Ming‐Fu Chang

5.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
90 papers, 4.4k citations indexed

About

Ming‐Fu Chang is a scholar working on Hepatology, Molecular Biology and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Ming‐Fu Chang has authored 90 papers receiving a total of 4.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 29 papers in Hepatology, 27 papers in Molecular Biology and 27 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Ming‐Fu Chang's work include Hepatitis C virus research (25 papers), Hepatitis B Virus Studies (23 papers) and SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research (14 papers). Ming‐Fu Chang is often cited by papers focused on Hepatitis C virus research (25 papers), Hepatitis B Virus Studies (23 papers) and SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research (14 papers). Ming‐Fu Chang collaborates with scholars based in Taiwan, United States and China. Ming‐Fu Chang's co-authors include Shan‐Chwen Chang, John E. Cronan, Takeshi Ichinohe, Miyu Moriyama, Shinji Makino, Sugantha Govindarajan, Shin C. Chang, Susan C. Baker, Michael M. C. Lai and L H Soe and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nucleic Acids Research.

In The Last Decade

Ming‐Fu Chang

88 papers receiving 4.3k 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.

Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus Viroporin 3a Activates the NLRP3 Inflammasome

2019 425 citations Ming‐Fu Chang et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ming‐Fu Chang Taiwan	38	1.5k	1.4k	1.3k	1.2k	618	90	4.4k
Sunil K. Lal India	36	1.6k 1.0×	2.0k 1.4×	1.0k 0.8×	702 0.6×	700 1.1×	120	4.7k
Sandrine Belouzard France	31	1.1k 0.7×	2.5k 1.7×	1.2k 0.9×	939 0.8×	422 0.7×	69	5.0k
Miguel Ángel Martı́nez Spain	43	1.8k 1.2×	2.0k 1.4×	1.0k 0.8×	653 0.6×	391 0.6×	172	6.0k
Sui‐Yuan Chang Taiwan	36	1.9k 1.2×	2.2k 1.5×	1.5k 1.1×	626 0.5×	505 0.8×	247	5.7k
Yoshio Mori Japan	30	816 0.5×	1.2k 0.9×	788 0.6×	823 0.7×	294 0.5×	176	3.5k
Seung‐Yong Park South Korea	35	860 0.6×	1.3k 0.9×	887 0.7×	277 0.2×	949 1.5×	177	4.1k
Koichi Watashi Japan	43	2.5k 1.6×	1.2k 0.8×	4.2k 3.2×	3.8k 3.3×	1.1k 1.7×	192	7.7k
Dale L. Barnard United States	34	1.0k 0.7×	2.4k 1.7×	1.6k 1.2×	108 0.1×	764 1.2×	110	5.0k
Peter Wutzler Germany	41	569 0.4×	989 0.7×	3.8k 2.9×	532 0.5×	524 0.8×	197	5.1k
Clyde S. Crumpacker United States	44	961 0.6×	1.6k 1.1×	3.4k 2.5×	262 0.2×	878 1.4×	115	5.9k

Countries citing papers authored by Ming‐Fu Chang

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ming‐Fu Chang

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ming‐Fu Chang

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Ming‐Fu Chang. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Ming‐Fu Chang 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 Ming‐Fu Chang. Ming‐Fu Chang 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

Wan, Hao, Ming‐Fu Chang, C. Chris Yun, et al.. (2025). Therapeutic targets in aging-related osteoarthritis: A focus on the extracellular matrix homeostasis. Life Sciences. 368. 123487–123487. 5 indexed citations

Yen, Yea‐Yin, Min Chen, Jann‐Tay Wang, et al.. (2025). Effectiveness of molnupiravir as early treatment for COVID-19 to prevent mortality and hospitalisation in high-risk adults: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised trials and real-world studies involving 1,612,082 patients. Journal of Microbiology Immunology and Infection. 58(5). 545–553. 1 indexed citations

Huang, Jian, et al.. (2023). Comparative prevalence of oral bacteria and protozoa in patients with periodontitis in Taiwan. Oral Diseases. 30(3). 1483–1487. 4 indexed citations

Algaissi, Abdullah, Jr‐Shiuan Lin, Wei‐Ting Chen, et al.. (2023). Subunit vaccines with a saponin-based adjuvant boost humoral and cellular immunity to MERS coronavirus. Vaccine. 41(21). 3337–3346. 8 indexed citations

