Chuan Ku

2.0k total citations
31 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Chuan Ku is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Plant Science and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Chuan Ku has authored 31 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Molecular Biology, 16 papers in Plant Science and 15 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Chuan Ku's work include Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (15 papers), Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (9 papers) and Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (9 papers). Chuan Ku is often cited by papers focused on Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (15 papers), Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (9 papers) and Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (9 papers). Chuan Ku collaborates with scholars based in Taiwan, Israel and Germany. Chuan Ku's co-authors include William Martin, Verena Zimorski, Sven B. Gould, Chih‐Horng Kuo, Wen‐Sui Lo, Ling‐Ling Chen, Shijulal Nelson‐Sathi, Mayo Roettger, Einat Hazkani‐Covo and Robert V. Miller and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Chuan Ku

29 papers receiving 1.3k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Chuan Ku Taiwan 18 868 460 390 181 120 31 1.3k
Eva C. M. Nowack Germany 17 1.0k 1.2× 665 1.4× 238 0.6× 231 1.3× 70 0.6× 27 1.5k
Jean-Michel Escoubas France 24 1.0k 1.2× 347 0.8× 359 0.9× 179 1.0× 167 1.4× 46 2.2k
Ravindra Pushker Spain 8 827 1.0× 379 0.8× 291 0.7× 69 0.4× 198 1.6× 8 1.4k
Jürgen F. H. Strassert Germany 17 601 0.7× 386 0.8× 190 0.5× 186 1.0× 234 1.9× 34 998
Anna Karnkowska Poland 18 858 1.0× 578 1.3× 107 0.3× 78 0.4× 75 0.6× 55 1.2k
Courtney W. Stairs Sweden 20 1.3k 1.4× 625 1.4× 146 0.4× 74 0.4× 133 1.1× 38 1.7k
Christian Woehle Germany 18 776 0.9× 485 1.1× 134 0.3× 72 0.4× 91 0.8× 31 1.4k
Verena Zimorski Germany 16 832 1.0× 267 0.6× 152 0.4× 58 0.3× 100 0.8× 18 1.2k
Einat Hazkani‐Covo Israel 14 1.1k 1.3× 335 0.7× 268 0.7× 101 0.6× 374 3.1× 26 1.4k
Eric W. Linton United States 14 613 0.7× 360 0.8× 506 1.3× 37 0.2× 255 2.1× 29 1.1k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Chuan Ku

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Chuan Ku

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

All Works

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Ben‐Dor, Shifra, Orly Dym, Chuan Ku, et al.. (2025). Cathepsin X is a conserved cell death protein involved in algal response to environmental stress. Current Biology. 35(10). 2240–2255.e6.
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Ku, Chuan, et al.. (2025). Host-Calibrated Time Tree Caps the Age of Giant Viruses. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 42(2). 1 indexed citations
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Decelle, Johan, Omer Murik, Benoît Gallet, et al.. (2024). Life cycle and morphogenetic differentiation in heteromorphic cell types of a cosmopolitan marine microalga. New Phytologist. 245(5). 1969–1984. 2 indexed citations
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Chen, Ying‐Lan, Tien‐Hsien Chang, Chuan Ku, et al.. (2024). Merit of integrating in situ transcriptomics and anatomical information for cell annotation and lineage construction in single-cell analyses of Populus. Genome biology. 25(1). 85–85. 4 indexed citations
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Sun, Ying‐Hsuan, et al.. (2023). Single-cell transcriptomics unveils xylem cell development and evolution. Genome biology. 24(1). 3–3. 49 indexed citations
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Chang, Wen, et al.. (2023). Widespread Distribution and Evolution of Poxviral Entry-Fusion Complex Proteins in Giant Viruses. Microbiology Spectrum. 11(2). e0494422–e0494422. 15 indexed citations
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Ku, Chuan & Arnau Sebé-Pedrós. (2019). Using single-cell transcriptomics to understand functional states and interactions in microbial eukaryotes. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 374(1786). 20190098–20190098. 22 indexed citations
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Barak-Gavish, Noa, Miguel J. Frada, Chuan Ku, et al.. (2018). Bacterial virulence against an oceanic bloom-forming phytoplankter is mediated by algal DMSP. Science Advances. 4(10). eaau5716–eaau5716. 75 indexed citations
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Ku, Chuan, Noa Barak-Gavish, Mark Maienschein‐Cline, Stefan J. Green, & Assaf Vardi. (2018). Complete Genome Sequence of Sulfitobacter sp. Strain D7, a Virulent Bacterium Isolated from an Emiliania huxleyi Algal Bloom in the North Atlantic. Microbiology Resource Announcements. 7(19). 9 indexed citations
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Ku, Chuan & William Martin. (2016). A natural barrier to lateral gene transfer from prokaryotes to eukaryotes revealed from genomes: the 70 % rule. BMC Biology. 14(1). 89–89. 76 indexed citations
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Ku, Chuan, Shijulal Nelson‐Sathi, Mayo Roettger, et al.. (2015). Endosymbiotic origin and differential loss of eukaryotic genes. Nature. 524(7566). 427–432. 206 indexed citations
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Lo, Wen‐Sui, et al.. (2014). Molecular Evolution of the Substrate Utilization Strategies and Putative Virulence Factors in Mosquito-Associated Spiroplasma Species. Genome Biology and Evolution. 6(3). 500–509. 37 indexed citations
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Ku, Chuan, Wen‐Sui Lo, & Chih‐Horng Kuo. (2014). Molecular evolution of the actin-like MreB protein gene family in wall-less bacteria. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 446(4). 927–932. 26 indexed citations
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Zimorski, Verena, Chuan Ku, William Martin, & Sven B. Gould. (2014). Endosymbiotic theory for organelle origins. Current Opinion in Microbiology. 22. 38–48. 306 indexed citations
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Ku, Chuan, Mayo Roettger, Verena Zimorski, et al.. (2014). Plastid origin: who, when and why?. Acta Societatis Botanicorum Poloniae. 83(4). 281–289. 6 indexed citations
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Ku, Chuan, Wen‐Sui Lo, Ling‐Ling Chen, & Chih‐Horng Kuo. (2013). Complete Genomes of Two Dipteran-Associated Spiroplasmas Provided Insights into the Origin, Dynamics, and Impacts of Viral Invasion in Spiroplasma. Genome Biology and Evolution. 5(6). 1151–1164. 53 indexed citations
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Lo, Wen‐Sui, et al.. (2013). Comparison of Metabolic Capacities and Inference of Gene Content Evolution in Mosquito-Associated Spiroplasma diminutum and S. taiwanense. Genome Biology and Evolution. 5(8). 1512–1523. 34 indexed citations
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Ku, Chuan, Jer‐Ming Hu, & Chih‐Horng Kuo. (2013). Complete Plastid Genome Sequence of the Basal Asterid Ardisia polysticta Miq. and Comparative Analyses of Asterid Plastid Genomes. PLoS ONE. 8(4). e62548–e62548. 37 indexed citations
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