Wan-Xiang Li

3.3k total citations · 2 hit papers
12 papers, 2.5k citations indexed

About

Wan-Xiang Li is a scholar working on Plant Science, Endocrinology and Infectious Diseases. According to data from OpenAlex, Wan-Xiang Li has authored 12 papers receiving a total of 2.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Plant Science, 4 papers in Endocrinology and 3 papers in Infectious Diseases. Recurrent topics in Wan-Xiang Li's work include Plant Virus Research Studies (9 papers), Plant and Fungal Interactions Research (4 papers) and CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (3 papers). Wan-Xiang Li is often cited by papers focused on Plant Virus Research Studies (9 papers), Plant and Fungal Interactions Research (4 papers) and CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (3 papers). Wan-Xiang Li collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and France. Wan-Xiang Li's co-authors include Shou‐Wei Ding, Rui Lu, Peter W. Atkinson, Roghiyh Aliyari, Xiaohong Wang, Qingfa Wu, Hongwei Li, Kevin Kim, Richard W. Carthew and Eric C. Lai and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and The EMBO Journal.

In The Last Decade

Wan-Xiang Li

12 papers receiving 2.5k 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.

RNA Interference Directs Innate Immunity Against Viruses in Adult Drosophila

2006 580 citations Xiaohong Wang, Roghiyh Aliyari et al. Science profile →
Virus discovery by deep sequencing and assembly of virus-derived small silencing RNAs

2010 375 citations Qingfa Wu, Yingjun Luo et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Wan-Xiang Li United States	12	1.4k	1.1k	732	528	525	12	2.5k
Mazhar Hussain Australia	29	1.1k 0.8×	1.1k 1.1×	1.3k 1.7×	452 0.9×	290 0.6×	67	2.8k
Vitaly Boyko United States	24	1.6k 1.2×	779 0.7×	441 0.6×	198 0.4×	467 0.9×	31	2.4k
Bassam Berry France	9	573 0.4×	630 0.6×	504 0.7×	372 0.7×	89 0.2×	9	1.4k
Malla Padidam United States	16	1.8k 1.3×	729 0.7×	436 0.6×	80 0.2×	485 0.9×	21	2.5k
Sondra G. Lazarowitz United States	35	3.1k 2.2×	1.4k 1.3×	411 0.6×	256 0.5×	544 1.0×	52	4.6k
Jean‐Michel Drezen France	35	1.4k 1.0×	843 0.8×	2.4k 3.3×	520 1.0×	344 0.7×	74	3.2k
Guohui Zhou China	28	1.5k 1.1×	698 0.7×	918 1.3×	60 0.1×	226 0.4×	93	2.4k
Betty Chung United Kingdom	14	1.4k 1.0×	647 0.6×	313 0.4×	66 0.1×	533 1.0×	26	2.0k
Tàiyún Wèi China	39	3.7k 2.6×	949 0.9×	2.0k 2.7×	117 0.2×	607 1.2×	136	4.3k
Christophe Himber France	14	1.7k 1.2×	1.4k 1.3×	174 0.2×	180 0.3×	302 0.6×	20	2.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Wan-Xiang Li

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Fields of papers citing papers by Wan-Xiang Li

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Wan-Xiang Li. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Wan-Xiang Li. The network helps show where Wan-Xiang Li may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Wan-Xiang Li

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

All Works

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12 of 12 papers shown

Lü, Jinfeng, Jing Zhong, Hongshan Jiang, et al.. (2017). Caenorhabditis elegans RIG-I Homolog Mediates Antiviral RNA Interference Downstream of Dicer-Dependent Biogenesis of Viral Small Interfering RNAs. mBio. 8(2). 32 indexed citations

Li, Yang, Megha Basavappa, Jinfeng Lü, et al.. (2016). Induction and suppression of antiviral RNA interference by influenza A virus in mammalian cells. Nature Microbiology. 2(3). 16250–16250. 122 indexed citations

Wu, Qingfa, Ying Wang, Mengji Cao, et al.. (2012). Homology-independent discovery of replicating pathogenic circular RNAs by deep sequencing and a new computational algorithm. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 109(10). 3938–3943. 137 indexed citations

Li, Wan-Xiang, et al.. (2012). Silencing of Host Genes Directed by Virus-Derived Short Interfering RNAs in Caenorhabditis elegans. Journal of Virology. 86(21). 11645–11653. 26 indexed citations

Wu, Qingfa, Yingjun Luo, Rui Lu, et al.. (2010). Virus discovery by deep sequencing and assembly of virus-derived small silencing RNAs. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 107(4). 1606–1611. 375 indexed citations breakdown →

Lu, Rui, Erbay Yigit, Wan-Xiang Li, & Shou‐Wei Ding. (2009). An RIG-I-Like RNA Helicase Mediates Antiviral RNAi Downstream of Viral siRNA Biogenesis in Caenorhabditis elegans. PLoS Pathogens. 5(2). e1000286–e1000286. 96 indexed citations

Aliyari, Roghiyh, Qingfa Wu, Hongwei Li, et al.. (2008). Mechanism of Induction and Suppression of Antiviral Immunity Directed by Virus-Derived Small RNAs in Drosophila. Cell Host & Microbe. 4(4). 387–397. 207 indexed citations

Wang, Xiaohong, Roghiyh Aliyari, Wan-Xiang Li, et al.. (2006). RNA Interference Directs Innate Immunity Against Viruses in Adult Drosophila. Science. 312(5772). 452–454. 580 indexed citations breakdown →

Lu, Rui, Alexey S. Folimonov, Michael H. Shintaku, et al.. (2004). Three distinct suppressors of RNA silencing encoded by a 20-kb viral RNA genome. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 101(44). 15742–15747. 292 indexed citations

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Li, Wan-Xiang, Hongwei Li, Rui Lu, et al.. (2004). Interferon antagonist proteins of influenza and vaccinia viruses are suppressors of RNA silencing. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 101(5). 1350–1355. 335 indexed citations

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Ding, Shou‐Wei, Hongwei Li, Rui Lu, Feng Li, & Wan-Xiang Li. (2004). RNA silencing: a conserved antiviral immunity of plants and animals. Virus Research. 102(1). 109–115. 170 indexed citations

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Li, Hongwei, Andrew P. Lucy, Wan-Xiang Li, et al.. (1999). Strong host resistance targeted against a viral suppressor of the plant gene silencing defence mechanism. The EMBO Journal. 18(10). 2683–2691. 175 indexed citations

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