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2026

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Microbiology

D-Index
73
Citations
18348
World Ranking
1671
National Ranking
9

Shin-Ru Shih 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 Shin-Ru Shih sits on this spectrum.

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55 publications 679+

This scientist: 252 publications — 66th percentile

66% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Shin-Ru Shih 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 Shin-Ru Shih sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 127+

This scientist: 73 D-Index — 71st percentile

71% 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 Taiwan Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Microbiology in Taiwan Leader Award

Overview

Shin-Ru Shih is affiliated with Chang Gung University in Taiwan and has a significant body of research primarily focused on infectious diseases, with extensive contributions within medicine. Their work spans multiple subfields including infectious diseases, molecular biology, cardiology and cardiovascular medicine, immunology, and epidemiology.

The main topics of their research include:

  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
  • COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
  • Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology
  • Viral Infections and Immunology Research
  • SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing
  • RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
  • Animal Virus Infections Studies

Shin-Ru Shih has coauthored numerous publications with several researchers, including:

  • Chung-Guei Huang
  • Peng-Nien Huang
  • Kuo-Ming Lee
  • Yu-Nong Gong
  • Sheng-Yu Huang

The venues in which Shin-Ru Shih frequently publishes include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Biomedical Journal
  • PLoS Pathogens
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Selected recent papers by Shin-Ru Shih include:

  • COVID-19: The first documented coronavirus pandemic in history, 2020, Biomedical Journal
  • Structural basis for the neutralization of SARS-CoV-2 by an antibody from a convalescent patient, 2020, Nature Structural & Molecular Biology
  • Culture-Based Virus Isolation To Evaluate Potential Infectivity of Clinical Specimens Tested for COVID-19, 2020, Journal of Clinical Microbiology
  • SARS-CoV-2 genomic surveillance in Taiwan revealed novel ORF8-deletion mutant and clade possibly associated with infections in Middle East, 2020, Emerging Microbes & Infections
  • Discovery of M Protease Inhibitors Encoded by SARS-CoV-2, 2020, Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Best Publications

  • An epidemic of enterovirus 71 infection in Taiwan. Taiwan Enterovirus Epidemic Working Group.

    Monto Ho;Eng-Rin Chen;Kwo-Hsiung Hsu;Shiing-Jer Twu

  • COVID-19: The first documented coronavirus pandemic in history.

    Yen Chin Liu;Rei Lin Kuo;Shin Ru Shih

  • Clinical features and risk factors of pulmonary oedema after enterovirus-71-related hand, foot, and mouth disease

    Luan Yin Chang;Tzou Yien Lin;Kuang Hung Hsu;Yhu Chering Huang

  • Risk Factors of Enterovirus 71 Infection and Associated Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease/Herpangina in Children During an Epidemic in Taiwan

    Luan Yin Chang;Chwan Chuen King;Kuang Hung Hsu;Hsiao Chen Ning

  • Comparison of enterovirus 71 and coxsackie-virus A16 clinical illnesses during the Taiwan enterovirus epidemic, 1998

    Luan Yin Chang;Tzou Yien Lin;Yhu Chering Huang;Kou Chien Tsao

  • Transmission and Clinical Features of Enterovirus 71 Infections in Household Contacts in Taiwan

    Luan Yin Chang;Luan Yin Chang;Kou Chien Tsao;Shao Hsuan Hsia;Shin Ru Shih

  • The 1998 Enterovirus 71 Outbreak in Taiwan: Pathogenesis and Management

    Tzou Yien Lin;Luan Yin Chang;Shao Hsuan Hsia;Yhu Chering Huang

  • Genomic Signatures of Human versus Avian Influenza A Viruses

    Guang-Wu Chen;Shih-Cheng Chang;Chee-Keng Mok;Yu-Luan Lo

  • Protection against lethal enterovirus 71 infection in newborn mice by passive immunization with subunit VP1 vaccines and inactivated virus.

    Cheng-Nan Wu;Ya-Ching Lin;Cathy Fann;Nan-Shih Liao

  • Structural basis for the neutralization of SARS-CoV-2 by an antibody from a convalescent patient.

    D Zhou;Duyvesteyn Hme.;Chen C-P.;Huang C-G.;Huang C-G.

  • Genetic analysis of enterovirus 71 isolated from fatal and non-fatal cases of hand, foot and mouth disease during an epidemic in Taiwan, 1998

    Shin Ru Shih;Shin Ru Shih;Mei Shang Ho;Kuei Hsiang Lin;Shu Li Wu;Shu Li Wu

  • Viral and host proteins involved in picornavirus life cycle

    Jing Yi Lin;Tzu Chun Chen;Kuo Feng Weng;Shih Cheng Chang

  • Control of the negative IRES trans-acting factor KHSRP by ubiquitination.

    Yu-An Kung;Chuan-Tien Hung;Kun-Yi Chien;Kun-Yi Chien;Shin-Ru Shih;Shin-Ru Shih

  • Inhibition of enterovirus 71‐induced apoptosis by allophycocyanin isolated from a blue‐green alga spirulina platensis

    Shin-Ru Shih;Kun-Nan Tsai;Yi-Shuane Li;Chuang-Chun Chueh

  • The 3C protease activity of enterovirus 71 induces human neural cell apoptosis.

    Mei-Ling Li;Tsu-An Hsu;Tzu-Chun Chen;Shih-Cheng Chang

  • hnRNP A1 Interacts with the 5′ Untranslated Regions of Enterovirus 71 and Sindbis Virus RNA and Is Required for Viral Replication

    Jing Yi Lin;Shin Ru Shih;Manjing Pan;Carol Li

  • Acute encephalomyelitis during an outbreak of enterovirus type 71 infection in Taiwan: report of an autopsy case with pathologic, immunofluorescence, and molecular studies.

    Chuen Hsueh;Shih Ming Jung;Shin Ru Shih;Tseng Tong Kuo

  • Regulation Mechanisms of Viral IRES-Driven Translation

    Kuo-Ming Lee;Chi-Jene Chen;Shin-Ru Shih;Shin-Ru Shih

  • Far upstream element binding protein 2 interacts with enterovirus 71 internal ribosomal entry site and negatively regulates viral translation

    Jing Yi Lin;Mei Ling Li;Shin Ru Shih

  • Neural pathogenesis of enterovirus 71 infection

    Kuo-Feng Weng;Li-Lien Chen;Peng-Nien Huang;Shin-Ru Shih

  • Culture-Based Virus Isolation To Evaluate Potential Infectivity of Clinical Specimens Tested for COVID-19.

    Chung Guei Huang;Chung Guei Huang;Kuo Ming Lee;Mei Jen Hsiao;Shu Li Yang

Frequent Co-Authors

Yhu Chering Huang
Yhu Chering Huang Chang Gung Memorial Hospital
Tzou Yien Lin
Tzou Yien Lin Chang Gung Memorial Hospital
Cheng-Hsun Chiu
Cheng-Hsun Chiu Chang Gung University
Jen Ren Wang
Jen Ren Wang National Cheng Kung University
Craig E. Cameron
Craig E. Cameron University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
David M. Ojcius
David M. Ojcius University of the Pacific
Li-Min Huang
Li-Min Huang National Taiwan University
Alain Townsend
Alain Townsend University of Oxford
Victor Stollar
Victor Stollar Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Gary Brewer
Gary Brewer Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

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