Wei Li

15.3k total citations · 3 hit papers
325 papers, 9.2k citations indexed

About

Wei Li is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Reproductive Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Wei Li has authored 325 papers receiving a total of 9.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 156 papers in Molecular Biology, 65 papers in Genetics and 65 papers in Reproductive Medicine. Recurrent topics in Wei Li's work include Sperm and Testicular Function (56 papers), Reproductive Biology and Fertility (49 papers) and Autophagy in Disease and Therapy (44 papers). Wei Li is often cited by papers focused on Sperm and Testicular Function (56 papers), Reproductive Biology and Fertility (49 papers) and Autophagy in Disease and Therapy (44 papers). Wei Li collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Hong Kong. Wei Li's co-authors include Chao Liu, Yizhou Ye, Weixiao Liu, Lu Cai, Guangwu Wang, Y. James Kang, Youchun Jiang, Luping Guo, Yihong Ye and Hui Gao and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Wei Li

309 papers receiving 9.0k citations

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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.

Genome-Wide and Functional Annotation of Human E3 Ubiquitin Ligases Identifies MULAN, a Mitochondrial E3 that Regulates the Organelle's Dynamics and Signaling

2008 625 citations Wei Li et al. profile →
Hyperglycemia-Induced Apoptosis in Mouse Myocardium

2002 559 citations Wei Li et al. profile →
Structural changes of gut microbiota in Parkinson’s disease and its correlation with clinical features

2017 307 citations Wei Li et al. Science China Life Sciences profile →

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Wei Li

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Wei Li. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Wei 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 Wei Li. Wei 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

