Chi Li

1.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
52 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Chi Li is a scholar working on Civil and Structural Engineering, Environmental Engineering and Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law. According to data from OpenAlex, Chi Li has authored 52 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 34 papers in Civil and Structural Engineering, 26 papers in Environmental Engineering and 11 papers in Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law. Recurrent topics in Chi Li's work include Microbial Applications in Construction Materials (26 papers), Grouting, Rheology, and Soil Mechanics (24 papers) and Landslides and related hazards (11 papers). Chi Li is often cited by papers focused on Microbial Applications in Construction Materials (26 papers), Grouting, Rheology, and Soil Mechanics (24 papers) and Landslides and related hazards (11 papers). Chi Li collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Mongolia. Chi Li's co-authors include Lin Li, Farshad Amini, Qian Zhao, Mingdong Li, Huanzhen Zhang, De Yao, Xuanming Ding, Shihui Liu, Chunyan Wang and Hanlong Liu and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, The Science of The Total Environment and Geoderma.

In The Last Decade

Chi Li

49 papers receiving 1.2k citations

Hit Papers

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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. Factors Affecting Improvement of Engineering Properties of MICP-Treated Soil Catalyzed by Bacteria and Urease
    2014 357 citations Qian Zhao, Lin Li et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Chi Li China 15 853 834 181 180 136 52 1.2k
Gráinne El Mountassir United Kingdom 17 643 0.8× 678 0.8× 89 0.5× 111 0.6× 106 0.8× 34 963
Farshad Amini United States 17 1.5k 1.7× 1.0k 1.2× 188 1.0× 197 1.1× 185 1.4× 101 1.9k
Huanran Wu China 19 833 1.0× 593 0.7× 100 0.6× 149 0.8× 114 0.8× 40 1.2k
Jia He China 25 1.4k 1.6× 1.4k 1.7× 238 1.3× 314 1.7× 244 1.8× 74 1.9k
Junjie Zheng China 19 881 1.0× 696 0.8× 121 0.7× 169 0.9× 117 0.9× 66 1.2k
Michael Tsesarsky Israel 18 583 0.7× 464 0.6× 101 0.6× 119 0.7× 100 0.7× 39 1.1k
Han-Jiang Lai China 19 1.2k 1.4× 984 1.2× 168 0.9× 252 1.4× 179 1.3× 29 1.6k
Mingjuan Cui China 20 1.2k 1.4× 1.2k 1.4× 197 1.1× 294 1.6× 234 1.7× 53 1.6k
Paulo J. Venda Oliveira Portugal 19 962 1.1× 409 0.5× 66 0.4× 81 0.5× 71 0.5× 54 1.1k
S. Bang United States 15 829 1.0× 481 0.6× 86 0.5× 132 0.7× 83 0.6× 73 1.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Chi Li

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Fields of papers citing papers by Chi Li

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Chi Li

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Chi Li. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Chi 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 Chi Li. Chi 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, Chi, et al.. (2025). On-site test of fixed mobile sand dunes using combined technology of sand plants and EICP in the Ulanbuh Desert, China. Acta Geotechnica. 20(4). 1921–1934. 5 indexed citations
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Li, Chi, et al.. (2024). Bowl effect of irreversible primary salinization driven by geology in Hetao irrigation area, China. The Science of The Total Environment. 920. 170834–170834. 6 indexed citations
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Chen, Xiangmei, et al.. (2024). Study on Factors Influencing the Migration of Heavy Metals from Soil to Vegetables in a Heavy Industry City. Sustainability. 16(24). 11084–11084. 4 indexed citations
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Gao, Yufeng, et al.. (2023). Evaluation of enzyme-induced carbonate precipitation using crude soybean urease during soil percolation. Acta Geotechnica. 19(3). 1571–1580. 16 indexed citations
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Wang, Xiaorong, Chi Li, & Jia He. (2022). A highly effective strain screened from soil and applied in cementing fine sand based on MICP-bonding technology. Journal of Biotechnology. 350. 55–66. 31 indexed citations
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Li, Chi, et al.. (2020). Wind tunnel experiments for dynamic modeling and analysis of motion trajectories of wind-blown sands. The European Physical Journal E. 43(4). 22–22. 10 indexed citations
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Li, Chi, et al.. (2020). Anti-sliding mechanism of soil–rock slope in transparent soil and discrete-element method. International Journal of Physical Modelling in Geotechnics. 21(4). 186–195. 3 indexed citations
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Li, Chi, Hanlong Liu, Xiao Qin, et al.. (2020). Strength-increase mechanism and microstructural characteristics of a biotreated geomaterial. Frontiers of Structural and Civil Engineering. 14(3). 599–608. 8 indexed citations
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Li, Chi, et al.. (2020). Interdisciplinary asperity theory to analyze nonlinear motion of loess landslides with weak sliding interface. Landslides. 17(12). 2957–2965. 9 indexed citations
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Li, Chi, et al.. (2019). Boundaries of the Amurian Plate identified using multiple geophysical methods. Geosciences Journal. 24(1). 49–59. 2 indexed citations
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Li, Hongyan, et al.. (2018). An Improved Rotating Soak Method for MICP-Treated Fine Sand in Specimen Preparation. Geotechnical Testing Journal. 41(4). 805–814. 13 indexed citations
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Li, Mingdong, Lin Li, Zhendong Zhang, & Chi Li. (2016). Review, outlook and application technology design on soil improvement by microbial induced calcium carbonate precipitation. 49(10). 87. 3 indexed citations
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Li, Chi, et al.. (2016). Model test on rainfall-induced loess–mudstone interfacial landslides in Qingshuihe, China. Environmental Earth Sciences. 75(9). 35 indexed citations
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Li, Lin, Farshad Amini, Qian Zhao, et al.. (2015). Development of a Flexible Mold for Bio-Mediated Soil Materials. 2339–2348. 8 indexed citations
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Li, Chi, et al.. (2012). Fuzzy Comprehensive Evaluation for Development Status of Urban Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) in China. Applied Mechanics and Materials. 253-255. 1930–1935. 3 indexed citations
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Li, Chi. (2005). Cyclic bearing capacity of single bucket foundation on soft clay strata. Chinese Jounal of Geotechnical Engineering.

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