Sam Lim

5.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
35 papers, 4.2k citations indexed

About

Sam Lim is a scholar working on Physiology, Immunology and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Sam Lim has authored 35 papers receiving a total of 4.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 24 papers in Physiology, 13 papers in Immunology and 10 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. Recurrent topics in Sam Lim's work include Asthma and respiratory diseases (22 papers), IL-33, ST2, and ILC Pathways (9 papers) and Respiratory and Cough-Related Research (8 papers). Sam Lim is often cited by papers focused on Asthma and respiratory diseases (22 papers), IL-33, ST2, and ILC Pathways (9 papers) and Respiratory and Cough-Related Research (8 papers). Sam Lim collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, Australia and United States. Sam Lim's co-authors include Peter J. Barnes, Kian Fan Chung, Anon Jatakanon, Ian M. Adcock, Gaetano Caramori, Carina Gabriela Uasuf, Wasim Maziak, Kazuhiro Ito, Dina Saleh and Pierre Ernst and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Gastroenterology and American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Sam Lim

35 papers receiving 4.1k 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.

Neutrophilic Inflammation in Severe Persistent Asthma

1999 659 citations Anon Jatakanon, Carina Gabriela Uasuf et al. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Sam Lim United Kingdom	27	2.7k	2.0k	1.0k	719	427	35	4.2k
ANTONIO M. VIGNOLA France	11	2.2k 0.8×	1.7k 0.8×	661 0.6×	405 0.6×	511 1.2×	12	3.0k
Antonio M. Vignola Italy	43	3.6k 1.3×	2.6k 1.3×	1.0k 1.0×	753 1.0×	1.4k 3.2×	100	5.3k
Isabelle Vachier France	32	1.8k 0.7×	1.5k 0.8×	644 0.6×	514 0.7×	473 1.1×	120	3.3k
Antoon J. M. van Oosterhout Netherlands	32	1.5k 0.5×	915 0.5×	1.0k 1.0×	862 1.2×	607 1.4×	75	3.3k
Johan Kips Belgium	37	3.7k 1.4×	2.3k 1.1×	1.4k 1.4×	494 0.7×	1.1k 2.5×	101	5.1k
Eric S. Silverman United States	34	1.5k 0.6×	930 0.5×	873 0.9×	1.2k 1.6×	232 0.5×	58	3.6k
Pankaj Bhavsar United Kingdom	33	1.3k 0.5×	954 0.5×	817 0.8×	1.2k 1.7×	162 0.4×	72	3.3k
Nobuaki Miyahara Japan	32	1.7k 0.6×	933 0.5×	1.5k 1.5×	350 0.5×	565 1.3×	116	3.2k
Alan R. Leff United States	35	1.5k 0.5×	1.5k 0.8×	796 0.8×	1.1k 1.5×	442 1.0×	120	4.0k
Sreekumar Pillai United States	34	886 0.3×	1.5k 0.8×	576 0.6×	1.0k 1.4×	189 0.4×	73	4.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Sam Lim

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Fields of papers citing papers by Sam Lim

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sam Lim

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

All Works

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Low, Jenny G., Lawrence Lee, Eng Eong Ooi, et al.. (2014). Safety and immunogenicity of a virus-like particle pandemic influenza A (H1N1) 2009 vaccine: Results from a double-blinded, randomized Phase I clinical trial in healthy Asian volunteers. Vaccine. 32(39). 5041–5048. 60 indexed citations

Tomita, Katsuyuki, Gaetano Caramori, Kazuhiro Ito, et al.. (2012). STAT6 expression in T cells, alveolar macrophages and bronchial biopsies of normal and asthmatic subjects. Journal of Inflammation. 9(1). 5–5. 19 indexed citations

Baraket, Melissa, Brian G. Oliver, Janette K. Burgess, et al.. (2012). Is low dose inhaled corticosteroid therapy as effective for inflammation and remodeling in asthma? A randomized, parallel group study. Respiratory Research. 13(1). 11–11. 42 indexed citations

Tomita, Katsuyuki, Gaetano Caramori, Kazuhiro Ito, et al.. (2010). Telomere Shortening in Alveolar Macrophages of Smokers and COPD Patients. 4(1). 6 indexed citations

