| Discipline name | D-Index | World Ranking | Current World Ranking | National Ranking | Current National Ranking | Publications | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Molecular Biology | 131 | 187 | 168 | 2 | 2 | 496 | 53577 |
The chart shows the history of publications by Eric Lam between 1979 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Eric Lam published across 47 years, from 1979 to 2025, averaging 12.6 papers a year. Output peaked at 33 publications in 2012. 17 of the 590 publications appeared in the last two years.
590 publications in total across all disciplines
| Year | Publications |
|---|---|
| 1979 | 1 |
| 1980 | 1 |
| 1981 | 3 |
| 1982 | 7 |
| 1983 | 6 |
| 1984 | 6 |
| 1985 | 5 |
| 1986 | 1 |
| 1987 | 1 |
| 1988 | 2 |
| 1989 | 9 |
| 1990 | 5 |
| 1991 | 1 |
| 1992 | 2 |
| 1993 | 4 |
| 1994 | 10 |
| 1995 | 11 |
| 1996 | 10 |
| 1997 | 8 |
| 1998 | 5 |
| 1999 | 9 |
| 2000 | 10 |
| 2001 | 12 |
| 2002 | 9 |
| 2003 | 9 |
| 2004 | 20 |
| 2005 | 16 |
| 2006 | 31 |
| 2007 | 17 |
| 2008 | 15 |
| 2009 | 19 |
| 2010 | 20 |
| 2011 | 20 |
| 2012 | 33 |
| 2013 | 14 |
| 2014 | 29 |
| 2015 | 15 |
| 2016 | 26 |
| 2017 | 19 |
| 2018 | 32 |
| 2019 | 25 |
| 2020 | 31 |
| 2021 | 27 |
| 2022 | 6 |
| 2023 | 11 |
| 2024 | 6 |
| 2025 | 11 |
| Total | 590 |
The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Molecular Biology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Eric Lam sits on this spectrum.
This scientist: 496 publications — 95th percentile
95% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.
The last bar groups every scientist with 564 publications or more.
| Publications | Scientists | This scientist |
|---|---|---|
| 47–56 | 7 | |
| 57–66 | 17 | |
| 67–76 | 65 | |
| 77–86 | 90 | |
| 87–96 | 125 | |
| 97–106 | 131 | |
| 107–116 | 162 | |
| 117–126 | 177 | |
| 127–136 | 158 | |
| 137–146 | 158 | |
| 147–156 | 146 | |
| 157–166 | 159 | |
| 167–176 | 131 | |
| 177–186 | 110 | |
| 187–196 | 112 | |
| 197–206 | 100 | |
| 207–216 | 89 | |
| 217–226 | 98 | |
| 227–236 | 74 | |
| 237–246 | 72 | |
| 247–256 | 63 | |
| 257–266 | 53 | |
| 267–276 | 54 | |
| 277–286 | 49 | |
| 287–296 | 52 | |
| 297–306 | 43 | |
| 307–316 | 46 | |
| 317–326 | 41 | |
| 327–336 | 42 | |
| 337–346 | 31 | |
| 347–356 | 28 | |
| 357–366 | 29 | |
| 367–376 | 26 | |
| 377–386 | 24 | |
| 387–396 | 24 | |
| 397–406 | 14 | |
| 407–416 | 13 | |
| 417–426 | 20 | |
| 427–436 | 12 | |
| 437–446 | 20 | |
| 447–456 | 11 | |
| 457–466 | 10 | |
| 467–476 | 14 | |
| 477–486 | 14 | |
| 487–496 | 10 | 496 |
| 497–506 | 13 | |
| 507–516 | 13 | |
| 517–526 | 2 | |
| 527–536 | 4 | |
| 537–546 | 6 | |
| 547–556 | 8 | |
| 557–563 | 6 | |
| 564+ | 100 |
The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Molecular Biology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Eric Lam sits on this spectrum.
This scientist: 131 D-Index — 94th percentile
94% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.
