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Pung-Pung Hwang

Pung-Pung Hwang

Academia Sinica
Taiwan

D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
67
Citations
12610
World Ranking
8382
National Ranking
37

Pung-Pung Hwang 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 Pung-Pung Hwang sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 222 publications — 58th percentile

58% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Pung-Pung Hwang 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 Pung-Pung Hwang sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 67 D-Index — 59th percentile

59% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Pung-Pung Hwang is affiliated with Academia Sinica in Taiwan and is active in research related to environmental science and agricultural and biological sciences. Their work spans multiple subfields, including ecology, aquatic science, nature and landscape conservation, oceanography, and global and planetary change.

Their primary research topics include:

  • Physiological and biochemical adaptations
  • Aquaculture nutrition and growth
  • Fish ecology and management studies
  • Ocean acidification effects and responses
  • Marine bivalve and aquaculture studies
  • Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior
  • Calcium carbonate crystallization and inhibition

Hwang's recent publications reflect these areas of focus, with studies investigating physiological responses and metabolic processes in aquatic organisms. Notable papers include:

  • Did Acidic Stress Resistance in Vertebrates Evolve as Na+/H+ Exchanger-Mediated Ammonia Excretion in Fish? (2020, BioEssays)
  • Teleostean fishes may have developed an efficient Na+ uptake for adaptation to the freshwater system (2022, Frontiers in Physiology)
  • Gluconeogenesis and glycogen metabolism during development of Pacific abalone, Haliotis discus hannai (2020, American Journal of Physiology-Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology)
  • Adaptive metabolic responses in a thermostabilized environment: Transgenerational trade-off implications from tropical tilapia (2021, The Science of The Total Environment)
  • Responses of medaka (Oryzias latipes) ammonia production and excretion to overcome acidified environments (2022, Journal of Hazardous Materials)

Frequent co-authors in Hwang's work include:

  • Ming-Yi Chou
  • Jia-Jiun Yan
  • Shang-Wu Shih
  • Yung-Che Tseng
  • Fumiya Furukawa

Their research is regularly published in journals such as:

  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Frontiers in Physiology
  • Journal of Hazardous Materials
  • BioEssays
  • American Journal of Physiology-Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Best Publications

  • New insights into fish ion regulation and mitochondrion-rich cells

    Pung-Pung Hwang;Tsung-Han Lee

  • Ion Regulation in Fish Gills: Recent Progress in the Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms

    Pung Pung Hwang;Tsung Han Lee;Li Yih Lin

  • Some insights into energy metabolism for osmoregulation in fish.

    Yung Che Tseng;Pung Pung Hwang

  • Evidence for an apical Na-Cl cotransporter involved in ion uptake in a teleost fish.

    Junya Hiroi;Junya Hiroi;Shigeki Yasumasu;Stephen D. McCormick;Stephen D. McCormick;Pung-Pung Hwang

  • Ion uptake and acid secretion in zebrafish (Danio rerio).

    Pung-Pung Hwang

  • Structure and function of ionocytes in the freshwater fish gill.

    Agnieszka K. Dymowska;Pung-Pung Hwang;Greg G. Goss

  • Proton pump-rich cell secretes acid in skin of zebrafish larvae

    Li Yih Lin;Jiun Lin Horng;Jiun Lin Horng;Joseph G. Kunkel;Pung Pung Hwang;Pung Pung Hwang

  • Zebrafish as an animal model to study ion homeostasis.

    Pung-Pung Hwang;Ming-Yi Chou

  • Gene expression of Na+/H+ exchanger in zebrafish H+ -ATPase-rich cells during acclimation to low-Na+ and acidic environments.

    Jia-Jiun Yan;Ming-Yi Chou;Toyoji Kaneko;Pung-Pung Hwang

  • Cortisol content of eggs and larvae of teleosts.

    Pung-Pung Hwang;Su-Mei Wu;Jen-Hson Lin;Leang-Shin Wu

  • Osmoregulation in zebrafish: ion transport mechanisms and functional regulation.

    Ying-Jey Guh;Chia-Hao Lin;Pung-Pung Hwang

  • Effects of environmental salinity on intercellular organization and junctional structure of chloride cells in early stages of teleost development

    Pung Pung Hwang;Reijiro Hirano

  • Knockdown of V-ATPase subunit A (atp6v1a) impairs acid secretion and ion balance in zebrafish (Danio rerio)

    Jiun Lin Horng;Li Yih Lin;Chang Jen Huang;Fumi Katoh

  • Role of SLC12A10.2, a Na-Cl cotransporter-like protein, in a Cl uptake mechanism in zebrafish (Danio rerio)

    Yi Fang Wang;Yung Che Tseng;Jia Jiun Yan;Junya Hiroi

  • Ammonium-dependent sodium uptake in mitochondrion-rich cells of medaka (Oryzias latipes) larvae.

    Shu Chen Wu;Jiun Lin Horng;Sian Tai Liu;Pung Pung Hwang

  • A Positive Regulatory Loop between foxi3a and foxi3b Is Essential for Specification and Differentiation of Zebrafish Epidermal Ionocytes

    Chung-Der Hsiao;May-Su You;Ying-Jey Guh;Ying-Jey Guh;Ming Ma

  • Ammonia excretion by the skin of zebrafish (Danio rerio) larvae

    Tin Han Shih;Jiun Lin Horng;Pung Pung Hwang;Li Yih Lin

  • Differential expression of branchial Na+/K(+)-ATPase of two medaka species, Oryzias latipes and Oryzias dancena, with different salinity tolerances acclimated to fresh water, brackish water and seawater.

    Chao-Kai Kang;Shu-Chuan Tsai;Tsung-Han Lee;Pung-Pung Hwang

  • Epithelial Ca2+ channel expression and Ca2+ uptake in developing zebrafish

    Tien Chien Pan;Bo Kai Liao;Chang Jen Huang;Li Yih Lin

  • Carbonic anhydrase 2-like a and 15a are involved in acid-base regulation and Na+ uptake in zebrafish H+-ATPase-rich cells

    Tzung Yi Lin;Bo Kai Liao;Jiun Lin Horng;Jia Jiun Yan

Frequent Co-Authors

Toyoji Kaneko
Toyoji Kaneko University of Tokyo
Patrick Prunet
Patrick Prunet INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
Steve F. Perry
Steve F. Perry University of Ottawa
Greg G. Goss
Greg G. Goss University of Alberta
Chu Fang Lo
Chu Fang Lo National Cheng Kung University
Kay-Hooi Khoo
Kay-Hooi Khoo National Taiwan University
Wen-chang Lin
Wen-chang Lin Academia Sinica
Stephen D. McCormick
Stephen D. McCormick University of Massachusetts Amherst
Chun-Nan Hsu
Chun-Nan Hsu University of California, San Diego
Ralf Dringen
Ralf Dringen University of Bremen

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