Alexander Lai

5.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
38 papers, 3.6k citations indexed

About

Alexander Lai is a scholar working on Epidemiology, Infectious Diseases and Agronomy and Crop Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Alexander Lai has authored 38 papers receiving a total of 3.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 25 papers in Epidemiology, 11 papers in Infectious Diseases and 11 papers in Agronomy and Crop Science. Recurrent topics in Alexander Lai's work include Influenza Virus Research Studies (18 papers), Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology (11 papers) and Animal Virus Infections Studies (7 papers). Alexander Lai is often cited by papers focused on Influenza Virus Research Studies (18 papers), Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology (11 papers) and Animal Virus Infections Studies (7 papers). Alexander Lai collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Hong Kong. Alexander Lai's co-authors include Shuo Su, Jiyong Zhou, Yuhai Bi, Weifeng Shi, George F. Gao, Jun Liu, Wenjun Liu, Gary Wong, Thomas M. Chambers and M. Barrandeguy and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, Circulation and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Alexander Lai

38 papers receiving 3.5k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Epidemiology, Genetic Recombination, and Pathogenesis of Coronaviruses

2016 2.0k citations Shuo Su, Gary Wong et al. Trends in Microbiology profile →

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Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Alexander Lai United States	19	2.1k	797	646	584	364	38	3.6k
Dnc Tsang China	3	2.2k 1.0×	1.1k 1.4×	306 0.5×	581 1.0×	285 0.8×	5	3.0k
Shuo Su China	29	3.2k 1.5×	1.4k 1.8×	758 1.2×	1.2k 2.1×	622 1.7×	122	5.3k
W. Lim China	8	3.6k 1.7×	1.6k 2.0×	460 0.7×	1.2k 2.0×	549 1.5×	10	5.0k
Simon J. Watson United Kingdom	29	1.8k 0.9×	953 1.2×	556 0.9×	640 1.1×	144 0.4×	63	3.8k
Markus Eickmann Germany	29	2.6k 1.2×	946 1.2×	571 0.9×	473 0.8×	75 0.2×	74	4.1k
Chris Ka Pun Mok Hong Kong	28	2.3k 1.1×	1.1k 1.4×	647 1.0×	329 0.6×	405 1.1×	87	3.3k
KH Chan Hong Kong	9	3.1k 1.5×	1.1k 1.4×	342 0.5×	395 0.7×	226 0.6×	12	4.2k
Linlin Bao China	25	2.7k 1.2×	681 0.9×	695 1.1×	422 0.7×	114 0.3×	78	3.8k
TK Ng China	4	2.1k 1.0×	1.0k 1.3×	271 0.4×	577 1.0×	233 0.6×	6	2.9k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Liu, Yang, Lifang Wang, Alexander Lai, et al.. (2025). Novel universal vaccines to mitigate emerging avian influenza viruses. Trends in Molecular Medicine. 31(9). 773–777. 2 indexed citations

Tian, Jin, Jiumeng Sun, Dongyan Li, et al.. (2022). Emerging viruses: Cross-species transmission of coronaviruses, filoviruses, henipaviruses, and rotaviruses from bats. Cell Reports. 39(11). 110969–110969. 45 indexed citations

Jiang, Zhiwen, Jiumeng Sun, Wenting Gao, et al.. (2022). A TaqMan Probe-Based Multiplex Real-Time PCR for Simultaneous Detection of Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea Virus Subtypes G1 and G2, and Porcine Rotavirus Groups A and C. Viruses. 14(8). 1819–1819. 20 indexed citations

He, Wanting, Yi Xu, Jin Zhao, et al.. (2021). Phylogeography Reveals Association between Swine Trade and the Spread of Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea Virus in China and across the World. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 39(2). 65 indexed citations

Lai, Alexander, et al.. (2020). Rapid Liposome Mimicking SARS-CoV-2 to Elucidate Thrombosis in Endothelialized Microfluidic Chip. Circulation. 142. 2–2. 1 indexed citations

Sun, Jiumeng, Wan-Ting He, Lifang Wang, et al.. (2020). COVID-19: Epidemiology, Evolution, and Cross-Disciplinary Perspectives. Trends in Molecular Medicine. 26(5). 483–495. 434 indexed citations

He, Wanting, Gairu Li, Ruyi Wang, et al.. (2019). Host-range shift of H3N8 canine influenza virus: a phylodynamic analysis of its origin and adaptation from equine to canine host. Veterinary Research. 50(1). 87–87. 8 indexed citations

Su, Shuo, Gary Wong, Weifeng Shi, et al.. (2016). Epidemiology, Genetic Recombination, and Pathogenesis of Coronaviruses. Trends in Microbiology. 24(6). 490–502. 2031 indexed citations breakdown →

Su, Shuo, Jin Tian, Pei Zhou, et al.. (2015). Global and quantitative proteomic analysis of dogs infected by avian-like H3N2 canine influenza virus. Frontiers in Microbiology. 6. 228–228. 19 indexed citations

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Lai, Alexander, et al.. (2004). Alternate circulation of recent equine-2 influenza viruses (H3N8) from two distinct lineages in the United States. Virus Research. 100(2). 159–164. 32 indexed citations

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Divanovic, Senad & Alexander Lai. (2004). Cytokine induction in human cord blood lymphocytes after pulsing with UV-inactivated influenza viruses. Immunology Letters. 94(3). 201–207. 4 indexed citations

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Lai, Alexander, Thomas M. Chambers, Robert E. Holland, et al.. (2001). Diverged evolution of recent equine-2 influenza (H3N8) viruses in the Western Hemisphere. Archives of Virology. 146(6). 1063–1074. 113 indexed citations

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Wu, Pui–Chee, et al.. (1996). Hepatic Expression of Hepatitis B Virus Genome in Chronic Hepatitis B Virus Infection. American Journal of Clinical Pathology. 105(1). 87–95. 23 indexed citations

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Lai, Alexander, Yi Pu Lin, David Powell, et al.. (1994). Genetic and Antigenic Analysis of the Influenza Virus Responsible for the 1992 Hong Kong Equine Influenza Epizootic. Virology. 204(2). 673–679. 18 indexed citations

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Lai, Alexander, et al.. (1992). Attenuated deletion mutant of vaccinia virus IHD-W recovered virulence by reinsertion of a terminal restriction fragment. Microbial Pathogenesis. 13(1). 49–59. 2 indexed citations

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Pogo, Beatriz G.T., et al.. (1991). Changes in cell gene expression in human leukemic cells persistently infected with vaccinia virus. Virus Research. 19(2-3). 131–138. 8 indexed citations

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Lai, Alexander & Beatriz G.T. Pogo. (1989). Attenuated deletion mutants of vaccinia virus lacking the vaccinia growth factor are defective in replication in vivo. Microbial Pathogenesis. 6(3). 219–226. 13 indexed citations

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Lai, Alexander & Beatriz G.T. Pogo. (1989). Characterization of vaccinia virus deletion mutants isolated from persistently infected Friend erythroleukemia cells. Virus Research. 12(3). 239–250. 9 indexed citations

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Pogo, Beatriz G.T., et al.. (1988). Differences in the Susceptibility of Human Blood Cell Lines to Vaccinia Virus. Intervirology. 29(1). 11–20. 9 indexed citations

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Moran, Thomas M., Marc Monestier, Alexander Lai, et al.. (1987). Characterization of Variable-Region Genes and Shared Crossreactive Idiotypes of Antibodies Specific for Antigens of Various Influenza Viruses. Viral Immunology. 1(1). 1–12. 21 indexed citations

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