WK Luk

995 total citations · 1 hit paper
9 papers, 801 citations indexed

About

WK Luk is a scholar working on Epidemiology, Infectious Diseases and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, WK Luk has authored 9 papers receiving a total of 801 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 4 papers in Epidemiology, 3 papers in Infectious Diseases and 2 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in WK Luk's work include Influenza Virus Research Studies (3 papers), COVID-19 epidemiological studies (2 papers) and Neutropenia and Cancer Infections (1 paper). WK Luk is often cited by papers focused on Influenza Virus Research Studies (3 papers), COVID-19 epidemiological studies (2 papers) and Neutropenia and Cancer Infections (1 paper). WK Luk collaborates with scholars based in Hong Kong, China and Estonia. WK Luk's co-authors include K. F. Shortridge, YL Lau, Siamon Gordon, Malik Peiris, Leo L. M. Poon, Chung Yan Cheung, Yi Guan, Kwok‐Yung Yuen, Frederick Chen and Raymond Liang and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, Clinical Oral Implants Research and Bone Marrow Transplantation.

In The Last Decade

WK Luk

9 papers receiving 779 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.

Induction of proinflammatory cytokines in human macrophages by influenza A (H5N1) viruses: a mechanism for the unusual severity of human disease?

2002 718 citations Chung Yan Cheung, Leo L. M. Poon et al. The Lancet profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
WK Luk Hong Kong	4	588	382	261	118	82	9	801
Christine M. Oshansky United States	18	659 1.1×	520 1.4×	371 1.4×	68 0.6×	245 3.0×	20	1.2k
Husni Elbahesh Germany	18	336 0.6×	386 1.0×	272 1.0×	22 0.2×	216 2.6×	26	818
Shuihua Lu China	18	388 0.7×	280 0.7×	591 2.3×	41 0.3×	269 3.3×	72	987
W H Chui China	7	778 1.3×	411 1.1×	318 1.2×	167 1.4×	110 1.3×	8	982
Angela Di Martino Italy	11	208 0.4×	64 0.2×	167 0.6×	67 0.6×	41 0.5×	21	408
Yueqiang Duan China	15	271 0.5×	173 0.5×	434 1.7×	45 0.4×	139 1.7×	27	822
Mario Tönnies Germany	9	236 0.4×	119 0.3×	125 0.5×	69 0.6×	101 1.2×	16	496
Asuka Suto Japan	12	208 0.4×	67 0.2×	249 1.0×	59 0.5×	79 1.0×	17	523
Suki M. Y. Lee Hong Kong	5	305 0.5×	387 1.0×	114 0.4×	37 0.3×	100 1.2×	6	556

Countries citing papers authored by WK Luk

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Fields of papers citing papers by WK Luk

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of WK Luk

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

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9 of 9 papers shown

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Lau, Clara Bik‐San, et al.. (2012). Exploring predictors influencing intended and actual acceptability of the A/H1N1 pandemic vaccine: A cohort study of university students in Hong Kong. Public Health. 126(12). 1007–1012. 19 indexed citations

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Fu, Shu-Ping, et al.. (2012). Primary hyperaldosteronism among Chinese hypertensive patients: how are we doing in a local district in Hong Kong.. PubMed. 18(3). 193–200. 3 indexed citations

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Hoheisel, Gerhard, WK Luk, Jürgen Winkler, et al.. (2007). Aviäre Influenza und das Schwere Akute Respiratorische Syndrom (SARS) - Erfahrungen und Perspektiven. Pneumologie. 61(1). 41–45. 1 indexed citations

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Cheung, Chung Yan, Leo L. M. Poon, WK Luk, et al.. (2002). Induction of proinflammatory cytokines in human macrophages by influenza A (H5N1) viruses: a mechanism for the unusual severity of human disease?. The Lancet. 360(9348). 1831–1837. 718 indexed citations breakdown →

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Zheng, B, Chi‐Ming Lam, Stanley W.K. Im, et al.. (2001). Distinct Tumour Specificity and IL‐7 Requirements of CD56⁻and CD56⁺ Subsets of Human γδ T Cells. Scandinavian Journal of Immunology. 53(1). 40–48. 11 indexed citations

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Luk, WK, et al.. (2000). A Case of Scrub Typhus in a Child. 2 indexed citations

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Luk, WK, et al.. (1999). Nosocomial outbreak of parvovirus B19 in a renal transplant unit. Clinical Oral Implants Research. 10(2). 103–10. 1 indexed citations

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Yuen, Kwok‐Yung, Patrick C. Y. Woo, C. Hui, et al.. (1998). Unique risk factors for bacteraemia in allogeneic bone marrow transplant recipients before and after engraftment. Bone Marrow Transplantation. 21(11). 1137–1143. 45 indexed citations

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Yuen, Kwok‐Yung, et al.. (1995). The role of clinical microbiologists in infectious disease management. 1 indexed citations

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