Leo L. M. Poon

71.5k total citations · 22 hit papers
303 papers, 41.1k citations indexed

About

Leo L. M. Poon is a scholar working on Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology and Animal Science and Zoology. According to data from OpenAlex, Leo L. M. Poon has authored 303 papers receiving a total of 41.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 184 papers in Infectious Diseases, 128 papers in Epidemiology and 60 papers in Animal Science and Zoology. Recurrent topics in Leo L. M. Poon's work include SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research (125 papers), Influenza Virus Research Studies (115 papers) and Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology (72 papers). Leo L. M. Poon is often cited by papers focused on SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research (125 papers), Influenza Virus Research Studies (115 papers) and Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology (72 papers). Leo L. M. Poon collaborates with scholars based in Hong Kong, China and United States. Leo L. M. Poon's co-authors include Malik Peiris, Yi Guan, Kwok‐Yung Yuen, John M. Nicholls, Kwok Hung Chan, Alexander E. Gorbalenya, John Ziebuhr, Daniel K. W. Chu, Christian Drosten and Ralph S. Baric and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Leo L. M. Poon

300 papers receiving 40.0k citations

Hit Papers

The species Severe acute ... 2002 2026 2010 2018 2020 2003 2003 2003 2020 1000 2.0k 3.0k 4.0k
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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.

