David Lau

2.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
8 papers, 810 citations indexed

About

David Lau is a scholar working on Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Surgery and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, David Lau has authored 8 papers receiving a total of 810 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 4 papers in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, 3 papers in Surgery and 3 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in David Lau's work include Adipokines, Inflammation, and Metabolic Diseases (2 papers), Diabetes Treatment and Management (2 papers) and Lipoproteins and Cardiovascular Health (2 papers). David Lau is often cited by papers focused on Adipokines, Inflammation, and Metabolic Diseases (2 papers), Diabetes Treatment and Management (2 papers) and Lipoproteins and Cardiovascular Health (2 papers). David Lau collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and Australia. David Lau's co-authors include Hongyun Yan, Bikramjit Dhillon, Paul E. Szmitko, Subodh Verma, David J. Livingston, Cha-Mer Wei, Nancy Hsiung, Ronald C. Plotnikoff, Kerry S. Courneya and Steven T. Johnson and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Biotechnology, American Journal of Physiology-Heart and Circulatory Physiology and Canadian Journal of Cardiology.

In The Last Decade

David Lau

8 papers receiving 764 citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

Adipokines: molecular links between obesity and atheroslcerosis

2005 699 citations David Lau, Bikramjit Dhillon et al. American Journal of Physiology-Heart and Circulatory Physiology profile →

Peers

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Hongyun Yan Canada

Claudia Ress Austria

Satomi Shibazaki Japan

Beata Telejko Poland

Antonios M. Xydakis United States

David Gable United Kingdom

Yae Jung Hyun South Korea

N. Rassouli United States

Melanie M. Mott United States

Georgios A. Christou Greece

Hongyun Yan Canada

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308 ×1.3

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229 ×1.0

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172 ×1.0

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178 ×1.3

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Countries citing papers authored by David Lau

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Fields of papers citing papers by David Lau

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by David Lau. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by David Lau. The network helps show where David Lau may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of David Lau

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of David Lau. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of David Lau based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with David Lau. David Lau is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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8 of 8 papers shown

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Lau, David, et al.. (2024). Architecture and Usage Information for a Course-Aligned, GPT-Powered Chatbot. Proceedings of the Canadian Engineering Education Association (CEEA). 1 indexed citations

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Lau, David, Helen M. Colhoun, Ildiko Lingvay, et al.. (2024). Effect of Semaglutide on Kidney Outcomes in People With Overweight or Obesity and Established Cardiovascular Disease in the SELECT Trial. Canadian Journal of Diabetes. 48(7). S8–S8. 1 indexed citations

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Plotnikoff, Ronald C., Kerry S. Courneya, Ronald J. Sigal, et al.. (2010). Alberta Diabetes and Physical Activity Trial (ADAPT): A randomized theory-based efficacy trial for adults with type 2 diabetes - rationale, design, recruitment, evaluation, and dissemination. Trials. 11(1). 4–4. 14 indexed citations

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Rucker, Diana, et al.. (2007). overweight: updated meta-analysis Long term pharmacotherapy for obesity and. 2 indexed citations

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Lau, David, Hongyun Yan, & Bikramjit Dhillon. (2006). Metabolic syndrome: A marker of patients at high cardiovascular risk. Canadian Journal of Cardiology. 22. 85B–90B. 43 indexed citations

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Lau, David & Ramón Berguer. (2006). Correction of Superior Vena Cava Syndrome with Superficial Femoral Vein Juguloatrial Bypass. Annals of Vascular Surgery. 20(6). 839–841. 3 indexed citations

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Lau, David, Bikramjit Dhillon, Hongyun Yan, Paul E. Szmitko, & Subodh Verma. (2005). Adipokines: molecular links between obesity and atheroslcerosis. American Journal of Physiology-Heart and Circulatory Physiology. 288(5). H2031–H2041. 699 indexed citations breakdown →

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Lau, David, et al.. (1987). A Modified Human Tissue Plasminogen Activator with Extended Half–Life In Vivo. Nature Biotechnology. 5(9). 953–958. 47 indexed citations

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