Mei Kang

3.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
80 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Mei Kang is a scholar working on Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Mei Kang has authored 80 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 32 papers in Infectious Diseases, 31 papers in Epidemiology and 18 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Mei Kang's work include Antifungal resistance and susceptibility (23 papers), Fungal Infections and Studies (21 papers) and Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria (18 papers). Mei Kang is often cited by papers focused on Antifungal resistance and susceptibility (23 papers), Fungal Infections and Studies (21 papers) and Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria (18 papers). Mei Kang collaborates with scholars based in China, Australia and United States. Mei Kang's co-authors include Zhiyong Zong, Yu Feng, Li Wei, Chengcheng Wang, Sijun Dong, Lina Liu, Ting Ye, Heqing Shen, Yajie Chen and Qiansheng Huang and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Nature Communications and Clinical Infectious Diseases.

In The Last Decade

Mei Kang

76 papers receiving 1.8k 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.

Identification of novel mobile colistin resistance gene mcr-10

2020 342 citations Chengcheng Wang, Yu Feng et al. Emerging Microbes & Infections profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Mei Kang China	21	557	514	482	391	368	80	1.8k
Cheryl‐lynn Y. Ong Australia	24	317 0.6×	322 0.6×	398 0.8×	233 0.6×	445 1.2×	31	1.7k
Georgina Cox Canada	20	540 1.0×	212 0.4×	115 0.2×	114 0.3×	524 1.4×	44	1.6k
Benoı̂t Valot France	30	526 0.9×	163 0.3×	145 0.3×	121 0.3×	1.4k 3.7×	97	3.0k
Liuyu Huang China	31	255 0.5×	448 0.9×	389 0.8×	51 0.1×	1.2k 3.2×	89	2.5k
Matthew B. Avison United Kingdom	28	1.2k 2.1×	286 0.6×	341 0.7×	61 0.2×	1.4k 3.7×	85	2.9k
Karl A. Hassan Australia	34	1.4k 2.5×	346 0.7×	255 0.5×	85 0.2×	1.6k 4.4×	85	3.6k
Ping Ouyang China	32	87 0.2×	152 0.3×	379 0.8×	267 0.7×	813 2.2×	176	3.0k
Wenhan Zhu United States	25	223 0.4×	523 1.0×	253 0.5×	86 0.2×	2.2k 6.1×	45	3.6k
Anders Janzon Sweden	13	335 0.6×	176 0.3×	60 0.1×	76 0.2×	422 1.1×	14	1.3k
Qin Qi China	22	300 0.5×	169 0.3×	165 0.3×	54 0.1×	824 2.2×	73	1.9k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Mei Kang

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Mei Kang. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Mei Kang 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 Mei Kang. Mei Kang 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

Deng, Jin, Ya Liu, Dan Zhou, et al.. (2025). The prevalence, patterns, and antifungal drug resistance of bloodstream infection-causing fungi in Sichuan Province, China (2019–2023): a retrospective observational study using national monitoring data. Frontiers in Microbiology. 16. 1616013–1616013.

Feng, Yu, Weili Zhang, Siying Wu, et al.. (2024). A Novel Variant of KPC-179 Conferring Ceftazidime-Avibactam Resistance in a Carbapenem-Resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae Isolate. Infection and Drug Resistance. Volume 17. 5129–5135.

Fan, Xin, Shu Zhang, Yuanyuan Geng, et al.. (2023). Tandem gene duplications contributed to high-level azole resistance in a rapidly expanding Candida tropicalis population. Nature Communications. 14(1). 8369–8369. 20 indexed citations

Li, Yanbing, Mei Kang, Xiangyang Chen, et al.. (2023). Microsatellite markers for genotyping of Kodamaea ohmeri: Demonstrating outbreaks based on a multicenter surveillance study in China. Infection Genetics and Evolution. 117. 105547–105547. 1 indexed citations