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Dynamic R-loops at centromeres ensure chromosome alignment during oocyte meiotic divisions in mice 2025 ·Science Bulletin ·Yinghong Chen, Liying Wang, (unknown), Wei Wei, (unknown), (unknown), Tingting Han, Shuang Ma, Xiaoming Huang, Meijia Zhang, Fei Gao, (unknown), Wei Li	2
2	Multimorbidity Patterns of Asthma Exacerbation in an Older Cohort: Prognostic Implications 2025 ·The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology In Practice ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Wei Li, Yahong Chen, Yongchang Sun, Jason Hong, Chun Chang	1
3	PTEN inhibits epithelial mesenchymal transition of thyroid cancer cells by regulating the Wnt/β-Catenin signaling pathway 2024 ·Discover Oncology ·Wei Li, (unknown), Chang Zhou, Rong Liu, Yun Liu	1
4	Genomic signal selection analysis reveals genes related to the lambing trait of Hotan sheep 2024 ·Animal Bioscience ·Xiaosheng Wang, Wei Li, Qingshan Huang, (unknown), Lingling Zhu, RA Gu, Feng Xing	0
5	The novel TFEB agonist desloratadine ameliorates hepatic steatosis by activating the autophagy-lysosome pathway 2024 ·Frontiers in Pharmacology ·Jieru E. Lin, (unknown), (unknown), Lu Li, (unknown), (unknown), Yuyin Li, Wei Li, Baoqiang Guo, Zhenxing Liu, Aipo Diao	0
6	The feasibility of Chinese mitten crab (Eriocheir sinensis), mandarin fish (Siniperca chuatsi), and mud carp (Cirrhinus molitorella) polyculture and their effects on growth performance, water quality, antioxidant, and nonspecific immunological capacity 2023 ·Aquaculture International ·Ruo‐Jing Li, (unknown), (unknown), Wei Li, Jiashou Liu, Tanglin Zhang	2
7	Human cell-type methylomes 2023 ·Nature Genetics ·Wei Li	1
8	DEtail-seq is an ultra-efficient and convenient method for meiotic DNA break profiling in multiple organisms 2023 ·Science China Life Sciences ·Wei Xu, Chao Liu, Zhe Zhang, Changbin Sun, (unknown), Kuan Li, Hui Jiang, Wei Li, Qianwen Sun	3
9	Lycopene improves autophagy and attenuates carbon tetrachloride-induced hepatic fibrosis in rats 2023 ·Croatian Medical Journal ·Wei Li, Yuxin Jiang, (unknown), Wei Hao, Guoguang Wang	2
10	A tissue specific-infection mouse model of SARS-CoV-2 2023 ·Cell Discovery ·Bo Yang, Chao Liu, Xiaohui Ju, Bingbing Wu, (unknown), (unknown), Yanying Yu, Xiaohui Hou, Min Fang, Fei Gao, Xuejiang Guo, Yaoting Gui, Qiang Ding, Wei Li	5
11	Dimethyl Sulfoxide Attenuates Radiation‐Induced Testicular Injury through Facilitating DNA Double‐Strand Break Repair 2022 ·Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity ·(unknown), Renjun Peng, (unknown), Zhongmin Chen, Sinian Wang, (unknown), Suhe Dong, Wei Li, Qisheng Jiang, Fengsheng Li, (unknown)	6
12	Maternal RNF114-mediated target substrate degradation regulates zygotic genome activation in mouse embryos 2021 ·Development ·Shuai Zhou, Yueshuai Guo, Haifeng Sun, Lu Liu, Liping Yao, Chao Liu, Yuanlin He, Shanren Cao, Cheng Zhou, Mingrui Li, Yumeng Cao, (unknown), (unknown), Wei Li, Xuejiang Guo, Ran Huo	13
13	The histone modification reader ZCWPW1 links histone methylation to PRDM9-induced double-strand break repair 2020 ·eLife ·Tao Huang, Shenli Yuan, Lei Gao, Mengjing Li, Xiaochen Yu, (unknown), Yingying Yin, (unknown), Chuanxin Zhang, Gang Lü, Wei Li, Jiang Liu, Zi‐Jiang Chen, Hongbin Liu	34
14	ATM and ATR Influence Meiotic Crossover Formation Through Antagonistic and Overlapping Functions in Caenorhabditis elegans 2019 ·Genetics ·Wei Li, Judith L. Yanowitz	13
15	The histone modification reader ZCWPW1 is required for meiosis prophase I in male but not in female mice 2019 ·Science Advances ·Miao Li, Tao Huang, Mengjing Li, Chuanxin Zhang, Xiaochen Yu, Yingying Yin, Chao Liu, Xin Wang, Haiwei Feng, Tuo Zhang, Mo‐Fang Liu, Chunsheng Han, Gang Lü, Wei Li, Jinlong Ma, Zi‐Jiang Chen, Hongbin Liu, Kui Liu	42
16	The E3 ubiquitin ligase RNF 114 and TAB 1 degradation are required for maternal‐to‐zygotic transition 2017 ·EMBO Reports ·Ye Yang, Cheng Zhou, Ying Wang, Weixiao Liu, Chao Liu, Liying Wang, Yujiao Liu, Yongliang Shang, Mingrui Li, Shuai Zhou, Yuanting Wang, Wentao Zeng, Jianli Zhou, Ran Huo, Wei Li	48
17	NPR2 is involved in FSH-mediated mouse oocyte meiotic resumption 2016 ·Journal of Ovarian Research ·Lei Yang, Qiang Wei, Wei Li, (unknown), Xiaoe Zhao, Baohua Ma	14
18	Three-Day-Old Human Unfertilized Oocytes after In Vitro Fertilization/Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection Can Be Activated by Calcium Ionophore A23187 or Strontium Chloride and Develop to Blastocysts 2014 ·Cellular Reprogramming ·(unknown), (unknown), Minghui Liu, Shuyu Wang, Chanwei Jia, (unknown), Guoqing Ren, Li Wang, Wei Li	21
19	Pluripotent Male Germline Stem Cells from Goat Fetal Testis and Their Survival in Mouse Testis 2011 ·Cellular Reprogramming ·Jinlian Hua, Haijing Zhu, Shaohui Pan, Chao Liu, Junwei Sun, Xiaoling Ma, Wuzi Dong, Weishuai Liu, Wei Li	36
20	Structure and function of the yeast U-box-containing ubiquitin ligase Ufd2p 2007 ·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Daqi Tu, Wei Li, Yihong Ye, Axel T. Brünger	52

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