Timothy Sim

3.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
98 papers, 2.6k citations indexed

About

Timothy Sim is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Clinical Psychology and Public Administration. According to data from OpenAlex, Timothy Sim has authored 98 papers receiving a total of 2.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 35 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 29 papers in Clinical Psychology and 21 papers in Public Administration. Recurrent topics in Timothy Sim's work include Disaster Management and Resilience (23 papers), Social Work Education and Practice (21 papers) and Resilience and Mental Health (13 papers). Timothy Sim is often cited by papers focused on Disaster Management and Resilience (23 papers), Social Work Education and Practice (21 papers) and Resilience and Mental Health (13 papers). Timothy Sim collaborates with scholars based in Singapore, Hong Kong and China. Timothy Sim's co-authors include Douglas A. Gentile, Hyekyung Choo, Albert K. Liau, Angeline Khoo, Dongdong Li, Daniel Fung, Chunlan Guo, Ziqiang Han, Hung Chak Ho and E. W. Becker and has published in prestigious journals such as The Journal of Immunology, Applied and Environmental Microbiology and PEDIATRICS.

In The Last Decade

Timothy Sim

92 papers receiving 2.5k citations

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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.

Pathological Video Game Use Among Youths: A Two-Year Longitudinal Study

2011 936 citations Hyekyung Choo, Timothy Sim et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Timothy Sim Singapore	24	1.7k	994	495	258	198	98	2.6k
Jennifer A. Robinson United States	22	706 0.4×	335 0.3×	344 0.7×	145 0.6×	71 0.4×	48	1.9k
Clive Richardson Greece	33	1.1k 0.6×	790 0.8×	1.1k 2.1×	205 0.8×	206 1.0×	117	3.7k
Shirley S. Ho Singapore	35	2.3k 1.4×	478 0.5×	429 0.9×	909 3.5×	273 1.4×	134	4.2k
Steven Roberts Australia	31	1.1k 0.7×	293 0.3×	154 0.3×	86 0.3×	33 0.2×	144	3.2k
David Webber United States	23	910 0.5×	161 0.2×	229 0.5×	80 0.3×	67 0.3×	85	1.7k
Jane Fielding United Kingdom	23	1.0k 0.6×	225 0.2×	268 0.5×	54 0.2×	29 0.1×	45	2.7k
David Stewart United Kingdom	22	292 0.2×	455 0.5×	149 0.3×	77 0.3×	91 0.5×	75	2.4k
Craig A. Mertler United States	17	436 0.3×	1.2k 1.2×	298 0.6×	66 0.3×	72 0.4×	46	2.6k
Nick Allum United Kingdom	21	2.0k 1.2×	188 0.2×	46 0.1×	315 1.2×	98 0.5×	64	3.5k
Karen Evans United Kingdom	24	976 0.6×	1.1k 1.1×	113 0.2×	67 0.3×	29 0.1×	166	2.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Timothy Sim

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Timothy Sim

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Sim, Timothy, et al.. (2025). From storytelling to resilience: A transdisciplinary approach to empowering children in disaster risk reduction. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction. 131. 105881–105881.

Guo, Chunlan & Timothy Sim. (2025). Walsh Family Resilience Questionnaire Short Version (WFRQ-9): Development and Initial Validation for Disaster Scenarios. Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness. 19. e39–e39.

Sim, Timothy, et al.. (2024). Structural Family Therapy with Chinese Families in After-Violence Context. Research on Social Work Practice. 34(6). 634–640.

Joubert, Lynette, Martin Webber, Lars Uggerhøj, et al.. (2023). The Melbourne Statement on Practice Research in Social Work: Practice Meets Research. Research on Social Work Practice. 33(4). 367–374. 8 indexed citations

Ho, Hung Chak, Timothy Sim, & Chunlan Guo. (2022). Association between awareness of vulnerability and disaster preparedness in an infrastructure-resilient city: a population-based study. Public Health. 209. 23–29. 6 indexed citations

Sim, Timothy, et al.. (2022). Social work competence in disaster management: an integrative review. European Journal of Social Work. 27(1). 83–95. 4 indexed citations

Leung, Angela Yee Man, Laurence Lloyd Parial, Timothy Sim, et al.. (2021). Sense of coherence mediates the relationship between digital health literacy and anxiety about the future in aging population during the COVID-19 pandemic: a path analysis. Aging & Mental Health. 26(3). 544–553. 49 indexed citations

Sim, Timothy. (2020). Safe uncertainty: Reflecting on the pandemic responses of two Asian cities. Qualitative Social Work. 20(1-2). 305–311. 1 indexed citations

Sim, Timothy, et al.. (2020). Adolescents' and Parents' Perspectives: A Gaming Disorder Intervention in Singapore. Family Relations. 70(1). 90–103. 13 indexed citations

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Cui, Ke, et al.. (2020). Health-related quality of life and post-traumatic stress disorder in inpatients injured in the Ludian earthquake: a longitudinal study. Health and Quality of Life Outcomes. 18(1). 229–229. 5 indexed citations

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Sim, Timothy, et al.. (2018). Health-Promoting Lifestyles Among Health Care Workers in a Postdisaster Area: A Cross-sectional Study. Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness. 13(2). 230–235. 5 indexed citations

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Sim, Timothy, Dongming Wang, & Ziqiang Han. (2018). Assessing the Disaster Resilience of Megacities: The Case of Hong Kong. Sustainability. 10(4). 1137–1137. 37 indexed citations

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Sim, Timothy, et al.. (2016). The Emergence of Social Work Practice Research in the Peoples’ Republic of China. Research on Social Work Practice. 27(1). 8–18. 21 indexed citations

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Wang, Jinping, et al.. (2011). An update on ABCB1 pharmacogenetics: insights from a 3D model into the location and evolutionary conservation of residues corresponding to SNPs associated with drug pharmacokinetics. The Pharmacogenomics Journal. 11(5). 315–325. 48 indexed citations

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Lehming, Norbert, et al.. (2011). Molecular analysis of Plasmodium falciparum co-chaperone Aha1 supports its interaction with and regulation of Hsp90 in the malaria parasite. The International Journal of Biochemistry & Cell Biology. 44(1). 233–245. 10 indexed citations

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Sim, Timothy, et al.. (2010). Characterization of Plasmodium falciparum co-chaperone p23: its intrinsic chaperone activity and interaction with Hsp90. Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences. 67(10). 1675–1686. 14 indexed citations

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Sim, Timothy & Daniel Fu Keung Wong. (2008). WORKING WITH CHINESE FAMILIES IN ADOLESCENT DRUG TREATMENT. Journal of Social Work Practice. 22(1). 103–118. 1 indexed citations

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Sim, Timothy, et al.. (2004). Functional characterization of an alternative [lactate dehydrogenase-like] malate dehydrogenase in Plasmodium falciparum. Parasitology Research. 92(1). 43–47. 23 indexed citations

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Sim, Timothy, et al.. (2003). Recombinant Plasmodium falciparum NADP-dependent isocitrate dehydrogenase is active and harbours a unique 26 amino acid tail. Experimental Parasitology. 103(3-4). 120–126. 9 indexed citations

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Goh, Liuh Ling, et al.. (2003). Thermostable malate synthase of Streptomyces thermovulgaris. Journal of Industrial Microbiology & Biotechnology. 30(10). 577–581. 1 indexed citations

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