Y L Tsai

2.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
24 papers, 2.2k citations indexed

About

Y L Tsai is a scholar working on Ecology, Infectious Diseases and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Y L Tsai has authored 24 papers receiving a total of 2.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Ecology, 7 papers in Infectious Diseases and 6 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Y L Tsai's work include Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (7 papers), Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology (6 papers) and Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies (6 papers). Y L Tsai is often cited by papers focused on Bacteriophages and microbial interactions (7 papers), Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology (6 papers) and Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies (6 papers). Y L Tsai collaborates with scholars based in United States and Taiwan. Y L Tsai's co-authors include Betty H. Olson, C J Palmer, Mark D. Sobsey, Cynthia Mayer, Amanda Lang, Ben Tran, Ben Tran, C Paszko-Kolva, Eunice C. Chern and Oladele A. Ogunseitan and has published in prestigious journals such as Applied and Environmental Microbiology, Chemosphere and Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology.

In The Last Decade

Y L Tsai

24 papers receiving 2.0k 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.

Rapid method for direct extraction of DNA from soil and sediments

1991 504 citations Y L Tsai, Betty H. Olson Applied and Environmental Microbiology profile →

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Nationwide suspect screening of new psychoactive substances (NPSs) and other controlled substances in Taiwan wastewater using liquid chromatography–High resolution mass spectrometry (LC-HRMS) 2025 ·Chemosphere ·(unknown), (unknown), Yung‐Chieh Lin, (unknown), (unknown), Y L Tsai, Pao‐Chi Liao	1
2	Monitoring occurrence and removal of selected pharmaceuticals in two different wastewater treatment plants 2019 ·SN Applied Sciences ·(unknown), Samuel Choi, (unknown), Y L Tsai, (unknown), Sudarshan Kurwadkar	31
3	Efficacy of therapeutic play for pediatric brain tumor patients during external beam radiotherapy 2013 ·Child s Nervous System ·Y L Tsai, Shiow-Chwen Tsai, Sang‐Hue Yen, Kai‐Lin Huang, Pei‐Fan Mu, (unknown), Tai‐Tong Wong, I‐Chun Lai, Liu Pin, (unknown), (unknown), Yi‐Wei Chen	26
4	Occurrence of Genes Associated with Enterotoxigenic and Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli in Agricultural Waste Lagoons 2004 ·Applied and Environmental Microbiology ·Eunice C. Chern, Y L Tsai, Betty H. Olson	40
5	A biomarker for the identification of swine fecal pollution in water, using the STII toxin gene from enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli 2003 ·Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology ·(unknown), Y L Tsai, Betty H. Olson	71
6	Magnetic bead hybridization to detect enterotoxigenicEscherichia colistrains associated with cattle in environmental water sources 2003 ·Canadian Journal of Microbiology ·Y L Tsai, (unknown), Betty H. Olson	14
7	A biomarker for the identification of cattle fecal pollution in water using the LTIIa toxin gene from enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli 2002 ·Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology ·(unknown), Y L Tsai, Betty H. Olson	40
8	Quantification of poliovirus in seawater and sewage by competitive reverse transcriptase - polymerase chain reaction 1998 ·Canadian Journal of Microbiology ·Y L Tsai, (unknown)	10
9	Quantification of poliovirus in seawater and sewage by competitive reverse transcriptase - polymerase chain reaction 1998 ·Canadian Journal of Microbiology ·Y L Tsai, (unknown)	9
10	Analysis of viral RNA persistence in seawater by reverse transcriptase-PCR 1995 ·Applied and Environmental Microbiology ·Y L Tsai, Ben Tran, C J Palmer	65
11	Comparison of PCR-generated fragments of the mce gene from Mycobacterium tuberculosis, M. avium, M. intracellulare, and M. scrofulaceum 1995 ·Clinical and Diagnostic Laboratory Immunology ·(unknown), Y L Tsai, C J Palmer	14
12	Multiplex PCR for detection of the heat-labile toxin gene and shiga-like toxin I and II genes in Escherichia coli isolated from natural waters 1994 ·Applied and Environmental Microbiology ·Amanda Lang, Y L Tsai, Cynthia Mayer, (unknown), C J Palmer	41
13	Detection of poliovirus, hepatitis A virus, and rotavirus from sewage and ocean water by triplex reverse transcriptase PCR 1994 ·Applied and Environmental Microbiology ·Y L Tsai, Ben Tran, (unknown), C J Palmer	85
14	Evaluation of colilert-marine water for detection of total coliforms and Escherichia coli in the marine environment 1993 ·Applied and Environmental Microbiology ·C J Palmer, Y L Tsai, Amanda Lang, (unknown)	56
15	Detection of low numbers of bacterial cells in soils and sediments by polymerase chain reaction 1992 ·Applied and Environmental Microbiology ·Y L Tsai, Betty H. Olson	281
16	Varied resonses in gene expression of culturable heterotrophic bacteria isolated from the environment 1992 ·Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology ·Christoph C. Tebbe, Oladele A. Ogunseitan, P. A. Rochelle, Y L Tsai, (unknown)	12
17	Rapid Method for Direct Extraction of mRNA from Seeded Soils 1991 ·Applied and Environmental Microbiology ·Y L Tsai, (unknown), Betty H. Olson	62
18	Effect of 2-hydroxybenzoate on the maintenance of naphthalene-degrading pseudomonads in seeded and unseeded soil 1991 ·Applied and Environmental Microbiology ·Oladele A. Ogunseitan, (unknown), Y L Tsai, Betty H. Olson	37
19	Rapid method for direct extraction of DNA from soil and sediments breakdown → 1991 ·Applied and Environmental Microbiology ·Y L Tsai, Betty H. Olson	504
20	Effects of Hg ²⁺ , CH ₃ -Hg ⁺ , and Temperature on the Expression of Mercury Resistance Genes in Environmental Bacteria 1990 ·Applied and Environmental Microbiology ·Y L Tsai, Betty H. Olson	30

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