Yung Seng Lee

12.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
379 papers, 7.8k citations indexed

About

Yung Seng Lee is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Yung Seng Lee has authored 379 papers receiving a total of 7.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 87 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 82 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health and 58 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in Yung Seng Lee's work include Birth, Development, and Health (68 papers), Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (67 papers) and Gestational Diabetes Research and Management (42 papers). Yung Seng Lee is often cited by papers focused on Birth, Development, and Health (68 papers), Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (67 papers) and Gestational Diabetes Research and Management (42 papers). Yung Seng Lee collaborates with scholars based in Singapore, United Kingdom and New Zealand. Yung Seng Lee's co-authors include Yap Seng Chong, Fabian Yap, Keith M. Godfrey, Matthew Wook Chang, Peter D. Gluckman, Seang‐Mei Saw, Mya Thway Tint, Izzuddin M. Aris, In Young Hwang and Mary Foong‐Fong Chong and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Nature Communications and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Yung Seng Lee

363 papers receiving 7.7k 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.

Engineered probiotic Escherichia coli can eliminate and prevent Pseudomonas aeruginosa gut infection in animal models

2017 321 citations In Young Hwang, Yung Seng Lee et al. profile →
Engineered commensals for targeted nose-to-brain drug delivery

2025 37 citations Haosheng Shen, Nikhil Aggarwal et al. Cell profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Yung Seng Lee Singapore	45	1.8k	1.7k	1.3k	949	927	379	7.8k
Kok Hian Tan Singapore	40	1.2k 0.7×	1.6k 0.9×	1.6k 1.2×	857 0.9×	601 0.6×	386	6.9k
Marijke M. Faas Netherlands	52	3.3k 1.8×	1.2k 0.7×	914 0.7×	764 0.8×	986 1.1×	227	11.6k
Anne‐Louise Ponsonby Australia	66	1.3k 0.7×	1.7k 1.0×	1.6k 1.2×	1.3k 1.3×	3.2k 3.5×	400	16.1k
John D. Wark Australia	65	1.5k 0.8×	1.3k 0.7×	1.2k 0.9×	1.5k 1.5×	2.0k 2.1×	318	15.1k
Keiko Tanaka Japan	50	884 0.5×	1.5k 0.9×	609 0.5×	806 0.8×	1.7k 1.9×	402	8.5k
Stuart E. Turvey Canada	56	4.1k 2.2×	1.0k 0.6×	818 0.6×	2.1k 2.2×	2.0k 2.1×	296	11.9k
Prue H. Hart Australia	54	1.5k 0.8×	906 0.5×	444 0.3×	1.1k 1.1×	1.5k 1.6×	231	10.0k
Suhail A.R. Doi Australia	47	617 0.3×	1.7k 1.0×	629 0.5×	1.2k 1.3×	697 0.8×	284	9.2k
Stefan Johansson Sweden	49	1.4k 0.8×	854 0.5×	2.0k 1.6×	679 0.7×	1.0k 1.1×	143	8.6k
Giovanni Corsello Italy	38	1.2k 0.6×	692 0.4×	1.1k 0.9×	946 1.0×	440 0.5×	338	6.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Yung Seng Lee

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yung Seng Lee

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Shen, Haosheng, Nikhil Aggarwal, Yuanzhi He, et al.. (2025). Engineered commensals for targeted nose-to-brain drug delivery. Cell. 188(6). 1545–1562.e16. 37 indexed citations breakdown →

Ng, Nicholas Beng Hui, Navin Michael, Shirong Cai, et al.. (2024). Associations of fetal and postnatal growth trajectories with child cognition: the GUSTO cohort study. International Journal of Epidemiology. 54(1). 1 indexed citations

Lee, V Vien, Delicia Shu Qin Ooi, Lin Lin Su, et al.. (2024). Shaping Adoption and Sustained Use Across the Maternal Journey: Qualitative Study on Perceived Usability and Credibility in Digital Health Tools. JMIR Human Factors. 11. e59269–e59269. 2 indexed citations

Chia, Airu, Bee Choo Tai, Jia Ying Toh, et al.. (2024). Correlates of lifestyle patterns among children in Singapore aged 10 years: the Growing Up in Singapore Towards healthy Outcomes (GUSTO) study. BMC Public Health. 24(1). 2147–2147.

