Fred Chang

10.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
106 papers, 7.7k citations indexed

About

Fred Chang is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Fred Chang has authored 106 papers receiving a total of 7.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 97 papers in Molecular Biology, 80 papers in Cell Biology and 9 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Fred Chang's work include Fungal and yeast genetics research (65 papers), Microtubule and mitosis dynamics (64 papers) and Cellular Mechanics and Interactions (19 papers). Fred Chang is often cited by papers focused on Fungal and yeast genetics research (65 papers), Microtubule and mitosis dynamics (64 papers) and Cellular Mechanics and Interactions (19 papers). Fred Chang collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and France. Fred Chang's co-authors include Paul Nurse, Sophie G. Martin, Nicolas Minc, Robert J. Pelham, Ira Herskowitz, David R. Burgess, Becket Feierbach, Jawdat Al‐Bassam, Anne Paoletti and Roshni Basu and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Fred Chang

103 papers receiving 7.6k 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.

  1. The outer membrane is an essential load-bearing element in Gram-negative bacteria
    2018 420 citations Pascal D. Odermatt, Fred Chang et al. profile →
  2. cdc12p, a Protein Required for Cytokinesis in Fission Yeast, Is a Component of the Cell Division Ring and Interacts with Profilin
    1997 339 citations Fred Chang et al. profile →

Author Peers

Peers are selected by citation overlap in the author's most active subfields. citations · hero ref

Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Fred Chang 6.1k 5.0k 1.1k 664 581 106 7.7k
Viesturs Simanis 5.7k 0.9× 3.5k 0.7× 1.0k 1.0× 432 0.7× 608 1.0× 91 6.5k
Mohan K. Balasubramanian 5.0k 0.8× 3.6k 0.7× 765 0.7× 807 1.2× 604 1.0× 124 5.8k
Christine M. Field 4.2k 0.7× 4.0k 0.8× 546 0.5× 432 0.7× 301 0.5× 57 5.9k
Tim Mitchison 5.7k 0.9× 6.3k 1.2× 776 0.7× 641 1.0× 331 0.6× 26 8.2k
Roland Wedlich‐Söldner 3.6k 0.6× 3.0k 0.6× 552 0.5× 523 0.8× 599 1.0× 60 6.3k
Erfei Bi 6.8k 1.1× 3.4k 0.7× 1.1k 1.0× 541 0.8× 596 1.0× 86 8.1k
Bruno Antonny 8.9k 1.5× 5.8k 1.1× 495 0.5× 611 0.9× 212 0.4× 104 11.6k
Thomas Surrey 4.5k 0.7× 5.0k 1.0× 575 0.5× 300 0.5× 554 1.0× 93 7.2k
William M. Bement 3.7k 0.6× 4.3k 0.9× 304 0.3× 644 1.0× 418 0.7× 102 6.9k
Aaron F. Straight 8.6k 1.4× 4.7k 0.9× 2.7k 2.6× 400 0.6× 441 0.8× 77 10.9k

Countries citing papers authored by Fred Chang

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Fields of papers citing papers by Fred Chang

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Fred Chang

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Tan, Catherine, Michael C. Lanz, Matthew P. Swaffer, Jan M. Skotheim, & Fred Chang. (2025). Intracellular diffusion in the cytoplasm increases with cell size in fission yeast. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 36(4). ar51–ar51. 1 indexed citations
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Honts, Jerry E., Fred Chang, Mary Williard Elting, et al.. (2023). A unified model for the dynamics of ATP-independent ultrafast contraction. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 120(25). e2217737120–e2217737120. 4 indexed citations
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Theriot, Julie A., et al.. (2023). Vast heterogeneity in cytoplasmic diffusion rates revealed by nanorheology and Doppelgänger simulations. Biophysical Journal. 122(5). 767–783. 24 indexed citations
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Lemière, Joël & Fred Chang. (2023). Quantifying turgor pressure in budding and fission yeasts based upon osmotic properties. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 34(13). ar133–ar133. 11 indexed citations
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Lemière, Joël, et al.. (2022). Control of nuclear size by osmotic forces in Schizosaccharomyces pombe. eLife. 11. 49 indexed citations
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Shi, Handuo, Corey S. Westfall, Pascal D. Odermatt, et al.. (2021). Starvation induces shrinkage of the bacterial cytoplasm. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 118(24). 43 indexed citations
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Odermatt, Pascal D., Teemu P. Miettinen, Joël Lemière, et al.. (2021). Variations of intracellular density during the cell cycle arise from tip-growth regulation in fission yeast. eLife. 10. 40 indexed citations
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Atılgan, Erdinç, Valentin Magidson, Alexey Khodjakov, & Fred Chang. (2015). Morphogenesis of the Fission Yeast Cell through Cell Wall Expansion. Current Biology. 25(16). 2150–2157. 61 indexed citations
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Chang, Fred & Kerwyn Casey Huang. (2014). How and why cells grow as rods. BMC Biology. 12(1). 54–54. 52 indexed citations
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Proctor, Stephen, Nicolas Minc, Arezki Boudaoud, & Fred Chang. (2012). Contributions of Turgor Pressure, the Contractile Ring, and Septum Assembly to Forces in Cytokinesis in Fission Yeast. Current Biology. 22(17). 1601–1608. 108 indexed citations
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Presti, Libera Lo, Fred Chang, & Sophie G. Martin. (2012). Myosin Vs organize actin cables in fission yeast. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 23(23). 4579–4591. 31 indexed citations
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Al‐Bassam, Jawdat, et al.. (2012). Fission yeast Alp14 is a dose-dependent plus end–tracking microtubule polymerase. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 23(15). 2878–2890. 64 indexed citations
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Minc, Nicolas, Arezki Boudaoud, & Fred Chang. (2009). Mechanical Forces of Fission Yeast Growth. Current Biology. 19(13). 1096–1101. 126 indexed citations
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Daga, Rafael R., et al.. (2006). Asymmetric Microtubule Pushing Forces in Nuclear Centering. Current Biology. 16(17). 1770–1770. 2 indexed citations
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Daga, Rafael R. & Fred Chang. (2005). Dynamic positioning of the fission yeast cell division plane. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 102(23). 8228–8232. 101 indexed citations
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Ng, Michelle M., Fred Chang, & David R. Burgess. (2005). Movement of Membrane Domains and Requirement of Membrane Signaling Molecules for Cytokinesis. Developmental Cell. 9(6). 781–790. 137 indexed citations
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Chang, Fred, Fabio Re, Sarah Sebastian, Shelley Sazer, & Jeremy Luban. (2004). HIV-1 Vpr Induces Defects in Mitosis, Cytokinesis, Nuclear Structure, and Centrosomes. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 15(4). 1793–1801. 46 indexed citations
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Martin, Sophie G. & Fred Chang. (2003). Cell Polarity: A New Mod(e) of Anchoring. Current Biology. 13(18). R711–R713. 13 indexed citations
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Paoletti, Anne, et al.. (2003). Fission Yeast cdc31p Is a Component of the Half-bridge and Controls SPB Duplication. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 14(7). 2793–2808. 65 indexed citations

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