Danny Chan

15.6k total citations · 3 hit papers
259 papers, 11.0k citations indexed

About

Danny Chan is a scholar working on Pathology and Forensic Medicine, Molecular Biology and Rheumatology. According to data from OpenAlex, Danny Chan has authored 259 papers receiving a total of 11.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 84 papers in Pathology and Forensic Medicine, 70 papers in Molecular Biology and 61 papers in Rheumatology. Recurrent topics in Danny Chan's work include Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology (76 papers), Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation (52 papers) and Osteoarthritis Treatment and Mechanisms (45 papers). Danny Chan is often cited by papers focused on Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology (76 papers), Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation (52 papers) and Osteoarthritis Treatment and Mechanisms (45 papers). Danny Chan collaborates with scholars based in Hong Kong, China and Australia. Danny Chan's co-authors include Kmc Cheung, Kathryn S.E. Cheah, John F. Bateman, William G. Cole, Kwok Yeung Tsang, Vyl Leung, Keith D. K. Luk, Jaro Karppinen, Pak C. Sham and You‐Qiang Song and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and JAMA.

In The Last Decade

Danny Chan

252 papers receiving 10.8k 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.

Prevalence and Pattern of Lumbar Magnetic Resonance Imaging Changes in a Population Study of One Thousand Forty-Three Individuals

2009 674 citations Kmc Cheung, Jaro Karppinen et al. Spine profile →
Hypertrophic chondrocytes can become osteoblasts and osteocytes in endochondral bone formation

2014 555 citations Liu Yang, Kwok Yeung Tsang et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
Exhaustion of nucleus pulposus progenitor cells with ageing and degeneration of the intervertebral disc

2012 365 citations Danny Chan, Kathryn S.E. Cheah et al. Nature Communications profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Danny Chan	3.7k	3.2k	2.7k	2.5k	2.3k	259	11.0k
Judith A. Hoyland	7.1k 1.9×	2.7k 0.8×	5.0k 1.8×	3.2k 1.3×	2.5k 1.1×	201	13.0k
Sergio A. Jiménez	6.1k 1.7×	6.0k 1.9×	1.3k 0.5×	2.8k 1.1×	5.6k 2.4×	390	20.9k
Helen E. Gruber	3.0k 0.8×	1.9k 0.6×	1.9k 0.7×	2.2k 0.9×	1.2k 0.5×	206	7.8k
James Melrose	2.5k 0.7×	1.7k 0.5×	1.8k 0.6×	1.9k 0.8×	1.5k 0.7×	194	7.0k
Leena Ala‐Kokko	1.5k 0.4×	2.6k 0.8×	1.5k 0.5×	928 0.4×	2.3k 1.0×	142	8.1k
Ruud A. Bank	829 0.2×	2.6k 0.8×	1.0k 0.4×	2.7k 1.1×	3.3k 1.5×	168	11.2k
Peter J. Roughley	6.0k 1.6×	4.3k 1.3×	4.9k 1.8×	3.9k 1.6×	7.2k 3.1×	276	18.6k
Wiltrud Richter	1.0k 0.3×	2.2k 0.7×	900 0.3×	3.7k 1.5×	4.0k 1.7×	239	10.5k
Bruce Caterson	1.4k 0.4×	4.0k 1.2×	1.8k 0.7×	2.6k 1.0×	5.8k 2.5×	243	13.8k
Jérôme Guicheux	1.3k 0.4×	2.5k 0.8×	1.0k 0.4×	2.4k 1.0×	2.5k 1.1×	261	10.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Danny Chan

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Fields of papers citing papers by Danny Chan

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Danny Chan

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

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Chen, Jingying, Danny Chan, Tao Yang, et al.. (2025). Bio-degradable, fully bio-based, thermally cross-linked superabsorbent polymers from citric acid and glycerol. Green Chemistry. 27(12). 3234–3247. 6 indexed citations

Shi, Zhifeng, Kay Ka‐Wai Li, Nellie Yuk‐Fei Chung, et al.. (2024). Rare Pediatric Cerebellar High-Grade Gliomas Mimic Medulloblastomas Histologically and Transcriptomically and Show p53 Mutations. Cancers. 16(1). 232–232. 1 indexed citations

Shi, Zhifeng, Kay Ka‐Wai Li, Nellie Yuk‐Fei Chung, et al.. (2024). The Molecular Landscape of Primary CNS Lymphomas (PCNSLs) in Children and Young Adults. Cancers. 16(9). 1740–1740. 2 indexed citations

