David Ng

6.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
44 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

David Ng is a scholar working on Surgery, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. According to data from OpenAlex, David Ng has authored 44 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Surgery, 11 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and 10 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging. Recurrent topics in David Ng's work include Plant and animal studies (11 papers), Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis (7 papers) and Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (5 papers). David Ng is often cited by papers focused on Plant and animal studies (11 papers), Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis (7 papers) and Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (5 papers). David Ng collaborates with scholars based in Singapore, United States and Australia. David Ng's co-authors include Michael C. Singer, Caroline Thomas, Chris D. Thomas, Gerald A. Ferretti, Ingrid H. Valdez, Charles C. Muscoplat, Susan C. Gallagher, Jonas T. Johnson, Philip C. Fox and W. James Nethery and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, New England Journal of Medicine and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

David Ng

43 papers receiving 1.9k 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.

Chronic stress increases metastasis via neutrophil-mediated changes to the microenvironment

2024 121 citations Xue‐Yan He, David Ng et al. Cancer Cell profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
David Ng Singapore	22	499	408	303	276	268	44	2.0k
John E. Foster United States	28	213 0.4×	1.0k 2.6×	304 1.0×	766 2.8×	50 0.2×	111	2.6k
Monica S. Thakar United States	23	206 0.4×	126 0.3×	163 0.5×	56 0.2×	594 2.2×	64	2.5k
J.G. Baust United States	20	166 0.3×	223 0.5×	158 0.5×	83 0.3×	106 0.4×	42	1.4k
Daniel R. Ludwig United States	19	86 0.2×	210 0.5×	179 0.6×	86 0.3×	74 0.3×	125	1.9k
Víctor H. González United States	29	1.4k 2.8×	898 2.2×	93 0.3×	530 1.9×	55 0.2×	193	3.6k
Terenzio Congiu Italy	27	51 0.1×	233 0.6×	112 0.4×	133 0.5×	111 0.4×	112	2.2k
C. Lacroix France	23	80 0.2×	132 0.3×	107 0.4×	328 1.2×	113 0.4×	63	1.8k
Gunilla Andersson Sweden	27	308 0.6×	21 0.1×	177 0.6×	69 0.3×	289 1.1×	53	2.2k
Michael Cheeseman United Kingdom	24	75 0.2×	93 0.2×	248 0.8×	67 0.2×	157 0.6×	76	2.1k
Mikio Watanabe Japan	26	301 0.6×	9 0.0×	242 0.8×	165 0.6×	239 0.9×	181	2.8k

Countries citing papers authored by David Ng

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Fields of papers citing papers by David Ng

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of David Ng

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of David Ng. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of David Ng 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 Ng. David Ng is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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20 of 20 papers shown

Too, Chow Wei, Po‐Chin Liang, Chanisa Chotipanich, et al.. (2025). Real-world outcomes of selective internal radiation therapy with ⁹⁰ Y resin microspheres in HCC/mCRC: RESIN registry Asia. Future Oncology. 21(18). 2287–2297.

He, Xue‐Yan, David Ng, Evdokia Michalopoulou, et al.. (2024). Chronic stress increases metastasis via neutrophil-mediated changes to the microenvironment. Cancer Cell. 42(3). 474–486.e12. 121 indexed citations breakdown →

Man, Ryan Eyn Kidd, Eva Fenwick, Samuel Teong Huang Chew, et al.. (2023). Individual and combined associations of sarcopenia, osteoporosis and obesity with frailty in a multi-ethnic asian older adult population. BMC Geriatrics. 23(1). 802–802. 13 indexed citations

Wu, Xiaoli, Xue‐Yan He, Jonathan J. Ipsaro, et al.. (2022). OCA-T1 and OCA-T2 are coactivators of POU2F3 in the tuft cell lineage. Nature. 607(7917). 169–175. 48 indexed citations

