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D-Index
99
Citations
32395
World Ranking
1604
National Ranking
898

Ah-Ng Tony Kong publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Biology and Biochemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Ah-Ng Tony Kong sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 304 publications — 79th percentile

79% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,028 publications or more.

Ah-Ng Tony Kong D-index placement in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Biology and Biochemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Ah-Ng Tony Kong sits on this spectrum.

40–41 D-Index: 80 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 183 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 317 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 504 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 718 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 900 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 1,026 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 1,150 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 1,236 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 1,253 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 1,163 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 1,131 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 1,032 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 897 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 814 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 715 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 709 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 596 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 512 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 473 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 412 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 373 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 358 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 285 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 273 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 227 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 208 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 193 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 153 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 157 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 148 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 120 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 113 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 100 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 86 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 67 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 72 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 73 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 64 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 53 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 60 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 54 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 43 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 38 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 49 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 26 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 18 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 23 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 32 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 32 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 27 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 19 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 22 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 12 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 16 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 14 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 10 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 13 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 10 scientists 158–159 D-Index: 7 scientists 160–161 D-Index: 9 scientists 162–163 D-Index: 13 scientists 164–165 D-Index: 4 scientists 166 D-Index: 4 scientists 167+ D-Index: 98 scientists
40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 99 D-Index — 92nd percentile

92% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 167 D-Index or more.

Overview

Ah-Ng Tony Kong is affiliated with Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey in the United States. Their research spans primarily the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, as well as Medicine. Within these, they focus extensively on Molecular Biology, Cancer Research, Infectious Diseases, Biochemistry, and Pharmacology.

Their scholarly output includes a significant number of publications addressing various topics, notably:

  • Genomics, phytochemicals, and oxidative stress
  • Histone Deacetylase Inhibitors Research
  • Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
  • Glutathione Transferases and Polymorphisms
  • COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
  • RNA modifications and cancer

Recent publications authored or co-authored by Ah-Ng Tony Kong include:

  • "An Update on Current Therapeutic Drugs Treating COVID-19" (2020), published in Current Pharmacology Reports
  • "Epigenetics/epigenomics of triterpenoids in cancer prevention and in health" (2020), published in Biochemical Pharmacology
  • "Butyrate Drives Metabolic Rewiring and Epigenetic Reprogramming in Human Colon Cancer Cells" (2022), published in Molecular Nutrition & Food Research
  • "Redox signaling, mitochondrial metabolism, epigenetics and redox active phytochemicals" (2020), published in Free Radical Biology and Medicine
  • "Triterpenoid ursolic acid drives metabolic rewiring and epigenetic reprogramming in treatment/prevention of human prostate cancer" (2021), published in Molecular Carcinogenesis

Their frequent publication venues include:

  • Current Pharmacology Reports
  • Cancer Prevention Research
  • Heat Transfer
  • Molecular Nutrition & Food Research
  • Molecular Carcinogenesis

Ah-Ng Tony Kong has collaborated with various researchers, with frequent co-authors being:

  • Renyi Wu
  • Md Shahid Sarwar
  • Hsiao-Chen Dina Kuo
  • Rebecca Mary Peter
  • Lujing Wang

Best Publications

  • Induction of phase I, II and III drug metabolism/transport by xenobiotics

    Changjiang Xu;Christina Yong-Tao Li;Ah-Ng Tony Kong

  • Activation of Nrf2-antioxidant signaling attenuates NFκB-inflammatory response and elicits apoptosis

    Wenge Li;Tin Oo Khor;Changjiang Xu;Guoxiang Shen

  • An Update on Current Therapeutic Drugs Treating COVID-19.

    Renyi Wu;Lujing Wang;Hsiao Chen Dina Kuo;Ahmad Shannar

  • Plants vs. cancer: a review on natural phytochemicals in preventing and treating cancers and their druggability.

