Li Song

7.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
96 papers, 3.8k citations indexed

About

Li Song is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Immunology and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Li Song has authored 96 papers receiving a total of 3.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 47 papers in Molecular Biology, 16 papers in Immunology and 14 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Li Song's work include Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (10 papers), Antimicrobial Resistance in Staphylococcus (9 papers) and Streptococcal Infections and Treatments (6 papers). Li Song is often cited by papers focused on Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (10 papers), Antimicrobial Resistance in Staphylococcus (9 papers) and Streptococcal Infections and Treatments (6 papers). Li Song collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Germany. Li Song's co-authors include Liliana Florea, Christian Schindler, Steven L. Salzberg, Florian P. Breitwieser, Daehwan Kim, Joel S. Pachter, Ben Langmead, Carolyn Lee, Zheng Ma and X. Shirley Liu and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Clinical Investigation, Nature Communications and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Li Song

93 papers receiving 3.8k citations

Hit Papers

align trajectories

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.

Centrifuge: rapid and sensitive classification of metagenomic sequences

2016 820 citations Daehwan Kim, Li Song et al. Genome Research profile →
Rcorrector: efficient and accurate error correction for Illumina RNA-seq reads

2015 369 citations Li Song, Liliana Florea profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Li Song China	30	1.8k	897	531	415	370	96	3.8k
Måns Magnusson Sweden	6	2.4k 1.4×	454 0.5×	640 1.2×	713 1.7×	321 0.9×	7	4.7k
Max Käller Sweden	12	2.6k 1.5×	474 0.5×	679 1.3×	746 1.8×	347 0.9×	31	5.0k
Steven R. Head United States	44	3.9k 2.2×	1.2k 1.3×	367 0.7×	632 1.5×	650 1.8×	116	6.2k
Jian Ye China	15	3.3k 1.9×	833 0.9×	807 1.5×	826 2.0×	431 1.2×	37	6.6k
Philip Ewels Sweden	12	3.3k 1.9×	524 0.6×	704 1.3×	860 2.1×	358 1.0×	20	5.9k
Fernando García-Alcalde Spain	13	2.1k 1.2×	334 0.4×	350 0.7×	686 1.7×	391 1.1×	24	3.8k
Marius van den Beek France	12	2.6k 1.5×	318 0.4×	559 1.1×	469 1.1×	229 0.6×	21	4.2k
Dave Bouvier United States	6	2.7k 1.5×	320 0.4×	624 1.2×	555 1.3×	257 0.7×	9	4.5k
Patrick J. Biggs New Zealand	31	2.6k 1.5×	287 0.3×	566 1.1×	967 2.3×	254 0.7×	162	5.0k
Rui Fang China	30	1.9k 1.1×	475 0.5×	325 0.6×	536 1.3×	410 1.1×	139	3.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Li Song

Since Specialization

Citations

This map shows the geographic impact of Li Song's research. It shows the number of citations coming from papers published by authors working in each country. You can also color the map by specialization and compare the number of citations received by Li Song with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites Li Song more than expected).

Fields of papers citing papers by Li Song

Since Specialization

Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Li Song. 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 Li Song. The network helps show where Li Song may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Li Song

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

All Works

Sort: Min cites: Since: Top N: Style:

20 of 20 papers shown

Yang, Chao, Xiaowei Chen, Min Li, et al.. (2025). Genomic epidemiology and phenotypic characterization of Staphylococcus aureus isolated from atopic dermatitis patients in South China. Scientific Reports. 15(1). 4773–4773. 1 indexed citations

Huang, Guobin, Yu Hu, Rongqiang Yang, et al.. (2025). Paris polyphylla var. yunnanensis Leaf-Derived Extracellular Vesicle-Like Particles Enhance Periodontal Regeneration. Biomaterials Research. 29. 291–291.

