C J Lai

5.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
48 papers, 4.6k citations indexed

About

C J Lai is a scholar working on Infectious Diseases, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, C J Lai has authored 48 papers receiving a total of 4.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 29 papers in Infectious Diseases, 28 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and 16 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in C J Lai's work include Mosquito-borne diseases and control (28 papers), Viral Infections and Vectors (18 papers) and Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research (12 papers). C J Lai is often cited by papers focused on Mosquito-borne diseases and control (28 papers), Viral Infections and Vectors (18 papers) and Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research (12 papers). C J Lai collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Japan. C J Lai's co-authors include M Bray, Barry Falgout, Robert M. Chanock, Ruhe Men, Bernard Weisblum, Purnell W. Choppin, Rob Lamb, Boyu Zhao, Hiroyuki Hori and Alexander G. Pletnev and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, The Journal of Immunology and Molecular and Cellular Biology.

In The Last Decade

C J Lai

46 papers receiving 4.2k 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.

Both nonstructural proteins NS2B and NS3 are required for the proteolytic processing of dengue virus nonstructural proteins

1991 485 citations Barry Falgout, C J Lai et al. Journal of Virology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
C J Lai United States	34	2.8k	2.5k	1.1k	879	491	48	4.6k
Victor Stollar United States	38	2.4k 0.8×	2.4k 1.0×	1.4k 1.3×	639 0.7×	711 1.4×	108	4.5k
Christian Künz Austria	29	2.2k 0.8×	2.0k 0.8×	687 0.6×	687 0.8×	386 0.8×	74	3.7k
Gerd Wengler Germany	34	2.5k 0.9×	2.2k 0.9×	718 0.7×	792 0.9×	433 0.9×	62	3.9k
Margo A. Brinton United States	44	3.1k 1.1×	3.2k 1.3×	1.4k 1.3×	673 0.8×	529 1.1×	120	6.2k
Ching‐Juh Lai United States	30	1.3k 0.5×	1.3k 0.5×	911 0.8×	558 0.6×	217 0.4×	37	3.0k
Mario Lobigs Australia	41	3.0k 1.0×	2.6k 1.1×	482 0.4×	900 1.0×	362 0.7×	82	4.3k
Ricardo Galler Brazil	31	2.8k 1.0×	2.2k 0.9×	690 0.6×	629 0.7×	439 0.9×	81	4.0k
Jason M. Mackenzie Australia	42	3.4k 1.2×	3.8k 1.6×	1.2k 1.1×	935 1.1×	685 1.4×	95	6.5k
Ilya Frolov United States	50	4.0k 1.4×	4.2k 1.7×	1.6k 1.5×	1.0k 1.1×	442 0.9×	107	6.9k
S. Duquerroy France	24	1.2k 0.4×	1.5k 0.6×	871 0.8×	732 0.8×	172 0.4×	36	3.1k

Countries citing papers authored by C J Lai

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20 of 20 papers shown

Lai, C J, et al.. (2025). Indole‐3‐Lactic Acid Inhibits Keratinocyte Proliferation Through the Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor in Psoriasis. The Journal of Dermatology. 52(12). 1831–1839.

Chen, Lv, C J Lai, Siliang Chen, et al.. (2025). Analysis of the genetic evolution and recombination of the PRRSV-2 GP2 protein in China from 1996 to 2023. Microbiology Spectrum. 13(5). e0307924–e0307924. 1 indexed citations

Xu, Jun, Yuzuru Tozawa, C J Lai, Hideaki Hayashi, & Kozo Ochi. (2002). A rifampicin resistance mutation in the rpoB gene confers ppGpp-independent antibiotic production in Streptomyces coelicolor A3(2). Molecular Genetics and Genomics. 268(2). 179–189. 81 indexed citations

Durbin, Anna P., Ruth A. Karron, Wellington Sun, et al.. (2001). Attenuation and immunogenicity in humans of a live dengue virus type-4 vaccine candidate with a 30 nucleotide deletion in its 3'-untranslated region.. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 65(5). 405–413. 233 indexed citations

