Selected peer-reviewed publications by members of the Center for Herbal Medicine and Natural Products Research. Entries are arranged in reverse chronological order. Journal metrics use the 2025 Journal Citation Reports released in 2026; “Top %” is calculated from the displayed category rank and rounded to the nearest whole percent.
2026
Comparing the Behavioral Impacts of Heavy Metals and Rare Earth Elements on Black Soldier Fly (Hermetia illucens) Larvae
Muhammad Baqir Khan, Minh-Quan Tran, Petrus Siregar, Szu-Chieh Wang, Ming-Der Lin*, and Chung-Der Hsiao*.
Toxics. August 2026; 14(8), 729. DOI: 10.3390/toxics14080729
Impact Factor: 4.9 | Category Rank: 21/106, Toxicology | Top 20%
High-Throughput Pesticide Toxicity Assessment in Black Soldier Fly (Hermetia illucens) by Behavioral Phenomics
Petrus Siregar, Gilbert Audira, Kevin Adi Kurnia, Szu-Chieh Wang, Marri Jmelou M. Roldan, Kristine Mae H. Bonalos, Ross D. Vasquez, Ming-Der Lin*, and Chung-Der Hsiao*.
Pesticide Biochemistry and Physiology. August 2026; 222, 107244. DOI: 10.1016/j.pestbp.2026.107244
Impact Factor: 4.0 | Category Rank: 3/110, Entomology | Top 3%
Receptor Pharmacology, Clinical Evidence, and Translational Challenges of Phenylpropanoid Phytoestrogens in Estrogen-Deficiency Osteoporosis
Yi-Tzu Lin†, Chi-Ying Li†, Wen-Ying Lin, Cheng-Huan Peng*, and Ming-Der Lin*.
Tzu Chi Medical Journal. Accepted, August 2026. DOI: Not yet assigned.
Impact Factor: 2.4 | Category Rank: 94/336, Medicine, General & Internal | Top 28%
A Simple Oral STZ/Alloxan-Induced Diabetic Zebrafish Model for Chronic Wound Healing and Therapeutic Assessment
Kong-Han Ser, Minh-Quan Tran, Szu-Chieh Wang, Ming-Der Lin*, and Chung-Der Hsiao*.
Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy. July 2026; 200, 119352. DOI: 10.1016/j.biopha.2026.119352
Impact Factor: 7.5 | Category Rank: 19/352, Pharmacology & Pharmacy | Top 5%
Therapeutic Advances in Alzheimer’s Disease: Current Strategies and Future Possibilities
Peeraporn Varinthra, Ayooluwa Gabriel Ibiayo, Chin-Hung Liu, Narawut Pakaprot, Ismat Noor Paromi, Thi-Thuy-Nhan Do, Mubashir Raza, and Ingrid Y. Liu*.
Tzu Chi Medical Journal. 2026; 38(3), 263–274. DOI: 10.4103/tcmj.tcmj-d-25-00175
Impact Factor: 2.4 | Category Rank: 94/336, Medicine, General & Internal | Top 28%
Engineering Plants for the Phytoremediation of Soils Contaminated with Chlorinated Dioxins
Wen-Ling Wei, Althea Yi-Shan Li, Chih-Ming Kao, Anren Hu, Hung-Yu Shu, Chiu-Ping Cheng, Chia-Chin Liu, Shinn Zong Lin, Tsung-Jung Ho, Ming-Lun Chou*, and Hao-Ping Chen*.
Environmental Technology & Innovation. June 2026; 42, 104964. DOI: 10.1016/j.eti.2026.104964
Impact Factor: 7.1 | Category Rank: 16/177, Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology | Top 9%
TiO2 Nanoparticles Trigger Gut-to-Gill Bacterial Translocation and Dysbiosis in Zebrafish
Chi-Cheng Li, Der-Shan Sun, Te-Sheng Lien, Guan-Ling Lin, Ching-Feng Cheng, Kuo-Wang Tsai, Wen-Sheng Wu, Chi-Tan Hu, Ming-Der Lin, Wen-Ying Lin, Chin-Hao Yang, Je-Wen Liou, and Hsin-Hou Chang*.
International Journal of Molecular Sciences. June 2026; 27(11), 5036. DOI: 10.3390/ijms27115036
Impact Factor: 5.6 | Category Rank: 72/319, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | Top 23%
Tumor Necrosis Factor-Alpha-Mediated Inflammatory Bone Loss: Pathogenic Mechanisms and Therapeutic Potential of Its Inhibitors
Wen-Ying Lin, Yu-Jen Pan, Kuang-Ting Yeh, Kuei-Ying Su, Kameshwara Kumar Dharini, Ing-Ho Chen, Wen-Tien Wu, Ming-Der Lin*, and Cheng-Huan Peng*.
