Peng Wu

41.0k total citations · 3 hit papers
200 papers, 6.9k citations indexed

About

Peng Wu is a scholar working on Epidemiology, Infectious Diseases and Modeling and Simulation. According to data from OpenAlex, Peng Wu has authored 200 papers receiving a total of 6.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 79 papers in Epidemiology, 74 papers in Infectious Diseases and 74 papers in Modeling and Simulation. Recurrent topics in Peng Wu's work include COVID-19 epidemiological studies (74 papers), Influenza Virus Research Studies (59 papers) and Respiratory viral infections research (36 papers). Peng Wu is often cited by papers focused on COVID-19 epidemiological studies (74 papers), Influenza Virus Research Studies (59 papers) and Respiratory viral infections research (36 papers). Peng Wu collaborates with scholars based in Hong Kong, China and United Kingdom. Peng Wu's co-authors include Benjamin J. Cowling, GM Leung, Eric H. Y. Lau, Joseph T. Wu, Tim K. Tsang, Jessica Y. Wong, Sheikh Taslim Ali, Hongjie Yu, Qiuyan Liao and Vicky J. Fang and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, The Lancet and Nature Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Peng Wu

185 papers receiving 6.7k 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.

Impact assessment of non-pharmaceutical interventions against coronavirus disease 2019 and influenza in Hong Kong: an observational study

2020 868 citations Benjamin J. Cowling, Sheikh Taslim Ali et al. profile →
Clustering and superspreading potential of SARS-CoV-2 infections in Hong Kong

2020 409 citations Dillon C. Adam, Peng Wu et al. profile →
Vaccine effectiveness of one, two, and three doses of BNT162b2 and CoronaVac against COVID-19 in Hong Kong: a population-based observational study

2022 229 citations Yun Lin, Jessica Y. Wong et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Peng Wu Hong Kong	41	2.7k	2.3k	2.2k	760	599	200	6.9k
Eric H. Y. Lau Hong Kong	49	4.2k 1.6×	2.6k 1.2×	2.8k 1.3×	793 1.0×	456 0.8×	235	7.9k
Antoine Flahault France	55	2.8k 1.1×	2.0k 0.9×	3.8k 1.7×	476 0.6×	391 0.7×	317	13.4k
Niel Hens Belgium	50	2.8k 1.1×	4.0k 1.8×	4.6k 2.1×	391 0.5×	860 1.4×	382	11.0k
Pierre‐Yves Boëlle France	56	3.1k 1.1×	4.1k 1.8×	4.4k 2.0×	367 0.5×	928 1.5×	302	12.7k
Carrie Reed United States	36	1.9k 0.7×	2.1k 0.9×	4.1k 1.9×	312 0.4×	307 0.5×	145	6.4k
David N. Fisman Canada	50	3.7k 1.4×	3.0k 1.3×	3.4k 1.5×	244 0.3×	822 1.4×	241	11.8k
Lyn Finelli United States	56	3.3k 1.2×	2.5k 1.1×	10.0k 4.5×	449 0.6×	397 0.7×	179	14.0k
Yang Yang China	36	1.9k 0.7×	1.2k 0.5×	1.2k 0.5×	229 0.3×	234 0.4×	219	5.7k
Jonathan S. Nguyen‐Van‐Tam United Kingdom	44	2.8k 1.0×	858 0.4×	3.5k 1.6×	189 0.2×	258 0.4×	168	7.5k
Fabrice Carrat France	58	2.4k 0.9×	1.9k 0.8×	9.0k 4.1×	489 0.6×	257 0.4×	332	14.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Peng Wu

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Peng Wu

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Cheng, Bisheng, Wenxue Huang, Lingfeng Li, et al.. (2025). Regulation of macrophage plasticity by circCCDC719-13 through HSP90 inhibition suppresses prostate cancer progression and metastasis: a translational study. International Journal of Surgery. 111(11). 7647–7665. 2 indexed citations

Wu, Peng, et al.. (2025). Emergency Department Disposition and Point-of-Care Ultrasound in Biliary Disease: Propensity-Weighted Cohort Study. Western Journal of Emergency Medicine. 26(6). 1564–1574.

