Lowell Ling

10.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
51 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Lowell Ling is a scholar working on Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Lowell Ling has authored 51 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Infectious Diseases, 15 papers in Epidemiology and 11 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. Recurrent topics in Lowell Ling's work include Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment (9 papers), SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research (7 papers) and Respiratory Support and Mechanisms (7 papers). Lowell Ling is often cited by papers focused on Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment (9 papers), SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research (7 papers) and Respiratory Support and Mechanisms (7 papers). Lowell Ling collaborates with scholars based in Hong Kong, China and Australia. Lowell Ling's co-authors include Charles D. Gomersall, Chae‐Man Lim, Jigeeshu Vasishtha Divatia, Li Weng, Bin Du, Jason Phua, Babu Raja Shrestha, Masaji Nishimura, Yaseen M. Arabi and Moritoki Egi and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Advanced Functional Materials and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Lowell Ling

45 papers receiving 1.7k citations

Hit Papers

Intensive care management of coronavirus disease 2019 (CO... 2020 2026 2022 2024 2020 250 500 750 1000
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. Intensive care management of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19): challenges and recommendations
    2020 1.0k citations Jason Phua, Li Weng et al. The Lancet Respiratory Medicine profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Lowell Ling Hong Kong 15 586 446 283 265 257 51 1.8k
Shruti Gupta United States 21 926 1.6× 375 0.8× 451 1.6× 118 0.4× 520 2.0× 96 2.2k
Ankur Kalra United States 29 632 1.1× 508 1.1× 392 1.4× 216 0.8× 166 0.6× 254 3.6k
Yuanyuan Dong China 11 1.7k 2.9× 353 0.8× 415 1.5× 126 0.5× 380 1.5× 19 2.9k
Luca Carenzo Italy 15 1.3k 2.2× 404 0.9× 811 2.9× 68 0.3× 602 2.3× 60 2.5k
Qinyong Hu China 14 1.6k 2.7× 279 0.6× 844 3.0× 67 0.3× 502 2.0× 35 2.5k
Weiliang Tang China 12 1.1k 1.8× 306 0.7× 536 1.9× 59 0.2× 511 2.0× 33 2.4k
Kevin J. Clerkin United States 21 1.3k 2.1× 139 0.3× 721 2.5× 655 2.5× 395 1.5× 113 2.8k
Shuyun Xu China 19 1.9k 3.3× 499 1.1× 900 3.2× 192 0.7× 1.2k 4.8× 76 3.7k
Amy W. Williams United States 28 211 0.4× 448 1.0× 156 0.6× 115 0.4× 48 0.2× 72 2.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Lowell Ling

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Fields of papers citing papers by Lowell Ling

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Lowell Ling

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All Works

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Timsit, Jean‐François, Lowell Ling, Étienne de Montmollin, et al.. (2025). Antibiotic therapy for severe bacterial infections. Intensive Care Medicine. 51(10). 1867–1885. 1 indexed citations
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Chen, Zigui, Erik Fung, Chun Kwok Wong, et al.. (2024). Early Metabolomic and Immunologic Biomarkers as Prognostic Indicators for COVID-19. Metabolites. 14(7). 380–380. 2 indexed citations
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Chen, Huarong, Weixin Liu, Olabisi Oluwabukola Coker, et al.. (2024). Blood microbial signatures associated with mortality in patients with sepsis: A pilot study. Heliyon. 10(8). e29572–e29572. 2 indexed citations
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Chen, Zigui, Grace Lui, Lowell Ling, et al.. (2024). Quantitative and qualitative subgenomic RNA profiles of SARS-CoV-2 in respiratory samples: A comparison between Omicron BA.2 and non-VOC-D614G. Virologica Sinica. 39(2). 218–227. 2 indexed citations
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Huang, Baozhen, Zigui Chen, Grace Lui, et al.. (2024). Interferon response and profiling of interferon response genes in peripheral blood of vaccine-naive COVID-19 patients. Frontiers in Immunology. 14. 1315602–1315602.
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Ling, Lowell, Christopher K.C. Lai, Grace Lui, et al.. (2023). Characterization of upper airway microbiome across severity of COVID-19 during hospitalization and treatment. Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology. 13. 1205401–1205401. 3 indexed citations
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Chu, Raymond, Shi Zhao, Pauline Yeung Ng, et al.. (2023). Comparison of COVID-19 with influenza A in the ICU: a territory-wide, retrospective, propensity matched cohort on mortality and length of stay. BMJ Open. 13(7). e067101–e067101. 5 indexed citations
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Ng, Pauline Yeung, et al.. (2023). Ten-year territory-wide trends in the utilisation and clinical outcomes of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in Hong Kong. Hong Kong Medical Journal. 29(6). 514–523. 1 indexed citations
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Yeung, D., et al.. (2022). The effect of ethanol immersion on fit performance and comfort of a fit tested reusable mask. Journal of Industrial Textiles. 52. 2 indexed citations
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Ling, Lowell, et al.. (2022). Population study on diagnosis, treatment and outcomes of critically ill patients with tuberculosis (2008–2018). Thorax. 78(7). 674–681. 3 indexed citations
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Ng, Pauline Yeung, Lowell Ling, Dominic So, et al.. (2022). Restrictive and liberal transfusion strategies in extracorporeal membrane oxygenation: A retrospective observational study. Transfusion. 63(2). 294–304. 3 indexed citations
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Ling, Lowell, Wai‐Tat Wong, Jeffrey Lipman, & Gavin M. Joynt. (2022). A Narrative Review on the Approach to Antimicrobial Use in Ventilated Patients with Multidrug Resistant Organisms in Respiratory Samples—To Treat or Not to Treat? That Is the Question. Antibiotics. 11(4). 452–452. 4 indexed citations
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Hammond, Naomi, Bharath Kumar Tirupakuzhi Vijayaraghavan, Lowell Ling, et al.. (2022). Critical care resources, disaster preparedness, and sepsis management: Survey results from the Asia Pacific region. Journal of Hospital Administration. 11(1). 23–23.
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Wong, Wai‐Tat, et al.. (2021). Survival of mechanically ventilated ward patients and association with organisational factors: a multicentre prospective study. BMJ Open. 11(12). e052462–e052462. 3 indexed citations
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Ling, Lowell, et al.. (2021). Deep reinforcement learning approaches for global public health strategies for COVID-19 pandemic. PLoS ONE. 16(5). e0251550–e0251550. 26 indexed citations
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Phua, Jason, Li Weng, Lowell Ling, et al.. (2020). Intensive care management of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19): challenges and recommendations. The Lancet Respiratory Medicine. 8(5). 506–517. 1010 indexed citations breakdown →
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Ling, Lowell, Rhoda E. Kuc, Janet J. Maguire, et al.. (2012). Comparison of endothelin receptors in normal versus cirrhotic human liver and in the liver from endothelial cell-specific ETB knockout mice. Life Sciences. 91(13-14). 716–722. 20 indexed citations

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