Foon Yin Lai

5.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
89 papers, 3.3k citations indexed

About

Foon Yin Lai is a scholar working on Pollution, Toxicology and Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis. According to data from OpenAlex, Foon Yin Lai has authored 89 papers receiving a total of 3.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 49 papers in Pollution, 31 papers in Toxicology and 27 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis. Recurrent topics in Foon Yin Lai's work include Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts (49 papers), Forensic Toxicology and Drug Analysis (31 papers) and Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact (13 papers). Foon Yin Lai is often cited by papers focused on Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts (49 papers), Forensic Toxicology and Drug Analysis (31 papers) and Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact (13 papers). Foon Yin Lai collaborates with scholars based in Australia, Sweden and Belgium. Foon Yin Lai's co-authors include Jochen F. Mueller, Phong K. Thai, Christoph Ort, Lutz Ahrens, Raimondo Bruno, Steve Carter, Wayne Hall, Adrian Covaci, Jeremy Prichard and Alexander L.N. van Nuijs and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Environmental Science & Technology and Analytical Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Foon Yin Lai

86 papers receiving 3.3k citations

Hit Papers

1 papers align trajectories

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.

Antimicrobial Transformation Products in the Aquatic Environment: Global Occurrence, Ecotoxicological Risks, and Potential of Antibiotic Resistance

2023 101 citations Beate I. Escher, Christine Baduel et al. Environmental Science & Technology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Foon Yin Lai Australia	33	1.6k	1.1k	768	460	370	89	3.3k
Malcolm J. Reid Norway	33	1.7k 1.0×	946 0.9×	686 0.9×	685 1.5×	376 1.0×	73	3.3k
Lubertus Bijlsma Spain	40	2.3k 1.4×	1.1k 1.0×	1.2k 1.6×	1.2k 2.6×	425 1.1×	105	4.8k
Emma Gracia‐Lor Spain	28	1.5k 0.9×	720 0.7×	326 0.4×	782 1.7×	297 0.8×	47	2.7k
Senka Terzić Croatia	29	1.6k 1.0×	789 0.7×	351 0.5×	559 1.2×	130 0.4×	64	2.7k
Ivan Senta Croatia	26	1.6k 1.0×	643 0.6×	310 0.4×	496 1.1×	174 0.5×	35	2.3k
Erik Emke Netherlands	26	1.2k 0.7×	527 0.5×	663 0.9×	478 1.0×	308 0.8×	53	2.3k
Renzo Bagnati Italy	34	3.4k 2.1×	1.5k 1.3×	683 0.9×	1.5k 3.2×	284 0.8×	100	6.4k
Bikram Subedi United States	22	1.5k 1.0×	933 0.9×	211 0.3×	543 1.2×	138 0.4×	37	2.4k
Cristina Postigo Spain	43	3.0k 1.9×	2.2k 2.0×	543 0.7×	1.3k 2.8×	138 0.4×	83	5.3k
Richard Bade Australia	27	863 0.5×	458 0.4×	464 0.6×	427 0.9×	283 0.8×	50	2.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Foon Yin Lai

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Foon Yin Lai

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20 of 20 papers shown

Lai, Foon Yin, et al.. (2025). Investigating the Stability of Individual Carboxylate-Rich Alicyclic Molecules Under Simulated Environmental Irradiation and Microbial Incubation Conditions. Environmental Science & Technology. 59(33). 17571–17580. 1 indexed citations

Schymanski, Emma, et al.. (2025). In Silico Frontiers Shaping the Next Generation of Transformation Product Prediction and Toxicological Assessment. Environmental Science & Technology. 59(36). 19095–19106.

