Lixue Shi

1.8k total citations · 3 hit papers
22 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Lixue Shi is a scholar working on Biophysics, Molecular Biology and Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials. According to data from OpenAlex, Lixue Shi has authored 22 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Biophysics, 10 papers in Molecular Biology and 6 papers in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials. Recurrent topics in Lixue Shi's work include Spectroscopy Techniques in Biomedical and Chemical Research (17 papers), Gold and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis and Applications (6 papers) and Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies (5 papers). Lixue Shi is often cited by papers focused on Spectroscopy Techniques in Biomedical and Chemical Research (17 papers), Gold and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis and Applications (6 papers) and Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies (5 papers). Lixue Shi collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Hong Kong. Lixue Shi's co-authors include Wei Min, Fanghao Hu, Lu Wei, Rong Long, Virginia W. Cornish, Rafael Yuste, Andrew V. Anzalone, Luyuan Zhang, Zhixing Chen and Yupeng Miao and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Nature Communications and Nature Biotechnology.

In The Last Decade

Lixue Shi

21 papers receiving 1.2k 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.

Super-multiplex vibrational imaging

2017 378 citations Lu Wei, Zhixing Chen et al. Nature profile →
Biological imaging of chemical bonds by stimulated Raman scattering microscopy

2019 269 citations Fanghao Hu, Lixue Shi et al. Nature Methods profile →
Water structure and electric fields at the interface of oil droplets

2025 53 citations Lixue Shi, Naixin Qian et al. Nature profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Lixue Shi United States	13	819	398	324	307	277	22	1.2k
Yupeng Miao United States	16	558 0.7×	337 0.8×	264 0.8×	255 0.8×	209 0.8×	21	1.1k
Charles H. Camp United States	14	837 1.0×	184 0.5×	504 1.6×	389 1.3×	101 0.4×	29	1.2k
Sergei V. Bykov United States	18	206 0.3×	425 1.1×	106 0.3×	132 0.4×	90 0.3×	31	1.0k
Richard Cisek Canada	21	590 0.7×	281 0.7×	58 0.2×	445 1.4×	100 0.4×	64	1.3k
Søren Hassing Denmark	12	232 0.3×	132 0.3×	141 0.4×	93 0.3×	101 0.4×	28	526
T. Hirschfeld United States	18	476 0.6×	226 0.6×	350 1.1×	380 1.2×	68 0.2×	41	1.3k
Zhexi Chi United States	13	201 0.2×	386 1.0×	59 0.2×	119 0.4×	127 0.5×	18	878
Chao‐Yu Chung Taiwan	15	197 0.2×	123 0.3×	85 0.3×	99 0.3×	142 0.5×	24	760
Marinus Huber Germany	14	169 0.2×	169 0.4×	78 0.2×	152 0.5×	56 0.2×	37	726

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Lixue Shi

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Qian, Naixin, Zhilun Zhao, Xin Gao, et al.. (2025). Illuminating life processes by vibrational probes. Nature Methods. 22(5). 928–944. 2 indexed citations

Wei, Minchen, et al.. (2025). Multi-Modal Spatial Metabolomics with Mid-Infrared Microscope Guided Mass Spectrometry Imaging. Journal of Visualized Experiments.

Shi, Lixue, Naixin Qian, Joseph P. Heindel, et al.. (2025). Water structure and electric fields at the interface of oil droplets. Nature. 640(8057). 87–93. 53 indexed citations breakdown →

Qian, Naixin, Hanqing Xiong, Lu Wei, Lixue Shi, & Wei Min. (2025). Merging Vibrational Spectroscopy with Fluorescence Microscopy: Combining the Best of Two Worlds. Annual Review of Physical Chemistry. 76(1). 279–301. 6 indexed citations

Shi, Lixue, et al.. (2025). Bond-Selective Imaging at the Frontier of Biomedicine. Chemical & Biomedical Imaging. 3(12). 779–783. 1 indexed citations

Li, Yingying, et al.. (2024). Viewing 3D spatial biology with highly-multiplexed Raman imaging: from spectroscopy to biotechnology. Chemical Communications. 60(66). 8658–8669. 6 indexed citations

Liu, Xinwen, et al.. (2024). VIBRANT: spectral profiling for single-cell drug responses. Nature Methods. 21(3). 501–511. 13 indexed citations

Shi, Lixue & Wei Min. (2023). Vibrational Solvatochromism Study of the C–H···O Improper Hydrogen Bond. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B. 127(17). 3798–3805. 9 indexed citations

Shi, Lixue, et al.. (2022). Highly-Multiplexed Tissue Imaging with Raman Dyes. Journal of Visualized Experiments. 3 indexed citations

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Shi, Lixue, Aleksandra Klimas, Brendan R. Gallagher, et al.. (2022). Super‐Resolution Vibrational Imaging Using Expansion Stimulated Raman Scattering Microscopy. Advanced Science. 9(20). e2200315–e2200315. 37 indexed citations

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Liu, Xinwen, Lixue Shi, & Min Wei. (2022). Towards mapping mouse metabolic tissue atlas by mid-infrared imaging with heavy water labeling. 52–52. 2 indexed citations

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Miao, Yupeng, Naixin Qian, Lixue Shi, Fanghao Hu, & Wei Min. (2021). 9-Cyanopyronin probe palette for super-multiplexed vibrational imaging. Nature Communications. 12(1). 4518–4518. 45 indexed citations

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Shi, Lixue, Mian Wei, Yupeng Miao, et al.. (2021). Highly-multiplexed volumetric mapping with Raman dye imaging and tissue clearing. Nature Biotechnology. 40(3). 364–373. 69 indexed citations

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Shi, Lixue, Xinwen Liu, Lingyan Shi, et al.. (2020). Mid-infrared metabolic imaging with vibrational probes. Nature Methods. 17(8). 844–851. 82 indexed citations

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Xiong, Hanqing, Lixue Shi, Lu Wei, et al.. (2019). Stimulated Raman excited fluorescence spectroscopy and imaging. Nature Photonics. 13(6). 412–417. 98 indexed citations

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Shi, Lixue, Fanghao Hu, & Wei Min. (2019). Optical mapping of biological water in single live cells by stimulated Raman excited fluorescence microscopy. Nature Communications. 10(1). 4764–4764. 94 indexed citations

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Hu, Fanghao, Lixue Shi, & Wei Min. (2019). Biological imaging of chemical bonds by stimulated Raman scattering microscopy. Nature Methods. 16(9). 830–842. 269 indexed citations breakdown →

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Miao, Yupeng, Lixue Shi, Fanghao Hu, & Wei Min. (2019). Probe design for super-multiplexed vibrational imaging. Physical Biology. 16(4). 41003–41003. 20 indexed citations

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Shi, Lixue, Hanqing Xiong, Yihui Shen, et al.. (2018). Electronic Resonant Stimulated Raman Scattering Micro-Spectroscopy. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B. 122(39). 9218–9224. 35 indexed citations

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Wei, Lu, Zhixing Chen, Lixue Shi, et al.. (2017). Super-multiplex vibrational imaging. Nature. 544(7651). 465–470. 378 indexed citations breakdown →

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