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D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
70
Citations
18133
World Ranking
6989
National Ranking
3217

Ching Kung 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 Ching Kung sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 199 publications — 49th percentile

49% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Ching Kung 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 Ching Kung sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 70 D-Index — 65th percentile

65% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2011 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences

Overview

Ching Kung is affiliated with the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of neuroscience, psychology, and medicine, with notable focus on developmental and educational psychology, otorhinolaryngology, cognitive neuroscience, neurology, and sensory systems.

The main topics of Ching Kung's work include hearing impairment and communication, ear surgery and otitis media, hearing loss and rehabilitation, vestibular and auditory disorders, hearing, cochlea, tinnitus, genetics, and indigenous health, education, and rights.

Recent publications by Ching Kung cover a range of issues related to ear health, hearing loss, and related interventions. These include:

  • 'Sometimes they're gammin, playing tricks, but sometimes it's ears.' The perspectives of urban parents and carers of young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children on their journey to diagnosis of persistent ear health and hearing problems, 2021, Public Health Research & Practice
  • Routine ear health and hearing checks for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children aged under 6 years attending primary care: a national consensus statement, 2023, The Medical Journal of Australia
  • The Use of Telepractice to Administer Norm-Referenced Communication and Cognition Assessments in Children With Hearing Loss: A Rapid Review, 2023, Journal of Speech Language and Hearing Research
  • Editorial: Early detection and intervention for unilateral hearing loss and mild bilateral hearing loss in children: clinical practices and outcomes, 2024, Frontiers in Pediatrics
  • Development of the national consensus statement on ear health and hearing check recommendations for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children aged under 6 years attending primary care: systematic scoping review and e-Delphi, 2024, BMC Primary Care

Ching Kung frequently collaborates with several other researchers, including Vivienne Marnane, Meagan Ward, Samantha Harkus, Isabel O'Keeffe, and Kelvin Kong.

Their work is published in respected journals such as The Medical Journal of Australia, Public Health Research & Practice, Frontiers in Pediatrics, Journal of Speech Language and Hearing Research, and BMC Primary Care.

Ching Kung is a member of the National Academy of Sciences, an honor awarded in 2011.

Best Publications

  • A possible unifying principle for mechanosensation

    Ching Kung

  • A large-conductance mechanosensitive channel in E. coli encoded by mscL alone

    Sergei I. Sukharev;Paul Blount;Boris Martinac;Boris Martinac;Frederick R. Blattner

  • Pressure-sensitive ion channel in Escherichia coli.

    Boris Martinac;Matthew Buechner;Anne H. Delcour;Julius Adler

  • Mechanosensitive ion channels of E. coli activated by amphipaths.

    Boris Martinac;Julius Adler;Ching Kung

  • Energetic and spatial parameters for gating of the bacterial large conductance mechanosensitive channel, MscL

    Sergei I. Sukharev;Wade J. Sigurdson;Ching Kung;Frederick Sachs

  • Calmodulin as an Ion Channel Subunit

    Yoshiro Saimi;Ching Kung

  • A mechanosensitive ion channel in the yeast plasma membrane.

    Michael C. Gustin;Xin-Liang Zhou;Boris Martinac;Ching Kung

  • Mechanosensitive channels of Escherichia coli: the MscL gene, protein, and activities.

    Sergei I. Sukharev;Paul Blount;Boris Martinac;Ching Kung

  • Two types of mechanosensitive channels in the Escherichia coli cell envelope: solubilization and functional reconstitution.

    S. I. Sukharev;B. Martinac;V. Y. Arshavsky;Ching Kung

  • Mechanosensitive Channels in Microbes

    Ching Kung;Boris Martinac;Sergei Sukharev

  • A TRP homolog in Saccharomyces cerevisiae forms an intracellular Ca2+-permeable channel in the yeast vacuolar membrane

    Chris P. Palmer;Xin-Liang Zhou;Junyu Lin;Stephen H. Loukin

  • Design of allele-specific inhibitors to probe protein kinase signaling

    Anthony C. Bishop;Kavita Shah;Yi Liu;Laurie Witucki

  • Feeling the hidden mechanical forces in lipid bilayer is an original sense

    Andriy Anishkin;Stephen H. Loukin;Jinfeng Teng;Ching Kung

  • One face of a transmembrane helix is crucial in mechanosensitive channel gating

    Xiaorong Ou;Paul Blount;Robert J. Hoffman;Ching Kung

  • Hydrophilicity of a single residue within MscL correlates with increased channel mechanosensitivity.

    Kenjiro Yoshimura;Ann Batiza;Matt Schroeder;Paul Blount

  • Modified reconstitution method used in patch-clamp studies of Escherichia coli ion channels

    A. H. Delcour;B. Martinac;J. Adler;Ching Kung

  • A mechanosensitive channel in whole cells and in membrane patches of the fungus Uromyces

    Xin-Liang Zhou;Mary Ann Stumpf;Harvey C. Hoch;Ching Kung

  • Biochemical studies of the excitable membrane of Paramecium tetraurelia. III. Proteins of cilia and ciliary membranes.

    A Adoutte;R Ramanathan;R M Lewis;R R Dute

  • Single residue substitutions that change the gating properties of a mechanosensitive channel in Escherichia coli

    Paul Blount;Sergei I. Sukharev;Matthew J. Schroeder;Scott K. Nagle;Scott K. Nagle

  • Ion Channels in Microbes

    Boris Martinac;Yoshiro Saimi;Ching Kung

Frequent Co-Authors

Boris Martinac
Boris Martinac Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute
Julius Adler
Julius Adler University of Wisconsin–Madison
Michael R. Culbertson
Michael R. Culbertson University of Wisconsin–Madison
Janine Beisson
Janine Beisson University of Paris-Saclay
Laurent Duret
Laurent Duret Claude Bernard University Lyon 1
Donata Oertel
Donata Oertel University of Wisconsin–Madison
Michael Forte
Michael Forte Oregon Health & Science University
Helmut Plattner
Helmut Plattner University of Konstanz
David W. Haas
David W. Haas Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Frederick R. Blattner
Frederick R. Blattner University of Wisconsin–Madison

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