Wei Shen Lim

33.9k total citations · 4 hit papers
103 papers, 8.3k citations indexed

About

Wei Shen Lim is a scholar working on Epidemiology, Emergency Medicine and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Wei Shen Lim has authored 103 papers receiving a total of 8.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 88 papers in Epidemiology, 30 papers in Emergency Medicine and 15 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. Recurrent topics in Wei Shen Lim's work include Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections (60 papers), Respiratory viral infections research (43 papers) and Influenza Virus Research Studies (29 papers). Wei Shen Lim is often cited by papers focused on Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections (60 papers), Respiratory viral infections research (43 papers) and Influenza Virus Research Studies (29 papers). Wei Shen Lim collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, United States and Australia. Wei Shen Lim's co-authors include Louise Lansbury, Vadsala Baskaran, Jonathan S. Nguyen‐Van‐Tam, Chamira Rodrigo, Mark Woodhead, Jo Leonardi‐Bee, Robert C. George, Robert C. Read, Mark L Levy and Ivan Le Jeune and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Wei Shen Lim

97 papers receiving 8.1k 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.

Defining community acquired pneumonia severity on presentation to hospital: an international derivation and validation study

2003 2.2k citations Wei Shen Lim Thorax profile →
Co-infections in people with COVID-19: a systematic review and meta-analysis

2020 1.1k citations Louise Lansbury, Vadsala Baskaran et al. Journal of Infection profile →
BTS guidelines for the management of community acquired pneumonia in adults: update 2009

2009 999 citations Wei Shen Lim, Simon Baudouin et al. Thorax profile →
The Effectiveness of Convalescent Plasma and Hyperimmune Immunoglobulin for the Treatment of Severe Acute Respiratory Infections of Viral Etiology: A Systematic Review and Exploratory Meta-analysis

