Puay Yok Tan

6.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
95 papers, 4.4k citations indexed

About

Puay Yok Tan is a scholar working on Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Global and Planetary Change and Environmental Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Puay Yok Tan has authored 95 papers receiving a total of 4.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 56 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, 52 papers in Global and Planetary Change and 45 papers in Environmental Engineering. Recurrent topics in Puay Yok Tan's work include Urban Green Space and Health (56 papers), Land Use and Ecosystem Services (42 papers) and Urban Heat Island Mitigation (42 papers). Puay Yok Tan is often cited by papers focused on Urban Green Space and Health (56 papers), Land Use and Ecosystem Services (42 papers) and Urban Heat Island Mitigation (42 papers). Puay Yok Tan collaborates with scholars based in Singapore, China and Switzerland. Puay Yok Tan's co-authors include Mahyar Masoudi, Nyuk Hien Wong, Alex Yong Kwang Tan, Ngian Chung Wong, Daniel R. Richards, Angelia Sia, Yu Chen, Liqing Zhang, Xiao Ping Song and James Z. Wang and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, The Science of The Total Environment and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Puay Yok Tan

90 papers receiving 4.2k 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.

Thermal evaluation of vertical greenery systems for building walls

2009 477 citations Nyuk Hien Wong, Alex Yong Kwang Tan et al. Building and Environment profile →
Multi-year comparison of the effects of spatial pattern of urban green spaces on urban land surface temperature

2019 304 citations Mahyar Masoudi, Puay Yok Tan Landscape and Urban Planning profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Puay Yok Tan Singapore	34	2.7k	2.4k	1.8k	863	716	95	4.4k
David Pearlmutter Israel	39	2.7k 1.0×	3.8k 1.5×	1.3k 0.7×	2.5k 2.9×	407 0.6×	90	5.6k
Nigel Dunnett United Kingdom	31	2.6k 1.0×	2.4k 1.0×	2.0k 1.1×	461 0.5×	1.4k 1.9×	55	4.6k
Matei Georgescu United States	40	2.0k 0.7×	3.0k 1.2×	2.2k 1.2×	978 1.1×	274 0.4×	94	5.0k
Thomas B. Randrup Sweden	29	2.6k 0.9×	1.0k 0.4×	2.0k 1.1×	136 0.2×	1.0k 1.4×	76	4.2k
Giovanni Sanesi Italy	39	3.6k 1.3×	1.5k 0.6×	3.3k 1.8×	216 0.3×	1.2k 1.6×	120	5.7k
Stephen J. Livesley Australia	46	3.2k 1.2×	3.0k 1.2×	3.5k 1.9×	642 0.7×	1.2k 1.7×	133	7.2k
Jennifer Salmond New Zealand	34	1.9k 0.7×	2.3k 0.9×	1.2k 0.7×	257 0.3×	192 0.3×	106	3.8k
Xiaoma Li China	21	2.0k 0.7×	2.8k 1.2×	2.3k 1.3×	675 0.8×	112 0.2×	42	4.1k
Haider Taha United States	27	3.0k 1.1×	5.4k 2.2×	2.2k 1.2×	2.1k 2.4×	281 0.4×	49	6.5k
E. Gregory McPherson United States	53	5.0k 1.9×	4.0k 1.6×	4.6k 2.5×	546 0.6×	2.0k 2.8×	136	8.7k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Puay Yok Tan

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20 of 20 papers shown

Zhang, Xudong, Ervine Shengwei Lin, Jie Yin, & Puay Yok Tan. (2025). Comparison of urban spatial features associated with mental health and restorative quality in residential neighborhoods. Urban forestry & urban greening. 112. 128975–128975. 1 indexed citations

Zhu, Yue, et al.. (2024). Investigating the influence of urban morphology on pluvial flooding: Insights from urban catchments in England (UK). The Science of The Total Environment. 953. 176139–176139. 6 indexed citations

Zhang, Xudong, Jinda Qi, Ervine Shengwei Lin, et al.. (2024). Towards healthy cities: Modeling restorative potential of urban environments by coupling LiDAR-derived 3D metrics with panorama-based online survey. Environmental Impact Assessment Review. 106. 107497–107497. 4 indexed citations

Tan, Puay Yok, et al.. (2024). Food environment transformations and policy landscape in Zambia: a qualitative inquiry of the ongoing nutrition transition. Proceedings of The Nutrition Society. 83(OCE4).

