Ling Li

21.7k total citations · 5 hit papers
540 papers, 14.5k citations indexed

About

Ling Li is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Epidemiology and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Ling Li has authored 540 papers receiving a total of 14.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 252 papers in Molecular Biology, 104 papers in Epidemiology and 77 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in Ling Li's work include Adipose Tissue and Metabolism (50 papers), Adipokines, Inflammation, and Metabolic Diseases (49 papers) and Metabolism, Diabetes, and Cancer (44 papers). Ling Li is often cited by papers focused on Adipose Tissue and Metabolism (50 papers), Adipokines, Inflammation, and Metabolic Diseases (49 papers) and Metabolism, Diabetes, and Cancer (44 papers). Ling Li collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Australia. Ling Li's co-authors include Gangyi Yang, Mengliu Yang, Hua Liu, Guenther Boden, Bruce A. Edgar, Geneviève Renier, Leslie Saucedo, Xinsheng Gao, Harald Vaessin and Jingqiu Cheng and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Circulation.

In The Last Decade

Ling Li

516 papers receiving 14.3k citations

Hit Papers

Akt Activation Preserves Cardiac Function and Prevents In... 2001 2026 2009 2017 2001 2009 2020 2003 2021 100 200 300 400 500
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.

  1. Akt Activation Preserves Cardiac Function and Prevents Injury After Transient Cardiac Ischemia In Vivo
    2001 594 citations Ling Li et al. profile →
  2. MicroRNA miR-34 Inhibits Human Pancreatic Cancer Tumor-Initiating Cells
    2009 558 citations Xinbao Hao, Wenhua Tang et al. profile →
  3. Mitochondrial ROS promote mitochondrial dysfunction and inflammation in ischemic acute kidney injury by disrupting TFAM-mediated mtDNA maintenance
    2020 556 citations Ling Li et al. profile →
  4. Rheb promotes cell growth as a component of the insulin/TOR signalling network
    2003 522 citations Ling Li et al. profile →
  5. 3D-bioprinted BMSC-laden biomimetic multiphasic scaffolds for efficient repair of osteochondral defects in an osteoarthritic rat model
    2021 139 citations Ling Li et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Ling Li China 58 7.0k 2.3k 2.2k 2.0k 1.4k 540 14.5k
Chih‐Yang Huang Taiwan 56 7.4k 1.1× 2.0k 0.9× 1.6k 0.7× 1.9k 1.0× 1.1k 0.8× 720 16.4k
Yan Li China 64 8.1k 1.2× 2.4k 1.0× 1.9k 0.9× 1.3k 0.6× 2.0k 1.4× 736 17.9k
Xiaokun Li China 79 10.1k 1.4× 1.4k 0.6× 2.3k 1.1× 1.8k 0.9× 2.2k 1.5× 559 21.2k
Athanasios G. Papavassiliou Greece 68 8.0k 1.1× 2.7k 1.2× 1.8k 0.8× 1.4k 0.7× 1.6k 1.1× 488 17.5k
Yan Chen China 62 8.3k 1.2× 1.9k 0.8× 3.1k 1.4× 3.5k 1.8× 1.5k 1.1× 551 16.5k
Yang Yang China 73 9.7k 1.4× 2.9k 1.2× 2.2k 1.0× 2.2k 1.1× 1.8k 1.3× 595 19.4k
Chen Chen China 61 7.8k 1.1× 4.0k 1.7× 1.3k 0.6× 941 0.5× 896 0.6× 501 14.9k
Xiaoyan Zhang China 57 5.6k 0.8× 991 0.4× 1.2k 0.5× 1.2k 0.6× 1.3k 0.9× 534 14.6k
Rui Chen China 57 7.3k 1.0× 3.6k 1.6× 962 0.4× 1.1k 0.5× 1.2k 0.9× 514 13.5k
Makoto Suematsu Japan 77 10.6k 1.5× 2.2k 0.9× 1.9k 0.8× 3.3k 1.7× 3.0k 2.1× 474 22.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Ling Li

