April Chan

4.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
12 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

April Chan is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Oncology and Pathology and Forensic Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, April Chan has authored 12 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 6 papers in Molecular Biology, 6 papers in Oncology and 2 papers in Pathology and Forensic Medicine. Recurrent topics in April Chan's work include Cancer Cells and Metastasis (6 papers), RNA modifications and cancer (2 papers) and Cancer Research and Treatments (2 papers). April Chan is often cited by papers focused on Cancer Cells and Metastasis (6 papers), RNA modifications and cancer (2 papers) and Cancer Research and Treatments (2 papers). April Chan collaborates with scholars based in China, Hong Kong and United States. April Chan's co-authors include Paul Overvoorde, Guixia Yu, Joseph R. Ecker, Yoko Okushima, Courtney Onodera, Alison M. Smith, Athanasios Theologis, Hong Quach, José M. Alonso and Kazunari Arima and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, The Plant Cell and Cancer Cell.

In The Last Decade

April Chan

12 papers receiving 1.5k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Functional Genomic Analysis of theAUXIN RESPONSE FACTORGene Family Members inArabidopsis thaliana: Unique and Overlapping Functions ofARF7andARF19

2005 859 citations Yoko Okushima, Paul Overvoorde et al. The Plant Cell profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
April Chan China	9	1.1k	1.0k	129	96	59	12	1.5k
Zhihui Yü China	19	680 0.6×	897 0.9×	60 0.5×	132 1.4×	22 0.4×	46	1.5k
Thanh Theresa Dinh United States	13	904 0.8×	985 0.9×	44 0.3×	72 0.8×	18 0.3×	16	1.4k
Yongyou Zhu United States	11	852 0.7×	944 0.9×	176 1.4×	117 1.2×	35 0.6×	19	1.4k
Virginia Bilanchone United States	19	252 0.2×	887 0.8×	78 0.6×	103 1.1×	45 0.8×	24	1.1k
Yuanxiang Zhao United States	11	364 0.3×	578 0.6×	35 0.3×	100 1.0×	28 0.5×	18	812
Manolis Papamichos‐Chronakis France	12	245 0.2×	1.3k 1.3×	110 0.9×	76 0.8×	41 0.7×	15	1.4k
Bethaney Vincent United States	7	575 0.5×	812 0.8×	85 0.7×	171 1.8×	8 0.1×	11	948
Han Yang China	17	195 0.2×	511 0.5×	109 0.8×	99 1.0×	50 0.8×	43	852
Hongwei Zhou United States	14	531 0.5×	650 0.6×	39 0.3×	32 0.3×	29 0.5×	28	952

Countries citing papers authored by April Chan

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Fields of papers citing papers by April Chan

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of April Chan

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of April Chan. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of April Chan 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 April Chan. April Chan is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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12 of 12 papers shown

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Yue, Sarah S K, Yin Tong, Hoi Cheong Siu, et al.. (2024). Divergent lineage trajectories and genetic landscapes in human gastric intestinal metaplasia organoids associated with early neoplastic progression. Gut. 74(4). 522–538. 7 indexed citations

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Yan, Helen H.N., April Chan, Frank Pui-Ling Lai, & Suet Yi Leung. (2023). Organoid cultures for cancer modeling. Cell stem cell. 30(7). 917–937. 66 indexed citations

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Tong, Yin, Priscilla S.W. Cheng, Sarah S K Yue, et al.. (2022). Escape from cell-cell and cell-matrix adhesion dependence underscores disease progression in gastric cancer organoid models. Gut. 72(2). 242–255. 15 indexed citations

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Yan, Helen H.N., April Chan, & Suet Yi Leung. (2021). Oncogenic mutations drive intestinal cancer initiation through paracrine remodeling. Cancer Cell. 39(7). 913–915. 2 indexed citations

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Yan, Helen H.N., Hoi Cheong Siu, Siu Lun Ho, et al.. (2020). Organoid cultures of early-onset colorectal cancers reveal distinct and rare genetic profiles. Gut. 69(12). 2165–2179. 82 indexed citations

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Chan, April, Helen H.N. Yan, & Suet Yi Leung. (2019). Breakthrough Moments: Organoid Models of Cancer. Cell stem cell. 24(6). 839–840. 8 indexed citations

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Tong, Yin, Jianlong Sun, Qingzheng Kang, et al.. (2018). MICMIC: identification of DNA methylation of distal regulatory regions with causal effects on tumorigenesis. Genome biology. 19(1). 73–73. 22 indexed citations

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Chan, April, Kristian K. Jensen, Dimitris Skokos, et al.. (2009). Id1 Represses Osteoclast-Dependent Transcription and Affects Bone Formation and Hematopoiesis. PLoS ONE. 4(11). e7955–e7955. 26 indexed citations

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Chan, April, et al.. (2006). Variation in the type I interferon gene cluster on 9p21 influences susceptibility to asthma and atopy. Genes and Immunity. 7(2). 169–178. 17 indexed citations

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Overvoorde, Paul, Yoko Okushima, José Manuel Alonso Segura, et al.. (2005). Functional Genomic Analysis of the AUXIN/INDOLE-3-ACETIC ACID Gene Family Members in Arabidopsis thaliana [W]. The Plant Cell. 17(12). 3282–3300. 305 indexed citations

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Okushima, Yoko, Paul Overvoorde, Kazunari Arima, et al.. (2005). Functional Genomic Analysis of theAUXIN RESPONSE FACTORGene Family Members inArabidopsis thaliana: Unique and Overlapping Functions ofARF7andARF19 . The Plant Cell. 17(2). 444–463. 859 indexed citations breakdown →

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Dobyns, William B., Brett N. Tomson, April Chan, et al.. (2004). Inheritance of most X‐linked traits is not dominant or recessive, just X‐linked. American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A. 129A(2). 136–143. 120 indexed citations

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