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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
92
Citations
71323
World Ranking
2154
National Ranking
1164

Hong-Gang Wang 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 Hong-Gang Wang sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 299 publications — 78th percentile

78% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Hong-Gang Wang 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 Hong-Gang Wang sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 92 D-Index — 89th percentile

89% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Hong-Gang Wang is affiliated with Pennsylvania State University in the United States and has a significant research output in biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine. Their scholarly work spans multiple subfields including molecular biology, plant science, cell biology, immunology, and neurology.

The researcher's publications have appeared frequently in several scientific journals and venues. Notable venues include:

  • Cancer Research
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Cell Death and Disease
  • Nature Communications

Hong-Gang Wang's main topics of investigation include:

  • Autophagy in Disease and Therapy
  • Cellular transport and secretion
  • Extracellular vesicles in disease
  • Neuroblastoma Research and Treatments
  • RNA modifications and cancer
  • Acute Myeloid Leukemia Research
  • Ferroptosis and cancer prognosis

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Wang are:

  • Xinwen Liang
  • Longgui Chen
  • Yoshinori Takahashi
  • Xiaoming Liu
  • Yinhua Chen

Significant recent papers authored by Hong-Gang Wang include:

  • Neutrophil-induced ferroptosis promotes tumor necrosis in glioblastoma progression, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Gut Microbiota Are Associated With Psychological Stress-Induced Defections in Intestinal and Blood-Brain Barriers, 2020, Frontiers in Microbiology
  • Therapeutic targeting of FLT3 and associated drug resistance in acute myeloid leukemia, 2020, Journal of Hematology & Oncology
  • Transient receptor potential ion channel TRPM2 promotes AML proliferation and survival through modulation of mitochondrial function, ROS, and autophagy, 2020, Cell Death and Disease
  • Mesenchymal Stem Cell-Derived Exosomes Ameliorate Diabetic Kidney Disease Through the NLRP3 Signaling Pathway, 2023, Stem Cells

Best Publications

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (4th edition)

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Amal Kamal Abdel-Aziz;Sara Abdelfatah;Mahmoud Abdellatif

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

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

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition)

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Kotb Abdelmohsen;Akihisa Abe;Joynal Abedin

  • Tumor suppressor p53 is a regulator of bcl-2 and bax gene expression in vitro and in vivo

    Toshiyuki Miyashita;Stanislaw Krajewski;Maryla Krajewska;Hong Gang Wang

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy in higher eukaryotes

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Hagai Abeliovich;Patrizia Agostinis;Devendra K. Agrawal

  • Ordering the cytochrome c-initiated caspase cascade: hierarchical activation of caspases-2, -3, -6, -7, -8, and -10 in a caspase-9-dependent manner.

    Elizabeth A. Slee;Mary T. Harte;Ruth M. Kluck;Beni B. Wolf

  • The draft genome of Ciona intestinalis : insights into chordate and vertebrate origins

    Paramvir Dehal;Yutaka Satou;Robert K. Campbell;Jarrod Chapman

  • Ca2+-induced apoptosis through calcineurin dephosphorylation of BAD.

    Hong Gang Wang;Nuzhat Pathan;Iryna M. Ethell;Stanislaw Krajewski

  • Bif-1 interacts with Beclin 1 through UVRAG and regulates autophagy and tumorigenesis.

    Yoshinori Takahashi;Domenico Coppola;Norimasa Matsushita;Hernani D. Cualing

  • Bcl-2 Targets the Protein Kinase Raf-1 to Mitochondria

    Hong Gang Wang;Ulf R. Rapp;John C. Reed

  • Immunohistochemical determination of in vivo distribution of Bax, a dominant inhibitor of Bcl-2.

    Stanislaw Krajewski;Maryla Krajewska;Ahmed Shabaik;Toshiyuki Miyashita

  • CHOP Is Involved in Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress-induced Apoptosis by Enhancing DR5 Expression in Human Carcinoma Cells

    Hirohito Yamaguchi;Hong Gang Wang

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition)

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Kotb Abdelmohsen;Akihisa Abe;Joynal Abedin

  • Expression of apoptosis-regulating proteins in chronic lymphocytic leukemia: Correlations with in vitro and in vivo chemoresponses

    Shinichi Kitada;Janet Andersen;Sophie Akar;Juan M. Zapata

  • The Central Executioner of Apoptosis: Multiple Connections between Protease Activation and Mitochondria in Fas/APO-1/CD95- and Ceramide-induced Apoptosis

    Santos A. Susin;Naoufal Zamzami;Maria Castedo;Eric Daugas

  • Interactions among members of the Bcl-2 protein family analyzed with a yeast two-hybrid system

    T Sato;M Hanada;S Bodrug;S Bodrug;S Irie

  • Immediate early up-regulation of bax expression by p53 but not TGFβ1: A paradigm for distinct apoptotic pathways

    Muthu Selvakumaran;Hsueh Kung Lin;Toshiyuki Miyashita;Hong Gang Wang

  • Molecular cloning and characterization of Bif-1. A novel Src homology 3 domain-containing protein that associates with Bax.

    Sandy M. Cuddeback;Hirohito Yamaguchi;Kiyoshi Komatsu;Toshiyuki Miyashita

  • BCL-2 family proteins: regulators of cell death involved in the pathogenesis of cancer and resistance to therapy.

    John C. Reed;Toshiyuki Miyashita;Shinichi Takayama;Hong Gang Wang

  • Immunohistochemical Analysis of in Vivo Patterns of Expression of CPP32 (Caspase-3), a Cell Death Protease

    Maryla Krajewska;Hong Gang Wang;Stanislaw Krajewski;Juan M. Zapata

Frequent Co-Authors

Thomas P. Loughran
Thomas P. Loughran University of Virginia
John C. Reed
John C. Reed Johnson & Johnson (United States)
Shantu Amin
Shantu Amin Pennsylvania State University
Xin Liu
Xin Liu Chinese Academy of Sciences
Kapil N. Bhalla
Kapil N. Bhalla The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Stanislaw Krajewski
Stanislaw Krajewski Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute
Zheng Dong
Zheng Dong Augusta University
Shinichi Takayama
Shinichi Takayama Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute
Maryla Krajewska
Maryla Krajewska Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute
Said M. Sebti
Said M. Sebti Virginia Commonwealth University

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