Long Li

4.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
91 papers, 3.5k citations indexed

About

Long Li is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Long Li has authored 91 papers receiving a total of 3.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 84 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 61 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 28 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Long Li's work include Orbital Angular Momentum in Optics (77 papers), Optical Wireless Communication Technologies (50 papers) and Optical Network Technologies (22 papers). Long Li is often cited by papers focused on Orbital Angular Momentum in Optics (77 papers), Optical Wireless Communication Technologies (50 papers) and Optical Network Technologies (22 papers). Long Li collaborates with scholars based in United States, Israel and United Kingdom. Long Li's co-authors include Guodong Xie, Moshe Tur, Yongxiong Ren, Zhe Zhao, Alan E. Willner, Nisar Ahmed, Hao Huang, Yan Yan, Andreas F. Molisch and Yinwen Cao and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, Scientific Reports and Optics Letters.

In The Last Decade

Long Li

89 papers receiving 3.3k citations

Hit Papers

High-capacity millimetre-wave communications with orbital... 2014 2026 2018 2022 2014 250 500 750 1000
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. High-capacity millimetre-wave communications with orbital angular momentum multiplexing
    2014 1.0k citations Yan Yan, Guodong Xie et al. Nature Communications profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Long Li United States 26 2.9k 1.9k 1.1k 763 629 91 3.5k
Yinwen Cao United States 22 3.5k 1.2× 2.3k 1.2× 1.4k 1.2× 919 1.2× 551 0.9× 106 4.3k
Changjing Bao United States 21 3.7k 1.3× 2.3k 1.2× 1.3k 1.2× 814 1.1× 519 0.8× 126 4.3k
Solyman Ashrafi United States 20 2.5k 0.8× 1.5k 0.8× 1.1k 0.9× 538 0.7× 353 0.6× 51 2.9k
Zhe Zhao United States 32 4.7k 1.6× 2.8k 1.5× 2.0k 1.8× 1.3k 1.7× 850 1.4× 137 5.6k
Irfan Fazal United States 15 3.7k 1.3× 1.8k 0.9× 1.6k 1.4× 877 1.1× 333 0.5× 41 4.1k
Jeng-Yuan Yang United States 21 4.2k 1.4× 2.8k 1.5× 1.6k 1.4× 893 1.2× 336 0.5× 116 5.2k
Nisar Ahmed United States 24 6.2k 2.1× 3.2k 1.7× 2.6k 2.3× 1.6k 2.1× 871 1.4× 63 6.9k
Nima Ashrafi United States 14 1.8k 0.6× 996 0.5× 808 0.7× 402 0.5× 236 0.4× 22 2.1k
Xiaofeng Jin China 34 2.8k 1.0× 2.0k 1.1× 768 0.7× 1.2k 1.6× 1.0k 1.6× 223 3.9k
Long Zhu China 26 1.8k 0.6× 1.4k 0.7× 716 0.6× 324 0.4× 141 0.2× 118 2.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Long Li

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Fields of papers citing papers by Long Li

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Long Li

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Long Li. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Long 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 Long Li. Long 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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Miao, Shan, Rui Zhang, Xin‐shang Wang, et al.. (2025). p38 protein as a therapeutic target for sepsis-induced organ dysfunction. European Journal of Pharmacology. 1002. 177833–177833.
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Li, Long, Haoqian Song, Runzhou Zhang, et al.. (2020). Increasing system tolerance to turbulence in a 100-Gbit/s QPSK free-space optical link using both mode and space diversity. Optics Communications. 480. 126488–126488. 15 indexed citations
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Zhao, Zhe, Runzhou Zhang, Hao Song, et al.. (2019). Generating a Twisted Spatiotemporal Wave Packet Using Coherent Superposition of Structured Beams with Different Frequencies. Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics.
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Liu, Cong, Yongxiong Ren, Jiapeng Zhao, et al.. (2019). Switchable detector array scheme to reduce the effect of single-photon detector’s deadtime in a multi-bit/photon quantum link. Optics Communications. 441. 132–137. 1 indexed citations
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Song, Hao, Zhe Zhao, Runzhou Zhang, et al.. (2019). Using an Integrated Silicon Emitter to Generate Two Coaxial Orbital-Angular-Momentum Beams with Tunable Mode Orders and Broad Bandwidth. Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics. 340. SM1J.5–SM1J.5. 1 indexed citations
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Ren, Yongxiong, Long Li, Guodong Xie, et al.. (2017). Line-of-Sight Millimeter-Wave Communications Using Orbital Angular Momentum Multiplexing Combined With Conventional Spatial Multiplexing. IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications. 16(5). 3151–3161. 146 indexed citations
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Wang, Zhe, Yan Yan, Amir Arbabi, et al.. (2017). Orbital angular momentum beams generated by passive dielectric phase masks and their performance in a communication link. Optics Letters. 42(14). 2746–2746. 10 indexed citations
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Willner, Alan E., Zhe Zhao, Yongxiong Ren, et al.. (2017). Underwater optical communications using orbital angular momentum-based spatial division multiplexing. Optics Communications. 408. 21–25. 75 indexed citations
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Li, Long, Runzhou Zhang, Zhe Zhao, et al.. (2017). High-Capacity Free-Space Optical Communications Between a Ground Transmitter and a Ground Receiver via a UAV Using Multiplexing of Multiple Orbital-Angular-Momentum Beams. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 17427–17427. 92 indexed citations
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Yan, Yan, Long Li, Guodong Xie, et al.. (2016). Multipath Effects in Millimetre-Wave Wireless Communication using Orbital Angular Momentum Multiplexing. Scientific Reports. 6(1). 33482–33482. 39 indexed citations
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Ren, Yongxiong, Long Li, Zhe Wang, et al.. (2016). Orbital Angular Momentum-based Space Division Multiplexing for High-capacity Underwater Optical Communications. Scientific Reports. 6(1). 33306–33306. 178 indexed citations
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Xie, Guodong, Zhe Zhao, Yan Yan, et al.. (2016). Demonstration of Tunable Steering and Multiplexing of Two 28 GHz Data Carrying Orbital Angular Momentum Beams Using Antenna Array. Scientific Reports. 6(1). 37078–37078. 22 indexed citations
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Willner, Asher J., Yongxiong Ren, Guodong Xie, et al.. (2015). Experimental demonstration of 20  Gbit/s data encoding and 2  ns channel hopping using orbital angular momentum modes. Optics Letters. 40(24). 5810–5810. 66 indexed citations
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Yan, Yan, Guodong Xie, Martin P. J. Lavery, et al.. (2014). High-capacity millimetre-wave communications with orbital angular momentum multiplexing. Nature Communications. 5(1). 4876–4876. 1001 indexed citations breakdown →
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Xie, Guodong, Yongxiong Ren, Hao Huang, et al.. (2014). Experimental Analysis of Multiplexing/demultiplexing Laguerre Gaussian Beams with Different Radial Index. FTh4B.6–FTh4B.6. 3 indexed citations

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