Liang Li

8.0k total citations · 3 hit papers
186 papers, 4.9k citations indexed

About

Liang Li is a scholar working on Surgery, Epidemiology and Statistics and Probability. According to data from OpenAlex, Liang Li has authored 186 papers receiving a total of 4.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 44 papers in Surgery, 42 papers in Epidemiology and 30 papers in Statistics and Probability. Recurrent topics in Liang Li's work include Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment (26 papers), Statistical Methods and Inference (17 papers) and Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life (16 papers). Liang Li is often cited by papers focused on Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment (26 papers), Statistical Methods and Inference (17 papers) and Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life (16 papers). Liang Li collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and United Kingdom. Liang Li's co-authors include Colleen G. Koch, Eugene H. Blackstone, Tom Greene, Tomislav Mihaljević, Jennifer R. Kramer, Fasiha Kanwal, Hashem B. El‐Serag, Andra I. Duncan, Steven M. Asch and Norman J. Starr and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, Journal of the American Statistical Association and Blood.

In The Last Decade

Liang Li

175 papers receiving 4.8k 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.

Morbidity and mortality risk associated with red blood cell and blood-component transfusion in isolated coronary artery bypass grafting*

2006 691 citations Colleen G. Koch, Liang Li et al. profile →
Risk of Hepatocellular Cancer in Patients With Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease

2018 558 citations Fasiha Kanwal, Jennifer R. Kramer et al. Gastroenterology profile →
GLP-1 Receptor Agonists and Risk for Cirrhosis and Related Complications in Patients With Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatotic Liver Disease

2024 61 citations Fasiha Kanwal, Jennifer R. Kramer et al. JAMA Internal Medicine profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Liang Li United States	34	1.3k	1.1k	946	700	684	186	4.9k
Christopher Hyde United Kingdom	39	631 0.5×	1.1k 1.0×	339 0.4×	352 0.5×	464 0.7×	115	5.6k
Mei Sheng Duh United States	44	1.0k 0.8×	611 0.5×	854 0.9×	123 0.2×	585 0.9×	429	8.5k
Gustaf Edgren Sweden	43	761 0.6×	1.1k 0.9×	735 0.8×	99 0.1×	576 0.8×	149	5.0k
Marie Westwood United Kingdom	32	587 0.4×	742 0.7×	174 0.2×	210 0.3×	729 1.1×	57	4.2k
Alexander Strasak Austria	39	689 0.5×	689 0.6×	136 0.1×	126 0.2×	591 0.9×	83	4.4k
James Lymp United States	33	3.7k 2.7×	953 0.8×	106 0.1×	1.5k 2.1×	1.5k 2.1×	55	7.5k
Sandra C. Bryant United States	38	722 0.5×	792 0.7×	395 0.4×	44 0.1×	1.6k 2.4×	101	5.6k
Marialena Trivella United Kingdom	35	391 0.3×	1.0k 0.9×	820 0.9×	60 0.1×	271 0.4×	111	4.0k
Alexander P. J. Vlaar Netherlands	38	985 0.7×	1.2k 1.1×	1.7k 1.8×	44 0.1×	549 0.8×	256	6.8k
Maarten W. Nijsten Netherlands	37	1.2k 0.9×	1.8k 1.6×	42 0.0×	793 1.1×	445 0.7×	143	4.7k

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

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20 of 20 papers shown

Li, Liang, et al.. (2025). Evaluating H2BC9 as a potential diagnostic and prognostic biomarker in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma. European journal of medical research. 30(1). 54–54. 1 indexed citations

Kanwal, Fasiha, Jennifer R. Kramer, Liang Li, et al.. (2024). GLP-1 Receptor Agonists and Risk for Cirrhosis and Related Complications in Patients With Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatotic Liver Disease. JAMA Internal Medicine. 184(11). 1314–1314. 61 indexed citations breakdown →

Li, Liang, Xinyu Zhang, Xiaoqian Wu, et al.. (2024). Frailty and the Risk of Age-Related Macular Degeneration: A Prospective Cohort and Mendelian Randomization Study. The Journals of Gerontology Series A. 80(3).

