Chun So

1.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
15 papers, 704 citations indexed

About

Chun So is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Chun So has authored 15 papers receiving a total of 704 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Molecular Biology, 5 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and 4 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Chun So's work include Reproductive Biology and Fertility (5 papers), Cancer Cells and Metastasis (4 papers) and Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (3 papers). Chun So is often cited by papers focused on Reproductive Biology and Fertility (5 papers), Cancer Cells and Metastasis (4 papers) and Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (3 papers). Chun So collaborates with scholars based in Hong Kong, Germany and United Kingdom. Chun So's co-authors include Melina Schuh, Dean Clift, Wiebke Möbius, Shiya Cheng, William A. McEwan, Leo C. James, Anna M. Steyer, Suk Ying Tsang, Kay Elder and Martyn Blayney and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Cell and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Chun So

14 papers receiving 692 citations

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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.

Mammalian oocytes store proteins for the early embryo on cytoplasmic lattices

2023 68 citations Felix J.B. Bäuerlein, Luisa M. Welp et al. Cell profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Chun So Hong Kong	12	473	174	171	95	79	15	704
Chizuko Tsurumi Japan	17	807 1.7×	163 0.9×	270 1.6×	251 2.6×	92 1.2×	29	1.0k
Bruno Vaz United Kingdom	12	913 1.9×	81 0.5×	142 0.8×	161 1.7×	232 2.9×	15	1.1k
Craig Eyster United States	13	555 1.2×	42 0.2×	231 1.4×	55 0.6×	58 0.7×	21	766
Rui Pires Martins United States	8	621 1.3×	78 0.4×	128 0.7×	31 0.3×	120 1.5×	11	856
Malik Lutzmann France	15	1.0k 2.2×	70 0.4×	143 0.8×	98 1.0×	139 1.8×	19	1.2k
Erwan Delbarre Norway	16	880 1.9×	50 0.3×	90 0.5×	35 0.4×	68 0.9×	22	997
Clare Dempsey United Kingdom	10	334 0.7×	96 0.6×	129 0.8×	77 0.8×	73 0.9×	15	592
Nuria Martí Gutiérrez Spain	9	633 1.3×	91 0.5×	29 0.2×	154 1.6×	77 1.0×	13	846
Catherine Sénamaud‐Beaufort France	15	694 1.5×	59 0.3×	106 0.6×	233 2.5×	99 1.3×	23	878
Manuel Eguren Spain	11	549 1.2×	53 0.3×	346 2.0×	158 1.7×	54 0.7×	15	722

Countries citing papers authored by Chun So

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Fields of papers citing papers by Chun So

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Chun So

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

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15 of 15 papers shown

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Wang, Li, Jing Guo, Xiaoming Xu, et al.. (2025). Natural degradation of RNA polymerase II is essential for oocyte chromatin reorganization and maternal-to-zygotic transition. Nature Communications. 17(1). 720–720.

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Bäuerlein, Felix J.B., Luisa M. Welp, Benjamin H. Cooper, et al.. (2023). Mammalian oocytes store proteins for the early embryo on cytoplasmic lattices. Cell. 186(24). 5308–5327.e25. 68 indexed citations breakdown →

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Cheng, Shiya, Chun So, Luisa M. Welp, et al.. (2022). Mammalian oocytes store mRNAs in a mitochondria-associated membraneless compartment. Science. 378(6617). eabq4835–eabq4835. 94 indexed citations

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So, Chun, Julia Uraji, Anna M. Steyer, et al.. (2022). Mechanism of spindle pole organization and instability in human oocytes. Science. 375(6581). eabj3944–eabj3944. 86 indexed citations

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So, Chun, Shiya Cheng, & Melina Schuh. (2021). Phase Separation during Germline Development. Trends in Cell Biology. 31(4). 254–268. 52 indexed citations

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So, Chun, et al.. (2020). Adipose‐derived stem cells and cancer cells fuse to generate cancer stem cell‐like cells with increased tumorigenicity. Journal of Cellular Physiology. 235(10). 6794–6807. 30 indexed citations

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So, Chun, et al.. (2019). A liquid-like spindle domain promotes acentrosomal spindle assembly in mammalian oocytes. Science. 364(6447). 123 indexed citations

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So, Chun, et al.. (2019). Flow Cytometric Detection of Newly-formed Breast Cancer Stem Cell-like Cells After Apoptosis Reversal. Journal of Visualized Experiments. 6 indexed citations

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So, Chun, et al.. (2019). Flow Cytometric Detection of Newly-formed Breast Cancer Stem Cell-like Cells After Apoptosis Reversal. Journal of Visualized Experiments. 6 indexed citations

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Clift, Dean, Chun So, William A. McEwan, Leo C. James, & Melina Schuh. (2018). Acute and rapid degradation of endogenous proteins by Trim-Away. Nature Protocols. 13(10). 2149–2175. 117 indexed citations

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So, Chun, et al.. (2018). Apoptosis Reversal Promotes Cancer Stem Cell-Like Cell Formation. Neoplasia. 20(3). 295–303. 40 indexed citations

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Yang, Hongbing, Sandrine Buisson, Giovanna Bossi, et al.. (2016). Elimination of Latently HIV-infected Cells from Antiretroviral Therapy-suppressed Subjects by Engineered Immune-mobilizing T-cell Receptors. Molecular Therapy. 24(11). 1913–1925. 31 indexed citations

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Qi, Yan, Zenghua Qi, Zhichao Li, et al.. (2015). Role of TRPV1 in the Differentiation of Mouse Embryonic Stem Cells into Cardiomyocytes. PLoS ONE. 10(7). e0133211–e0133211. 22 indexed citations

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Qi, Zenghua, et al.. (2015). TRPV3 Channel Negatively Regulates Cell Cycle Progression and Safeguards the Pluripotency of Embryonic Stem Cells. Journal of Cellular Physiology. 231(2). 403–413. 14 indexed citations

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So, Chun, Stephanie Ma, T.S.K. Wan, et al.. (2000). Analysis of MLL-Derived Transcripts in Infant Acute Monocytic Leukemia with a Complex Translocation (1;11;4)(q21;q23;p16). Cancer Genetics and Cytogenetics. 117(1). 24–27. 15 indexed citations

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