Ling Sang

9.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
50 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Ling Sang is a scholar working on Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine and Infectious Diseases. According to data from OpenAlex, Ling Sang has authored 50 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 20 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, 11 papers in Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine and 10 papers in Infectious Diseases. Recurrent topics in Ling Sang's work include Respiratory Support and Mechanisms (16 papers), COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies (9 papers) and Intensive Care Unit Cognitive Disorders (7 papers). Ling Sang is often cited by papers focused on Respiratory Support and Mechanisms (16 papers), COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies (9 papers) and Intensive Care Unit Cognitive Disorders (7 papers). Ling Sang collaborates with scholars based in China, Germany and Taiwan. Ling Sang's co-authors include Yimin Li, Nanshan Zhong, Wenhua Liang, Wei‐jie Guan, Jianxing He, Yuanda Xu, Nuofu Zhang, Zisheng Chen, Yi Zhao and Jiatao Lu and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Critical Care Medicine and Frontiers in Immunology.

In The Last Decade

Ling Sang

44 papers receiving 1.4k citations

Hit Papers

Development and Validation of a Clinical Risk Score to Pr... 2020 2026 2022 2024 2020 250 500 750
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.

  1. Development and Validation of a Clinical Risk Score to Predict the Occurrence of Critical Illness in Hospitalized Patients With COVID-19
    2020 829 citations Wenhua Liang, Yimin Li et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Ling Sang China 16 737 320 310 306 274 50 1.4k
Pascal Bilbault France 16 564 0.8× 259 0.8× 219 0.7× 171 0.6× 266 1.0× 89 1.5k
Hyunsook Hong South Korea 20 484 0.7× 157 0.5× 227 0.7× 307 1.0× 248 0.9× 53 1.5k
Nuofu Zhang China 14 808 1.1× 375 1.2× 256 0.8× 391 1.3× 334 1.2× 58 1.7k
Sharukh Lokhandwala United States 7 1.1k 1.5× 686 2.1× 236 0.8× 282 0.9× 303 1.1× 12 1.7k
Shane O’Mahony Ireland 4 1.1k 1.5× 691 2.2× 203 0.7× 398 1.3× 332 1.2× 4 1.8k
Natalie Yip United States 13 954 1.3× 632 2.0× 230 0.7× 390 1.3× 355 1.3× 20 1.7k
María Gabriela Acuña Chong Ecuador 3 1.1k 1.5× 685 2.1× 172 0.6× 263 0.9× 300 1.1× 5 1.6k
Loris Roncon Italy 23 533 0.7× 492 1.5× 386 1.2× 519 1.7× 234 0.9× 202 2.5k
Pavan K. Bhatraju United States 18 1.2k 1.7× 744 2.3× 415 1.3× 587 1.9× 377 1.4× 63 2.7k
Xiangdong Guan China 19 455 0.6× 246 0.8× 452 1.5× 258 0.8× 192 0.7× 84 1.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Ling Sang

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ling Sang

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ling Sang

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

All Works

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Zheng, Yongxin, Yu Zhang, Xiumei Deng, et al.. (2025). Indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase 1 drives epithelial cells ferroptosis in influenza-induced acute lung injury. Redox Biology. 81. 103572–103572. 1 indexed citations
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Chen, Wei, et al.. (2024). Selective inhibition mechanism of three inhibitors to BRD4 uncovered by molecular docking and molecular dynamics simulations. SAR and QSAR in environmental research. 35(12). 1199–1219. 1 indexed citations
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Xu, Zhiheng, Jing Zhou, Zhimin Lin, et al.. (2023). The accuracy of simplified calculation of mechanical power: a simulation study. Journal of Thoracic Disease. 15(6). 3237–3244. 2 indexed citations
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Zheng, Yongxin, Jinping Wang, Jiamei Zhang, et al.. (2023). A diagnostic model for sepsis-induced acute lung injury using a consensus machine learning approach and its therapeutic implications. Journal of Translational Medicine. 21(1). 620–620. 26 indexed citations
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Zhang, Baozhu, Wenjing Li, Hanwen Liang, et al.. (2023). Changes of blood gas analysis in moderate-to-severe acute respiratory distress syndrome patients during long-term prone position ventilation: a retrospective cohort study. Annals of Translational Medicine. 11(2). 86–86. 3 indexed citations
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Zheng, Yongxin, Baiyun Liu, Yongbo Huang, et al.. (2022). Construction and validation of a robust prognostic model based on immune features in sepsis. Frontiers in Immunology. 13. 994295–994295. 6 indexed citations
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Yu, Jie, Shilong Lin, Li Jiang, et al.. (2021). Severe COVID-19 has a distinct phenotype from bacterial sepsis: a retrospective cohort study in deceased patients. Annals of Translational Medicine. 9(13). 1054–1054. 7 indexed citations
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Sang, Ling, Xia Zheng, Zhanqi Zhao, et al.. (2021). Lung Recruitment, Individualized PEEP, and Prone Position Ventilation for COVID-19-Associated Severe ARDS: A Single Center Observational Study. Frontiers in Medicine. 7. 603943–603943. 10 indexed citations
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Zhou, Jing, Weibo Liang, Lingbo Nong, et al.. (2021). Independent risk factors of hypoxemia in patients after surgery with acute type A aortic dissection. Annals of Palliative Medicine. 10(7). 7388–7397. 16 indexed citations
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Li, Xuyan, Ming Hu, Ruiqiang Zheng, et al.. (2021). Delayed Initiation of ECMO Is Associated With Poor Outcomes in Patients With Severe COVID-19: A Multicenter Retrospective Cohort Study. Frontiers in Medicine. 8. 716086–716086. 19 indexed citations
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Sang, Ling, et al.. (2021). MiR-1179 is downregulated in cervical cancer and its overexpression suppresses cancer cells invasion by targeting CHAF1A/ZEB1. Acta Biochimica Polonica. 68(2). 193–199. 4 indexed citations
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Zhong, Ming, Li Jiang, Nanshan Chen, et al.. (2020). Effects of the Lower Airway Secretions on Airway Opening Pressures and Suction Pressures in Critically Ill COVID-19 Patients: A Computational Simulation. Annals of Biomedical Engineering. 48(12). 3003–3013. 10 indexed citations
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Shang, You, Chun Pan, Xianghong Yang, et al.. (2020). Management of critically ill patients with COVID-19 in ICU: statement from front-line intensive care experts in Wuhan, China. Annals of Intensive Care. 10(1). 73–73. 149 indexed citations
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Sang, Ling, Sibei Chen, Lingbo Nong, et al.. (2020). The Prevalence, Risk Factors, and Prognosis of Acute Kidney Injury After Lung Transplantation: A Single-Center Cohort Study in China. Transplantation Proceedings. 53(2). 686–691. 6 indexed citations
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Sang, Ling, Zhanqi Zhao, Zhimin Lin, et al.. (2020). A narrative review of electrical impedance tomography in lung diseases with flow limitation and hyperinflation: methodologies and applications. Annals of Translational Medicine. 8(24). 1688–1688. 25 indexed citations

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