Michael Li

1.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
26 papers, 618 citations indexed

About

Michael Li is a scholar working on Modeling and Simulation, Infectious Diseases and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael Li has authored 26 papers receiving a total of 618 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Modeling and Simulation, 10 papers in Infectious Diseases and 4 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Michael Li's work include COVID-19 epidemiological studies (12 papers), SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research (7 papers) and Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research (3 papers). Michael Li is often cited by papers focused on COVID-19 epidemiological studies (12 papers), SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research (7 papers) and Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research (3 papers). Michael Li collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and China. Michael Li's co-authors include Jonathan Dushoff, Benjamin M. Bolker, David J. D. Earn, David Champredon, Nicholas H. Ogden, Gary Van Domselaar, Sarah P. Otto, Caroline Colijn, Jian Wu and Julien Arino and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Michael Li

23 papers receiving 607 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.

  1. The origins and potential future of SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern in the evolving COVID-19 pandemic
    2021 216 citations Sarah P. Otto, Troy Day et al. Current Biology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Michael Li Canada 12 343 222 71 71 68 26 618
Céline Gurry United Kingdom 6 606 1.8× 102 0.5× 120 1.7× 54 0.8× 211 3.1× 6 737
Jonathan E. Pekar United States 6 394 1.1× 165 0.7× 63 0.9× 99 1.4× 101 1.5× 14 584
Jiumeng Sun China 9 449 1.3× 96 0.4× 51 0.7× 68 1.0× 93 1.4× 13 780
Katherine A. Twohig United Kingdom 8 555 1.6× 192 0.9× 80 1.1× 192 2.7× 68 1.0× 17 855
Mircea T. Sofonea France 11 275 0.8× 200 0.9× 86 1.2× 92 1.3× 39 0.6× 36 601
Finlay Campbell United Kingdom 4 503 1.5× 218 1.0× 123 1.7× 45 0.6× 122 1.8× 4 668
Wan-Ting He China 5 471 1.4× 96 0.4× 57 0.8× 56 0.8× 72 1.1× 5 728
Hayes K. H. Luk Hong Kong 14 805 2.3× 99 0.4× 113 1.6× 73 1.0× 97 1.4× 18 976
Nadim Sharif Bangladesh 14 308 0.9× 84 0.4× 48 0.7× 73 1.0× 48 0.7× 35 495

Countries citing papers authored by Michael Li

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Fields of papers citing papers by Michael Li

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Michael Li

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Michael Li. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Michael 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 Michael Li. Michael 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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Li, Michael, Gebremedhin Beedemariam Gebretekle, Marina I. Salvadori, et al.. (2025). Cost-utility analysis of current COVID-19 vaccination program recommendations in Canada. Vaccine X. 24. 100660–100660.
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Colijn, Caroline, Naveed Z. Janjua, Tyler Williamson, et al.. (2024). Canada’s provincial COVID-19 pandemic modelling efforts: A review of mathematical models and their impacts on the responses. Canadian Journal of Public Health. 115(4). 541–557. 1 indexed citations
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Li, Michael, Aamir Fazil, Mathieu Maheu‐Giroux, et al.. (2023). Exploring the dynamics of the 2022 mpox outbreak in Canada. Journal of Medical Virology. 95(12). e29256–e29256. 1 indexed citations
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Janjua, Naveed Z., Michael Otterstatter, Tyler Williamson, et al.. (2023). Canada's Provincial Covid-19 Pandemic Modelling Efforts: A Review of Mathematical Models and Their Impacts on the Responses. SSRN Electronic Journal. 2 indexed citations
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Nourbakhsh, Shokoofeh, Aamir Fazil, Michael Li, et al.. (2022). A wastewater-based epidemic model for SARS-CoV-2 with application to three Canadian cities. Epidemics. 39. 100560–100560. 70 indexed citations
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Colijn, Caroline, David J. D. Earn, Jonathan Dushoff, et al.. (2022). The need for linked genomic surveillance of SARS-CoV-2. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 48(4). 131–139. 12 indexed citations
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Otto, Sarah P., Troy Day, Julien Arino, et al.. (2021). The origins and potential future of SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern in the evolving COVID-19 pandemic. Current Biology. 31(14). R918–R929. 216 indexed citations breakdown →
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Li, Michael, et al.. (2021). Age-dependence of healthcare interventions for COVID-19 in Ontario, Canada. BMC Public Health. 21(1). 706–706. 9 indexed citations
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Park, Sang Woo, Benjamin M. Bolker, David Champredon, et al.. (2020). Reconciling early-outbreak estimates of the basic reproductive number and its uncertainty: framework and applications to the novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) outbreak. Journal of The Royal Society Interface. 17(168). 20200144–20200144. 76 indexed citations
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Li, Michael, et al.. (2019). Traditional Male Circumcision is Associated with Sexual Risk Behaviors in Sub-Saharan Countries Prioritized for Male Circumcision. AIDS and Behavior. 24(3). 951–959. 6 indexed citations
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Li, Michael, Benjamin M. Bolker, Jonathan Dushoff, Junling Ma, & David J. D. Earn. (2019). Patterns of seasonal and pandemic influenza-associated health care and mortality in Ontario, Canada. BMC Public Health. 19(1). 1237–1237. 3 indexed citations
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Li, Michael, et al.. (2019). wzmli/phyloglmm: First release of phylogenetic comparative analysis in lme4-verse. Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research). 9 indexed citations
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Li, Michael, Jonathan Dushoff, & Benjamin M. Bolker. (2018). Fitting mechanistic epidemic models to data: A comparison of simple Markov chain Monte Carlo approaches. Statistical Methods in Medical Research. 27(7). 1956–1967. 17 indexed citations
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Li, Michael, et al.. (2017). Evidence that promotion of male circumcision did not lead to sexual risk compensation in prioritized Sub-Saharan countries. PLoS ONE. 12(4). e0175928–e0175928. 21 indexed citations
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Champredon, David, Michael Li, Benjamin M. Bolker, & Jonathan Dushoff. (2017). Two approaches to forecast Ebola synthetic epidemics. Epidemics. 22. 36–42. 12 indexed citations
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Li, Michael & Benjamin M. Bolker. (2017). Incorporating periodic variability in hidden Markov models for animal movement. Movement Ecology. 5(1). 1–1. 36 indexed citations
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Li, Ping, Hongxia Deng, Min Wu, et al.. (2016). A mathematical modeling study of the HIV epidemics at two rural townships in the Liangshan Prefecture of the Sichuan Province of China. Infectious Disease Modelling. 1(1). 3–10. 8 indexed citations
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Kligfield, Paul, Cynthia L. Green, Philip T. Sager, et al.. (2010). The Cardiac Safety Research Consortium electrocardiogram warehouse: Thorough QT database specifications and principles of use for algorithm development and testing. American Heart Journal. 160(6). 1023–1028. 22 indexed citations
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Cheung, Hester Yui Shan, et al.. (2010). Combined Single-port and Endoluminal Technique for Laparoscopic Anterior Resection. Surgical Laparoscopy Endoscopy & Percutaneous Techniques. 20(4). 253–256. 9 indexed citations

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