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Microbiology

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125
Citations
80466
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103
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80566
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Kwok-Hung Chan 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 Kwok-Hung Chan sits on this spectrum.

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55 publications 679+

This scientist: 414 publications — 91st percentile

91% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Kwok-Hung Chan 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 Kwok-Hung Chan sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 127+

This scientist: 125 D-Index — 98th percentile

98% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Microbiology in China Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Microbiology in China Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Microbiology in China Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Microbiology in China Leader Award

Overview

Kwok-Hung Chan is affiliated with the University of Hong Kong in China and has published extensively in the field of Medicine, with a focus on Infectious Diseases. Their research spans multiple subfields including Epidemiology, Molecular Biology, Animal Science and Zoology, and Neurology.

The scientist's main topics of work include:

  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
  • SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing
  • COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
  • Respiratory viral infections research
  • Animal Virus Infections Studies
  • Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology
  • Infection Control and Ventilation

Frequent publication venues for Kwok-Hung Chan are:

  • Clinical Infectious Diseases
  • Vaccines
  • Emerging Microbes & Infections
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • SSRN Electronic Journal

Prominent coauthors working alongside the scientist include:

  • Kelvin Kai-Wang To
  • Kwok-Yung Yuen
  • Ivan Fan-Ngai Hung
  • Jasper Fuk-Woo Chan
  • Vincent Chi-Chung Cheng

Notable recent papers authored by Kwok-Hung Chan consist of:

  • 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
  • Temporal profiles of viral load in posterior oropharyngeal saliva samples and serum antibody responses during infection by SARS-CoV-2: an observational cohort study, 2020, The Lancet Infectious Diseases
  • Respiratory virus shedding in exhaled breath and efficacy of face masks, 2020, Nature Medicine
  • Consistent Detection of 2019 Novel Coronavirus in Saliva, 2020, Clinical Infectious Diseases
  • Triple combination of interferon beta-1b, lopinavir-ritonavir, and ribavirin in the treatment of patients admitted to hospital with COVID-19: an open-label, randomised, phase 2 trial, 2020, The Lancet

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

  • Temporal profiles of viral load in posterior oropharyngeal saliva samples and serum antibody responses during infection by SARS-CoV-2: an observational cohort study.

    Kelvin Kai Wang To;Owen Tak Yin Tsang;Wai Shing Leung;Anthony Raymond Tam

  • Respiratory virus shedding in exhaled breath and efficacy of face masks.

    Nancy H.L. Leung;Daniel K.W. Chu;Eunice Y.C. Shiu;Kwok Hung Chan

  • Consistent Detection of 2019 Novel Coronavirus in Saliva.

    Kelvin Kai Wang To;Kelvin Kai Wang To;Kelvin Kai Wang To;Owen Tak Yin Tsang;Cyril Chik-Yan Yip;Cyril Chik-Yan Yip;Kwok Hung Chan

  • Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-like virus in Chinese horseshoe bats

    Susanna K. P. Lau;Patrick C. Y. Woo;Kenneth S. M. Li;Yi Huang

  • Discovery of Seven Novel Mammalian and Avian Coronaviruses in the Genus Deltacoronavirus Supports Bat Coronaviruses as the Gene Source of Alphacoronavirus and Betacoronavirus and Avian Coronaviruses as the Gene Source of Gammacoronavirus and Deltacoronavirus

    Patrick C. Y. Woo;Susanna K. P. Lau;Carol S. F. Lam;Candy C. Y. Lau

  • Characterization and Complete Genome Sequence of a Novel Coronavirus, Coronavirus HKU1, from Patients with Pneumonia

    Patrick C. Y. Woo;Susanna K. P. Lau;Chung-ming Chu;Kwok-hung Chan

  • Gastrointestinal Manifestations of SARS-CoV-2 Infection and Virus Load in Fecal Samples From a Hong Kong Cohort: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.

    Ka Shing Cheung;Ivan F.N. Hung;Pierre P.Y. Chan;K. C. Lung

  • Triple combination of interferon beta-1b, lopinavir-ritonavir, and ribavirin in the treatment of patients admitted to hospital with COVID-19: an open-label, randomised, phase 2 trial.

    Ivan Fan Ngai Hung;Kwok Cheung Lung;Eugene Yuk Keung Tso;Raymond Liu

  • Human infection with influenza H9N2

    M. Peiris;K. Y. Yuen;C. W. Leung;K. H. Chan

  • Lung pathology of fatal severe acute respiratory syndrome

    John M. Nicholls;Leo L. M. Poon;Kam C. Lee;Wai F. Ng

  • 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

  • Improved Molecular Diagnosis of COVID-19 by the Novel, Highly Sensitive and Specific COVID-19-RdRp/Hel Real-Time Reverse Transcription-PCR Assay Validated In Vitro and with Clinical Specimens.

    Jasper Fuk-Woo Chan;Cyril Chik-Yan Yip;Kelvin Kai-Wang To;Tommy Hing-Cheung Tang

  • Human infections with the emerging avian influenza A H7N9 virus from wet market poultry: clinical analysis and characterisation of viral genome

    Yu Chen;Weifeng Liang;Shigui Yang;Nanping Wu

  • The Effects of Temperature and Relative Humidity on the Viability of the SARS Coronavirus

    K. H. Chan;J. S. Malik Peiris;S. Y. Lam;L. L. M. 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

  • Anti–spike IgG causes severe acute lung injury by skewing macrophage responses during acute SARS-CoV infection

    Li Liu;Qiang Wei;Qingqing Lin;Jun Fang

  • Convalescent plasma treatment reduced mortality in patients with severe pandemic influenza A (H1N1) 2009 virus infection

    Ivan Fn Hung;Kelvin Kw To;Cheuk-Kwong Lee;Kar-Lung Lee

  • Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Re-infection by a Phylogenetically Distinct Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Strain Confirmed by Whole Genome Sequencing.

    Kelvin Kai-Wang To;Kelvin Kai-Wang To;Ivan Fan-Ngai Hung;Jonathan Daniel Ip;Allen Wing-Ho Chu

  • Facemasks and hand hygiene to prevent influenza transmission in households: a cluster randomized trial.

    Benjamin J Cowling;Kwok-Hung Chan;Vicky J Fang;Calvin K Y Cheng

  • Children with respiratory disease associated with metapneumovirus in Hong Kong.

    J. S.Malik Peiris;Wing Hong Tang;Kwok Hung Chan;Pek Lan Khong

  • H5N1 influenza: A protean pandemic threat

    Y. Guan;L. L. M. Poon;C. Y. Cheung;T. M. Ellis

Frequent Co-Authors

Kwok-Yung Yuen
Kwok-Yung Yuen University of Hong Kong
Kelvin K. W. To
Kelvin K. W. To University of Hong Kong
Jasper F. W. Chan
Jasper F. W. Chan University of Hong Kong
Patrick C. Y. Woo
Patrick C. Y. Woo University of Hong Kong
Susanna K. P. Lau
Susanna K. P. Lau University of Hong Kong
Ivan Hung
Ivan Hung University of Hong Kong
Vincent C. C. Cheng
Vincent C. C. Cheng University of Hong Kong
Cyril C. Y. Yip
Cyril C. Y. Yip University of Hong Kong
Joseph S. M. Peiris
Joseph S. M. Peiris University of Hong Kong
Benjamin J. Cowling
Benjamin J. Cowling University of Hong Kong

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