Henschel, Henning, et al.. (2025). Exploring the Role of Photolysis in the Aquatic Fate of Antimicrobial Transformation Products: Implications for One Health. ACS ES&T Water. 5(7). 4112–4119. 1 indexed citations

Guo, Chao, Savita R. Tapase, Benjamin D. Jaffe, et al.. (2025). Characterization of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in willow and poplar and the impact of soil amendments on accumulation rates. Environmental Technology & Innovation. 37. 104048–104048. 7 indexed citations

Gao, Jianfa, Foon Yin Lai, Cristina Postigo, & Mengting Yang. (2024). Advances in the analysis of disinfection by-products with mass spectrometry: Sample preparation and target/non-target screening. TrAC Trends in Analytical Chemistry. 173. 117621–117621. 7 indexed citations

Lai, Adelene, et al.. (2024). Enhanced Risk Assessment of Transformation Products through Chemical Similarity Analysis. ACS ES&T Water. 4(5). 1949–1951. 4 indexed citations

Lai, Foon Yin, et al.. (2024). Higher temperatures exacerbate effects of antibiotics on methanogenesis in freshwater sediment. Communications Earth & Environment. 5(1). 2 indexed citations

Chernysh, Yelizaveta, Přemysl Soldán, Foon Yin Lai, et al.. (2024). Risk Assessment as a Tool to Improve Water Resource Management. Water Resources Management. 39(1). 47–63. 6 indexed citations

Jonsson, O., et al.. (2024). In situ active sampling of steroid hormones in water using a novel TIMFIE device: Validation and applicability. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 11. 100143–100143. 1 indexed citations

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Escher, Beate I., et al.. (2023). Antimicrobial Transformation Products in the Aquatic Environment: Global Occurrence, Ecotoxicological Risks, and Potential of Antibiotic Resistance. Environmental Science & Technology. 57(26). 9474–9494. 101 indexed citations breakdown →

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Gao, Jianfa, Daniel A. Burgard, Benjamin J. Tscharke, et al.. (2022). Refining the estimation of amphetamine consumption by wastewater-based epidemiology. Water Research. 225. 119182–119182. 12 indexed citations

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Wilkins, Chris, Foon Yin Lai, Jake O’Brien, Phong K. Thai, & Jochen F. Mueller. (2018). Comparing methamphetamine, MDMA, cocaine, codeine and methadone use between the Auckland region and four Australian states using wastewater-based epidemiology (WBE).. PubMed. 131(1478). 12–20. 5 indexed citations

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Prichard, Jeremy, Foon Yin Lai, Phong K. Thai, et al.. (2017). Wastewater analysis of substance use: Implications for law, policy and research. QUT ePrints (Queensland University of Technology). 24(4). 837–849. 3 indexed citations

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Lai, Foon Yin, Jake O’Brien, Phong K. Thai, et al.. (2016). Cocaine, MDMA and methamphetamine residues in wastewater: Consumption trends (2009–2015) in South East Queensland, Australia. QUT ePrints (Queensland University of Technology). 1 indexed citations

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Lai, Foon Yin, Phong K. Thai, Christoph Ort, et al.. (2016). Challenges and opportunities in using wastewater analysis to measure drug use in a small prison facility. Figshare. 1 indexed citations

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McCall, Ann‐Kathrin, Richard Bade, Juliet Kinyua, et al.. (2015). Critical review on the stability of illicit drugs in sewers and wastewater samples. Water Research. 88. 933–947. 246 indexed citations

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Lai, Foon Yin, Phong K. Thai, Christoph Ort, et al.. (2014). Challenges and opportunities in using wastewater analysis to measure drug use in a small prison facility. Drug and Alcohol Review. 35(2). 138–147. 34 indexed citations

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Lai, Foon Yin, Jeremy Prichard, Raimondo Bruno, et al.. (2014). Sewage-based epidemiology: a novel, emerging approach to estimating population-level illicit drug consumption. eCite Digital Repository (University of Tasmania). 1 indexed citations

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Prichard, Jeremy, Foon Yin Lai, K. Paul Kirkbride, et al.. (2012). Measuring drug use patterns in Queensland through wastewater analysis. Australian Institute of Criminology eBooks. 17 indexed citations

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Prichard, Jeremy, Christoph Ort, Raimondo Bruno, et al.. (2010). Developing a Method for Site-Specific Wastewater Analysis: Implications for Prisons and Other Agencies with an Interest in Illicit Drug Use. eCite Digital Repository (University of Tasmania). 3 indexed citations

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