Rocky Lai

1.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
30 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Rocky Lai is a scholar working on Infectious Diseases, Immunology and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Rocky Lai has authored 30 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Infectious Diseases, 19 papers in Immunology and 14 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Rocky Lai's work include Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology (17 papers), Immunodeficiency and Autoimmune Disorders (7 papers) and Immune responses and vaccinations (7 papers). Rocky Lai is often cited by papers focused on Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology (17 papers), Immunodeficiency and Autoimmune Disorders (7 papers) and Immune responses and vaccinations (7 papers). Rocky Lai collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and China. Rocky Lai's co-authors include Zhou Xing, Mangalakumari Jeyanathan, Sam Afkhami, Daniela Damjanovic, Yushi Yao, Siamak Haddadi, Maryam Vaseghi‐Shanjani, L. E. Nijenhuis, J. J. van Rood and Anna Dvorkin‐Gheva and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, The Lancet and Journal of Clinical Investigation.

In The Last Decade

Rocky Lai

27 papers receiving 1.1k 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.

Induction of Autonomous Memory Alveolar Macrophages Requires T Cell Help and Is Critical to Trained Immunity

2018 341 citations Yushi Yao, Mangalakumari Jeyanathan et al. Cell profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Rocky Lai Canada	18	707	541	346	232	120	30	1.2k
Erwan Pernet Canada	14	1.2k 1.6×	379 0.7×	183 0.5×	413 1.8×	215 1.8×	27	1.5k
Tania Garron United States	12	220 0.3×	1.2k 2.2×	274 0.8×	221 1.0×	34 0.3×	18	1.4k
Nicholas A. Gherardin Australia	16	1.9k 2.8×	336 0.6×	358 1.0×	250 1.1×	23 0.2×	29	2.3k
Xiao-Ning Xu United Kingdom	7	853 1.2×	676 1.2×	679 2.0×	371 1.6×	28 0.2×	7	1.7k
Mieszko M. Wilk Ireland	21	465 0.7×	212 0.4×	492 1.4×	219 0.9×	38 0.3×	26	1.2k
Mattias N.E. Forsell Sweden	21	661 0.9×	387 0.7×	187 0.5×	212 0.9×	22 0.2×	54	1.2k
Camaron R. Hole United States	17	266 0.4×	532 1.0×	600 1.7×	113 0.5×	22 0.2×	25	873
Wen-Hsuan W. Lin United States	16	441 0.6×	218 0.4×	309 0.9×	165 0.7×	38 0.3×	33	857
Sarah L. Londrigan Australia	22	648 0.9×	402 0.7×	485 1.4×	312 1.3×	40 0.3×	52	1.3k
Yuen-Joyce Liu United States	8	724 1.0×	195 0.4×	159 0.5×	597 2.6×	63 0.5×	11	1.2k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Rocky Lai

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Huang, Lan, Bin Li, Rocky Lai, et al.. (2025). Transfusion-transmitted occult hepatitis B virus infection: current understanding, challenges, and its implication in blood safety. Frontiers in Immunology. 16. 1663306–1663306. 1 indexed citations

Wang, Xinwei, Bin Li, Lan Huang, et al.. (2025). Global Burden and Trends of Acute Hepatitis C From 1990 to 2021: An Analysis Based on the 2021 Global Burden of Disease Study. Journal of Viral Hepatitis. 32(5). e70026–e70026.

Lai, Michael M. C., et al.. (2025). Robust antiviral innate immune response and miRNA regulatory network were identified in ZIKV-infected cells: implications in the pathogenesis of ZIKV infection. Virus Genes. 61(3). 249–264. 1 indexed citations

Lai, Rocky, Michael M. C. Lai, Bin Li, et al.. (2025). A robust DNA walker for simplified, rapid, and sensitive detection of HBV DNA in blood. Microchimica Acta. 192(7). 422–422.

