Pinghua Li

14.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
158 papers, 5.8k citations indexed

About

Pinghua Li is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Agronomy and Crop Science and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Pinghua Li has authored 158 papers receiving a total of 5.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 77 papers in Molecular Biology, 55 papers in Agronomy and Crop Science and 50 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. Recurrent topics in Pinghua Li's work include Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology (51 papers), Viral Infections and Immunology Research (50 papers) and Vector-Borne Animal Diseases (31 papers). Pinghua Li is often cited by papers focused on Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology (51 papers), Viral Infections and Immunology Research (50 papers) and Vector-Borne Animal Diseases (31 papers). Pinghua Li collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Hong Kong. Pinghua Li's co-authors include Hans J. Bohnert, Shisong Ma, Qingqiu Gong, Ruihua Huang, Thomas P. Brutnell, S. Indu Rupassara, Yaqing Si, Wangjun Wu, Hui Zhang and Yanxiu Zhao and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Nature Communications and Nature Genetics.

In The Last Decade

Pinghua Li

152 papers receiving 5.7k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

The developmental dynamics of the maize leaf transcriptome

2010 591 citations Pinghua Li, Thomas P. Brutnell et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Pinghua Li China	38	3.3k	3.0k	669	577	475	158	5.8k
Yang Bai China	32	2.2k 0.7×	4.3k 1.4×	434 0.6×	212 0.4×	124 0.3×	87	6.7k
Qiang Zhang China	31	1.8k 0.6×	1.1k 0.4×	261 0.4×	437 0.8×	192 0.4×	173	3.6k
Lei Sun China	40	2.2k 0.7×	1.1k 0.4×	365 0.5×	353 0.6×	214 0.5×	157	6.4k
Rui Guo China	35	1.3k 0.4×	1.9k 0.6×	178 0.3×	701 1.2×	350 0.7×	183	4.6k
Christophe Klopp France	38	3.1k 0.9×	1.4k 0.5×	445 0.7×	2.0k 3.5×	53 0.1×	169	7.0k
Jaap Bakker Netherlands	51	2.0k 0.6×	5.0k 1.7×	262 0.4×	731 1.3×	410 0.9×	241	9.5k
Daniel Gallie United States	51	5.6k 1.7×	5.7k 1.9×	121 0.2×	499 0.9×	817 1.7×	136	9.2k
Xiaojun Wang China	38	2.5k 0.8×	867 0.3×	173 0.3×	426 0.7×	153 0.3×	279	5.4k
Lorian Schaeffer United States	5	7.1k 2.1×	2.8k 0.9×	177 0.3×	1.4k 2.4×	76 0.2×	6	11.0k
Xizeng Mao United States	16	3.4k 1.0×	2.2k 0.7×	161 0.2×	630 1.1×	52 0.1×	33	6.4k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Pinghua Li

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Liu, Qian, Xizhen Ai, Huiying Xu, et al.. (2025). Integrated genomic and transcriptomic analysis identifies novel candidate genes affecting carcass backfat thickness in pigs. Genomics. 117(6). 111117–111117. 1 indexed citations

Liu, Jinyi, Jinlong Wang, Jing Zhang, et al.. (2025). Formononetin and mizoribine inhibit Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome Virus replication in vitro. Frontiers in Nutrition. 11. 1501685–1501685. 2 indexed citations

Cao, Yimei, Fengjuan Li, Huiyan Zhang, et al.. (2025). Preparation and application of porcine broadly neutralizing monoclonal antibodies in an immunoassay for efficiently detecting neutralizing antibodies against foot-and-mouth disease virus serotype O. Microbiology Spectrum. 13(2). e0223424–e0223424.

