Pilong Li

7.9k total citations · 3 hit papers
58 papers, 4.9k citations indexed

About

Pilong Li is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Plant Science and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Pilong Li has authored 58 papers receiving a total of 4.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 53 papers in Molecular Biology, 12 papers in Plant Science and 5 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in Pilong Li's work include RNA Research and Splicing (35 papers), RNA modifications and cancer (21 papers) and Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (12 papers). Pilong Li is often cited by papers focused on RNA Research and Splicing (35 papers), RNA modifications and cancer (21 papers) and Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics (12 papers). Pilong Li collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and United Kingdom. Pilong Li's co-authors include Michael K. Rosen, Qiu‐Xing Jiang, Paul S. Russo, Salman F. Banani, David S. King, Soyeon Kim, Sudeep Banjade, Liang Guo, Marc C. Llaguno and Baoyu Chen and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Pilong Li

55 papers receiving 4.9k 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.

Phase transitions in the assembly of multivalent signalling proteins

2012 1.9k citations Pilong Li, Michael K. Rosen et al. profile →
Polyubiquitin chain-induced p62 phase separation drives autophagic cargo segregation

2018 367 citations Daxiao Sun, Rongbo Wu et al. Cell Research profile →
CCT2 is an aggrephagy receptor for clearance of solid protein aggregates

2022 120 citations Min Zhou, Pilong Li et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Pilong Li China	28	4.2k	574	544	412	340	58	4.9k
Salman F. Banani United States	8	6.2k 1.5×	740 1.3×	271 0.5×	524 1.3×	123 0.4×	8	6.9k
Shovamayee Maharana Germany	14	5.4k 1.3×	693 1.2×	177 0.3×	408 1.0×	121 0.4×	18	6.0k
Amanda Nourse United States	29	3.5k 0.8×	497 0.9×	143 0.3×	150 0.4×	349 1.0×	53	4.0k
Carsten Hoege Germany	15	5.8k 1.4×	1.2k 2.2×	340 0.6×	245 0.6×	376 1.1×	20	6.6k
Diana M. Mitrea United States	23	4.3k 1.0×	373 0.6×	120 0.2×	332 0.8×	151 0.4×	36	5.0k
Christian R. Eckmann Germany	23	4.6k 1.1×	450 0.8×	251 0.5×	321 0.8×	78 0.2×	39	5.3k
Sua Myong United States	41	5.6k 1.3×	277 0.5×	209 0.4×	166 0.4×	190 0.6×	111	6.6k
Marcus Jahnel Germany	15	5.4k 1.3×	659 1.1×	150 0.3×	440 1.1×	72 0.2×	18	6.0k
Yongdae Shin South Korea	15	3.3k 0.8×	481 0.8×	164 0.3×	240 0.6×	74 0.2×	28	4.0k
Thomas Schwartz United States	42	4.9k 1.2×	1.1k 1.8×	192 0.4×	121 0.3×	334 1.0×	87	5.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Pilong Li

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Fields of papers citing papers by Pilong Li

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Pilong Li

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20 of 20 papers shown

Chen, Junlin, Kaiqiang You, Taoyu Chen, et al.. (2025). Navigating condensate micropolarity to enhance small-molecule drug targeting. Nature Chemical Biology.

Zhang, Weifeng, Lingling Cheng, Kuan Li, et al.. (2024). Evolutional heterochromatin condensation delineates chromocenter formation and retrotransposon silencing in plants. Nature Plants. 10(8). 1215–1230. 2 indexed citations

Pei, Gaofeng, Heankel Lyons, Pilong Li, & Benjamin R. Sabari. (2024). Transcription regulation by biomolecular condensates. Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology. 26(3). 213–236. 40 indexed citations

Li, Pilong, et al.. (2023). PHF1 compartmentalizes PRC2 via phase separation. Biochemical Journal. 480(22). 1833–1844. 4 indexed citations

Wang, Jiaojiao, Gaofeng Pei, Xiaokang Liu, et al.. (2023). Phase separation of the nuclear pore complex facilitates selective nuclear transport to regulate plant defense against pathogen and pest invasion. Molecular Plant. 16(6). 1016–1030. 18 indexed citations

Shi, Yi, Qianlong Liu, Zhenzhen Zhang, et al.. (2023). BRD4-targeting PROTAC as a unique tool to study biomolecular condensates. Cell Discovery. 9(1). 47–47. 37 indexed citations

Pei, Gaofeng, et al.. (2023). Long way up: rethink diseases in light of phase separation and phase transition. Protein & Cell. 15(7). 475–492. 13 indexed citations

Pei, Gaofeng, et al.. (2022). Phase Separation-Based Biochemical Assays for Biomolecular Interactions. Methods in molecular biology. 2563. 225–236. 2 indexed citations

Cheng, Jun, Zicong Guo, Liang Wang, et al.. (2021). Loci-specific phase separation of FET fusion oncoproteins promotes gene transcription. Nature Communications. 12(1). 1491–1491. 94 indexed citations

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Pei, Gaofeng, et al.. (2021). Compartmentalization-aided interaction screening reveals extensive high-order complexes within the SARS-CoV-2 proteome. Cell Reports. 36(5). 109482–109482. 15 indexed citations

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Huang, Xiaozhen, Shudong Chen, Weiping Li, et al.. (2021). ROS regulated reversible protein phase separation synchronizes plant flowering. Nature Chemical Biology. 17(5). 549–557. 136 indexed citations

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Peng, Sijia, et al.. (2020). Phase separation at the nanoscale quantified by dcFCCS. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 117(44). 27124–27131. 50 indexed citations

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Zhou, Min, Weiping Li, Jian Li, et al.. (2020). Phase-separated condensate-aided enrichment of biomolecular interactions for high-throughput drug screening in test tubes. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 295(33). 11420–11434. 27 indexed citations

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Zhang, Hong, Ji Xiong, Pilong Li, et al.. (2020). Liquid-liquid phase separation in biology: mechanisms, physiological functions and human diseases. Science China Life Sciences. 63(7). 953–985. 242 indexed citations

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Liu, Xiaodan, et al.. (2019). Mitotic Implantation of the Transcription Factor Prospero via Phase Separation Drives Terminal Neuronal Differentiation. Developmental Cell. 52(3). 277–293.e8. 63 indexed citations

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Bi, Xianju, Yanhui Xu, Tong Li, et al.. (2019). RNA Targets Ribogenesis Factor WDR43 to Chromatin for Transcription and Pluripotency Control. Molecular Cell. 75(1). 102–116.e9. 50 indexed citations

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Sun, Daxiao, Rongbo Wu, Pilong Li, & Li Yu. (2019). Phase Separation in Regulation of Aggrephagy. Journal of Molecular Biology. 432(1). 160–169. 40 indexed citations

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Zhao, Shuai, Lingling Cheng, Yifei Gao, et al.. (2018). Plant HP1 protein ADCP1 links multivalent H3K9 methylation readout to heterochromatin formation. Cell Research. 29(1). 54–66. 88 indexed citations

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Li, Pilong, et al.. (2011). The feasibility of parameterizing four-state equilibria using relaxation dispersion measurements. Journal of Biomolecular NMR. 51(1-2). 57–70. 14 indexed citations

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Li, Pilong, et al.. (2008). Internal dynamics control activation and activity of the autoinhibited Vav DH domain. Nature Structural & Molecular Biology. 15(6). 613–618. 81 indexed citations

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