Ching Leang

6.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
37 papers, 5.1k citations indexed

About

Ching Leang is a scholar working on Environmental Engineering, Biomedical Engineering and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Ching Leang has authored 37 papers receiving a total of 5.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 32 papers in Environmental Engineering, 17 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 9 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Ching Leang's work include Microbial Fuel Cells and Bioremediation (32 papers), Metal Extraction and Bioleaching (13 papers) and Radioactive element chemistry and processing (8 papers). Ching Leang is often cited by papers focused on Microbial Fuel Cells and Bioremediation (32 papers), Metal Extraction and Bioleaching (13 papers) and Radioactive element chemistry and processing (8 papers). Ching Leang collaborates with scholars based in United States, Mexico and Japan. Ching Leang's co-authors include Derek R. Lovley, Maddalena V. Coppi, Nikhil S. Malvankar, Ashley E. Franks, Kelly P. Nevin, Zarath M. Summers, Steven J. Sandler, Tünde Mester, Madeline Vargas and Kengo Inoue and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Energy & Environmental Science.

In The Last Decade

Ching Leang

37 papers receiving 5.0k 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.

Direct Exchange of Electrons Within Aggregates of an Evolved Syntrophic Coculture of Anaerobic Bacteria

2010 805 citations Zarath M. Summers, Ching Leang et al. Science profile →
Tunable metallic-like conductivity in microbial nanowire networks

2011 720 citations Nikhil S. Malvankar, Madeline Vargas et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Ching Leang	3.8k	1.5k	1.4k	1.1k	693	37	5.1k
Gemma Reguera	5.0k 1.3×	2.7k 1.8×	1.3k 1.0×	1.1k 1.0×	748 1.1×	61	6.6k
Trevor L. Woodard	6.1k 1.6×	2.8k 1.8×	1.7k 1.2×	1.1k 1.0×	901 1.3×	69	8.2k
Nikhil S. Malvankar	6.4k 1.7×	2.9k 1.9×	1.6k 1.2×	1.2k 1.1×	1.0k 1.5×	55	8.5k
Maddalena V. Coppi	2.3k 0.6×	814 0.5×	880 0.6×	689 0.6×	553 0.8×	28	3.1k
Toshiyuki Ueki	1.7k 0.5×	819 0.5×	740 0.5×	993 0.9×	473 0.7×	63	3.5k
Jeffrey A. Gralnick	5.7k 1.5×	3.3k 2.2×	1.4k 1.0×	1.8k 1.6×	882 1.3×	94	7.9k
Li Zhuang	2.9k 0.8×	2.2k 1.4×	768 0.6×	325 0.3×	222 0.3×	67	4.5k
Abraham Esteve‐Núñez	2.7k 0.7×	1.4k 0.9×	727 0.5×	479 0.4×	432 0.6×	95	4.1k
Julie S. Nicoll	2.6k 0.7×	1.5k 1.0×	628 0.5×	432 0.4×	373 0.5×	10	3.1k
Yong Yuan	4.5k 1.2×	4.1k 2.7×	1.3k 0.9×	350 0.3×	370 0.5×	201	8.7k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ching Leang

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

All Works

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Nogle, Robert, Shilpa Nagaraju, Sagar M. Utturkar, et al.. (2022). Clostridium autoethanogenum isopropanol production via native plasmid pCA replicon. Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology. 10. 932363–932363. 5 indexed citations

Heijstra, Björn D., Blake J. Rasor, Kevin M. Shebek, et al.. (2021). Stepping on the Gas to a Circular Economy: Accelerating Development of Carbon-Negative Chemical Production from Gas Fermentation. Annual Review of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering. 12(1). 439–470. 106 indexed citations

Heijstra, Björn D., Ching Leang, & Alex Juminaga. (2017). Gas fermentation: cellular engineering possibilities and scale up. Microbial Cell Factories. 16(1). 60–60. 62 indexed citations

Aklujkar, Muktak, Ching Leang, Pravin Malla Shrestha, Minita Shrestha, & Derek R. Lovley. (2017). Transcriptomic profiles of Clostridium ljungdahlii during lithotrophic growth with syngas or H2 and CO2 compared to organotrophic growth with fructose. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 13135–13135. 27 indexed citations

Vargas, Madeline, Nikhil S. Malvankar, Pier‐Luc Tremblay, et al.. (2013). Aromatic Amino Acids Required for Pili Conductivity and Long-Range Extracellular Electron Transport in Geobacter sulfurreducens. mBio. 4(2). 171 indexed citations

