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68
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Fred Chang 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 Fred Chang sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 131 publications — 17th percentile

17% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Fred Chang 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 Fred Chang 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: 68 D-Index — 61st percentile

61% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Fred Chang is affiliated with the University of California, San Francisco in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the fields of biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with key subfields including molecular biology, cell biology, genetics, plant science, and biophysics.

Their body of work encompasses a variety of topics within these areas, notably:

  • Microtubule and mitosis dynamics
  • Fungal and yeast genetics research
  • Photosynthetic processes and mechanisms
  • Cellular mechanics and interactions
  • Nuclear structure and function
  • Protein structure and dynamics
  • Bacterial genetics and biotechnology

Frequent publication venues for Fred Chang include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Biophysical Journal
  • Molecular Biology of the Cell
  • eLife
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Chang are:

  • Physical properties of the cytoplasm modulate the rates of microtubule polymerization and depolymerization (2022, Developmental Cell)
  • Control of nuclear size by osmotic forces in Schizosaccharomyces pombe (2022, eLife)
  • Starvation induces shrinkage of the bacterial cytoplasm (2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences)
  • Variations of intracellular density during the cell cycle arise from tip-growth regulation in fission yeast (2021, eLife)
  • Precise regulation of the relative rates of surface area and volume synthesis in bacterial cells growing in dynamic environments (2021, Nature Communications)

Chang collaborates frequently with a range of co-authors, including:

  • Joël Lemière
  • Arthur T. Molines
  • Liam J. Holt
  • Rikki M. Garner
  • Julie A. Theriot

Best Publications

  • A Mechanism for Nuclear Positioning in Fission Yeast Based on Microtubule Pushing

    P.T. Tran;L. Marsh;V. Doye;S. Inoué

  • Identification of a gene necessary for cell cycle arrest by a negative growth factor of yeast: FAR1 is an inhibitor of a G1 cyclin, CLN2

    Fred Chang;Ira Herskowitz

  • CDC12P, A PROTEIN REQUIRED FOR CYTOKINESIS IN FISSION YEAST, IS A COMPONENT OF THE CELL DIVISION RING AND INTERACTS WITH PROFILIN

    Fred Chang;David Drubin;Paul Nurse

  • The outer membrane is an essential load-bearing element in Gram-negative bacteria.

    Enrique R. Rojas;Gabriel Billings;Pascal D. Odermatt;Pascal D. Odermatt;George K. Auer

  • Isolation and characterization of fission yeast mutants defective in the assembly and placement of the contractile actin ring

    F. Chang;A. Woollard;P. Nurse

  • Actin dynamics in the contractile ring during cytokinesis in fission yeast

    Robert J. Pelham;Fred Chang

  • Influence of Cell Geometry on Division-Plane Positioning

    Nicolas Minc;Nicolas Minc;David Burgess;David Burgess;Fred Chang;Fred Chang

  • Roles of the fission yeast formin for3p in cell polarity, actin cable formation and symmetric cell division

    Becket Feierbach;Fred Chang

  • Analysis of mid1p, a Protein Required for Placement of the Cell Division Site, Reveals a Link between the Nucleus and the Cell Surface in Fission Yeast

    Anne Paoletti;Fred Chang

  • Mutations in the GTP-binding site of GSα alter stimulation of adenylyl cyclase

    S. B. Masters;Richard T Miller;M. H. Chi;F. H. Chang

  • Regulation of microtubule dynamics by TOG-domain proteins XMAP215/Dis1 and CLASP.

    Jawdat Al-Bassam;Fred Chang

  • Tea4p Links Microtubule Plus Ends with the Formin For3p in the Establishment of Cell Polarity

    Sophie G. Martin;W. Hayes McDonald;John R. Yates;Fred Chang

  • CLASP promotes microtubule rescue by recruiting tubulin dimers to the microtubule

    Jawdat Al-Bassam;Hwajin Kim;Gary Brouhard;Antoine M van Oijen

  • Role of actin polymerization and actin cables in actin-patch movement in Schizosaccharomyces pombe

    Robert J. Pelham;Fred Chang

  • How fission yeast fission in the middle.

    Fred Chang;Paul Nurse

  • Mid2p stabilizes septin rings during cytokinesis in fission yeast

    Ana Berlin;Anne Paoletti;Fred Chang

  • Movement of Membrane Domains and Requirement of Membrane Signaling Molecules for Cytokinesis

    Michelle M. Ng;Michelle M. Ng;Fred Chang;Fred Chang;David R. Burgess;David R. Burgess

  • Regulation of a formin complex by the microtubule plus end protein tea1p.

    Becket Feierbach;Fulvia Verde;Fred Chang;Fred Chang

  • Dynamic positioning of the fission yeast cell division plane

    Rafael R. Daga;Fred Chang

  • Regulation of the Formin for3p by cdc42p and bud6p

    Sophie G. Martin;Sergio A. Rincón;Roshni Basu;Pilar Pérez

Frequent Co-Authors

Kerwyn Casey Huang
Kerwyn Casey Huang Stanford University
Alexey Khodjakov
Alexey Khodjakov New York State Department of Health
Ira Herskowitz
Ira Herskowitz University of California, San Francisco
Gohta Goshima
Gohta Goshima Nagoya University
Paul Nurse
Paul Nurse The Francis Crick Institute
Arezki Boudaoud
Arezki Boudaoud École Normale Supérieure de Lyon
David G. Drubin
David G. Drubin University of California, Berkeley
Joshua E. Elias
Joshua E. Elias Stanford University
Manuel Théry
Manuel Théry Grenoble Alpes University
Julie A. Theriot
Julie A. Theriot University of Washington

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