Li, Tao, et al.. (2024). Establishment and Characterization of SV40 T-Antigen Immortalized Porcine Muscle Satellite Cell. Cells. 13(8). 703–703. 3 indexed citations

Zhang, Zhaobo, et al.. (2024). Single-Cell RNA Sequencing Reveals the Cellular Landscape of Longissimus Dorsi in a Newborn Suhuai Pig. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 25(2). 1204–1204. 1 indexed citations

Liu, Chenxi, Ruihua Huang, Guosheng Su, et al.. (2023). Introgression of pigs in Taihu Lake region possibly contributed to the improvement of fertility in Danish Large White pigs. BMC Genomics. 24(1). 733–733. 4 indexed citations

Li, Kun, Li Wang, Pinghua Li, et al.. (2023). Conserved antigen structures and antibody-driven variations on foot-and-mouth disease virus serotype A revealed by bovine neutralizing monoclonal antibodies. PLoS Pathogens. 19(11). e1011811–e1011811. 4 indexed citations

Ma, Xueqing, Kun Li, Yuanfang Fu, et al.. (2023). Development and Evaluation of a Competitive Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay Based on Swine Monoclonal Antibodies for Detecting Neutralizing Antibodies against Senecavirus A. Microbiology Spectrum. 11(3). e0459922–e0459922. 6 indexed citations

Hou, Liming, Chenxi Liu, Kaijun Li, et al.. (2022). Genome-Wide Association Study Identified a Quantitative Trait Locus and Two Candidate Genes on Sus scrofa Chromosome 2 Affecting Vulvar Traits of Suhuai Pigs. Genes. 13(8). 1294–1294. 3 indexed citations

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Cao, Yimei, Kun Li, Guoqiang Zhu, et al.. (2022). Development and Validation of a Competitive ELISA Based on Bovine Monoclonal Antibodies for the Detection of Neutralizing Antibodies against Foot-and-Mouth Disease Virus Serotype A. Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 60(4). e0214221–e0214221. 16 indexed citations

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Dai, Xiuru, Xiaoyu Tu, Baijuan Du, et al.. (2021). Chromatin and regulatory differentiation between bundle sheath and mesophyll cells in maize. The Plant Journal. 109(3). 675–692. 21 indexed citations

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Li, Kun, Yimei Cao, Zixian Sun, et al.. (2021). Structures of Foot-and-mouth Disease Virus with neutralizing antibodies derived from recovered natural host reveal a mechanism for cross-serotype neutralization. PLoS Pathogens. 17(4). e1009507–e1009507. 18 indexed citations

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Li, Kun, Guoqiang Zhu, Shasha Zhou, et al.. (2021). Isolation and characterization of porcine monoclonal antibodies revealed two distinct serotype-independent epitopes on VP2 of foot-and-mouth disease virus. Journal of General Virology. 102(7). 5 indexed citations

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Dong, Pengfei, Xiaoyu Tu, Haoxuan Li, et al.. (2019). Tissue‐specific Hi‐C analyses of rice, foxtail millet and maize suggest non‐canonical function of plant chromatin domains. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology. 62(2). 201–217. 53 indexed citations

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Qin, Lei, Xiuru Dai, Zehong Ding, et al.. (2019). Transcriptomic Analysis of Leaf Sheath Maturation in Maize. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 20(10). 2472–2472. 16 indexed citations

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Shi, Junpeng, Xuxu Ma, Jihong Zhang, et al.. (2019). Chromosome conformation capture resolved near complete genome assembly of broomcorn millet. Nature Communications. 10(1). 464–464. 86 indexed citations

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Ma, Shisong, Zehong Ding, & Pinghua Li. (2017). Maize network analysis revealed gene modules involved in development, nutrients utilization, metabolism, and stress response. BMC Plant Biology. 17(1). 131–131. 24 indexed citations

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Li, Qiang, et al.. (2016). Effects of rice bran source high fibre diet on growth performance and intestine function of Suhuai pigs. 39(5). 813. 1 indexed citations

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Zhang, Nengyi, Yves Gibon, Jason G. Wallace, et al.. (2015). Genome-Wide Association of Carbon and Nitrogen Metabolism in the Maize Nested Association Mapping Population. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 168(2). 575–583. 69 indexed citations

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Cui, Liao, Ting Li, Yuyu Liu, et al.. (2012). Salvianolic Acid B Prevents Bone Loss in Prednisone-Treated Rats through Stimulation of Osteogenesis and Bone Marrow Angiogenesis. PLoS ONE. 7(4). e34647–e34647. 114 indexed citations

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