  1. The species Severe acute respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus: classifying 2019-nCoV and naming it SARS-CoV-2
    2020 5.0k citations Alexander E. Gorbalenya, Leo L. M. Poon et al. profile →
  2. Coronavirus as a possible cause of severe acute respiratory syndrome
    2003 2.2k citations Malik Peiris, Leo L. M. Poon et al. profile →
  3. Clinical progression and viral load in a community outbreak of coronavirus-associated SARS pneumonia: a prospective study
    2003 1.8k citations Malik Peiris, Leo L. M. Poon et al. profile →
  4. Isolation and Characterization of Viruses Related to the SARS Coronavirus from Animals in Southern China
    2003 1.7k citations Yi Guan, Y. M. Cheung et al. profile →
  5. Viral load of SARS-CoV-2 in clinical samples
    2020 1.1k citations Leo L. M. Poon et al. profile →
  6. Characterization and Complete Genome Sequence of a Novel Coronavirus, Coronavirus HKU1, from Patients with Pneumonia
    2004 1.1k citations Leo L. M. Poon, Yi Guan et al. Journal of Virology profile →
  7. Epidemiology and cause of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) in Guangdong, People's Republic of China, in February, 2003
    2003 1.1k citations Leo L. M. Poon, Malik Peiris et al. profile →
  8. Unique and Conserved Features of Genome and Proteome of SARS-coronavirus, an Early Split-off From the Coronavirus Group 2 Lineage
    2003 938 citations Eric J. Snijder, Peter J. Bredenbeek et al. Journal of Molecular Biology profile →
  9. Commentary: Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV): Announcement of the Coronavirus Study Group
    2013 917 citations Alexander E. Gorbalenya, Leo L. M. Poon et al. Journal of Virology profile →
  10. Molecular Diagnosis of a Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Causing an Outbreak of Pneumonia
    2020 891 citations Daniel K. W. Chu, Samuel M. S. Cheng et al. profile →
  11. Pathogenesis and transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in golden hamsters
    2020 814 citations Alex W. H. Chin, Prathanporn Kaewpreedee et al. Nature profile →
  12. Lung pathology of fatal severe acute respiratory syndrome
    2003 802 citations John M. Nicholls, Leo L. M. Poon et al. profile →
  13. Induction of proinflammatory cytokines in human macrophages by influenza A (H5N1) viruses: a mechanism for the unusual severity of human disease?
    2002 718 citations Leo L. M. Poon, Yi Guan et al. profile →
  14. The Effects of Temperature and Relative Humidity on the Viability of the SARS Coronavirus
    2011 675 citations Malik Peiris, Leo L. M. Poon et al. profile →
  15. A Highly Conserved Neutralizing Epitope on Group 2 Influenza A Viruses
    2011 660 citations Leo L. M. Poon, Malik Peiris et al. profile →
  16. Heterosubtypic Neutralizing Monoclonal Antibodies Cross-Protective against H5N1 and H1N1 Recovered from Human IgM+ Memory B Cells
    2008 596 citations Leo L. M. Poon, Yi Guan et al. profile →
  17. Infection of dogs with SARS-CoV-2
    2020 505 citations Thomas H. C. Sit, Christopher J. Brackman et al. Nature profile →
  18. SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant replication in human bronchus and lung ex vivo
    2022 496 citations Kenrie P. Y. Hui, John Chi Wang Ho et al. Nature profile →
  19. Tropism, replication competence, and innate immune responses of the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 in human respiratory tract and conjunctiva: an analysis in ex-vivo and in-vitro cultures
    2020 367 citations Kenrie P. Y. Hui, Man Chun Cheung et al. profile →
  20. Neutralizing antibodies against the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant BA.1 following homologous and heterologous CoronaVac or BNT162b2 vaccination
    2022 211 citations Samuel M. S. Cheng, Chris Ka Pun Mok et al. profile →
  21. Neutralizing antibody titres in SARS-CoV-2 infections
    2021 209 citations Owen TY Tsang, David S.C. Hui et al. Nature Communications profile →
  22. The episodic resurgence of highly pathogenic avian influenza H5 virus
    2023 143 citations Ruopeng Xie, Kimberly M. Edwards et al. Nature profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Leo L. M. Poon Hong Kong 93 27.8k 10.7k 6.9k 5.9k 4.1k 303 41.1k
George F. Gao China 93 28.3k 1.0× 11.7k 1.1× 4.0k 0.6× 10.8k 1.8× 7.9k 1.9× 744 56.2k
Marion Koopmans Netherlands 97 27.9k 1.0× 8.8k 0.8× 7.2k 1.0× 3.4k 0.6× 2.5k 0.6× 711 39.6k
Kwok‐Yung Yuen Hong Kong 127 51.0k 1.8× 22.4k 2.1× 11.3k 1.7× 11.4k 1.9× 7.0k 1.7× 1.1k 81.4k
Christian Drosten Germany 91 39.8k 1.4× 6.4k 0.6× 6.0k 0.9× 7.4k 1.3× 3.9k 1.0× 419 53.2k
Yi Guan Hong Kong 105 26.4k 1.0× 27.5k 2.6× 7.0k 1.0× 6.7k 1.1× 6.6k 1.6× 371 49.8k
Patrick C. Y. Woo Hong Kong 84 18.8k 0.7× 9.2k 0.9× 6.7k 1.0× 4.6k 0.8× 2.0k 0.5× 595 31.0k
Ron A. M. Fouchier Netherlands 101 25.7k 0.9× 30.2k 2.8× 5.2k 0.8× 6.5k 1.1× 8.0k 2.0× 462 48.0k
Vincent J. Munster United States 63 14.9k 0.5× 10.2k 1.0× 2.4k 0.3× 2.5k 0.4× 2.2k 0.5× 219 23.0k
Malik Peiris Hong Kong 131 41.9k 1.5× 35.8k 3.4× 8.8k 1.3× 8.0k 1.4× 10.1k 2.5× 854 75.0k
Kwok‐Hung Chan Hong Kong 74 15.8k 0.6× 6.0k 0.6× 4.7k 0.7× 2.0k 0.3× 1.8k 0.4× 223 23.0k

