Hin Chu

31.0k total citations · 5 hit papers
126 papers, 9.2k citations indexed

About

Hin Chu is a scholar working on Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology and Immunology. According to data from OpenAlex, Hin Chu has authored 126 papers receiving a total of 9.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 70 papers in Infectious Diseases, 47 papers in Epidemiology and 35 papers in Immunology. Recurrent topics in Hin Chu's work include SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research (48 papers), Influenza Virus Research Studies (26 papers) and COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies (25 papers). Hin Chu is often cited by papers focused on SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research (48 papers), Influenza Virus Research Studies (26 papers) and COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies (25 papers). Hin Chu collaborates with scholars based in Hong Kong, China and United States. Hin Chu's co-authors include Jasper Fuk‐Woo Chan, Kwok‐Yung Yuen, Kelvin Kai‐Wang To, Shuofeng Yuan, Kin‐Hang Kok, Zheng Zhu, Jie Zhou, Jian‐Piao Cai, Cun Li and Andrew Chak-Yiu Lee and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Hin Chu

125 papers receiving 9.1k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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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.

Genomic characterization of the 2019 novel human-pathogenic coronavirus isolated from a patient with atypical pneumonia after visiting Wuhan

2020 2.1k citations Jasper Fuk‐Woo Chan, Kin‐Hang Kok et al. Emerging Microbes & Infections profile →
Treatment With Lopinavir/Ritonavir or Interferon-β1b Improves Outcome of MERS-CoV Infection in a Nonhuman Primate Model of Common Marmoset

2015 482 citations Jasper Fuk‐Woo Chan, Jian‐Piao Cai et al. profile →
Antibody evasion properties of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron sublineages

2022 478 citations Sho Iketani, Lihong Liu et al. Nature profile →
Surgical Mask Partition Reduces the Risk of Noncontact Transmission in a Golden Syrian Hamster Model for Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)

2020 400 citations Jasper Fuk‐Woo Chan, Shuofeng Yuan et al. Clinical Infectious Diseases profile →
Active Replication of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus and Aberrant Induction of Inflammatory Cytokines and Chemokines in Human Macrophages: Implications for Pathogenesis

2013 330 citations Jie Zhou, Hin Chu et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Hin Chu Hong Kong	41	6.3k	1.8k	1.4k	1.3k	1.2k	126	9.2k
Peng Zhou China	42	6.3k 1.0×	1.6k 0.9×	1.6k 1.1×	1.1k 0.9×	1.0k 0.9×	172	10.4k
Jincun Zhao China	38	5.9k 0.9×	1.4k 0.8×	883 0.6×	1.6k 1.2×	1.4k 1.2×	138	7.9k
Matthew B. Frieman United States	55	7.0k 1.1×	2.4k 1.3×	1.2k 0.9×	1.8k 1.3×	906 0.8×	112	10.1k
Jian Shang China	19	7.5k 1.2×	2.1k 1.2×	707 0.5×	863 0.7×	1.5k 1.2×	58	9.7k
Shuofeng Yuan Hong Kong	33	4.4k 0.7×	1.4k 0.8×	982 0.7×	709 0.5×	797 0.7×	111	6.7k
Benjamin W. Neuman United States	32	6.2k 1.0×	2.0k 1.1×	659 0.5×	823 0.6×	874 0.7×	70	9.1k
Yushun Wan China	18	6.9k 1.1×	2.2k 1.2×	714 0.5×	834 0.6×	1.4k 1.2×	30	9.3k
Alexander L. Greninger United States	49	6.1k 1.0×	2.1k 1.2×	2.7k 1.9×	515 0.4×	1.1k 0.9×	277	10.6k
Lu Lu China	51	6.6k 1.1×	3.1k 1.7×	1.6k 1.2×	1.9k 1.4×	556 0.5×	305	11.8k
Timothy P. Sheahan United States	37	5.9k 0.9×	1.4k 0.8×	1.1k 0.8×	925 0.7×	1.2k 1.0×	84	8.0k

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Xiao, Na, Yanxia Chen, Can Li, et al.. (2025). Reverse genetics-derived cattle H5N1 virus from Clade 2.3.4.4b shows enhanced systemic infectivity and pathogenicity than an older Clade 1 H5N1 virus in BALB/c mice. Emerging Microbes & Infections. 14(1). 2475836–2475836. 2 indexed citations

Zhou, Runhong, Yufei Mo, Jie Dai, et al.. (2025). BRD9 functions as an HIV-1 latency regulatory factor. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 122(21). e2418467122–e2418467122. 1 indexed citations

