Chao Li

4.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
147 papers, 3.3k citations indexed

About

Chao Li is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Organic Chemistry and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Chao Li has authored 147 papers receiving a total of 3.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 66 papers in Molecular Biology, 38 papers in Organic Chemistry and 20 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Chao Li's work include Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (35 papers), RNA Interference and Gene Delivery (26 papers) and DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (18 papers). Chao Li is often cited by papers focused on Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (35 papers), RNA Interference and Gene Delivery (26 papers) and DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (18 papers). Chao Li collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Germany. Chao Li's co-authors include Renzhong Qiao, Phil S. Baran, Lara R. Malins, Josep Cornellà, Martin D. Eastgate, Jacob T. Edwards, Tian Qin, Brad D. Maxwell, Shuhei Kawamura and Rong Zeng and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Angewandte Chemie International Edition and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Chao Li

141 papers receiving 3.3k citations

Hit Papers

A general alkyl-alkyl cross-coupling enabled by redox-act... 2016 2026 2019 2022 2016 200 400 600
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.

  1. A general alkyl-alkyl cross-coupling enabled by redox-active esters and alkylzinc reagents
    2016 628 citations Chao Li et al. profile →

Peers

Chao Li
Amit Basak India
Qi Wu China
Luciano Galantini Italy
Toshiyuki Kida Japan
Alex Fragoso Spain
Sunil Sharma India
Wei Lü China
Eoin M. Scanlan Ireland
Huadong Tang China
Jih Ru Hwu Taiwan
Amit Basak India
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Countries citing papers authored by Chao Li

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Fields of papers citing papers by Chao Li

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Chao Li

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Chao Li. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Chao Li based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Chao Li. Chao Li is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Gao, Ge, Zhendong Yao, Jing Gu, et al.. (2025). From lab to plant: Process design and scalability challenges in MgH2 synthesis. Chemical Engineering Journal. 517. 164364–164364. 5 indexed citations
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Wen, Jingjing, et al.. (2024). Self-assembled herbal hydrogel for rectal administration therapy in ulcerative colitis. Chemical Engineering Journal. 503. 158477–158477. 12 indexed citations
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Wang, Chunxiao, et al.. (2024). Practical and scalable one-pot synthesis of arbekacin. Reaction Chemistry & Engineering. 9(5). 1179–1184. 1 indexed citations
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Chen, Tiansheng, et al.. (2023). A stimuli-responsive demethyleneberberine-conjugated carboxylmethyl chitosan prodrug for treatment of inflammatory bowel diseases. Materials Letters. 357. 135730–135730. 4 indexed citations
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Xue, Yuan, Junmei Zhang, Chao Li, et al.. (2023). Machine learning for screening and predicting the risk of anti-MDA5 antibody in juvenile dermatomyositis children. Frontiers in Immunology. 13. 940802–940802. 10 indexed citations
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Li, Chao, et al.. (2023). Uniform pore structure silica aerogel powders prepared by pore repair method. Journal of Sol-Gel Science and Technology. 106(3). 715–725. 4 indexed citations
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Li, Chao, et al.. (2023). Reactive Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Polystyrene Pyrolysis. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 24(22). 16403–16403. 3 indexed citations
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Zhang, Zhiwei, et al.. (2023). Highly sensitive digital detection of SARS-CoV-2 nucleocapsid protein through single-molecule counting. Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry. 415(25). 6155–6164. 3 indexed citations
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Li, Chao, et al.. (2022). Construction and heterologous expression of the di-AFN A1 biosynthetic gene cluster in Streptomyces model strains. Chinese Journal of Natural Medicines. 20(11). 873–880. 1 indexed citations
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Zhang, Bingchen, Jiali Jiang, Pengyu Wu, et al.. (2020). A smart dual-drug nanosystem based on co-assembly of plant and food-derived natural products for synergistic HCC immunotherapy. Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B. 11(1). 246–257. 53 indexed citations
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Li, Chao, et al.. (2020). Synthesis of rhodium(iii)-catalyzed isoquinoline derivatives from allyl carbonates and benzimidates with hydrogen evolution. Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry. 18(7). 1412–1416. 13 indexed citations
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Zhang, Jing, Man Liu, Chao Li, Yan‐Jun Xu, & Lin Dong. (2019). Synthesis of 2,3,4-trisubstituted pyrrole derivatives via [3 + 2] cyclization of activated methylene isocyanides with 4-(arylidene)-2-substituted oxazol-5(4H)-ones. Organic Chemistry Frontiers. 7(2). 420–424. 10 indexed citations
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Guo, Qin, Chao Li, Wenxi Zhou, et al.. (2019). GLUT1-mediated effective anti-miRNA21 pompon for cancer therapy. Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B. 9(4). 832–842. 31 indexed citations
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Liu, Chen‐Fei, et al.. (2018). Synthesis of 2-aminobenzaldehydes by rhodium(iii)-catalyzed C–H amidation of aldehydes with dioxazolones. Organic Chemistry Frontiers. 5(13). 2115–2119. 26 indexed citations
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Li, Chao, et al.. (2018). Efficient synthesis of N-butadiene substituted oxindole derivatives. Organic Chemistry Frontiers. 5(23). 3460–3463. 4 indexed citations
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Xie, Guoyong, Binbin Lin, Xiao‐Ying Qin, et al.. (2015). New flavonoids with cytotoxicity from the roots of Flemingia latifolia. Fitoterapia. 104. 97–101. 9 indexed citations
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Li, Chao, Chao Du, Hua Tian, et al.. (2010). Artificial Transcription Factors which Mediate Double‐Strand DNA Cleavage. Chemistry - A European Journal. 16(43). 12935–12940. 15 indexed citations
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Wu, Qingping, Wayne Tansey, Diana S‐L Chow, et al.. (2001). Effectiveness of water soluble poly(L-glutamic acid)-camptothecin conjugate against resistant human lung cancer xenografted in nude mice. International Journal of Oncology. 18(2). 331–6. 35 indexed citations

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