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D-Index
62
Citations
34266
World Ranking
2813
National Ranking
65

Hin Chu publication distribution in Microbiology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Microbiology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Hin Chu sits on this spectrum.

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55 publications 679+

This scientist: 176 publications — 39th percentile

39% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 679 publications or more.

Hin Chu D-index placement in Microbiology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Microbiology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Hin Chu sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 127+

This scientist: 62 D-Index — 49th percentile

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

The last bar groups every scientist with 127 D-Index or more.

Overview

Hin Chu is affiliated with the University of Hong Kong in China and specializes primarily in the field of Medicine. Their research extensively covers several interconnected subfields, including Infectious Diseases, Molecular Biology, Immunology, Epidemiology, and Animal Science and Zoology. The scientist has contributed notably to multiple areas related to viral infections and immunology.

Their main research topics focus on SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19, including clinical research studies related to COVID-19. They have also worked on animal virus infections, viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology, SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing, respiratory viral infections, and viral infections and immunology research.

Hin Chu has published numerous papers, with some of the most recent notable works being:

  • A familial cluster of pneumonia associated with the 2019 novel coronavirus indicating person-to-person transmission: a study of a family cluster, 2020, The Lancet
  • Genomic characterization of the 2019 novel human-pathogenic coronavirus isolated from a patient with atypical pneumonia after visiting Wuhan, 2020, Emerging Microbes & Infections
  • Striking antibody evasion manifested by the Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2, 2021, Nature
  • Simulation of the Clinical and Pathological Manifestations of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in a Golden Syrian Hamster Model: Implications for Disease Pathogenesis and Transmissibility, 2020, Clinical Infectious Diseases
  • Antibody evasion properties of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron sublineages, 2022, Nature

Frequent co-authors in Hin Chu's collaborative research include Jasper Fuk-Woo Chan, Kwok-Yung Yuen, Shuofeng Yuan, Jian-Piao Cai, and Kelvin Kai-Wang To.

Their work has been disseminated widely across several key scientific venues, with multiple publications in:

  • Emerging Microbes & Infections
  • Nature Communications
  • Clinical Infectious Diseases
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • EBioMedicine

Best Publications

  • A familial cluster of pneumonia associated with the 2019 novel coronavirus indicating person-to-person transmission: a study of a family cluster.

    Jasper Fuk Woo Chan;Shuofeng Yuan;Kin Hang Kok;Kelvin Kai Wang To;Kelvin Kai Wang To

  • Genomic characterization of the 2019 novel human-pathogenic coronavirus isolated from a patient with atypical pneumonia after visiting Wuhan.

    Jasper Fuk Woo Chan;Kin Hang Kok;Kin Hang Kok;Zheng Zhu;Hin Chu;Hin Chu

  • Striking antibody evasion manifested by the Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2

    Unknown

  • Antibody evasion properties of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron sublineages

    Unknown

  • Simulation of the clinical and pathological manifestations of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in golden Syrian hamster model: implications for disease pathogenesis and transmissibility.

    Jasper Fuk Woo Chan;Jasper Fuk Woo Chan;Jasper Fuk Woo Chan;Anna Jinxia Zhang;Shuofeng Yuan;Vincent Kwok Man Poon

  • Comparative tropism, replication kinetics, and cell damage profiling of SARS-CoV-2 and SARS-CoV with implications for clinical manifestations, transmissibility, and laboratory studies of COVID-19: an observational study.

    Hin Chu;Jasper Fuk-Woo Chan;Jasper Fuk-Woo Chan;Terrence Tsz-Tai Yuen;Huiping Shuai

  • Treatment With Lopinavir/Ritonavir or Interferon-β1b Improves Outcome of MERS-CoV Infection in a Nonhuman Primate Model of Common Marmoset

    Jasper Fuk Woo Chan;Yanfeng Yao;Man Lung Yeung;Wei Deng

  • Comparative Replication and Immune Activation Profiles of SARS-CoV-2 and SARS-CoV in Human Lungs: An Ex Vivo Study With Implications for the Pathogenesis of COVID-19.

