Liang Lü

1.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
44 papers, 1.0k citations indexed

About

Liang Lü is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Genetics and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Liang Lü has authored 44 papers receiving a total of 1.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 27 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 19 papers in Genetics and 13 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Liang Lü's work include Coleoptera Taxonomy and Distribution (17 papers), Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy (10 papers) and Fossil Insects in Amber (7 papers). Liang Lü is often cited by papers focused on Coleoptera Taxonomy and Distribution (17 papers), Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy (10 papers) and Fossil Insects in Amber (7 papers). Liang Lü collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and United Kingdom. Liang Lü's co-authors include Ya‐Ping Zhang, Yongyi Shen, David M. Irwin, Zhouhai Zhu, Weiping Zhou, Robert W. Murphy, Chenyang Cai, Margaret K. Thayer, Alfred F. Newton and Liang Li and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, PLoS ONE and The Science of The Total Environment.

In The Last Decade

Liang Lü

40 papers receiving 998 citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Integrated phylogenomics and fossil data illuminate the evolution of beetles

2022 180 citations Chenyang Cai, Erik Tihelka et al. Royal Society Open Science profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Liang Lü China	13	429	416	301	291	183	44	1.0k
Jerry W. Dragoo United States	18	246 0.6×	611 1.5×	341 1.1×	199 0.7×	354 1.9×	35	1.2k
Julie Feinstein United States	10	369 0.9×	355 0.9×	481 1.6×	222 0.8×	247 1.3×	14	962
Ben H. Warren France	17	460 1.1×	422 1.0×	450 1.5×	209 0.7×	177 1.0×	30	1.2k
Luana S. Maroja United States	16	489 1.1×	297 0.7×	634 2.1×	204 0.7×	103 0.6×	34	1.1k
Theresa A. Spradling United States	13	256 0.6×	432 1.0×	422 1.4×	111 0.4×	171 0.9×	28	868
Fabienne Justy France	19	224 0.5×	355 0.9×	397 1.3×	262 0.9×	95 0.5×	40	967
Janus Borner Germany	14	266 0.6×	186 0.4×	209 0.7×	246 0.8×	143 0.8×	18	828
Molly M. McDonough United States	16	247 0.6×	382 0.9×	269 0.9×	258 0.9×	198 1.1×	33	806
Maria Strandh Sweden	18	350 0.8×	275 0.7×	307 1.0×	354 1.2×	39 0.2×	30	1.1k
Jocelyn P. Colella United States	11	338 0.8×	521 1.3×	278 0.9×	127 0.4×	218 1.2×	25	1.0k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Liang Lü

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20 of 20 papers shown

Wei, Jiufeng, et al.. (2025). Positive Selection Drives Mitochondrial Gene Rearrangement in Sternorrhyncha (Insecta: Hemiptera). Ecology and Evolution. 15(7). e71789–e71789. 2 indexed citations

Xu, Ye, Liang Lü, Yuange Duan, et al.. (2025). Mitonuclear Discordance of Beetles Shaped by Incomplete Lineage Sorting and Introgression Under Loose Interaction Mechanism. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 42(11). 1 indexed citations

Lü, Liang, et al.. (2024). N Fertilizer in Combination with Straw Improves Soil Physicochemical Properties and Crop Productivity in Sub-Humid, Drought-Prone Areas. Agronomy. 14(8). 1721–1721.

Newton, Alfred F., et al.. (2023). Kupakara gen. nov., a new genus of Blediini in mid-Cretaceous amber from northern Myanmar (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Oxytelinae). Cretaceous Research. 148. 105505–105505.

Lü, Liang, et al.. (2023). Phylomitogenomic Analyses Provided Further Evidence for the Resurrection of the Family Pseudoacanthocephalidae (Acanthocephala: Echinorhynchida). Animals. 13(7). 1256–1256. 12 indexed citations

Cai, Chenyang, Erik Tihelka, Mattia Giacomelli, et al.. (2022). Integrated phylogenomics and fossil data illuminate the evolution of beetles. Royal Society Open Science. 9(3). 211771–211771. 180 indexed citations breakdown →

Xu, Xin, et al.. (2022). The first mitochondrial genome of Creophilus Leach and Platydracus Thomson (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Staphylinini) and phylogenetic implications. Zootaxa. 5099(2). 179–200. 3 indexed citations

Lü, Liang, et al.. (2021). Review of the Chinese species of Deleaster Erichson, 1839 (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Oxytelinae) with a mitogenome of Deleaster bactrianus Semenov, 1900. Zootaxa. 5027(3). 301–331.

Li, Xiaoyan, Haifeng Chen, & Liang Lü. (2020). Two new species of the genus Scaphidium Olivier (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Scaphidiinae) from Southwest China. Zootaxa. 4868(3). zootaxa.4868.3.7–zootaxa.4868.3.7. 2 indexed citations

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Ge, Deyan, et al.. (2017). Identification and distribution of Apodemus species with DNA barcoding in China. Zhongguo meijie shengwuxue ji kongzhi zazhi. 28(2). 97–103. 2 indexed citations

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Chen, Zhi-Teng, Liang Lü, Ming‐Xing Lu, & Yu-Zhou Du. (2017). Comparative mitogenomic analysis of Aposthonia borneensis and Aposthonia japonica (Embioptera: Oligotomidae) reveals divergent evolution of webspinners. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 8279–8279. 5 indexed citations

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Xiaodong, Yu, et al.. (2016). The Relative Importance of Spatial and Local Environmental Factors in Determining Beetle Assemblages in the Inner Mongolia Grassland. PLoS ONE. 11(5). e0154659–e0154659. 5 indexed citations

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Li, Liang, et al.. (2016). First report on nematode parasite infection in the yellowbar angelfish Pomacanthus maculosus (Perciformes: Pomacanthidae) from the Iraqi coral reef, with description of a new species of Cucullanus (Nematoda: Ascaridida) using the integrated approaches. Parasitology International. 65(6). 677–684. 12 indexed citations

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Lü, Liang, Chenyang Cai, & Diying Huang. (2016). The earliest oxyteline rove beetle in amber and its systematic implications (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Oxytelinae). Cretaceous Research. 69. 169–177. 8 indexed citations

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Cai, Chenyang, et al.. (2016). First Piestine Rove Beetle in Eocene Baltic Amber (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Piestinae). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society. 89(4). 345–357. 7 indexed citations

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Lü, Liang, Yongyi Shen, Taicheng Zhou, et al.. (2013). Adaptive Evolution of the Hox Gene Family for Development in Bats and Dolphins. PLoS ONE. 8(6). e65944–e65944. 12 indexed citations

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Shen, Yongyi, Liang Lü, Guisheng Li, Robert W. Murphy, & Ya‐Ping Zhang. (2012). Parallel Evolution of Auditory Genes for Echolocation in Bats and Toothed Whales. PLoS Genetics. 8(6). e1002788–e1002788. 83 indexed citations

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Li, Yong, Liang Lü, & Xue‐Jun Ge. (2010). Development of microsatellite loci for Pinus koraiensis (Pinaceae). American Journal of Botany. 97(6). e39–41. 6 indexed citations

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Lü, Liang, et al.. (1999). A new species of the genus baetis from china (Ephemeroptera:baetidae). 42(3). 297–299. 3 indexed citations

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Lü, Liang. (1988). TWO NEW STIGMAEID MITES OF THE GENUS APOSTIGMAEUS (ACARINA: STIGMAEIDAE). Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica. 5 indexed citations

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