Lai, Rocky, et al.. (2024). Heterogeneity in lung macrophage control of Mycobacterium tuberculosis is modulated by T cells. Nature Communications. 15(1). 5710–5710. 11 indexed citations

Lai, Rocky, et al.. (2023). Key advances in vaccine development for tuberculosis—success and challenges. npj Vaccines. 8(1). 158–158. 30 indexed citations

Lai, Rocky, Cecilia S. Lindestam Arlehamn, Gillian Beamer, et al.. (2023). Host genetic background is a barrier to broadly effective vaccine–mediated protection against tuberculosis. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 133(13). 24 indexed citations

Afkhami, Sam, Michael R. D’Agostino, Maryam Vaseghi‐Shanjani, et al.. (2023). Intranasal multivalent adenoviral-vectored vaccine protects against replicating and dormant M.tb in conventional and humanized mice. npj Vaccines. 8(1). 25–25. 16 indexed citations

Smith, Clare M., Megan K. Proulx, Rocky Lai, et al.. (2019). Functionally Overlapping Variants Control Tuberculosis Susceptibility in Collaborative Cross Mice. mBio. 10(6). 30 indexed citations

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Patankar, Yash R., Rujapak Sutiwisesak, Rocky Lai, et al.. (2019). Limited recognition of Mycobacterium tuberculosis-infected macrophages by polyclonal CD4 and CD8 T cells from the lungs of infected mice. Mucosal Immunology. 13(1). 140–148. 50 indexed citations

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Afkhami, Sam, Rocky Lai, Michael R. D’Agostino, et al.. (2019). Single-Dose Mucosal Immunotherapy With Chimpanzee Adenovirus-Based Vaccine Accelerates Tuberculosis Disease Control and Limits Its Rebound After Antibiotic Cessation. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 220(8). 1355–1366. 10 indexed citations

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Yao, Yushi, Mangalakumari Jeyanathan, Siamak Haddadi, et al.. (2018). Induction of Autonomous Memory Alveolar Macrophages Requires T Cell Help and Is Critical to Trained Immunity. Cell. 175(6). 1634–1650.e17. 341 indexed citations breakdown →

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Afkhami, Sam, Daniel Leclair, Siamak Haddadi, et al.. (2017). Spray dried human and chimpanzee adenoviral-vectored vaccines are thermally stable and immunogenic in vivo. Vaccine. 35(22). 2916–2924. 23 indexed citations

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Ayaub, Ehab, Philipp Kolb, Zahraa Mohammed‐Ali, et al.. (2016). GRP78 and CHOP modulate macrophage apoptosis and the development of bleomycin‐induced pulmonary fibrosis. The Journal of Pathology. 239(4). 411–425. 92 indexed citations

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Damjanovic, Daniela, Sam Afkhami, Rocky Lai, et al.. (2015). Age at Mycobacterium bovis BCG Priming Has Limited Impact on Anti-Tuberculosis Immunity Boosted by Respiratory Mucosal AdHu5Ag85A Immunization in a Murine Model. PLoS ONE. 10(6). e0131175–e0131175. 4 indexed citations

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Lai, Rocky, Sam Afkhami, Siamak Haddadi, Mangalakumari Jeyanathan, & Zhou Xing. (2015). Mucosal immunity and novel tuberculosis vaccine strategies: route of immunisation-determined T-cell homing to restricted lung mucosal compartments. European Respiratory Review. 24(136). 356–360. 30 indexed citations

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Afkhami, Sam, Rocky Lai, Mangalakumari Jeyanathan, et al.. (2015). Role of B Cells in Mucosal Vaccine–Induced Protective CD8+ T Cell Immunity against Pulmonary Tuberculosis. The Journal of Immunology. 195(6). 2900–2907. 16 indexed citations

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Jeyanathan, Mangalakumari, Sarah McCormick, Rocky Lai, et al.. (2013). Pulmonary M. tuberculosis infection delays Th1 immunity via immunoadaptor DAP12-regulated IRAK-M and IL-10 expression in antigen-presenting cells. Mucosal Immunology. 7(3). 670–683. 38 indexed citations

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Damjanovic, Daniela, Rocky Lai, Mangalakumari Jeyanathan, Cory M. Hogaboam, & Zhou Xing. (2013). Marked Improvement of Severe Lung Immunopathology by Influenza-Associated Pneumococcal Superinfection Requires the Control of Both Bacterial Replication and Host Immune Responses. American Journal Of Pathology. 183(3). 868–880. 46 indexed citations

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Jeyanathan, Mangalakumari, Daniela Damjanovic, Christopher R. Shaler, et al.. (2012). Differentially imprinted innate immunity by mucosal boost vaccination determines antituberculosis immune protective outcomes, independent of T-cell immunity. Mucosal Immunology. 6(3). 612–625. 38 indexed citations

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