David Lai

906 total citations
43 papers, 430 citations indexed

About

David Lai is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Political Science and International Relations and Anthropology. According to data from OpenAlex, David Lai has authored 43 papers receiving a total of 430 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 5 papers in Political Science and International Relations and 3 papers in Anthropology. Recurrent topics in David Lai's work include Chinese history and philosophy (4 papers), Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy (3 papers) and Canadian Identity and History (3 papers). David Lai is often cited by papers focused on Chinese history and philosophy (4 papers), Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy (3 papers) and Canadian Identity and History (3 papers). David Lai collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and China. David Lai's co-authors include Thomas G. Rawski, Neena L. Chappell, Claudio Cioffi‐Revilla, Sunita Vohra, Alex L. Rogovik, Ran D. Goldman, Shirley Chau, Daniel W. L. Lai, Andrew Scobell and Douglas Koshland and has published in prestigious journals such as The Journal of Pediatrics, PLoS Genetics and IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering.

In The Last Decade

David Lai

38 papers receiving 377 citations

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
David Lai United States	11	151	69	63	61	50	43	430
Jessica Bennett Australia	8	53 0.4×	14 0.2×	28 0.4×	135 2.2×	21 0.4×	22	343
Steffen Kühnel Germany	9	104 0.7×	36 0.5×	9 0.1×	41 0.7×	4 0.1×	28	369
Cram Textbook Reviews	6	88 0.6×	15 0.2×	16 0.3×	8 0.1×	28 0.6×	13	392
Siyu Miao China	10	75 0.5×	14 0.2×	9 0.1×	22 0.4×	27 0.5×	27	347
Wenting Yu China	10	128 0.8×	15 0.2×	3 0.0×	27 0.4×	7 0.1×	37	294
Wenli Zhang China	9	51 0.3×	4 0.1×	24 0.4×	16 0.3×	47 0.9×	31	456
Saima Khan Pakistan	8	30 0.2×	14 0.2×	14 0.2×	5 0.1×	24 0.5×	15	244
Margaret E. McCarthy United States	8	51 0.3×	5 0.1×	4 0.1×	57 0.9×	23 0.5×	14	456
Subandi Subandi Indonesia	11	65 0.4×	6 0.1×	21 0.3×	8 0.1×	8 0.2×	141	398

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20 of 20 papers shown

Lai, David, Yifei Chen, Yangjun Wang, et al.. (2025). Quantifying mutual transport contributions of ozone and its precursors among adjacent county-level cities during typical pollution episodes. Urban Climate. 62. 102558–102558.

Wang, Yangjun, Bin Zhao, Ling Huang, et al.. (2024). Full-Volatility Reactive Organic Carbon Emissions from Volatile Chemical Products in Mainland China. ACS ES&T Air. 1(12). 1541–1553. 4 indexed citations

Lai, David, et al.. (2018). Avoiding The Trap: U.S. Strategy And Policy For Competing in The Asia-Pacific Beyond The Rebalance. 2 indexed citations

Lai, David. (2017). 6. The Visual Character of Chinatowns. Yale University Press eBooks. 7(1). 81–84. 1 indexed citations

Lai, David, et al.. (2014). Assessing the People's Liberation Army in the Hu Jintao Era. 10 indexed citations

Hoang, Margaret L., Frederick J. Tan, David Lai, et al.. (2010). Competitive Repair by Naturally Dispersed Repetitive DNA during Non-Allelic Homologous Recombination. PLoS Genetics. 6(12). e1001228–e1001228. 50 indexed citations

Lai, David. (2010). Chinese Community Leadership. WORLD SCIENTIFIC eBooks. 4 indexed citations

Goldman, Ran D., Alex L. Rogovik, David Lai, & Sunita Vohra. (2007). Potential Interactions of Drug–Natural Health Products and Natural Health Products–Natural Health Products among Children. The Journal of Pediatrics. 152(4). 521–526.e4. 41 indexed citations

Lai, Daniel W. L., et al.. (2007). Relationships between Culture and Health Status: A Multi-Site Study of the Older Chinese in Canada. Canadian Journal on Aging / La Revue canadienne du vieillissement. 26(3). 171–183. 37 indexed citations

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Lai, David, et al.. (2002). East Meets West: An Ancient Game Sheds New Light on US-Asian Strategic Relations. Korean Journal of Defense Analysis. 14(1). 247–275. 2 indexed citations

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Lai, David. (2001). The great power dilemma: The trade‐off between defense and growth in great Britain, 1830–1980. Defence and Peace Economics. 12(2). 145–156. 1 indexed citations

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Chappell, Neena L. & David Lai. (1998). Health care service use by Chinese seniors in British Columbia, Canada. Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology. 13(1). 21–37. 30 indexed citations

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Lai, David. (1997). Global perspectives : international relations, U.S. foreign policy, and the view from abroad. Lynne Rienner Publishers eBooks. 2 indexed citations

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Lai, David. (1995). A structural approach to alignment: A case study of the China‐Soviet‐U.S. strategic triangle, 1971–1988. International Interactions. 20(4). 349–374. 3 indexed citations

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Cioffi‐Revilla, Claudio & David Lai. (1995). War and Politics in Ancient China, 2700 BC to 722 BC: Measurement and Comparative Analysis. SSRN Electronic Journal. 5 indexed citations

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Lai, David, Bill Ong Hing, William Wei, & Sau-ling Cynthia Wong. (1994). Making and Remaking Asian America Through Immigration Policy, 1850-1990.. Pacific Affairs. 67(3). 481–481. 14 indexed citations

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Lai, David, et al.. (1992). The Forbidden City within Victoria. Western Historical Quarterly. 23(4). 518–518. 2 indexed citations

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Lai, David, et al.. (1989). Chinatowns: Towns Within Cities in Canada.. Pacific Affairs. 62(4). 592–592. 15 indexed citations

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Lai, David. (1975). Home County and Clan Origins of Overseas Chinese in Canada in the Early 1880s. BC Studies: The British Columbian Quarterly. 3–29. 5 indexed citations

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Lai, David. (1960). REPRESENTATION AND ANALYSIS OF SIGNALS. PART VI. SIGNAL-SPACE CONCEPTS AND DIRAC'S NOTATION. Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC). 1 indexed citations

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