Ken Chu
Impact in
- Ecology top 1%
- Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
- Bacteriophages and microbial interactions
- Molecular Biology top 5%
- Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
- Gut microbiota and health
- Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction
Papers in
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- Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies 19
- Gut microbiota and health 4
- Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction 3
- Genetics, Bioinformatics, and Biomedical Research 1
- Ecology 15
- Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology 9
- Bacteriophages and microbial interactions 8
- Co-authors
- Nikos C. Kyrpides (19 shared papers)Natalia Ivanova (18 shared papers)I-Min A. Chen (17 shared papers)Victor Markowitz (14 shared papers)Krishna Palaniappan (15 shared papers)Anna Ratner (14 shared papers)Konstantinos Mavromatis (7 shared papers)Marcel Huntemann (8 shared papers)
- Journals
- Nucleic Acids Research (11 papers)PLoS ONE (3 papers)BMC Genomics (1 paper)mBio (1 paper)Bioinformatics (1 paper)
- Partner nations
- United StatesSpain
In The Last Decade
Ken Chu
21 papers receiving 3.5k citations
Ken Chu's Hit Papers
Peers
Comparison fields: 5 of 123
- Ecology 1.8k
- Molecular Biology 2.5k
- Endocrinology 155
- Environmental Chemistry 243
- Biotechnology 205
Countries citing papers authored by Ken Chu
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Fields of papers citing papers by Ken Chu
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Co-authors
The 25 scholars most cited alongside Ken Chu, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.
All Works
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| # | Work | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | IMG/M v.5.0: an integrated data management and comparative analysis system for microbial genomes and microbiomes Hit paper breakdown → | 2018 | 583 |
| 2 | IMG ER: a system for microbial genome annotation expert review and curation Hit paper breakdown → | 2009 | 546 |
| 3 | IMG 4 version of the integrated microbial genomes comparative analysis system Hit paper breakdown → | 2013 | 431 |
| 4 | IMG/M: integrated genome and metagenome comparative data analysis system Hit paper breakdown → | 2016 | 331 |
| 5 | The IMG/M data management and analysis system v.6.0: new tools and advanced capabilities Hit paper breakdown → | 2020 | 287 |
| 6 | IMG/VR v3: an integrated ecological and evolutionary framework for interrogating genomes of uncultivated viruses Hit paper breakdown → | 2020 | 221 |
| 7 | 2013 | 212 | |
| 8 | 2009 | 206 | |
| 9 | IMG/VR v4: an expanded database of uncultivated virus genomes within a framework of extensive functional, taxonomic, and ecological metadata Hit paper breakdown → | 2022 | 199 |
| 10 | 2018 | 108 | |
| 11 | 2019 | 78 | |
| 12 | 2015 | 69 | |
| 13 | 2016 | 56 | |
| 14 | 2009 | 47 | |
| 15 | 2013 | 47 | |
| 16 | 2016 | 39 | |
| 17 | 2012 | 32 | |
| 18 | 2015 | 15 | |
| 19 | 2010 | 7 | |
| 20 | 2014 | 5 |
About Ken Chu
Ken Chu is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Ecology, Plant Science, Pharmacology and Information Systems and Management, having authored 21 papers that have together received 3.5k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (19 papers), Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (9 papers), Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (8 papers), Gut microbiota and health (4 papers), Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis (3 papers), Plant Virus Research Studies (3 papers), Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction (3 papers) and Genetics, Bioinformatics, and Biomedical Research (1 paper). The work is most often cited by research in Ecology (1.8k citations), Molecular Biology (2.5k citations), Endocrinology (155 citations), Environmental Chemistry (243 citations) and Biotechnology (205 citations). Ken Chu has collaborated with scholars based in United States and Spain. Frequent co-authors include Nikos C. Kyrpides, Natalia Ivanova, I-Min A. Chen, Victor Markowitz, Krishna Palaniappan, Anna Ratner, Konstantinos Mavromatis, Marcel Huntemann, Jinghua Huang and Neha Varghese. Their work appears in journals such as Nucleic Acids Research, PLoS ONE, BMC Genomics, mBio and Bioinformatics.
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