2014 656 citations Wei Shen Lim, Jonathan S. Nguyen‐Van‐Tam et al. profile →

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Wei Shen Lim

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

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	British Thoracic Society Clinical Statement onAspergillus-related chronic lung disease 2025 ·Thorax ·Jeremy Brown, Darius Armstrong‐James, Jonathan Ayling-Smith, Matthijs Backx, Meg Coleman, David Connell, Paddy Dennison, D.G. Downey, Fiona Lynch, Wei Shen Lim, (unknown), Caroline Baxter	1
2	Carriage of Streptococcus pneumoniae in adults hospitalised with community-acquired pneumonia 2024 ·Journal of Infection ·Louise Lansbury, Tricia M. McKeever, Hannah Lawrence, (unknown), Vadsala Baskaran, (unknown), Deborah Ashton, Chamira Rodrigo, Priya Daniel, David Litt, Seyi Eletu, (unknown), Carmen Sheppard, Shamez Ladhani, Caroline Trotter, Wei Shen Lim	1
3	Risk of unintended consequences from lower antibiotic prescribing for respiratory tract infections in primary care 2024 ·Journal of Infection ·James Stimson, Tricia M. McKeever, Emily Agnew, Wei Shen Lim, Simon Royal, Puja Myles, Stephanie Evans, Julie V. Robotham	0
4	Pneumococcal pneumonia trends in adults hospitalised with community-acquired pneumonia over 10 years (2013–2023) and the role of serotype 3 2024 ·Thorax ·Louise Lansbury, Tricia M. McKeever, Hannah Lawrence, (unknown), Vadsala Baskaran, (unknown), (unknown), Helen D. Bailey, Deborah Ashton, Lesley Bendall, Chamira Rodrigo, Priya Daniel, David Litt, Seyi Eletu, (unknown), Carmen Sheppard, Shamez Ladhani, Caroline Trotter, Wei Shen Lim	1
5	Non-invasive pneumococcal pneumonia due to vaccine serotypes: A systematic review and meta-analysis 2022 ·EClinicalMedicine ·Louise Lansbury, (unknown), Tricia M. McKeever, Hannah Lawrence, Wei Shen Lim	19
6	Splenic macrophages as the source of bacteraemia during pneumococcal pneumonia 2021 ·EBioMedicine ·David Carreño, Joseph J. Wanford, (unknown), (unknown), Wen Yuan Chung, Ashley R. Dennison, Kees R. Straatman, Luisa Martı́nez-Pomares, Manish Pareek, Carlos J. Orihuela, Marcos I. Restrepo, Wei Shen Lim, Peter W. Andrew, E. Richard Moxon, Marco R. Oggioni	13
7	The Feasibility and Tolerability of Using Inspiratory Muscle Training with Adults Discharged from the Hospital with Community-Acquired Pneumonia 2021 ·Advances in respiratory medicine ·(unknown), Mark A. Faghy, (unknown), Deborah Ashton, Charlotte E. Bolton, Tricia M. McKeever, Wei Shen Lim, Thomas Bewick	4
8	Primary care consultations after hospitalisation for pneumonia: a large population-based cohort study 2020 ·British Journal of General Practice ·Vadsala Baskaran, Fiona Pearce, Rowan Harwood, Tricia M. McKeever, Wei Shen Lim	2
9	Effect of tobacco smoking on the risk of developing community acquired pneumonia: A systematic review and meta-analysis 2019 ·PLoS ONE ·Vadsala Baskaran, Rachael L Murray, Abby Hunter, Wei Shen Lim, Tricia M. McKeever	76
10	Clinicians’ attitude towards a placebo-controlled randomised clinical trial investigating the effect of neuraminidase inhibitors in adults hospitalised with influenza 2018 ·BMC Health Services Research ·Naomi Bradbury, Jonathan S. Nguyen‐Van‐Tam, Wei Shen Lim	3
11	Impact of infant 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine on serotypes in adult pneumonia 2015 ·European Respiratory Journal ·Chamira Rodrigo, Thomas Bewick, Carmen Sheppard, Sonia Greenwood, Tricia M. McKeever, Caroline Trotter, Mary Slack, Robert C. George, Wei Shen Lim	107
12	The Relevance of Pneumococcal Serotypes 2014 ·Current Infectious Disease Reports ·Chamira Rodrigo, Wei Shen Lim	13
13	Clinical features of adults with seven-valent-conjugated-vaccine-serotype pneumococcal pneumonia 2014 ·Vaccine ·Chamira Rodrigo, Thomas Bewick, Carmen Sheppard, Sonia Greenwood, Caroline Trotter, Mary Slack, Robert C. George, Wei Shen Lim	7
14	Differences between asthmatics and nonasthmatics hospitalised with influenza A infection 2012 ·European Respiratory Journal ·Puja Myles, Jonathan S. Nguyen‐Van‐Tam, Malcolm G. Semple, Stephen J. Brett, Barbara Bannister, Robert C. Read, Bruce L. Taylor, Jim McMenamin, Joanne Enstone, Karl G. Nicholson, Peter Openshaw, Wei Shen Lim	35
15	Comparison of CATs, CURB-65 and PMEWS as Triage Tools in Pandemic Influenza Admissions to UK Hospitals: Case Control Analysis Using Retrospective Data 2012 ·PLoS ONE ·Puja Myles, Jonathan S. Nguyen‐Van‐Tam, Wei Shen Lim, Karl G. Nicholson, Stephen J. Brett, Joanne Enstone, James McMenamin, Peter Openshaw, Robert C. Read, Bruce L. Taylor, Barbara Bannister, Malcolm G. Semple	12
16	Late-breaking abstract: Relationship of asthma to outcome in influenza A/H1N1 2009 infection: FLU-CIN cohort study 2011 ·European Respiratory Journal ·Malcolm G. Semple, Wei Shen Lim, Puja Myles, Joanne Enstone, Peter Openshaw, Robert C. Read, Bruce Taylor, James McMenamin, Barbara Bannister, Stephen J. Brett, Karl G. Nicholson, Jonathan S. Nguyen‐Van‐Tam	1
17	What is the role of pulse oximetry in the assessment of patients with community-acquired pneumonia in primary care? 2010 ·Primary Care Respiratory Journal ·Thomas Bewick, Sonia Greenwood, Wei Shen Lim	22
18	Immunogenicity and safety of a two-dose schedule of whole-virion and AS03A-adjuvanted 2009 influenza A (H1N1) vaccines: a randomised, multicentre, age-stratified, head-to-head trial 2010 ·The Lancet Infectious Diseases ·Karl G. Nicholson, Keith R. Abrams, Sally Batham, Tristan Clark, Katja Höschler, Wei Shen Lim, Marie-Jo Medina, Jonathan S. Nguyen‐Van‐Tam, Robert C. Read, Fiona C Warren, Maria Zambon	73
19	BTS guidelines for the management of community acquired pneumonia in adults: update 2009 breakdown → 2009 ·Thorax ·Wei Shen Lim, Simon Baudouin, Robert C. George, Adam T. Hill, C Jamieson, Ivan Le Jeune, J T Macfarlane, Robert C. Read, Holly Roberts, Mark L Levy, Manzoor A. Wani, Mark Woodhead	999
20	Study of community acquired pneumonia aetiology (SCAPA) in adults admitted to hospital: implications for management guidelines 2001 ·Thorax ·Wei Shen Lim	411

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