Liming Li

1.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
37 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Liming Li is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Neurology and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Liming Li has authored 37 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 33 papers in Molecular Biology, 9 papers in Neurology and 6 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Liming Li's work include Prion Diseases and Protein Misfolding (24 papers), Neurological diseases and metabolism (9 papers) and RNA regulation and disease (9 papers). Liming Li is often cited by papers focused on Prion Diseases and Protein Misfolding (24 papers), Neurological diseases and metabolism (9 papers) and RNA regulation and disease (9 papers). Liming Li collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Germany. Liming Li's co-authors include Zhiqiang Du, Susan Lindquist, Qing Fan, Jianqing Gao, Haijing Yu, Emily T. Crow, Jiafu Mu, Jiachen Chen, Hongcui Cao and Yu Zhang and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Nature Genetics and Nano Letters.

In The Last Decade

Liming Li

37 papers receiving 1.5k citations

Hit Papers

Transplantation of Human Mesenchymal Stem-Cell-Derived Ex... 2020 2026 2022 2024 2020 100 200 300
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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.

  1. Transplantation of Human Mesenchymal Stem-Cell-Derived Exosomes Immobilized in an Adhesive Hydrogel for Effective Treatment of Spinal Cord Injury
    2020 311 citations Liming Li, Jiafu Mu et al. profile →

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Liming Li United States 19 1.2k 338 158 153 147 37 1.5k
Carole Doré Canada 14 792 0.6× 117 0.3× 57 0.4× 152 1.0× 239 1.6× 23 1.3k
Ivan T. Shaw Canada 7 678 0.5× 201 0.6× 115 0.7× 134 0.9× 220 1.5× 7 1.1k
Huyan Meng China 11 582 0.5× 197 0.6× 23 0.1× 55 0.4× 170 1.2× 15 1.1k
Anthony M. Heape Finland 20 463 0.4× 97 0.3× 46 0.3× 119 0.8× 339 2.3× 43 1.0k
Gonzalo P. Solis Switzerland 23 1.1k 0.9× 165 0.5× 126 0.8× 109 0.7× 176 1.2× 38 1.4k
Marie Wattenhofer‐Donzé France 16 779 0.6× 111 0.3× 63 0.4× 126 0.8× 305 2.1× 19 1.1k
Salah Mahmoudi United States 12 1.4k 1.1× 103 0.3× 20 0.1× 276 1.8× 79 0.5× 13 2.0k
Beat Bornhäuser Switzerland 24 1.2k 1.0× 73 0.2× 19 0.1× 155 1.0× 207 1.4× 63 1.9k
Heather M. Christensen United States 12 1.0k 0.8× 335 1.0× 218 1.4× 124 0.8× 39 0.3× 13 1.1k
Naheed Kanuga United Kingdom 24 1.6k 1.3× 99 0.3× 26 0.2× 63 0.4× 425 2.9× 34 2.0k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Liming Li

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Liming Li

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Liming Li. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Liming 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 Liming Li. Liming 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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Wan, Wen, et al.. (2025). Injectable ion-coordinated double-network conductive hydrogel for spinal cord injury repair. Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology. 13. 1618680–1618680. 1 indexed citations
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Li, Liming, Jiafu Mu, Jiachen Chen, et al.. (2024). An integrated long-acting implant of clinical safe cells, drug and biomaterials effectively promotes spinal cord repair and restores motor functions. Journal of Controlled Release. 375. 236–248. 3 indexed citations
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Liu, Qing, et al.. (2024). Apelin regulates mitochondrial dynamics by inhibiting Mst1-JNK-Drp1 signaling pathway to reduce neuronal apoptosis after spinal cord injury. Neurochemistry International. 180. 105885–105885. 4 indexed citations
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Du, Zhiqiang, et al.. (2020). Elucidating the regulatory mechanism of Swi1 prion in global transcription and stress responses. Scientific Reports. 10(1). 21838–21838. 4 indexed citations
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Du, Zhiqiang, et al.. (2019). Identifying Anti-prion Chemical Compounds Using a Newly Established Yeast High-Throughput Screening System. Cell chemical biology. 26(12). 1664–1680.e4. 8 indexed citations
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Du, Zhiqiang, et al.. (2017). Analysis of Small Critical Regions of Swi1 Conferring Prion Formation, Maintenance, and Transmission. Molecular and Cellular Biology. 37(20). 6 indexed citations
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Li, Liming, Ming-Yi Huang-Fu, Zhilan Chen, et al.. (2015). ScreenFect A: an efficient and low toxic liposome for gene delivery to mesenchymal stem cells. International Journal of Pharmaceutics. 488(1-2). 1–11. 13 indexed citations
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Du, Zhiqiang, Ying Zhang, & Liming Li. (2015). The Yeast Prion [SWI+] Abolishes Multicellular Growth by Triggering Conformational Changes of Multiple Regulators Required for Flocculin Gene Expression. Cell Reports. 13(12). 2865–2878. 31 indexed citations
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Du, Zhiqiang & Liming Li. (2014). Investigating the Interactions of Yeast Prions: [SWI+], [PSI+], and [PIN+]. Genetics. 197(2). 685–700. 28 indexed citations
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Nussbaum‐Krammer, Carmen, Kyung Won Park, Liming Li, Ronald Melki, & Richard I. Morimoto. (2013). Spreading of a Prion Domain from Cell-to-Cell by Vesicular Transport in Caenorhabditis elegans. PLoS Genetics. 9(3). e1003351–e1003351. 46 indexed citations
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Yao, Xinglei, et al.. (2013). Co-transfection Gene Delivery of Dendritic Cells Induced Effective Lymph Node Targeting and Anti-tumor Vaccination. Pharmaceutical Research. 30(6). 1502–1512. 22 indexed citations
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Li, Liming & Anthony S. Kowal. (2012). Environmental Regulation of Prions in Yeast. PLoS Pathogens. 8(11). e1002973–e1002973. 19 indexed citations
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Park, Kyung-Won & Liming Li. (2011). Prion protein inCaenorhabditis elegans. Prion. 5(1). 28–38. 3 indexed citations
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Hines, Justin K., et al.. (2011). [SWI+], the Prion Formed by the Chromatin Remodeling Factor Swi1, Is Highly Sensitive to Alterations in Hsp70 Chaperone System Activity. PLoS Genetics. 7(2). e1001309–e1001309. 62 indexed citations
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Crow, Emily T. & Liming Li. (2011). Newly identified prions in budding yeast, and their possible functions. Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology. 22(5). 452–459. 57 indexed citations
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Crow, Emily T., Zhiqiang Du, & Liming Li. (2008). New insights into prion biology from the novel [SWI+] system. Prion. 2(4). 141–144. 10 indexed citations
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Du, Zhiqiang, et al.. (2008). Newly identified prion linked to the chromatin-remodeling factor Swi1 in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Nature Genetics. 40(4). 460–465. 237 indexed citations
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Zhang, Jianming, Manyuan Long, & Liming Li. (2005). Translational effects of differential codon usage among intragenic domains of new genes in Drosophila. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Gene Structure and Expression. 1728(3). 135–142. 7 indexed citations
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Mittag, Maria, Liming Li, & J. Woodland Hastings. (1998). The mRna Level of the Circadian RegulatedGonyaulaxLuciferase Remains Constant over the Cycle. Chronobiology International. 15(1). 93–98. 42 indexed citations
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