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Researcher · Boston University · United States

Tat Fong Ng

Tat Fong Ng publishes mostly in Ophthalmology, Molecular Biology and Immunology, on topics such as Retinal Development and Disorders, Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms and Retinal Diseases and Treatments.

ORCID 0000-0002-4964-8225 OpenAlex
World rank
#1,774,848
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#546,286
of 1,627,098
Works
64
Citations
2.2k
Citations per work
35.1
h-index
20
i10-index 29Top 17% in Ophthalmology
Tat Fong Ng

What does Tat Fong Ng research?

Tat Fong Ng's work is mostly in Medicine (19%), Neuroscience (14%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (10%).

Everything else: 30 works · 47.2% of their workLife Sciences: 22 works · 33.9% of their workNeuroscience: 9 works · 13.8% of their workNeurology: 6 works · 8.6% of their workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 3 works · 5.2% of their workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 7 works · 10.3% of their workMolecular Biology: 7 works · 10.3% of their workImmunology and Microbiology: 6 works · 9.8% of their workImmunology: 6 works · 9.8% of their workHealth Sciences: 12 works · 18.9% of their workMedicine: 12 works · 18.9% of their workOphthalmology: 8 works · 13.2% of their workSurgery: 4 works · 5.7% of their workTHEIR WORKTat Fong Ng64works
Life Sciences34%Health Sciences19%

Their six largest subfields, inside their fields and domains; the grey slice is everything else they publish. The interactive view splits every one of their works down to single topics.

The fields and subfields, with their numbers
  1. Everything else3047.2%
    1. Neuroscience913.8%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology710.3%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology69.8%
    1. Medicine1218.9%
  1. 1Ophthalmology13% of their works
  2. 2Molecular Biology10% of their works
  3. 3Immunology10% of their works
  4. 4Neurology9% of their works
  5. 5Surgery6% of their works
  6. 6Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience5% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Tat Fong Ng's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Macular Degeneration, Inflammation, Gene Therapy, Microglia, Neuroinflammation, Retinitis Pigmentosa, Diabetic Retinopathy and Epidemiology.

Size is their works in the topics tagged with each word, from their 8 largest topics. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 19 words, with their numbers
  1. Macular Degeneration212 topics
  2. Inflammation142 topics
  3. Gene Therapy121 topic
  4. Microglia121 topic
  5. Neuroinflammation121 topic
  6. Retinitis Pigmentosa121 topic
  7. Diabetic Retinopathy91 topic
  8. Epidemiology92 topics
  9. Retinal Pigment Epithelium91 topic
  10. Melanin61 topic
  11. Pigmentation61 topic
  12. Behçet's Disease51 topic
  13. COVID-1951 topic
  14. Ocular Findings51 topic
  15. Pattern Recognition Receptors51 topic
  16. Toll-like Receptors51 topic
  17. Uveitis51 topic
  18. Cryptosporidium41 topic
  19. Giardia41 topic

Where does Tat Fong Ng work?

Tat Fong Ng's main affiliation in the publication record is Boston University, United States.

How many publications and citations does Tat Fong Ng have?

OpenAlex counts 64 works and 2,249 citations for Tat Fong Ng, an h-index of 20, ranking #1,774,848 of 7,710,434 researchers worldwide on the quality score.

Ranked on field-normalised excellence (50%), output (30%) and citations (20%). Counts come from OpenAlex author records, which occasionally merge different people who share a name or split one person into several.

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