Sheng Li

7.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
159 papers, 5.1k citations indexed

About

Sheng Li is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Epidemiology and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Sheng Li has authored 159 papers receiving a total of 5.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 100 papers in Molecular Biology, 25 papers in Epidemiology and 22 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in Sheng Li's work include Protein Kinase Regulation and GTPase Signaling (24 papers), Enzyme Structure and Function (13 papers) and Influenza Virus Research Studies (12 papers). Sheng Li is often cited by papers focused on Protein Kinase Regulation and GTPase Signaling (24 papers), Enzyme Structure and Function (13 papers) and Influenza Virus Research Studies (12 papers). Sheng Li collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Canada. Sheng Li's co-authors include Virgil L. Woods, Erica Ollmann Saphire, Tong Liu, Edward A. Dennis, Tong Liu, David E. Lee, Ka Young Chung, Dafna M. Abelson, Diane Calinski and Brian T. DeVree and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Sheng Li

153 papers receiving 5.0k 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.

Conformational changes in the G protein Gs induced by the β2 adrenergic receptor

2011 290 citations Sheng Li, Virgil L. Woods et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Sheng Li United States	41	3.0k	900	735	504	493	159	5.1k
Thomas D.Y. Chung United States	24	4.9k 1.6×	694 0.8×	783 1.1×	608 1.2×	603 1.2×	78	7.5k
Ji-Hu Zhang United States	13	4.0k 1.4×	613 0.7×	549 0.7×	479 1.0×	414 0.8×	19	6.3k
Kevin R. Oldenburg United States	17	4.5k 1.5×	628 0.7×	577 0.8×	561 1.1×	449 0.9×	37	7.0k
Kiaran Kirk Australia	51	3.2k 1.1×	884 1.0×	1.0k 1.4×	509 1.0×	572 1.2×	196	9.0k
Benjamin Webb United States	19	5.2k 1.7×	595 0.7×	384 0.5×	495 1.0×	509 1.0×	28	7.1k
Joel D. A. Tyndall New Zealand	40	3.0k 1.0×	798 0.9×	535 0.7×	517 1.0×	486 1.0×	111	6.0k
Fei Sun China	42	3.8k 1.3×	1.5k 1.7×	392 0.5×	450 0.9×	270 0.5×	219	7.1k
Virgil L. Woods United States	50	3.7k 1.2×	646 0.7×	369 0.5×	542 1.1×	455 0.9×	121	6.5k
M. S. Madhusudhan India	28	6.6k 2.2×	687 0.8×	578 0.8×	774 1.5×	595 1.2×	67	9.2k
David Eramian United States	7	6.0k 2.0×	696 0.8×	555 0.8×	674 1.3×	686 1.4×	8	8.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Sheng Li

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sheng Li

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20 of 20 papers shown

Liu, Min, Sheng Li, Minghui Wang, et al.. (2025). Prevotella-Produced Succinate Alleviates Hepatic Steatosis by Enhancing Mitochondrial Function in Layer-Type Chickens. Journal of Nutrition. 155(6). 1751–1767. 1 indexed citations

Li, Sheng, et al.. (2025). Prunus mume Alleviates Hyperuricemic Renal Injury: Insights From Network Pharmacology and Experimental Models. Biomedical Chromatography. 39(4). e70035–e70035.

Zhang, Mian, et al.. (2025). Dose-Dependent Ferroptosis Induction in Osteosarcoma via NRF2/GPX4 Axis Modulation by Plasma-Activated Liquid Therapy. Antioxidants and Redox Signaling. 44(7-9). 292–310.

Li, Sheng, et al.. (2024). The Association Between Mitochondrial tRNAGlu Variants and Hearing Loss: A Case-Control Study. Pharmacogenomics and Personalized Medicine. Volume 17. 77–89. 1 indexed citations

Li, Lijiao, et al.. (2024). Prenatal detection and molecular cytogenetic characterization of Xp deletion and Xq duplication: a case report and literature review. BMC Medical Genomics. 17(1). 57–57.

