Bowen Li

4.3k total citations · 5 hit papers
78 papers, 3.3k citations indexed

About

Bowen Li is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Biomedical Engineering and Surfaces, Coatings and Films. According to data from OpenAlex, Bowen Li has authored 78 papers receiving a total of 3.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 42 papers in Molecular Biology, 21 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 14 papers in Surfaces, Coatings and Films. Recurrent topics in Bowen Li's work include RNA Interference and Gene Delivery (22 papers), Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (14 papers) and Polymer Surface Interaction Studies (13 papers). Bowen Li is often cited by papers focused on RNA Interference and Gene Delivery (22 papers), Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (14 papers) and Polymer Surface Interaction Studies (13 papers). Bowen Li collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Canada. Bowen Li's co-authors include Priyesh Jain, Hsiang‐Chieh Hung, Xiaojie Lin, Zhefan Yuan, Kan Wu, Shaoyi Jiang, Peng Zhang, Andrew Varley, Shaoyi Jiang and Haiyan Chen and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Advanced Materials.

In The Last Decade

Bowen Li

74 papers receiving 3.3k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

What are hit papers?

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.

Trimethylamine N -oxide–derived zwitterionic polymers: A new class of ultralow fouling bioinspired materials

2019 254 citations Bowen Li, Priyesh Jain et al. profile →
Combinatorial design of nanoparticles for pulmonary mRNA delivery and genome editing

2023 186 citations Bowen Li, Rajith S. Manan et al. Nature Biotechnology profile →
Accelerating ionizable lipid discovery for mRNA delivery using machine learning and combinatorial chemistry

2024 108 citations Bowen Li, Allen Yujie Jiang et al. profile →
Enhancing the immunogenicity of lipid-nanoparticle mRNA vaccines by adjuvanting the ionizable lipid and the mRNA

2023 98 citations Bowen Li, Allen Yujie Jiang et al. profile →
AGILE platform: a deep learning powered approach to accelerate LNP development for mRNA delivery

2024 91 citations Yue Xu, Shihao Ma et al. Nature Communications profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Bowen Li United States	34	1.4k	1.1k	720	562	443	78	3.3k
Fang Sun China	27	1.1k 0.8×	1.1k 1.0×	640 0.9×	762 1.4×	506 1.1×	65	3.3k
Susanne Schöttler Germany	12	880 0.7×	841 0.8×	1.4k 2.0×	586 1.0×	417 0.9×	15	2.4k
Priyesh Jain United States	25	640 0.5×	917 0.9×	667 0.9×	748 1.3×	214 0.5×	42	2.5k
Mihaela Delcea Germany	31	609 0.5×	742 0.7×	749 1.0×	853 1.5×	526 1.2×	83	2.8k
Zhefan Yuan China	26	862 0.6×	949 0.9×	1.0k 1.4×	621 1.1×	412 0.9×	50	2.6k
Hsiang‐Chieh Hung United States	29	719 0.5×	1.1k 1.1×	778 1.1×	1.2k 2.2×	286 0.6×	44	3.2k
Karen Alt Australia	26	627 0.5×	854 0.8×	777 1.1×	338 0.6×	614 1.4×	56	2.7k
Debra T. Auguste United States	33	1.5k 1.1×	1.3k 1.2×	1.3k 1.8×	170 0.3×	434 1.0×	64	3.6k
Chun Wang China	25	785 0.6×	722 0.7×	695 1.0×	166 0.3×	536 1.2×	114	2.6k
Stephanie E. A. Gratton United States	9	1.0k 0.8×	1.4k 1.3×	1.6k 2.2×	306 0.5×	891 2.0×	13	3.3k

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Dong, Songtao, et al.. (2025). Biodegradable lipid nanoparticles for genome editing in the brain via intrathecal administration. Materials Today. 92. 140–150.

Dong, Songtao, Shannon J. Tsai, Yue Xu, et al.. (2025). A modular mRNA platform for programmable induction of tumour-specific immunogenic cell death. Nature Nanotechnology. 20(12). 1856–1870.

