Simon Law

19.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
275 papers, 10.5k citations indexed

About

Simon Law is a scholar working on Surgery, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Simon Law has authored 275 papers receiving a total of 10.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 177 papers in Surgery, 145 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and 73 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Simon Law's work include Esophageal Cancer Research and Treatment (123 papers), Esophageal and GI Pathology (84 papers) and Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes (83 papers). Simon Law is often cited by papers focused on Esophageal Cancer Research and Treatment (123 papers), Esophageal and GI Pathology (84 papers) and Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes (83 papers). Simon Law collaborates with scholars based in Hong Kong, China and United States. Simon Law's co-authors include John Wong, Kent‐Man Chu, Manson Fok, Alfred K. Lam, John W. Wong, John Wong, Gopesh Srivastava, Ka–Fai Kwok, Brian P. Whooley and Sudish C. Murthy and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Simon Law

265 papers receiving 10.3k 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.

The Number of Lymph Nodes Removed Predicts Survival in Esophageal Cancer: An International Study on the Impact of Extent of Surgical Resection

2008 413 citations Simon Law, J. Jan B. van Lanschot et al. profile →
Guidelines for Perioperative Care in Esophagectomy: Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS^®) Society Recommendations

2018 373 citations Simon Law et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Simon Law	6.1k	4.9k	3.0k	2.1k	1.5k	275	10.5k
Kazuo Shirouzu	3.8k 0.6×	2.9k 0.6×	2.0k 0.7×	4.2k 2.0×	786 0.5×	484	8.8k
Hiroya Takeuchi	5.1k 0.8×	5.1k 1.0×	1.3k 0.4×	2.8k 1.4×	728 0.5×	402	9.6k
Arjun Pennathur	4.5k 0.7×	4.7k 1.0×	1.8k 0.6×	1.6k 0.8×	1.0k 0.7×	151	8.9k
Zong‐Guang Zhou	2.6k 0.4×	2.0k 0.4×	2.3k 0.8×	2.4k 1.1×	1.6k 1.1×	324	7.0k
David H. Ilson	4.0k 0.7×	4.9k 1.0×	1.3k 0.4×	3.5k 1.7×	530 0.3×	276	7.9k
Kenichi Sugihara	7.7k 1.3×	6.8k 1.4×	2.6k 0.9×	10.9k 5.3×	1.6k 1.1×	508	17.6k
Sachio Fushida	2.7k 0.4×	2.7k 0.5×	2.3k 0.8×	2.7k 1.3×	1000 0.7×	313	7.5k
Tsutomu Fujii	3.4k 0.6×	2.9k 0.6×	2.2k 0.7×	5.2k 2.5×	1.4k 0.9×	330	8.7k
Franco Roviello	3.9k 0.6×	4.8k 1.0×	1.4k 0.5×	2.1k 1.0×	887 0.6×	289	8.3k
Tetsuo Ohta	3.0k 0.5×	1.9k 0.4×	1.9k 0.6×	3.7k 1.8×	1.1k 0.7×	338	7.3k

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Coorens, Tim, Grace Collord, Yichen Wang, et al.. (2025). The somatic mutation landscape of normal gastric epithelium. Nature. 640(8058). 418–426. 9 indexed citations

Dai, Wei, Josephine Mun Yee Ko, Valen Zhuoyou Yu, et al.. (2025). Characterizing chromosome instability reveals its association with lipid-associated macrophages and clonal evolution of lymph node metastasis in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma. Cancer Letters. 628. 217874–217874. 1 indexed citations

Chan, Wing‐Lok, Carlos King Ho Wong, Yhi Wong, et al.. (2023). Adjuvant Chemotherapy in Older Patients with Gastric Cancer: A Population-Based Cohort Study. Cancers. 15(15). 3768–3768. 2 indexed citations

Xu, Wen, Long Liao, Wei Dai, et al.. (2023). Genome-wide CRISPR/Cas9 screening identifies a targetable MEST-PURA interaction in cancer metastasis. EBioMedicine. 92. 104587–104587. 14 indexed citations

Ko, Josephine Mun Yee, Ka On Lam, Dora L.�W. Kwong, et al.. (2023). Circulating Tumor Cell Enumeration for Serial Monitoring of Treatment Outcomes for Locally Advanced Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma. Cancers. 15(3). 832–832. 10 indexed citations