Tang, Jun, Ziyi Li, Sheng Li, et al.. (2023). Visualizing ClO− fluxes during homocysteine stress based on a nanoprobe. Dyes and Pigments. 213. 111163–111163. 7 indexed citations

Li, Sheng, et al.. (2023). Structural and dynamic changes in P-Rex1 upon activation by PIP3 and inhibition by IP4. eLife. 12.

Chen, Nai‐Dong, et al.. (2023). Simultaneous determination of phenols in the four main original plants of the famous traditional Chinese medicine Shihu by pressurized capillary electrochromatography. RSC Advances. 13(28). 19455–19463. 2 indexed citations

Li, Sheng, et al.. (2023). Enhanced anti-rheumatic efficacy of PLGA-based methotrexate-loaded implants in adjuvant-induced arthritis rat model. Journal of Drug Delivery Science and Technology. 88. 104939–104939. 3 indexed citations

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Hayashi, Daiki, Varnavas D. Mouchlis, Liuqing Wang, et al.. (2022). Vitamin E functions by association with a novel binding site on the 67 kDa laminin receptor activating diacylglycerol kinase. The Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry. 110. 109129–109129. 6 indexed citations

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Ying, Shuni, Sheng Li, Shunli Tang, et al.. (2020). <p>Immune-Mediated Necrotizing Myopathy Initially Presenting as Erythema Nodosum</p>. Journal of Inflammation Research. Volume 13. 471–476. 2 indexed citations

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Tseng, Roger, Nicolette F. Goularte, Archana G. Chavan, et al.. (2017). Structural basis of the day-night transition in a bacterial circadian clock. Science. 355(6330). 1174–1180. 116 indexed citations

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Sun, Chao, Yuanlin Zhao, Xing Gao, et al.. (2017). Cideb Deficiency Aggravates Dextran Sulfate Sodium-induced Ulcerative Colitis in Mice by Exacerbating the Oxidative Burden in Colonic Mucosa. Inflammatory Bowel Diseases. 23(8). 1338–1347. 12 indexed citations

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Wijesinghe, Kaveesha J., Sarah Urata, Nisha Bhattarai, et al.. (2017). Detection of lipid-induced structural changes of the Marburg virus matrix protein VP40 using hydrogen/deuterium exchange-mass spectrometry. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 292(15). 6108–6122. 26 indexed citations

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Garner, Thomas P., Denis E. Reyna, Amit Priyadarshi, et al.. (2016). An Autoinhibited Dimeric Form of BAX Regulates the BAX Activation Pathway. Molecular Cell. 63(3). 485–497. 77 indexed citations

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Miller, Michael B., Fei Wang, Jiyan Ma, et al.. (2013). Cofactor Molecules Induce Structural Transformation during Infectious Prion Formation. Structure. 21(11). 2061–2068. 58 indexed citations

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Pierce, Levi, Maria L. McGlone, Sheng Li, et al.. (2013). Distal Loop Flexibility of a Regulatory Domain Modulates Dynamics and Activity of C-Terminal Src Kinase (Csk). PLoS Computational Biology. 9(9). e1003188–e1003188. 12 indexed citations

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Dai, Liankui, et al.. (2012). [Fast discrimination of edible vegetable oil based on Raman spectroscopy].. PubMed. 32(7). 1829–33. 4 indexed citations

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Li, Sheng, et al.. (2009). Pro-interleukin (IL)-1β Shares a Core Region of Stability as Compared with Mature IL-1β While Maintaining a Distinctly Different Configurational Landscape. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 284(38). 26137–26148. 22 indexed citations

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Li, Juliana, Sheng Li, Melissa Brock, et al.. (2008). Vibrio cholerae Toxin-Coregulated Pilus Structure Analyzed by Hydrogen/Deuterium Exchange Mass Spectrometry. Structure. 16(1). 137–148. 63 indexed citations

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