Pyng Lee

3.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
96 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

Pyng Lee is a scholar working on Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Surgery and Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Pyng Lee has authored 96 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 80 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, 30 papers in Surgery and 13 papers in Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine. Recurrent topics in Pyng Lee's work include Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment (44 papers), Pleural and Pulmonary Diseases (32 papers) and Tracheal and airway disorders (24 papers). Pyng Lee is often cited by papers focused on Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment (44 papers), Pleural and Pulmonary Diseases (32 papers) and Tracheal and airway disorders (24 papers). Pyng Lee collaborates with scholars based in Singapore, United States and Australia. Pyng Lee's co-authors include Henri G. Colt, Atul C. Mehta, Eli̇f Küpeli̇, Emily Stone, Rozemarijn Vliegenthart, Momen M. Wahidi, Florian J. Fintelmann, Scott Adams, David Baldwin and Praveen N. Mathur and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, JAMA and American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Pyng Lee

89 papers receiving 1.8k 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.

  1. Lung cancer screening
    2022 228 citations Pyng Lee et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Pyng Lee Singapore 23 1.3k 494 297 247 231 96 1.9k
Michael A. Jantz United States 25 2.5k 1.9× 600 1.2× 275 0.9× 187 0.8× 444 1.9× 71 3.1k
Praveen N. Mathur United States 26 1.6k 1.2× 782 1.6× 289 1.0× 135 0.5× 110 0.5× 86 2.0k
Anne V. Gonzalez Canada 17 1.8k 1.4× 341 0.7× 156 0.5× 106 0.4× 336 1.5× 50 2.2k
Ali I. Musani United States 28 2.0k 1.5× 657 1.3× 242 0.8× 120 0.5× 173 0.7× 82 2.9k
Teruomi Miyazawa Japan 22 2.0k 1.5× 550 1.1× 259 0.9× 87 0.4× 139 0.6× 126 2.4k
Sebastián Fernández-Bussy United States 26 1.6k 1.2× 536 1.1× 261 0.9× 50 0.2× 166 0.7× 156 1.9k
Roberto F. Casal United States 28 1.9k 1.4× 487 1.0× 266 0.9× 96 0.4× 218 0.9× 90 2.1k
Kassem Harris United States 20 906 0.7× 452 0.9× 154 0.5× 84 0.3× 69 0.3× 93 1.4k
Ralf Eberhardt Germany 28 2.1k 1.5× 471 1.0× 132 0.4× 107 0.4× 157 0.7× 75 2.3k
Mohammed Munavvar United Kingdom 16 1.3k 1.0× 283 0.6× 255 0.9× 208 0.8× 95 0.4× 51 1.5k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Pyng Lee

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Pyng Lee

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

All Works

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Kontogianni, Konstantina, António Bugalho, Felix Herth, et al.. (2025). Global Survey on Current Practices of Endobronchial Ultrasound Approaches to N2 Staging in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Following the Ninth Edition of the TNM Classification. Journal of Bronchology & Interventional Pulmonology. 33(1).
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Henderson, Louise M., Roger Y. Kim, Nichole T. Tanner, et al.. (2025). Lung Cancer Screening and Incidental Findings: A Research Agenda: An Official American Thoracic Society Research Statement. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 211(3). 436–451. 3 indexed citations
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Ling, Ryan Ruiyang, Yiong‐Huak Chan, José M. Porcel, et al.. (2024). DUETS for Light's in separating exudate from transudate. Respirology. 29(11). 976–984. 4 indexed citations
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Chaddha, Udit, Abhinav Agrawal, Jonathan S. Kurman, et al.. (2024). World Association for Bronchology and Interventional Pulmonology (WABIP) guidelines on airway stenting for malignant central airway obstruction. Respirology. 29(7). 563–573. 5 indexed citations
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Fong, Khi Yung, Joseph J. Zhao, Nicholas Syn, et al.. (2023). Comparing bronchial thermoplasty with biologicals for severe asthma: Systematic review and network meta-analysis. Respiratory Medicine. 216. 107302–107302. 5 indexed citations
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Thavasi, Velmurugan, et al.. (2023). Breath Analysis for Lung Cancer Early Detection—A Clinical Study. Metabolites. 13(12). 1197–1197. 10 indexed citations
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So, Matsuo, Udit Chaddha, Samira Shojaee, & Pyng Lee. (2023). Medical thoracoscopy for pleural diseases. Current Opinion in Pulmonary Medicine. 30(1). 84–91. 2 indexed citations
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Li, Andrew & Pyng Lee. (2022). Which Endoscopic Procedure to Use and in What Patient? Valves, Coils, Foam, and Heat in COPD and Asthma. Pulmonary Therapy. 9(1). 49–69. 3 indexed citations
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Bougen‐Zhukov, Nicola, et al.. (2019). PI3K Catalytic Subunits α and β Modulate Cell Death and IL-6 Secretion Induced by Talc Particles in Human Lung Carcinoma Cells. American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology. 62(3). 331–341. 2 indexed citations
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Lee, Pyng, et al.. (2016). Use of cryobiopsy during pleuroscopy for diagnosis of sarcomatoid malignant mesothelioma. Thorax. 72(2). 193–195. 5 indexed citations
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Fysh, Edward, Rajesh Thomas, Catherine Read, et al.. (2014). Protocol of the Australasian Malignant Pleural Effusion (AMPLE) trial: a multicentre randomised study comparing indwelling pleural catheter versus talc pleurodesis. BMJ Open. 4(11). e006757–e006757. 19 indexed citations
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Takano, Angela, et al.. (2014). Ayurvedic Medicine and the Lung. Respiration. 87(5). 428–431.
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Simoff, Michael, Brian E. Lally, Mark Slade, et al.. (2013). Symptom Management in Patients With Lung Cancer. CHEST Journal. 143(5). e455S–e497S. 125 indexed citations
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Lee, Pyng, Clarissa Kooi, Pieter E. Postmus, et al.. (2013). Can quantifying free-circulating DNA in plasma be used to identify subjects with high-grade pre-invasive endobronchial lesions?. Oncology Letters. 5(5). 1591–1594. 2 indexed citations
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Lee, Pyng, Li Sun, & Swee Eng Aw. (2010). Cytokines Cause Apoptosis of Lung Adenocarcinoma Cells Treated With Talc. CHEST Journal. 138(4). 515A–515A. 1 indexed citations
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Mathur, Praveen N. & Pyng Lee. (2010). Pleuroscopy. Journal of Bronchology & Interventional Pulmonology. 17(3). 191–192.
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Lee, Pyng & Henri G. Colt. (2010). Bronchoscopy in Lung Cancer: Appraisal of Current Technology and for the Future. Journal of Thoracic Oncology. 5(8). 1290–1300. 13 indexed citations
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Lee, Pyng, Stephen Lam, Adi F. Gazdar, et al.. (2009). Color Fluorescence Ratio for Detection of Bronchial Dysplasia and Carcinoma In situ. Clinical Cancer Research. 15(14). 4700–4705. 31 indexed citations
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Lee, Pyng, Atul C. Mehta, & Praveen N. Mathur. (2009). Management of complications from diagnostic and interventional bronchoscopy. Respirology. 14(7). 940–953. 20 indexed citations
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Lee, Pyng & Tom G. Sutedja. (2007). Lung cancer screening: has there been any progress? Computed tomography and autofluorescence bronchoscopy. Current Opinion in Pulmonary Medicine. 13(4). 243–248. 4 indexed citations

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