John Chan

13.5k total citations · 3 hit papers
113 papers, 9.7k citations indexed

About

John Chan is a scholar working on Epidemiology, Infectious Diseases and Immunology. According to data from OpenAlex, John Chan has authored 113 papers receiving a total of 9.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 39 papers in Epidemiology, 38 papers in Infectious Diseases and 27 papers in Immunology. Recurrent topics in John Chan's work include Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology (34 papers), Mycobacterium research and diagnosis (26 papers) and Immune Cell Function and Interaction (9 papers). John Chan is often cited by papers focused on Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology (34 papers), Mycobacterium research and diagnosis (26 papers) and Immune Cell Function and Interaction (9 papers). John Chan collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and United Kingdom. John Chan's co-authors include William R. Jacobs, Jennifer R. Grandis, Adel K. El‐Naggar, Pieter J. Slootweg, 隆高田, Richard S. Magliozzo, Xing Yi, B R Bloom, Barry R. Bloom and Stoyan Bardarov and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Medicine.

In The Last Decade

John Chan

112 papers receiving 9.4k 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.

WHO classification of head and neck tumours

2017 1.3k citations Adel K. El‐Naggar, John Chan et al. profile →
Killing of virulent Mycobacterium tuberculosis by reactive nitrogen intermediates produced by activated murine macrophages.

1992 852 citations John Chan, Xing Yi et al. The Journal of Experimental Medicine profile →
The 2015 World Health Organization Classification of Tumors of the Thymus: Continuity and Changes

2015 381 citations John Chan et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
John Chan United States	49	3.7k	3.5k	2.2k	1.9k	1.7k	113	9.7k
B. Cribier France	50	1.0k 0.3×	2.8k 0.8×	1.5k 0.7×	2.2k 1.2×	552 0.3×	404	9.3k
John Chan United States	52	7.4k 2.0×	5.8k 1.6×	2.0k 0.9×	4.6k 2.4×	2.6k 1.5×	122	12.6k
Hardy Kornfeld United States	60	4.7k 1.3×	4.2k 1.2×	2.8k 1.3×	5.4k 2.8×	1.8k 1.0×	179	12.5k
Gerard J. Nuovo United States	65	2.1k 0.6×	1.4k 0.4×	8.8k 4.1×	2.3k 1.2×	1.1k 0.6×	197	16.4k
Shu‐Yuan Xiao United States	44	3.3k 0.9×	1.7k 0.5×	1.0k 0.5×	407 0.2×	1.1k 0.6×	194	7.6k
Serge Lebecque France	59	695 0.2×	1.5k 0.4×	3.8k 1.8×	15.0k 7.8×	633 0.4×	123	19.5k
Peter C. L. Beverley United Kingdom	71	2.5k 0.7×	3.3k 0.9×	3.8k 1.8×	11.8k 6.2×	746 0.4×	297	19.0k
Anna M. Blom Sweden	65	1.5k 0.4×	2.0k 0.6×	2.9k 1.3×	6.9k 3.6×	646 0.4×	357	13.8k
David G. Brooks United States	48	1.2k 0.3×	1.4k 0.4×	2.3k 1.0×	4.6k 2.4×	282 0.2×	120	8.4k
Capucine Pïcard France	66	3.2k 0.9×	3.9k 1.1×	3.5k 1.6×	11.7k 6.1×	724 0.4×	248	17.3k

Countries citing papers authored by John Chan

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Fields of papers citing papers by John Chan

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of John Chan

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Ahmed, Iman, et al.. (2025). An adapted & improved validation protocol for digital pathology implementation. Seminars in Diagnostic Pathology. 42(4). 150905–150905. 3 indexed citations

Liu, Yanyan, Tingting Chen, Todd L. Lowary, et al.. (2023). Features and protective efficacy of human mAbs targeting Mycobacterium tuberculosis arabinomannan. JCI Insight. 8(20). 10 indexed citations

Wang, Lin, Amol C. Shetty, Megan R. Edwards, et al.. (2022). Multiple genetic paths including massive gene amplification allow Mycobacterium tuberculosis to overcome loss of ESX-3 secretion system substrates. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 119(8). 17 indexed citations

El‐Naggar, Adel K., John Chan, Jennifer R. Grandis, 隆高田, & Pieter J. Slootweg. (2017). WHO classification of head and neck tumours. 1294 indexed citations breakdown →

