Melissa Lu

640 total citations · 1 hit paper
5 papers, 519 citations indexed

About

Melissa Lu is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Pathology and Forensic Medicine and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Melissa Lu has authored 5 papers receiving a total of 519 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 3 papers in Molecular Biology, 2 papers in Pathology and Forensic Medicine and 1 paper in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Melissa Lu's work include Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders (1 paper), Blood groups and transfusion (1 paper) and Retinal Diseases and Treatments (1 paper). Melissa Lu is often cited by papers focused on Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders (1 paper), Blood groups and transfusion (1 paper) and Retinal Diseases and Treatments (1 paper). Melissa Lu collaborates with scholars based in Canada, Spain and United States. Melissa Lu's co-authors include Richard Rivera, Jerold Chun, Deron R. Herr, Kyoko Noguchi, Yun C. Yung, Grace Kennedy, Ji Woong Choi, Chang‐Wook Lee, Mohamed Abdouh and Alicia A. Goyeneche and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Melissa Lu

4 papers receiving 518 citations

Hit Papers

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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.

FTY720 (fingolimod) efficacy in an animal model of multiple sclerosis requires astrocyte sphingosine 1-phosphate receptor 1 (S1P ₁ ) modulation

2010 489 citations Ji Woong Choi, Deron R. Herr et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Melissa Lu Canada	3	408	154	140	85	79	5	519
Aran Groves United States	4	219 0.5×	88 0.6×	121 0.9×	66 0.8×	31 0.4×	6	340
Maribel Osinde Switzerland	6	288 0.7×	105 0.7×	101 0.7×	33 0.4×	72 0.9×	7	394
Rejani B. Kunjamma United States	8	264 0.6×	252 1.6×	105 0.8×	142 1.7×	94 1.2×	11	612
Sina K. Stumpf Germany	6	192 0.5×	104 0.7×	41 0.3×	48 0.6×	37 0.5×	6	383
Paula Franco Argentina	14	363 0.9×	127 0.8×	83 0.6×	55 0.6×	71 0.9×	24	665
Marta Vicente‐Rodríguez Spain	13	166 0.4×	78 0.5×	38 0.3×	50 0.6×	116 1.5×	21	350
DJ Mahad United Kingdom	3	187 0.5×	119 0.8×	202 1.4×	34 0.4×	16 0.2×	3	387
Martín Roffé Brazil	16	488 1.2×	126 0.8×	25 0.2×	24 0.3×	68 0.9×	23	597
Noriaki Kido Japan	14	685 1.7×	145 0.9×	80 0.6×	34 0.4×	209 2.6×	15	1.2k
Stella Nyamoya Germany	15	242 0.6×	282 1.8×	228 1.6×	148 1.7×	21 0.3×	18	657

Countries citing papers authored by Melissa Lu

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Fields of papers citing papers by Melissa Lu

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Melissa Lu. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Melissa Lu. The network helps show where Melissa Lu may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Melissa Lu

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

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5 of 5 papers shown

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Polosa, Anna, et al.. (2025). Characterization of functional and structural impairments in best vitelliform macular dystrophy using visual electrophysiology and optical coherence tomography in pediatric and adult patients. Documenta Ophthalmologica.

2.

Benoît, Alexandre, Melissa Lu, Vincent Luo, et al.. (2022). Mutated RAS-associating proteins and ERK activation in relapse/refractory diffuse large B cell lymphoma. Scientific Reports. 12(1). 779–779. 5 indexed citations

3.

Abdouh, Mohamed, et al.. (2022). Filtering blue light mitigates the deleterious effects induced by the oxidative stress in human retinal pigment epithelial cells. Experimental Eye Research. 217. 108978–108978. 24 indexed citations

4.

Lu, Melissa, et al.. (2022). Sickle cell disease. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4(1). 34–34. 1 indexed citations

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Choi, Ji Woong, Deron R. Herr, Richard Rivera, et al.. (2010). FTY720 (fingolimod) efficacy in an animal model of multiple sclerosis requires astrocyte sphingosine 1-phosphate receptor 1 (S1P ₁ ) modulation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 108(2). 751–756. 489 indexed citations breakdown →

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