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79
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58480
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1020
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537

David C. Chan publication distribution in Molecular Biology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Molecular Biology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where David C. Chan sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 564+

This scientist: 148 publications — 36th percentile

36% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 564 publications or more.

David C. Chan D-index placement in Molecular Biology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Molecular Biology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where David C. Chan sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 145+

This scientist: 79 D-Index — 67th percentile

67% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 145 D-Index or more.

Overview

David C. Chan is affiliated with the California Institute of Technology in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with additional work in medicine. Key subfields of study include molecular biology, epidemiology, clinical biochemistry, cell biology, and cellular and molecular neuroscience.

The scientist's research focuses on several main topics:

  • Mitochondrial Function and Pathology
  • ATP Synthase and ATPases Research
  • Autophagy in Disease and Therapy
  • Metabolism and Genetic Disorders
  • Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Disease
  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms

Frequent publication venues include Nature Communications, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Molecular Cell, Communications Biology, and Molecular Neurodegeneration.

Selected recent publications by David C. Chan include:

  • Mitophagy mediated by BNIP3 and NIX protects against ferroptosis by downregulating mitochondrial reactive oxygen species, 2024, Cell Death and Differentiation
  • Solving neurodegeneration: common mechanisms and strategies for new treatments, 2022, Molecular Neurodegeneration
  • LONP1 and mtHSP70 cooperate to promote mitochondrial protein folding, 2021, Nature Communications
  • Mitochondrial dynamics during spermatogenesis, 2020, Journal of Cell Science
  • Identification of new OPA1 cleavage site reveals that short isoforms regulate mitochondrial fusion, 2020, Molecular Biology of the Cell

David C. Chan frequently collaborates with other researchers in the field. Notable coauthors include Hsiuchen Chen, Chun-Shik Shin, Shun-ichi Yamashita, Tomotake Kanki, and Grigor Varuzhanyan.

Best Publications

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Fabio C. Abdalla;Hagai Abeliovich;Robert T. Abraham

  • Core structure of GP41 from the HIV envelope glycoprotein

    David C. Chan;Deborah Fass;Min Lu;James M. Berger

  • Mitofusins Mfn1 and Mfn2 coordinately regulate mitochondrial fusion and are essential for embryonic development

    Hsiuchen Chen;Scott A. Detmer;Andrew J. Ewald;Erik E. Griffin

  • Mitochondria: Dynamic Organelles in Disease, Aging, and Development

    David C. Chan

  • HIV Entry and Its Inhibition

    David C Chan;Peter S Kim

  • Mitochondrial dynamics–fusion, fission, movement, and mitophagy–in neurodegenerative diseases

    Hsiuchen Chen;David C. Chan

  • Disruption of Fusion Results in Mitochondrial Heterogeneity and Dysfunction

    Hsiuchen Chen;Anne Chomyn;David C. Chan

  • Functions and dysfunctions of mitochondrial dynamics.

    Scott A. Detmer;David C. Chan

  • Fusion and Fission: Interlinked Processes Critical for Mitochondrial Health

    David C. Chan

  • Mitochondrial Fusion and Fission in Mammals

    David C. Chan

  • Fis1, Mff, MiD49, and MiD51 mediate Drp1 recruitment in mitochondrial fission

    Oliver C. Losón;Zhiyin Song;Hsiuchen Chen;David C. Chan

  • Mitochondrial fusion is required for mtDNA stability in skeletal muscle and tolerance of mtDNA mutations.

    Hsiuchen Chen;Marc Vermulst;Yun E. Wang;Anne Chomyn

  • Structural basis of mitochondrial tethering by mitofusin complexes.

    Takumi Koshiba;Scott A. Detmer;Jens T. Kaiser;Jens T. Kaiser;Hsiuchen Chen

  • Broad activation of the ubiquitin–proteasome system by Parkin is critical for mitophagy

    Nickie C. Chan;Anna M. Salazar;Anh H Pham;Michael J. Sweredoski

  • OPA1 processing controls mitochondrial fusion and is regulated by mRNA splicing, membrane potential, and Yme1L

    Zhiyin Song;Hsiuchen Chen;Maja Fiket;Christiane Alexander

  • Mitochondrial Fusion Protects against Neurodegeneration in the Cerebellum

    Hsiuchen Chen;J. Michael McCaffery;David C. Chan

  • Mitochondrial Dynamics and Its Involvement in Disease

    David C Chan

  • AMP-activated protein kinase mediates mitochondrial fission in response to energy stress

    Erin Quan Toyama;Sébastien Herzig;Julien Courchet;Tommy L. Lewis

  • Transmembrane form of the kit ligand growth factor is determined by alternative splicing and is missing in the SId mutant

    John G. Flanagan;David C. Chan;Philip Leder

  • Metabolic regulation of mitochondrial dynamics

    Prashant Mishra;David C. Chan

Frequent Co-Authors

Philip Leder
Philip Leder Harvard University
J. Michael McCaffery
J. Michael McCaffery Johns Hopkins University
Valerio Carelli
Valerio Carelli University of Bologna
Sonja Hess
Sonja Hess AstraZeneca (United Kingdom)
Christine E. Seidman
Christine E. Seidman Harvard University
David K. Ann
David K. Ann City Of Hope National Medical Center
Andrea Ballabio
Andrea Ballabio Baylor College of Medicine
Richard J. Youle
Richard J. Youle National Institutes of Health
Myung-Shik Lee
Myung-Shik Lee Yonsei University
Mark R. Cookson
Mark R. Cookson National Institutes of Health

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