Li, Xiaojing, Jun Tao, Xinling Hu, et al.. (2015). A bacterial hemerythrin-like protein MsmHr inhibits the SigF-dependent hydrogen peroxide response in mycobacteria. Frontiers in Microbiology. 5. 800–800. 15 indexed citations

Prados‐Rosales, Rafael, Leandro J. Carreño, Ana Batista‐González, et al.. (2014). Mycobacterial Membrane Vesicles Administered Systemically in Mice Induce a Protective Immune Response to Surface Compartments of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. mBio. 5(5). e01921–14. 99 indexed citations

Venkataswamy, Manjunatha M., Andrés Baena, Michael F. Goldberg, et al.. (2009). Incorporation of NKT Cell-Activating Glycolipids Enhances Immunogenicity and Vaccine Efficacy of Mycobacterium bovis Bacillus Calmette-Guérin. The Journal of Immunology. 183(3). 1644–1656. 64 indexed citations

Maglione, Paul J., Jiayong Xu, Arturo Casadevall, & John Chan. (2008). Fcγ Receptors Regulate Immune Activation and Susceptibility during Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection. The Journal of Immunology. 180(5). 3329–3338. 121 indexed citations

Cheuk, Wah, et al.. (2004). Immunostaining for Human Herpesvirus 8 Latent Nuclear Antigen-1 Helps Distinguish Kaposi Sarcoma From Its Mimickers. American Journal of Clinical Pathology. 121(3). 335–342. 79 indexed citations

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Braunstein, Miriam, Benjamin J. Espinosa, John Chan, John T. Belisle, & William R. Jacobs. (2003). SecA2 functions in the secretion of superoxide dismutase A and in the virulence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Molecular Microbiology. 48(2). 453–464. 216 indexed citations

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Hickman, Somia P., John Chan, & Padmini Salgame. (2002). Mycobacterium tuberculosis Induces Differential Cytokine Production from Dendritic Cells and Macrophages with Divergent Effects on Naive T Cell Polarization. The Journal of Immunology. 168(9). 4636–4642. 166 indexed citations

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Ma, Jiyoung, John Chan, C.W. Chow, & Svante R. Orell. (2002). Lymphadenoma: a report of three cases of an uncommon salivary gland neoplasm. Histopathology. 41(4). 342–350. 29 indexed citations

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Au, Alma, et al.. (2002). Predicting the quality of life in Hong Kong Chinese adults with epilepsy. Epilepsy & Behavior. 3(4). 350–357. 30 indexed citations

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Chan, John & Sze Chuen Cesar Wong. (2001). Loss of E-Cadherin is the Fundamental Defect in Diffuse-Type Gastric Carcinoma and Infiltrating Lobular Carcinoma of the Breast. Advances in Anatomic Pathology. 8(3). 165–172. 33 indexed citations

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Huang, Huan, John Chan, M. Wittner, et al.. (1997). Trypanosoma cruzi Infection Induces Myocardial Nitric Oxide Synthase. Cardiovascular Pathology. 6(3). 161–166. 10 indexed citations

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Wong, K. F., et al.. (1994). Reactive hemophagocytic syndrome in childhood—frequent occurrence of atypical mononuclear cells. Hematological Oncology. 12(2). 67–74. 5 indexed citations

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Chan, John, Xing Yi, Richard S. Magliozzo, & B R Bloom. (1992). Killing of virulent Mycobacterium tuberculosis by reactive nitrogen intermediates produced by activated murine macrophages.. The Journal of Experimental Medicine. 175(4). 1111–1122. 852 indexed citations breakdown →

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Wong, Kit-Fai & John Chan. (1992). Reactive hemophagocytic syndrome—a clinicopathologic study of 40 patients in an oriental population. The American Journal of Medicine. 93(2). 177–180. 145 indexed citations

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Chan, John, Roger A. Warnke, & Ronald F. Dorfman. (1991). Vascular Transformation of Sinuses in Lymph Nodes. The American Journal of Surgical Pathology. 15(8). 732–743. 35 indexed citations

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Chan, John, Ryan Buchanan, & Christopher D.�M. Fletcher. (1990). Sarcomatoid Variant of Anaplastic Large-Cell Ki-1 Lymphoma. The American Journal of Surgical Pathology. 14(10). 983–988. 121 indexed citations

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