Whitney Tang

9.9k total citations · 3 hit papers
28 papers, 5.6k citations indexed

About

Whitney Tang is a scholar working on Surgery, Molecular Biology and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Whitney Tang has authored 28 papers receiving a total of 5.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Surgery, 10 papers in Molecular Biology and 10 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Whitney Tang's work include Inflammatory Bowel Disease (10 papers), Gut microbiota and health (8 papers) and Microscopic Colitis (6 papers). Whitney Tang is often cited by papers focused on Inflammatory Bowel Disease (10 papers), Gut microbiota and health (8 papers) and Microscopic Colitis (6 papers). Whitney Tang collaborates with scholars based in Hong Kong, China and Australia. Whitney Tang's co-authors include Siew C. Ng, Francis K.L. Chan, Joseph J.�Y. Sung, Hai Yun Shi, Justin C. Wu, Gilaad G. Kaplan, Fox E. Underwood, Eric I. Benchimol, Nurkholis Hamidi and Subrata Ghosh and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, Nature Communications and Gastroenterology.

In The Last Decade

Whitney Tang

26 papers receiving 5.6k 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.

Worldwide incidence and prevalence of inflammatory bowel disease in the 21st century: a systematic review of population-based studies

2017 4.3k citations Siew C. Ng, Hai Yun Shi et al. The Lancet profile →
The Worldwide Incidence and Prevalence of Inflammatory Bowel Disease in the 21st Century: A Systematic Review of Population-Based Studies

2017 451 citations Siew C. Ng, Hai Yun Shi et al. profile →
Gut mucosal virome alterations in ulcerative colitis

2019 299 citations Tao Zuo, Xiaojuan Lu et al. Gut profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Whitney Tang Hong Kong	15	3.4k	2.1k	1.7k	1.5k	792	28	5.6k
Hai Yun Shi China	20	3.4k 1.0×	2.0k 1.0×	1.7k 1.0×	1.5k 1.0×	794 1.0×	43	5.6k
Justin C. Wu Hong Kong	15	3.2k 1.0×	2.0k 1.0×	1.3k 0.8×	1.8k 1.2×	787 1.0×	50	5.6k
Johan Van Limbergen Canada	33	2.9k 0.9×	1.9k 0.9×	1.2k 0.7×	1.5k 1.0×	785 1.0×	112	4.7k
Ryan C. Ungaro United States	35	4.1k 1.2×	2.6k 1.2×	1.4k 0.8×	1.6k 1.0×	1.2k 1.6×	197	6.8k
Natalie A. Molodecky United States	17	3.0k 0.9×	2.2k 1.1×	896 0.5×	1.7k 1.1×	780 1.0×	25	5.2k
Joana Torres Portugal	36	3.5k 1.0×	2.5k 1.2×	1.1k 0.6×	1.7k 1.1×	899 1.1×	151	5.6k
R. D’Incà Italy	49	3.6k 1.1×	2.5k 1.2×	1.6k 0.9×	2.1k 1.4×	1.2k 1.5×	229	7.5k
Katsuyoshi Matsuoka Japan	41	2.3k 0.7×	1.5k 0.7×	1.9k 1.1×	1.2k 0.8×	1.5k 1.9×	206	5.8k
Makoto Naganuma Japan	37	1.9k 0.6×	1.4k 0.7×	1.1k 0.7×	1.2k 0.8×	935 1.2×	233	4.8k
Michael Scharl Switzerland	45	2.7k 0.8×	1.9k 0.9×	2.8k 1.7×	1.7k 1.1×	1.5k 1.9×	245	7.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Whitney Tang

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Fields of papers citing papers by Whitney Tang

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Whitney Tang

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Zhan, Hui, Yating Wan, Zhilu Xu, et al.. (2024). Gut mycobiome alterations in obesity in geographically different regions. Gut Microbes. 16(1). 2367297–2367297. 8 indexed citations

Su, Qi, Raphaela Iris Lau, Qin Liu, et al.. (2024). The gut microbiome associates with phenotypic manifestations of post-acute COVID-19 syndrome. Cell Host & Microbe. 32(5). 651–660.e4. 25 indexed citations

Su, Qi, Qin Liu, Raphaela Iris Lau, et al.. (2022). Faecal microbiome-based machine learning for multi-class disease diagnosis. Nature Communications. 13(1). 6818–6818. 75 indexed citations

Mak, Joyce Wing Yan, Yang Sun, Xiaoqing Lin, et al.. (2022). Childhood antibiotics as a risk factor for Crohn's disease: The ENIGMA International Cohort Study. JGH Open. 6(6). 369–377. 4 indexed citations

