W. Lim

7.4k total citations · 3 hit papers
10 papers, 5.0k citations indexed

About

W. Lim is a scholar working on Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology and Agronomy and Crop Science. According to data from OpenAlex, W. Lim has authored 10 papers receiving a total of 5.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 7 papers in Infectious Diseases, 7 papers in Epidemiology and 3 papers in Agronomy and Crop Science. Recurrent topics in W. Lim's work include Influenza Virus Research Studies (6 papers), Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology (4 papers) and SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research (4 papers). W. Lim is often cited by papers focused on Influenza Virus Research Studies (6 papers), Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology (4 papers) and SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research (4 papers). W. Lim collaborates with scholars based in China, Hong Kong and United States. W. Lim's co-authors include Yi Guan, Kwok‐Yung Yuen, Malik Peiris, Leo L. M. Poon, KH Chan, TK Ng, John M. Nicholls, Vincent Chi‐Chung Cheng, WW Yan and Dnc Tsang and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and The Lancet.

In The Last Decade

W. Lim

10 papers receiving 4.8k 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.

Coronavirus as a possible cause of severe acute respiratory syndrome

2003 2.2k citations Malik Peiris, Leo L. M. Poon et al. The Lancet profile →
Isolation and Characterization of Viruses Related to the SARS Coronavirus from Animals in Southern China

2003 1.7k citations Yi Guan, Yuxian He et al. Science profile →
Re-emergence of fatal human influenza A subtype H5N1 disease

2004 645 citations Malik Peiris, Chung Yan Cheung et al. The Lancet profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
W. Lim China	8	3.6k	1.6k	1.2k	555	549	10	5.0k
Sander van Boheemen Netherlands	17	4.7k 1.3×	1.2k 0.8×	1.5k 1.3×	727 1.3×	356 0.6×	27	6.4k
Hoi‐Wah Tsoi Hong Kong	32	4.6k 1.3×	1.6k 1.0×	1.7k 1.4×	426 0.8×	196 0.4×	48	6.1k
Ranawaka A. P. M. Perera Hong Kong	35	4.6k 1.3×	1.1k 0.7×	1.5k 1.3×	923 1.7×	339 0.6×	86	5.9k
Wilina Lim China	38	3.6k 1.0×	3.5k 2.2×	737 0.6×	418 0.8×	1.5k 2.7×	61	5.9k
Shuo Su China	29	3.2k 0.9×	1.4k 0.9×	1.2k 1.1×	323 0.6×	622 1.1×	122	5.3k
Leatrice Vogel United States	32	3.2k 0.9×	1.2k 0.8×	1.1k 1.0×	208 0.4×	245 0.4×	41	4.2k
Alexander Lai United States	19	2.1k 0.6×	797 0.5×	584 0.5×	284 0.5×	364 0.7×	38	3.6k
Dnc Tsang China	3	2.2k 0.6×	1.1k 0.7×	581 0.5×	283 0.5×	285 0.5×	5	3.0k
Yuntao Guan China	22	2.3k 0.6×	1.8k 1.1×	776 0.7×	293 0.5×	1.4k 2.6×	34	3.8k

Countries citing papers authored by W. Lim

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Fields of papers citing papers by W. Lim

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of W. Lim

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

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10 of 10 papers shown

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Leung, Connie Y. H., et al.. (2011). Delayed oseltamivir treatment is associated with longer viral shedding of pandemic (H1N1) 2009 virus. Epidemiology and Infection. 140(5). 814–817. 12 indexed citations

2.

Peiris, Malik, Chung Yan Cheung, John M. Nicholls, et al.. (2004). Re-emergence of fatal human influenza A subtype H5N1 disease. The Lancet. 363(9409). 617–619. 645 indexed citations breakdown →

3.

Guan, Yi, Leo L. M. Poon, Chung Yan Cheung, et al.. (2004). H5N1 influenza: A protean pandemic threat. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 101(21). 8156–8161. 325 indexed citations

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Leung, GM, W. Lim, Christl A. Donnelly, et al.. (2004). Seroprevalence of IgG antibody to SARS coronavirus (SARS-CoV) in a population-based sample of close contacts of all 1,755 cases in Hong Kong. 3 indexed citations

5.

Peiris, Malik, Leo L. M. Poon, Yi Guan, et al.. (2003). Coronavirus as a possible cause of severe acute respiratory syndrome. The Lancet. 361(9366). 1319–1325. 2173 indexed citations breakdown →

6.

Saito, Takehiko, W. Lim, & Masato Tashiro. (2003). Attenuation of a human H9N2 influenza virus in mammalian host by reassortment with an avian influenza virus. Archives of Virology. 149(7). 1397–407. 3 indexed citations

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Guan, Yi, Yuxian He, Zhen Zhuang, et al.. (2003). Isolation and Characterization of Viruses Related to the SARS Coronavirus from Animals in Southern China. Science. 302(5643). 276–278. 1670 indexed citations breakdown →

8.

Shaw, Megan L., Lynn A. Cooper, Xiaoyun Xu, et al.. (2001). Molecular changes associated with the transmission of avian influenza a H5N1 and H9N2 viruses to humans*. Journal of Medical Virology. 66(1). 107–114. 119 indexed citations

9.

Lau, Kui Kai, Ping Wu, Raymond Liang, ST Yuen, & W. Lim. (1997). Persistence of hepatic hepatitis B virus after serological clearance of HBsAg with autologous peripheral stem cell transplantation.. Journal of Clinical Pathology. 50(8). 706–708. 7 indexed citations

10.

Lim, W., G. A. de Zoeten, & D. J. Hagedorn. (1977). Scanning electron-microscopic evidence for attachment of a nonpersistently transmitted virus to its vector's stylets. Virology. 79(1). 121–128. 7 indexed citations

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