Lai, C J, M Bray, Ruhe Men, et al.. (1998). Evaluation of molecular strategies to develop a live dengue vaccine. Clinical and Diagnostic Virology. 10(2-3). 173–179. 28 indexed citations

Kurane, Ichiro, Licheng Dai, Yuji Okamoto, et al.. (1995). Dengue virus-specific, HLA-B35-restricted, human CD8+ cytotoxic T lymphocyte (CTL) clones. Recognition of NS3 amino acids 500 to 508 by CTL clones of two different serotype specificities.. The Journal of Immunology. 154(3). 1287–1295. 77 indexed citations

Eckels, Kenneth H., D R Dubois, P L Summers, et al.. (1994). Immunization of Monkeys with Baculovirus-Dengue Type-4 Recombinants Containing Envelope and Nonstructural Proteins: Evidence of Priming and Partial Protection. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 50(4). 472–478. 38 indexed citations

Yang, C S, L. S. Henchal, Hideo Sumiyoshi, et al.. (1993). Increased Immunogenicity and Protective Efficacy in Outbred and Inbred Mice by Strategic Carboxyl-Terminal Truncation of Japanese Encephalitis Virus Envelope Glycoprotein. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 48(3). 412–423. 32 indexed citations

Falgout, Barry, R.H. Miller, & C J Lai. (1993). Deletion analysis of dengue virus type 4 nonstructural protein NS2B: identification of a domain required for NS2B-NS3 protease activity. Journal of Virology. 67(4). 2034–2042. 194 indexed citations

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Rosen, L., et al.. (1993). Genetic determinants of dengue type 4 virus neurovirulence for mice. Journal of Virology. 67(11). 6567–6575. 99 indexed citations

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Falgout, Barry, et al.. (1992). Mutational analysis of the octapeptide sequence motif at the NS1-NS2A cleavage junction of dengue type 4 virus. Journal of Virology. 66(12). 7225–7231. 26 indexed citations

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Cahour, Annie, Barry Falgout, & C J Lai. (1992). Cleavage of the dengue virus polyprotein at the NS3/NS4A and NS4B/NS5 junctions is mediated by viral protease NS2B-NS3, whereas NS4A/NS4B may be processed by a cellular protease. Journal of Virology. 66(3). 1535–1542. 130 indexed citations

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Bray, M & C J Lai. (1991). Construction of intertypic chimeric dengue viruses by substitution of structural protein genes.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 88(22). 10342–10346. 98 indexed citations

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Falgout, Barry, et al.. (1991). Both nonstructural proteins NS2B and NS3 are required for the proteolytic processing of dengue virus nonstructural proteins. Journal of Virology. 65(5). 2467–2475. 485 indexed citations breakdown →

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McCarty, Thomas, D R Dubois, P L Summers, et al.. (1988). Immunization of mice with dengue structural proteins and nonstructural protein NS1 expressed by baculovirus recombinant induces resistance to dengue virus encephalitis. Journal of Virology. 62(8). 3027–3031. 84 indexed citations

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Zhao, Boyu, Gregory A. Prince, R L Horswood, et al.. (1987). Expression of dengue virus structural proteins and nonstructural protein NS1 by a recombinant vaccinia virus. Journal of Virology. 61(12). 4019–4022. 67 indexed citations

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Milner, Robert J., Floyd E. Bloom, C J Lai, Richard A. Lerner, & J G Sutcliffe. (1984). Brain-specific genes have identifier sequences in their introns.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 81(3). 713–717. 101 indexed citations

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Sveda, Michael M. & C J Lai. (1981). Functional expression in primate cells of cloned DNA coding for the hemagglutinin surface glycoprotein of influenza virus.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 78(9). 5488–5492. 43 indexed citations

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Lai, C J, et al.. (1980). Cloning DNA sequences from influenza viral RNA segments.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 77(1). 210–214. 33 indexed citations

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Lai, C J, et al.. (1979). Splicing as a requirement for biogenesis of functional 16S mRNA of simian virus 40.. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 76(9). 4317–4321. 164 indexed citations

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