Tim K. Tsang

6.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
87 papers, 2.9k citations indexed

About

Tim K. Tsang is a scholar working on Modeling and Simulation, Epidemiology and Infectious Diseases. According to data from OpenAlex, Tim K. Tsang has authored 87 papers receiving a total of 2.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 59 papers in Modeling and Simulation, 46 papers in Epidemiology and 36 papers in Infectious Diseases. Recurrent topics in Tim K. Tsang's work include COVID-19 epidemiological studies (59 papers), Influenza Virus Research Studies (39 papers) and Respiratory viral infections research (24 papers). Tim K. Tsang is often cited by papers focused on COVID-19 epidemiological studies (59 papers), Influenza Virus Research Studies (39 papers) and Respiratory viral infections research (24 papers). Tim K. Tsang collaborates with scholars based in Hong Kong, China and United States. Tim K. Tsang's co-authors include Benjamin J. Cowling, Peng Wu, GM Leung, Eric H. Y. Lau, Simon Cauchemez, Sheikh Taslim Ali, Qiuyan Liao, Joseph T. Wu, Tiffany Ng and Susan S. Chiu and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Medicine and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Tim K. Tsang

80 papers receiving 2.8k 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.

Impact assessment of non-pharmaceutical interventions against coronavirus disease 2019 and influenza in Hong Kong: an observational study

2020 868 citations Benjamin J. Cowling, Sheikh Taslim Ali et al. profile →
Clustering and superspreading potential of SARS-CoV-2 infections in Hong Kong

2020 409 citations Dillon C. Adam, Peng Wu et al. profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Tim K. Tsang Hong Kong	21	1.4k	1.1k	1.1k	361	352	87	2.9k
Matthew Biggerstaff United States	30	1.6k 1.1×	1.4k 1.3×	1.6k 1.5×	270 0.7×	258 0.7×	81	4.0k
Jessica Y. Wong Hong Kong	24	1.2k 0.9×	1.2k 1.1×	732 0.7×	386 1.1×	315 0.9×	72	3.0k
Sheikh Taslim Ali Hong Kong	21	1.3k 0.9×	890 0.8×	633 0.6×	381 1.1×	323 0.9×	46	2.1k
Thomas Tsang China	27	1.6k 1.2×	1.8k 1.6×	1.5k 1.4×	252 0.7×	214 0.6×	57	3.9k
Ashleigh R. Tuite Canada	29	1.3k 1.0×	1.2k 1.0×	990 0.9×	253 0.7×	197 0.6×	124	3.3k
James Wood Australia	25	659 0.5×	973 0.9×	1.3k 1.2×	206 0.6×	185 0.5×	108	2.8k
Magdalena Rosińska Poland	17	1.4k 1.0×	1.0k 0.9×	1.4k 1.3×	272 0.8×	194 0.6×	147	2.9k
Rosalind M. Eggo United Kingdom	26	1.6k 1.2×	1.5k 1.3×	766 0.7×	400 1.1×	373 1.1×	83	3.2k
Susan S. Chiu Hong Kong	34	752 0.5×	2.0k 1.8×	3.1k 2.8×	244 0.7×	256 0.7×	94	4.9k
Marco Massari Italy	21	1.5k 1.1×	823 0.7×	1.6k 1.4×	306 0.8×	138 0.4×	43	3.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Tim K. Tsang

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Tim K. Tsang

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20 of 20 papers shown

Ho, Faith, Yun Lin, Eric H. Y. Lau, et al.. (2025). Retrospective assessment of vaccination policy optimizations during an Omicron BA.2 epidemic in Hong Kong: A modelling study. Journal of Infection and Public Health. 18(12). 102972–102972.

Yang, Bingyi, Katelyn M. Gostic, Dillon C. Adam, et al.. (2025). Breadth of influenza A antibody cross-reactivity varies by virus isolation interval and subtype. Nature Microbiology. 10(7). 1711–1722.