Oliver, Brian G., Sebastian L. Johnston, Melissa Baraket, et al.. (2006). Increased proinflammatory responses from asthmatic human airway smooth muscle cells in response to rhinovirus infection. Respiratory Research. 7(1). 71–71. 65 indexed citations

Sharma, Rakesh Kumar, Aidan P. Bolger, Mathias Rauchhaus, et al.. (2005). Cellular Endotoxin Desensitization in Patients with Severe Chronic Heart Failure. European Journal of Heart Failure. 7(5). 865–868. 25 indexed citations

Ito, Kazuhiro, Sam Lim, Gaetano Caramori, et al.. (2002). A molecular mechanism of action of theophylline: Induction of histone deacetylase activity to decrease inflammatory gene expression. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 99(13). 8921–8926. 386 indexed citations

Ito, Kazuhiro, Gaetano Caramori, Sam Lim, et al.. (2002). Expression and Activity of Histone Deacetylases in Human Asthmatic Airways. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 166(3). 392–396. 227 indexed citations

Tomita, Katsuyuki, Gaetano Caramori, Sam Lim, et al.. (2002). Increased p21CIP1/WAF1 and B Cell Lymphoma Leukemia-xL Expression and Reduced Apoptosis in Alveolar Macrophages from Smokers. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 166(5). 724–731. 98 indexed citations

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Lim, Sam, Katsuyuki Tomita, Anon Jatakanon, et al.. (2001). Low-dose Theophylline Reduces Eosinophilic Inflammation but Not Exhaled Nitric Oxide in Mild Asthma. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 164(2). 273–276. 86 indexed citations

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Knight, Darryl A., Sam Lim, Amelia K. Scaffidi, et al.. (2001). Protease-activated receptors in human airways: Upregulation of PAR-2 in respiratory epithelium from patients with asthma. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. 108(5). 797–803. 221 indexed citations

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Jatakanon, Anon, Sam Lim, & Peter J. Barnes. (2000). Changes in Sputum Eosinophils Predict Loss of Asthma Control. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 161(1). 64–72. 303 indexed citations

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Hart, Lorraine, et al.. (2000). Effects of Inhaled Corticosteroid Therapy on Expression and DNA-Binding Activity of Nuclear Factor κ B in Asthma. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 161(1). 224–231. 88 indexed citations

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Lim, Sam, David A. Groneberg, Axel Fischer, et al.. (2000). Expression of Heme Oxygenase Isoenzymes 1 and 2 in Normal and Asthmatic Airways. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 162(5). 1912–1918. 89 indexed citations

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Lim, Sam, et al.. (2000). Balance of Matrix Metalloprotease-9 and Tissue Inhibitor of Metalloprotease-1 from Alveolar Macrophages in Cigarette Smokers. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 162(4). 1355–1360. 188 indexed citations

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Jatakanon, Anon, Carina Gabriela Uasuf, Wasim Maziak, et al.. (1999). Neutrophilic Inflammation in Severe Persistent Asthma. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 160(5). 1532–1539. 659 indexed citations breakdown →

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Lim, Sam, et al.. (1999). Effect of Inhaled Budesonide on Lung Function and Airway Inflammation: Assessment by Various Inflammatory Markers in Mild Asthma. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 159(1). 22–30. 182 indexed citations

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Horváth, Ildikó, Louise Donnelly, András Kiss, et al.. (1998). Combined Use of Exhaled Hydrogen Peroxide and Nitric Oxide in Monitoring Asthma. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 158(4). 1042–1046. 205 indexed citations

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John, Matthias, Sam Lim, Joachim Seybold, et al.. (1998). Inhaled Corticosteroids Increase Interleukin-10 but Reduce Macrophage Inflammatory Protein-1 α, Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-stimulating Factor, and Interferon- γ Release from Alveolar Macrophages in Asthma. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 157(1). 256–262. 256 indexed citations

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Barnes, Peter J. & Sam Lim. (1998). Inhibitory cytokines in asthma. Molecular Medicine Today. 4(10). 452–458. 31 indexed citations

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