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79
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28940
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17409
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579

Kwun M. Fong publication distribution in Medicine in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Medicine in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Kwun M. Fong sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 489 publications — 56th percentile

56% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Kwun M. Fong D-index placement in Medicine in 2026

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

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This scientist: 79 D-Index — 14th percentile

14% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Kwun M. Fong is affiliated with the University of Queensland in Australia and specializes in medical research with a significant focus on pulmonary and respiratory medicine. Their research output includes 242 publications in the field of Medicine, with strong emphases in related subfields including Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Oncology, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Molecular Biology, and Surgery.

The scientist's work primarily covers topics such as Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment, Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research, Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging, Global Cancer Incidence and Screening, Esophageal Cancer Research and Treatment, and Respiratory Support and Mechanisms.

Frequent co-authors with whom Kwun M. Fong has collaborated include Henry Marshall, Ian A. Yang, Rayleen Bowman, Renée Manser, and Annette McWilliams. This network of collaboration supports a broad and interdisciplinary research approach, particularly within lung disease and cancer research.

The scientist has been published extensively in several academic journals. The venues with the most publications include the Journal of Thoracic Oncology, Respirology, Cochrane Clinical Answers, Translational Lung Cancer Research, and the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews.

Representative recent papers authored or co-authored by Kwun M. Fong include:

  • Improving lung health in low-income and middle-income countries: from challenges to solutions, 2021, The Lancet
  • The International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer Lung Cancer Staging Project: Proposals for Revision of the TNM Stage Groups in the Forthcoming (Ninth) Edition of the TNM Classification for Lung Cancer, 2024, Journal of Thoracic Oncology
  • Impact of low-dose computed tomography (LDCT) screening on lung cancer-related mortality, 2022, Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
  • Management of Lung Nodules and Lung Cancer Screening During the COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020, CHEST Journal
  • IASLC Lung Cancer Staging Project: The New Database to Inform Revisions in the Ninth Edition of the TNM Classification of Lung Cancer, 2023, Journal of Thoracic Oncology

Best Publications

  • Comprehensive molecular profiling of lung adenocarcinoma: The cancer genome atlas research network

    Eric A. Collisson;Joshua D. Campbell;Angela N. Brooks;Angela N. Brooks;Alice H. Berger

  • The IASLC Lung Cancer Staging Project: Proposals for Revision of the TNM Stage Groupings in the Forthcoming (Eighth) Edition of the TNM Classification for Lung Cancer.

    Peter Goldstraw;Kari Chansky;John Crowley;Ramon Rami-Porta

  • Oncogenic Signaling Pathways in The Cancer Genome Atlas

    Francisco Sanchez-Vega;Marco Mina;Joshua Armenia;Walid K. Chatila

  • Pan-cancer analysis of whole genomes

    Peter J. Campbell;Gad Getz;Jan O. Korbel;Joshua M. Stuart

  • Clinical and biological features associated with epidermal growth factor receptor gene mutations in lung cancers

    Hisayuki Shigematsu;Hisayuki Shigematsu;Li Lin;Takao Takahashi;Masaharu Nomura

  • Cell-of-Origin Patterns Dominate the Molecular Classification of 10,000 Tumors from 33 Types of Cancer.

    Katherine A. Hoadley;Christina Yau;Christina Yau;Toshinori Hinoue;Denise M. Wolf

  • Comprehensive Characterization of Cancer Driver Genes and Mutations.

    Matthew H Bailey;Collin Tokheim;Eduard Porta-Pardo;Sohini Sengupta

  • Genomic and Functional Approaches to Understanding Cancer Aneuploidy

    Alison M. Taylor;Alison M. Taylor;Juliann Shih;Gavin Ha;Gavin Ha;Galen F. Gao

  • Epigenetic Inactivation of RASSF1A in Lung and Breast Cancers and Malignant Phenotype Suppression

    David G. Burbee;Eva Forgacs;Sabine Zöchbauer-Müller;Latha Shivakumar

  • Patterns of somatic structural variation in human cancer genomes

    Yilong Li;Nicola D Roberts;Jeremiah A Wala;Jeremiah A Wala;Ofer Shapira;Ofer Shapira

  • Somatic mutations of the HER2 kinase domain in lung adenocarcinomas

    Hisayuki Shigematsu;Hisayuki Shigematsu;Takao Takahashi;Masaharu Nomura;Kuntal Majmudar

  • Pathogenic Germline Variants in 10,389 Adult Cancers

    Kuan-Lin Huang;R Jay Mashl;Yige Wu;Deborah I Ritter

  • Aberrant promoter methylation of multiple genes in non-small cell lung cancers.

    Sabine Zöchbauer-Müller;Kwun M. Fong;Arvind K. Virmani;Joseph Geradts

  • Molecular Damage in the Bronchial Epithelium of Current and Former Smokers

    Ignacio I. Wistuba;Stephen Lam;Carmen Behrens;Arvind K. Virmani

  • Inhaled corticosteroids for stable chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

    Ian A Yang;Melissa S Clarke;Esther H A Sim;Kwun M Fong

  • Erratum: Comprehensive Characterization of Cancer Driver Genes and Mutations (ARTICLE (2018) 173(2) (371–385), (S009286741830237X), (10.1016/j.cell.2018.02.060))

    Matthew H. Bailey;Collin Tokheim;Eduard Porta-Pardo;Sohini Sengupta

  • Promoter Methylation and Silencing of the Retinoic Acid Receptor-β Gene in Lung Carcinomas

    Arvind K. Virmani;Asha Rathi;Sabine Zöchbauer-Müller;Nicoletta Sacchi

  • PIK3CA Mutations and Copy Number Gains in Human Lung Cancers

    Hiromasa Yamamoto;Hiromasa Yamamoto;Hisayuki Shigematsu;Hisayuki Shigematsu;Masaharu Nomura;William W. Lockwood

  • Molecular Genetics of Lung Cancer

    Yoshitaka Sekido;Kwun M. Fong;John D. Minna

  • Inhaled corticosteroids for stable chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (Review)

    I. A. Yang;K. M. Fong;E. H. A. Sim;P. N. Black

Frequent Co-Authors

John D. Minna
John D. Minna The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Nicholas K. Hayward
Nicholas K. Hayward QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute
Adi F. Gazdar
Adi F. Gazdar The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Ignacio I. Wistuba
Ignacio I. Wistuba The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Zoran Ristovski
Zoran Ristovski Queensland University of Technology
Stephen Lam
Stephen Lam University of British Columbia
Harvey I. Pass
Harvey I. Pass New York University
Shinichi Toyooka
Shinichi Toyooka Okayama University
Andrew D. Cherniack
Andrew D. Cherniack Broad Institute
Christina Yau
Christina Yau University of California, San Francisco

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