Chan, Jasper Fuk‐Woo, Shuofeng Yuan, Hin Chu, Siddharth Sridhar, & Kwok‐Yung Yuen. (2024). COVID-19 drug discovery and treatment options. Nature Reviews Microbiology. 22(7). 391–407. 33 indexed citations

Yuan, Shuofeng, Fan Xiao, Hongyan Li, et al.. (2023). Metal-coding assisted serological multi-omics profiling deciphers the role of selenium in COVID-19 immunity. Chemical Science. 14(38). 10570–10579. 9 indexed citations

Cai, Jian‐Piao, Cuiting Luo, Kun Wang, et al.. (2023). Intranasal Boosting with Spike Fc-RBD of Wild-Type SARS-CoV-2 Induces Neutralizing Antibodies against Omicron Subvariants and Reduces Viral Load in the Nasal Turbinate of Mice. Viruses. 15(3). 687–687. 3 indexed citations

Iketani, Sho, Lihong Liu, Yicheng Guo, et al.. (2022). Antibody evasion properties of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron sublineages. Nature. 604(7906). 553–556. 478 indexed citations breakdown →

Qiao, Wei, Vincent Kwok‐Man Poon, Chris Chung‐Sing Chan, et al.. (2022). SARS-CoV-2 infection induces inflammatory bone loss in golden Syrian hamsters. Nature Communications. 13(1). 44 indexed citations

Deng, Jian, Bao‐Zhong Zhang, Hin Chu, et al.. (2021). Adenosine synthase A contributes to recurrent Staphylococcus aureus infection by dampening protective immunity. EBioMedicine. 70. 103505–103505. 13 indexed citations

Zhang, Jinxia, Andrew Chak-Yiu Lee, Hin Chu, et al.. (2020). SARS-CoV-2 infects and damages the mature and immature olfactory sensory neurons of hamsters.. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 18 indexed citations

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Zhou, Jie, Cun Li, Xiaojuan Liu, et al.. (2020). Infection of bat and human intestinal organoids by SARS-CoV-2. Nature Medicine. 26(7). 1077–1083. 401 indexed citations

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Lu, Lu, Carol Ho-Yan Fong, Jinxia Zhang, et al.. (2020). Repurposing of Miltefosine as an Adjuvant for Influenza Vaccine. Vaccines. 8(4). 754–754. 5 indexed citations

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Yuen, Chun‐Kit, et al.. (2020). Suppression of SARS‐CoV‐2 infection in ex‐vivo human lung tissues by targeting class III phosphoinositide 3‐kinase. Journal of Medical Virology. 93(4). 2076–2083. 40 indexed citations

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Yuan, Shuofeng, Hin Chu, Jingjing Huang, et al.. (2020). Viruses harness YxxØ motif to interact with host AP2M1 for replication: A vulnerable broad-spectrum antiviral target. Science Advances. 6(35). eaba7910–eaba7910. 41 indexed citations

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Chan, Jasper Fuk‐Woo, Kin‐Hang Kok, Zheng Zhu, et al.. (2020). Genomic characterization of the 2019 novel human-pathogenic coronavirus isolated from a patient with atypical pneumonia after visiting Wuhan. Emerging Microbes & Infections. 9(1). 221–236. 2117 indexed citations breakdown →

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Zhu, Zheng, Hin Chu, Lei Wen, et al.. (2019). Targeting SUMO Modification of the Non-Structural Protein 5 of Zika Virus as a Host-Targeting Antiviral Strategy. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 20(2). 392–392. 23 indexed citations

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Lee, Andrew Chak-Yiu, Jinxia Zhang, Hin Chu, et al.. (2019). H7N9 influenza A virus activation of necroptosis in human monocytes links innate and adaptive immune responses. Cell Death and Disease. 10(6). 442–442. 23 indexed citations

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Zhao, Hanjun, Kelvin Kai‐Wang To, Hin Chu, et al.. (2018). Dual-functional peptide with defective interfering genes effectively protects mice against avian and seasonal influenza. Nature Communications. 9(1). 2358–2358. 38 indexed citations

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Zhang, Xiaomin, Qiwei Zhang, Hao Wu, et al.. (2016). Novel Mutations L228I and Y232H Cause Nonnucleoside Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitor Resistance in Combinational Pattern. AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses. 32(9). 909–917. 4 indexed citations

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Chu, Hin, Jinxia Zhang, Kong‐Hung Sze, et al.. (2016). Hemagglutinin of influenza A virus binds specifically to cell surface nucleolin and plays a role in virus internalization. Virology. 494. 78–88. 55 indexed citations

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Chu, Hin, Jie Zhou, Bosco Ho‐Yin Wong, et al.. (2014). Productive replication of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus in monocyte-derived dendritic cells modulates innate immune response. Virology. 454-455. 197–205. 146 indexed citations

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