Dorajoo, Rajkumar, et al.. (2023). Novel Melanocortin-3 and -4 Receptor Functional Variants in Asian Children With Severe Obesity. The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. 109(3). e1249–e1259. 1 indexed citations

Tint, Mya Thway, Rosana Aguilera, Borame Sue Lee Dickens, et al.. (2022). The socioeconomic landscape of the exposome during pregnancy. Environment International. 163. 107205–107205. 9 indexed citations

Toh, Jia Ying, Wen Lun Yuan, Yung Seng Lee, et al.. (2022). Development and Evaluation of a Diet Quality Index for Preschool-Aged Children in an Asian population: The Growing Up in Singapore Towards Healthy Outcomes cohort. Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. 123(2). 299–308.e3. 2 indexed citations

Tint, Mya Thway, Navin Michael, Lynette Pei‐Chi Shek, et al.. (2021). Automated Segmentation of Visceral, Deep Subcutaneous, and Superficial Subcutaneous Adipose Tissue Volumes in MRI of Neonates and Young Children. Radiology Artificial Intelligence. 3(5). e200304–e200304. 12 indexed citations

Chen, Ling‐Wei, See Ling Loy, Fabian Yap, et al.. (2021). Combined analysis of gestational diabetes and maternal weight status from pre-pregnancy through post-delivery in future development of type 2 diabetes. Scientific Reports. 11(1). 5021–5021. 37 indexed citations

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Toh, Jia Ying, Airu Chia, Mya Thway Tint, et al.. (2021). Associations of Childcare Arrangements with Adiposity Measures in a Multi-Ethnic Asian Cohort: The GUSTO Study. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 18(22). 12178–12178. 5 indexed citations

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Aris, Izzuddin M., Jonathan Y. Bernard, Ling‐Wei Chen, et al.. (2017). Postnatal height and adiposity gain, childhood blood pressure and prehypertension risk in an Asian birth cohort. International Journal of Obesity. 41(7). 1011–1017. 14 indexed citations

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Pan, Hong, Xinyi Lin, Yonghui Wu, et al.. (2015). HIF3A Association with Adiposity: The Story Begins Before Birth. Epigenomics. 7(6). 937–950. 55 indexed citations

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Ooi, Delicia Shu Qin, Jeevesh Kapur, Ting Wu, et al.. (2015). The role of digestive factors in determining glycemic response in a multiethnic Asian population. European Journal of Nutrition. 55(4). 1573–1581. 31 indexed citations

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Lee, Yung Seng, et al.. (2006). Touch Imprint Cytology Contributed to the Frozen Section Diagnosis of Merkel Cell Carcinoma -A Case Report-. 17(2). 143–147. 1 indexed citations

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Lee, Yung Seng, et al.. (2003). A Case of Spontaneous Rupture of the Kidney with Acute Pyelonephritis.. 22(6). 757–762.

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Lee, Yung Seng, et al.. (2001). Risk Factors and Prognostic Influences of Burn Wound Infection.. Journal of the Korean Surgical Society. 61(2). 195–202. 1 indexed citations

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Loke, Kah Yin, et al.. (2001). Molecular Analysis of CYP-21 Mutations for Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia in Singapore. Hormone Research in Paediatrics. 55(4). 179–184. 21 indexed citations

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Lee, Yung Seng, et al.. (2001). A case of syndrome of inappropriate antidiuretic hormone secretion (SIADH) in small cell cancer of lung combined with squamous cell cancer of lung.. The Korean Journal of Internal Medicine. 61(5). 562–566.

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Chen, Ni, et al.. (2000). Relationship between plasma homocysteine levels and chronic diabetic complications in NIDDM patients.. The Korean Journal of Internal Medicine. 59(2). 174–182. 1 indexed citations

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Kim, BK, et al.. (1997). Cerebral vasospasm in eclampsia: Report of a case.. Journal of the Korean Neurological Association. 15(2). 394–398.

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