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D-Index
83
Citations
22576
World Ranking
1006
National Ranking
459

Liang Chen 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 Liang Chen sits on this spectrum.

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55 publications 679+

This scientist: 448 publications — 93rd percentile

93% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Liang Chen 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 Liang Chen sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 127+

This scientist: 83 D-Index — 83rd percentile

83% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Liang Chen is affiliated with the Hackensack Meridian Health Center for Discovery and Innovation in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a particular focus on subfields including Molecular Medicine, Molecular Biology, Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology, and Pharmacology.

Their work extensively addresses topics related to antibiotic resistance and bacterial infections. Key research areas include Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria, Antibiotics Pharmacokinetics and Efficacy, Bacterial Identification and Susceptibility Testing, Mycobacterium Research and Diagnosis, Bacterial Biofilms and Quorum Sensing, Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology, as well as Antimicrobial Resistance in Staphylococcus.

Among their recent published papers are:

  • Emerging Antimicrobial-Resistant High-Risk Klebsiella pneumoniae Clones ST307 and ST147, 2020, Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy
  • Molecular and clinical epidemiology of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales in the USA (CRACKLE-2): a prospective cohort study, 2020, The Lancet Infectious Diseases
  • Clinical outcomes and bacterial characteristics of carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae complex among patients from different global regions (CRACKLE-2): a prospective, multicentre, cohort study, 2021, The Lancet Infectious Diseases
  • Virulence Factors in Hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae, 2021, Frontiers in Microbiology
  • Global epidemiology and clinical outcomes of carbapenem-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa and associated carbapenemases (POP): a prospective cohort study, 2023, The Lancet Microbe

Liang Chen collaborates frequently with several researchers, including Barry N. Kreiswirth, Hong Du, David van Duin, Robert A. Bonomo, and Lauren Komarow.

The scientist's research has been published in multiple venues such as:

  • Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Frontiers in Microbiology
  • Research Square (Research Square)
  • Open Forum Infectious Diseases

Best Publications

  • Carbapenemase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae: molecular and genetic decoding

    Liang Chen;Barun Mathema;Kalyan D. Chavda;Frank R. DeLeo

  • Global epidemiology of community-associated methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA).

    José R Mediavilla;Liang Chen;Barun Mathema;Barry N Kreiswirth

  • Ceftazidime-Avibactam Is Superior to Other Treatment Regimens against Carbapenem-Resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae Bacteremia.

    Ryan K. Shields;M. Hong Nguyen;Liang Chen;Ellen G. Press

  • Emergence of Ceftazidime-Avibactam Resistance Due to Plasmid-Borne blaKPC-3 Mutations during Treatment of Carbapenem-Resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae Infections.

    Ryan K. Shields;Liang Chen;Shaoji Cheng;Kalyan D. Chavda

  • Epidemic community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: Recent clonal expansion and diversification

    Adam D. Kennedy;Michael Otto;Kevin R. Braughton;Adeline R. Whitney

  • Trends in the development of miRNA bioinformatics tools.

    Liang Chen;Liisa Heikkinen;Changliang Wang;Yang Yang

  • Clinical Outcomes, Drug Toxicity, and Emergence of Ceftazidime-Avibactam Resistance Among Patients Treated for Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae Infections.

    Ryan K. Shields;Brian A. Potoski;Ghady Haidar;Binghua Hao

  • Plasmid-encoded tet(X) genes that confer high-level tigecycline resistance in Escherichia coli.

    Jian Sun;Chong Chen;Chao Yue Cui;Yan Zhang

  • The bioinformatics toolbox for circRNA discovery and analysis.

    Liang Chen;Changliang Wang;Huiyan Sun;Juexin Wang

  • Molecular dissection of the evolution of carbapenem-resistant multilocus sequence type 258 Klebsiella pneumoniae

    Frank R. DeLeo;Liang Chen;Stephen F. Porcella;Craig A. Martens

  • Emerging Antimicrobial-Resistant High-Risk Klebsiella pneumoniae Clones ST307 and ST147

    Gisele Peirano;Liang Chen;Barry N. Kreiswirth;Johann D. D. Pitout;Johann D. D. Pitout

  • Clinical outcomes and bacterial characteristics of carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae complex among patients from different global regions (CRACKLE-2): a prospective, multicentre, cohort study.

    Minggui Wang;Michelle Earley;Liang Chen;Blake M Hanson

  • Pneumonia and Renal Replacement Therapy Are Risk Factors for Ceftazidime-Avibactam Treatment Failures and Resistance among Patients with Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae Infections.

    Ryan K. Shields;M. Hong Nguyen;Liang Chen;Ellen G. Press

  • Molecular and clinical epidemiology of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales in the USA (CRACKLE-2): a prospective cohort study

    David van Duin;Cesar A Arias;Lauren Komarow;Liang Chen

  • Global epidemiology and clinical outcomes of carbapenem-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa and associated carbapenemases (POP): a prospective cohort study

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  • Virulence Factors in Hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae.

    Jie Zhu;Tao Wang;Liang Chen;Hong Du

  • Mobile genetic element-encoded cytolysin connects virulence to methicillin resistance in MRSA.

    Shu Y. Queck;Burhan A. Khan;Rong Wang;Thanh Huy L Bach

  • Emergence of the mcr-1 colistin resistance gene in carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae

    Hong Du;Liang Chen;Yi-Wei Tang;Barry N Kreiswirth

  • Multicenter Clinical and Molecular Epidemiological Analysis of Bacteremia Due to Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) in the CRE Epicenter of the United States.

    Michael J. Satlin;Liang Chen;Gopi Patel;Angela Gomez-Simmonds

  • Colistin- and Carbapenem-Resistant Escherichia coli Harboring mcr-1 and blaNDM-5, Causing a Complicated Urinary Tract Infection in a Patient from the United States

    José R. Mediavilla;Amee Patrawalla;Liang Chen;Kalyan D. Chavda

  • Epidemic Klebsiella pneumoniae ST258 Is a Hybrid Strain

    Liang Chen;Barun Mathema;Barun Mathema;Johann D. D. Pitout;Frank R. DeLeo

  • Contribution of Panton-Valentine leukocidin in community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus pathogenesis.

    Binh An Diep;Amy M. Palazzolo-Ballance;Pierre Tattevin;Li Basuino

Frequent Co-Authors

Barry N. Kreiswirth
Barry N. Kreiswirth Center for Discovery and Innovation
Robert A. Bonomo
Robert A. Bonomo Case Western Reserve University
Michael R. Jacobs
Michael R. Jacobs University Hospitals of Cleveland
Cornelius J. Clancy
Cornelius J. Clancy University of Pittsburgh
Barun Mathema
Barun Mathema Columbia University
Yi-Wei Tang
Yi-Wei Tang Chongqing Medical University
Michael J. Satlin
Michael J. Satlin Cornell University
Ryan K. Shields
Ryan K. Shields University of Pittsburgh
M. Hong Nguyen
M. Hong Nguyen University of Pittsburgh
Stephen G. Jenkins
Stephen G. Jenkins Cornell University

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