Ferric C. Fang

32.7k total citations · 8 hit papers
241 papers, 22.2k citations indexed

About

Ferric C. Fang is a scholar working on Food Science, Endocrinology and Infectious Diseases. According to data from OpenAlex, Ferric C. Fang has authored 241 papers receiving a total of 22.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 72 papers in Food Science, 58 papers in Endocrinology and 49 papers in Infectious Diseases. Recurrent topics in Ferric C. Fang's work include Salmonella and Campylobacter epidemiology (71 papers), Vibrio bacteria research studies (38 papers) and Trace Elements in Health (33 papers). Ferric C. Fang is often cited by papers focused on Salmonella and Campylobacter epidemiology (71 papers), Vibrio bacteria research studies (38 papers) and Trace Elements in Health (33 papers). Ferric C. Fang collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Austria. Ferric C. Fang's co-authors include Stephen J. Libby, Andrés Vázquez‐Torres, Arturo Casadevall, R. Grant Steen, Jonathan S. Stamler, Santiago Lamas, Yisheng Xu, William Wiley Navarre, Jessica Jones‐Carson and Mary Ann De Groote and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Ferric C. Fang

233 papers receiving 21.7k citations

Hit Papers

Antimicrobial reactive oxygen and nitrogen species: conce... 1997 2026 2006 2016 2004 2001 1997 2012 2006 400 800 1.2k
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.