Tzu Chi Medical Journal. April 2026; 38(2), 125–136. DOI: 10.4103/tcmj.TCMJ-D-25-00128
Impact Factor: 2.4 | Category Rank: 94/336, Medicine, General & Internal | Top 28%
Zebrafish PRL-3 Regulates Yolk Syncytial Layer Integrity and Actomyosin Contractility During Epiboly
Ting-Fang Wang, Kai-Wen Cheng, Yau-Hung Chen*, and Ming-Der Lin*.
International Journal of Molecular Sciences. March 2026; 27(5), 2339. DOI: 10.3390/ijms27052339
Impact Factor: 5.6 | Category Rank: 72/319, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | Top 23%
2025
Developmental Expression of Ap-Vas Proteins in Aphids and Flies Reveals Their Evolutionary Roles in Insects
Gee-Way Lin, Szu-Chieh Wang, Charles E. Cook, Ming-Der Lin*, and Chun-che Chang*.
Insect Molecular Biology. November 2025. DOI: 10.1111/imb.70020
Impact Factor: 2.3 | Category Rank: 22/110, Entomology | Top 20%
Activation of GABA Transmission by Clonazepam Reverses the Autistic-Like Phenotypes of the Cav3.2 Knockout Mice
Shao-Feng Liang, Ming Yang, Hsien-Ting Huang, Raymond Y. Lo, Supin Chompoopong, Chien-Chang Chen, and Ingrid Y. Liu*.
Neurotherapeutics. October 2025; 22(6), e00761. DOI: 10.1016/j.neurot.2025.e00761
Impact Factor: 7.4 | Category Rank: 21/296, Clinical Neurology | Top 7%
Combination Astragaloside IV and Artesunate Preserves Blood–Brain Barrier Integrity by Modulating Astrocytes and Tight Junction Proteins in Plasmodium yoelii Infection
Phornyupa Sanguanwong, Ladawan Khowawisetsut, Lanaprai Kwathai, Peeraporn Varinthra, Chairat Turbpaiboon, Panapat Uawithya, Prasert Sobhon, Ingrid Y. Liu, and Supin Chompoopong.
International Journal for Parasitology: Drugs and Drug Resistance. August 2025; 28, 100598. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpddr.2025.100598
Impact Factor: 3.3 | Category Rank: 11/47, Parasitology | Top 23%
Coniferaldehyde Reverses 3-Nitropropionic Acid-Induced Huntington’s Disease Pathologies via PKM2 Restoration and JAK2/STAT3 Inhibition
Ayooluwa Gabriel Ibiayo, Peeraporn Varinthra, Mukundan Nagarajan, and Ingrid Y. Liu*.
Molecular Medicine. July 2025; 31(1), 271. DOI: 10.1186/s10020-025-01308-0
Impact Factor: 8.3 | Category Rank: 38/328, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | Top 12%
GABAergic Signaling Underlying REM Sleep Deprivation-Induced Spatial Working Memory Deficits
Peeraporn Varinthra, Shu-Ching Shih, and Ingrid Y. Liu*.
Brain and Behavior. June 2025; 15(6), e70607. DOI: 10.1002/brb3.70607
Impact Factor: 2.8 | Category Rank: 18/57, Behavioral Sciences | Top 32%
Automated Zebrafish Spine Scoring System Based on Instance Segmentation
Wen-Hsin Chen, Tien-Ying Kuo*, Yu-Jen Wei, Cheng-Jung Ho, Ming-Der Lin, Huan Chen, and Wen-Ying Lin.
IEEE Access. January 2025; 13, 18814–18826. DOI: 10.1109/ACCESS.2025.3532680
Impact Factor: 3.4 | Category Rank: 87/250, Computer Science, Information Systems | Top 35%
Pro-Angiogenic Effects of Guo Min Decoction in a Zebrafish Model
Ping-Hsun Lu, Sheng-Fen Tung, Chi-Chung Wen, Ching-Yuan Huang, Jhih-Wei Huang, Chih-Hsin Chen, and Yau-Hung Chen*.
Tzu Chi Medical Journal. January–March 2025; 37(1), 58–64. DOI: 10.4103/tcmj.tcmj_59_24
Impact Factor: 2.4 | Category Rank: 94/336, Medicine, General & Internal | Top 28%
* Corresponding author; † equal contribution, as indicated in the source publication records.