Li‐Bo Mao

3.9k total citations · 3 hit papers
63 papers, 3.4k citations indexed

About

Li‐Bo Mao is a scholar working on Biomaterials, Biomedical Engineering and Paleontology. According to data from OpenAlex, Li‐Bo Mao has authored 63 papers receiving a total of 3.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 40 papers in Biomaterials, 39 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 17 papers in Paleontology. Recurrent topics in Li‐Bo Mao's work include Bone Tissue Engineering Materials (34 papers), Calcium Carbonate Crystallization and Inhibition (34 papers) and Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils (17 papers). Li‐Bo Mao is often cited by papers focused on Bone Tissue Engineering Materials (34 papers), Calcium Carbonate Crystallization and Inhibition (34 papers) and Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils (17 papers). Li‐Bo Mao collaborates with scholars based in China, Germany and United States. Li‐Bo Mao's co-authors include Shu‐Hong Yu, Hong‐Bin Yao, Youxian Yan, Helmut Cölfen, Huai‐Ling Gao, Siming Chen, Yang‐Yi Liu, Ge Jin, Lei Liu and Shikuo Li and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Advanced Materials.

In The Last Decade

Li‐Bo Mao

58 papers receiving 3.4k 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.

Synthetic nacre by predesigned matrix-directed mineralization

2016 840 citations Li‐Bo Mao, Huai‐Ling Gao et al. Science profile →
Super-elastic and fatigue resistant carbon material with lamellar multi-arch microstructure

2016 404 citations Huai‐Ling Gao, YinBo Zhu et al. Nature Communications profile →
Mass production of bulk artificial nacre with excellent mechanical properties

2017 385 citations Huai‐Ling Gao, Siming Chen et al. Nature Communications profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Li‐Bo Mao China	22	1.8k	1.7k	893	484	411	63	3.4k
Siming Chen China	23	1.3k 0.7×	1.4k 0.8×	651 0.7×	214 0.4×	417 1.0×	53	2.9k
Florian Bouville Switzerland	24	1.2k 0.7×	1.4k 0.8×	865 1.0×	312 0.6×	257 0.6×	47	3.3k
Matthew B. Dickerson United States	27	1.5k 0.9×	646 0.4×	1.3k 1.4×	460 1.0×	206 0.5×	59	3.5k
Hao Wei China	30	835 0.5×	1.2k 0.7×	821 0.9×	187 0.4×	536 1.3×	104	2.9k
Youxian Yan China	13	912 0.5×	842 0.5×	457 0.5×	256 0.5×	258 0.6×	20	1.8k
Huai‐Ling Gao China	36	2.0k 1.1×	2.8k 1.6×	1.3k 1.4×	1.1k 2.3×	1.0k 2.5×	75	5.7k
Dominic Walsh United Kingdom	28	1.7k 1.0×	1.5k 0.9×	1.7k 1.8×	288 0.6×	182 0.4×	63	4.0k
Jianfeng Wang China	41	1.3k 0.7×	2.2k 1.3×	2.5k 2.8×	846 1.7×	1.2k 3.0×	157	5.8k
Ye Cai United States	25	988 0.6×	1.1k 0.7×	1.3k 1.4×	372 0.8×	153 0.4×	50	3.3k
Yang‐Yi Liu China	13	669 0.4×	683 0.4×	508 0.6×	460 1.0×	221 0.5×	25	2.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Li‐Bo Mao

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Li‐Bo Mao

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

Wang, Yun, Chao Fang, Li‐Bo Mao, et al.. (2025). A novel Liesegang-patterned mineralized hydrogel drives bone regeneration with microstructure control. Materials Today Bio. 32. 101775–101775. 1 indexed citations

Lu, Yujie, Jie Wang, Junjie Song, et al.. (2025). Scalable and shapable nacre-like ceramic-metal composites based on deformable microspheres. National Science Review. 12(3). nwaf006–nwaf006. 1 indexed citations

Jing, Shengli, Fang Zheng, Jianfeng Jin, et al.. (2025). NlAgo3 and NlBiwi are essential for piRNAs biogenesis and female reproduction in Nilaparvata lugens. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. 182. 104346–104346. 1 indexed citations