Ho, Boon‐Chuan, et al.. (2024). Changes in tropical leafing behaviour with climate change over nine decades: A case study from the Singapore Botanic Gardens. Plants People Planet. 6(6). 1469–1479. 1 indexed citations

Chong, Kwek Yan, et al.. (2024). A botanical oasis rather than a biological desert: Rediscoveries, new species and new records in a tropical city. Plants People Planet. 6(3). 697–709. 4 indexed citations

Masoudi, Mahyar, Daniel R. Richards, & Puay Yok Tan. (2024). Assessment of the Influence of Spatial Scale and Type of Land Cover on Urban Landscape Pattern Analysis Using Landscape Metrics. Journal of Geovisualization and Spatial Analysis. 8(1). 15 indexed citations

Zhang, Xudong, Ervine Shengwei Lin, Puay Yok Tan, et al.. (2024). Beyond just green: Explaining and predicting restorative potential of urban landscapes using panorama-based metrics. Landscape and Urban Planning. 247. 105044–105044. 22 indexed citations

Sia, Angelia, Puay Yok Tan, & Kenneth B. H. Er. (2023). The contributions of urban horticulture to cities' liveability and resilience: Insights from Singapore. Plants People Planet. 5(6). 828–841. 16 indexed citations

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Soh, Malcolm C. K., et al.. (2022). The influence of the COVID‐19 pandemic on the demand for different shades of green. People and Nature. 4(2). 505–518. 25 indexed citations

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Diehl, Jessica Ann, et al.. (2022). A CHANS Approach to Investigating Post-Disaster Recovery Potential in Rural Japan. Journal of Disaster Research. 17(3). 453–463. 1 indexed citations

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He, Yang, Ervine Shengwei Lin, Zhongqi Yu, et al.. (2021). The effect of dynamic albedos of plant canopy on thermal performance of rooftop greenery: A case study in Singapore. Building and Environment. 205. 108247–108247. 7 indexed citations

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Vijayaraghavan, K., Basanta Kumar Biswal, Max G. Adam, et al.. (2021). Bioretention systems for stormwater management: Recent advances and future prospects. Journal of Environmental Management. 292. 112766–112766. 131 indexed citations

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Song, Xiao Ping, Daniel R. Richards, & Puay Yok Tan. (2020). Using social media user attributes to understand human–environment interactions at urban parks. Scientific Reports. 10(1). 808–808. 69 indexed citations

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Song, Xiao Ping, Hao Ran Lai, Lahiru S. Wijedasa, et al.. (2020). Height–diameter allometry for the management of city trees in the tropics. Environmental Research Letters. 15(11). 114017–114017. 10 indexed citations

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Tan, Puay Yok, et al.. (2019). Landscapes for compact cities. Journal of Landscape Architecture. 14(1). 4–7. 15 indexed citations

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Tan, Puay Yok, et al.. (2019). Transpiration and cooling potential of tropical urban trees from different native habitats. The Science of The Total Environment. 705. 135764–135764. 43 indexed citations

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Kjelgren, Roger, et al.. (2011). Tropical Street Trees and Climate Uncertainty in Southeast Asia. HortScience. 46(2). 167–172. 17 indexed citations

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Wong, Nyuk Hien, Alex Yong Kwang Tan, Puay Yok Tan, Angelia Sia, & Ngian Chung Wong. (2010). Perception Studies of Vertical Greenery Systems in Singapore. Journal of Urban Planning and Development. 136(4). 330–338. 101 indexed citations

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Mills, T.M., M.H. Behboudian, Puay Yok Tan, & Brent Clothier. (1994). Plant Water Status and Fruit Quality in `Braeburn' Apples. HortScience. 29(11). 1274–1278. 41 indexed citations

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