Tan, Zhen, Josephine Mun Yee Ko, Valen Zhuoyou Yu, et al.. (2023). Multigene Profiling of Circulating Tumor Cells in Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma Identifies Prognostic Cancer Driver Genes Associated with Epithelial-Mesenchymal-Transition Progression and Chemoresistance. Cancers. 15(22). 5329–5329. 2 indexed citations

Eyck, Ben M., Xing Gao, Yang Yang, et al.. (2022). Pathological response to neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy for oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma: multicentre East Asian and Dutch database comparison. British journal of surgery. 109(12). 1312–1318. 11 indexed citations

Ko, Josephine Mun Yee, Guo Chen, Conghui Liu, et al.. (2022). Clonal relationship and alcohol consumption-associated mutational signature in synchronous hypopharyngeal tumours and oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma. British Journal of Cancer. 127(12). 2166–2174. 8 indexed citations

Cheung, Ka Shing, et al.. (2021). Nonaspirin nonsteroidal anti‐inflammatory drugs and gastric cancer risk after Helicobacter pylori eradication: A territory‐wide study. Cancer. 127(11). 1805–1815. 12 indexed citations

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Guo, Chuan‐Guo, Feifei Zhang, Joseph T. Wu, et al.. (2021). Divergent trends of hospitalizations for upper and lower gastrointestinal bleeding based on population prescriptions of aspirin, proton pump inhibitors and Helicobacter pylori eradication therapy. United European Gastroenterology Journal. 9(5). 543–551. 11 indexed citations

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Ko, Josephine Mun Yee, Ka On Lam, K.W. Chiu, et al.. (2020). Liquid Biopsy Serial Monitoring of Treatment Responses and Relapse in Advanced Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma. Cancers. 12(6). 1352–1352. 13 indexed citations

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Wong, Yhi, et al.. (2020). Comparison of laparoscopic versus open gastrectomy for gastric cancer. Surgical Oncology. 35. 14–21. 6 indexed citations

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Zhou, Yuanyuan, Po Yee Chung, Alfred K. Lam, et al.. (2019). Development of a Novel Quinoline Derivative as a P-Glycoprotein Inhibitor to Reverse Multidrug Resistance in Cancer Cells. Biology. 8(4). 75–75. 4 indexed citations

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Ko, Josephine Mun Yee, Xueke Zhao, Annie Wai Yeeng Chai, et al.. (2019). BRCA2 loss‐of‐function germline mutations are associated with esophageal squamous cell carcinoma risk in Chinese. International Journal of Cancer. 146(4). 1042–1051. 24 indexed citations

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Chan, Dessy, Yuanyuan Zhou, Chung Chui, et al.. (2018). Expression of Insulin-Like Growth Factor Binding Protein-5 (IGFBP5) Reverses Cisplatin-Resistance in Esophageal Carcinoma. Cells. 7(10). 143–143. 23 indexed citations

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Wong, Tin Lok, Man Tong, Terence K. Lee, et al.. (2017). FSTL1 Promotes Metastasis and Chemoresistance in Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma through NFκB–BMP Signaling Cross-talk. Cancer Research. 77(21). 5886–5899. 48 indexed citations

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Dai, Wei, Josephine Mun Yee Ko, Luwen Ning, et al.. (2017). Whole‐exome sequencing reveals critical genes underlying metastasis in oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma. The Journal of Pathology. 242(4). 500–510. 42 indexed citations

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Tang, Kwan Ho, Yong Dai, Man Tong, et al.. (2013). A CD90+ Tumor-Initiating Cell Population with an Aggressive Signature and Metastatic Capacity in Esophageal Cancer. Cancer Research. 73(7). 2322–2332. 128 indexed citations

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Lo, Paulisally Hau Yi, Hong Lok Lung, Arthur Kwok Leung Cheung, et al.. (2010). Extracellular Protease ADAMTS9 Suppresses Esophageal and Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma Tumor Formation by Inhibiting Angiogenesis. Cancer Research. 70(13). 5567–5576. 71 indexed citations

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Ko, Josephine Mun Yee, Lance D. Miller, Edison T. Liu, et al.. (2008). Monochromosome Transfer and Microarray Analysis Identify a Critical Tumor-Suppressive Region Mapping to Chromosome 13q14 and THSD1 in Esophageal Carcinoma. Molecular Cancer Research. 6(4). 592–603. 25 indexed citations

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