Frank Hong

3.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
19 papers, 2.5k citations indexed

About

Frank Hong is a scholar working on Oncology, Ophthalmology and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Frank Hong has authored 19 papers receiving a total of 2.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Oncology, 7 papers in Ophthalmology and 6 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Frank Hong's work include Cancer-related Molecular Pathways (11 papers), Ocular Oncology and Treatments (7 papers) and Virus-based gene therapy research (3 papers). Frank Hong is often cited by papers focused on Cancer-related Molecular Pathways (11 papers), Ocular Oncology and Treatments (7 papers) and Virus-based gene therapy research (3 papers). Frank Hong collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Taiwan. Frank Hong's co-authors include Robert Bookstein, Jin‐Yuh Shew, Wen‐Hwa Lee, Eva Y.-H.P. Lee, Larry A. Donoso, Theodore W. Sery, Gary L. Clayman, C Allred, Steven A. Madreperla and Pascale Rio and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Frank Hong

18 papers receiving 2.4k 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.

Human Retinoblastoma Susceptibility Gene: Cloning, Identification, and Sequence

1987 1.1k citations Wen‐Hwa Lee, Robert Bookstein et al. Science profile →
The retinoblastoma susceptibility gene encodes a nuclear phosphoprotein associated with DNA binding activity

1987 535 citations Jin‐Yuh Shew, Frank Hong et al. Nature profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Frank Hong United States	13	1.4k	1.2k	880	505	364	19	2.5k
Peter Scully United States	7	1.4k 1.0×	1.1k 0.9×	587 0.7×	443 0.9×	266 0.7×	8	2.0k
Aart G. Jochemsen Netherlands	34	2.0k 1.4×	2.8k 2.2×	322 0.4×	391 0.8×	483 1.3×	70	3.7k
Vikas Khetan India	21	603 0.4×	825 0.7×	1.0k 1.2×	110 0.2×	290 0.8×	119	1.8k
R A Weinberg United States	21	1.3k 0.9×	1.8k 1.5×	129 0.1×	342 0.7×	322 0.9×	33	2.5k
Barbara Faha United States	15	1.6k 1.2×	1.7k 1.4×	212 0.2×	637 1.3×	335 0.9×	19	2.5k
Nicolas Janin France	19	620 0.5×	818 0.7×	116 0.1×	358 0.7×	314 0.9×	40	1.5k
Huei-Jen Su Huang United States	6	555 0.4×	631 0.5×	190 0.2×	252 0.5×	159 0.4×	7	1.2k
Jane Weaver-Feldhaus United States	10	1.8k 1.3×	1.9k 1.5×	81 0.1×	294 0.6×	757 2.1×	10	3.1k
Gloria Balaban United States	19	630 0.5×	1.0k 0.8×	107 0.1×	332 0.7×	449 1.2×	23	1.7k
O. A. Jensen Denmark	23	514 0.4×	645 0.5×	1.2k 1.3×	144 0.3×	58 0.2×	109	2.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Frank Hong

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Fields of papers citing papers by Frank Hong

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Frank Hong

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

All Works

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19 of 19 papers shown

Hong, Frank, et al.. (2025). A new strategy improving TB diagnosis: stratified urine LAM test based on lymphocyte counts. Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology. 15. 1498651–1498651. 1 indexed citations

Jiang, Weiyu, Frank Hong, Ben Niu, et al.. (2025). Genome-wide analysis of apple histone acetyltransferases reveals the regulatory roles of MdHAG1 and MdHAM1 in response to abiotic stresses. Plant Science. 355. 112441–112441. 1 indexed citations

Hong, Frank, et al.. (2022). Tumor specifically internalizing peptide ‘HN-1’: Targeting the putative receptor retinoblastoma-regulated discoidin domain receptor 1 involved in metastasis. World Journal of Clinical Oncology. 13(5). 323–338. 4 indexed citations

Hong, Frank, et al.. (2020). Tumor-specific lytic path “hyperploid progression mediated death”: Resolving side effects through targeting retinoblastoma or p53 mutant. World Journal of Clinical Oncology. 11(11). 854–867. 1 indexed citations

Kudrow, David, Julio Pascual, Paul Winner, et al.. (2019). Vascular safety of erenumab for migraine prevention. Neurology. 94(5). e497–e510. 66 indexed citations

Chen, Mei-Chuan, Bingsen Zhou, Keqiang Zhang, et al.. (2015). The Novel Ribonucleotide Reductase Inhibitor COH29 Inhibits DNA Repair In Vitro. Molecular Pharmacology. 87(6). 996–1005. 23 indexed citations

Hong, Frank & Gary L. Clayman. (2000). Isolation of a peptide for targeted drug delivery into human head and neck solid tumors.. PubMed. 60(23). 6551–6. 82 indexed citations

Hong, Frank. (1999). Taxol, vincristine or nocodazole induces lethality in G1-checkpoint-defective human astrocytoma U373MG cells by triggering hyperploid progression. Carcinogenesis. 20(7). 1161–1168. 28 indexed citations

Chen, Jun, Frank Hong, & Perry D. Nisen. (1997). Gene therapy for human brain tumors by ectopic overexpression of cell cycle cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitors (CDKIs) • 646. Pediatric Research. 41. 110–110. 4 indexed citations

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Hong, Frank, et al.. (1994). The Corral Hypothesis: A Novel Regulatory Mode for Retinoblastoma Protein Function. Cold Spring Harbor Symposia on Quantitative Biology. 59(0). 97–107. 13 indexed citations

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Hensey, Carmel, et al.. (1994). Identification of discrete structural domains in the retinoblastoma protein. Amino-terminal domain is required for its oligomerization.. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 269(2). 1380–1387. 54 indexed citations

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Hollingsworth, Robert E., et al.. (1991). RB Protein as a Cellular "Corral" for Growth-promoting Proteins. Cold Spring Harbor Symposia on Quantitative Biology. 56(0). 211–217. 30 indexed citations

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Hong, Frank & Wen‐Hwa Lee. (1991). Sequence similarity between part of human retinoblastoma susceptibility gene product and a neurofilament protein subunit. Bioscience Reports. 11(3). 159–163. 6 indexed citations

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Bookstein, Robert, Pascale Rio, Steven A. Madreperla, et al.. (1990). Promoter deletion and loss of retinoblastoma gene expression in human prostate carcinoma.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 87(19). 7762–7766. 278 indexed citations

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Hong, Frank, Hui Huang, Ho To, et al.. (1989). Structure of the human retinoblastoma gene.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 86(14). 5502–5506. 156 indexed citations

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Shew, Jin‐Yuh, et al.. (1987). The retinoblastoma susceptibility gene encodes a nuclear phosphoprotein associated with DNA binding activity. Nature. 329(6140). 642–645. 535 indexed citations breakdown →

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Lee, Wen‐Hwa, et al.. (1987). Human Retinoblastoma Susceptibility Gene: Cloning, Identification, and Sequence. Science. 235(4794). 1394–1399. 1113 indexed citations breakdown →

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Niesters, Hubert G.M., Johannes A. Lenstra, Willy J. M. Spaan, et al.. (1986). The peplomer protein sequence of the M41 strain of coronavirus IBV and its comparison with Beaudette strains. Virus Research. 5(2-3). 253–263. 70 indexed citations

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Vora, Shobhana, et al.. (1986). Isolation of a cDNA for human muscle 6-phosphofructokinase. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 135(2). 615–621. 18 indexed citations

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