Lau, Yiu Chung, Sukhyun Ryu, Zhanwei Du, et al.. (2024). Impact of COVID-19 control measures on respiratory syncytial virus and hand-foot-and-mouth disease transmission in Hong Kong and South Korea. Epidemics. 49. 100797–100797. 1 indexed citations

Ali, Sheikh Taslim, Dongxuan Chen, Yiu Chung Lau, et al.. (2024). Insights into COVID-19 epidemiology and control from temporal changes in serial interval distributions in Hong Kong. American Journal of Epidemiology. 194(4). 1079–1089. 2 indexed citations

Mesfin, Yonatan Moges, Joseph E. Blais, Kelemu Tilahun Kibret, et al.. (2024). Effectiveness of nirmatrelvir/ritonavir and molnupiravir in non-hospitalized adults with COVID-19: systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy. 79(9). 2119–2131. 4 indexed citations

Wong, Jessica Y., Justin Cheung, Yun Lin, et al.. (2023). Intrinsic and Effective Severity of Coronavirus Disease 2019 Cases Infected With the Ancestral Strain and Omicron BA.2 Variant in Hong Kong. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 228(9). 1231–1239. 16 indexed citations

Blais, Joseph E., Weixin Zhang, Yun Lin, et al.. (2023). Antibiotic use in hospitalized patients with COVID-19: a population-based study in Hong Kong. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3(1). e205–e205. 2 indexed citations

Fan, Min, Qiuyan Yu, Philip H. Li, et al.. (2023). Epidemiology and risk factors for carbapenemase-producing Enterobacteriaceae carriage in the hospital: A population-based nested case-control study. Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance. 33. 242–248. 3 indexed citations

Chi, Yunping, et al.. (2023). Comparative analysis of grain size end member of Harbin loess and climatic significance. 地理科学进展. 42(9). 1825–1840. 3 indexed citations

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Wang, Le, et al.. (2023). Epidemiology and clinical severity of the serotypes of human parainfluenza virus in children with acute respiratory infection. Virology Journal. 20(1). 245–245. 6 indexed citations

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Du, Zhanwei, et al.. (2023). Mitigation of respiratory syncytial virus epidemics by RSVpreF vaccines after the COVID-19 pandemic in the UK: a modelling study. The Lancet. 402. S39–S39. 3 indexed citations

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Du, Zhanwei, Chunyu Wang, Yuan Bai, et al.. (2022). Systematic review and meta‐analyses of superspreading of SARS‐CoV‐2 infections. Transboundary and Emerging Diseases. 69(5). e3007–e3014. 13 indexed citations

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Chen, Dongxuan, Yiu Chung Lau, Xiao-Ke Xu, et al.. (2022). Inferring time-varying generation time, serial interval, and incubation period distributions for COVID-19. Nature Communications. 13(1). 7727–7727. 22 indexed citations

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Lin, Yun, Bingyi Yang, Sarah Cobey, et al.. (2022). Incorporating temporal distribution of population-level viral load enables real-time estimation of COVID-19 transmission. Nature Communications. 13(1). 1155–1155. 18 indexed citations

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Du, Zhanwei, Lin Wang, Tim K. Tsang, et al.. (2022). Pandemic fatigue impedes mitigation of COVID-19 in Hong Kong. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 119(48). e2213313119–e2213313119. 25 indexed citations

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Tsang, Tim K., Peng Wu, Eric H. Y. Lau, & Benjamin J. Cowling. (2021). Accounting for Imported Cases in Estimating the Time-Varying Reproductive Number of Coronavirus Disease 2019 in Hong Kong. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 224(5). 783–787. 16 indexed citations

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Qian, Mengcen, Qianhui Wu, Peng Wu, et al.. (2020). Anxiety levels, precautionary behaviours and public perceptions during the early phase of the COVID-19 outbreak in China: a population-based cross-sectional survey. BMJ Open. 10(10). e040910–e040910. 113 indexed citations

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Virlogeux, Victor, Shuo Feng, Tim K. Tsang, et al.. (2018). Evaluation of animal-to-human and human-to-human transmission of influenza A (H7N9) virus in China, 2013–15. Scientific Reports. 8(1). 552–552. 20 indexed citations

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Wong, Jessica Y., Peng Wu, Hiroshi Nishiura, et al.. (2013). Infection Fatality Risk of the Pandemic A(H1N1)2009 Virus in Hong Kong. American Journal of Epidemiology. 177(8). 834–840. 71 indexed citations

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Gu, Di, et al.. (2012). Long-term Ketamine abuse induce interstitial cystitis in rat by impairing bladder epithelium barrier. Neurourology and Urodynamics. 1 indexed citations

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