Ran Li

13.1k total citations · 3 hit papers
316 papers, 8.9k citations indexed

About

Ran Li is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cancer Research and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Ran Li has authored 316 papers receiving a total of 8.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 128 papers in Molecular Biology, 51 papers in Cancer Research and 38 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. Recurrent topics in Ran Li's work include Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research (32 papers), RNA modifications and cancer (20 papers) and MicroRNA in disease regulation (18 papers). Ran Li is often cited by papers focused on Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research (32 papers), RNA modifications and cancer (20 papers) and MicroRNA in disease regulation (18 papers). Ran Li collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Canada. Ran Li's co-authors include Junling Gao, Yanxia Tian, Richard C. Wang, Ying Cui, Feng Jin, Pei Jiang, Xiaohua Jiang, Changmeng Cui, Huaqiu Chen and Weihong Song and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Nature Communications and Journal of Clinical Oncology.

In The Last Decade

Ran Li

296 papers receiving 8.8k 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.

Induction of the Vitamin D Receptor Attenuates Autophagy Dysfunction-Mediated Cell Death Following Traumatic Brain Injury.

2017 3.4k citations Ran Li, Junling Gao et al. PubMed profile →
Amyloid β-based therapy for Alzheimer’s disease: challenges, successes and future

2023 484 citations Ran Li et al. profile →
Face-on oriented self-assembled molecules with enhanced π–π stacking for highly efficient inverted perovskite solar cells on rough FTO substrates

2025 69 citations Jiajun Du, Jinling Chen et al. Energy & Environmental Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ran Li China	38	3.7k	2.4k	1.2k	1.1k	851	316	8.9k
Jian Xiao China	67	6.0k 1.6×	1.7k 0.7×	1.1k 0.9×	997 0.9×	962 1.1×	414	14.9k
Ning Chen China	52	4.0k 1.1×	1.5k 0.6×	681 0.6×	1.4k 1.3×	561 0.7×	417	10.3k
Hong Liu China	53	4.4k 1.2×	892 0.4×	994 0.9×	904 0.8×	971 1.1×	625	13.5k
Quan Chen China	58	7.6k 2.0×	4.0k 1.7×	1.3k 1.2×	1.3k 1.2×	1.3k 1.6×	266	12.4k
Brigitte Vollmar Germany	60	2.9k 0.8×	2.5k 1.1×	646 0.6×	1.3k 1.2×	524 0.6×	530	14.3k
Sung Soo Kim South Korea	63	6.8k 1.8×	1.7k 0.7×	1.7k 1.4×	1.7k 1.6×	1.1k 1.3×	542	14.6k
Qin Zhang China	44	4.4k 1.2×	2.2k 0.9×	871 0.8×	1.2k 1.1×	397 0.5×	391	11.2k
Ping Li China	53	6.0k 1.6×	1.4k 0.6×	1.5k 1.3×	1.2k 1.1×	519 0.6×	626	13.5k
Ying Wang China	60	6.8k 1.8×	1.5k 0.6×	2.3k 2.0×	956 0.9×	1.3k 1.5×	658	14.8k
Xiaoyang Wang China	53	3.7k 1.0×	1.3k 0.5×	630 0.5×	540 0.5×	456 0.5×	424	10.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Ran Li

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ran Li

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ran Li

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

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20 of 20 papers shown

Ma, Yu‐Bin, Changgui Kou, Bin Yao, et al.. (2025). The effect of social media use on suicidal ideation in college students: Mediation by daytime sleepiness and sleep quality. Journal of Affective Disorders. 374. 274–281. 1 indexed citations

Dai, Xiaofeng, et al.. (2025). Plant Long Non-Coding RNAs: Multilevel Regulators of Development, Stress Adaptation, and Crop Improvement. Agronomy. 15(8). 1950–1950. 1 indexed citations

Du, Jiajun, Jinling Chen, Beilin Ouyang, et al.. (2025). Face-on oriented self-assembled molecules with enhanced π–π stacking for highly efficient inverted perovskite solar cells on rough FTO substrates. Energy & Environmental Science. 18(7). 3196–3210. 69 indexed citations breakdown →

Wu, Xiling, Congcong Tian, Jingyu Cai, et al.. (2025). Deprotonation‐Resistant Bimolecular Passivation Strategy for 26% Efficient and Stable Inverted Perovskite Solar Cells. Small. 21(46). e05684–e05684. 1 indexed citations

Li, Ran, et al.. (2024). The change in aesthetic experience and empathic concern predicts theory of mind ability: Evidence from drama improvisation training. The Arts in Psychotherapy. 89. 102167–102167.