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All Works

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Cabral‐Miranda, Gustavo, et al.. (2025). Coronavirus Cryptic Landscape and Draft Genome of a Novel CoV Clade Related to MERS From Bats Circulating in Northeastern Brazil. Journal of Medical Virology. 97(1). e70173–e70173. 2 indexed citations
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Cao, Yi, Alex W. H. Chin, Haogao Gu, et al.. (2025). An interferon-stimulated long non-coding RNA USP30-AS1 as an immune modulator in influenza A virus infection. PLoS Pathogens. 21(1). e1012854–e1012854. 2 indexed citations
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Cohen, Carolyn A., Haogao Gu, Raghavan Varadarajan, et al.. (2024). Influenza antibody breadth and effector functions are immune correlates from acquisition of pandemic infection of children. Nature Communications. 15(1). 3210–3210. 1 indexed citations
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Cohen, Carolyn A., Nancy Leung, Prathanporn Kaewpreedee, et al.. (2024). Antibody Fc receptor binding and T cell responses to homologous and heterologous immunization with inactivated or mRNA vaccines against SARS-CoV-2. Nature Communications. 15(1). 7358–7358. 3 indexed citations
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Cheng, Samuel M. S., Alex W. H. Chin, Kathy Leung, et al.. (2023). Avian Influenza A(H5N1) Neuraminidase Inhibition Antibodies in Healthy Adults after Exposure to Influenza A(H1N1)pdm09. Emerging infectious diseases. 30(1). 168–171. 21 indexed citations
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Xu, Xiaoqing, Yu Deng, Jiahui Ding, et al.. (2023). Refining detection methods for emerging SARS-CoV-2 mutants in wastewater: A case study on the Omicron variants. The Science of The Total Environment. 904. 166215–166215. 5 indexed citations
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Xu, Xiaoqing, Yu Deng, Jiahui Ding, et al.. (2023). Wastewater genomic sequencing for SARS-CoV-2 variants surveillance in wastewater-based epidemiology applications. Water Research. 244. 120444–120444. 8 indexed citations
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So, Ray T. Y., Daniel K. W. Chu, Kenrie P. Y. Hui, et al.. (2023). Amino acid substitution L232F in non-structural protein 6 identified as a possible human-adaptive mutation in clade B MERS coronaviruses. Journal of Virology. 97(12). e0136923–e0136923. 3 indexed citations
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Cheng, Samuel M. S., Kathy Leung, Cheuk Kwong Lee, et al.. (2023). Serological assays for differentiating natural COVID-19 infection from vaccine induced immunity. Journal of Clinical Virology. 170. 105621–105621. 3 indexed citations
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Hui, Kenrie P. Y., John Chi Wang Ho, Man Chun Cheung, et al.. (2022). SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant replication in human bronchus and lung ex vivo. Nature. 603(7902). 715–720. 496 indexed citations breakdown →
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Leung, Nancy, Samuel M. S. Cheng, Mario Martín-Sánchez, et al.. (2022). Immunogenicity of a Third Dose of BNT162b2 to Ancestral Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 and the Omicron Variant in Adults Who Received 2 Doses of Inactivated Vaccine. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 76(3). e299–e307. 10 indexed citations
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Cowling, Benjamin J., Samuel M. S. Cheng, Mario Martín-Sánchez, et al.. (2022). Slow Waning of Antibodies Following BNT162b2 as a Third Dose in Adults Who Had Previously Received 2 Doses of Inactivated Vaccine. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 227(2). 251–255. 4 indexed citations
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Gu, Haogao, Daisy Y.M. Ng, Pavithra Krishnan, et al.. (2022). Development of multiplex RT‐ddPCR assays for detection of SARS‐CoV‐2 and other common respiratory virus infections. Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses. 17(1). e13084–e13084. 5 indexed citations
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Xu, Xiaoqing, Yu Deng, Jiahui Ding, et al.. (2022). Real-time allelic assays of SARS-CoV-2 variants to enhance sewage surveillance. Water Research. 220. 118686–118686. 21 indexed citations
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Vijaykrishna, Dhanasekaran, Kimberly M. Edwards, Ruopeng Xie, et al.. (2021). Air travel-related outbreak of multiple SARS-CoV-2 variants. Journal of Travel Medicine. 28(8). 11 indexed citations
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Chu, Daniel K. W., et al.. (2020). A six‐plex droplet digital RT‐PCR assay for seasonal influenza virus typing, subtyping, and lineage determination. Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses. 14(6). 720–729. 15 indexed citations
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Perera, Ranawaka A. P. M., Ronald LW Ko, Owen TY Tsang, et al.. (2020). Evaluation of a SARS-CoV-2 Surrogate Virus Neutralization Test for Detection of Antibody in Human, Canine, Cat, and Hamster Sera. Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 59(2). 102 indexed citations
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Behzadinasab, Saeed, Alex W. H. Chin, Mohsen Hosseini, Leo L. M. Poon, & William A. Ducker. (2020). A Surface Coating that Rapidly Inactivates SARS-CoV-2. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 12(31). 34723–34727. 168 indexed citations
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Tang, Xianfeng, Shiyong Zhang, Xiaomin Fan, et al.. (2006). Prevalence and Genetic Diversity of Coronaviruses in Bats from China. Journal of Virology. 80(15). 7481–7490. 256 indexed citations
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Snijder, Eric J., Peter J. Bredenbeek, Jessika C. Dobbe, et al.. (2003). Unique and Conserved Features of Genome and Proteome of SARS-coronavirus, an Early Split-off From the Coronavirus Group 2 Lineage. Journal of Molecular Biology. 331(5). 991–1004. 938 indexed citations breakdown →

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