Sze Yi Lau

587 total citations · 1 hit paper
6 papers, 446 citations indexed

About

Sze Yi Lau is a scholar working on Oncology, Molecular Biology and Molecular Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Sze Yi Lau has authored 6 papers receiving a total of 446 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 3 papers in Oncology, 2 papers in Molecular Biology and 2 papers in Molecular Medicine. Recurrent topics in Sze Yi Lau's work include Drug Transport and Resistance Mechanisms (2 papers), Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria (2 papers) and Click Chemistry and Applications (1 paper). Sze Yi Lau is often cited by papers focused on Drug Transport and Resistance Mechanisms (2 papers), Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria (2 papers) and Click Chemistry and Applications (1 paper). Sze Yi Lau collaborates with scholars based in Singapore, United States and United Kingdom. Sze Yi Lau's co-authors include Helen I. Zgurskaya, Farid J. Ghadessy, Ali Miserez, Anthony W. Partridge, Zhi Wei Lim, Yue Sun, Elena B. Tikhonova, E. Fidelma Boyd, Gavin H. Thomas and Nityananda Chowdhury and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Journal of Bacteriology and Nature Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Sze Yi Lau

6 papers receiving 445 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. Phase-separating peptides for direct cytosolic delivery and redox-activated release of macromolecular therapeutics
    2022 276 citations Yue Sun, Sze Yi Lau et al. Nature Chemistry profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Sze Yi Lau Singapore 5 264 96 84 78 52 6 446
Zhili Yu China 10 197 0.7× 87 0.9× 56 0.7× 55 0.7× 34 0.7× 16 356
Srujana S. Yadavalli United States 17 718 2.7× 31 0.3× 134 1.6× 75 1.0× 35 0.7× 24 931
Can Özen Türkiye 15 285 1.1× 43 0.4× 59 0.7× 91 1.2× 56 1.1× 30 633
Jae Young Lee South Korea 8 382 1.4× 36 0.4× 88 1.0× 29 0.4× 61 1.2× 23 512
Tiago Q. Faria Portugal 16 469 1.8× 17 0.2× 96 1.1× 59 0.8× 26 0.5× 28 661
Zhenlin Ouyang China 13 214 0.8× 50 0.5× 35 0.4× 20 0.3× 47 0.9× 26 346
Emily Helgesen Norway 8 224 0.8× 32 0.3× 70 0.8× 162 2.1× 16 0.3× 12 506
Yunxin Xue China 9 177 0.7× 47 0.5× 36 0.4× 49 0.6× 14 0.3× 26 367

Countries citing papers authored by Sze Yi Lau

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Fields of papers citing papers by Sze Yi Lau

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sze Yi Lau

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

All Works

6 of 6 papers shown
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Siddiqui, Asim Azhar, Sze Yi Lau, Srinivasaraghavan Kannan, et al.. (2024). Expanding the DNA editing toolbox: Novel lambda integrase variants targeting microalgal and human genome sequences. PLoS ONE. 19(2). e0292479–e0292479. 1 indexed citations
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Sun, Yue, Sze Yi Lau, Zhi Wei Lim, et al.. (2022). Phase-separating peptides for direct cytosolic delivery and redox-activated release of macromolecular therapeutics. Nature Chemistry. 14(3). 274–283. 276 indexed citations breakdown →
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Lau, Sze Yi, Radoslaw M. Sobota, Chaolong Wang, et al.. (2018). Synthetic 10FN3-based mono- and bivalent inhibitors of MDM2/X function. Protein Engineering Design and Selection. 31(7-8). 301–312. 7 indexed citations
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Tikhonova, Elena B., et al.. (2006). Reconstitution of the Escherichia coli macrolide transporter: the periplasmic membrane fusion protein MacA stimulates the ATPase activity of MacB. Molecular Microbiology. 63(3). 895–910. 90 indexed citations
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Lau, Sze Yi & Helen I. Zgurskaya. (2005). Cell Division Defects inEscherichia coliDeficient in the Multidrug Efflux Transporter AcrEF-TolC. Journal of Bacteriology. 187(22). 7815–7825. 50 indexed citations

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