Liang Li

8.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
261 papers, 5.6k citations indexed

About

Liang Li is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Immunology and Pathology and Forensic Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Liang Li has authored 261 papers receiving a total of 5.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 75 papers in Molecular Biology, 72 papers in Immunology and 57 papers in Pathology and Forensic Medicine. Recurrent topics in Liang Li's work include Immune Cell Function and Interaction (32 papers), Parasitic infections in humans and animals (26 papers) and Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers (20 papers). Liang Li is often cited by papers focused on Immune Cell Function and Interaction (32 papers), Parasitic infections in humans and animals (26 papers) and Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers (20 papers). Liang Li collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Japan. Liang Li's co-authors include Weidong Le, Xiaojie Zhang, Zhe‐Xiong Lian, Simon F. Nørrelykke, Edward C. Cox, M. Eric Gershwin, Yale Liu, Yumin Xia, Tom Greene and Yuan Yao and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Circulation.

In The Last Decade

Liang Li

241 papers receiving 5.5k 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.

Single-cell and spatial transcriptome analysis reveals the cellular heterogeneity of liver metastatic colorectal cancer

2023 104 citations Jie Long, Liang Li et al. Science Advances profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Liang Li China	40	1.9k	1.2k	870	698	673	261	5.6k
Robert A. Swerlick United States	36	1.9k 1.0×	1.6k 1.3×	814 0.9×	552 0.8×	502 0.7×	136	6.0k
Ryo Yamada Japan	44	1.9k 1.0×	1.5k 1.2×	623 0.7×	529 0.8×	431 0.6×	173	7.0k
Rainer M. Bohle Germany	46	2.5k 1.3×	988 0.8×	804 0.9×	815 1.2×	891 1.3×	221	6.5k
Henri H. Versteeg Netherlands	37	1.7k 0.9×	1.1k 0.9×	872 1.0×	706 1.0×	628 0.9×	129	7.1k
Alessandro Allegra Italy	37	1.9k 1.1×	710 0.6×	985 1.1×	677 1.0×	282 0.4×	263	5.0k
Zhaojun Liu China	38	3.2k 1.7×	1.3k 1.0×	1.3k 1.5×	843 1.2×	658 1.0×	177	6.5k
Yong Xu China	46	4.0k 2.1×	1.1k 0.9×	785 0.9×	1.2k 1.7×	462 0.7×	192	6.8k
Hermann‐Josef Gröne Germany	44	2.6k 1.4×	1.5k 1.3×	790 0.9×	611 0.9×	700 1.0×	125	6.6k
Ryōji Kobayashi Japan	45	3.4k 1.8×	886 0.7×	1.3k 1.4×	523 0.7×	716 1.1×	415	8.1k
Roy Zent United States	51	4.1k 2.2×	917 0.8×	960 1.1×	867 1.2×	664 1.0×	190	9.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Liang Li

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Fields of papers citing papers by Liang Li

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Liang Li

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

Zhang, Junjie, Hui Yang, Liang Li, Changsi Peng, & Jingying Li. (2025). Noninvasive Transdermal Delivery of STING Agonists Reshapes the Immune Microenvironment of Melanoma and Potentiates Checkpoint Blockade Therapy Efficacy. ACS Applied Bio Materials. 8(4). 3156–3166. 1 indexed citations

Zeng, Yue, Yanping Tang, Yuting Wang, et al.. (2025). Multidimensional immunomodulation by abelmoschi corolla polysaccharide: Gut barrier restoration, microbiota remodelling, and systemic metabolic regulation. Phytomedicine. 149. 157545–157545.

Wu, Kunyi, Christopher Cook, Liang Li, et al.. (2024). Effect of opioid receptor antagonist on mitigating tumor necrosis factor-like weak inducer of apoptosis (TWEAK)-induced apoptolysis in pemphigus pathogenesis. Journal of Autoimmunity. 149. 103307–103307. 4 indexed citations

Long, Jie, Qiong Yang, Ming Zhou, et al.. (2024). Bone marrow CD8+ Trm cells induced by IL-15 and CD16+ monocytes contribute to HSPC destruction in human severe aplastic anemia. Clinical Immunology. 263. 110223–110223. 1 indexed citations

Chawla, Akhil, et al.. (2024). Liquid-liquid phase separation-related features of PYGB/ACTR3/CCNA2/ITGB1/ATP8A1/RAP1GAP2 predict the prognosis of pancreatic cancer. Journal of Gastrointestinal Oncology. 15(4). 1723–1745.

