Hang Lu

3.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
95 papers, 2.5k citations indexed

About

Hang Lu is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Animal Science and Zoology and Literature and Literary Theory. According to data from OpenAlex, Hang Lu has authored 95 papers receiving a total of 2.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 32 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 21 papers in Animal Science and Zoology and 16 papers in Literature and Literary Theory. Recurrent topics in Hang Lu's work include Animal Nutrition and Physiology (19 papers), Media Influence and Health (16 papers) and Climate Change Communication and Perception (13 papers). Hang Lu is often cited by papers focused on Animal Nutrition and Physiology (19 papers), Media Influence and Health (16 papers) and Climate Change Communication and Perception (13 papers). Hang Lu collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and United Kingdom. Hang Lu's co-authors include Cindy H. Nakatsu, Guangming Zhong, Tianming Yao, Ethan T. Hillman, Kolapo M. Ajuwon, Jonathon P. Schuldt, Robert C. Brunham, Grant McClarty, He Hu and Arnold H. Greenberg and has published in prestigious journals such as The Journal of Experimental Medicine, The Journal of Immunology and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Hang Lu

91 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.

Microbial Ecology along the Gastrointestinal Tract

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Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Hang Lu United States	24	599	503	502	452	403	95	2.5k
Margaret Lavinia Anderson United States	41	412 0.7×	747 1.5×	483 1.0×	715 1.6×	978 2.4×	141	5.8k
Thomas Brown United States	29	202 0.3×	133 0.3×	493 1.0×	106 0.2×	300 0.7×	151	2.9k
John A. Hammond United Kingdom	27	254 0.4×	129 0.3×	977 1.9×	111 0.2×	205 0.5×	127	2.5k
Karam Pal Singh India	25	565 0.9×	167 0.3×	187 0.4×	114 0.3×	372 0.9×	120	4.0k
John C. Baker United States	26	227 0.4×	394 0.8×	255 0.5×	106 0.2×	540 1.3×	103	2.6k
John Campbell Canada	38	533 0.9×	356 0.7×	164 0.3×	84 0.2×	413 1.0×	314	5.2k
Mario H. Rodrı́guez Mexico	37	1.2k 2.0×	291 0.6×	1.0k 2.0×	283 0.6×	340 0.8×	173	6.1k
José Roberto Mineo Brazil	36	651 1.1×	118 0.2×	728 1.5×	102 0.2×	1.9k 4.7×	193	4.1k
Shelley J. Newman United States	27	235 0.4×	113 0.2×	171 0.3×	110 0.2×	279 0.7×	111	2.6k
Bjørn Grinde Norway	40	893 1.5×	97 0.2×	647 1.3×	145 0.3×	1.1k 2.6×	132	5.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Hang Lu

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Fields of papers citing papers by Hang Lu

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Hang Lu

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

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Zhang, Annie L. & Hang Lu. (2025). When Scientists Share Their Struggles: How Scientists’ Self-Presentation on Social Media Influences Public Perceptions, Support for Science, and Information-Seeking Intentions. Science Communication. 48(2). 189–216.

Lu, Hang. (2025). Generative AI for vaccine misbelief correction: Insights from targeting extraversion and pseudoscientific beliefs. Vaccine. 54. 127018–127018. 4 indexed citations

Lu, Hang. (2024). Exploring the predictors of public acceptance of artificial intelligence-based resurrection technologies. Technology in Society. 78. 102657–102657. 6 indexed citations

Lu, Hang, et al.. (2024). Community Social Capital Enhances the Subjective Well-Being of Urban Residents: The Mediating Role of Psychological Flourishing and Moderating Effect of Educational Attainment. Social Sciences. 13(4). 214–214. 1 indexed citations

Lu, Hang. (2024). Promises and pitfalls of #Relapse narratives in Destigmatization: The mediating role of emotions. Addictive Behaviors Reports. 19. 100551–100551. 1 indexed citations

Lu, Hang. (2023). Comparing the effectiveness of different consensus messages in communicating global environmental issues: The role of referent groups, emotions, and message evaluation. Journal of Environmental Psychology. 88. 102025–102025. 4 indexed citations

