Junwei Li

2.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
30 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

Junwei Li is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Immunology and Infectious Diseases. According to data from OpenAlex, Junwei Li has authored 30 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Molecular Biology, 6 papers in Immunology and 5 papers in Infectious Diseases. Recurrent topics in Junwei Li's work include RNA Interference and Gene Delivery (8 papers), Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (6 papers) and Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology (4 papers). Junwei Li is often cited by papers focused on RNA Interference and Gene Delivery (8 papers), Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (6 papers) and Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology (4 papers). Junwei Li collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Germany. Junwei Li's co-authors include Giulietta Maruggi, Hu Shan, Ingrid Grummt, Cuiling Zhang, Raffaella Santoro, Jeffrey B. Ulmer, Dong Yü, Cuiling Zhang, Chunyi Tong and Xiaohu Gao and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Genetics, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and The EMBO Journal.

In The Last Decade

Junwei Li

29 papers receiving 1.9k 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.

Advances in mRNA Vaccines for Infectious Diseases

2019 484 citations Cuiling Zhang, Giulietta Maruggi et al. Frontiers in Immunology profile →
mRNA as a Transformative Technology for Vaccine Development to Control Infectious Diseases

2019 360 citations Giulietta Maruggi, Cuiling Zhang et al. Molecular Therapy profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Junwei Li China	16	1.2k	488	311	220	172	30	1.9k
Namit Chaudhary United States	13	1.2k 1.0×	386 0.8×	357 1.1×	202 0.9×	133 0.8×	18	1.7k
Matthias A. Oberli United States	19	1.5k 1.2×	387 0.8×	519 1.7×	252 1.1×	329 1.9×	25	2.2k
Yen Cu United States	10	1.1k 0.9×	261 0.5×	311 1.0×	171 0.8×	361 2.1×	14	1.9k
Seán M. Sullivan United States	23	1.0k 0.9×	183 0.4×	208 0.7×	397 1.8×	166 1.0×	54	1.6k
Chunxi Zeng United States	15	1.0k 0.8×	215 0.4×	355 1.1×	210 1.0×	219 1.3×	26	1.4k
Jasdave S. Chahal United States	10	970 0.8×	320 0.7×	581 1.9×	232 1.1×	128 0.7×	12	1.4k
Patrick Lu United States	20	1.6k 1.3×	223 0.5×	197 0.6×	337 1.5×	213 1.2×	37	2.1k
Joseph Rosenecker Germany	30	2.6k 2.1×	297 0.6×	359 1.2×	919 4.2×	404 2.3×	52	3.4k
Uta Griesenbach United Kingdom	32	1.3k 1.0×	389 0.8×	155 0.5×	883 4.0×	214 1.2×	109	2.9k
Xiaoying Shen United States	22	639 0.5×	544 1.1×	409 1.3×	102 0.5×	176 1.0×	83	1.9k

Countries citing papers authored by Junwei Li

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Fields of papers citing papers by Junwei Li

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Junwei Li

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

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20 of 20 papers shown

Li, Junwei, Haifei Zhu, Ting Meng, et al.. (2025). Charge density redistribution mechanism in dual-functional electrodes for enhanced the sulfophilic and lithiophilic of Li-S cells. Chemical Engineering Journal. 505. 159333–159333. 2 indexed citations

Zhao, Jun, Yongli Zhang, Yangyang Jiang, et al.. (2025). Anlotinib-associated pulmonary embolism in brainstem glioblastoma treatment: a case report. Frontiers in Oncology. 15. 1526337–1526337. 1 indexed citations

Li, Junwei, Jinhua Yan, & Shubing Zhang. (2025). HOX genes and tumor metastasis: epigenetic regulatory mechanisms. Clinica Chimica Acta. 581. 120784–120784. 1 indexed citations

Cheng, Lingling, Xinyong Dong, Jia Cheng, et al.. (2025). Broad-spectrum antiviral activity of the sigma-1 receptor antagonist PB28 against coronaviruses. Frontiers in Microbiology. 16. 1636035–1636035.

