Cheng Li

27.0k total citations · 5 hit papers
1.1k papers, 18.6k citations indexed

About

Cheng Li is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Civil and Structural Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Cheng Li has authored 1.1k papers receiving a total of 18.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 288 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 228 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 227 papers in Civil and Structural Engineering. Recurrent topics in Cheng Li's work include Acoustic Wave Phenomena Research (200 papers), Structural Health Monitoring Techniques (108 papers) and Ultrasonics and Acoustic Wave Propagation (101 papers). Cheng Li is often cited by papers focused on Acoustic Wave Phenomena Research (200 papers), Structural Health Monitoring Techniques (108 papers) and Ultrasonics and Acoustic Wave Propagation (101 papers). Cheng Li collaborates with scholars based in China, Hong Kong and United States. Cheng Li's co-authors include Liling Tang, Xingjian Jing, Zhongqing Su, L.H. Yam, Jinhao Qiu, Hongli Ji, Xiang Yu, Yi Yan, Li Ma and Y.Y. Li and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Physical Review Letters.

In The Last Decade

Cheng Li

1.0k papers receiving 18.0k citations

Hit Papers

Development in vibration-... 2006 2026 2012 2019 2006 2012 2022 2024 2025 100 200 300 400
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. Development in vibration-based structural damage detection technique
    2006 494 citations Cheng Li et al. profile →
  2. Magnetorheological fluid dampers: A review on structure design and analysis
    2012 314 citations Cheng Li et al. profile →
  3. Programmable gear-based mechanical metamaterials
    2022 146 citations Cheng Li et al. profile →
  4. Inverse design of phononic meta-structured materials
    2024 49 citations Zhiwen Ren, Yue‐Sheng Wang et al. profile →
  5. Experimental investigation and dynamic analysis of a novel electromagnetic energy harvester based on airfoil flutter
    2025 24 citations Cheng Li et al. profile →

Author Peers

Peers are selected by citation overlap in the author's most active subfields. citations · hero ref

Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Cheng Li 6.6k 5.3k 3.8k 3.8k 2.9k 1.1k 18.6k
Guang Meng 3.1k 0.5× 4.2k 0.8× 3.5k 0.9× 5.5k 1.4× 857 0.3× 525 13.6k
H. Saunders 3.4k 0.5× 7.3k 1.4× 7.4k 1.9× 5.8k 1.5× 2.3k 0.8× 165 23.5k
Zhike Peng 2.3k 0.3× 4.1k 0.8× 2.9k 0.8× 6.1k 1.6× 1.2k 0.4× 499 15.7k
Hui Li 2.7k 0.4× 15.3k 2.9× 3.6k 0.9× 4.5k 1.2× 2.7k 0.9× 1.1k 30.0k
Li‐Qun Chen 2.5k 0.4× 8.6k 1.6× 3.1k 0.8× 4.7k 1.2× 737 0.3× 832 19.1k
Weihua Li 10.7k 1.6× 9.8k 1.8× 1.1k 0.3× 6.5k 1.7× 592 0.2× 835 27.2k
Xiaodong Wang 5.7k 0.9× 2.4k 0.5× 1.7k 0.4× 6.7k 1.7× 3.9k 1.3× 1.5k 31.4k
Xu Han 1.5k 0.2× 5.4k 1.0× 5.6k 1.4× 4.2k 1.1× 600 0.2× 525 15.3k
Raphael T. Haftka 1.1k 0.2× 9.0k 1.7× 6.4k 1.7× 3.2k 0.8× 4.0k 1.4× 651 23.0k
Quan Wang 4.5k 0.7× 3.6k 0.7× 7.3k 1.9× 3.6k 0.9× 1.1k 0.4× 434 18.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Cheng Li

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Fields of papers citing papers by Cheng Li

