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Taiwan
2022

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
45
Citations
7858
World Ranking
4843
National Ranking
5

Chang-Feng Dai publication distribution in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Ecology and Evolution in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Chang-Feng Dai sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 235 publications — 82nd percentile

82% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 531 publications or more.

Chang-Feng Dai D-index placement in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Ecology and Evolution scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Chang-Feng Dai sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 45 D-Index — 44th percentile

44% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 121 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2022 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Taiwan Leader Award

Overview

Chang-Feng Dai is affiliated with National Taiwan University in Taiwan. Their research spans multiple interdisciplinary fields including biotechnology, ecology, applied mathematics, organic chemistry, and mathematical physics.

Their recent publication record demonstrates contributions to advanced mathematical analysis, natural product chemistry, and interdisciplinary applications. Notable recent papers include:

  • Brezis-Van Schaftingen-Yung formulae in ball Banach function spaces with applications to fractional Sobolev and Gagliardo-Nirenberg inequalities, 2022, published in Calculus of Variations and Partial Differential Equations
  • The Bourgain-Brezis-Mironescu formula on ball Banach function spaces, 2023, published in Mathematische Annalen
  • Poincaré inequality meets Brezis-Van Schaftingen-Yung formula on metric measure spaces, 2022, published in Journal of Functional Analysis

Additional works related to marine natural products have been published in venues such as Marine Drugs, reflecting a research interest in chemical compounds derived from marine organisms.

  • New Biscembranoids Sardigitolides A-D and Known Cembranoid-Related Compounds from Sarcophyton digitatum: Isolation, Structure Elucidation, and Bioactivities, 2020, published in Marine Drugs

Coauthorship collaborations indicate frequent partnerships with researchers including:

  • Jyh-Horng Sheu
  • Chiung-Yao Huang
  • Dachun Yang
  • Chih-Hua Chao
  • Wen Yuan

Their publications have appeared in a variety of journals, with multiple works in:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Molecules
  • Marine Drugs
  • Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan
  • SSRN Electronic Journal

Chang-Feng Dai's research covers a range of scientific topics including:

  • Marine Sponges and Natural Products
  • Synthetic Organic Chemistry Methods
  • Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
  • Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis
  • Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations
  • Advanced Harmonic Analysis Research
  • Numerical methods in inverse problems

Best Publications

  • Mitochondrial and Nuclear Genes Suggest that Stony Corals Are Monophyletic but Most Families of Stony Corals Are Not (Order Scleractinia, Class Anthozoa, Phylum Cnidaria)

    Hironobu Fukami;Chaolun Allen Chen;Chaolun Allen Chen;Ann F. Budd;Allen Gilbert Collins

  • The calibration of D[Sr/Ca]versus sea surface temperature relationship for Porites corals

    Chuan-Chou Shen;Chuan-Chou Shen;Typhoon Lee;Typhoon Lee;Chi-Yun Chen;Chi-Yun Chen;Chung-Ho Wang

  • Physical and ecological processes of internal waves on an isolated reef ecosystem in the South China Sea

    Yu-Huai Wang;Chang-Feng Dai;Yang-Yih Chen

  • Transcriptional Analysis of the DNA Polymerase Gene of Shrimp White Spot Syndrome Virus

    Li Li Chen;Han Ching Wang;Chiu Jung Huang;Shao En Peng

  • Scabrolides A-D, four new norditerpenoids isolated from the soft coral Sinularia scabra.

    Jyh-Horng Sheu;Atallah F. Ahmed;Ru-Ting Shiue;Chang-Feng Dai

  • Secondary Structure and Phylogenetic Utility of the Ribosomal Internal Transcribed Spacer 2 (ITS2) in Scleractinian Corals

    Chaolun Allen Chen;Chau-Ching Chang;Nuwei Vivian Wei;Chien-Hsun Chen

  • Cytotoxic terpenoids from the Formosan soft coral Nephthea brassica.

    Chang-Yih Duh;Shang-Kwei Wang;Ying-Ling Weng;Michael Y. Chiang

  • Soft corals (Octocorallia: Alcyonacea) from southern Taiwan. II. Species diversity and distributional patterns

    Yehuda Benayahu;Ming-Shiou Jeng;Shimrit Perkol-Finkel;Chang-Feng Dai

  • Analyses of the ribosomal internal transcribed spacers (ITS) and the 5.8s gene indicate that extremely high rDNA heterogeneity is a unique feature in the scleractinian coral genus Acropora (Scleractinia; acroporidae)

    Nu-Wei Vivian Wei;Carden C. Wallace;Chang-Feng Dai;Kamla Ruby

  • Interspecific competition in Taiwanese corals with special reference to interactions between alcyonaceans and scleractinians

    C. F. Dai

  • Sinulochmodins A-C, three novel terpenoids from the soft coral Sinularia lochmodes.

    Yen-Ju Tseng;Atallah F. Ahmed;Chang-Feng Dai;Michael Y. Chiang

  • Durumolides A–E, anti-inflammatory and antibacterial cembranolides from the soft coral Lobophytum durum

    Shi-Yie Cheng;Zhi-Hong Wen;Shu-Fen Chiou;Chi-Hsin Hsu

  • Can resistant coral-Symbiodinium associations enable coral communities to survive climate change? A study of a site exposed to long-term hot water input

    Shashank Keshavmurthy;Pei-Jie Meng;Jih-Terng Wang;Chao-Yang Kuo

  • The complete mitochondrial genomes of needle corals, Seriatopora spp. (Scleractinia: Pocilloporidae): An idiosyncratic atp8, duplicated trnW gene, and hypervariable regions used to determine species phylogenies and recently diverged populations

    Chienhsun Chen;Chang-Feng Dai;Sakanan Plathong;Chih-Yung Chiou

  • Reef environment and coral fauna of Southern Taiwan

    Chang-Feng Dai

  • The production of sexual and asexual larvae within single broods of the scleractinian coral, Pocillopora damicornis

    Shang-Ru Yeoh;Chang-Feng Dai

  • Cytotoxic and anti-inflammatory cembranoids from the Dongsha Atoll soft coral Sarcophyton crassocaule.

    Wan-Yu Lin;Jui-Hsin Su;Yi Lu;Zhi-Hong Wen

  • Patterns of Coral Distribution and Benthic Space Partitioning on the Fringing Reefs of Southern Taiwan

    Chang-Feng Dai

  • Bioactive norditerpenoids from the soft coral Sinularia gyrosa

    Shi-Yie Cheng;Cheng-Ta Chuang;Zhi-Hong Wen;Shang-Kwei Wang

  • New Nardosinanes and 19-Oxygenated Ergosterols from the Soft Coral Nephthea armata Collected in Taiwan

    Ali A. H. El-Gamal;Shang-Kwei Wang;Chang-Feng Dai;Chang-Yih Duh

Frequent Co-Authors

Jyh-Horng Sheu
Jyh-Horng Sheu National Sun Yat-sen University
Chang-Yih Duh
Chang-Yih Duh National Sun Yat-sen University
Tsong-Long Hwang
Tsong-Long Hwang Chang Gung University of Science and Technology
Yang Chang Wu
Yang Chang Wu China Medical University
Chaolun Allen Chen
Chaolun Allen Chen Academia Sinica
Tung-Yung Fan
Tung-Yung Fan National Museum of Marine Biology and Aquarium
Carden C. Wallace
Carden C. Wallace Queensland Museum
Chuan-Chou Shen
Chuan-Chou Shen National Taiwan University
Yehuda Benayahu
Yehuda Benayahu Tel Aviv University
Shuh-Ji Kao
Shuh-Ji Kao Hainan University

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