George Cheng

2.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
32 papers, 2.2k citations indexed

About

George Cheng is a scholar working on Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Surgery and Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, George Cheng has authored 32 papers receiving a total of 2.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, 12 papers in Surgery and 4 papers in Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine. Recurrent topics in George Cheng's work include Pleural and Pulmonary Diseases (6 papers), Trauma Management and Diagnosis (5 papers) and Tracheal and airway disorders (4 papers). George Cheng is often cited by papers focused on Pleural and Pulmonary Diseases (6 papers), Trauma Management and Diagnosis (5 papers) and Tracheal and airway disorders (4 papers). George Cheng collaborates with scholars based in United States, Chile and United Kingdom. George Cheng's co-authors include Thomas A. McMahon, Richard Lee, Sidhu P. Gangadharan, Ehsan Shirzaei Sani, Ali Khademhosseini, Andrea Vegh, Guillermo U. Ruiz‐Esparza, Antonio D. Lassaletta, Alexander Assmann and Nasim Annabi and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Circulation.

In The Last Decade

George Cheng

31 papers receiving 2.2k 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.

The mechanics of running: How does stiffness couple with speed?

1990 826 citations Thomas A. McMahon, George Cheng Journal of Biomechanics profile →
Engineering a highly elastic human protein–based sealant for surgical applications

2017 301 citations Nasim Annabi, Alexander Assmann et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
George Cheng United States	17	1.1k	545	374	332	260	32	2.2k
Patrick McGarry Ireland	34	1.2k 1.2×	992 1.8×	176 0.5×	447 1.3×	204 0.8×	104	3.0k
Naoyuki Ochiai Japan	35	950 0.9×	1.9k 3.4×	690 1.8×	128 0.4×	383 1.5×	148	3.6k
Joseph M. Mansour United States	33	1.4k 1.3×	1.6k 2.9×	423 1.1×	320 1.0×	684 2.6×	101	5.1k
Toshiro OHASHI Japan	26	804 0.8×	481 0.9×	219 0.6×	309 0.9×	139 0.5×	106	2.4k
Timothy C. Ovaert United States	24	959 0.9×	349 0.6×	132 0.4×	408 1.2×	148 0.6×	65	2.3k
Peter Angele Germany	38	882 0.8×	2.7k 4.9×	1.1k 3.0×	95 0.3×	644 2.5×	153	5.3k
Alexander E. Ehret Switzerland	30	1.4k 1.3×	339 0.6×	182 0.5×	186 0.6×	338 1.3×	80	2.2k
Gisela Kuhn Switzerland	29	913 0.9×	637 1.2×	710 1.9×	84 0.3×	281 1.1×	91	2.7k
Maximilian Rudert Germany	37	1.3k 1.2×	3.3k 6.1×	1.3k 3.4×	289 0.9×	760 2.9×	321	5.6k
David Christiansen United States	17	568 0.5×	491 0.9×	387 1.0×	176 0.5×	723 2.8×	54	1.7k

Countries citing papers authored by George Cheng

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Fields of papers citing papers by George Cheng

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of George Cheng

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

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20 of 20 papers shown

Yang, Jenny, et al.. (2020). Narrative review of tools for endoscopic ultrasound-guided biopsy of mediastinal nodes. Mediastinum. 4. 34–34. 5 indexed citations

Cheng, George, Amit Mahajan, Scott Oh, Sadia Benzaquen, & Alexander Chen. (2019). Endobronchial ultrasound-guided intranodal forceps biopsy (EBUS-IFB)—technical review. Journal of Thoracic Disease. 11(9). 4049–4058. 27 indexed citations

Mahmood, Kamran, et al.. (2019). BRONCHOSCOPIC TREATMENT OF EARLY AND LATE PRESENTATION OF IRON PILL ASPIRATION. CHEST Journal. 156(4). A56–A57. 1 indexed citations

Kheir, Fayez, George Cheng, Erik Folch, et al.. (2018). Concurrent Versus Sequential Intrapleural Instillation of Tissue Plasminogen Activator and Deoxyribonuclease for Pleural Infection. Journal of Bronchology & Interventional Pulmonology. 25(2). 125–131. 19 indexed citations

