Ningbo Li

3.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
82 papers, 2.6k citations indexed

About

Ningbo Li is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Materials Chemistry and Mechanics of Materials. According to data from OpenAlex, Ningbo Li has authored 82 papers receiving a total of 2.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 36 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 23 papers in Materials Chemistry and 13 papers in Mechanics of Materials. Recurrent topics in Ningbo Li's work include Bone Tissue Engineering Materials (18 papers), Titanium Alloys Microstructure and Properties (11 papers) and Lignin and Wood Chemistry (8 papers). Ningbo Li is often cited by papers focused on Bone Tissue Engineering Materials (18 papers), Titanium Alloys Microstructure and Properties (11 papers) and Lignin and Wood Chemistry (8 papers). Ningbo Li collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Japan. Ningbo Li's co-authors include Donghai Wang, Xiuzhi Susan Sun, Guangyan Qi, Xiaoqiang Cui, Guobin Xue, Jiebin Tang, Yang Shao, Hong Liu, Yanchao Xu and Guangri Jia and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, Advanced Functional Materials and Analytical Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Ningbo Li

76 papers receiving 2.6k 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. Single-atom cobalt array bound to distorted 1T MoS2 with ensemble effect for hydrogen evolution catalysis
    2019 482 citations Kun Qi, Xiaoqiang Cui 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
Ningbo Li China 28 892 751 719 527 326 82 2.6k
Chunguang Ren China 25 393 0.4× 550 0.7× 657 0.9× 556 1.1× 364 1.1× 78 2.3k
Xiangyu Meng China 30 1.2k 1.3× 618 0.8× 1.1k 1.5× 809 1.5× 301 0.9× 135 2.9k
Zhanhua Huang China 32 572 0.6× 718 1.0× 964 1.3× 889 1.7× 507 1.6× 107 3.0k
Huihua Min China 29 680 0.8× 673 0.9× 1.2k 1.7× 1.1k 2.1× 498 1.5× 90 3.4k
Yiming Liu China 26 1.1k 1.2× 458 0.6× 1.1k 1.5× 1.1k 2.0× 300 0.9× 121 2.8k
Xiwen Zhang China 29 889 1.0× 470 0.6× 991 1.4× 738 1.4× 602 1.8× 139 3.1k
Yi Zhong China 31 595 0.7× 730 1.0× 696 1.0× 408 0.8× 1.2k 3.8× 91 2.9k
Xuefei Zhang China 34 355 0.4× 1.4k 1.9× 1.1k 1.5× 457 0.9× 661 2.0× 166 3.5k
Xiaoxue Zhang China 27 1.3k 1.5× 627 0.8× 1.1k 1.6× 663 1.3× 186 0.6× 107 3.3k
Swatantra P. Singh India 28 403 0.5× 1.6k 2.2× 1.0k 1.4× 1.0k 1.9× 191 0.6× 81 3.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Ningbo Li

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ningbo Li

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ningbo Li

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

All Works

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Zuo, Kangqing, Wenliang Lei, Qun Cao, et al.. (2025). Structural evolution of Sr-phosphate chemical conversion coatings induced by in-situ Ca doping to achieve efficient osteogenic activity. Applied Surface Science. 689. 162591–162591. 3 indexed citations
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Li, Ningbo, Zhentao Man, Kangqing Zuo, et al.. (2025). The latest perspective on fabrication strategies of smart implants for bone tissue repair and regeneration. Materials & Design. 256. 114316–114316.
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Zhao, Ran, et al.. (2025). Construction and performance study of ZIF-based foam for photocatalytic CO2 reduction and oil-water separation. Journal of environmental chemical engineering. 13(2). 115813–115813. 3 indexed citations
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Lü, Xiaoqing, Peng Wang, Zhibo Zhao, et al.. (2024). Exosomes loaded a smart bilayer-hydrogel scaffold with ROS-scavenging and macrophage-reprogramming properties for repairing cartilage defect. Bioactive Materials. 38. 137–153. 31 indexed citations
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Liu, Yongxu, Jiangnan Song, Zhen Liu, et al.. (2024). Anti-Swelling Polyelectrolyte Hydrogel with Submillimeter Lateral Confinement for Osmotic Energy Conversion. Nano-Micro Letters. 17(1). 81–81. 17 indexed citations
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Lü, Xiaoqing, Peng Wang, Jianing Liu, et al.. (2024). Engineered Niobium Carbide MXenzyme-Integrated Self-Adaptive Coatings Inhibiting Periprosthetic Osteolysis by Orchestrating Osteogenesis–Osteoclastogenesis Balance. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 16(23). 29805–29822. 10 indexed citations
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Zhi, Hui, Dejuan Wang, Yongxu Liu, et al.. (2024). Large‐Area Graphene‐Based Ion‐Selective Membranes with Micro/Meso‐Pores for Osmotic Energy Harvesting. Advanced Functional Materials. 34(36). 18 indexed citations
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Wang, Dejuan, Zequn Wang, Jialin Chen, et al.. (2023). Low‐Friction Graphene Oxide‐Based Ion Selective Membrane for High‐Efficiency Osmotic Energy Harvesting. Advanced Energy Materials. 14(3). 28 indexed citations
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Chen, Jialin, Yongxu Liu, Dejuan Wang, et al.. (2022). Wood vessel-confined anti-swelling hydrogel for efficient osmotic energy conversion. Nano Energy. 104. 107981–107981. 35 indexed citations
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Shao, Yang, Anqi Shen, Ningbo Li, et al.. (2022). Marangoni Effect Drives Salt Crystallization Away from the Distillation Zone for Large-Scale Continuous Solar Passive Desalination. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 14(26). 30324–30331. 47 indexed citations
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Li, Ningbo, Dong Zhao, Zhengyu Liu, et al.. (2021). Synthetic Study of Boulder Detection Using Multi-Configuration Combination of Cross-Hole ERT and Its Field Application in Xiamen Metro, China. Applied Sciences. 11(24). 11860–11860. 2 indexed citations
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Li, Ningbo, Da‐Jie Yang, Yang Shao, et al.. (2021). Nanostructured Black Aluminum Prepared by Laser Direct Writing as a High-Performance Plasmonic Absorber for Photothermal/Electric Conversion. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 13(3). 4305–4315. 46 indexed citations
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Sun, Ying, Ying Yang, Ningbo Li, et al.. (2020). An “inverted load” strategy to fabricate interface-optimized flexible electrodes with superior electrochemical performance and ultrastability. Journal of Materials Chemistry C. 8(32). 11128–11137. 2 indexed citations
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Shao, Yang, Jiebin Tang, Ningbo Li, et al.. (2020). Designing a bioinspired synthetic tree by unidirectional freezing for simultaneous solar steam generation and salt collection. EcoMat. 2(1). 100 indexed citations
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Qi, Kun, Xiaoqiang Cui, Lin Gu, et al.. (2019). Single-atom cobalt array bound to distorted 1T MoS2 with ensemble effect for hydrogen evolution catalysis. Nature Communications. 10(1). 5231–5231. 482 indexed citations breakdown →
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Li, Ningbo, et al.. (2018). Transformation of the surface compositions of titanium during alkali and heat treatment at different vacuum degrees. New Journal of Chemistry. 42(14). 11991–12000. 1 indexed citations
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Li, Ningbo, Shengjun Sun, Hanying Bai, et al.. (2017). Preparation of well-distributed titania nanopillar arrays on Ti6Al4V surface by induction heating for enhancing osteogenic differentiation of stem cells. Nanotechnology. 29(4). 45101–45101. 16 indexed citations

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