Fan Li

6.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
131 papers, 4.3k citations indexed

About

Fan Li is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Epidemiology and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Fan Li has authored 131 papers receiving a total of 4.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 64 papers in Molecular Biology, 18 papers in Epidemiology and 14 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in Fan Li's work include Gut microbiota and health (20 papers), RNA modifications and cancer (11 papers) and RNA Research and Splicing (11 papers). Fan Li is often cited by papers focused on Gut microbiota and health (20 papers), RNA modifications and cancer (11 papers) and RNA Research and Splicing (11 papers). Fan Li collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and South Africa. Fan Li's co-authors include Grace M. Aldrovandi, Brian D. Gregory, Jeffrey M. Bender, Pia S. Pannaraj, Helty Adisetiyo, Sara Zabih, Thorsten Nürnberger, Adrienne Rollie, Shangxin Yang and Chiara Cerini and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nucleic Acids Research and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Fan Li

125 papers receiving 4.2k citations

Hit Papers

Association Between Breast Milk Bacterial Communities and... 2017 2026 2020 2023 2017 2018 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. Association Between Breast Milk Bacterial Communities and Establishment and Development of the Infant Gut Microbiome
    2017 728 citations Fan Li, Jeffrey M. Bender et al. profile →
  2. Meta-analysis of effects of exclusive breastfeeding on infant gut microbiota across populations
    2018 318 citations Fan Li, Jeffrey M. Bender et al. Nature Communications profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Fan Li China 32 2.4k 773 683 593 318 131 4.3k
Frank Schuren Netherlands 36 2.7k 1.1× 884 1.1× 522 0.8× 624 1.1× 431 1.4× 93 5.6k
Mi Jin Kim South Korea 34 1.5k 0.7× 320 0.4× 314 0.5× 637 1.1× 126 0.4× 336 4.4k
Fang Li China 39 2.3k 1.0× 653 0.8× 256 0.4× 284 0.5× 283 0.9× 167 4.9k
Jeffrey P. Pearson United Kingdom 47 1.8k 0.8× 406 0.5× 670 1.0× 325 0.5× 168 0.5× 171 6.4k
Amanda E. Ramer‐Tait United States 38 2.7k 1.2× 173 0.2× 628 0.9× 655 1.1× 567 1.8× 105 4.8k
Poonam Sharma United States 35 1.5k 0.6× 175 0.2× 203 0.3× 750 1.3× 328 1.0× 122 4.9k
Lúcia Helena Faccioli Brazil 45 2.1k 0.9× 461 0.6× 368 0.5× 1.1k 1.9× 1.1k 3.6× 277 7.2k
Peter Bergman Sweden 40 1.5k 0.7× 177 0.2× 598 0.9× 984 1.7× 812 2.6× 175 5.8k
John Walker United States 42 1.3k 0.6× 591 0.8× 211 0.3× 1.0k 1.7× 565 1.8× 213 6.4k
Evelyne Meyer Belgium 38 1.1k 0.5× 250 0.3× 232 0.3× 241 0.4× 244 0.8× 221 4.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Fan Li

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Fields of papers citing papers by Fan Li

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Fan Li

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Fan Li. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Fan 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 Fan Li. Fan 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, Fan, et al.. (2025). Application of Gas-Kinetic Unified Algorithm for Solving Boltzmann Model Equation with Vibrational Energy Excitation. Communications in Computational Physics. 37(1). 250–288. 1 indexed citations
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Li, Fan, et al.. (2024). Mirror the mind of crew: Maritime risk analysis with explicit cognitive processes in a human digital twin. Advanced Engineering Informatics. 62. 102746–102746. 7 indexed citations
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Li, Xiaojuan, Tao Wang, Qilong Zhou, et al.. (2024). Isorhamnetin Alleviates Mitochondrial Injury in Severe Acute Pancreatitis via Modulation of KDM5B/HtrA2 Signaling Pathway. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 25(7). 3784–3784. 9 indexed citations
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Tobin, Nicole H., Sarah L Brooker, Fan Li, et al.. (2024). Use of an Ethinyl Estradiol/Etonogestrel Vaginal Ring Alters Vaginal Microbial Communities in Women With HIV. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 231(3). 583–594. 2 indexed citations
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Yuan, Huijuan, et al.. (2023). Construction of a genome-wide SSR marker library in Gerbera hybrida: Insights into genetic variation and germplasm resources. Scientia Horticulturae. 324. 112543–112543. 1 indexed citations
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Tobin, Nicole H., Aisling Murphy, Fan Li, et al.. (2023). Metabolomic profiling of preterm birth in pregnant women living with HIV. Metabolomics. 19(11). 91–91. 2 indexed citations
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Li, Fan, Roxanne Vandermause, Anne F. Fish, et al.. (2023). For the Good of the People: an interpretive analysis of Chinese volunteerism in the critical matter of care at the start of the pandemic. International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-Being. 18(1). 2231684–2231684.
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Yao, Di, Na Ren, Hongmei Xia, Yang Wang, & Fan Li. (2023). Irradiation effects on characteristics and ethanol fermentation of maize starch. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 246. 125602–125602. 9 indexed citations
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Hu, Shan, et al.. (2022). Knockdown of hnRNPA1 Promotes NSCLC Metastasis and EMT by Regulating Alternative Splicing of LAS1L exon 9. Frontiers in Oncology. 12. 837248–837248. 9 indexed citations
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Li, Fan, Katja Fröhlich, Rory N. Pruitt, et al.. (2022). Genotyping-by-sequencing-based identification of Arabidopsis pattern recognition receptor RLP32 recognizing proteobacterial translation initiation factor IF1. Nature Communications. 13(1). 1294–1294. 25 indexed citations
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Birse, Kenzie, Sarah Mutch, Laura Noël‐Romas, et al.. (2020). The neovaginal microbiome of transgender women post-gender reassignment surgery. Microbiome. 8(1). 61–61. 29 indexed citations
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Liu, Cambrian Y., Ying Huang, Philip E. Dubé, et al.. (2020). TNF Receptor 1 Promotes Early-Life Immunity and Protects against Colitis in Mice. Cell Reports. 33(3). 108275–108275. 12 indexed citations
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Cook, Ryan, Jennifer A. Fulcher, Nicole H. Tobin, et al.. (2019). Alterations to the Gastrointestinal Microbiome Associated with Methamphetamine Use among Young Men who have Sex with Men. Scientific Reports. 9(1). 14840–14840. 41 indexed citations
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Yang, Yongfei, Gyu-Beom Jang, Shanshan He, et al.. (2018). Central role of autophagic UVRAG in melanogenesis and the suntan response. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 115(33). E7728–E7737. 28 indexed citations
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Fulcher, Jennifer A., Shehnaz K. Hussain, Ryan Cook, et al.. (2018). Effects of Substance Use and Sex Practices on the Intestinal Microbiome During HIV-1 Infection. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 218(10). 1560–1570. 41 indexed citations
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Liu, Zhidong, et al.. (2010). Overexpression of IL-8 and MMP-9 Confer High Malignant Phenotype in Patients with Non-small Cell Lung Cancer. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1 indexed citations

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