Frances Chu

5.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
43 papers, 3.7k citations indexed

About

Frances Chu is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, General Health Professions and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Frances Chu has authored 43 papers receiving a total of 3.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Molecular Biology, 11 papers in General Health Professions and 8 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Frances Chu's work include Microbial metabolism and enzyme function (7 papers), Bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing (7 papers) and Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (7 papers). Frances Chu is often cited by papers focused on Microbial metabolism and enzyme function (7 papers), Bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing (7 papers) and Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology (7 papers). Frances Chu collaborates with scholars based in United States, France and China. Frances Chu's co-authors include Richard Losick, Roberto Kolter, Daniel B. Kearns, Steven S. Branda, Mary E. Lidstrom, Yunrong Chai, Daniel López, Michael A. Fischbach, Aaron W. Puri and David A. C. Beck and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Blood and Applied and Environmental Microbiology.

In The Last Decade

Frances Chu

41 papers receiving 3.6k 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.

A major protein component of the Bacillus subtilis biofilm matrix

2005 530 citations Steven S. Branda, Frances Chu et al. Molecular Microbiology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Frances Chu United States	27	2.5k	1.1k	907	335	324	43	3.7k
Katherine Huang United States	28	2.9k 1.2×	547 0.5×	1.7k 1.8×	347 1.0×	721 2.2×	51	4.6k
Martín Schuster United States	36	4.7k 1.9×	2.5k 2.3×	777 0.9×	303 0.9×	442 1.4×	103	6.5k
Brian D. Muegge United States	23	3.0k 1.2×	510 0.5×	355 0.4×	215 0.6×	336 1.0×	33	4.7k
Hubert Lam United Kingdom	39	1.3k 0.5×	709 0.7×	407 0.4×	175 0.5×	115 0.4×	113	5.2k
Gabriele Andrea Lugli Italy	47	5.8k 2.3×	763 0.7×	924 1.0×	135 0.4×	292 0.9×	203	8.4k
Mark Gomelsky United States	46	5.7k 2.3×	1.8k 1.7×	1.2k 1.3×	363 1.1×	1.9k 5.8×	85	8.3k
Robert Tarran United States	44	2.9k 1.2×	386 0.4×	147 0.2×	314 0.9×	214 0.7×	138	9.0k
Mrutyunjay Suar India	45	2.1k 0.8×	179 0.2×	635 0.7×	736 2.2×	212 0.7×	178	5.8k
Dana E. Hunt United States	32	1.5k 0.6×	229 0.2×	1.8k 2.0×	191 0.6×	181 0.6×	93	3.9k
Tao Zuo China	44	3.6k 1.4×	648 0.6×	777 0.9×	120 0.4×	303 0.9×	194	6.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Frances Chu

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Fields of papers citing papers by Frances Chu

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Frances Chu

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20 of 20 papers shown

Bridges, Elizabeth, et al.. (2024). Advancing a Nursing Culture of Inquiry: Strategies for the Community. AACN Advanced Critical Care. 35(3). 265–271.

Chu, Frances, et al.. (2023). Digital health interventions to support family caregivers: An updated systematic review. Digital Health. 9. 589815679–589815679. 43 indexed citations

Osman, Morwan M., Frances Chu, Kevin K. Takaki, et al.. (2022). The C terminus of the mycobacterium ESX-1 secretion system substrate ESAT-6 is required for phagosomal membrane damage and virulence. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 119(11). e2122161119–e2122161119. 30 indexed citations

Zaslavsky, Oleg, Frances Chu, & Brenna N. Renn. (2022). Patient Digital Health Technologies to Support Primary Care Across Clinical Contexts: Survey of Primary Care Providers, Behavioral Health Consultants, and Nurses. JMIR Formative Research. 6(2). e32664–e32664. 5 indexed citations

Zaslavsky, Oleg, et al.. (2022). Virtual Intervention for Caregivers of Persons With Lewy Body Dementia: Pilot Quasi-Experimental Single-Arm Study. JMIR Formative Research. 6(7). e37108–e37108. 8 indexed citations

Chen, Annie, Frances Chu, Andrew K. Teng, et al.. (2021). Promoting Problem Solving About Health Management: A Mixed-Methods Pilot Evaluation of a Digital Health Intervention for Older Adults With Pre-Frailty and Frailty. Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine. 7. 3696063828–3696063828. 9 indexed citations

Blakeney, Erin Abu‐Rish, Frances Chu, Andrew A. White, et al.. (2021). A scoping review of new implementations of interprofessional bedside rounding models to improve teamwork, care, and outcomes in hospitals. Journal of Interprofessional Care. 38(3). 411–426. 20 indexed citations

Schiavenato, Martin & Frances Chu. (2021). PICO: What it is and what it is not. Nurse Education in Practice. 56. 103194–103194. 60 indexed citations

Davidson, Ashley D., et al.. (2021). A systematic review of the use of prazosin in pregnancy and lactation. General Hospital Psychiatry. 71. 134–136. 2 indexed citations

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Wahlster, Sarah, Monisha Sharma, Frances Chu, et al.. (2020). Outcomes After Tracheostomy in Patients with Severe Acute Brain Injury: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Neurocritical Care. 34(3). 956–967. 21 indexed citations

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Crawford, Cecelia L., et al.. (2019). An Integrative Review of Nurse-to-Nurse Incivility, Hostility, and Workplace Violence. Nursing Administration Quarterly. 43(2). 138–156. 58 indexed citations

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Miller, Megan A., et al.. (2019). Sleepless in the hospital: A systematic review of non-pharmacological sleep interventions. General Hospital Psychiatry. 59. 58–66. 43 indexed citations

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Chu, Frances, David A. C. Beck, & Mary E. Lidstrom. (2016). MxaY regulates the lanthanide-mediated methanol dehydrogenase switch in Methylomicrobium buryatense. PeerJ. 4. e2435–e2435. 47 indexed citations

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Laurens, Lieve M. L., et al.. (2015). Bioreactor performance parameters for an industrially-promising methanotroph Methylomicrobium buryatense 5GB1. Microbial Cell Factories. 14(1). 182–182. 82 indexed citations

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Traag, Bjørn A., Adam Driks, Patrick Stragier, et al.. (2009). Do mycobacteria produce endospores?. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 107(2). 878–881. 54 indexed citations

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Chai, Yunrong, Frances Chu, Roberto Kolter, & Richard Losick. (2007). Bistability and biofilm formation in Bacillus subtilis. Molecular Microbiology. 67(2). 254–263. 261 indexed citations

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Branda, Steven S., Frances Chu, Daniel B. Kearns, Richard Losick, & Roberto Kolter. (2005). A major protein component of the Bacillus subtilis biofilm matrix. Molecular Microbiology. 59(4). 1229–1238. 530 indexed citations breakdown →

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Kearns, Daniel B., Frances Chu, Steven S. Branda, Roberto Kolter, & Richard Losick. (2004). A master regulator for biofilm formation by Bacillus subtilis. Molecular Microbiology. 55(3). 739–749. 475 indexed citations

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Tsang, C. S. P., Frances Chu, & LP Samaranayake. (2003). Detection of treponema, enterococcus, streptococcus, and candida species in root canal infections in southern Chinese.. Queensland's institutional digital repository (The University of Queensland). 1 indexed citations

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Chen, Jian Jeffrey, Nolan Dewdney, Xiaohong Lin, et al.. (2003). Design and synthesis of orally active inhibitors of TNF synthesis as anti-rheumatoid arthritis drugs. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 13(22). 3951–3954. 8 indexed citations

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