Lin‐Fa Wang

52.9k total citations · 10 hit papers
456 papers, 26.4k citations indexed

About

Lin‐Fa Wang is a scholar working on Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology and Animal Science and Zoology. According to data from OpenAlex, Lin‐Fa Wang has authored 456 papers receiving a total of 26.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 306 papers in Infectious Diseases, 204 papers in Epidemiology and 75 papers in Animal Science and Zoology. Recurrent topics in Lin‐Fa Wang's work include Viral Infections and Vectors (194 papers), Virology and Viral Diseases (171 papers) and SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research (94 papers). Lin‐Fa Wang is often cited by papers focused on Viral Infections and Vectors (194 papers), Virology and Viral Diseases (171 papers) and SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research (94 papers). Lin‐Fa Wang collaborates with scholars based in Australia, Singapore and United States. Lin‐Fa Wang's co-authors include Bryan T. Eaton, Gary Crameri, Meng Yu, Zheng‐Li Shi, Christopher C. Broder, Peter Daszak, Danielle E. Anderson, Glenn A. Marsh, Deborah Middleton and Hume Field and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and New England Journal of Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Lin‐Fa Wang

439 papers receiving 25.7k citations

Hit Papers

5 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.

Bats Are Natural Reservoirs of SARS-Like Coronaviruses

2005 1.8k citations Wendong Li, Zheng‐Li Shi et al. Science profile →
SARS-CoV-2-specific T cell immunity in cases of COVID-19 and SARS, and uninfected controls

2020 1.2k citations Wan Ni Chia, Mark Chen et al. profile →
Isolation and characterization of a bat SARS-like coronavirus that uses the ACE2 receptor

2013 1.2k citations Xing‐Lou Yang, Jonathan H. Epstein et al. profile →
Infectious disease in an era of global change

2021 1.0k citations Lin‐Fa Wang et al. profile →
A SARS-CoV-2 surrogate virus neutralization test based on antibody-mediated blockage of ACE2–spike protein–protein interaction

2020 726 citations Chee Wah Tan, Wan Ni Chia et al. profile →
Discovery of a rich gene pool of bat SARS-related coronaviruses provides new insights into the origin of SARS coronavirus

2017 601 citations Ben Hu, Xing‐Lou Yang et al. profile →
Early induction of functional SARS-CoV-2-specific T cells associates with rapid viral clearance and mild disease in COVID-19 patients

2021 440 citations Chee Wah Tan, Wan Ni Chia et al. profile →
Bat origin of human coronaviruses

2015 317 citations Ben Hu, Xing‐Yi Ge et al. profile →
Lessons from the host defences of bats, a unique viral reservoir

2021 244 citations Danielle E. Anderson, Lin‐Fa Wang et al. profile →
ICTV Virus Taxonomy Profile: Paramyxoviridae

2019 208 citations Lin‐Fa Wang et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Lin‐Fa Wang Australia	78	18.6k	9.3k	4.0k	3.8k	3.4k	456	26.4k
Oliver G. Pybus United Kingdom	79	10.7k 0.6×	10.4k 1.1×	1.7k 0.4×	4.8k 1.3×	3.2k 1.0×	303	27.7k
Philippe Lemey Belgium	72	8.9k 0.5×	5.7k 0.6×	2.5k 0.6×	4.0k 1.1×	2.7k 0.8×	307	22.3k
Heinz Feldmann United States	96	25.2k 1.4×	10.5k 1.1×	1.5k 0.4×	2.8k 0.7×	3.4k 1.0×	487	30.3k
Peter Simmonds United Kingdom	102	15.0k 0.8×	17.8k 1.9×	4.5k 1.1×	4.1k 1.1×	2.0k 0.6×	529	38.6k
Christian Drosten Germany	91	39.8k 2.1×	6.4k 0.7×	6.0k 1.5×	7.4k 2.0×	4.8k 1.4×	419	53.2k
Marion Koopmans Netherlands	97	27.9k 1.5×	8.8k 1.0×	7.2k 1.8×	3.4k 0.9×	3.5k 1.0×	711	39.6k
Sergei L. Kosakovsky Pond United States	60	7.3k 0.4×	3.9k 0.4×	1.7k 0.4×	6.9k 1.8×	1.7k 0.5×	200	21.7k
Sherif R. Zaki United States	70	11.9k 0.6×	5.4k 0.6×	1.4k 0.3×	1.6k 0.4×	3.5k 1.0×	161	16.5k
Patrick C. Y. Woo Hong Kong	84	18.8k 1.0×	9.2k 1.0×	6.7k 1.7×	4.6k 1.2×	2.5k 0.7×	595	31.0k
Martin Beer Germany	69	11.2k 0.6×	5.9k 0.6×	3.2k 0.8×	1.7k 0.5×	1.8k 0.5×	673	20.6k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Lin‐Fa Wang

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

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Cai, Xiaoqing, Yu Liu, Yu Zhang, et al.. (2025). High-pressure Golgi-Cox neuronal staining for X-ray whole-brain imaging. 2(1). 100219–100219.