Yi, Changhua, Yongxiang Yi, & Junwei Li. (2020). mRNA Vaccines: Possible Tools to Combat SARS-CoV-2. Virologica Sinica. 35(3). 259–262. 16 indexed citations

Song, Yan, et al.. (2020). Blockade of IL‐33 signalling attenuates osteoarthritis. Clinical & Translational Immunology. 9(10). e1185–e1185. 25 indexed citations

Zhang, Cuiling, Giulietta Maruggi, Hu Shan, & Junwei Li. (2019). Advances in mRNA Vaccines for Infectious Diseases. Frontiers in Immunology. 10. 594–594. 484 indexed citations breakdown →

Maruggi, Giulietta, Cuiling Zhang, Junwei Li, Jeffrey B. Ulmer, & Dong Yü. (2019). mRNA as a Transformative Technology for Vaccine Development to Control Infectious Diseases. Molecular Therapy. 27(4). 757–772. 360 indexed citations breakdown →

Zhang, Cuiling, et al.. (2019). <p>Transportan-derived cell-penetrating peptide delivers siRNA to inhibit replication of influenza virus in vivo</p>. Drug Design Development and Therapy. Volume 13. 1059–1068. 26 indexed citations

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Wang, Ning, et al.. (2019). Complete chloroplast genome sequence of Bougainvillea Spectabilis (Nyctaginaceae). SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4(2). 4010–4011. 5 indexed citations

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Tai, Wanyi, Junwei Li, Eva Corey, & Xiaohu Gao. (2018). A ribonucleoprotein octamer for targeted siRNA delivery. Nature Biomedical Engineering. 2(5). 326–337. 67 indexed citations

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Lin, Jialiang, Yang Xu, Yuhan Wang, et al.. (2018). Dissection of binding of trypsin to its natural inhibitor Gensenoside-Rg1 using spectroscopic methods and molecular modeling. Journal of Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics. 37(15). 4070–4079. 6 indexed citations

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Li, Junwei, Madison A. Baird, Michael A. Davis, et al.. (2017). Dramatic enhancement of the detection limits of bioassays via ultrafast deposition of polydopamine. Nature Biomedical Engineering. 1(6). 106 indexed citations

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Chen, Ridao, Jianhua Zou, Junwei Li, et al.. (2015). Flavonol dimers from callus cultures of Dysosma versipellis and their in vitro neuraminidase inhibitory activities. Fitoterapia. 107. 77–84. 9 indexed citations

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Arévalo, Maria T., et al.. (2013). Addition of poly (propylene glycol) to multiblock copolymer to optimize siRNA delivery. Bioengineered. 5(1). 30–37. 5 indexed citations

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Li, Junwei, Serena Bonifati, Séverine Valmary‐Degano, et al.. (2013). Synergistic combination of valproic acid and oncolytic parvovirus H‐1 PV as a potential therapy against cervical and pancreatic carcinomas. EMBO Molecular Medicine. 5(10). 1537–1555. 59 indexed citations

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Jin, Ke, Jing Tang, Junwei Li, et al.. (2013). miR-34 is associated with poor prognosis of patients with gallbladder cancer through regulating telomere length in tumor stem cells. Tumor Biology. 35(2). 1503–1510. 49 indexed citations

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Lacroix, Jeannine, Barbara Leuchs, Junwei Li, et al.. (2010). Parvovirus H1 selectively induces cytotoxic effects on human neuroblastoma cells. International Journal of Cancer. 127(5). 1230–1239. 33 indexed citations

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Li, Junwei, Gernot Längst, & Ingrid Grummt. (2006). NoRC‐dependent nucleosome positioning silences rRNA genes. The EMBO Journal. 25(24). 5735–5741. 85 indexed citations

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Santoro, Raffaella, Junwei Li, & Ingrid Grummt. (2002). The nucleolar remodeling complex NoRC mediates heterochromatin formation and silencing of ribosomal gene transcription. Nature Genetics. 32(3). 393–396. 332 indexed citations

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