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Tommy Tsan-Yuk Lam

Tommy Tsan-Yuk Lam

D-Index & Metrics

Microbiology

D-Index
54
Citations
42574
World Ranking
3894
National Ranking
97

Tommy Tsan-Yuk Lam publication distribution in Microbiology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Microbiology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Tommy Tsan-Yuk Lam sits on this spectrum.

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55 publications 679+

This scientist: 113 publications — 9th percentile

9% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 679 publications or more.

Tommy Tsan-Yuk Lam D-index placement in Microbiology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Microbiology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Tommy Tsan-Yuk Lam sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 127+

This scientist: 54 D-Index — 29th percentile

29% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 127 D-Index or more.

Overview

Tommy Tsan-Yuk Lam is affiliated with the University of Hong Kong in China and focuses primarily on research in medicine and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their work encompasses several subfields, including infectious diseases, molecular biology, epidemiology, animal science and zoology, and public health, environmental, and occupational health.

Lam's research covers diverse topics such as:

  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
  • Animal Virus Infections Studies
  • Viral Infections and Vectors
  • Influenza Virus Research Studies
  • COVID-19 epidemiological studies
  • Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology

Frequent publication venues include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature Microbiology
  • Emerging infectious diseases
  • Virus Evolution
  • Eurosurveillance

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Lam are:

  • "Early Transmission Dynamics in Wuhan, China, of Novel Coronavirus-Infected Pneumonia," 2020, New England Journal of Medicine
  • "Identifying SARS-CoV-2-related coronaviruses in Malayan pangolins," 2020, Nature
  • "Evolutionary origins of the SARS-CoV-2 sarbecovirus lineage responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic," 2020, Nature Microbiology
  • "Early transmissibility assessment of the N501Y mutant strains of SARS-CoV-2 in the United Kingdom, October to November 2020," 2021, Eurosurveillance
  • "Ggtree: A serialized data object for visualization of a phylogenetic tree and annotation data," 2022, iMeta

Collaborations have been frequent with several researchers, including:

  • Marcus Ho-Hin Shum
  • Yunshi Liao
  • Yi Guan
  • Joseph T. Wu
  • GM Leung

This profile reflects Tommy Tsan-Yuk Lam's involvement in numerous studies related to virology and epidemiology, with a substantial focus on coronaviruses and their transmission dynamics. Their contributions have been published mainly in high-impact journals and preprint archives recognized in the fields of infectious disease research and genomics.

Best Publications

  • Early Transmission Dynamics in Wuhan, China, of Novel Coronavirus-Infected Pneumonia.

    Qun Li;Xuhua Guan;Peng Wu;Xiaoye Wang

  • ggtree: an R package for visualization and annotation of phylogenetic trees with their covariates and other associated data

    Guangchuang Yu;David K. Smith;Huachen Zhu;Yi Guan

  • Identifying SARS-CoV-2-related coronaviruses in Malayan pangolins.

    Tommy Tsan-Yuk Lam;Na Jia;Ya-Wei Zhang;Marcus Ho-Hin Shum

  • Exploring the temporal structure of heterochronous sequences using TempEst (formerly Path-O-Gen)

    Andrew Rambaut;Tommy T. Lam;Luiz Max Carvalho;Oliver G. Pybus

  • The sequence and de novo assembly of the giant panda genome

    Ruiqiang Li;Wei Fan;Geng Tian;Hongmei Zhu

  • Evolutionary origins of the SARS-CoV-2 sarbecovirus lineage responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic.

    Maciej F. Boni;Philippe Lemey;Xiaowei Jiang;Tommy Tsan Yuk Lam

  • Two Methods for Mapping and Visualizing Associated Data on Phylogeny Using Ggtree.

    Guangchuang Yu;Tommy Tsan-Yuk Lam;Huachen Zhu;Yi Guan

  • Early transmissibility assessment of the N501Y mutant strains of SARS-CoV-2 in the United Kingdom, October to November 2020.

    Kathy Leung;Marcus H.H. Shum;Gabriel M. Leung;Tommy T.Y. Lam

  • Treeio: An R Package for Phylogenetic Tree Input and Output with Richly Annotated and Associated Data.

    Li-Gen Wang;Tommy Tsan-Yuk Lam;Shuangbin Xu;Zehan Dai

  • The genesis and source of the H7N9 influenza viruses causing human infections in China

    Tommy Tsan-Yuk Lam;Jia Wang;Jia Wang;Yongyi Shen;Yongyi Shen;Yongyi Shen;Boping Zhou

  • Molecular epidemiology of PRRSV: A phylogenetic perspective

    Mang Shi;Tommy Tsan Yuk Lam;Chung Chau Hon;Raymond Kin Hei Hui

  • Phylogeny-Based Evolutionary, Demographical, and Geographical Dissection of North American Type 2 Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome Viruses

    Mang Shi;Tommy Tsan Yuk Lam;Chung Chau Hon;Michael P. Murtaugh

  • Co-circulation of three camel coronavirus species and recombination of MERS-CoVs in Saudi Arabia

    Jamal S. M. Sabir;Tommy T.-Y. Lam;Mohamed M. M. Ahmed;Lifeng Li

  • The ever-expanding diversity of porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus

    Michael P. Murtaugh;Tomasz Stadejek;Juan E. Abrahante;Tommy T.Y. Lam

  • Molecular Characterization of the Fecal Microbiota in Patients with Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis – A Longitudinal Study

    Vincent Wai-Sun Wong;Chi-Hang Tse;Tommy Tsan-Yuk Lam;Grace Lai-Hung Wong

  • Large-Scale Comparative Analyses of Tick Genomes Elucidate Their Genetic Diversity and Vector Capacities

    Na Jia;Jinfeng Wang;Wenqiang Shi;Lifeng Du

  • Evolutionary Genetics of Human Enterovirus 71: Origin, Population Dynamics, Natural Selection, and Seasonal Periodicity of the VP1 Gene

    Kok Keng Tee;Kok Keng Tee;Tommy Tsan-Yuk Lam;Yoke Fun Chan;Jon M. Bible

  • Identification of 2019-nCoV related coronaviruses in Malayan pangolins in southern China

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  • The rapidly expanding CRF01_AE epidemic in China is driven by multiple lineages of HIV-1 viruses introduced in the 1990s.

    Yi Feng;Xiang He;Jenny H. Hsi;Fan Li

  • Dissemination, divergence and establishment of H7N9 influenza viruses in China

    Tommy Tsan-Yuk Lam;Boping Zhou;Jia Wang;Yujuan Chai

  • Identification of 2019-nCoV related coronaviruses in Malayan pangolins in southern China

    Tommy Tsan-Yuk Lam;Marcus Ho-Hin Shum;Hua-Chen Zhu;Yi-Gang Tong

  • The sequence and de novo assembly of the giant panda genome [Correction]

    Ruiqiang Li;Ruiqiang Li;Wei Fan;Geng Tian;Geng Tian;Hongmei Zhu

Frequent Co-Authors

Yi Guan
Yi Guan University of Hong Kong
Edward C. Holmes
Edward C. Holmes University of Sydney
Oliver G. Pybus
Oliver G. Pybus University of Oxford
Julian W. Tang
Julian W. Tang University of Leicester
Frederick C. Leung
Frederick C. Leung City University of Hong Kong
Gabriel M. Leung
Gabriel M. Leung University of Hong Kong
Mang Shi
Mang Shi Sun Yat-sen University
Richard J. Webby
Richard J. Webby St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Leo L. M. Poon
Leo L. M. Poon University of Hong Kong

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