Ya‐Ching Hung

3.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
31 papers, 2.5k citations indexed

About

Ya‐Ching Hung is a scholar working on Surgery, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Ya‐Ching Hung has authored 31 papers receiving a total of 2.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Surgery, 10 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and 5 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health. Recurrent topics in Ya‐Ching Hung's work include Global Health and Surgery (5 papers), Global Health Workforce Issues (4 papers) and Liver Disease and Transplantation (3 papers). Ya‐Ching Hung is often cited by papers focused on Global Health and Surgery (5 papers), Global Health Workforce Issues (4 papers) and Liver Disease and Transplantation (3 papers). Ya‐Ching Hung collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and United Kingdom. Ya‐Ching Hung's co-authors include Maria Punchak, Abbas Rattani, Kee B. Park, Michael C. Dewan, Amos O. Adeleye, Andrés M. Rubiano, Amit Agrawal, Jeffrey V. Rosenfeld, Saksham Gupta and Mark G. Shrime and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of neurosurgery, Journal of the American Geriatrics Society and Transplantation.

In The Last Decade

Ya‐Ching Hung

30 papers receiving 2.5k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Estimating the global incidence of traumatic brain injury

2018 2.0k citations Michael C. Dewan, Abbas Rattani et al. Journal of neurosurgery profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ya‐Ching Hung United States	11	1.3k	952	688	347	327	31	2.5k
Maria Punchak United States	13	1.4k 1.1×	973 1.0×	753 1.1×	346 1.0×	411 1.3×	23	2.6k
Amos O. Adeleye Nigeria	16	1.6k 1.2×	1.0k 1.1×	763 1.1×	368 1.1×	270 0.8×	78	2.8k
Christopher A. Taylor United States	19	947 0.7×	1.0k 1.1×	725 1.1×	298 0.9×	289 0.9×	45	2.9k
Saksham Gupta United States	9	1.3k 1.0×	960 1.0×	707 1.0×	344 1.0×	159 0.5×	20	2.2k
Alexandra Bražinová Slovakia	21	1.5k 1.1×	919 1.0×	1.2k 1.7×	207 0.6×	196 0.6×	52	2.3k
Prasanthi Puvanachandra United States	13	948 0.7×	828 0.9×	754 1.1×	211 0.6×	308 0.9×	32	1.9k
Andrew I.R. Maas Belgium	30	2.2k 1.7×	1.6k 1.6×	1.3k 1.9×	469 1.4×	132 0.4×	68	3.1k
John K. Yue United States	32	2.0k 1.5×	1.9k 1.9×	1.2k 1.7×	549 1.6×	270 0.8×	129	3.9k
Bob Roozenbeek Netherlands	25	2.4k 1.8×	2.0k 2.1×	1.3k 1.9×	409 1.2×	139 0.4×	93	3.7k
Brian J. Zink United States	24	1.0k 0.8×	636 0.7×	726 1.1×	510 1.5×	246 0.8×	70	2.4k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ya‐Ching Hung

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20 of 20 papers shown

Hung, Ya‐Ching, et al.. (2024). Complications and Risks Associated With the Different Types of Abdominoplasties: An Analysis of 55,956 Patients. Aesthetic Surgery Journal. 44(9). 965–975. 1 indexed citations

Ling, Yan, et al.. (2024). In-Vivo MRI in Rodents. Annals of Plastic Surgery. 93(3S). S116–S118.