Tsang, Tim K., Sheena G. Sullivan, Can Wang, et al.. (2024). Prior infections and effectiveness of SARS-CoV-2 vaccine in test-negative studies: a systematic review and meta-analysis. American Journal of Epidemiology. 193(12). 1868–1881. 4 indexed citations

Cohen, Carolyn A., Haogao Gu, Raghavan Varadarajan, et al.. (2024). Influenza antibody breadth and effector functions are immune correlates from acquisition of pandemic infection of children. Nature Communications. 15(1). 3210–3210. 1 indexed citations

Tsang, Tim K., Sheena G. Sullivan, Yu Meng, et al.. (2024). Evaluating the impact of extended dosing intervals on mRNA COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness in adolescents. BMC Medicine. 22(1). 384–384. 1 indexed citations

Tsang, Tim K., Vicky J. Fang, Eric H. Y. Lau, et al.. (2024). Decreased risk of non-influenza respiratory infection after influenza B virus infection in children. Epidemiology and Infection. 152. e60–e60. 2 indexed citations

Peng, Liping, et al.. (2023). Epidemiology of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron BA.5 Infections, Macau, June–July 2022. Emerging infectious diseases. 29(2). 453–456. 6 indexed citations

Sullivan, Sheena G., Arseniy Khvorov, Can Wang, et al.. (2023). The need for a clinical case definition in test-negative design studies estimating vaccine effectiveness. npj Vaccines. 8(1). 118–118. 9 indexed citations

Tsang, Tim K., Min Whui Fong, Can Wang, et al.. (2023). Effects of School-Based Preventive Measures on COVID-19 Incidence, Hong Kong, 2022. Emerging infectious diseases. 29(9). 1850–1854. 3 indexed citations

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Ning, Ke, Yishan Wang, Francis P Flores, et al.. (2023). COVID-19 Vaccination Willingness and Reasons for Vaccine Refusal. JAMA Network Open. 6(10). e2337909–e2337909. 11 indexed citations

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Chen, Dongxuan, Yiu Chung Lau, Xiao-Ke Xu, et al.. (2022). Inferring time-varying generation time, serial interval, and incubation period distributions for COVID-19. Nature Communications. 13(1). 7727–7727. 22 indexed citations

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Lin, Yun, Bingyi Yang, Sarah Cobey, et al.. (2022). Incorporating temporal distribution of population-level viral load enables real-time estimation of COVID-19 transmission. Nature Communications. 13(1). 1155–1155. 18 indexed citations

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Du, Zhanwei, Lin Wang, Tim K. Tsang, et al.. (2022). Pandemic fatigue impedes mitigation of COVID-19 in Hong Kong. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 119(48). e2213313119–e2213313119. 25 indexed citations

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Yang, Bingyi, et al.. (2022). Immunogenicity, efficacy, and safety of SARS-CoV-2 vaccine dose fractionation: a systematic review and meta-analysis. BMC Medicine. 20(1). 409–409. 6 indexed citations

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Tsang, Tim K., Peng Wu, Eric H. Y. Lau, & Benjamin J. Cowling. (2021). Accounting for Imported Cases in Estimating the Time-Varying Reproductive Number of Coronavirus Disease 2019 in Hong Kong. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 224(5). 783–787. 16 indexed citations

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Tsang, Tim K., Lionel Gresh, Aubree Gordon, et al.. (2019). Effects of infection history on dengue virus infection and pathogenicity. Nature Communications. 10(1). 1246–1246. 34 indexed citations

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Virlogeux, Victor, Shuo Feng, Tim K. Tsang, et al.. (2018). Evaluation of animal-to-human and human-to-human transmission of influenza A (H7N9) virus in China, 2013–15. Scientific Reports. 8(1). 552–552. 20 indexed citations

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Tsang, Tim K., Benjamin J. Cowling, Vicky J. Fang, et al.. (2015). Influenza A Virus Shedding and Infectivity in Households. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 212(9). 1420–1428. 77 indexed citations

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Tsang, Tim K., Lincoln Lau, Simon Cauchemez, & Benjamin J. Cowling. (2015). Household Transmission of Influenza Virus. Trends in Microbiology. 24(2). 123–133. 84 indexed citations

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Ho, LM, et al.. (2011). Prospective estimation of the effective reproduction number of pandemic influenza in Hong Kong. Figshare.

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