Meng Li

25.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
633 papers, 18.1k citations indexed

About

Meng Li is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Ecology and Pollution. According to data from OpenAlex, Meng Li has authored 633 papers receiving a total of 18.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 230 papers in Molecular Biology, 174 papers in Ecology and 134 papers in Pollution. Recurrent topics in Meng Li's work include Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (139 papers), Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal (88 papers) and Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (80 papers). Meng Li is often cited by papers focused on Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology (139 papers), Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal (88 papers) and Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (80 papers). Meng Li collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Hong Kong. Meng Li's co-authors include Ji‐Dong Gu, Jie Pan, Yang Liu, Yiguo Hong, Huiluo Cao, Frank Diehl, Kenneth W. Kinzler, Bert Vogelstein, Lei He and Meiping Tong and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Nucleic Acids Research and Advanced Materials.

In The Last Decade

Meng Li

596 papers receiving 18.0k 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.

Circulating mutant DNA to assess tumor dynamics

2008 2.0k citations Meng Li et al. profile →
Selective enrichment of bacterial pathogens by microplastic biofilm

2019 560 citations Jie Pan, Meng Li et al. Water Research profile →

Peers

Countries citing papers authored by Meng Li

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Citations

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Fields of papers citing papers by Meng Li

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Meng Li

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

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Temporal and Spatial Dynamics of Microbial Community Composition and Functional Potential in Mangrove Wetlands over a Seven-Year Period 2025 ·Environmental Science & Technology ·(unknown), (unknown), Junjie Hou, Zhifeng Zhang, Huan Du, (unknown), Zheng‐Shuang Hua, Cui‐Jing Zhang, Meng Li	0
2	Methane cycling microorganisms drive seasonal variation of methane emission in mangrove ecosystems 2025 ·Environmental Microbiome ·Cui‐Jing Zhang, Junjie Hou, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Meng Li	0
3	Experimental study of pipeline pressure loss laws with large-size gangue slurry during the process of industrial-grade annular pipe transportation 2024 ·Construction and Building Materials ·(unknown), (unknown), Hao Yan, Nan Zhou, (unknown), Meng Li, Sixu Liu, (unknown)	6
4	Polystyrene nanoplastics induced learning and memory impairments in mice by damaging the glymphatic system 2024 ·Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety ·Meng Sun, Min Zhang, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Mingkun Zhang, Jinlong Sun, Meng Li, Liang Xue	15
5	Cobalt sulfide derived from metal organic framework for selective treatment of low concentration copper wastewater: Catalytic ability, reaction efficacy, and mechanism 2024 ·Journal of environmental chemical engineering ·Tao Wu, Hao Jiang, (unknown), Xianjie Liu, Meng Li, Lei Huang, Jia Yan, Hongguo Zhang	3
6	Deciphering the influence of salinity stress on the biological aniline degradation system: Pollutants degradation performance and microbial response 2024 ·Environmental Research ·(unknown), Bin Tan, Meng Li, Junhao Su, (unknown), Nanping Wu, (unknown), Jiajing Chen, Qian Zhang	2
7	Non-canonical Wnt pathway expression in the developing mouse and human retina 2024 ·Experimental Eye Research ·(unknown), (unknown), Mark W. Reid, G. Esteban Fernández, (unknown), (unknown), Meng Li, Matthew E. Thornton, Brendan H. Grubbs, Aaron Nagiel	1
8	Deciphering Mn2+ effects on anammox: From reversible inhibition to inactivated hydrazine decomposition, microbial community shifts, and granular sludge lysis 2024 ·Chemical Engineering Journal ·Zheng Fu, Meng Li, Hui Xu, (unknown), Xinshan Song, Yuhui Wang	4
9	The impact of mobile financial services on farmer entrepreneurship in rural China 2024 ·Information Technology for Development ·(unknown), Haiyang Lu, Meng Li, Lili Xiang	0
10	Diversity, origin, and evolution of the ESCRT systems 2024 ·mBio ·Kira S. Makarova, Victor Tobiasson, Yuri I. Wolf, Zhongyi Lu, Yang Liu, Siyu Zhang, Mart Krupovìč, Meng Li, Eugene V. Koonin	13
11	Occurrence, distribution and sources of microplastics in typical marine recirculating aquaculture system (RAS) in China: The critical role of RAS operating time and microfilter 2024 ·Water Research ·Zheng Zhou, Xiefa Song, (unknown), Xian Li, (unknown), Liwei Wang, Zhitao Huang, Meng Li	11
12	Assessment of national economic repercussions from Shanghai’s COVID-19 lockdown 2024 ·Humanities and Social Sciences Communications ·(unknown), Yanan Wang, Xiaoyong Huang, Zihan Zhang, (unknown), Meng Li	2
13	Salinity impacts on n-alkanes in lake sediments of the Badain Jaran Desert, Northwestern China: Implications for paleoclimate reconstruction 2024 ·Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology ·Meng Li, Zhuolun Li, (unknown), Lin Chen, (unknown), (unknown), Aifeng Zhou, Nai’ang Wang	0
14	Optimization of aeration strategies for intensified nitrogen and phosphorus removal in an aerated electrolysis-assisted submerged fixed bed reactor treating recirculating mariculture effluent 2023 ·Journal of environmental chemical engineering ·(unknown), Zuoliang Sun, Xiefa Song, Zhitao Huang, Meng Li	2
15	Deep sequencing reveals comprehensive insight into the prevalence, mobility, and hosts of antibiotic resistance genes in mangrove ecosystems 2023 ·Journal of Environmental Management ·Zongbao Liu, (unknown), Cui‐Jing Zhang, Mingwei Cai, (unknown), Meng Li	5
16	Ultrasensitive detection of circulating tumor cells in clinical blood samples by a three-dimensional network nanovehicle-based aptasensor platform 2023 ·Sensors and Actuators B Chemical ·(unknown), Hang Yuan, Gang Zhao, Qin Li, Jie Zhang, Meng Li, Shan Li, Minghui Zhao, Kun Zhang, Pu Guo, Li Liang, Siqi Li, (unknown), Qijing Wang, Hengyi Xiao, Kai Li, Ping Lin	12
17	Long-read assembled metagenomic approaches improve our understanding on metabolic potentials of microbial community in mangrove sediments 2023 ·Microbiome ·Zhifeng Zhang, Lirui Liu, (unknown), Jie Pan, Meng Li	21
18	Integration of Selection Signatures and Protein Interactions Reveals NR6A1, PAPPA2, and PIK3C2B as the Promising Candidate Genes Underlying the Characteristics of Licha Black Pig 2023 ·Biology ·(unknown), Zhenyang Zhang, Zitao Chen, Jiabao Sun, Meng Li, Qishan Wang, Yuchun Pan	5
19	Non-syntrophic Methanogenic Hydrocarbon Degradation by an Archaeal Species 2023 ·(unknown), Cui‐Jing Zhang, Pengfei Liu, Лин Фу, Rafael Laso-Pérez, Lu Yang, Liping Bai, Li Jiang, Min Yang, Junzhang Lin, Weidong Wang, Gunter Wegener, Meng Li, Lei Cheng	2
20	Genome- and Community-Level Interaction Insights into Carbon Utilization and Element Cycling Functions of Hydrothermarchaeota in Hydrothermal Sediment 2020 ·mSystems ·Zhichao Zhou, Yang Liu, Wei Xu, Jie Pan, Zhu-Hua Luo, Meng Li	67

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