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Amy Hin Yan Tong

Amy Hin Yan Tong

D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
47
Citations
20893
World Ranking
18531
National Ranking
647

Amy Hin Yan Tong 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 Amy Hin Yan Tong sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 93 publications — 3rd percentile

3% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Amy Hin Yan Tong 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 Amy Hin Yan Tong 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: 47 D-Index — 6th percentile

6% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Amy Hin Yan Tong is affiliated with the University of Toronto in Canada and works primarily within the field of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their research spans several subfields including Molecular Biology, Genetics, Immunology, Oncology, and Infectious Diseases.

The scientist's publication record shows a focus on topics such as CRISPR and Genetic Engineering, Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment, Single-cell and Spatial Transcriptomics, RNA Research and Splicing, RNA and Protein Synthesis Mechanisms, Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics, and Immune Cell Function and Interaction.

Frequent coauthors in their work include Jason Moffat, Katherine Chan, Kevin R. Brown, Maximilian Billmann, and Chad L. Myers, indicating collaborative research efforts across multiple projects.

Their publications have appeared in a variety of scientific venues, with particular frequency in bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Nature, Cancer Research, the Journal of Translational Genetics and Genomics, and G3 Genes Genomes Genetics.

Key recent papers include:

  • Functional genomic landscape of cancer-intrinsic evasion of killing by T cells (2020, Nature)
  • Systematic mapping of genetic interactions for de novo fatty acid synthesis identifies C12orf49 as a regulator of lipid metabolism (2020, Nature Metabolism)
  • A cohesin traffic pattern genetically linked to gene regulation (2022, Nature Structural & Molecular Biology)
  • FAM72A antagonizes UNG2 to promote mutagenic repair during antibody maturation (2021, Nature)
  • N-terminal acetylation shields proteins from degradation and promotes age-dependent motility and longevity (2023, Nature Communications)

Best Publications

  • The genetic landscape of a cell.

    Michael Costanzo;Anastasia Baryshnikova;Jeremy Bellay;Yungil Kim

  • Global Mapping of the Yeast Genetic Interaction Network

    Amy Hin Yan Tong;Guillaume Lesage;Gary D. Bader;Huiming Ding

  • Systematic Genetic Analysis with Ordered Arrays of Yeast Deletion Mutants

    Amy Hin Yan Tong;Marie Evangelista;Ainslie B. Parsons;Hong Xu

  • Navigating the Chaperone Network: An Integrative Map of Physical and Genetic Interactions Mediated by the Hsp90 Chaperone

    Rongmin Zhao;Mike Davey;Ya-Chieh Hsu;Pia Kaplanek

  • A Combined Experimental and Computational Strategy to Define Protein Interaction Networks for Peptide Recognition Modules

    Amy Hin Yan Tong;Becky Drees;Giuliano Nardelli;Gary D. Bader

  • Methylation of histone H3 by Set2 in Saccharomyces cerevisiae is linked to transcriptional elongation by RNA polymerase II.

    Nevan J. Krogan;Minkyu Kim;Amy Tong;Ashkan Golshani

  • A Snf2 family ATPase complex required for recruitment of the histone H2A variant Htz1.

    Nevan J. Krogan;Michael-Christopher Keogh;Nira Datta;Chika Sawa

  • Synthetic genetic array analysis in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

    Amy Hin Yan Tong;Charles Boone

  • Recoding RNA editing of AZIN1 predisposes to hepatocellular carcinoma

    Leilei Chen;Yan Li;Chi Ho Lin;Tim Hon Man Chan;Tim Hon Man Chan

  • A Conserved RING Finger Protein Required for Histone H2B Monoubiquitination and Cell Size Control.

    William W. Hwang;Shivkumar Venkatasubrahmanyam;Alexandra G. Ianculescu;Amy Tong

  • Evaluation and Design of Genome-Wide CRISPR/SpCas9 Knockout Screens.

    Traver Hart;Amy Hin Yan Tong;Katie Chan;Jolanda Van Leeuwen

  • Increased exonic de novo mutation rate in individuals with schizophrenia

    Simon L Girard;Julie Gauthier;Anne Noreau;Lan Xiong

  • Functional genomic landscape of cancer-intrinsic evasion of killing by T cells

    Keith A. Lawson;Keith A. Lawson;Cristovão M. Sousa;Xiaoyu Zhang;Eiru Kim

  • Comprehensive curation and analysis of global interaction networks in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

    Teresa Reguly;Ashton Breitkreutz;Lorrie Boucher;Bobby Joe Breitkreutz

  • A protein interaction map for cell polarity development

    Becky L. Drees;Bryan Sundin;Elizabeth Brazeau;Juliane P. Caviston

  • A Role for Myosin-I in Actin Assembly through Interactions with Vrp1p, Bee1p, and the Arp2/3 Complex

    Marie Evangelista;Bert M. Klebl;Amy H.Y. Tong;Bradley A. Webb

  • Combining biological networks to predict genetic interactions.

    Sharyl L. Wong;Lan V. Zhang;Amy H. Y. Tong;Zhijian Li

  • Analysis of the bacterial community in a laboratory-scale nitrification reactor and a wastewater treatment plant by 454-pyrosequencing

    Lin Ye;Ming-Fei Shao;Tong Zhang;Amy Hin Yan Tong

  • Motifs, themes and thematic maps of an integrated Saccharomyces cerevisiae interaction network

    Lan V Zhang;Oliver D King;Sharyl L Wong;Debra S Goldberg

  • Global Mapping of the Yeast Genetic Interaction Network: Discovering Gene and Drug Function

    Amy Tong;Guillaume Lesage;Ainslie Parsons;Brenda Andrews

Frequent Co-Authors

Charles Boone
Charles Boone University of Toronto
Jason Moffat
Jason Moffat University of Toronto
Brenda J. Andrews
Brenda J. Andrews University of Toronto
Gary D. Bader
Gary D. Bader University of Toronto
Chad L. Myers
Chad L. Myers University of Minnesota
Frederick P. Roth
Frederick P. Roth Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute
Howard Bussey
Howard Bussey McGill University
Daniel Durocher
Daniel Durocher Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute
Jack Greenblatt
Jack Greenblatt University of Toronto
Michael Costanzo
Michael Costanzo University of Toronto

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