Lu, Hang & Haoran Chu. (2023). Let the dead talk: How deepfake resurrection narratives influence audience response in prosocial contexts. Computers in Human Behavior. 145. 107761–107761. 22 indexed citations

Inglefield, Jon R., Jacob T. Minang, Christian Ruiz, et al.. (2022). Use of protective antigen of Bacillus anthracis as a model recombinant antigen to evaluate toll-like receptors 2, 3, 4, 7 and 9 agonists in mice using established functional antibody assays, antigen-specific antibody assays and cellular assays. Vaccine. 40(38). 5544–5555. 1 indexed citations

Kuru, Ozan, Dominik Stecuła, Hang Lu, et al.. (2021). The effects of scientific messages and narratives about vaccination. PLoS ONE. 16(3). e0248328–e0248328. 25 indexed citations

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Li, Dong‐Zhi, Li J, Xuewei Tang, et al.. (2020). Molecular epidemiology and hematologic characterization of δβ-thalassemia and hereditary persistence of fetal hemoglobin in 125,661 families of greater Guangzhou area, the metropolis of southern China. BMC Medical Genetics. 21(1). 43–43. 11 indexed citations

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Cowieson, A.J., Franz F. Roos, Jonathan Wilson, et al.. (2017). Time-series responses of swine plasma metabolites to ingestion of diets containingmyo-inositol or phytase. British Journal Of Nutrition. 118(11). 897–905. 21 indexed citations

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Lu, Hang, Aurélie Preynat, Véronique Legrand‐Defretin, et al.. (2016). Effects of dietary supplementation of exogenous multi-enzyme mixture containing carbohydrases and phytase on growth performance, energy and nutrient digestibility, and selected mucosal gene expression in the small intestine of weanling pigs fed nutrient deficient diets. Canadian Journal of Animal Science. 96(2). 243–251. 7 indexed citations

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Lu, Hang, Katherine A. McComas, & John C. Besley. (2016). Messages promoting genetic modification of crops in the context of climate change: Evidence for psychological reactance. Appetite. 108. 104–116. 24 indexed citations

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Lu, Hang, Katherine A. McComas, Danielle Buttke, Sungjong Roh, & Margaret A. Wild. (2016). A One Health Message about Bats Increases Intentions to Follow Public Health Guidance on Bat Rabies. PLoS ONE. 11(5). e0156205–e0156205. 18 indexed citations

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Pokrywczynski, James & Hang Lu. (2016). Brand tracking on social media: The role of country-of-origin perceptions. Journal of digital & social media marketing.. 4(3). 279–279. 1 indexed citations

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Lu, Hang, et al.. (2013). Regulation of adipocyte differentiation and gene expression-crosstalk between TGFβ and wnt signaling pathways. Molecular Biology Reports. 40(9). 5237–5245. 13 indexed citations

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Skowronski, Danuta M., Hang Lu, Richard Warrington, et al.. (2003). Does Antigen‐Specific Cytokine Response Correlate with the Experience of Oculorespiratory Syndrome after Influenza Vaccine?. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 187(3). 495–499. 12 indexed citations

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Lu, Hang, Zhou Xing, & Robert C. Brunham. (2002). GM-CSF Transgene-Based Adjuvant Allows the Establishment of Protective Mucosal Immunity Following Vaccination with Inactivated Chlamydia trachomatis. The Journal of Immunology. 169(11). 6324–6331. 44 indexed citations

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Luo, Ma, et al.. (2001). Two-step high resolution sequence-based HLA-DRB typing of exon 2 DNA with taxonomy-based sequence analysis allele assignment. Human Immunology. 62(11). 1294–1310. 29 indexed citations

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Lu, Hang, Caixia Shen, & Robert C. Brunham. (2000). Chlamydia trachomatis Infection of Epithelial Cells Induces the Activation of Caspase-1 and Release of Mature IL-18. The Journal of Immunology. 165(3). 1463–1469. 97 indexed citations

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