Zhang, Weili, et al.. (2022). Molecular epidemiology characteristics and detecting transmission of carbapenemase-producing enterobacterales in southwestern China. Journal of Infection and Public Health. 15(10). 1047–1052. 3 indexed citations

Wang, Chengcheng, Yu Feng, Lina Liu, et al.. (2020). Identification of novel mobile colistin resistance gene mcr-10. Emerging Microbes & Infections. 9(1). 508–516. 342 indexed citations breakdown →

Liu, Yanbin, Lina Liu, Mei Kang, & Zhiyong Zong. (2020). An unhealing wound and subcutaneous nodules due to Sporothrix globosa after a cat bite. PLoS neglected tropical diseases. 14(12). e0008859–e0008859. 4 indexed citations

He, Lihui, Changcheng Li, Mei Kang, et al.. (2020). Molecular basis of the lipid-induced MucA-MucB dissociation in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Communications Biology. 3(1). 418–418. 9 indexed citations

Wu, Siying, Mei Kang, Zhixing Chen, et al.. (2020). Molecular epidemiology and antifungal susceptibilities of Cryptococcus species isolates from HIV and non-HIV patients in Southwest China. European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases. 40(2). 287–295. 13 indexed citations

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Wang, Chengcheng, Wenjing Wu, Li Wei, et al.. (2019). Enterobacter wuhouensis sp. nov. and Enterobacter quasihormaechei sp. nov. recovered from human sputum. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY. 70(2). 874–881. 21 indexed citations

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Liu, Lu, Yu Feng, Yiyi Hu, et al.. (2018). Klebsiella grimontii, a New Species Acquired Carbapenem Resistance. Frontiers in Microbiology. 9. 2170–2170. 10 indexed citations

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Li, Mengjiao, et al.. (2018). Rapid antimicrobial susceptibility testing by matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization–time of flight mass spectrometry using a qualitative method in Acinetobacter baumannii complex. Journal of Microbiological Methods. 153. 60–65. 11 indexed citations

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Li, Mengjiao, Lijuan Wu, Dan Zhao, et al.. (2018). Extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing E. coli septicemia among rectal carriers in the ICU. Medicine. 97(38). e12445–e12445. 7 indexed citations

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Hou, Xin, Meng Xiao, Sharon C.-A. Chen, et al.. (2017). Molecular Epidemiology and Antifungal Susceptibility of Candida glabrata in China (August 2009 to July 2014): A Multi-Center Study. Frontiers in Microbiology. 8. 880–880. 49 indexed citations

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Wang, He, Li Zhang, Timothy Kudinha, et al.. (2016). Investigation of an unrecognized large-scale outbreak of Candida parapsilosis sensu stricto fungaemia in a tertiary-care hospital in China. Scientific Reports. 6(1). 27099–27099. 29 indexed citations

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Yao, Lei, et al.. (2015). [Genotypes and in vitro antifungal susceptibility of Cryptococcus isolates in Sichuan Province].. PubMed. 46(1). 82–6. 3 indexed citations

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Fan, Xin, Meng Xiao, Li Zhang, et al.. (2014). Multilocus sequence typing indicates diverse origins of invasive Candida tropicalis isolates in China. Chinese Medical Journal. 127(24). 4226–4234. 9 indexed citations

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Ye, Ting, Mei Kang, Qiansheng Huang, et al.. (2013). Exposure to DEHP and MEHP from hatching to adulthood causes reproductive dysfunction and endocrine disruption in marine medaka (Oryzias melastigma). Aquatic Toxicology. 146. 115–126. 168 indexed citations

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Tao, Chuanmin, Mei Kang, Zhixing Chen, et al.. (2009). Microbiologic study of the pathogens isolated from wound culture among Wenchuan earthquake survivors. Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease. 63(3). 268–270. 37 indexed citations

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Kang, Mei, et al.. (2009). Antimicrobial susceptibility of clinical isolates from earthquake victims in Wenchuan. Clinical Microbiology and Infection. 15(1). 87–92. 10 indexed citations

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