Wang, Ke, Jingan Chen, Shannon J. Tsai, et al.. (2025). A Reverse Transcription Nucleic-Acid-Based Barcoding System for In Vivo Measurement of Lipid Nanoparticle mRNA Delivery. PubMed. 5(1). 35–41. 1 indexed citations

Li, Gen, et al.. (2025). Harnessing artificial intelligence to advance CRISPR-based genome editing technologies. Nature Reviews Genetics. 27(3). 212–230.

Chen, David, et al.. (2025). RNA immunotherapy: revolutionizing cancer and autoimmune disease treatments. Trends in Molecular Medicine. 32(2). 181–196. 3 indexed citations

Xu, Shufen, Yue Xu, Jingan Chen, et al.. (2024). Tumor‐Tailored Ionizable Lipid Nanoparticles Facilitate IL‐12 Circular RNA Delivery for Enhanced Lung Cancer Immunotherapy (Adv. Mater. 29/2024). Advanced Materials. 36(29). 11 indexed citations

Li, Bowen, et al.. (2024). Smart Nanoassembly Enabling Activatable NIR Fluorescence and ROS Generation with Enhanced Tumor Penetration for Imaging‐Guided Photodynamic Therapy. Advanced Materials. 36(28). e2404296–e2404296. 36 indexed citations

Li, Bowen, et al.. (2024). Noncaloric monosaccharides induce excessive sprouting angiogenesis in zebrafish via foxo1a-marcksl1a signal. eLife. 13. 3 indexed citations

Xu, Yue, Shihao Ma, Haotian Cui, et al.. (2024). AGILE platform: a deep learning powered approach to accelerate LNP development for mRNA delivery. Nature Communications. 15(1). 6305–6305. 91 indexed citations breakdown →

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Li, Bowen, et al.. (2024). Inhalable Dry Powders for Lung mRNA Delivery. Advanced Healthcare Materials. 13(29). e2400509–e2400509. 11 indexed citations

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Li, Bowen, et al.. (2024). Hybrid non-viral and viral delivery strategy achieves potent gene editing in growing livers with reduced viral dosage. Molecular Therapy. 32(10). 3215–3216.

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Hu, Wei, et al.. (2023). Real-time fluorescence imaging with indocyanine green during laparoscopic duodenum-preserving pancreatic head resection. Pancreatology. 24(1). 130–136. 3 indexed citations

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Varley, Andrew, et al.. (2023). Clinical delivery of circular RNA: Lessons learned from RNA drug development. Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews. 197. 114826–114826. 84 indexed citations

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Li, Bowen, Rajith S. Manan, Shun‐Qing Liang, et al.. (2023). Combinatorial design of nanoparticles for pulmonary mRNA delivery and genome editing. Nature Biotechnology. 41(10). 1410–1415. 186 indexed citations breakdown →

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Golubovic, Alex, Shannon J. Tsai, & Bowen Li. (2023). Bioinspired Lipid Nanocarriers for RNA Delivery. PubMed. 3(2). 114–136. 29 indexed citations

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Mei, Lin, et al.. (2021). Solvent‐Free Mussel‐Inspired Adhesive with Rapid Underwater Curing Capability. Advanced Materials Interfaces. 8(21). 22 indexed citations

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Li, Long, Bowen Li, Li‐Juan Tang, et al.. (2021). Joint engineering of SACE_Lrp and its target MarR enhances the biosynthesis and export of erythromycin in Saccharopolyspora erythraea. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 105(7). 2911–2924. 6 indexed citations

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Fan, Lulu, Bowen Li, Ruirui Zhao, et al.. (2019). A study to evaluate herb-drug interaction underlying mechanisms: An investigation of ginsenosides attenuating the effect of warfarin on cardiovascular diseases. European Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences. 142. 105100–105100. 13 indexed citations

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Chen, Dan, Bowen Li, Songhua Cai, et al.. (2016). Dual targeting luminescent gold nanoclusters for tumor imaging and deep tissue therapy. Biomaterials. 100. 1–16. 124 indexed citations

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Sun, Fang, Hsiang‐Chieh Hung, Andrew Sinclair, et al.. (2016). Hierarchical zwitterionic modification of a SERS substrate enables real-time drug monitoring in blood plasma. Nature Communications. 7(1). 13437–13437. 195 indexed citations

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