The last bar groups every scientist with 145 D-Index or more.
| D-Index | Scientists | This scientist |
|---|---|---|
| 40–41 | 36 | |
| 42–43 | 101 | |
| 44–45 | 115 | |
| 46–47 | 121 | |
| 48–49 | 118 | |
| 50–51 | 130 | |
| 52–53 | 106 | |
| 54–55 | 116 | |
| 56–57 | 113 | |
| 58–59 | 129 | |
| 60–61 | 120 | |
| 62–63 | 105 | |
| 64–65 | 131 | |
| 66–67 | 95 | |
| 68–69 | 97 | |
| 70–71 | 106 | |
| 72–73 | 83 | |
| 74–75 | 89 | |
| 76–77 | 77 | |
| 78–79 | 70 | |
| 80–81 | 73 | |
| 82–83 | 60 | |
| 84–85 | 48 | |
| 86–87 | 45 | |
| 88–89 | 50 | |
| 90–91 | 31 | |
| 92–93 | 51 | |
| 94–95 | 43 | |
| 96–97 | 38 | |
| 98–99 | 39 | |
| 100–101 | 41 | |
| 102–103 | 29 | |
| 104–105 | 33 | |
| 106–107 | 35 | |
| 108–109 | 20 | |
| 110–111 | 38 | |
| 112–113 | 19 | |
| 114–115 | 28 | |
| 116–117 | 13 | |
| 118–119 | 23 | |
| 120–121 | 16 | |
| 122–123 | 15 | |
| 124–125 | 11 | |
| 126–127 | 21 | |
| 128–129 | 7 | |
| 130–131 | 13 | 131 |
| 132–133 | 14 | |
| 134–135 | 17 | |
| 136–137 | 9 | |
| 138–139 | 8 | |
| 140–141 | 16 | |
| 142–143 | 7 | |
| 144 | 7 | |
| 145+ | 100 |
Eric Lam is affiliated with Sun Yat-sen University in China and conducts research primarily in the fields of Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Their work intersects several subfields including Plant Science, Ecology, Molecular Biology, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, and Biomedical Engineering.
Lam's research focuses on topics such as coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics, constructed wetlands for wastewater treatment, polysaccharides and plant cell walls, peatlands and wetlands ecology, plant-microbe interactions and immunity, photosynthetic processes and mechanisms, and plant molecular biology research.
Frequent publication venues for their work include:
Notable recent papers authored or coauthored by Eric Lam include:
Among their frequent coauthors, Eric Lam has collaborated extensively with Todd P. Michael, Kenneth Acosta, Klaus-J. Appenroth, Ingo Schubert, and K. Sowjanya Sree.
Sarah Glennie;Inês Soeiro;Peter J. Dyson;Eric W.-F. Lam
Stephen S. Myatt;Eric W. F. Lam
Eric Lam;Naohiro Kato;Michael Lawton
Daniel F. Klessig;Jörg Durner;Robert Noad;Duroy A. Navarre
P.F. Dijkers;R.H. Medema;C. Pals;L. Banerji
Eric W.-F. Lam;Jan J. Brosens;Ana R. Gomes;Chuay-Yeng Koo
Eric Lam;Eric Lam
Marc Schmidt;Sylvia Fernandez de Mattos;Armando van der Horst;Rob Klompmaker
W G van Doorn;E P Beers;J L Dangl;V E Franklin-Tong
Jun-Ma Zhou;Youssef Trifa;Herman Silva;Dominique Pontier
Rajesh Ramasamy;Henrietta Fazekasova;Eric W.-F. Lam;In s Soeiro
Andrew Sunters;Silvia Fernández de Mattos;Marie Stahl;Jan J. Brosens
Geert J. P. L. Kops;Rene H. Medema;Janet Glassford;Marieke A. G. Essers
Olga del Pozo;Eric Lam
Fumiaki Katagiri;Eric Lam;Nam Hai Chua
R Ramasamy;E. W. F. Lam;I. Soeiro;Veronica Tisato
Stephen Creager;C. J. Yu;Cindy Bamdad;Steve O'Connor
Eric Lam;Philip N. Benfey;Philip M. Gilmartin;Rong-Xiang Fang
Barrie Peck;Chun-Yuan Chen;Ka-Kei Ho;Paolo Di Fruscia
Pascale F. Dijkers;Kim U. Birkenkamp;Eric W.-F. Lam;N. Shaun B. Thomas
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