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Researcher · City University of Hong Kong · China

Paul K.S. Lam

Paul K.S. Lam publishes mostly in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Environmental Chemistry and Pollution, on topics such as Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact, Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology and Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances research.

ORCID 0000-0002-2134-3710 OpenAlex
World rank
#36,877
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in China
#2,525
of 978,568
Works
605
Citations
42k
Citations per work
69.0
h-index
108
i10-index 486Top 0.1% in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
Paul K.S. Lam

What does Paul K.S. Lam research?

Paul K.S. Lam's work is mostly in Environmental Science (59%), Earth and Planetary Sciences (4%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (4%).

Physical Sciences: 382 works · 63.2% of their workEnvironmental Science: 358 works · 59.1% of their workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 188 works · 31.1% of their workEnvironmental Chemistry: 80 works · 13.3% of their workPollution: 59 works · 9.7% of their workEcology: 30 works · 5.0% of their workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 25 works · 4.1% of their workAtmospheric Science: 25 works · 4.1% of their workEverything else: 199 works · 32.9% of their workLife Sciences: 24 works · 3.9% of their workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 24 works · 3.9% of their workMolecular Biology: 24 works · 3.9% of their workTHEIR WORKPaul K.S. Lam605works
Life Sciences4%Physical Sciences63%

Their six largest subfields, inside their fields and domains; the grey slice is everything else they publish. The interactive view splits every one of their works down to single topics.

The fields and subfields, with their numbers
    1. Environmental Science35859.1%
    2. Earth and Planetary Sciences254.1%
  2. Everything else19932.9%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology243.9%
  1. 1Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis31% of their works
  2. 2Environmental Chemistry13% of their works
  3. 3Pollution10% of their works
  4. 4Ecology5% of their works
  5. 5Atmospheric Science4% of their works
  6. 6Molecular Biology4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Paul K.S. Lam's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Bioaccumulation, Global Distribution, Environmental Exposure, Brominated Flame Retardants, Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons, Health Effects, Biomarkers and Oxidative Stress.

Size is their works in the topics tagged with each word, from their 8 largest topics. Each links to the topic it comes from most. The words come from the keyword list OpenAlex gives each topic, not from the text of the papers, so a word can appear that none of the papers uses.

All 21 words, with their numbers
  1. Bioaccumulation3492 topics
  2. Global Distribution3462 topics
  3. Environmental Exposure3102 topics
  4. Brominated Flame Retardants2301 topic
  5. Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons2301 topic
  6. Health Effects1962 topics
  7. Biomarkers1191 topic
  8. Oxidative Stress1191 topic
  9. Perfluoroalkyl Substances1161 topic
  10. Polyfluoroalkyl Compounds1161 topic
  11. Environmental Impact1102 topics
  12. Bisphenol A801 topic
  13. Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals801 topic
  14. Atmospheric Aerosols691 topic
  15. Black Carbon691 topic
  16. Marine Environment611 topic
  17. Microplastics611 topic
  18. Harmful Algal Blooms561 topic
  19. Marine Toxins561 topic
  20. Antibiotics491 topic
  21. Resistance Genes491 topic

Where does Paul K.S. Lam work?

Paul K.S. Lam's main affiliation in the publication record is City University of Hong Kong, China.

How many publications and citations does Paul K.S. Lam have?

OpenAlex counts 605 works and 41,765 citations for Paul K.S. Lam, an h-index of 108, ranking #36,877 of 7,710,434 researchers worldwide on the quality score.

Ranked on field-normalised citation excellence (50%), output (30%) and citations (20%). Counts come from OpenAlex author records, which occasionally merge different people who share a name or split one person into several.

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