    Hu Wang;Tin Oo Khor;Limin Shu;Zheng-Yuan Su

  • Nrf2-Deficient Mice Have an Increased Susceptibility to Dextran Sulfate Sodium–Induced Colitis

    Tin Oo Khor;Mou-Tuan Huang;Ki Han Kwon;Jefferson Y. Chan

  • Antioxidants and oxidants regulated signal transduction pathways.

    Edward D. Owuor;Ah-Ng Tony Kong

  • Mechanisms of tamoxifen-induced apoptosis.

    S. Mandlekar;A.-N. T. Kong

  • Inhibition of 7,12-dimethylbenz(a)anthracene-induced skin tumorigenesis in C57BL/6 mice by sulforaphane is mediated by nuclear factor E2-related factor 2.

    Changjiang Xu;Mou-Tuan Huang;Guoxiang Shen;Xiaoling Yuan

  • Nrf2: a potential molecular target for cancer chemoprevention by natural compounds.

    Woo-Sik Jeong;Mira Jun;Ah-Ng Tony Kong

  • Molecular Targets of Dietary Phenethyl Isothiocyanate and Sulforaphane for Cancer Chemoprevention

    Ka Lung Cheung;Ah-Ng Kong

  • Induction of xenobiotic enzymes by the MAP kinase pathway and the antioxidant or electrophile response element (ARE/EpRE).

    Ah-Ng Kong;Edward Owuor;Rong Yu;Vidya Hebbar

  • Sulforaphane suppressed LPS-induced inflammation in mouse peritoneal macrophages through Nrf2 dependent pathway

    Wen Lin;Rachel T Wu;Tienyuan Wu;Tin-Oo Khor

  • The complexity of the Nrf2 pathway: Beyond the antioxidant response

    Ying Huang;Wenji Li;Zheng-yuan Su;Ah-Ng Tony Kong

  • Suppression of NF-kappaB and NF-kappaB-regulated gene expression by sulforaphane and PEITC through IkappaBalpha, IKK pathway in human prostate cancer PC-3 cells.

    Changjiang Xu;Guoxiang Shen;Chi Chen;Céline Gélinas;Céline Gélinas

  • Mechanism of Action of Sulforaphane: Inhibition of p38 Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Isoforms Contributing to the Induction of Antioxidant Response Element–Mediated Heme Oxygenase-1 in Human Hepatoma HepG2 Cells

    Young-Sam Keum;Siwang Yu;Peter Pil-Jae Chang;Xiaoling Yuan

  • Antioxidants in foods: state of the science important to the food industry.

    John W. Finley;Ah Ng Kong;Korry J. Hintze;Elizabeth H. Jeffery

  • Dietary cancer-chemopreventive compounds: from signaling and gene expression to pharmacological effects.

    Chi Chen;Ah-Ng Tony Kong

  • Increased Susceptibility of Nrf2 Knockout Mice to Colitis-Associated Colorectal Cancer

    Tin Oo Khor;Mou-Tuan Huang;Auemduan Prawan;Yue Liu

  • Modulatory Properties of Various Natural Chemopreventive Agents on the Activation of NF-κB Signaling Pathway

    Woo-Sik Jeong;In-Wha Kim;Rong Hu;Ah-Ng Tony Kong

  • Mechanism of action of isothiocyanates: the induction of ARE-regulated genes is associated with activation of ERK and JNK and the phosphorylation and nuclear translocation of Nrf2.

    Changjiang Xu;Xiaoling Yuan;Zui Pan;Guoxiang Shen

Frequent Co-Authors

Chi Chen
Chi Chen University of Minnesota
Allan H. Conney
Allan H. Conney Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Bandaru S. Reddy
Bandaru S. Reddy Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Chung S. Yang
Chung S. Yang Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Jefferson Y. Chan
Jefferson Y. Chan University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Mohit Jain
Mohit Jain University of California, San Diego
Tse-Hua Tan
Tse-Hua Tan National Health Research Institutes
Ronald P. Hart
Ronald P. Hart Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Jianjie Ma
Jianjie Ma The Ohio State University
Arnold B. Rabson
Arnold B. Rabson Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

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