Alex Wong

9.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
91 papers, 3.4k citations indexed

About

Alex Wong is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Alex Wong has authored 91 papers receiving a total of 3.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 40 papers in Molecular Biology, 30 papers in Genetics and 17 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in Alex Wong's work include Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria (17 papers), Animal Behavior and Reproduction (16 papers) and Evolution and Genetic Dynamics (15 papers). Alex Wong is often cited by papers focused on Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria (17 papers), Animal Behavior and Reproduction (16 papers) and Evolution and Genetic Dynamics (15 papers). Alex Wong collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and Switzerland. Alex Wong's co-authors include Rees Kassen, Mariana F. Wolfner, Charles F. Aquadro, Laura K. Sirot, Jeffrey D. Jensen, Nicolas Rodrigue, Willie J. Swanson, K. Ravi Ram, Tracey Chapman and Santosh Jagadeeshan and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Communications and Bioinformatics.

In The Last Decade

Alex Wong

85 papers receiving 3.4k citations

Hit Papers

The fitness costs of antibiotic resistance mutations 2014 2026 2018 2022 2014 100 200 300 400
What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. The fitness costs of antibiotic resistance mutations
    2014 444 citations Alex Wong, Rees Kassen et al. profile →

Peers

Alex Wong
Daniel E. Rozen Netherlands
Marc W. Allard United States
Hinrich Schulenburg Germany
Karen L. Visick United States
Amy L. Schaefer United States
Rolf Kümmerli Switzerland
Isabel Gordo Portugal
Adrian R. Tivey United Kingdom
Artur Silva Brazil
Nandana Madhusoodanan United Kingdom
Daniel E. Rozen Netherlands
Alex Wong
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Countries citing papers authored by Alex Wong

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Fields of papers citing papers by Alex Wong

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alex Wong

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Alex Wong. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Alex Wong based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Alex Wong. Alex Wong is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Fralick, Michael, Allison McGeer, Aaron Hinz, et al.. (2024). SARS-CoV-2 burden on the floor was associated with COVID-19 cases and outbreaks in two acute care hospitals: a prospective cohort study. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. 45(11). 1314–1318.
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Hinz, Aaron, et al.. (2024). Unpredictability of the Fitness Effects of Antimicrobial Resistance Mutations Across Environments in Escherichia coli. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 41(5). 7 indexed citations
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Carrillo, Catherine D., et al.. (2024). Managing false positives during detection of pathogen sequences in shotgun metagenomics datasets. BMC Bioinformatics. 25(1). 372–372. 7 indexed citations
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Hinz, Aaron, et al.. (2023). Locust gut epithelia do not become more permeable to fluorescent dextran and bacteria in the cold. Journal of Experimental Biology. 226(16). 3 indexed citations
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Sallem, Rym Ben, Isabel Carvalho, Karim Ben Slama, et al.. (2023). First Report of IMI-2-Producing Enterobacter bugandensis and CTX-M-55-Producing Escherichia coli isolated from Healthy Volunteers in Tunisia. Antibiotics. 12(1). 116–116. 3 indexed citations
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Fralick, Michael, David S. Guttman, Aaron Hinz, et al.. (2023). Detection of Covid-19 Outbreaks Using Built Environment Testing for SARS-CoV-2. NEJM Evidence. 2(3). EVIDoa2200203–EVIDoa2200203. 5 indexed citations
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Hinz, Aaron, Laura Hug, Rees Kassen, et al.. (2022). SARS-CoV-2 detection from the built environment and wastewater and its use for hospital surveillance. FACETS. 7. 82–97. 12 indexed citations
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Wong, Alex, et al.. (2022). Complete Genome Sequence of Staphylococcus arlettae AHKW2e, Isolated from a Dog’s Paws in Hong Kong. Microbiology Resource Announcements. 11(7). e0035022–e0035022.
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Rückert, Arne, Patrick Fafard, Andrew M. Morris, et al.. (2020). Governing antimicrobial resistance: a narrative review of global governance mechanisms. Journal of Public Health Policy. 41(4). 515–528. 30 indexed citations
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Wong, Alex, et al.. (2019). The mutational landscape of quinolone resistance in Escherichia coli. PLoS ONE. 14(11). e0224650–e0224650. 35 indexed citations
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Wong, Alex. (2017). Epistasis and the Evolution of Antimicrobial Resistance. Frontiers in Microbiology. 8. 246–246. 69 indexed citations
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Sirot, Laura K., Alex Wong, Tracey Chapman, & Mariana F. Wolfner. (2014). Sexual Conflict and Seminal Fluid Proteins: A Dynamic Landscape of Sexual Interactions. Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology. 7(2). a017533–a017533. 125 indexed citations
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Wong, Alex, Nicolas Rodrigue, & Rees Kassen. (2012). Genomics of Adaptation during Experimental Evolution of the Opportunistic Pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa. PLoS Genetics. 8(9). e1002928–e1002928. 120 indexed citations
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Wong, Alex, Michael C. Turchin, Mariana F. Wolfner, & Charles F. Aquadro. (2007). Evidence for Positive Selection on Drosophila melanogaster Seminal Fluid Protease Homologs. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 25(3). 497–506. 46 indexed citations
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Guo, Lei, Hong Fang, Jim Collins, et al.. (2006). Differential gene expression in mouse primary hepatocytes exposed to the peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor α agonists. BMC Bioinformatics. 7(S2). S18–S18. 60 indexed citations
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Wheeler, Diana E., et al.. (1993). Scaling of feeding and reproductive structures in the mosquito Aedes aegypti L. (Diptera: Culicidae).. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society. 66(1). 121–124. 10 indexed citations

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