Song Li

9.8k total citations · 6 hit papers
179 papers, 7.6k citations indexed

About

Song Li is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Biomedical Engineering and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Song Li has authored 179 papers receiving a total of 7.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 65 papers in Molecular Biology, 61 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 59 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Song Li's work include 3D Printing in Biomedical Research (38 papers), Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine (29 papers) and Cellular Mechanics and Interactions (27 papers). Song Li is often cited by papers focused on 3D Printing in Biomedical Research (38 papers), Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine (29 papers) and Cellular Mechanics and Interactions (27 papers). Song Li collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Taiwan. Song Li's co-authors include Aijun Wang, Ngan F. Huang, Julia Chu, Zhenyu Tang, Jennifer S. Park, Yang Song, Shyam Patel, Jun Chen, Guorui Chen and Jing Xu and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Advanced Materials and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Song Li

172 papers receiving 7.5k 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.

The effect of matrix stiffness on the differentiation of mesenchymal stem cells in response to TGF-β

2011 622 citations Julia Chu, Aijun Wang et al. Biomaterials profile →
Giant magnetoelastic effect in soft systems for bioelectronics

2021 346 citations Yunsheng Fang, Guorui Chen et al. Nature Materials profile →
Soft fibers with magnetoelasticity for wearable electronics

2021 280 citations Guorui Chen, Yunsheng Fang et al. profile →
An engineered cell-laden adhesive hydrogel promotes craniofacial bone tissue regeneration in rats

2020 277 citations Song Li et al. profile →
Bioorthogonal catalytic patch

2021 212 citations Jinqiang Wang, Jun Fang et al. profile →
Permanent fluidic magnets for liquid bioelectronics

2024 92 citations Yang Song, Guorui Chen et al. Nature Materials profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Song Li	3.2k	2.0k	1.8k	1.7k	1.1k	179	7.6k
Craig A. Simmons	4.0k 1.2×	2.1k 1.0×	2.3k 1.2×	1.6k 1.0×	1.5k 1.4×	196	9.8k
Liming Bian	5.4k 1.7×	1.6k 0.8×	2.0k 1.1×	3.4k 2.0×	1.1k 0.9×	172	11.3k
Tatiana Segura	4.4k 1.4×	3.2k 1.6×	1.4k 0.8×	3.8k 2.3×	1.1k 0.9×	129	10.4k
Kohji Nishida	1.6k 0.5×	3.5k 1.7×	1.6k 0.8×	1.1k 0.7×	984 0.9×	658	17.5k
Masaya Yamamoto	2.7k 0.8×	3.0k 1.5×	1.9k 1.0×	1.7k 1.0×	787 0.7×	254	10.5k
Peter I. Lelkes	3.7k 1.2×	2.6k 1.3×	2.0k 1.1×	3.2k 1.9×	799 0.7×	229	10.0k
Yanan Du	3.3k 1.0×	1.6k 0.8×	1.2k 0.6×	1.4k 0.9×	786 0.7×	226	6.8k
Todd C. McDevitt	3.4k 1.1×	3.6k 1.8×	2.1k 1.2×	1.4k 0.8×	956 0.8×	124	7.7k
Nathaniel Huebsch	5.6k 1.8×	1.9k 0.9×	1.6k 0.9×	2.5k 1.5×	2.3k 2.0×	56	9.2k
Katja Schenke‐Layland	3.1k 1.0×	2.7k 1.3×	3.1k 1.7×	2.8k 1.7×	645 0.6×	194	9.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Song Li

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Fields of papers citing papers by Song Li

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Song Li

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Mao, Saihu, Kai Sun, Song Li, et al.. (2025). How to Apply the Sequential Correction Technique to Treatment of Congenital Cervicothoracic Scoliosis: A Technical Note and Case Series. Orthopaedic Surgery. 17(7). 2159–2172.

Lin, Jerry Chun‐Wei, Siao Muk Cheng, Wentai Liu, et al.. (2025). Distal electrical stimulation enhances neuromuscular reinnervation and satellite cell differentiation for functional recovery. Stem Cell Research & Therapy. 16(1). 322–322.