Ueki, Toshiyuki, Ching Leang, Kengo Inoue, & Derek R. Lovley. (2012). Identification of Multicomponent Histidine-Aspartate Phosphorelay System Controlling Flagellar and Motility Gene Expression in Geobacter Species. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 287(14). 10958–10966. 21 indexed citations

Leang, Ching, Toshiyuki Ueki, Kelly P. Nevin, & Derek R. Lovley. (2012). A Genetic System for Clostridium ljungdahlii: a Chassis for Autotrophic Production of Biocommodities and a Model Homoacetogen. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 79(4). 1102–1109. 158 indexed citations

Tremblay, Pier‐Luc, Muktak Aklujkar, Ching Leang, Kelly P. Nevin, & Derek R. Lovley. (2011). A genetic system for Geobacter metallireducens : role of the flagellin and pilin in the reduction of Fe(III) oxide. Environmental Microbiology Reports. 4(1). 82–88. 92 indexed citations

Summers, Zarath M., et al.. (2010). Direct Exchange of Electrons Within Aggregates of an Evolved Syntrophic Coculture of Anaerobic Bacteria. Science. 330(6009). 1413–1415. 805 indexed citations breakdown →

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Inoue, Kengo, Ching Leang, Ashley E. Franks, et al.. (2010). Specific localization of the c ‐type cytochrome OmcZ at the anode surface in current‐producing biofilms of Geobacter sulfurreducens. Environmental Microbiology Reports. 3(2). 211–217. 185 indexed citations

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Krushkal, Julia, Ronald M. Adkins, Yanhua Qu, et al.. (2010). Bioinformatic analysis of gene regulation in the metal-reducing bacterial family Geobacteraceae. BMC Bioinformatics. 11(S4). 11 indexed citations

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Leang, Ching, Julia Krushkal, Toshiyuki Ueki, et al.. (2009). Genome-wide analysis of the RpoN regulon in Geobacter sulfurreducens. BMC Genomics. 10(1). 331–331. 50 indexed citations

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Krushkal, Julia, Yanhua Qu, Peter C. Brown, et al.. (2009). Bioinformatic analysis of gene regulation in Geobacter sulfurreducens. BMC Bioinformatics. 10(S7). 1 indexed citations

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Krushkal, Julia, Ching Leang, Yanhua Qu, et al.. (2008). Diversity of promoter elements in a Geobacter sulfurreducens mutant adapted to disruption in electron transfer. Functional & Integrative Genomics. 9(1). 15–25. 8 indexed citations

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Shelobolina, Evgenya S., Maddalena V. Coppi, Anton Korenevsky, et al.. (2007). Importance of c-Type cytochromes for U(VI) reduction by Geobacter sulfurreducens. BMC Microbiology. 7(1). 16–16. 156 indexed citations

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Coppi, Maddalena V., Regina A. O'Neil, Ching Leang, et al.. (2007). Involvement of Geobacter sulfurreducens SfrAB in acetate metabolism rather than intracellular, respiration-linked Fe(III) citrate reduction. Microbiology. 153(10). 3572–3585. 41 indexed citations

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Kim, Byoung‐Chan, Xinlei Qian, Ching Leang, Maddalena V. Coppi, & Derek R. Lovley. (2006). Two Putative c -Type Multiheme Cytochromes Required for the Expression of OmcB, an Outer Membrane Protein Essential for Optimal Fe(III) Reduction in Geobacter sulfurreducens. Journal of Bacteriology. 188(8). 3138–3142. 61 indexed citations

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Kim, Byoung‐Chan, et al.. (2005). OmcF, a Putative c -Type Monoheme Outer Membrane Cytochrome Required for the Expression of Other Outer Membrane Cytochromes in Geobacter sulfurreducens. Journal of Bacteriology. 187(13). 4505–4513. 116 indexed citations

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Coppi, Maddalena V., Ching Leang, Steven J. Sandler, & Derek R. Lovley. (2001). Development of a Genetic System for Geobacter sulfurreducens. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 67(7). 3180–3187. 385 indexed citations

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Wilson, J., Ching Leang, Andrew P. Morby, Jon L. Hobman, & Nigel L. Brown. (2000). MerF is a mercury transport protein: different structures but a common mechanism for mercuric ion transporters?. FEBS Letters. 472(1). 78–82. 70 indexed citations

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