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D-Index
58
Citations
10129
World Ranking
3480
National Ranking
1375

Yung-Fu Chang 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 Yung-Fu Chang sits on this spectrum.

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55 publications 679+

This scientist: 286 publications — 75th percentile

75% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Yung-Fu Chang 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 Yung-Fu Chang sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 127+

This scientist: 58 D-Index — 39th percentile

39% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Yung-Fu Chang is affiliated with Cornell University in the United States and has a broad research portfolio primarily located within immunology and microbiology, medicine, and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their work encompasses a range of subfields including microbiology, infectious diseases, molecular biology, parasitology, and ecology.

Their research addresses several main topics, focusing on microbial infections and disease research, bacteriophages and microbial interactions, leptospirosis research, viral infections and vectors, Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens studies, viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology, and the relationship between gut microbiota and health.

Frequent coauthors who have collaborated with Yung-Fu Chang include Khalid Mehmood, Zhaoxin Tang, Hui Zhang, Qingmei Xie, and Ying Li. The scientist has published extensively in venues such as Frontiers in Immunology, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Brazilian Journal of Microbiology, Research Square, and Frontiers in Microbiology.

Selected recent papers authored or coauthored by Yung-Fu Chang are as follows:

  • Global antimicrobial resistance: a system-wide comprehensive investigation using the Global One Health Index, 2022, Infectious Diseases of Poverty
  • A Low-Cost, Thermostable, Cell-Free Protein Synthesis Platform for On-Demand Production of Conjugate Vaccines, 2022, ACS Synthetic Biology
  • Carbapenem-resistant Escherichia coli exhibit diverse spatiotemporal epidemiological characteristics across the globe, 2024, Communications Biology
  • Environmental fluoride exposure disrupts the intestinal structure and gut microbial composition in ducks, 2021, Chemosphere
  • Microbiome Analysis Reveals the Attenuation Effect of Lactobacillus From Yaks on Diarrhea via Modulation of Gut Microbiota, 2021, Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology

Best Publications

  • What Makes a Bacterial Species Pathogenic?:Comparative Genomic Analysis of the Genus Leptospira.

    Derrick E. Fouts;Michael A. Matthias;Haritha Adhikarla;Ben Adler

  • Experimental Lyme Disease in Dogs Produces Arthritis and Persistent Infection

    Max J. G. Appel;Sandra Allan;Richard H. Jacobson;Tsai Ling Lauderdale

  • Persistence of Borrelia burgdorferi in experimentally infected dogs after antibiotic treatment.

    R. K. Straubinger;B. A. Summers;Y.-F. Chang;M. J. G. Appel

  • Leptospirosis: pathogenesis, immunity, and diagnosis.

    Raghavan U M Palaniappan;Subbupoongothai Ramanujam;Yung-Fu Chang

  • Cloning and molecular characterization of an immunogenic LigA protein of Leptospira interrogans

    Raghavan U. M. Palaniappan;Yung-Fu Chang;S. S. D. Jusuf;S. Artiushin

  • Immunoprotection of recombinant leptospiral immunoglobulin-like protein A against Leptospira interrogans serovar Pomona infection.

    Raghavan U. M. Palaniappan;Sean P. McDonough;Thomas J. Divers;Chia-Sui Chen

  • Evaluation of lig-based conventional and real time PCR for the detection of pathogenic leptospires.

    Raghavan U.M. Palaniappan;Yung-Fu Chang;Chao-Fu Chang;Chao-Fu Chang;M.J. Pan

  • Cloning and characterization of a hemolysin gene from Actinobacillus (Haemophilus) pleuropneumoniae.

    Yung-Fu Chang;Ry Young;Douglas K. Struck

  • Whole genome sequencing revealed host adaptation-focused genomic plasticity of pathogenic Leptospira.

    Yinghua Xu;Yongzhang Zhu;Yuezhu Wang;Yung-Fu Chang

  • Identification and characterization of the Pasteurella haemolytica leukotoxin.

    Y F Chang;R Young;D Post;D K Struck

  • Repeated Domains of Leptospira Immunoglobulin-like Proteins Interact with Elastin and Tropoelastin

    Yi-Pin Lin;Dae-Won Lee;Sean P. McDonough;Linda K. Nicholson

  • Evaluation of protective immunity of Leptospira immunoglobulin like protein A (LigA) DNA vaccine against challenge in hamsters

    Syed M. Faisal;WeiWei Yan;Chia-Sui Chen;Raghavan U.M. Palaniappan

  • Experimental Infection of Ponies with Borrelia burgdorferi by Exposure to Ixodid Ticks

    Y.-F. Chang;V. Novosol;S. P. McDonough;C.-F. Chang

  • Expression of leptospiral immunoglobulin-like protein by Leptospira interrogans and evaluation of its diagnostic potential in a kinetic ELISA.

    Raghavan U.M. Palaniappan;Yung-Fu Chang;Fahad Hassan;Sean P. McDonough

  • Global antimicrobial resistance: a system-wide comprehensive investigation using the Global One Health Index

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  • Borrelia burgdorferi migrates into joint capsules and causes an up-regulation of interleukin-8 in synovial membranes of dogs experimentally infected with ticks.

    R. K. Straubinger;A. F. Straubinger;L. Harter;R. H. Jacobson

  • A domain of the Leptospira LigB contributes to high affinity binding of fibronectin.

    Yi-Pin Lin;Yung-Fu Chang

  • Immunogenicity and protective efficacy of recombinant Leptospira immunoglobulin-like protein B (rLigB) in a hamster challenge model

    Weiwei Yan;Syed M. Faisal;Sean P. McDonough;Thomas J. Divers

  • Leptospira immunoglobulin-like protein A variable region (LigAvar) incorporated in liposomes and PLGA microspheres produces a robust immune response correlating to protective immunity.

    Syed M. Faisal;WeiWei Yan;Sean P. McDonough;Yung-Fu Chang

  • Quantitative analysis of inflammatory and immune responses in dogs with gastritis and their relationship to Helicobacter spp. infection.

    Bo Wiinberg;Anette Spohr;Hans Henrik Dietz;Thomas Egelund

  • Recombinant OspA protects dogs against infection and disease caused by Borrelia burgdorferi.

    Yung-Fu Chang;M. J. G. Appel;R. H. Jacobson;S. J. Shin

  • Microarray Identification of Clostridium difficile Core Components and Divergent Regions Associated with Host Origin

    Tavan Janvilisri;Tavan Janvilisri;Joy Scaria;Angela D. Thompson;Ainsley Nicholson

Frequent Co-Authors

Hussni O. Mohammed
Hussni O. Mohammed Cornell University
Max J. G. Appel
Max J. G. Appel Cornell University
Ry Young
Ry Young Texas A&M University
John P. Bannantine
John P. Bannantine Agricultural Research Service
Yrjö T. Gröhn
Yrjö T. Gröhn Cornell University
Cheng-Hsun Chiu
Cheng-Hsun Chiu Chang Gung University
Luiz E. Bermudez
Luiz E. Bermudez Oregon State University
Vivek Kapur
Vivek Kapur Pennsylvania State University
Susan E. Wade
Susan E. Wade Cornell University
Bruno W. S. Sobral
Bruno W. S. Sobral Virginia Tech

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