Wang, Chengyi, Ran Li, Yangbo Qiu, et al.. (2024). Novel electrocatalytic capacitive deionization with catalytic electrodes for selective phosphonate degradation: Performance and mechanism. Water Research. 256. 121614–121614. 16 indexed citations

Han, Yadong, et al.. (2024). Prognosis and therapy in thyroid cancer by gene signatures related to natural killer cells. The Journal of Gene Medicine. 26(1). e3657–e3657. 5 indexed citations

Zhang, Rou, et al.. (2024). An integrated bioinformatics analysis to identify the shared biomarkers in patients with obstructive sleep apnea syndrome and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease. Frontiers in Genetics. 15.

Dai, Jian, Tiange Liu, Drew A. Torigian, et al.. (2023). GA-Net: A geographical attention neural network for the segmentation of body torso tissue composition. Medical Image Analysis. 91. 102987–102987. 3 indexed citations

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Wang, Xiangyu, Huimin Song, Yan Ding, et al.. (2023). METTL14-upregulated miR-6858 triggers cell apoptosis in keratinocytes of oral lichen planus through decreasing GSDMC. Communications Biology. 6(1). 976–976. 6 indexed citations

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Wang, Ran, Na Li, Hui Liu, et al.. (2023). Construction of cellulose acetate-based composite nanofiber films with effective antibacterial and filtration properties. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 254(Pt 3). 128102–128102. 9 indexed citations

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Li, Ran, et al.. (2023). Mouse Cardiac Arrest Model for Brain Imaging and Brain Physiology Monitoring During Ischemia and Resuscitation. Journal of Visualized Experiments. 2 indexed citations

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Jin, Peng, Xiaoling Wang, Ming Zhao, et al.. (2022). Large-Scale In Vitro and In Vivo CRISPR-Cas9 Knockout Screens Identify a 16-Gene Fitness Score for Improved Risk Assessment in Acute Myeloid Leukemia. Clinical Cancer Research. 28(18). 4033–4044. 10 indexed citations

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Sun, Shuai, et al.. (2021). Prognostic Significance of CCNB2 Expression in Triple-Negative Breast Cancer. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 9 indexed citations

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Li, Ran, et al.. (2020). Grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella) stefin A: Systematic research on its cloning, expression, characterization and tissue distribution. Food Chemistry. 335. 127564–127564. 11 indexed citations

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Li, Ran, Yanchun Li, Huafeng Zhang, et al.. (2016). Delivery of oncolytic adenovirus into the nucleus of tumorigenic cells by tumor microparticles for virotherapy. Biomaterials. 89. 56–66. 85 indexed citations

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Li, Ran, Jess D. Hebert, Hao Xing, et al.. (2016). Macrophage-Secreted TNFα and TGFβ1 Influence Migration Speed and Persistence of Cancer Cells in 3D Tissue Culture via Independent Pathways. Cancer Research. 77(2). 279–290. 78 indexed citations

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Chen, Michelle B., John M. Lamar, Ran Li, Richard O. Hynes, & Roger D. Kamm. (2016). Elucidation of the Roles of Tumor Integrin β1 in the Extravasation Stage of the Metastasis Cascade. Cancer Research. 76(9). 2513–2524. 133 indexed citations

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Feng, Yan, Junling Gao, Ying Cui, et al.. (2016). Neuroprotective Effects of Resatorvid Against Traumatic Brain Injury in Rat: Involvement of Neuronal Autophagy and TLR4 Signaling Pathway. Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology. 37(1). 155–168. 67 indexed citations

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Zhang, Yan, Xuguang Sun, Shijing Deng, et al.. (2004). [Molecular characteristics of Acanthamoeba strains from keratitis patients].. PubMed. 40(6). 389–94. 2 indexed citations

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