Tang, Shihua, Jiahao Chen, Lin‐Fa Wang, et al.. (2025). Accurate, Scalable Structural Variant Genotyping in Complex Genomes at Population Scales. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 42(8).

Li, Haichao, et al.. (2024). Study on material basis and anti-hypertensive metabolomics of Zhengan-Xifeng-Tang(ZXT): A comparison between ZXT decoction and granules. Journal of Chromatography B. 1236. 124063–124063.

Cui, Shidong, Yang-Chi-Dung Lin, Yixian Huang, et al.. (2024). miRTarBase 2025: updates to the collection of experimentally validated microRNA–target interactions. Nucleic Acids Research. 53(D1). D147–D156. 44 indexed citations

Wang, Lin‐Fa, Sharon R. Lewin, Nanshan Zhong, et al.. (2024). Pandemic research: the need for a paradigm shift. The Lancet Microbe. 6(4). 101048–101048. 2 indexed citations

Lim, Xiao Fang, Justin H. J. Ng, Wan Ni Chia, et al.. (2023). Genomic Characterization of a Relative of Mumps Virus in Lesser Dawn Bats of Southeast Asia. Viruses. 15(3). 659–659. 1 indexed citations

Selva, Kevin J., Ebene R. Haycroft, Arnold Reynaldi, et al.. (2023). Preexisting immunity restricts mucosal antibody recognition of SARS-CoV-2 and Fc profiles during breakthrough infections. JCI Insight. 8(18). 10 indexed citations

Mantri, Chinmay Kumar, Chee Wah Tan, Wilfried A. A. Saron, et al.. (2023). Mucosal SARS-CoV-2 vaccination of rodents elicits superior systemic T central memory function and cross-neutralising antibodies against variants of concern. EBioMedicine. 99. 104924–104924. 6 indexed citations

Mariën, Joachim, Johan Míchiels, Leo Heyndríckx, et al.. (2021). Evaluation of a surrogate virus neutralization test for high-throughput serosurveillance of SARS-CoV-2. Journal of Virological Methods. 297. 114228–114228. 28 indexed citations

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Chia, Wan Ni, Chee Wah Tan, Randy Foo, et al.. (2020). Serological differentiation between COVID-19 and SARS infections. Emerging Microbes & Infections. 9(1). 1497–1505. 70 indexed citations

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Peel, Alison J., Konstans Wells, J Giles, et al.. (2019). Synchronous shedding of multiple bat paramyxoviruses coincides with peak periods of Hendra virus spillover. Emerging Microbes & Infections. 8(1). 1314–1323. 47 indexed citations

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Yang, Xing‐Lou, Ben Hu, Bo Wang, et al.. (2015). Isolation and Characterization of a Novel Bat Coronavirus Closely Related to the Direct Progenitor of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus. Journal of Virology. 90(6). 3253–3256. 167 indexed citations

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Hayward, Joshua A., Mary Tachedjian, Jie Cui, et al.. (2013). Identification of diverse full-length endogenous betaretroviruses in megabats and microbats. Retrovirology. 10(1). 35–35. 37 indexed citations

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Breed, Andrew C., J. Meers, Indrawati Sendow, et al.. (2013). The Distribution of Henipaviruses in Southeast Asia and Australasia: Is Wallace’s Line a Barrier to Nipah Virus?. PLoS ONE. 8(4). e61316–e61316. 42 indexed citations

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Jiang, Yu, Lin‐Fa Wang, Zongji Lu, et al.. (2009). Seroprevalence of Rabies Virus Antibodies in Bats from Southern China. Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases. 10(2). 177–181. 17 indexed citations

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Zhou, Peng, Zhenggang Han, Lin‐Fa Wang, & Zheng‐Li Shi. (2009). Immunogenicity difference between the SARS coronavirus and the bat SARS-like coronavirus spike (S) proteins. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 387(2). 326–329. 6 indexed citations

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Chua, Kaw Bing, Gary Crameri, Alex D. Hyatt, et al.. (2007). A previously unknown reovirus of bat origin is associated with an acute respiratory disease in humans. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 104(27). 11424–11429. 173 indexed citations

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Li, Wendong, Zheng‐Li Shi, Meng Yu, et al.. (2005). Bats Are Natural Reservoirs of SARS-Like Coronaviruses. Science. 310(5748). 676–679. 1780 indexed citations breakdown →

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Chua, Kaw Bing, Lin‐Fa Wang, SK Lam, & Bryan T. Eaton. (2002). Full length genome sequence of Tioman virus, a novel paramyxovirus in the genus Rubulavirus isolated from fruit bats in Malaysia. Archives of Virology. 147(7). 1323–1348. 37 indexed citations

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Vaughan, Paul, Lin‐Fa Wang, David J. Stewart, Glenn G. Lilley, & Alexander A. Kortt. (1994). Expression in Escherichia coli of the extracellular basic protease from Dichelobacter nodosus. Microbiology. 140(8). 2093–2100. 3 indexed citations

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