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Gane Ka-Shu Wong

Gane Ka-Shu Wong

D-Index & Metrics

Genetics

D-Index
83
Citations
45741
World Ranking
1390
National Ranking
46

Gane Ka-Shu Wong publications per year

1988: 1 publications 1989: 0 publications 1990: 4 publications 1991: 0 publications 1992: 0 publications 1993: 1 publications 1994: 0 publications 1995: 0 publications 1996: 1 publications 1997: 2 publications 1998: 1 publications 1999: 0 publications 2000: 4 publications 2001: 1 publications 2002: 5 publications 2003: 4 publications 2004: 7 publications 2005: 9 publications 2006: 6 publications 2007: 5 publications 2008: 9 publications 2009: 3 publications 2010: 3 publications 2011: 2 publications 2012: 4 publications 2013: 4 publications 2014: 19 publications 2015: 20 publications 2016: 14 publications 2017: 18 publications 2018: 21 publications 2019: 16 publications 2020: 15 publications 2021: 11 publications 2022: 4 publications 2023: 21 publications 2024: 2 publications 2025: 4 publications
1988 2025

241 publications in total across all disciplines

Gane Ka-Shu Wong publication distribution in Genetics in 2027

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Genetics in 2027. The highlighted bar marks where Gane Ka-Shu Wong sits on this spectrum.

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45 publications 703+

This scientist: 174 publications — 40th percentile

40% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 703 publications or more.

Gane Ka-Shu Wong D-index placement in Genetics in 2027

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Genetics scientists ranked by Research.com in 2027. The highlighted bar marks where Gane Ka-Shu Wong sits on this spectrum.

40–41 D-Index: 24 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 52 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 84 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 112 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 118 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 141 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 143 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 145 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 179 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 162 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 175 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 191 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 172 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 184 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 164 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 158 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 150 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 136 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 127 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 127 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 111 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 110 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 110 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 84 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 102 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 66 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 72 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 70 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 54 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 60 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 49 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 55 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 45 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 42 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 28 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 39 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 25 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 31 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 29 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 34 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 29 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 29 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 18 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 27 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 22 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 16 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 11 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 17 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 12 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 21 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 4 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 9 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 14 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 6 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 10 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 7 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 9 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 8 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 8 scientists 158–159 D-Index: 9 scientists 160+ D-Index: 96 scientists
40 D-Index 160+

This scientist: 83 D-Index — 68th percentile

68% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 160 D-Index or more.

Overview

Gane Ka-Shu Wong is affiliated with the University of Alberta in Canada and has a significant research footprint spanning biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, medicine, and agricultural and biological sciences. Their scholarly work includes multiple publications focusing on molecular biology, plant science, ecology, evolution, behavior, systematics, cellular and molecular neuroscience, and cancer research.

Wong's main research topics encompass gut microbiota and health, genomics and phylogenetic studies, photoreceptor and optogenetics research, neural dynamics and brain function, Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research, cancer genomics and diagnostics, as well as algal biology and biofuel production.

Their frequent publication venues include:

  • Scientific Reports
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature Plants
  • Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Notable recent papers by Wong include:

  • "Sequence and comparative analysis of the chicken genome provide unique perspectives on vertebrate evolution" (2021), published in Kent Academic Repository (University of Kent)
  • "Anthoceros genomes illuminate the origin of land plants and the unique biology of hornworts" (2020), published in Nature Plants
  • "An ancestral signalling pathway is conserved in intracellular symbioses-forming plant lineages" (2020), published in Nature Plants
  • "Origin and early evolution of the plant terpene synthase family" (2022), published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "The genome of Prasinoderma coloniale unveils the existence of a third phylum within green plants" (2020), published in Nature Ecology & Evolution

Wong has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including Michael Melkonian (9 joint works), Dina Kao (6 joint works), Jordan Patterson (5 joint works), Shifeng Cheng (4 joint works), and Pierre-Marc Delaux (4 joint works).

Best Publications

  • Complete genome sequence of Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1, an opportunistic pathogen.

