory Medicine
  • Korean Journal of Social Welfare
  • Russian Journal of Genetics
  • Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy
  • Food Supplements and Biomaterials for Health

Best Publications

  • Imipenem-EDTA Disk Method for Differentiation of Metallo-β-Lactamase-Producing Clinical Isolates of Pseudomonas spp. and Acinetobacter spp.

    Dongeun Yong;Kyungwon Lee;Jong Hwa Yum;Hee Bong Shin

  • Evaluation of the Hodge Test and the Imipenem-EDTA Double-Disk Synergy Test for Differentiating Metallo-β-Lactamase-Producing Isolates of Pseudomonas spp. and Acinetobacter spp.

    K. Lee;Y. S. Lim;D. Yong;J. H. Yum

  • Modified Hodge and EDTA-disk synergy tests to screen metallo-β-lactamase-producing strains of Pseudomonas and Acinetobacter species

    K. Lee;Y. Chong;H.B. Shin;Y.A. Kim

  • Novel Acquired Metallo-β-Lactamase Gene, blaSIM-1, in a Class 1 Integron from Acinetobacter baumannii Clinical Isolates from Korea

    Kyungwon Lee;Jong Hwa Yum;Dongeun Yong;Hyuk Min Lee

  • Identification of Toxin A-Negative, Toxin B-Positive Clostridium difficile by PCR

    Haru Kato;Naoki Kato;Kunitomo Watanabe;Naoichi Iwai

  • blaVIM-2 Cassette-Containing Novel Integrons in Metallo-β-Lactamase-Producing Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Pseudomonas putida Isolates Disseminated in a Korean Hospital

    Kyungwon Lee;Jong Back Lim;Jong Hwa Yum;Dongeun Yong

  • Molecular characterization of metallo-beta-lactamase-producing Acinetobacter baumannii and Acinetobacter genomospecies 3 from Korea: identification of two new integrons carrying the bla(VIM-2) gene cassettes.

    Jong Hwa Yum;Keonsoo Yi;Hyukmin Lee;Dongeun Yong

  • Multidrug-Resistant Acinetobacter spp.: Increasingly Problematic Nosocomial Pathogens

    Kyungwon Lee;Dongeun Yong;Seok Hoon Jeong;Yunsop Chong

  • VIM- and IMP-type metallo-β-lactamase-producing Pseudomonas spp. and Acinetobacter spp. in Korean hospitals

    Kyungwon Lee;Wee Gyo Lee;Young Uh;Gyoung Yim Ha

  • A two year global evaluation of the susceptibility of Candida species to fluconazole by disk diffusion.

    Lynne D Liebowitz;H.Ruth Ashbee;E.Glyn V Evans;Yunsop Chong

  • Dissemination of SHV-12 and CTX-M-type extended-spectrum β-lactamases among clinical isolates of Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae and emergence of GES-3 in Korea

    Nam Hee Ryoo;Eui Chong Kim;Seong Geun Hong;Yeon Joon Park

  • High Prevalence of PER-1 Extended-Spectrum β-Lactamase-Producing Acinetobacter spp. in Korea

    Dongeun Yong;Jong Hee Shin;Sinyoung Kim;Youngsik Lim

  • Dissemination of 16S rRNA methylase-mediated highly amikacin-resistant isolates of Klebsiella pneumoniae and Acinetobacter baumannii in Korea

    Hyukmin Lee;Dongeun Yong;Jong Hwa Yum;Kyoung Ho Roh

  • Comparison of aminoglycoside resistance patterns in Japan, Formosa, and Korea, Chile, and the United States.

    K. Shimizu;T. Kumada;Wei-Chuan Hsieh;Hee-Young Chung

  • Prevalence of resistance to macrolide, lincosamide and streptogramin antibiotics in Gram-positive cocci isolated in a Korean hospital

    Jung A. Lim;Ae Ran Kwon;Sook Kyung Kim;Yunsop Chong

  • Extended broad spectrum β-lactamase in Klebsiella pneumoniae including resistance to cephamycins

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  • Further Increases in Carbapenem-, Amikacin-, and Fluoroquinolone-Resistant Isolates of Acinetobacter spp. and P. aeruginosa in Korea: KONSAR Study 2009

    Kyungwon Lee;Mi Na Kim;Jae Seok Kim;Hye Lim Hong

  • Plasmid-encoded AmpC beta-lactamases: how far have we gone 10 years after the discovery?

    Adolf Bauernfeind;Yunsop Chong;Kyungwon Lee

  • Imipenem-EDTA disk method for differentiation of metallo-beta-lactamase-producing clinical isolates of Pseudomonas spp. and Acinetobacter spp.

    Dongeun Yong;Kyungwon Lee;Jong Hwa Yum;Hee Bong Shin

  • Various penA mutations together with mtrR, porB and ponA mutations in Neisseria gonorrhoeae isolates with reduced susceptibility to cefixime or ceftriaxone

    Sang Guk Lee;Hyukmin Lee;Hyukmin Lee;Seok Hoon Jeong;Dongeun Yong

  • Characterization of a new integron containing VIM-2, a metallo- β-lactamase gene cassette, in a clinical isolate of Enterobacter cloacae

    Seok Hoon Jeong;Kyungwon Lee;Yunsop Chong;Jong Hwa Yum

  • Wide dissemination of OXA-type carbapenemases in clinical Acinetobacter spp. isolates from South Korea.

    Kyungwon Lee;Mi Na Kim;Tae Yeal Choi;Soung Eun Cho

  • Investigation of Toxin Gene Diversity, Molecular Epidemiology, and Antimicrobial Resistance of Clostridium difficile Isolated from 12 Hospitals in South Korea

    Heejung Kim;Seok Hoon Jeong;Kyoung Ho Roh;Seong Geun Hong

  • A new integron carrying VIM-2 metallo-β-lactamase gene cassette in a Serratia marcescens isolate

    Jong Hwa Yum;Dongeun Yong;Kyungwon Lee;Hyon Suk Kim

  • Evaluation of Etest MBL for Detection of blaIMP-1 and blaVIM-2 Allele-Positive Clinical Isolates of Pseudomonas spp. and Acinetobacter spp.

    Kyungwon Lee;Dongeun Yong;Jong Hwa Yum;Yong Sik Lim

  • Metallo-β-lactamase-producing Gram-negative bacilli in Korean Nationwide Surveillance of Antimicrobial Resistance group hospitals in 2003: Continued prevalence of VIM-producing pseudomonas spp. and increase of IMP-producing Acinetobacter spp

    Kyungwon Lee;Gyoung Yim Ha;Bo Moon Shin;Jin Ju Kim

  • Evaluation of the Hodge Test and the Imipenem-EDTA Double-Disk Synergy Test for Differentiating Metallo-β-Lactamase-Producing Isolates of Pseudomonas spp. and Acinetobacter spp.

    K. Lee;Y. S. Lim;Y. Chong;J. H. Yum

Frequent Co-Authors

Kyungwon Lee
Kyungwon Lee Yonsei University
Dongeun Yong
Dongeun Yong Yonsei University
Seok Jeong
Seok Jeong Inha University
Gian Maria Rossolini
Gian Maria Rossolini University of Florence
Sang-Nae Cho
Sang-Nae Cho Yonsei University
Jean Denis Docquier
Jean Denis Docquier University of Siena
Jong Hee Shin
Jong Hee Shin Chonnam National University
Eui Chong Kim
Eui Chong Kim Seoul National University
Won Ho Kim
Won Ho Kim Yonsei University
David M. Livermore
David M. Livermore University of East Anglia

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