Yuan, Shaopeng, Yihao Yang, Merve Deniz Abdusselamoglu, et al.. (2022). Ras drives malignancy through stem cell crosstalk with the microenvironment. Nature. 612(7940). 555–563. 53 indexed citations

Caruana, Dennis L., Keely Cheslack‐Postava, Juergen Thieme, et al.. (2022). Iraq/Afghanistan war lung injury reflects burn pits exposure. Scientific Reports. 12(1). 14671–14671. 14 indexed citations

Sun, Lijuan, Tim Kees, Ana S. Almeida, et al.. (2021). Activating a collaborative innate-adaptive immune response to control metastasis. Cancer Cell. 39(10). 1361–1374.e9. 171 indexed citations

Tong, Aaron Kian Ti, et al.. (2020). Molecular Imaging and Therapy of Liver Tumors. Seminars in Nuclear Medicine. 50(5). 419–433. 3 indexed citations

Thang, Sue Ping, et al.. (2020). Recombinant human thyrotropin versus thyroid hormone withdrawal in an Asian population. Endocrine. 69(1). 126–132. 4 indexed citations

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He, Xue‐Yan, David Ng, Linda Van Aelst, & Mikala Egeblad. (2019). Stressing Out about Cancer Immunotherapy. Cancer Cell. 36(5). 468–470. 10 indexed citations

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Marchesseau, Stéphanie, et al.. (2018). 18F-FDG PET-MRI with T1 MOLLI mapping to detect systemic sclerosis bowel inflammation and fibrosis. European Journal of Radiology. 105. 289–295. 5 indexed citations

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Tong, Aaron Kian Ti, et al.. (2016). Yttrium-90 hepatic radioembolization: clinical review and current techniques in interventional radiology and personalized dosimetry. British Journal of Radiology. 89(1062). 20150943–20150943. 69 indexed citations

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Allen, John Carson, David Ng, Guili Zhu, et al.. (2014). Survival and pattern of tumor progression with yttrium-90 microsphere radioembolization in predominantly hepatitis B Asian patients with hepatocellular carcinoma. Hepatology International. 8(3). 395–404. 35 indexed citations

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Kao, Yung Hsiang, et al.. (2011). The potential of hybrid SPECT/CT fusion imaging to improve diagnostic accuracy in the scintigraphic quantitative functional assessment of suspected unilateral mandibular hyperactivity. Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery. 16(1). 89–93. 12 indexed citations

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Lam, Winnie, David Ng, Wai Yin Wong, et al.. (2010). Promising role of [18F] fluorocholine PET/CT vs [18F] fluorodeoxyglucose PET/CT in primary brain tumors—Early experience. Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery. 113(2). 156–161. 27 indexed citations

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Kei, Pin Lin, et al.. (2010). [18F] FDG PET/CT in patients with fever of unknown origin: a local experience. Nuclear Medicine Communications. 31(9). 788–792. 33 indexed citations

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Chung, Alexander, et al.. (2006). A novel approach to brachytherapy in hepatocellular carcinoma using a phosphorous32 (32P) brachytherapy delivery device—a first-in-man study. International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics. 67(3). 786–792. 56 indexed citations

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Ng, David & Noel G. Dan. (1997). Cranioplasty and the syndrome of the trephined. Journal of Clinical Neuroscience. 4(3). 346–348. 24 indexed citations

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Johnson, Jonas T., Gerald A. Ferretti, W. James Nethery, et al.. (1993). Oral Pilocarpine for Post-Irradiation Xerostomia in Patients with Head and Neck Cancer. New England Journal of Medicine. 329(6). 390–395. 365 indexed citations

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Stermitz, Frank R., Gilbert N. Belofsky, David Ng, & Michael C. Singer. (1989). Quinolizidine alkaloids obtained byPedicularis semibarbata (Scrophulariaceae) fromLupinus fulcratus (Leguminosae) fail to influence the specialist herbivoreEuphydryas editha (Lepidoptera). Journal of Chemical Ecology. 15(11). 2521–2530. 44 indexed citations

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