    C. K. Stover;X. Q. Pham;A. L. Erwin;S. D. Mizoguchi

  • A draft sequence of the rice genome (Oryza sativa L. ssp indica)

    Stephen A. Goff;Darrell Ricke;Tien-Hung Lan;Gernot Presting

  • Sequence and comparative analysis of the chicken genome provide unique perspectives on vertebrate evolution

    Ladeana W. Hillier;Webb Miller;Ewan Birney;Wesley Warren

  • Evolution of genes and genomes on the Drosophila phylogeny.

    Andrew G. Clark;Michael B. Eisen;Michael B. Eisen;Douglas R. Smith;Casey M. Bergman

  • The sequence and de novo assembly of the giant panda genome

    Ruiqiang Li;Wei Fan;Geng Tian;Hongmei Zhu

  • A draft sequence for the genome of the domesticated silkworm (Bombyx mori).

    Qingyou Xia;Zeyang Zhou;Cheng Lu

  • Phylotranscriptomic analysis of the origin and early diversification of land plants

    Norman J. Wickett;Siavash Mirarab;Nam Nguyen;Tandy Warnow

  • KaKs_Calculator: calculating Ka and Ks through model selection and model averaging.

    Zhang Zhang;Jun Li;Xiao-Qian Zhao;Jun Wang;Jun Wang

  • The diploid genome sequence of an Asian individual.

    Jun Wang;Wei Wang;Ruiqiang Li;Ruiqiang Li;Yingrui Li;Yingrui Li;Yingrui Li

  • SOAPdenovo-Trans: de novo transcriptome assembly with short RNA-Seq reads

    Yinlong Xie;Yinlong Xie;Gengxiong Wu;Jingbo Tang;Ruibang Luo

  • The Genomes of Oryza sativa: a history of duplications.

    Jun Yu;Jun Yu;Jun Wang;Jun Wang;Wei Lin;Songgang Li;Songgang Li

  • Characterization of the Gut Microbiome Using 16S or Shotgun Metagenomics.

    Juan Jovel;Jordan Patterson;Weiwei Wang;Naomi Hotte

  • TreeFam: a curated database of phylogenetic trees of animal gene families

    Heng Li;Avril Coghlan;Jue Ruan;Lachlan James M. Coin

  • A genetic variation map for chicken with 2.8 million single-nucleotide polymorphisms

    Gane Ka Shu Wong;Gane Ka Shu Wong;Gane Ka Shu Wong;Bin Liu;Jun Wang;Jun Wang;Yong Zhang;Yong Zhang

  • A Universal Probe Set for Targeted Sequencing of 353 Nuclear Genes from Any Flowering Plant Designed Using k-Medoids Clustering.

    Matthew G. Johnson;Lisa Pokorny;Steven Dodsworth;Steven Dodsworth;Laura R. Botigue

  • Data access for the 1,000 Plants (1KP) project.

    Naim Matasci;Ling Hong Hung;Zhixiang Yan;Eric J. Carpenter

  • Fern genomes elucidate land plant evolution and cyanobacterial symbioses

    Fay Wei Li;Fay Wei Li;Paul Brouwer;Lorenzo Carretero-Paulet;Shifeng Cheng

  • The genome of flax (Linum usitatissimum) assembled de novo from short shotgun sequence reads.

    Zhiwen Wang;Neil Hobson;Leonardo Galindo;Shilin Zhu

  • A genome triplication associated with early diversification of the core eudicots

    Yuannian Jiao;Jim Leebens-Mack;Saravanaraj Ayyampalayam;John E. Bowers

  • Pigs in sequence space: a 0.66X coverage pig genome survey based on shotgun sequencing.

    Rasmus Wernersson;Mikkel H Schierup;Frank G Jørgensen;Jan Gorodkin

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael Melkonian
Michael Melkonian Max Planck Society
Yong Zhang
Yong Zhang Chinese Academy of Sciences
huanming yang
huanming yang Beijing Genomics Institute
Douglas E. Soltis
Douglas E. Soltis University of Florida
Dennis W. Stevenson
Dennis W. Stevenson New York Botanical Garden
Sean W. Graham
Sean W. Graham University of British Columbia
Fay-Wei Li
Fay-Wei Li Cornell University
Pamela S. Soltis
Pamela S. Soltis University of Florida
Ruiqiang Li
Ruiqiang Li Novogene (China)
Jun Wang
Jun Wang University of Central Florida

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