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D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
75
Citations
18904
World Ranking
5352
National Ranking
2537

Jefferson Y. Chan 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 Jefferson Y. Chan sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 142 publications — 23rd percentile

23% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Jefferson Y. Chan 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 Jefferson Y. Chan sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 75 D-Index — 74th percentile

74% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Jefferson Y. Chan is a researcher affiliated with the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in the United States. Their work primarily focuses on the field of Medicine, with contributions spanning various subfields including Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management, General Health Professions, Epidemiology, and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine.

The main topics addressed in their research include Healthcare Systems and Technology, Health Policy Implementation Science, Chronic Disease Management Strategies, and Tracheal and airway disorders.

Jefferson Y. Chan has published research in several academic venues. Notably, these include Implementation Science Communications and the British Journal of Surgery.

  • Improving KT tools and products: development and evaluation of a framework for creating optimized, Knowledge-activated Tools (KaT), 2020, Implementation Science Communications
  • 1326 Otorhinolaryngology Education and Training Innovation: A Literature Review of the Academic Year 2019-2020, 2021, British Journal of Surgery

Their frequent coauthors are:

  • Monika Kastner
  • Julie Makarski
  • Leigh Hayden
  • Yonda Lai
  • Victoria Treister

Best Publications

  • Reaction-based small-molecule fluorescent probes for chemoselective bioimaging

    Jefferson Chan;Sheel C. Dodani;Christopher J. Chang

  • Nrf2-Deficient Mice Have an Increased Susceptibility to Dextran Sulfate Sodium–Induced Colitis

    Tin Oo Khor;Mou-Tuan Huang;Ki Han Kwon;Jefferson Y. Chan

  • Transcription Factor Nrf1 Mediates the Proteasome Recovery Pathway after Proteasome Inhibition in Mammalian Cells

    Senthil K. Radhakrishnan;Candy S. Lee;Patrick Young;Anne Beskow

  • Cloning of Nrf1, an NF-E2-related transcription factor, by genetic selection in yeast.

    Jefferson Y. Chan;Xiao-Liang Han;Yuet Wai Kan

  • Impaired expression of glutathione synthetic enzyme genes in mice with targeted deletion of the Nrf2 basic-leucine zipper protein.

    Jefferson Y. Chan;Mandy Kwong

  • Deficiency of the Nrf1 and Nrf2 transcription factors results in early embryonic lethality and severe oxidative stress.

    Laura Leung;Mandy Kwong;Stephen Hou;Candy Lee

  • Keap1 Controls Postinduction Repression of the Nrf2-Mediated Antioxidant Response by Escorting Nuclear Export of Nrf2

    Zheng Sun;Shirley Zhang;Jefferson Y. Chan;Donna D. Zhang

  • Liver-specific inactivation of the Nrf1 gene in adult mouse leads to nonalcoholic steatohepatitis and hepatic neoplasia.

    Zhenrong Xu;Linyun Chen;Laura Leung;T. S. Benedict Yen

  • Targeted disruption of the ubiquitous CNC‐bZIP transcription factor, Nrf‐1, results in anemia and embryonic lethality in mice

    Jefferson Y. Chan;Mandy Kwong;Ronghua Lu;Judy Chang

  • Oxidative and electrophilic stress induces multidrug resistance–associated protein transporters via the nuclear factor‐E2–related factor‐2 transcriptional pathway

    Jonathan M. Maher;Matthew Z. Dieter;Lauren M. Aleksunes;Angela L. Slitt;Angela L. Slitt

  • Increased Susceptibility of Nrf2 Knockout Mice to Colitis-Associated Colorectal Cancer

    Tin Oo Khor;Mou-Tuan Huang;Auemduan Prawan;Yue Liu

  • Novel n-3 Fatty Acid Oxidation Products Activate Nrf2 by Destabilizing the Association between Keap1 and Cullin3 *

    Ling Gao;Jiakun Wang;Konjeti R. Sekhar;Huiyong Yin

  • Nrf2 mediates the induction of ferritin H in response to xenobiotics and cancer chemopreventive dithiolethiones.

    E. Christine Pietsch;Jefferson Y. Chan;Frank M. Torti;Suzy V. Torti

  • Induction of murine NAD(P)H:quinone oxidoreductase by 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin requires the CNC (cap 'n' collar) basic leucine zipper transcription factor Nrf2 (nuclear factor erythroid 2-related factor 2): cross-interaction between AhR (aryl hydrocarbon receptor) and Nrf2 signal transduction

    Qiang Ma;Krista Kinneer;Yongyi Bi;Jefferson Y Chan

  • Deficiency in the Nuclear Factor E2-related Factor-2 Transcription Factor Results in Impaired Adipogenesis and Protects against Diet-induced Obesity

    Jingbo Pi;Laura Leung;Peng Xue;Weiping Wang

  • Nrf1 and Nrf2 Regulate Rat Glutamate-Cysteine Ligase Catalytic Subunit Transcription Indirectly via NF-κB and AP-1

    Heping Yang;Nathaniel Magilnick;Candy Lee;Denise Kalmaz

  • Gene expression profiles induced by cancer chemopreventive isothiocyanate sulforaphane in the liver of C57BL/6J mice and C57BL/6J/Nrf2 (-/-) mice.

    Rong Hu;Changjiang Xu;Guoxiang Shen;Mohit R. Jain

  • The circadian clock regulates rhythmic activation of the NRF2/glutathione-mediated antioxidant defense pathway to modulate pulmonary fibrosis

    Vanja Pekovic-Vaughan;Julie Gibbs;Hikari Yoshitane;Nan Yang

  • Role of Nrf1 in antioxidant response element-mediated gene expression and beyond

    Madhurima Biswas;Jefferson Y. Chan

  • The CNC basic leucine zipper factor, Nrf1, is essential for cell survival in response to oxidative stress-inducing agents. Role for Nrf1 in gamma-gcs(l) and gss expression in mouse fibroblasts.

    Mandy Kwong;Yuet Wai Kan;Jefferson Y. Chan

Frequent Co-Authors

Christopher J. Chang
Christopher J. Chang Princeton University
Yuet Wai Kan
Yuet Wai Kan University of California, San Francisco
Mohit Jain
Mohit Jain University of California, San Diego
Ah-Ng Tony Kong
Ah-Ng Tony Kong Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Bandaru S. Reddy
Bandaru S. Reddy Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Ajit Varki
Ajit Varki University of California, San Diego
Gideon J. Davies
Gideon J. Davies University of York
Lauren M. Aleksunes
Lauren M. Aleksunes Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Jingbo Pi
Jingbo Pi China Medical University
Dipanjan Pan
Dipanjan Pan Pennsylvania State University

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