Yan, Kai, Qingzhi Liu, Rongrong Huang, et al.. (2024). Spatial transcriptomics reveals prognosis‐associated cellular heterogeneity in the papillary thyroid carcinoma microenvironment. Clinical and Translational Medicine. 14(3). e1594–e1594. 13 indexed citations

Long, Jie, Liang Li, Zixin Wu, et al.. (2023). Single-cell and spatial transcriptome analysis reveals the cellular heterogeneity of liver metastatic colorectal cancer. Science Advances. 9(24). eadf5464–eadf5464. 104 indexed citations breakdown →

Shen, Shengxian, Liang Li, Hui Fang, et al.. (2023). Assessment of relationships between bullous pemphigoid and neurological diseases: A bidirectional two‐sample Mendelian randomization study. Experimental Dermatology. 33(1). e14869–e14869. 6 indexed citations

Li, Haiyan, et al.. (2023). Etiology and clinical characteristics of primary epistaxis. Annals of Translational Medicine. 11(2). 96–96. 5 indexed citations

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Gao, Duo, Yaying Wang, Liang Li, et al.. (2023). Worm-like micelles facilitate the intestinal mucus diffusion and drug accumulation for enhancing colorectal cancer therapy. Chinese Chemical Letters. 35(6). 108967–108967. 5 indexed citations

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Yin, Tingting, Mengxing Huang, Fei Wang, et al.. (2022). Lactate score predicts survival, immune cell infiltration and response to immunotherapy in breast cancer. Frontiers in Genetics. 13. 943849–943849. 8 indexed citations

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Li, Suxin, Na Huang, Xiaowei Dang, et al.. (2020). A Comparison of Splenic Pathologic Change and Immune Function in HBV-Related Portal Hypertension and Chinese Budd-Chiari Syndrome Patients with Hypersplenism. Viral Immunology. 33(2). 112–121. 1 indexed citations

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Zhou, Shanshan, et al.. (2020). Shenkang VII Recipe Attenuates Unilateral Ureteral Obstruction-induced Renal Fibrosis via TGF-β/Smad, NF-κB and SHH Signaling Pathway. Current Medical Science. 40(5). 917–930. 9 indexed citations

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Luzum, Jasmine A., Edward L. Peterson, Hongsheng Gui, et al.. (2019). Association of Regulatory Genetic Variants for Protein Kinase Cα with Mortality and Drug Efficacy in Patients with Heart Failure. Cardiovascular Drugs and Therapy. 33(6). 693–700. 1 indexed citations

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Han, Chunlei, Ming Ge, Yunpeng Liu, et al.. (2018). LncRNA H19 contributes to hippocampal glial cell activation via JAK/STAT signaling in a rat model of temporal lobe epilepsy. Journal of Neuroinflammation. 15(1). 103–103. 103 indexed citations

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Liu, Yale, Liang Li, & Yumin Xia. (2017). BP180 Is Critical in the Autoimmunity of Bullous Pemphigoid. Frontiers in Immunology. 8. 1752–1752. 78 indexed citations

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Li, Liang, YinWei Ho, Allen Lin, et al.. (2014). Role of altered growth factor receptor-mediated JAK2 signaling in growth and maintenance of human acute myeloid leukemia stem cells. Blood. 123(18). 2826–2837. 84 indexed citations

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Wang, Xi, Tianxiang Chen, Lin Leng, et al.. (2012). MIF Produced by Bone Marrow–Derived Macrophages Contributes to Teratoma Progression after Embryonic Stem Cell Transplantation. Cancer Research. 72(11). 2867–2878. 39 indexed citations

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Li, Liang, Brad C. Astor, Julia B. Lewis, et al.. (2012). Longitudinal Progression Trajectory of GFR Among Patients With CKD. American Journal of Kidney Diseases. 59(4). 504–512. 216 indexed citations

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Chakraborty, Sujata, Can‐Lan Sun, Liton Francisco, et al.. (2009). Accelerated Telomere Shortening Precedes Development of Therapy-Related Myelodysplasia or Acute Myelogenous Leukemia After Autologous Transplantation for Lymphoma. Journal of Clinical Oncology. 27(5). 791–798. 74 indexed citations

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