Herbert C. Chiang

3.5k total citations · 3 hit papers
7 papers, 2.7k citations indexed

About

Herbert C. Chiang is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Food Science and Infectious Diseases. According to data from OpenAlex, Herbert C. Chiang has authored 7 papers receiving a total of 2.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 4 papers in Molecular Biology, 4 papers in Food Science and 3 papers in Infectious Diseases. Recurrent topics in Herbert C. Chiang's work include Probiotics and Fermented Foods (3 papers), Gut microbiota and health (3 papers) and Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research (2 papers). Herbert C. Chiang is often cited by papers focused on Probiotics and Fermented Foods (3 papers), Gut microbiota and health (3 papers) and Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research (2 papers). Herbert C. Chiang collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and France. Herbert C. Chiang's co-authors include Jeffrey I. Gordon, Eric C. Martens, Lynn K. Carmichael, Jian Xu, Magnus Bjursell, Lora V. Hooper, Su Deng, Nathan P. McNulty, David N. Bolam and Nicholas A. Pudlo and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and The Journal of Experimental Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Herbert C. Chiang

7 papers receiving 2.6k citations

Hit Papers

A Genomic View of the Human- Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron... 2003 2026 2010 2018 2003 2008 2011 250 500 750 1000
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. A Genomic View of the Human- Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron Symbiosis
    2003 1.0k citations Jian Xu, Magnus Bjursell et al. Science profile →
  2. Mucosal Glycan Foraging Enhances Fitness and Transmission of a Saccharolytic Human Gut Bacterial Symbiont
    2008 693 citations Eric C. Martens, Herbert C. Chiang et al. Cell Host & Microbe profile →
  3. Recognition and Degradation of Plant Cell Wall Polysaccharides by Two Human Gut Symbionts
    2011 629 citations Eric C. Martens, Elisabeth C. Lowe et al. PLoS Biology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Herbert C. Chiang United States 7 1.9k 796 574 465 292 7 2.7k
Marjolein Meijerink Netherlands 22 1.5k 0.8× 948 1.2× 543 0.9× 349 0.8× 235 0.8× 35 2.5k
Gaspar Pérez-Martı́nez Spain 38 2.0k 1.0× 1.5k 1.9× 793 1.4× 365 0.8× 162 0.6× 110 3.5k
Louise E. Tailford United Kingdom 21 1.7k 0.9× 598 0.8× 489 0.9× 258 0.6× 197 0.7× 26 2.3k
Christian Chervaux France 17 1.6k 0.8× 1.5k 1.9× 547 1.0× 234 0.5× 142 0.5× 23 2.4k
Jaehyoung Kim United States 12 1.3k 0.7× 517 0.6× 275 0.5× 552 1.2× 414 1.4× 21 2.2k
Hugh M. B. Harris Ireland 20 2.2k 1.2× 2.1k 2.7× 903 1.6× 316 0.7× 200 0.7× 27 3.5k
Adrian L. Cookson New Zealand 24 1.0k 0.6× 689 0.9× 330 0.6× 519 1.1× 169 0.6× 87 2.3k
Claudio Hidalgo-Cantabrana Spain 24 1.4k 0.7× 819 1.0× 491 0.9× 192 0.4× 136 0.5× 43 2.0k
Elena Foroni Italy 20 1.9k 1.0× 1.3k 1.6× 785 1.4× 304 0.7× 174 0.6× 23 2.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Herbert C. Chiang

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Fields of papers citing papers by Herbert C. Chiang

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Herbert C. Chiang

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All Works

7 of 7 papers shown
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Chiang, Herbert C., Victor Huang, & Lynn A. Cornelius. (2011). Cancer and Itch. Seminars in Cutaneous Medicine and Surgery. 30(2). 107–112. 9 indexed citations
2.
Martens, Eric C., Elisabeth C. Lowe, Herbert C. Chiang, et al.. (2011). Recognition and Degradation of Plant Cell Wall Polysaccharides by Two Human Gut Symbionts. PLoS Biology. 9(12). e1001221–e1001221. 629 indexed citations breakdown →
3.
Martens, Eric C., Herbert C. Chiang, & Jeffrey I. Gordon. (2008). Mucosal Glycan Foraging Enhances Fitness and Transmission of a Saccharolytic Human Gut Bacterial Symbiont. Cell Host & Microbe. 4(5). 447–457. 693 indexed citations breakdown →
4.
Sonnenburg, Erica D., Justin L. Sonnenburg, Jill K. Manchester, et al.. (2006). A hybrid two-component system protein of a prominent human gut symbiont couples glycan sensing in vivo to carbohydrate metabolism. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 103(23). 8834–8839. 132 indexed citations
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Xu, Jian, Magnus Bjursell, Su Deng, et al.. (2003). A Genomic View of the Human- Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron Symbiosis. Science. 299(5615). 2074–2076. 1047 indexed citations breakdown →
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Fremont, Daved H., Shaodong Dai, Herbert C. Chiang, et al.. (2002). Structural Basis of Cytochrome c Presentation by IEk. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 195(8). 1043–1052. 42 indexed citations
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Courtney, Harry S., David L. Hasty, Yi Li, et al.. (1999). Serum opacity factor is a major fibronectin‐binding protein and a virulence determinant of M type 2 Streptococcus pyogenes. Molecular Microbiology. 32(1). 89–98. 99 indexed citations

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