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ling Li

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ling Li

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Ling Li. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Ling 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 Ling Li. Ling Li is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Yang, Yuting, Yan Wang, Qiao Yi Chen, Ling Li, & Wangping Jia. (2025). The Association Between Low Muscle Mass and the Risk of Depressive Symptoms: A Cross‐Sectional Study Based on the Chinese Longitudinal Health Longevity Survey (CLHLS). Brain and Behavior. 15(2). e70267–e70267.
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Wu, Chengyong, Ling Li, Jin Liu, et al.. (2024). Discovery of novel thiophene[3,2-d]pyrimidine-based tubulin inhibitors with enhanced antitumor efficacy for combined use with anti-pd-l1 immunotherapy in melanoma. European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 277. 116791–116791. 6 indexed citations
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Zhang, Fangliang, Lei Zhang, Yanzhen Wang, et al.. (2024). PARP inhibition leads to synthetic lethality with key splicing-factor mutations in myelodysplastic syndromes. British Journal of Cancer. 131(2). 231–242. 2 indexed citations
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He, Yanting, et al.. (2024). Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Aggravates Complement Dysregulation and Affects Cortisol Response in Patients with Post-COVID-19. Diabetes Metabolic Syndrome and Obesity. Volume 17. 3849–3861. 2 indexed citations
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Shen, Huawei, Yafei Fu, Yin Yuan, et al.. (2024). AuCePt porous hollow cascade nanozymes targeted delivery of disulfiram for alleviating hepatic insulin resistance. Journal of Nanobiotechnology. 22(1). 660–660. 5 indexed citations
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Liu, Yawen, Juanjuan Zhou, Weiqi Liu, et al.. (2024). The E3 ubiquitin ligase RNF6 facilitates the progression of cervical cancer by inhibiting the Hippo/Yap pathway. Cell Division. 19(1). 32–32. 3 indexed citations
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Zhang, Chengcheng, Jun He, Feiyun Ouyang, et al.. (2023). Association of Healthy Lifestyles with Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease: A Prospective Cohort Study in Chinese Government Employees. Nutrients. 15(3). 604–604. 6 indexed citations
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Wang, Hao, Xue Liang, Jing Fan, et al.. (2023). A four oxidative stress gene prognostic model and integrated immunity-analysis in pancreatic adenocarcinoma. Frontiers in Oncology. 12. 1015042–1015042. 13 indexed citations
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Li, Ling, et al.. (2023). Bilirubin impacts microglial autophagy via the Akt–mTOR signaling pathway. Journal of Neurochemistry. 167(4). 582–599. 4 indexed citations
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Rui, Shunli, Mengliu Yang, Yizhou Huang, et al.. (2021). Serum Fetuin‐B Levels Are Elevated in Women with Metabolic Syndrome and Associated with Increased Oxidative Stress. Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity. 2021(1). 6657658–6657658. 11 indexed citations
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Li, Ling, Hui Liu, Ruixue Wang, et al.. (2020). High pyroelectric performance due to ferroelectric–antiferroelectric transition near room temperature. Journal of Materials Chemistry C. 8(23). 7820–7827. 15 indexed citations
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Bagheri‐Yarmand, Rozita, Krishna M. Sinha, Ling Li, et al.. (2018). Combinations of Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitor and ERAD Inhibitor Promote Oxidative Stress–Induced Apoptosis through ATF4 and KLF9 in Medullary Thyroid Cancer. Molecular Cancer Research. 17(3). 751–760. 26 indexed citations
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Wu, Yuxin, Quan Pan, Hui Yan, et al.. (2018). Novel Mechanism of Foxo1 Phosphorylation in Glucagon Signaling in Control of Glucose Homeostasis. Diabetes. 67(11). 2167–2182. 72 indexed citations
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Li, Ling, Wenhua Tang, Xiaoqing Wu, et al.. (2013). HAb18G/CD147 Promotes pSTAT3-Mediated Pancreatic Cancer Development via CD44s. Clinical Cancer Research. 19(24). 6703–6715. 57 indexed citations
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Yang, Gangyi, Ling Li, Wenwen Chen, et al.. (2008). Circulating preptin levels in normal, impaired glucose tolerance, and type 2 diabetic subjects. Annals of Medicine. 41(1). 52–56. 54 indexed citations

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