Gen Li

2.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
65 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

Gen Li is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Molecular Biology and Inorganic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Gen Li has authored 65 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 40 papers in Organic Chemistry, 19 papers in Molecular Biology and 14 papers in Inorganic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Gen Li's work include Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (18 papers), Catalytic Cross-Coupling Reactions (12 papers) and Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis (10 papers). Gen Li is often cited by papers focused on Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (18 papers), Catalytic Cross-Coupling Reactions (12 papers) and Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis (10 papers). Gen Li collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Macao. Gen Li's co-authors include Alexander T. Radosevich, Jeffrey M. Lipshultz, Trevor V. Nykaza, Michael R. Luzung, Shengming Ma, Julian C. Cooper, Antonio Ramı́rez, Shengyu Dai, Bukeyan Miao and Ziyang Qin and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Angewandte Chemie International Edition and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Gen Li

62 papers receiving 1.6k 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.

Main Group Redox Catalysis of Organopnictogens: Vertical Periodic Trends and Emerging Opportunities in Group 15

2021 248 citations Gen Li, Alexander T. Radosevich et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Gen Li China	22	1.2k	537	259	181	127	65	1.6k
Jean‐François Lohier France	27	1.9k 1.5×	615 1.1×	320 1.2×	195 1.1×	265 2.1×	108	2.5k
Gregory T. Whiteker United States	19	1.4k 1.2×	940 1.8×	228 0.9×	268 1.5×	134 1.1×	33	1.8k
Jinho Kim South Korea	20	1.9k 1.5×	459 0.9×	220 0.8×	68 0.4×	223 1.8×	61	2.2k
Thierry Ollevier Canada	31	2.5k 2.0×	567 1.1×	491 1.9×	130 0.7×	154 1.2×	100	2.9k
Haoquan Li Germany	28	2.0k 1.6×	847 1.6×	592 2.3×	330 1.8×	128 1.0×	48	2.5k
Alexander G. Tskhovrebov Russia	30	1.3k 1.0×	346 0.6×	121 0.5×	91 0.5×	325 2.6×	92	2.0k
Denis Chusov Russia	24	1.8k 1.4×	1.3k 2.4×	469 1.8×	276 1.5×	160 1.3×	92	2.2k
Devdutt Chaturvedi India	23	1.1k 0.9×	298 0.6×	323 1.2×	492 2.7×	108 0.9×	82	1.7k
Nicolas Duguet France	21	1.1k 0.9×	304 0.6×	198 0.8×	183 1.0×	95 0.7×	53	1.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Gen Li

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Fields of papers citing papers by Gen Li

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Gen Li

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Gen Li. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Gen 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 Gen Li. Gen 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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20 of 20 papers shown

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Lin, Yu‐Sheng, et al.. (2025). A highly stretchable, stable and sensitive PEDOT:PSS-P(HEMA-co-AA) hydrogel for strain sensors. Synthetic Metals. 311. 117835–117835. 2 indexed citations

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Cheng, Yanhao, et al.. (2025). A comprehensive all-in-one CRISPR toolbox for large-scale screens in plants. The Plant Cell. 37(4). 2 indexed citations

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Li, Gen, et al.. (2025). An Alkyne-Directed Cleavage Approach for Activity-Based Cu(I) Sensing Reveals Manganese-Promoted Sensitization of Cuproptosis. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 147(38). 34564–34574.

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Li, Gen, Yang Zhang, Rong Zhou, et al.. (2025). Competitive exclusion of insect parasitic fungi: Enhanced metabolite biosynthesis in Beauveria bassiana and fatty acid production in Metarhizium robertsii during host coinfection. Pesticide Biochemistry and Physiology. 214. 106561–106561. 1 indexed citations

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Li, Gen, et al.. (2024). Preparation of novel highly stable fluorinated microporous polyketone networks through direct C–H arylation polycondensation for efficient natural gas separation. Microporous and Mesoporous Materials. 379. 113266–113266.