Liu, Zeyang, Yan-Ruide Li, Enbo Zhu, et al.. (2025). Manufacturing synthetic viscoelastic antigen-presenting cells for immunotherapy. Nature Protocols. 1 indexed citations

Shen, Sophia, Guorui Chen, Yunsheng Fang, et al.. (2024). Advances in wearable respiration sensors. Materials Today. 72. 140–162. 51 indexed citations

Song, Yang, Jennifer Soto, Tyler Hoffman, et al.. (2024). Biphasic regulation of epigenetic state by matrix stiffness during cell reprogramming. Science Advances. 10(7). eadk0639–eadk0639. 18 indexed citations

Liu, Xian, Hao Xie, Wenhua Liu, et al.. (2024). Dynamic regulation of alternative polyadenylation by PQBP1 during neurogenesis. Cell Reports. 43(8). 114525–114525. 3 indexed citations

Qiao, Jun, Zhen Liu, Benlong Shi, et al.. (2023). Posterior-only correction surgery for idiopathic scoliosis Lenke type 5c: differences of strategies and outcomes between adult patients and adolescent patients. Spine Deformity. 11(3). 665–670. 3 indexed citations

Li, Song, et al.. (2022). Electroceuticals for peripheral nerve regeneration. Biofabrication. 14(4). 42002–42002. 34 indexed citations

Song, Yang, Jennifer Soto, Tyler Hoffman, et al.. (2022). Transient nuclear deformation primes epigenetic state and promotes cell reprogramming. Nature Materials. 21(10). 1191–1199. 76 indexed citations

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Qiu, Xuefeng, et al.. (2021). Engineering the Composition of Microfibers to Enhance the Remodeling of a Cell-Free Vascular Graft. Nanomaterials. 11(6). 1613–1613. 6 indexed citations

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Huang, Ngan F., Ovijit Chaudhuri, Patrick Cahan, et al.. (2020). Multi-scale cellular engineering: From molecules to organ-on-a-chip. APL Bioengineering. 4(1). 10906–10906. 9 indexed citations

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Fang, Jun, Yuan‐Yu Hsueh, Jennifer Soto, et al.. (2020). Engineering Biomaterials with Micro/Nanotechnologies for Cell Reprogramming. ACS Nano. 14(2). 1296–1318. 47 indexed citations

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Luo, Longlong, Zhihong Wang, Naijing Hu, et al.. (2020). Design, Synthesis, and Biological Evaluation of Linear Aliphatic Amine-Linked Triaryl Derivatives as Potent Small-Molecule Inhibitors of the Programmed Cell Death-1/Programmed Cell Death-Ligand 1 Interaction with Promising Antitumor Effects In Vivo. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 63(22). 13825–13850. 39 indexed citations

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Delrosario, Lawrence, Jun Fang, Qizhi Fang, et al.. (2019). Development of Injectable Amniotic Membrane Matrix for Postmyocardial Infarction Tissue Repair. Advanced Healthcare Materials. 9(2). e1900544–e1900544. 37 indexed citations

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Zhu, Yiqian, Xian Li, Randall Raphael R. Janairo, et al.. (2018). Matrix stiffness modulates the differentiation of neural crest stem cells in vivo. Journal of Cellular Physiology. 234(5). 7569–7578. 46 indexed citations

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Wang, Dong, Eric P. van der Veer, Febriyani Damanik, et al.. (2018). Contribution of bone marrow-derived cells to in situ engineered tissue capsules in a rat model of chronic kidney disease. Biomaterials. 194. 47–56. 10 indexed citations

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Herricks, Thurston, David J. Dilworth, Fred D. Mast, et al.. (2017). One-Cell Doubling Evaluation by Living Arrays of Yeast, ODELAY!. G3 Genes Genomes Genetics. 7(1). 279–288. 9 indexed citations

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Li, Xian, Julia Chu, Li Yang, & Song Li. (2011). Anisotropic Effects of Mechanical Strain on Neural Crest Stem Cells. Annals of Biomedical Engineering. 40(3). 598–605. 10 indexed citations

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Conboy, Irina M., David V. Schaffer, Mary Helen Barcellos‐Hoff, & Song Li. (2010). Protocols for Adult Stem Cells. Methods in molecular biology. 6 indexed citations

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Zhong, Hanbing, Yanqiu Zhao, Jing Lü, et al.. (2010). Genetic approach to evaluate specificity of small molecule drug candidates inhibiting PLK1 using zebrafish. Molecular BioSystems. 6(8). 1463–1468. 7 indexed citations

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