Yuman Fong

78.2k total citations · 12 hit papers
859 papers, 56.6k citations indexed

About

Yuman Fong is a scholar working on Oncology, Surgery and Hepatology. According to data from OpenAlex, Yuman Fong has authored 859 papers receiving a total of 56.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 440 papers in Oncology, 344 papers in Surgery and 267 papers in Hepatology. Recurrent topics in Yuman Fong's work include Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis (256 papers), Cholangiocarcinoma and Gallbladder Cancer Studies (201 papers) and Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research (188 papers). Yuman Fong is often cited by papers focused on Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis (256 papers), Cholangiocarcinoma and Gallbladder Cancer Studies (201 papers) and Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research (188 papers). Yuman Fong collaborates with scholars based in United States, Germany and China. Yuman Fong's co-authors include Leslie H. Blumgart, William R. Jarnagin, Ronald P. DeMatteo, Mithat Gönen, Murray F. Brennan, Peter J. Allen, Michael I. D’Angelica, Joseph G. Fortner, Michael I. D’Angelica and Nancy E. Kemeny and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, New England Journal of Medicine and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Yuman Fong

828 papers receiving 55.3k citations

Hit Papers

Clinical Score for Predicting Recurrence After Hepatic Re... 1987 2026 2000 2013 1999 1987 2002 2002 1997 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k 2.5k
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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.

  1. Clinical Score for Predicting Recurrence After Hepatic Resection for Metastatic Colorectal Cancer
    1999 2.8k citations Yuman Fong, Murray F. Brennan et al. profile →
  2. Anti-cachectin/TNF monoclonal antibodies prevent septic shock during lethal bacteraemia
    1987 2.0k citations Yuman Fong, Anthony Cerami et al. profile →
  3. Improvement in perioperative outcome after hepatic resection: analysis of 1,803 consecutive cases over the past decade.
    2002 1.2k citations William R. Jarnagin, Mithat Gönen et al. PubMed profile →
  4. Improvement in Perioperative Outcome After Hepatic Resection
    2002 1.0k citations William R. Jarnagin, Mithat Gönen et al. profile →
  5. Liver resection for colorectal metastases.
    1997 995 citations Yuman Fong, Daniel G. Coit et al. profile →
  6. Staging, Resectability, and Outcome in 225 Patients With Hilar Cholangiocarcinoma
    2001 982 citations William R. Jarnagin, Yuman Fong et al. profile →
  7. Actual 10-Year Survival After Resection of Colorectal Liver Metastases Defines Cure
    2007 884 citations William R. Jarnagin, Ronald P. DeMatteo et al. profile →
  8. Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma
    2008 646 citations Mithat Gönen, Adam C. Yopp et al. profile →
  9. An Analysis of 412 Cases of Hepatocellular Carcinoma at a Western Center
    1999 641 citations Yuman Fong, William R. Jarnagin et al. profile →
  10. Cachectin/tumor necrosis factor induces cachexia, anemia, and inflammation.
    1988 612 citations Wei He, Yuman Fong et al. profile →
  11. Antibodies to cachectin/tumor necrosis factor reduce interleukin 1 beta and interleukin 6 appearance during lethal bacteremia.
    1989 522 citations Yuman Fong, Lyle L. Moldawer et al. profile →
  12. Cachectin/tumor necrosis factor induces lethal shock and stress hormone responses in the dog.
    1987 341 citations S. F. Lowry, Yuman Fong et al. PubMed profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Yuman Fong United States 120 27.9k 25.0k 20.1k 15.9k 9.7k 859 56.6k
Ronald P. DeMatteo United States 113 19.4k 0.7× 23.6k 0.9× 13.2k 0.7× 19.3k 1.2× 5.7k 0.6× 541 46.4k
Peter R. Galle Germany 102 13.4k 0.5× 11.0k 0.4× 19.4k 1.0× 7.4k 0.5× 16.1k 1.7× 1.2k 55.7k
Masao Omata Japan 112 8.9k 0.3× 13.6k 0.5× 19.5k 1.0× 9.3k 0.6× 17.7k 1.8× 1.1k 50.7k
Yoshihiko Maehara Japan 92 13.5k 0.5× 14.4k 0.6× 8.7k 0.4× 12.2k 0.8× 6.2k 0.6× 1.7k 42.9k
Gregory J. Gores United States 142 14.2k 0.5× 23.6k 0.9× 19.0k 0.9× 11.3k 0.7× 20.1k 2.1× 591 63.2k
David Cunningham United Kingdom 120 42.1k 1.5× 24.5k 1.0× 6.3k 0.3× 30.7k 1.9× 4.2k 0.4× 1.2k 77.9k
Masatoshi Makuuchi Japan 97 11.8k 0.4× 25.3k 1.0× 28.1k 1.4× 9.6k 0.6× 13.2k 1.4× 782 48.1k
Murray F. Brennan United States 143 38.6k 1.4× 31.6k 1.3× 6.1k 0.3× 43.3k 2.7× 8.3k 0.9× 954 81.0k
Kazuaki Chayama Japan 99 7.4k 0.3× 10.7k 0.4× 14.9k 0.7× 9.8k 0.6× 15.7k 1.6× 1.4k 45.3k
Masatoshi Kudo Japan 103 13.1k 0.5× 11.0k 0.4× 30.9k 1.5× 8.6k 0.5× 17.6k 1.8× 1.4k 48.7k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yuman Fong