  1. Antimicrobial reactive oxygen and nitrogen species: concepts and controversies
    2004 1.3k citations Ferric C. Fang profile →
  2. Nitrosylation
    2001 1.0k citations Ferric C. Fang et al. profile →
  3. Perspectives series: host/pathogen interactions. Mechanisms of nitric oxide-related antimicrobial activity.
    1997 940 citations Ferric C. Fang Journal of Clinical Investigation profile →
  4. Misconduct accounts for the majority of retracted scientific publications
    2012 712 citations Ferric C. Fang, Arturo Casadevall et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  5. Selective Silencing of Foreign DNA with Low GC Content by the H-NS Protein in Salmonella
    2006 583 citations William Wiley Navarre, Steffen Porwollik et al. Science profile →
  6. Extraintestinal dissemination of Salmonella by CD18-expressing phagocytes
    1999 520 citations Ferric C. Fang et al. profile →
  7. Genes encoding putative effector proteins of the type III secretion system of Salmonella pathogenicity island 2 are required for bacterial virulence and proliferation in macrophages
    1998 493 citations Ferric C. Fang et al. Molecular Microbiology profile →
  8. Probiotic Bacteria Reduce Salmonella Typhimurium Intestinal Colonization by Competing for Iron
    2013 390 citations Stephen J. Libby, Ferric C. Fang et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Ferric C. Fang United States 82 6.5k 5.1k 4.6k 4.0k 3.4k 241 22.2k
Claire M. Fraser United States 73 16.7k 2.6× 2.3k 0.5× 1.3k 0.3× 4.2k 1.0× 3.6k 1.1× 260 27.9k
Christian R.H. Raetz United States 80 14.3k 2.2× 1.7k 0.3× 3.6k 0.8× 1.3k 0.3× 5.9k 1.7× 234 26.0k
Matthew K. Waldor United States 80 8.0k 1.2× 3.2k 0.6× 9.6k 2.1× 2.8k 0.7× 4.9k 1.4× 284 20.7k
Gary K. Schoolnik United States 74 8.0k 1.2× 1.6k 0.3× 5.9k 1.3× 10.9k 2.7× 3.4k 1.0× 187 22.7k
Michael Kuhn Germany 55 23.9k 3.7× 2.8k 0.5× 837 0.2× 1.8k 0.4× 2.9k 0.9× 153 39.2k
Michael A. Fischbach United States 82 23.8k 3.7× 3.1k 0.6× 599 0.1× 3.6k 0.9× 2.8k 0.8× 188 36.6k
Paul Williams United Kingdom 99 23.1k 3.6× 1.9k 0.4× 5.2k 1.1× 3.0k 0.8× 8.1k 2.4× 456 33.3k
Martin Wiedmann United States 90 10.6k 1.6× 16.1k 3.1× 2.8k 0.6× 1.7k 0.4× 2.0k 0.6× 565 30.2k
Lanjuan Li China 92 16.7k 2.6× 2.9k 0.6× 1.0k 0.2× 8.0k 2.0× 1.3k 0.4× 888 38.7k
Gordon Dougan United Kingdom 107 13.6k 2.1× 14.3k 2.8× 14.3k 3.1× 14.7k 3.7× 5.3k 1.5× 612 43.5k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Will, W. Ryan, et al.. (2025). A cytochrome bd repressed by a MarR family regulator confers resistance to metals, nitric oxide, sulfide, and cyanide in Chromobacterium violaceum. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 91(2). e0236024–e0236024. 2 indexed citations
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Soge, Olusegun O., Chase A. Cannon, Timothy W. Menza, et al.. (2025). Potential Impact of Doxycycline Post-Exposure Prophylaxis on Tetracycline Resistance in Neisseria gonorrhoeae and Colonization With Tetracycline-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus and Group A Streptococcus. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 80(6). 1188–1196. 10 indexed citations
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Karlinsey, Joyce E., Stephen J. Libby, Dennis C. Ko, et al.. (2024). Nuclear factor kappa B-dependent persistence of Salmonella Typhi and Paratyphi in human macrophages. mBio. 15(4). e0045424–e0045424. 5 indexed citations
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Casadevall, Arturo & Ferric C. Fang. (2023). Prisoner's science. mBio. 15(1). e0263323–e0263323. 1 indexed citations
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Hoffmann, Alexander, Richard Hilbe, Anna‐Maria Mitterstiller, et al.. (2022). Availability of Ferritin-Bound Iron to Enterobacteriaceae. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 23(21). 13087–13087. 6 indexed citations
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Fang, Ferric C., Constance A. Benson, Carlos del Rı́o, et al.. (2020). COVID-19—Lessons Learned and Questions Remaining. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 72(12). 2225–2240. 48 indexed citations
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Singhal, Anshika & Ferric C. Fang. (2020). Direct and Indirect Inhibition of Salmonella Peptide Deformylase by Nitric Oxide. mBio. 11(6). 6 indexed citations
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Dichtl, Stefanie, Egon Demetz, David Haschka, et al.. (2019). Dopamine Is a Siderophore-Like Iron Chelator That Promotes Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium Virulence in Mice. mBio. 10(1). 33 indexed citations
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Newman, Simon L., W. Ryan Will, Stephen J. Libby, & Ferric C. Fang. (2018). The curli regulator CsgD mediates stationary phase counter‐silencing of csgBA in Salmonella Typhimurium. Molecular Microbiology. 108(1). 101–114. 15 indexed citations
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Bik, Elisabeth M., Arturo Casadevall, & Ferric C. Fang. (2016). The Prevalence of Inappropriate Image Duplication in Biomedical Research Publications. mBio. 7(3). 139 indexed citations
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Nairz, Manfred, Ulrike Schleicher, Andrea Schroll, et al.. (2013). Nitric oxide–mediated regulation of ferroportin-1 controls macrophage iron homeostasis and immune function in Salmonella infection. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 210(5). 855–873. 167 indexed citations
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Kisiela, Dagmara, Sujay Chattopadhyay, Stephen J. Libby, et al.. (2012). Evolution of Salmonella enterica Virulence via Point Mutations in the Fimbrial Adhesin. PLoS Pathogens. 8(6). e1002733–e1002733. 62 indexed citations
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Wang, Wei, Traci L. Kinkel, Willm Martens‐Habbena, et al.. (2011). The Moraxella catarrhalis Nitric Oxide Reductase Is Essential for Nitric Oxide Detoxification. Journal of Bacteriology. 193(11). 2804–2813. 19 indexed citations
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Libby, Stephen J., Michael A. Brehm, Dale L. Greiner, et al.. (2010). Humanized nonobese diabetic- scid IL2rγ null mice are susceptible to lethal Salmonella Typhi infection. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 107(35). 15589–15594. 98 indexed citations
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Xiao, Shaobo, et al.. (2009). Real-time PCR Analysis of the Heat-Shock Response of Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans ATCC 23270. Folia Biologica. 55(1). 1–6. 14 indexed citations
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Richardson, Anthony R., Stephen J. Libby, & Ferric C. Fang. (2008). A Nitric Oxide–Inducible Lactate Dehydrogenase Enables Staphylococcus aureus to Resist Innate Immunity. Science. 319(5870). 1672–1676. 220 indexed citations
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Navarre, William Wiley, Steffen Porwollik, Michael McClelland, et al.. (2006). Selective Silencing of Foreign DNA with Low GC Content by the H-NS Protein in Salmonella. Science. 313(5784). 236–238. 583 indexed citations breakdown →
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Zaharik, Michelle L., Stephen J. Libby, Bryan Coburn, et al.. (2004). The Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium Divalent Cation Transport Systems MntH and SitABCD Are Essential for Virulence in an Nramp1 G169 Murine Typhoid Model. Infection and Immunity. 72(9). 5522–5525. 102 indexed citations
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Fang, Ferric C.. (1997). Mechanisms of nitric oxide-related antimicrobial activity. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 100(12). 2818–2825. 365 indexed citations

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