Chan Lek Tan

2.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
8 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Chan Lek Tan is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Endocrine and Autonomic Systems and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Chan Lek Tan has authored 8 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 4 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 4 papers in Endocrine and Autonomic Systems and 3 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Chan Lek Tan's work include Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior (3 papers), Circadian rhythm and melatonin (3 papers) and MicroRNA in disease regulation (3 papers). Chan Lek Tan is often cited by papers focused on Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior (3 papers), Circadian rhythm and melatonin (3 papers) and MicroRNA in disease regulation (3 papers). Chan Lek Tan collaborates with scholars based in United States and Italy. Chan Lek Tan's co-authors include Zachary A. Knight, Paul Greengard, Dónal O’Carroll, Anne Schaefer, Mutsuyuki Sugimori, Rodolfo Llinás, Dean E. Hillman, Christopher A Zimmerman, David E. Leib and Yen‐Chu Lin and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Chan Lek Tan

8 papers receiving 1.7k 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.

Regulation of Body Temperature by the Nervous System

2018 396 citations Chan Lek Tan, Zachary A. Knight Neuron profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Chan Lek Tan United States	8	622	499	472	345	340	8	1.7k
Alex G. Lee United States	18	481 0.8×	597 1.2×	149 0.3×	241 0.7×	251 0.7×	38	1.9k
David E. Strochlic United States	9	605 1.0×	672 1.3×	124 0.3×	530 1.5×	236 0.7×	9	2.2k
Liching Lo United States	11	1.2k 1.9×	167 0.3×	136 0.3×	441 1.3×	167 0.5×	11	2.3k
Fei Hu China	20	962 1.5×	195 0.4×	86 0.2×	115 0.3×	576 1.7×	48	2.0k
Katsuyasu Sakurai Japan	16	369 0.6×	250 0.5×	40 0.1×	254 0.7×	453 1.3×	28	1.4k
Tetsuo Shirakawa Japan	24	333 0.5×	998 2.0×	47 0.1×	319 0.9×	489 1.4×	68	1.7k
Florence Rage France	27	1.0k 1.7×	288 0.6×	99 0.2×	282 0.8×	177 0.5×	49	2.6k
Chuansong Wang United States	15	559 0.9×	149 0.3×	55 0.1×	623 1.8×	161 0.5×	20	1.7k
Jon M. Madison United States	19	1.6k 2.5×	218 0.4×	170 0.4×	138 0.4×	227 0.7×	25	2.4k
Michelle A. Hook United States	33	291 0.5×	81 0.2×	125 0.3×	652 1.9×	660 1.9×	78	2.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Chan Lek Tan

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Fields of papers citing papers by Chan Lek Tan

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Chan Lek Tan

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

All Works

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8 of 8 papers shown

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Zimmerman, Christopher A, Erica L. Huey, Jamie S. Ahn, et al.. (2019). A gut-to-brain signal of fluid osmolarity controls thirst satiation. Nature. 568(7750). 98–102. 94 indexed citations

2.

Tan, Chan Lek & Zachary A. Knight. (2018). Regulation of Body Temperature by the Nervous System. Neuron. 98(1). 31–48. 396 indexed citations breakdown →

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Leib, David E., Christopher A Zimmerman, Erica L. Huey, et al.. (2017). The Forebrain Thirst Circuit Drives Drinking through Negative Reinforcement. Neuron. 96(6). 1272–1281.e4. 86 indexed citations

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Chung, Shinjae, Franz Weber, Peng Zhong, et al.. (2017). Identification of preoptic sleep neurons using retrograde labelling and gene profiling. Nature. 545(7655). 477–481. 211 indexed citations

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Tan, Chan Lek, David E. Leib, Yen‐Chu Lin, et al.. (2016). Warm-Sensitive Neurons that Control Body Temperature. Cell. 167(1). 47–59.e15. 265 indexed citations

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Tan, Chan Lek, Joshua L. Plotkin, Morten T. Venø, et al.. (2013). MicroRNA-128 Governs Neuronal Excitability and Motor Behavior in Mice. Science. 342(6163). 1254–1258. 235 indexed citations

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Schaefer, Anne, Dónal O’Carroll, Chan Lek Tan, et al.. (2007). Cerebellar neurodegeneration in the absence of microRNAs. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 204(7). 1553–1558. 395 indexed citations

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Schaefer, Anne, Dónal O’Carroll, Chan Lek Tan, et al.. (2007). Cerebellar neurodegeneration in the absence of microRNAs. The Journal of Cell Biology. 178(2). i5–i5. 18 indexed citations

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