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Yuman Fong. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Yuman Fong 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 Yuman Fong. Yuman Fong is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Hernandez, Matthew C., Paul J. Yazaki, Joanne Mortimer, et al.. (2023). Pilot study of HER2 targeted 64Cu-DOTA-tagged PET imaging in gastric cancer patients. Nuclear Medicine Communications. 44(12). 1151–1155. 4 indexed citations
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Kawka, Michal, Yuman Fong, & Tamara Gall. (2023). 244 Major Laparoscopic Versus Robotic Surgery – a Systematic Review of Randomised Controlled Trials. British journal of surgery. 110(Supplement_7).
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Tran, Thuy B., Paul Wong, Mustafa Raoof, et al.. (2022). The evolving gender distribution in authorship over time in American surgery. The American Journal of Surgery. 224(5). 1217–1221. 11 indexed citations
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Chaurasiya, Shyambabu, Annie Yang, Zhifang Zhang, et al.. (2021). A comprehensive preclinical study supporting clinical trial of oncolytic chimeric poxvirus CF33-hNIS-anti-PD-L1 to treat breast cancer. Molecular Therapy — Methods & Clinical Development. 24. 102–116. 5 indexed citations
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Thornblade, Lucas W., Paul Wong, Daneng Li, et al.. (2021). Patterns of Whole Exome Sequencing in Resected Cholangiocarcinoma. Cancers. 13(16). 4062–4062. 7 indexed citations
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Kim, Sang‐In, Anthony K. Park, Shyambabu Chaurasiya, et al.. (2020). Recombinant Orthopoxvirus Primes Colon Cancer for Checkpoint Inhibitor and Cross-Primes T Cells for Antitumor and Antiviral Immunity. Molecular Cancer Therapeutics. 20(1). 173–182. 27 indexed citations
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Hahn, Maria A., Seung‐Gi Jin, Arthur X. Li, et al.. (2019). Reprogramming of DNA methylation at NEUROD2-bound sequences during cortical neuron differentiation. Science Advances. 5(10). eaax0080–eaax0080. 31 indexed citations
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Son, Taeil, Jiyu Sun, Seo Hee Choi, et al.. (2019). Multi‐institutional validation of the 8th AJCC TNM staging system for gastric cancer: Analysis of survival data from high‐volume Eastern centers and the SEER database. Journal of Surgical Oncology. 120(4). 676–684. 35 indexed citations
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Yim, John H., Audrey H. Choi, Arthur X. Li, et al.. (2018). Identification of Tissue-Specific DNA Methylation Signatures for Thyroid Nodule Diagnostics. Clinical Cancer Research. 25(2). 544–551. 32 indexed citations
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Araújo, Raphael L. C., Rachel P. Riechelmann, & Yuman Fong. (2016). Patient selection for the surgical treatment of resectable colorectal liver metastases. Journal of Surgical Oncology. 115(2). 213–220. 13 indexed citations
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Turcotte, Simon, Steven C. Katz, Jinru Shia, et al.. (2014). Tumor MHC Class I Expression Improves the Prognostic Value of T-cell Density in Resected Colorectal Liver Metastases. Cancer Immunology Research. 2(6). 530–537. 36 indexed citations
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Ady, Justin & Yuman Fong. (2014). Imaging for Infection: From Visualization of Inflammation to Visualization of Microbes. Surgical Infections. 15(6). 700–707. 27 indexed citations
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Araújo, Raphael L. C., Ami M. Karkar, Peter J. Allen, et al.. (2013). Timing of elective surgery as a perioperative outcome variable: analysis of pancreaticoduodenectomy. HPB. 16(3). 250–262. 22 indexed citations
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Cavel, Oren, Leonor Trejo‐Leider, Noam Weizman, et al.. (2012). Endoneurial Macrophages Induce Perineural Invasion of Pancreatic Cancer Cells by Secretion of GDNF and Activation of RET Tyrosine Kinase Receptor. Cancer Research. 72(22). 5733–5743. 135 indexed citations
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Haddad, Dana, Pat Zanzonico, Sean Carlin, et al.. (2012). A Vaccinia Virus Encoding the Human Sodium Iodide Symporter Facilitates Long-Term Image Monitoring of Virotherapy and Targeted Radiotherapy of Pancreatic Cancer. Journal of Nuclear Medicine. 53(12). 1933–1942. 28 indexed citations
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Yopp, Adam C., Lawrence H. Schwartz, Nancy E. Kemeny, et al.. (2011). Antiangiogenic Therapy for Primary Liver Cancer: Correlation of Changes in Dynamic Contrast-Enhanced Magnetic Resonance Imaging with Tissue Hypoxia Markers and Clinical Response. Annals of Surgical Oncology. 18(8). 2192–2199. 66 indexed citations
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Fong, Yuman & Joyce Wong. (2009). Evolution in Surgery: Influence of Minimally Invasive Approaches on the Hepatobiliary Surgeon. Surgical Infections. 10(5). 399–406. 5 indexed citations
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Yu, Zhenkun, Prasad S. Adusumilli, David P. Eisenberg, et al.. (2005). Expression of nectin-1 and HVEM by tumor cells predicts sensitivity to herpes oncolytic therapy. Cancer Research. 65. 794–794.
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Fong, Yuman & Leslie H. Blumgart. (1998). Hepatic colorectal metastasis: current status of surgical therapy.. PubMed. 12(10). 1489–500, 1503. 58 indexed citations
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Marano, Michael A., Yuman Fong, Lyle L. Moldawer, et al.. (1988). Infected burn injury alters hepatic monokine and albumin mRNA contents. 39. 6–7. 3 indexed citations

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