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Cheng Li

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Cheng Li. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Cheng 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 Cheng Li. Cheng 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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Li, Cheng, Yu Lu, Zhijun Zhang, Linjuan Huang, & Zhongfu Wang. (2025). Online PGC–LC–MS analysis of colonic mucin O-glycans in ovalbumin-induced food allergy in Balb/c mice by treatment with sea cucumber chondroitin sulfate polysaccharide. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 307(Pt 2). 141808–141808. 1 indexed citations
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Ji, Hongli, et al.. (2025). Coupled aeroelastic analysis of a panel in supersonic flow with add-on acoustic black hole. Chinese Journal of Aeronautics. 38(5). 103390–103390. 5 indexed citations
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Ren, Zhiwen, Mingji Chen, Haiou Yang, et al.. (2025). Force-field-induced energy-based design method for arbitrary prescribed modes in elastic metamaterials. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids. 200. 106144–106144. 1 indexed citations
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Liu, Guojian, Cheng Li, & Yunsheng Zhang. (2025). Study on the correlation between corrosion potential and polarization resistance of steel reinforcement. Electrochimica Acta. 522. 145957–145957. 5 indexed citations
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Shan, Shengbo, et al.. (2024). A metamaterial-assisted coda wave interferometry method with nonlinear guided waves for local incipient damage monitoring in complex structures. Smart Materials and Structures. 33(3). 35017–35017. 4 indexed citations
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Li, Cheng, Dawei Song, Hongzhou Zhang, et al.. (2024). A Sulfide‐Based Solid Electrolyte With High Humid Air Tolerance for Long Lifespan All‐Solid‐State Sodium Batteries. Advanced Energy Materials. 14(45). 13 indexed citations
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Li, Cheng, et al.. (2024). Sound absorption in sonic black holes: Wave retarding effect with broadband cavity resonance. Applied Acoustics. 221. 110007–110007. 14 indexed citations
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Zhang, Yanni, Xiaoting Rui, Guoping Wang, et al.. (2024). Ultrathin and pressure-resistant meta-coating with embedded tree-shaped acoustic black hole for broadband low-frequency underwater sound absorption. Applied Acoustics. 225. 110171–110171. 14 indexed citations
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Li, Cheng, et al.. (2024). An ordinary state-based peridynamics modeling method for simulating anchor bolt pullout in concrete. Engineering Analysis with Boundary Elements. 166. 105810–105810. 2 indexed citations
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Yan, Zhaoyang, et al.. (2023). Effect of wire feed position on fluid flow and weld formation in variable-polarity plasma arc horizontal welding. The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology. 129(11-12). 5181–5197.
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Wang, Xiao, et al.. (2023). Application of digital monitoring system for pile drivers in airport construction. 76–76. 1 indexed citations
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Wang, Hewu, Minghai Li, Cheng Li, et al.. (2023). Thermal Runaway Vent Gases from High-Capacity Energy Storage LiFePO4 Lithium Iron. Energies. 16(8). 3485–3485. 16 indexed citations
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Ouyang, Huajiang, et al.. (2019). Adaptive damage localization based on locally perturbed dynamic equilibrium and hierarchical clustering. Smart Materials and Structures. 28(7). 75003–75003. 6 indexed citations
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Shan, Shengbo & Cheng Li. (2019). Mixed third harmonic shear horizontal wave generation: interaction between primary shear horizontal wave and second harmonic Lamb wave. Smart Materials and Structures. 28(8). 85042–85042. 21 indexed citations
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Romay, Francisco J., et al.. (2015). Generation of monodisperse aerosols by combining aerodynamic flow-focusing and mechanical perturbation. Aerosol Science and Technology. 50(1). 17–25. 22 indexed citations
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Li, Cheng. (2008). Integral equation method’s application in hole-edge stress of composite material plate with different shaped holes. Chinese Journal of Mechanical Engineering. 21(6). 115–115. 1 indexed citations
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Li, Cheng. (2007). Solution of different holes shape borders of fibre reinforced composite plates by integral equations. Chinese Journal of Mechanical Engineering. 20(5). 23–23.

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