C Kung

4.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
60 papers, 3.5k citations indexed

About

C Kung is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, C Kung has authored 60 papers receiving a total of 3.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 44 papers in Molecular Biology, 20 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and 11 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in C Kung's work include Protist diversity and phylogeny (21 papers), Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (18 papers) and Ion channel regulation and function (18 papers). C Kung is often cited by papers focused on Protist diversity and phylogeny (21 papers), Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (18 papers) and Ion channel regulation and function (18 papers). C Kung collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and Netherlands. C Kung's co-authors include Boris Martinac, Julius Adler, Sergei Sukharev, Yoshiro Saimi, Anne H. Delcour, Matthew Buechner, Paul Blount, Vadim Y. Arshavsky, Robin R. Preston and Paul C. Moe and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

C Kung

57 papers receiving 3.5k citations

Hit Papers

Pressure-sensitive ion channel in Escherichia coli. 1987 2026 2000 2013 1987 100 200 300 400 500
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. Pressure-sensitive ion channel in Escherichia coli.
    1987 522 citations Boris Martinac, Anne H. Delcour et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
C Kung United States 31 2.7k 719 605 488 471 60 3.5k
Joachim E. Schultz Germany 43 3.8k 1.4× 411 0.6× 1.1k 1.8× 345 0.7× 533 1.1× 158 5.2k
Piali Sengupta United States 50 3.1k 1.2× 1.1k 1.5× 1.7k 2.8× 342 0.7× 740 1.6× 127 7.8k
Alberto Darszon Mexico 58 4.0k 1.5× 351 0.5× 1.9k 3.2× 338 0.7× 473 1.0× 241 10.0k
Mauro Dalla Serra Italy 47 3.0k 1.1× 891 1.2× 311 0.5× 380 0.8× 414 0.9× 110 5.3k
Dejian Ren United States 36 2.8k 1.1× 464 0.6× 1.4k 2.4× 474 1.0× 808 1.7× 58 6.7k
James R Priess United States 50 5.9k 2.2× 1.2k 1.7× 480 0.8× 582 1.2× 1.7k 3.5× 85 9.1k
Donner F. Babcock United States 39 2.7k 1.0× 382 0.5× 1.1k 1.9× 170 0.3× 513 1.1× 50 5.9k
Suzanne Paradis United States 23 2.3k 0.9× 656 0.9× 1.1k 1.8× 75 0.2× 335 0.7× 56 5.0k
Leon Avery United States 49 2.5k 0.9× 1.4k 1.9× 1.6k 2.7× 640 1.3× 426 0.9× 78 8.3k
Erik M. M. Manders Netherlands 30 3.8k 1.4× 320 0.4× 434 0.7× 584 1.2× 874 1.9× 69 6.1k

Countries citing papers authored by C Kung

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Fields of papers citing papers by C Kung

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of C Kung

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

All Works

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Marnane, Vivienne, et al.. (2023). Routine ear health and hearing checks for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children aged under 6 years attending primary care: a national consensus statement. The Medical Journal of Australia. 219(8). 386–392. 4 indexed citations
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Kung, C, et al.. (2018). Listener characteristics modulate the semantic processing of native vs. foreign-accented speech. PLoS ONE. 13(12). e0207452–e0207452. 13 indexed citations
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Kung, C, et al.. (2016). Effects of Type of Agreement Violation and Utterance Position on the Auditory Processing of Subject-Verb Agreement: An ERP Study. Frontiers in Psychology. 7. 1276–1276. 217 indexed citations
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Kung, C, Dorothee J. Chwilla, & Herbert Schriefers. (2013). The interaction of lexical tone, intonation and semantic context in on-line spoken word recognition: An ERP study on Cantonese Chinese. Neuropsychologia. 53. 293–309. 14 indexed citations
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Kung, C, Dorothee J. Chwilla, Carlos Gussenhoven, Sara Bögels, & Herbert Schriefers. (2010). What did you say just now, bitterness or wife? an ERP study on the interaction between tone, intonation and context in Cantonese Chinese. Radboud Repository (Radboud University). paper 058–0. 19 indexed citations
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Blount, Paul, Sergei Sukharev, Paul C. Moe, Boris Martinac, & C Kung. (1999). [24] Mechanosensitive channels of bacteria. Methods in enzymology on CD-ROM/Methods in enzymology. 294. 458–482. 113 indexed citations
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Blount, Paul, Sergei Sukharev, Paul C. Moe, & C Kung. (1997). Mechanosensitive Channels of E. coli: A Genetic and Molecular Dissection. Biological Bulletin. 192(1). 126–127. 6 indexed citations
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Preston, Robin R. & C Kung. (1994). Inhibition of Mg2+ current by single-gene mutation in Paramecium. The Journal of Membrane Biology. 139(3). 203–13. 15 indexed citations
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Preston, Robin R. & C Kung. (1994). Isolation and characterization of paramecium mutants defective in their response to magnesium.. Genetics. 137(3). 759–769. 19 indexed citations
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Rao, S. T., Shu‐Pao Wu, Kenneth A. Satyshur, et al.. (1993). Structure of Paramecium tetraurelia calmodulin at 1.8 Å resolution. Protein Science. 2(3). 436–447. 73 indexed citations
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Preston, Robin R., Yoshiro Saimi, & C Kung. (1992). Calcium current activated upon hyperpolarization of Paramecium tetraurelia.. The Journal of General Physiology. 100(2). 233–251. 54 indexed citations
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Kung, C, et al.. (1992). In vivo Paramecium mutants show that calmodulin orchestrates membrane responses to stimuli. Cell Calcium. 13(6-7). 413–425. 48 indexed citations
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Preston, Robin R., Yoshiro Saimi, & C Kung. (1992). Calcium-dependent inactivation of the calcium current activated upon hyperpolarization of Paramecium tetraurelia.. The Journal of General Physiology. 100(2). 253–268. 17 indexed citations
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Martinac, Boris, Hong Zhu, Andrzej Kubalski, et al.. (1990). Yeast K1 killer toxin forms ion channels in sensitive yeast spheroplasts and in artificial liposomes.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 87(16). 6228–6232. 107 indexed citations
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Delcour, Anne H., Boris Martinac, Julius Adler, & C Kung. (1989). Modified reconstitution method used in patch-clamp studies of Escherichia coli ion channels. Biophysical Journal. 56(3). 631–636. 178 indexed citations
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Saimi, Yoshiro, Boris Martinac, Michael C. Gustin, et al.. (1988). Ion Channels in Paramecium, Yeast, and Escherichia coli. Cold Spring Harbor Symposia on Quantitative Biology. 53(0). 667–673. 9 indexed citations
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Dute, Roland R. & C Kung. (1978). Ultrastructure of the proximal region of somatic cilia in Paramecium tetraurelia.. The Journal of Cell Biology. 78(2). 451–464. 70 indexed citations

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