Chen, Jui‐Chieh, et al.. (2023). Ergosterol peroxide blocks HDV infection as a novel entry inhibitor by targeting human NTCP receptor. Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy. 170. 116077–116077. 2 indexed citations

Shen, Hao, Shuning Liu, Min Ding, et al.. (2021). A quadruple recombination event discovered in hepatitis E virus. Archives of Virology. 166(12). 3405–3408. 3 indexed citations

Peng, Wei‐Hao, et al.. (2018). Nucleocapsid protein-dependent assembly of the RNA packaging signal of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus. Journal of Biomedical Science. 25(1). 47–47. 42 indexed citations

Chang, Ming‐Fu, Wang‐Huei Sheng, Jann‐Tay Wang, et al.. (2017). Prognostic factors of health care–associated bloodstream infection in adult patients ≥40 years of age. American Journal of Infection Control. 46(1). 111–114. 8 indexed citations

Chang, Shan‐Chwen, et al.. (2010). Upregulation of the Chemokine (C-C Motif) Ligand 2 via a Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus Spike-ACE2 Signaling Pathway. Journal of Virology. 84(15). 7703–7712. 95 indexed citations

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Yu, Chun-Hsien, et al.. (2009). Impaired Hepatocyte Regeneration in Acute Severe Hepatic Injury Enhances Effective Repopulation by Transplanted Hepatocytes. Cell Transplantation. 18(10-11). 1081–1092. 13 indexed citations

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Huang, Shaoyong, et al.. (2006). Hepatitis C virus NS4A inhibits cap-dependent and the viral IRES-mediated translation through interacting with eukaryotic elongation factor 1A. Journal of Biomedical Science. 13(6). 861–874. 40 indexed citations

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Chen, Yee‐Chun, Li‐Min Huang, Chang‐Chuan Chan, et al.. (2004). SARS in Hospital Emergency Room. Emerging infectious diseases. 10(5). 782–788. 115 indexed citations

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Cheng, Ming‐Jen, et al.. (2003). Chemical and cytotoxic constituents from Peperomia sui. Phytochemistry. 63(5). 603–608. 52 indexed citations

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Stunz, Laura L., Petar Lenert, D. W. Peckham, et al.. (2002). Inhibitory oligonucleotides specifically block effects of stimulatory CpG oligonucleotides in B cells. European Journal of Immunology. 32(5). 1212–1212. 132 indexed citations

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Lee, Chia‐Huei, Shan‐Chwen Chang, Chih‐Feng Wu, & Ming‐Fu Chang. (2001). A Novel Chromosome Region Maintenance 1-independent Nuclear Export Signal of the Large Form of Hepatitis Delta Antigen That Is Required for the Viral Assembly. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 276(11). 8142–8148. 74 indexed citations

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Yi, Ae‐Kyung, Ming‐Fu Chang, D. W. Peckham, Arthur Μ. Krieg, & Robert F. Ashman. (1998). CpG Oligodeoxyribonucleotides Rescue Mature Spleen B Cells from Spontaneous Apoptosis and Promote Cell Cycle Entry. The Journal of Immunology. 160(12). 5898–5906. 198 indexed citations

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Yen, Jui-Hung, et al.. (1995). Cellular Proteins Specifically Bind to the 5′-Noncoding Region of Hepatitis C Virus RNA. Virology. 208(2). 723–732. 39 indexed citations

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Xia, Yuping, Ming‐Fu Chang, David C. Wei, Sugantha Govindarajan, & Michael M. C. Lai. (1990). Heterogeneity of hepatitis delta antigen. Virology. 178(1). 331–336. 40 indexed citations

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Baldarelli, Richard M., et al.. (1988). Transcripts of the Drosophila blastoderm-specific locus, terminus, are concentrated posteriorly and encode a potential DNA-binding finger. Developmental Biology. 125(1). 85–95. 26 indexed citations

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Ling, K H, et al.. (1987). Chromatographic quantitation of territrems A, B, and C, tremorgenic mycotoxins from Aspergillus terreus. Mycotoxin Research. 3(1). 7–12. 3 indexed citations

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