Randy Foo

2.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
16 papers, 910 citations indexed

About

Randy Foo is a scholar working on Infectious Diseases, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Animal Science and Zoology. According to data from OpenAlex, Randy Foo has authored 16 papers receiving a total of 910 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 14 papers in Infectious Diseases, 9 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and 3 papers in Animal Science and Zoology. Recurrent topics in Randy Foo's work include Viral Infections and Vectors (10 papers), Bat Biology and Ecology Studies (9 papers) and SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research (3 papers). Randy Foo is often cited by papers focused on Viral Infections and Vectors (10 papers), Bat Biology and Ecology Studies (9 papers) and SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research (3 papers). Randy Foo collaborates with scholars based in Singapore, China and United States. Randy Foo's co-authors include Lin‐Fa Wang, Wan Ni Chia, Danielle E. Anderson, Chee Wah Tan, Charles Kevin Tiu, David Chien Lye, Yee‐Joo Tan, Mark Chen, Barnaby Edward Young and Wan Rong Sia and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Clinical Investigation, Immunity and Nature Biotechnology.

In The Last Decade

Randy Foo

16 papers receiving 898 citations

Hit Papers

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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.

A SARS-CoV-2 surrogate virus neutralization test based on antibody-mediated blockage of ACE2–spike protein–protein interaction

2020 726 citations Chee Wah Tan, Wan Ni Chia et al. Nature Biotechnology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Randy Foo Singapore	9	839	139	115	96	73	16	910
Wan Rong Sia Singapore	8	841 1.0×	151 1.1×	125 1.1×	263 2.7×	68 0.9×	13	1.1k
Martin Müller Germany	8	585 0.7×	98 0.7×	174 1.5×	120 1.3×	22 0.3×	12	764
Giulia Torriani Switzerland	15	662 0.8×	49 0.4×	96 0.8×	63 0.7×	106 1.5×	21	788
Charles Kevin Tiu Singapore	3	765 0.9×	131 0.9×	108 0.9×	76 0.8×	72 1.0×	4	811
Su Hui Catherine Teo Singapore	6	448 0.5×	40 0.3×	95 0.8×	47 0.5×	44 0.6×	8	591
Panke Qu United States	15	664 0.8×	121 0.9×	215 1.9×	62 0.6×	15 0.2×	15	740
Wen Shi Lee Australia	15	807 1.0×	74 0.5×	223 1.9×	459 4.8×	24 0.3×	39	1.2k
Kim E. Schmidt Germany	5	417 0.5×	86 0.6×	287 2.5×	186 1.9×	19 0.3×	6	678
Henning Gruell Germany	17	782 0.9×	69 0.5×	234 2.0×	317 3.3×	54 0.7×	52	1.2k
Jessica Tan United States	10	498 0.6×	50 0.4×	120 1.0×	167 1.7×	46 0.6×	16	796

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Randy Foo

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16 of 16 papers shown

Gamage, Akshamal M., Wei Lun Ng, Wan Rong Sia, et al.. (2025). Heat stress response in the cave nectar bat Eonycteris spelaea differs from that of Mus musculus. Communications Biology. 8(1). 811–811. 1 indexed citations

Chen, Shiwei, Wan Rong Sia, Akshamal M. Gamage, et al.. (2024). Application of a bespoke monoclonal antibody panel to characterize immune cell populations in cave nectar bats. Cell Reports. 43(9). 114703–114703. 1 indexed citations

Lim, Xiao Fang, Justin H. J. Ng, Wan Ni Chia, et al.. (2023). Genomic Characterization of a Relative of Mumps Virus in Lesser Dawn Bats of Southeast Asia. Viruses. 15(3). 659–659. 1 indexed citations

Yang, Hechuan, Randy Foo, Wharton O. Y. Chan, et al.. (2023). Population genomic analysis reveals distinct demographics and recent adaptation in the black flying fox (Pteropus alecto). Journal of genetics and genomics. 50(8). 554–562. 1 indexed citations

Anderson, Danielle E., Abhay P. S. Rathore, Chinmay Kumar Mantri, et al.. (2023). Mast cell activation in lungs during SARS-CoV-2 infection associated with lung pathology and severe COVID-19. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 133(19). 14 indexed citations

Chia, Wan Ni, Randy Foo, Alison J. Peel, et al.. (2023). Applications of VirScan to broad serological profiling of bat reservoirs for emerging zoonoses. Frontiers in Public Health. 11. 1212018–1212018. 7 indexed citations

Gamage, Akshamal M., Wharton O. Y. Chan, Feng Zhu, et al.. (2022). Single-cell transcriptome analysis of the in vivo response to viral infection in the cave nectar bat Eonycteris spelaea. Immunity. 55(11). 2187–2205.e5. 18 indexed citations

Chan, Louisa, Akshamal M. Gamage, Chee Wah Tan, et al.. (2022). Generation of self-replicating airway organoids from the cave nectar bat Eonycteris spelaea as a model system for studying host–pathogen interactions in the bat airway epithelium. Emerging Microbes & Infections. 12(1). e2148561–e2148561. 10 indexed citations

Foo, Randy, Justin H. J. Ng, Yok Teng Chionh, et al.. (2022). Establishment of a Captive Cave Nectar Bat (Eonycteris spelaea) Breeding Colony in Singapore. Journal of the American Association for Laboratory Animal Science. 61(4). 344–352. 7 indexed citations

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Sia, Wan Rong, et al.. (2021). Culture, expansion, and flow-cytometry-based functional analysis of pteropid bat MR1-restricted unconventional T cells. STAR Protocols. 2(2). 100487–100487. 3 indexed citations

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Chia, Wan Ni, Chee Wah Tan, Randy Foo, et al.. (2020). Serological differentiation between COVID-19 and SARS infections. Emerging Microbes & Infections. 9(1). 1497–1505. 70 indexed citations

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Ng, Justin H. J., Wan Ni Chia, Casandra Philipson, et al.. (2020). Detection of Recombinant Rousettus Bat Coronavirus GCCDC1 in Lesser Dawn Bats (Eonycteris spelaea) in Singapore. Viruses. 12(5). 539–539. 12 indexed citations

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Ng, Justin H. J., Wan Ni Chia, Casandra Philipson, et al.. (2020). The temporal RNA virome patterns of a lesser dawn bat (Eonycteris spelaea) colony revealed by deep sequencing. Virus Evolution. 6(1). veaa017–veaa017. 10 indexed citations

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Gamage, Akshamal M., Feng Zhu, Matae Ahn, et al.. (2020). Immunophenotyping monocytes, macrophages and granulocytes in the Pteropodid bat Eonycteris spelaea. Scientific Reports. 10(1). 309–309. 17 indexed citations

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Tan, Chee Wah, Wan Ni Chia, Pei Liu, et al.. (2020). A SARS-CoV-2 surrogate virus neutralization test based on antibody-mediated blockage of ACE2–spike protein–protein interaction. Nature Biotechnology. 38(9). 1073–1078. 726 indexed citations breakdown →

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Yong, Kylie Su Mei, Justin H. J. Ng, Zhisheng Her, et al.. (2018). Bat-mouse bone marrow chimera: a novel animal model for dissecting the uniqueness of the bat immune system. Scientific Reports. 8(1). 4726–4726. 12 indexed citations

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