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Jae Bum Kim

Medicine · Indiana University

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Established · publishing since 1990
Adipose Tissue and MetabolismAdipokines, Inflammation, and Metabolic DiseasesPeroxisome Proliferator-Activated ReceptorsLipid metabolism and biosynthesisCholesterol and Lipid Metabolism

Publications

367

Citations

28,166

Est. group size

—

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

36

Publishing since 1990

Research summary
AI-generated

This researcher studies fat (adipose) tissue and how the body regulates metabolism, with a focus on how fat cells develop, generate heat, and contribute to obesity and related diseases. Recent work examines the molecular controls of brown and beige fat activation, inflammation in fat tissue, and metabolic disorders. The publication record also includes some unrelated work in accounting/finance and toxicology, which may reflect multiple authors sharing this name.

Adipose (fat) tissue biologyMetabolism and obesityThermogenesis (fat-driven heat production)Inflammation and metabolic diseaseLipid and cholesterol metabolism

Publication activity has been fairly steady with year-to-year fluctuation, dipping notably in 2023 before rebounding in 2024–2025, averaging about nine papers per year over the last five years.

Generated by claude-opus-4-8 from public bibliographic data · Jul 9, 2026

Funding
Public award records

No award with a current end date on record.

1 earlier award
  • NIH R00CA179137Sep 2013 – Jan 2019 · $237k awarded

    Understanding the origin,initiation,and progression of high-grade serous ovarian cancer

Matched to public NIH RePORTER and NSF records by name and institution. Awards from other agencies are not shown, and a match is not always found — this list may be incomplete.

In context
Among 5,073 established Medicine PIs within our index
Citations: 28,166cohort median 2,525
h-index: 88cohort median 24
Publications / year (recent): 9.2cohort median 4.8

Typically publishes in teams of ~8 · 24% small-team papers (≤3 authors) · across 74 venues

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 9.2/year recently
2017: 10 publications172018: 18 publications182019: 14 publications192020: 20 publications20202021: 19 publications212022: 12 publications222023: 5 publications232024: 16 publications242025: 13 publications2526
Collaborators per year
Distinct co-authors at Indiana University each year — a rough indication of whether the group around this researcher has been growing or contracting. An estimate from co-authorship, not a roster: collaborators are not necessarily lab members, and recent years can be under-counted while indexing catches up.
2017: 0 collaborators at the same institution2018: 0 collaborators at the same institution2019: 0 collaborators at the same institution2020: 0 collaborators at the same institution2021: 0 collaborators at the same institution2022: 0 collaborators at the same institution2023: 0 collaborators at the same institution2024: 0 collaborators at the same institution2025: 2 collaborators at the same institution1719212325
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • Diabetes×12
  • Nature Communications×9
  • The FASEB Journal×8
  • Nature Metabolism×5
  • Hypertension×4
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Last updated Jul 27, 2026.

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