Yadav, Dhiraj, Dana K. Andersen, Santhi Swaroop Vege, et al.. (2024). Circulating immune signatures in chronic pancreatitis with and without preceding acute pancreatitis: A pilot study. Pancreatology. 24(3). 384–393. 3 indexed citations

Kanwal, Fasiha, Jennifer R. Kramer, Liang Li, et al.. (2024). 2 ASSOCIATION OF GLUCAGON-LIKE PEPTIDE-1 AGONISTS WITH CIRRHOSIS AND HEPATOCELLULAR CANCER IN METABOLIC DYSFUNCTION ASSOCIATED STEATOTIC LIVER DISEASE (MASLD). Gastroenterology. 166(5). S–1539. 2 indexed citations

Li, Liang, et al.. (2023). Propensity score analysis with local balance. Statistics in Medicine. 42(15). 2637–2660. 1 indexed citations

Li, Liang, et al.. (2023). Three-dimensional SAR target reconstruction based on pix2pix and pixel2mesh. 49. 197–201. 1 indexed citations

Sheshadri, Ajay, Ravi Rajaram, Aaron Baugh, et al.. (2023). Association of Preoperative Lung Function with Complications after Lobectomy Using Race-Neutral and Race-Specific Normative Equations. Annals of the American Thoracic Society. 21(1). 38–46. 6 indexed citations

Li, Liang, Alei Feng, Wentao Zhang, et al.. (2022). Effects of Radiotherapy on Survival of Esophageal Cancer Patients Receiving Immunotherapy: Propensity Score Analysis and Nomogram Construction. Cancer Management and Research. Volume 14. 2357–2371. 6 indexed citations

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Chen, Hong, Yanlan Fang, Liang Li, & Chunlin Wang. (2019). Insulin Resistance Leads to Mitochondrial Dysfunction in Hepatocyte. 92. 1 indexed citations

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Li, Liang, Michelle D. Williams, & Diana Bell. (2018). Expression of PTEN, Androgen Receptor, HER2/neu, Cytokeratin 5/6, Estrogen Receptor-Beta, HMGA2, and PLAG1 in Salivary Duct Carcinoma. Head and Neck Pathology. 13(4). 529–534. 23 indexed citations

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Li, Liang, Huijuan Liu, Jun Yue, et al.. (2017). Association of Single-Nucleotide Polymorphism in the Hepcidin Promoter Gene with Susceptibility to Extrapulmonary Tuberculosis. Genetic Testing and Molecular Biomarkers. 21(6). 351–356. 9 indexed citations

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Zhang, Jingfan, Ranhua Jiang, Ling Li, et al.. (2014). Serum Thyrotropin Is Positively Correlated with the Metabolic Syndrome Components of Obesity and Dyslipidemia in Chinese Adolescents. International Journal of Endocrinology. 2014. 1–7. 34 indexed citations

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Koch, Colleen G., Liang Li, Zhiyuan Sun, et al.. (2014). From Bad to Worse: Anemia on Admission and Hospital-Acquired Anemia. Journal of Patient Safety. 13(4). 211–216. 25 indexed citations

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Li, Liang & Tom Greene. (2013). A Weighting Analogue to Pair Matching in Propensity Score Analysis. The International Journal of Biostatistics. 9(2). 215–234. 251 indexed citations

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Greene, Tom, Marshall M. Joffe, Bo Hu, Liang Li, & Kenneth M. Boucher. (2013). The Balanced Survivor Average Causal Effect. The International Journal of Biostatistics. 9(2). 291–306. 5 indexed citations

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Han, Chunchun, Jiwen Wang, Jiwen Wang, et al.. (2010). Analysis of mRNA expression of genes related to synthesis of fatty acids in goose fatty liver. Italian Journal of Animal Science. 9(4). e83–e83. 2 indexed citations

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Li, Liang, et al.. (2009). Epidemic features and influencing factors of recent influenza outbreaks in Jiangsu Province.. Xiandai yufang yixue. 36(17). 3221–3224. 2 indexed citations

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Li, Liang. (2009). Analysis of clinical characteristics of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease-obstructive sleep apnea-hypopnea syndrome overlap syndrome. 1 indexed citations

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Chen, Sheng, Xiao-Jie Zhang, Liang Li, & Wei-Dong Le. (2007). Current Experimental Therapy for Alzheimers Disease. Current Neuropharmacology. 5(2). 127–134. 13 indexed citations

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