Melissa Lai

494 total citations
20 papers, 206 citations indexed

About

Melissa Lai is a scholar working on Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Melissa Lai has authored 20 papers receiving a total of 206 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, 9 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and 4 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Melissa Lai's work include Neonatal and fetal brain pathology (9 papers), Neonatal Respiratory Health Research (8 papers) and Infant Development and Preterm Care (6 papers). Melissa Lai is often cited by papers focused on Neonatal and fetal brain pathology (9 papers), Neonatal Respiratory Health Research (8 papers) and Infant Development and Preterm Care (6 papers). Melissa Lai collaborates with scholars based in Australia, Italy and Qatar. Melissa Lai's co-authors include Paul B. Colditz, Md. Abdul Awal, B. Boashash, Ghasem Azemi, Robert S. Ware, Roslyn N. Boyd, David Cartwright, Michael Colditz, Simon Finnigan and Jürgen Fripp and has published in prestigious journals such as Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, Clinical Neurophysiology and Pediatric Research.

In The Last Decade

Melissa Lai

15 papers receiving 203 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Melissa Lai Australia 7 153 72 30 19 19 20 206
Angela Huertas‐Ceballos United Kingdom 11 250 1.6× 103 1.4× 31 1.0× 23 1.2× 15 0.8× 18 364
Katarina Lindström Sweden 7 211 1.4× 118 1.6× 16 0.5× 51 2.7× 20 1.1× 11 311
Alexa Craig United States 12 243 1.6× 100 1.4× 10 0.3× 40 2.1× 39 2.1× 38 361
Britta Hüning Germany 11 283 1.8× 167 2.3× 53 1.8× 23 1.2× 9 0.5× 28 422
Rita de Cássia Xavier Balda Brazil 13 482 3.2× 102 1.4× 22 0.7× 24 1.3× 23 1.2× 44 563
Deirdre O’Reilly United States 11 105 0.7× 65 0.9× 29 1.0× 26 1.4× 14 0.7× 20 297
M Olivier‐Martin France 9 375 2.5× 82 1.1× 16 0.5× 28 1.5× 36 1.9× 23 507
Judy McMichael Australia 11 161 1.1× 150 2.1× 10 0.3× 48 2.5× 30 1.6× 18 318
Lakshmi D. Katikaneni United States 10 201 1.3× 74 1.0× 6 0.2× 23 1.2× 14 0.7× 18 289
Young‐Ah Youn South Korea 14 214 1.4× 215 3.0× 33 1.1× 42 2.2× 26 1.4× 47 403

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Fields of papers citing papers by Melissa Lai

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Melissa Lai

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All Works

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Frakking, Thuy, Anne B. Chang, Belinda Schwerin, et al.. (2025). Acoustic and Perceptual Profiles of Swallowing Sounds in Preterm Neonates: A Cross-Sectional Study Cohort. Dysphagia. 40(5). 1113–1123.
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Cooke, Lucy, et al.. (2025). Developing a consumer- and clinician-led evidence-informed research agenda for public neonatal services. Australian Critical Care. 38(6). 101441–101441.
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Rumbold, Alice, Melissa Lai, Pieter Koorts, et al.. (2025). Supplemental Donor Milk vs Infant Formula in Moderate to Late Preterm Infants. JAMA Pediatrics. 179(10). 1065–1065.
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Lai, Melissa, et al.. (2024). Ceasing or gradually reducing incubator humidity after 7 days for extremely preterm infants: a randomised clinical trial. European Journal of Pediatrics. 184(1). 66–66. 1 indexed citations
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Lai, Melissa, et al.. (2023). Subpial haemorrhage in a well‐term neonate. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health. 59(5). 766–768. 1 indexed citations
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Cottrell, Michelle, et al.. (2023). Period prevalence of positional head deformations and implications for practice in a large tertiary neonatal unit. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health. 60(1). 18–23. 1 indexed citations
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Lai, Melissa, Giulia D’Acunto, Andrea Guzzetta, et al.. (2022). Infant massage and brain maturation measured using EEG: A randomised controlled trial. Early Human Development. 172. 105632–105632. 6 indexed citations
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Lai, Melissa, et al.. (2022). Determining reference data for overnight oximetry in neonates: A pilot study. Early Human Development. 168. 105571–105571. 1 indexed citations
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Stevenson, Nathan J., et al.. (2022). Electroencephalographic studies in growth-restricted and small-for-gestational-age neonates. Pediatric Research. 92(6). 1527–1534. 8 indexed citations
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Kapoor, Vishal, Claire Heney, Cheryl Jones, et al.. (2022). Epidemiology and long‐term neurological sequelae of childhood herpes simplex CNS infection. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health. 58(8). 1372–1378. 5 indexed citations
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Kapoor, Vishal, Claire Heney, Cheryl Jones, et al.. (2020). Herpes Simplex Virus Infection in Infants. The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal. 40(3). 209–214. 4 indexed citations
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Lai, Melissa, et al.. (2018). Background EEG features and prediction of cognitive outcomes in very preterm infants: A systematic review. Early Human Development. 127. 74–84. 17 indexed citations
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Lai, Melissa, Giulia D’Acunto, Andrea Guzzetta, et al.. (2016). PREMM: preterm early massage by the mother: protocol of a randomised controlled trial of massage therapy in very preterm infants. BMC Pediatrics. 16(1). 146–146. 19 indexed citations
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George, Joanne M., Roslyn N. Boyd, Paul B. Colditz, et al.. (2015). PPREMO: a prospective cohort study of preterm infant brain structure and function to predict neurodevelopmental outcome. BMC Pediatrics. 15(1). 123–123. 32 indexed citations
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Awal, Md. Abdul, Melissa Lai, Ghasem Azemi, B. Boashash, & Paul B. Colditz. (2015). EEG background features that predict outcome in term neonates with hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy: A structured review. Clinical Neurophysiology. 127(1). 285–296. 71 indexed citations
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Colditz, Michael, Melissa Lai, David Cartwright, & Paul B. Colditz. (2014). Subgaleal haemorrhage in the newborn: A call for early diagnosis and aggressive management. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health. 51(2). 140–146. 22 indexed citations
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Lai, Melissa, et al.. (2014). Methods for securing endotracheal tubes in newborn infants. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. 2014(7). CD007805–CD007805. 14 indexed citations

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