    Hin Chu;Jasper Fuk-Woo Chan;Yixin Wang;Terrence Tsz-Tai Yuen

  • Infection of bat and human intestinal organoids by SARS-CoV-2.

    Jie Zhou;Cun Li;Xiaojuan Liu;Man Chun Chiu

  • Active Replication of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus and Aberrant Induction of Inflammatory Cytokines and Chemokines in Human Macrophages: Implications for Pathogenesis

    Jie Zhou;Hin Chu;Cun Li;Bosco Ho-Yin Wong

  • SARS-CoV-2 nsp13, nsp14, nsp15 and orf6 function as potent interferon antagonists.

    Chun Kit Yuen;Chun Kit Yuen;Joy Yan Lam;Joy Yan Lam;Wan Man Wong;Wan Man Wong;Long Fung Mak;Long Fung Mak

  • Surgical Mask Partition Reduces the Risk of Noncontact Transmission in a Golden Syrian Hamster Model for Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19).

    Jasper Fuk-Woo Chan;Jasper Fuk-Woo Chan;Jasper Fuk-Woo Chan;Shuofeng Yuan;Anna Jinxia Zhang;Vincent Kwok-Man Poon

  • Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus Efficiently Infects Human Primary T Lymphocytes and Activates the Extrinsic and Intrinsic Apoptosis Pathways

    Hin Chu;Jie Zhou;Bosco Ho-Yin Wong;Cun Li

  • Human intestinal tract serves as an alternative infection route for Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus

    Jie Zhou;Cun Li;Guangyu Zhao;Hin Chu

  • SARS-CoV-2 infects human neural progenitor cells and brain organoids.

    Bao-Zhong Zhang;Bao-Zhong Zhang;Hin Chu;Shuo Han;Huiping Shuai

  • Pathogenicity, transmissibility, and fitness of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron in Syrian hamsters

    Unknown

  • Differentiated human airway organoids to assess infectivity of emerging influenza virus

    Jie Zhou;Cun Li;Norman Sachs;Man Chun Chiu

  • Attenuated SARS-CoV-2 variants with deletions at the S1/S2 junction.

    Siu Ying Lau;Pui Wang;Bobo Wing Yee Mok;Anna Jinxia Zhang

  • Characterization of the Lipidomic Profile of Human Coronavirus-Infected Cells: Implications for Lipid Metabolism Remodeling upon Coronavirus Replication

    Bingpeng Yan;Hin Chu;Dong Yang;Kong Hung Sze

  • SREBP-dependent lipidomic reprogramming as a broad-spectrum antiviral target

    Shuofeng Yuan;Hin Chu;Jasper Fuk Woo Chan;Zi Wei Ye

  • Factors affecting stability and infectivity of SARS-CoV-2.

    K-H. Chan;S. Sridhar;R.R. Zhang;H. Chu

  • Productive replication of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus in monocyte-derived dendritic cells modulates innate immune response.

    Hin Chu;Jie Zhou;Bosco Ho-Yin Wong;Cun Li

  • Air and environmental sampling for SARS-CoV-2 around hospitalized patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).

    Vincent Chi Chung Cheng;Shuk Ching Wong;Veronica Wing Man Chan;Simon Yung Chun So

Frequent Co-Authors

Kwok-Yung Yuen
Kwok-Yung Yuen University of Hong Kong
Jasper F. W. Chan
Jasper F. W. Chan University of Hong Kong
Shuofeng Yuan
Shuofeng Yuan University of Hong Kong
Kelvin K. W. To
Kelvin K. W. To University of Hong Kong
Jie Zhou
Jie Zhou University of Chicago
Jian-Piao Cai
Jian-Piao Cai University of Hong Kong
Kin-Hang Kok
Kin-Hang Kok University of Hong Kong
Dong-Yan Jin
Dong-Yan Jin University of Hong Kong
Bo-Jian Zheng
Bo-Jian Zheng University of Hong Kong
Honglin Chen
Honglin Chen University of Hong Kong

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