Heli Li

1.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
33 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Heli Li is a scholar working on Ecology, Plant Science and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Heli Li has authored 33 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 24 papers in Ecology, 16 papers in Plant Science and 12 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Heli Li's work include Remote Sensing in Agriculture (23 papers), Leaf Properties and Growth Measurement (10 papers) and Remote Sensing and Land Use (8 papers). Heli Li is often cited by papers focused on Remote Sensing in Agriculture (23 papers), Leaf Properties and Growth Measurement (10 papers) and Remote Sensing and Land Use (8 papers). Heli Li collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and United Kingdom. Heli Li's co-authors include Guijun Yang, Chunjiang Zhao, Zhenhai Li, Haikuan Feng, Xiaodong Yang, Zhenhong Li, Hao Yang, Bo Xu, Ruyang Zhang and Jiangang Liu and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Remote Sensing of Environment and Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Heli Li

31 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.

Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Remote Sensing for Field-Based Crop Phenotyping: Current Status and Perspectives

2017 561 citations Guijun Yang, Jiangang Liu et al. Frontiers in Plant Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Heli Li China	12	837	718	398	210	180	33	1.2k
Xiaoqing Zhao China	8	658 0.8×	578 0.8×	378 0.9×	180 0.9×	139 0.8×	15	992
A. Hornero Spain	18	1.2k 1.4×	915 1.3×	474 1.2×	234 1.1×	406 2.3×	39	1.6k
Chenwei Nie China	18	673 0.8×	641 0.9×	295 0.7×	219 1.0×	176 1.0×	60	1.1k
Fábio Henrique Rojo Baio Brazil	18	681 0.8×	823 1.1×	243 0.6×	241 1.1×	200 1.1×	123	1.4k
Alexis Comar France	18	1.2k 1.5×	1.1k 1.6×	668 1.7×	216 1.0×	289 1.6×	25	1.7k
Shanyu Huang China	17	1.1k 1.3×	762 1.1×	616 1.5×	197 0.9×	253 1.4×	26	1.4k
Xiaohe Gu China	18	617 0.7×	455 0.6×	318 0.8×	203 1.0×	169 0.9×	117	1.0k
Ittai Herrmann Israel	20	948 1.1×	907 1.3×	285 0.7×	452 2.2×	230 1.3×	48	1.5k
Meiyan Shu China	16	584 0.7×	468 0.7×	293 0.7×	146 0.7×	97 0.5×	35	794
Zhihui Wang China	24	1.4k 1.7×	809 1.1×	438 1.1×	295 1.4×	455 2.5×	64	2.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Heli Li

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Heli Li. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Heli 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 Heli Li. Heli Li is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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Chen, Yang, et al.. (2025). Identifying Key Traits for Screening High-Yield Soybean Varieties by Combining UAV-Based and Field Phenotyping. Remote Sensing. 17(4). 690–690. 2 indexed citations

Li, Heli, Pingheng Li, Haikuan Feng, et al.. (2025). Revealing the spectral bands that make generic remote estimates of leaf area index in wheat crop over various interference factors and planting conditions. Computers and Electronics in Agriculture. 235. 110381–110381. 1 indexed citations

Xu, Xingang, Qingzhen Zhu, Meng Yang, et al.. (2024). Rice yield and quality estimation coupling hierarchical linear model with remote sensing. Computers and Electronics in Agriculture. 218. 108731–108731. 10 indexed citations

Li, Heli, et al.. (2024). Soybean seedling detection and counting from UAV images based on an improved YOLOv8 Network. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. XLVIII-1-2024. 727–735.

Liu, Miao, Guijun Yang, Wenping Yuan, et al.. (2024). Overridingly increasing vegetation sensitivity to vapor pressure deficit over the recent two decades in China. Ecological Indicators. 161. 111977–111977. 9 indexed citations

Li, Heli, Guijun Yang, Huiling Long, et al.. (2023). Estimating characteristic coefficient of vertical leaf nitrogen profile within wheat canopy from spectral reflectance. Computers and Electronics in Agriculture. 206. 107652–107652. 8 indexed citations

Xu, Xingang, Qingzhen Zhu, Guijun Yang, et al.. (2023). Object-Oriented Crop Classification Using Time Series Sentinel Images from Google Earth Engine. Remote Sensing. 15(5). 1353–1353. 24 indexed citations

Li, Heli, Shaoyu Han, Riqiang Chen, et al.. (2023). Estimation of Soybean Yield by Combining Maturity Group Information and Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Multi-Sensor Data Using Machine Learning. Remote Sensing. 15(17). 4286–4286. 23 indexed citations

Li, Changchun, Guijun Yang, Yuanyuan Ma, et al.. (2023). Identification of the Initial Anthesis of Soybean Varieties Based on UAV Multispectral Time-Series Images. Remote Sensing. 15(22). 5413–5413. 5 indexed citations

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Li, Hui, Heli Li, Xuan Wu, et al.. (2022). Human dietary exposure to bisphenol-diglycidyl ethers in China: Comprehensive assessment through a total diet study. Environment International. 170. 107578–107578. 8 indexed citations

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Fu, Yuanyuan, Guijun Yang, Zhenhai Li, et al.. (2020). Progress of hyperspectral data processing and modelling for cereal crop nitrogen monitoring. Computers and Electronics in Agriculture. 172. 105321–105321. 41 indexed citations

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Han, Liang, Guijun Yang, Huayang Dai, et al.. (2019). Combining self-organizing maps and biplot analysis to preselect maize phenotypic components based on UAV high-throughput phenotyping platform. Plant Methods. 15(1). 57–57. 13 indexed citations

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Zhang, Chunlan, et al.. (2018). Remote sensing inversion of leaf area index of winter wheat based on random forest algorithm.. Zhongguo nongye Kexue. 51(5). 855–867. 5 indexed citations

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Yang, Guijun, Jiangang Liu, Chunjiang Zhao, et al.. (2017). Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Remote Sensing for Field-Based Crop Phenotyping: Current Status and Perspectives. Frontiers in Plant Science. 8. 1111–1111. 561 indexed citations breakdown →

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Zhao, Chunjiang, Heli Li, Pingheng Li, et al.. (2016). Effect of Vertical Distribution of Crop Structure and Biochemical Parameters of Winter Wheat on Canopy Reflectance Characteristics and Spectral Indices. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing. 55(1). 236–247. 36 indexed citations

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Li, Heli, Yi Luo, Chunjiang Zhao, & Guijun Yang. (2013). Estimating crop coefficients of winter wheat based on canopy spectral vegetation indices. 29(20). 4 indexed citations

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Yang, Lixin, Heli Li, Yinping Liu, et al.. (2012). Determination of 49 Organophosphorus Pesticide Residues and Their Metabolites in Fish, Egg, and Milk by Dual Gas Chromatography–Dual Pulse Flame Photometric Detection with Gel Permeation Chromatography Cleanup. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. 60(8). 1906–1913. 40 indexed citations

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Li, Heli, et al.. (2011). Estimating harvest index of winter wheat from canopy spectral reflectance information. 9. 2 indexed citations

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Yang, Lixin, Heli Li, Hong Miao, et al.. (2011). [High throuput analysis of organophosphorus pesticide residues and their metabolites in animal original foods by dual gas chromatography-dual pulse flame photometric detection].. PubMed. 29(10). 1010–9.

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Li, Heli. (2010). Spectral Response of Winter Wheat to Crop Development and Various Agronomic Limitations. 8. 1–4. 1 indexed citations

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