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Tu, Xing, et al.. (2024). Artificial intelligence-enabled discovery of a RIPK3 inhibitor with neuroprotective effects in an acute glaucoma mouse model. Chinese Medical Journal. 138(2). 172–184. 3 indexed citations

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Li, Gen, Deb P. Jaisi, Meng Wang, et al.. (2024). Zeolite facilitates sequestration of heavy metals via lagged Fe(II) oxidation during sediment aeration. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 469. 133961–133961. 2 indexed citations

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Li, Fengyun, Shuting Chen, Gen Li, et al.. (2023). Multifunctional nano-herb based on tumor microenvironment for enhanced tumor therapy of gambogic acid. Chinese Chemical Letters. 35(5). 108752–108752. 5 indexed citations

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Zhang, Jie, Rui Shen, Xu Zhang, Gen Li, & Xi Wang. (2023). A pharmaceutical cocrystal of apigenin with piperazine: Preparation, structural characterization, and dissolution performance. Journal of Molecular Structure. 1298. 137027–137027. 6 indexed citations

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Zhang, Liyang, Gen Li, Yingxiao Zhang, et al.. (2023). Boosting genome editing efficiency in human cells and plants with novel LbCas12a variants. Genome biology. 24(1). 102–102. 30 indexed citations

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Li, Gen, Tanya K. Ronson, Roy Lavendomme, et al.. (2023). Enantiopure FeII4L4 cages bind steroids stereoselectively. Chem. 9(6). 1549–1561. 36 indexed citations

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Li, Gen, Jiaojiao Liu, Baoli Li, et al.. (2023). Diversity-oriented synthesis of P-stereogenic and axially chiral monodentate biaryl phosphines enabled by C-P bond cleavage. Nature Communications. 14(1). 4437–4437. 45 indexed citations

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Li, Gen, et al.. (2022). Tandem C/N-Difunctionalization of Nitroarenes: Reductive Amination and Annulation by a Ring Expansion/Contraction Sequence. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 145(1). 41–46. 57 indexed citations

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Huang, Ying, et al.. (2021). Potential of Steroidal Alkaloids in Cancer: Perspective Insight Into Structure–Activity Relationships. Frontiers in Oncology. 11. 733369–733369. 21 indexed citations

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Li, Gen, et al.. (2020). Reductive Csp2–N Coupling by PIII/PV=O–Catalysis. Trends in Chemistry. 3(1). 72–73. 16 indexed citations

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Nykaza, Trevor V., Gen Li, Junyu Yang, Michael R. Luzung, & Alexander T. Radosevich. (2019). P^III/P^V=O Catalyzed Cascade Synthesis of N‐Functionalized Azaheterocycles. Angewandte Chemie. 132(11). 4535–4540. 6 indexed citations

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Ren, Guoyan, He Sun, Gen Li, et al.. (2019). Molecular docking and muiltple spectroscopy investigation on the binding characteristics of aloe-emodin to pepsin. Journal of Molecular Structure. 1195. 369–377. 29 indexed citations

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Nykaza, Trevor V., Gen Li, Junyu Yang, Michael R. Luzung, & Alexander T. Radosevich. (2019). P^III/P^V=O Catalyzed Cascade Synthesis of N‐Functionalized Azaheterocycles. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 59(11). 4505–4510. 55 indexed citations

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Li, Gen, et al.. (2018). Synthesis of Terminal Vinylindoles via Rh^III‐Catalyzed Direct C−H Alkenylation with Potassium Vinyltrifluoroborate. Chemistry - A European Journal. 24(21). 5469–5473. 10 indexed citations

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Yang, Xi, Zhuo Song, Chengkun Wu, et al.. (2018). Constructing a database for the relations between CNV and human genetic diseases via systematic text mining. BMC Bioinformatics. 19(S19). 528–528. 15 indexed citations

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