Hu, Jielun, et al.. (2020). Review article: Probiotics, prebiotics and dietary approaches during COVID-19 pandemic. Trends in Food Science & Technology. 108. 187–196. 75 indexed citations

Trakman, Gina, Amy Wilson‐O’Brien, Amy L. Hamilton, et al.. (2020). Development and Validation of Surveys to Estimate Food Additive Intake. Nutrients. 12(3). 812–812. 10 indexed citations

Mak, Joyce Wing Yan, Jacqueline So, Whitney Tang, et al.. (2020). Cancer risk and chemoprevention in Chinese inflammatory bowel disease patients: a population-based cohort study. Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology. 55(3). 279–286. 14 indexed citations

Zuo, Tao, Xiaojuan Lu, Yu Zhang, et al.. (2019). Gut mucosal virome alterations in ulcerative colitis. Gut. 68(7). 1169–1179. 299 indexed citations breakdown →

Thomas, Tom, Joht Singh Chandan, Whitney Tang, et al.. (2019). Global smoking trends in inflammatory bowel disease: A systematic review of inception cohorts. PLoS ONE. 14(9). e0221961–e0221961. 28 indexed citations

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Ng, Siew C., Michael A. Kamm, Yun Kit Yeoh, et al.. (2019). Scientific frontiers in faecal microbiota transplantation: joint document of Asia-Pacific Association of Gastroenterology (APAGE) and Asia-Pacific Society for Digestive Endoscopy (APSDE). Gut. 69(1). 83–91. 92 indexed citations

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Trakman, Gina, Amy Wilson‐O’Brien, Jessica Y. L. Ching, et al.. (2019). P772 Development and validation of tools to assess food additive intake: the ENIGMA study. Journal of Crohn s and Colitis. 13(Supplement_1). S507–S507.

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Sanagapalli, Santosh, Yanna Ko, Viraj C. Kariyawasam, et al.. (2018). The association between new generation oral contraceptive pill and the development of inflammatory bowel diseases. Intestinal Research. 16(3). 409–409. 4 indexed citations

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Wang, Xing, Sunny H. Wong, Xiansong Wang, et al.. (2018). Risk of tuberculosis in patients with immune-mediated diseases on biological therapies: a population-based study in a tuberculosis endemic region. Lara D. Veeken. 58(5). 803–810. 18 indexed citations

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Tang, Whitney, Justin C. Y. Wu, Henry Lik‐Yuen Chan, et al.. (2018). Gastrointestinal disease burden and mortality: A public hospital‐based study from 2005 to 2014. Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology. 34(1). 124–131. 28 indexed citations

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Tang, Whitney, Moe H. Kyaw, Satimai Aniwan, et al.. (2017). Endoscopic and Histological Mucosal Healing in Ulcerative Colitis in the First Year of Diagnosis: Results from a Population-based Inception Cohort from Six Countries in Asia. Journal of Crohn s and Colitis. 11(12). 1440–1448. 20 indexed citations

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Ng, Siew C., Hai Yun Shi, Nurkholis Hamidi, et al.. (2017). Worldwide incidence and prevalence of inflammatory bowel disease in the 21st century: a systematic review of population-based studies. The Lancet. 390(10114). 2769–2778. 4252 indexed citations breakdown →

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Farkas, Klaudia, Mariann Rutka, Zoltán Szepes, et al.. (2016). Gastroduodenal Involvement in Asymptomatic Crohn’s Disease Patients in Two Areas of Emerging Disease: Asia and Eastern Europe. Journal of Crohn s and Colitis. 10(12). 1401–1406. 12 indexed citations

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Chan, Heyson Chi-hey, Vincent Wai‐Sun Wong, Grace Lai–Hung Wong, et al.. (2016). Prevalence of hepatitis B and clinical outcomes in inflammatory bowel disease patients in a viral-endemic region. BMC Gastroenterology. 16(1). 100–100. 11 indexed citations

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Ananthakrishnan, Ashwin N., Hai Yun Shi, Whitney Tang, et al.. (2016). Systematic Review and Meta-analysis: Phenotype and Clinical Outcomes of Older-onset Inflammatory Bowel Disease. Journal of Crohn s and Colitis. 10(10). 1224–1236. 109 indexed citations

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Tang, Whitney, et al.. (2007). Cutaneous melanoma: a population-based epidemiology report with 989 patients in Hong Kong. Clinical and Experimental Dermatology. 32(3). 265–267. 7 indexed citations

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