Assmann, Alexander, Andrea Vegh, Mohammad Ghasemi-Rad, et al.. (2017). A highly adhesive and naturally derived sealant. Biomaterials. 140. 115–127. 222 indexed citations

Majid, Adnan, Sebastian Ochoa, Sumit Chatterji, et al.. (2017). Safety and Efficacy of Tissue Plasminogen Activator and DNase for Complicated Pleural Effusions Secondary to Abdominal Pathology. Annals of the American Thoracic Society. 14(3). 342–346. 11 indexed citations

Majid, Adnan, Fayez Kheir, Sumit Chatterji, et al.. (2016). Concurrent Intrapleural Instillation of Tissue Plasminogen Activator and DNase for Pleural Infection. A Single-Center Experience. Annals of the American Thoracic Society. 13(9). 1512–1518. 55 indexed citations

Cheng, George, et al.. (2016). Soy-substituted liquid phenol formaldehyde binders for flakeboard. European Journal of Wood and Wood Products. 75(1). 135–138. 4 indexed citations

Boyer, Debra, Carey C. Thomson, Don B. Sanders, et al.. (2015). ATS Core Curriculum 2015: Part III. Pediatric Pulmonary Medicine. Annals of the American Thoracic Society. 12(11). 1688–1696. 2 indexed citations

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Ochoa, Sebastian, et al.. (2015). Use of Intrapleural Tissue Plasminogen Activator (TPA) and Deoxiribonuclease (DNAse) for Sympathetic Effusions. CHEST Journal. 148(4). 438A–438A. 1 indexed citations

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Majid, Adnan, Fayez Kheir, Sumit Chatterji, et al.. (2015). Tunneled Pleural Catheter Placement with and without Talc Poudrage for Treatment of Pleural Effusions Due to Congestive Heart Failure. Annals of the American Thoracic Society. 13(2). 212–216. 25 indexed citations

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Majid, Adnan, Sebastián Fernández-Bussy, Michael S. Kent, et al.. (2012). External Fixation of Proximal Tracheal Airway Stents: A Modified Technique. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 93(6). e167–e169. 26 indexed citations

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Cheng, George, et al.. (2004). Oxidative stress and thioredoxin-interacting protein promote intravasation of melanoma cells. Experimental Cell Research. 300(2). 297–307. 45 indexed citations

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Cheng, George, Richard Whittington, S. Bruce Malkowicz, et al.. (2002). Clinical utility of endorectal MRI in determining PSA outcome for patients with biopsy Gleason score 7, PSA ≤10, and clinically localized prostate cancer. International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics. 55(1). 64–70. 20 indexed citations

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Rohde, Luís Eduardo Paim, Masanori Aikawa, George Cheng, et al.. (1999). Echocardiography-derived left ventricular end-systolic regional wall stress and matrix remodeling after experimental myocardial infarction. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 33(3). 835–842. 43 indexed citations

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Cheng, George, William H. Briggs, David Gerson, et al.. (1997). Mechanical Strain Tightly Controls Fibroblast Growth Factor-2 Release From Cultured Human Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells. Circulation Research. 80(1). 28–36. 116 indexed citations

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Lee, R T, et al.. (1993). Computational structural analysis based on intravascular ultrasound imaging before in vitro angioplasty: Prediction of plaque fracture locations. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 21(3). 777–782. 120 indexed citations

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McMahon, Thomas A. & George Cheng. (1990). The mechanics of running: How does stiffness couple with speed?. Journal of Biomechanics. 23. 65–78. 826 indexed citations breakdown →

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Cheng, George. (1970). Biomedical sciences instrumentation. Computers in Biology and Medicine. 1(2). 165–171. 65 indexed citations

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Ledley, Robert S., et al.. (1966). Computer Ray Tracing of the Optical System of the Schematic Eye. Nature. 211(5052). 930–932. 3 indexed citations

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