Chen, Peikai, Zhijia Tan, Yunzhi Lin, et al.. (2023). Scoliosis in osteogenesis imperfecta: identifying the genetic and non-genetic factors affecting severity and progression from longitudinal data of 290 patients. Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases. 18(1). 295–295. 3 indexed citations

Shi, Zhifeng, Kay Ka‐Wai Li, Weiwei Wang, et al.. (2022). Molecular landscape of IDH‐wild‐type, H3‐wild‐type glioblastomas of adolescents and young adults. Neuropathology and Applied Neurobiology. 48(4). e12802–e12802. 4 indexed citations

Eckersley, Alexander, Matiss Ozols, Peikai Chen, et al.. (2021). Peptide Location Fingerprinting Reveals Tissue Region-Specific Differences in Protein Structures in an Ageing Human Organ. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 22(19). 10408–10408. 10 indexed citations

Li, Kay Ka‐Wai, Weiwei Wang, Tathiane M. Malta, et al.. (2021). Molecular landscape of IDH-mutant primary astrocytoma Grade IV/glioblastomas. Modern Pathology. 34(7). 1245–1260. 31 indexed citations

Chan, Andy, et al.. (2021). Collagen IV differentially regulates planarian stem cell potency and lineage progression. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 118(16). 16 indexed citations

Chan, Danny, Susan Garfinkel, Iekuni Ichikawa, et al.. (2020). First meeting in Asia of the Asia Pacific Research Integrity network. Accountability in Research. 27(2). 99–106. 3 indexed citations

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Li, Chunyu, Ni Wang, Alejandro A. Schäffer, et al.. (2020). Mutations in COMP cause familial carpal tunnel syndrome. Nature Communications. 11(1). 3642–3642. 15 indexed citations

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Tan, Zhijia, Kwok Yeung Tsang, Ben Niu, et al.. (2020). IRX3 and IRX5 Inhibit Adipogenic Differentiation of Hypertrophic Chondrocytes and Promote Osteogenesis. Journal of Bone and Mineral Research. 35(12). 2444–2457. 36 indexed citations

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Tam, Vivian, Peikai Chen, Anita Yee, et al.. (2020). DIPPER, a spatiotemporal proteomics atlas of human intervertebral discs for exploring ageing and degeneration dynamics. eLife. 9. 49 indexed citations

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Yang, Liu, et al.. (2014). Hypertrophic chondrocytes can become osteoblasts and osteocytes in endochondral bone formation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 111(33). 12097–12102. 555 indexed citations breakdown →

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Chan, Danny, Gerald F. Watts, Ashley Irish, Esther Ooi, & Gursharan Dogra. (2013). Insulin Resistance and the Metabolic Syndrome Are Associated With Arterial Stiffness in Patients With Chronic Kidney Disease. American Journal of Hypertension. 26(9). 1155–1161. 18 indexed citations

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Fu, Li, Alissa M. Wong, Yanhui Fan, et al.. (2013). Fine mapping candidate loci for nasopharyngeal carcinoma in southern Chinese specifically linked to Epstein- Barr virus aetiopathogenesis. Hong Kong Medical Journal. 19(5). 1 indexed citations

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Guo, Shengzhen, Jian Zhou, Bo Gao, et al.. (2009). Missense mutations in IHH impair Indian Hedgehog signaling in C3H10T1/2 cells: Implications for brachydactyly type A1, and new targets for Hedgehog signaling. Cellular & Molecular Biology Letters. 15(1). 153–76. 17 indexed citations

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Cheah, Kathryn S.E., et al.. (2009). Effects of Reconstituted Collagen Matrix on Fates of Mouse Embryonic Stem Cells Before and After Induction for Chondrogenic Differentiation. Tissue Engineering Part A. 15(10). 3071–3085. 18 indexed citations

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Cheung, Kmc, et al.. (2009). Decellularization of Chondrocyte-Encapsulated Collagen Microspheres: A Three-Dimensional Model to Study the Effects of Acellular Matrix on Stem Cell Fate. Tissue Engineering Part C Methods. 15(4). 697–706. 74 indexed citations

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Cheung, Kmc, Danny Chan, Jaro Karppinen, et al.. (2006). Association of the Taq I Allele in Vitamin D Receptor With Degenerative Disc Disease and Disc Bulge in a Chinese Population. Spine. 31(10). 1143–1148. 114 indexed citations

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Virgo, Katherine S., John W. Colberg, David K. Ornstein, et al.. (1999). The age of the urologist affects the postoperative care of prostate carcinoma patients. Cancer. 86(7). 1314–1321.

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