Hung, Ya‐Ching, et al.. (2024). Comparing the safety and effectiveness of different liposuction techniques for lipedema. Journal of Plastic Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery. 97. 256–267. 3 indexed citations

Hung, Ya‐Ching, et al.. (2024). Amputated Digit Replantations. Annals of Plastic Surgery. 92(6). 667–676. 1 indexed citations

Hung, Ya‐Ching, et al.. (2024). Easing the Burden on Caregivers- Applications of Artificial Intelligence for Physicians and Caregivers of Children with Cleft Lip and Palate. The Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal. 62(4). 574–587. 14 indexed citations

Hung, Ya‐Ching, et al.. (2023). Complication Profiles of Smooth vs Textured Tissue Expanders in Breast Reconstruction: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Aesthetic Surgery Journal. 44(4). 383–393. 2 indexed citations

Hung, Ya‐Ching, et al.. (2023). Comparison of Complication Rates Between Subpectoral vs Prepectoral Techniques in Prosthetic Breast Reconstruction. Aesthetic Surgery Journal. 43(11). 1285–1292. 7 indexed citations

Henry, Jaymie, et al.. (2023). Scaling up Surgical Capacity in Kenya: The Kenya Hospital Assessment Tool (K-HAT). Journal of Surgical Research. 295. 800–810. 1 indexed citations

Hung, Ya‐Ching, et al.. (2021). Metformin use and the risk of anal intraepithelial neoplasia in type II diabetic patients. Colorectal Disease. 23(12). 3220–3226. 2 indexed citations

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Hung, Ya‐Ching, Ya–Wen Chen, Charles G. Rickert, et al.. (2021). Practitioner availability rather than surgical quality impacts the utilization of liver transplantation for hepatocellular carcinoma. HPB. 23(6). 861–867. 1 indexed citations

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Wolf, Joshua H., et al.. (2020). Pathologic complete response is associated with decreased morbidity following rectal cancer resection. The American Journal of Surgery. 222(2). 390–394. 6 indexed citations

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Hung, Ya‐Ching, Maggie L. Westfal, David C. Chang, & Cassandra M. Kelleher. (2020). Lack of Data-driven Treatment Guidelines and Wide Variation in Management of Chronic Pelvic Pain in Adolescents and Young Adults. Journal of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology. 33(4). 349–353.e1. 5 indexed citations

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Westfal, Maggie L., Numa P. Perez, Ya‐Ching Hung, David C. Chang, & Cassandra M. Kelleher. (2019). Pathologic discordance to clinical management decisions suggests overtreatment in pediatric benign breast disease. Breast Cancer Research and Treatment. 176(1). 101–108. 3 indexed citations

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Bababekov, Yanik J., Ya‐Ching Hung, Yu‐Tien Hsu, et al.. (2019). Is the Power Threshold of 0.8 Applicable to Surgical Science?—Empowering the Underpowered Study. Journal of Surgical Research. 241. 235–239. 10 indexed citations

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Zhang, Biqi, Maggie L. Westfal, Cornelia L. Griggs, et al.. (2019). Practice patterns and work environments that influence gender inequality among academic surgeons. The American Journal of Surgery. 220(1). 69–75. 22 indexed citations

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Punchak, Maria, Swagoto Mukhopadhyay, Sonal Sachdev, et al.. (2018). Neurosurgical Care: Availability and Access in Low-Income and Middle-Income Countries. World Neurosurgery. 112. e240–e254. 125 indexed citations

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Hung, Ya‐Ching, David C. Chang, Maggie L. Westfal, et al.. (2018). A Longitudinal Population Analysis of Cumulative Risks of Circumcision. Journal of Surgical Research. 233. 111–117. 17 indexed citations

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Hung, Ya‐Ching, Yanik J. Bababekov, Sahael M. Stapleton, et al.. (2018). Reducing road traffic deaths: where should we focus global health initiatives?. Journal of Surgical Research. 229. 337–344. 4 indexed citations

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Hung, Ya‐Ching, Maggie L. Westfal, David C. Chang, & Cassandra M. Kelleher. (2018). Heller myotomy is the optimal index procedure for esophageal achalasia in adolescents and young adults. Surgical Endoscopy. 33(10). 3355–3360. 9 indexed citations

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Dewan, Michael C., Abbas Rattani, Saksham Gupta, et al.. (2018). Estimating the global incidence of traumatic brain injury. Journal of neurosurgery. 130(4). 1080–1097. 2007 indexed citations breakdown →

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