Heyu Li

3.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
81 papers, 2.7k citations indexed

About

Heyu Li is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Biomaterials and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Heyu Li has authored 81 papers receiving a total of 2.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 28 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 24 papers in Biomaterials and 18 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Heyu Li's work include Electrospun Nanofibers in Biomedical Applications (18 papers), Chemical Looping and Thermochemical Processes (11 papers) and Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (7 papers). Heyu Li is often cited by papers focused on Electrospun Nanofibers in Biomedical Applications (18 papers), Chemical Looping and Thermochemical Processes (11 papers) and Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (7 papers). Heyu Li collaborates with scholars based in China, United Kingdom and United States. Heyu Li's co-authors include Li‐Min Zhu, Gareth R. Williams, Junzi Wu, Long Zhang, Fangfang Zhou, Huanling Wu, Haijun Wang, Lei Tao, Huihui Yang and Peng Su and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Advanced Materials and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Heyu Li

77 papers receiving 2.7k citations

Hit Papers

AARS1 and AARS2 sense l-lactate to regulate cGAS as globa... 2023 2026 2024 2025 2024 2023 50 100 150
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. AARS1 and AARS2 sense l-lactate to regulate cGAS as global lysine lactyltransferases
    2024 151 citations Heyu Li, Chao Liu et al. Nature profile →
  2. A Review of Gut Microbiota‐Derived Metabolites in Tumor Progression and Cancer Therapy
    2023 129 citations Heyu Li, Xuli Meng 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
Heyu Li China 30 955 912 832 384 269 81 2.7k
Xian Li China 31 654 0.7× 1.3k 1.4× 892 1.1× 595 1.5× 218 0.8× 150 3.1k
Yu Fu China 29 703 0.7× 1.2k 1.4× 919 1.1× 890 2.3× 265 1.0× 102 3.6k
Xiaoyi Chen China 33 1.1k 1.2× 1.5k 1.6× 1.1k 1.3× 658 1.7× 204 0.8× 163 4.1k
Yan Hu China 35 730 0.8× 1.6k 1.8× 1.6k 1.9× 261 0.7× 504 1.9× 93 4.4k
Xingyu Chen China 33 588 0.6× 963 1.1× 1.0k 1.2× 434 1.1× 152 0.6× 110 3.2k
Xiaolin Cui China 32 680 0.7× 1.8k 2.0× 888 1.1× 252 0.7× 230 0.9× 98 3.7k
Di Li China 36 1.8k 1.9× 1.4k 1.5× 1.0k 1.2× 434 1.1× 125 0.5× 118 4.0k
Esmaeel Sharifi Iran 37 1.6k 1.7× 1.8k 1.9× 813 1.0× 716 1.9× 190 0.7× 88 4.0k
Fang Lv China 25 622 0.7× 1.0k 1.1× 587 0.7× 728 1.9× 232 0.9× 69 3.3k
Tingting Wu China 30 506 0.5× 958 1.1× 648 0.8× 206 0.5× 191 0.7× 117 2.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Heyu Li

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Fields of papers citing papers by Heyu Li

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Heyu Li. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Heyu Li. The network helps show where Heyu Li may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Heyu Li

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Li, Heyu, Haiyu Wang, Lingjiao Li, et al.. (2025). Enhancing photocatalytic hydrogen production through Schottky junctions formed by decorating large-sized cocatalysts with small-sized photocatalysts. Separation and Purification Technology. 362. 131615–131615. 8 indexed citations
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Sun, Zhe, Heyu Li, Gengmin Zhang, et al.. (2025). Recovery of rare earth elements, gallium and germanium from fly ash and red mud via ultra-fast flash Joule heating. Chemical Engineering Science. 315. 121879–121879. 3 indexed citations
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Sun, Zhe, et al.. (2025). Scandium detection of carbon dot based on bottom-up hydrothermal synthesis. Ceramics International. 51(12). 16923–16935.
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Li, Heyu, Hao Yang, Lingjiao Li, et al.. (2025). Rational construction of carbonate-intercalated ZnNi hydroxide/CdZnS for efficiently photocatalytic hydrogen evolution. Journal of Water Process Engineering. 75. 108023–108023. 2 indexed citations
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Li, Heyu, et al.. (2024). Malicious DNS detection by combining improved transformer and CNN. Scientific Reports. 14(1). 30248–30248. 1 indexed citations
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Li, Heyu, Zhe Sun, & Yan Cao. (2024). Experimental and process simulation on solid fuel chemical looping cascade utilization conversion technology aiming hydrogen generation. Renewable Energy. 235. 121291–121291. 3 indexed citations
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Li, Heyu, Zhe Sun, & Yan Cao. (2024). The sulfur recovery from gypsums with a higher H2/CO syngas byproduct and the CO2 abatement via an integrated process involving chemical-looping and iodine–sulfur cycle. Separation and Purification Technology. 338. 126414–126414. 5 indexed citations
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Meng, Xiangjie, et al.. (2024). Multi-Band and Multi-Network Cooperative Transmission Algorithm for Wireless Resource Optimization. IEEE Access. 12. 31916–31929.
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Li, Heyu, Chao Liu, Ran Li, et al.. (2024). AARS1 and AARS2 sense l-lactate to regulate cGAS as global lysine lactyltransferases. Nature. 634(8036). 1229–1237. 151 indexed citations breakdown →
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Li, Zihan, et al.. (2024). Multi-omics reveals the testosterone promotion effect mechanism of Cordyceps Sobolifera on Leydig cells. Journal of Ethnopharmacology. 325. 117817–117817. 2 indexed citations
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Li, Heyu, et al.. (2023). High-performance depolymerization of lignin by bimetallic Cu-Ni@C catalysts prepared with MOF as a carrier under mild conditions. Applied Catalysis A General. 656. 119120–119120. 16 indexed citations
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Li, Heyu, et al.. (2022). Selective Hydrodeoxygenation of Lignin and Its Derivatives without Initial Reaction Pressure Using MOF-Derived Carbon-Supported Nickel Composites. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering. 10(17). 5430–5440. 34 indexed citations
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Xie, Feng, Xiaoxue Zhou, Heyu Li, et al.. (2022). USP8 promotes cancer progression and extracellular vesicle‐mediated CD8 + T cell exhaustion by deubiquitinating the TGF ‐β receptor TβRII. The EMBO Journal. 41(16). e108791–e108791. 54 indexed citations
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Li, Shuhong, et al.. (2020). Purification, Characterization and Bioactivities of Polysaccharides from the Stalk of <i>Abelmoschus manihot</i> (L.) Medic. Food Science and Technology Research. 26(5). 611–621. 4 indexed citations
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Zhang, Ying, Jing Gao, Xin Xin, et al.. (2020). Immobilization laccase on heterophase TiO2 microsphere as a photo-enzyme integrated catalyst for emerging contaminants degradation under visible light. Applied Materials Today. 21. 100810–100810. 39 indexed citations
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Wu, Huanling, Gareth R. Williams, Junzi Wu, et al.. (2017). Regenerated chitin fibers reinforced with bacterial cellulose nanocrystals as suture biomaterials. Carbohydrate Polymers. 180. 304–313. 89 indexed citations
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Wu, Junzi, Gareth R. Williams, Christopher Branford‐White, et al.. (2016). Liraglutide-loaded poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid) microspheres: Preparation and in vivo evaluation. European Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences. 92. 28–38. 30 indexed citations

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