Yang, Yulu, Xiuwu Guo, Yu‐Feng Meng, et al.. (2024). Biomimetic calcium carbonate-calcium phosphate composite films with tunable cytological behaviors. Nano Research. 18(1). 94907055–94907055. 2 indexed citations

Yao, Geng, et al.. (2024). Desiccation-induced cracking and deformation characteristics in compacted loess: insights from electrical resistivity and microstructure analysis. Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment. 83(12). 3 indexed citations

Zhang, Sichao, Huai‐Ling Gao, Long Zhang, et al.. (2024). Mechanically Stable and Damage Resistant Freestanding Ultrathin Silver Nanowire Films with Closely Packed Crossed-Lamellar Structure. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2(12). 634–643. 3 indexed citations

Yu, Chengxin, Yu‐Feng Meng, Jun Pang, et al.. (2024). Iron oxide/CNT-based artificial nacre for electromagnetic interference shielding. Nano Research. 17(7). 6560–6566. 7 indexed citations

Li, Xinxin, Liping Cui, Jiayong Li, et al.. (2024). Synergistic effects of Paenibacillus mucilaginosus and Penicillium pimiteouiense on the extraction of humic substances from lignite. Process Biochemistry. 146. 347–354.

Wu, Guangqiang, et al.. (2024). Anti-lock braking system control algorithm for driverless mining dump truck based on fuzzy PID. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part D Journal of Automobile Engineering. 239(9). 3841–3857.

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Meng, Yu‐Feng, Chengxin Yu, Lichuan Zhou, et al.. (2023). Nanograded artificial nacre with efficient energy dissipation. The Innovation. 4(6). 100505–100505. 20 indexed citations

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Zhou, Lichuan, YinBo Zhu, Yu‐Feng Meng, et al.. (2023). Deformable hard tissue with high fatigue resistance in the hinge of bivalve Cristaria plicata. Science. 380(6651). 1252–1257. 44 indexed citations

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Mao, Li‐Bo, et al.. (2023). Uncovering the hidden treasures in mollusk shells. 1(2). 100016–100016.

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Dong, Liang, Yunjun Xu, Yang Zhao, et al.. (2022). Highly hydrated paramagnetic amorphous calcium carbonate nanoclusters as an MRI contrast agent. Nature Communications. 13(1). 5088–5088. 53 indexed citations

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Song, Yong‐Hui, Jing Ge, Li‐Bo Mao, et al.. (2022). Planar defect–free pure red perovskite light-emitting diodes via metastable phase crystallization. Science Advances. 8(45). eabq2321–eabq2321. 55 indexed citations

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Meng, Yu‐Feng, et al.. (2022). Multifunctional artificial nacre via biomimetic matrix-directed mineralization. JUSTC. 52(7). 1–1. 4 indexed citations

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Mao, Li‐Bo & Shu‐Hong Yu. (2021). Detecting and curing the voids in nacre-inspired layered MXene films. Science Bulletin. 67(4). 347–349. 3 indexed citations

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Mao, Li‐Bo, et al.. (2020). Biomineralization: A Condensed Matter Chemistry. Huaxue jinzhan. 32(8). 1086. 1 indexed citations

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Gao, Huai‐Ling, Siming Chen, Li‐Bo Mao, et al.. (2017). Mass production of bulk artificial nacre with excellent mechanical properties. Nature Communications. 8(1). 287–287. 385 indexed citations breakdown →

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Gao, Huai‐Ling, YinBo Zhu, Li‐Bo Mao, et al.. (2016). Super-elastic and fatigue resistant carbon material with lamellar multi-arch microstructure. Nature Communications. 7(1). 12920–12920. 404 indexed citations breakdown →

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Zhou, Yong, Huai‐Ling Gao, Zhao Pan, et al.. (2015). Chitosan microspheres with an extracellular matrix-mimicking nanofibrous structure as cell-carrier building blocks for bottom-up cartilage tissue engineering. Nanoscale. 8(1). 309–317. 61 indexed citations

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