Yu, Xiaoqing, Li Song, Ling Cen, et al.. (2024). Pan-cancer γδ TCR analysis uncovers clonotype diversity and prognostic potential. Cell Reports Medicine. 5(10). 101764–101764. 2 indexed citations

Chen, Lu, et al.. (2024). Molecular mechanism of regulating tat protein expression of pingganjiedu TCM in the treatment of AIDS based on network pharmacology. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 278(Pt 1). 134599–134599. 1 indexed citations

Wang, Ya, et al.. (2023). Analysis of ceRNA Regulatory Mechanism of Rape Pollen Allergy Based on Whole-Transcriptome Sequencing of Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells. Journal of Asthma and Allergy. Volume 16. 775–788. 1 indexed citations

Song, Li, Rong Wei, Yuanwei Zhang, et al.. (2022). Exome risk score for predicting susceptibility to and severity of isolated thoracic aortic aneurysm. Human Molecular Genetics. 31(21). 3672–3682. 2 indexed citations

Li, Yun, Yurong Yang, Li Song, et al.. (2021). Metabolomics analysis reveals metabolic changes associated with trans-resveratrol treatment in experimental cryptorchidism mice. Reproduction Fertility and Development. 33(5). 328–337. 2 indexed citations

Zhang, Haowen, Li Song, Xiaotao Wang, et al.. (2021). Fast alignment and preprocessing of chromatin profiles with Chromap. Nature Communications. 12(1). 6566–6566. 78 indexed citations

Liu, Tingting, Hao Li, Ning Xiao, et al.. (2021). Identification of Circular RNA Expression Profiles and Potential Biomarkers for Intracerebral Hemorrhage. Epigenomics. 13(5). 379–395. 7 indexed citations

10.

Sun, Chengtao, Mingquan Cui, Shan Zhang, et al.. (2020). Genomic epidemiology of animal-derived tigecycline-resistant Escherichia coli across China reveals recent endemic plasmid-encoded tet(X4) gene. Communications Biology. 3(1). 412–412. 49 indexed citations

11.

Song, Li, Xiaoxing Li, Yang Liu, et al.. (2020). EFEMP2 Suppresses the Invasion of Lung Cancer Cells by Inhibiting Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition (EMT) and Down-Regulating MMPs. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2 indexed citations

12.

Xiao, Ning, Tianlong Liu, Hao Li, et al.. (2020). Low Serum Uric Acid Levels Promote Hypertensive Intracerebral Hemorrhage by Disrupting the Smooth Muscle Cell-Elastin Contractile Unit and Upregulating the Erk1/2-MMP Axis. Translational Stroke Research. 11(5). 1077–1094. 16 indexed citations

13.

Gao, Shijuan, Yingchun Han, Li Song, et al.. (2020). Variants of Focal Adhesion Scaffold Genes Cause Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm. Circulation Research. 128(1). 8–23. 36 indexed citations

14.

Song, Baifen, et al.. (2018). Expression of the alpha toxin of Clostridium perfringens in Lactobacillus casei genome and evaluation of its immune effects in mice. Microbial Pathogenesis. 118. 1–8. 4 indexed citations

15.

Kim, Daehwan, Li Song, Florian P. Breitwieser, & Steven L. Salzberg. (2016). Centrifuge: rapid and sensitive classification of metagenomic sequences. Genome Research. 26(12). 1721–1729. 820 indexed citations breakdown →

16.

Song, Li, Liliana Florea, & Ben Langmead. (2014). Lighter: fast and memory-efficient sequencing error correction without counting. Genome biology. 15(11). 509–509. 157 indexed citations

17.

Song, Li, Govind Bhagat, Ana-Belén Blázquez, et al.. (2010). Dendritic Cell (DC)-Specific Targeting Reveals Stat3 as a Negative Regulator of DC Function. The Journal of Immunology. 184(5). 2638–2645. 178 indexed citations

18.

Song, Li, Samita Bhattacharya, Ali A. Yunus, Christopher D. Lima, & Christian Schindler. (2006). Stat1 and SUMO modification. Blood. 108(10). 3237–3244. 40 indexed citations

19.

Song, Li. (2005). Analysis for antimicrobial susceptibility of Streptococcus suis isolated from Sichuan Province. 1 indexed citations

20.

Song, Li & Christian Schindler. (2004). IL-6 and the acute phase response in murine atherosclerosis. Atherosclerosis. 177(1). 43–51. 65 indexed citations

Rankless uses publication and citation data sourced from OpenAlex, an open and comprehensive bibliographic database. While OpenAlex provides broad and valuable coverage of the global research landscape, it—like all bibliographic datasets—has inherent limitations. These include incomplete records, variations in author disambiguation, differences in journal indexing, and delays in data updates. As a result, some metrics and network relationships displayed in Rankless may not fully capture the entirety of a scholar's output or impact.

Explore authors with similar magnitude of impact