Weidong Li

24.3k total citations · 6 hit papers
118 papers, 9.3k citations indexed

About

Weidong Li is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Nuclear and High Energy Physics and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, Weidong Li has authored 118 papers receiving a total of 9.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 76 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 41 papers in Nuclear and High Energy Physics and 20 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in Weidong Li's work include Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae (69 papers), Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (32 papers) and Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena (28 papers). Weidong Li is often cited by papers focused on Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae (69 papers), Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (32 papers) and Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena (28 papers). Weidong Li collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and France. Weidong Li's co-authors include A. V. Filippenko, R. Chornock, Saurabh W. Jha, Adam G. Riess, Henry C. Ferguson, Stefano Casertano, Nathan Smith, R. Kirshner, R. J. Foley and Mario Livio and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Weidong Li

103 papers receiving 8.9k citations

Hit Papers

Type Ia Supernova Discoveries atz> 1 from theHubble Sp... 2004 2026 2011 2018 2004 2011 2009 2013 2011 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k 2.5k
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.

  1. Type Ia Supernova Discoveries atz> 1 from theHubble Space Telescope: Evidence for Past Deceleration and Constraints on Dark Energy Evolution
    2004 2.7k citations Adam G. Riess, A. V. Filippenko et al. The Astrophysical Journal profile →
  2. A 3% SOLUTION: DETERMINATION OF THE HUBBLE CONSTANT WITH THEHUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPEAND WIDE FIELD CAMERA 3
    2011 841 citations Adam G. Riess, A. V. Filippenko et al. The Astrophysical Journal profile →
  3. A REDETERMINATION OF THE HUBBLE CONSTANT WITH THEHUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPEFROM A DIFFERENTIAL DISTANCE LADDER
    2009 477 citations Adam G. Riess, A. V. Filippenko et al. The Astrophysical Journal profile →
  4. THE LOW-LUMINOSITY END OF THE RADIUS-LUMINOSITY RELATIONSHIP FOR ACTIVE GALACTIC NUCLEI
    2013 459 citations Aaron J. Barth, Vardha N. Bennert et al. The Astrophysical Journal profile →
  5. Nearby supernova rates from the Lick Observatory Supernova Search - II. The observed luminosity functions and fractions of supernovae in a complete sample
    2011 390 citations Weidong Li, R. Chornock et al. profile →
  6. Observed fractions of core-collapse supernova types and initial masses of their single and binary progenitor stars
    2011 304 citations Weidong Li, A. V. Filippenko et al. profile →

Peers

Weidong Li
Asantha Cooray United States
Matteo Viel Italy
Dragan Huterer United States
Cullen H. Blake Australia
R. Beck Germany
Arthur M. Wolfe United States
Stefano Casertano United States
Manoj Kaplinghat United States
Christopher M. Hirata United States
Bhuvnesh Jain United States
Asantha Cooray United States
Weidong Li
Citations per year, relative to Weidong Li Weidong Li (= 1×) peers Asantha Cooray

Countries citing papers authored by Weidong Li

Since Specialization
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Fields of papers citing papers by Weidong Li

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Weidong 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 Weidong Li. The network helps show where Weidong Li may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Weidong Li

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Yang, Shengluo, et al.. (2025). Production simulation and configuration optimization based on discrete event simulation: A case study of an aerospace assembly workshop. Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology. 39(4). 2063–2073.
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Tang, Xiaohui, et al.. (2024). A Hybrid OMP-Broyden Algorithm for Thinning Antenna Array. 1–2.
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Li, Weidong, et al.. (2024). Multiband iterative coherent processing method based on the ADMM framework. IET conference proceedings.. 2023(47). 4099–4102.
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Pancoast, Anna, Vardha N. Bennert, David J. Sand, et al.. (2019). The Lick AGN Monitoring Project 2011: Photometric Light Curves. The Astrophysical Journal. 871(1). 108–108. 4 indexed citations
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Li, Weidong, et al.. (2014). Improvement of frequency sweeping by MoM matrix interpolation combined with Stoer-Bulirsch algorithm for multilayered structures. Asia-Pacific Microwave Conference. 980–982.
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Li, Weidong, et al.. (2013). An adaptive frequency sweeping algorithm of MoM impedance matrices in full-wave analysis of microstrip patch antennas. International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation. 1. 52–54. 1 indexed citations
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Li, Weidong, P. Nugent, J. S. Bloom, A. V. Filippenko, & Saurabh W. Jha. (2011). Further Analysis of the archival HST images of PTF11kly in M101. ATel. 3585. 1.
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Li, Weidong, et al.. (2011). Analysis of the archival HST images of PTF11kly in M101. ATel. 3582. 1.
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Zhou, Hou‐Xing, et al.. (2010). A 2-level AIM for solving EM scattering from electrically large objects. 9–11. 1 indexed citations
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Zhou, Hou‐Xing, et al.. (2010). A shared memory-based parallel out-of-core LU solver for matrix equations with application in EM problems. 149–152. 4 indexed citations
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Hu, Jun, et al.. (2010). An overlapped domain decomposition method for solving electromagnetic surface integral equations. 1–4.
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Chen, Xihui, Qiumei Ma, Weidong Li, et al.. (2009). The architecture of BESIII offline database. 484–486. 1 indexed citations
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Li, Weidong. (2008). Further analysis of the possible progenitor of SN 2008ax in NGC 4490. ATel. 1433. 1. 1 indexed citations
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Li, Weidong, Xiaofeng Wang, Schuyler D. Van Dyk, et al.. (2007). On the Progenitors of Two Type II‐P Supernovae in the Virgo Cluster. The Astrophysical Journal. 661(2). 1013–1024. 57 indexed citations
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Dyk, Schuyler D. Van, P. Challis, R. J. Foley, et al.. (2006). The Type IIn Supernova 2002kg: The Outburst of a Luminous Blue Variable Star in NGC 2403. Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific.
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Leonard, Douglas C., A. V. Filippenko, M. Ganeshalingam, et al.. (2006). A non-spherical core in the explosion of supernova SN 2004dj. Nature. 440(7083). 505–507. 115 indexed citations
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Bergh, Sidney van den, Weidong Li, & A. V. Filippenko. (2003). