Joseph Wee

2.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
7 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Joseph Wee is a scholar working on Oncology, Otorhinolaryngology and Dermatology. According to data from OpenAlex, Joseph Wee has authored 7 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 4 papers in Oncology, 3 papers in Otorhinolaryngology and 2 papers in Dermatology. Recurrent topics in Joseph Wee's work include Viral-associated cancers and disorders (3 papers), Head and Neck Cancer Studies (3 papers) and Dermatology and Skin Diseases (2 papers). Joseph Wee is often cited by papers focused on Viral-associated cancers and disorders (3 papers), Head and Neck Cancer Studies (3 papers) and Dermatology and Skin Diseases (2 papers). Joseph Wee collaborates with scholars based in Singapore and Hong Kong. Joseph Wee's co-authors include Melvin L.K. Chua, Edwin P. Hui, Anthony T.�C. Chan, Anthony Goon, Chee Leok Goh, Gil Yosipovitch, Y. H. Chan, Inbar Zucker, Sharon Shuxian Poh and Yin‐Bun Cheung and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, Journal of Clinical Oncology and British Journal of Dermatology.

In The Last Decade

Joseph Wee

7 papers receiving 1.5k 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.

Nasopharyngeal carcinoma

2015 955 citations Melvin L.K. Chua, Joseph Wee et al. The Lancet profile →

Peers

Joseph Wee

DERMA

ONCOL

OTORH

MB

CR

Leonidas Manolopoulos Greece

Ryo Kawata Japan

Tohru Ishikawa Japan

Johannes J. Manni Netherlands

Alvin W. Martin United States

Mark Lee United States

Nobuhiro Hanai Japan

Yong‐Kie Wong Taiwan

Georg Weinlich Austria

Leonidas Manolopoulos Greece

Joseph Wee

90 ×0.2

DERMA

357 ×0.9

ONCOL

365 ×0.9

OTORH

300 ×0.8

MB

105 ×0.3

CR

Citations per year, relative to Joseph Wee Joseph Wee (= 1×) peers Leonidas Manolopoulos

Countries citing papers authored by Joseph Wee

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Citations

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Fields of papers citing papers by Joseph Wee

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Joseph Wee. 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 Joseph Wee. The network helps show where Joseph Wee may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Joseph Wee

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

All Works

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7 of 7 papers shown

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Sommat, Kiattisa, Chwee Ming Lim, Cheng‐Ping Wang, et al.. (2025). Impact of Clinical Surveillance on Outcomes of Locally Recurrent Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma. Head & Neck. 47(6). 1593–1601. 1 indexed citations

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Wee, Joseph & Sharon Shuxian Poh. (2017). The most important questions in cancer research and clinical oncology. Chinese Journal of Cancer. 36(1). 13–13. 5 indexed citations

3.

Poh, Sharon Shuxian, Melvin L.K. Chua, & Joseph Wee. (2016). Carcinogenesis of nasopharyngeal carcinoma: an alternate hypothetical mechanism. Chinese Journal of Cancer. 35(1). 9–9. 25 indexed citations

4.

Chua, Melvin L.K., Joseph Wee, Edwin P. Hui, & Anthony T.�C. Chan. (2015). Nasopharyngeal carcinoma. The Lancet. 387(10022). 1012–1024. 955 indexed citations breakdown →

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Cheung, Yin‐Bun, et al.. (2005). Variability and Sample Size Requirements of Quality-of-Life Measures: A Randomized Study of Three Major Questionnaires. Journal of Clinical Oncology. 23(22). 4936–4944. 50 indexed citations

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Yosipovitch, Gil, Anthony Goon, Joseph Wee, et al.. (2002). Itch characteristics in Chinese patients with atopic dermatitis using a new questionnaire for the assessment of pruritus. International Journal of Dermatology. 41(4). 212–216. 154 indexed citations

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Yosipovitch, Gil, Anthony Goon, Joseph Wee, Y. H. Chan, & Chee Leok Goh. (2000). The prevalence and clinical characteristics of pruritus among patients with extensive psoriasis. British Journal of Dermatology. 143(5). 969–973. 330 indexed citations

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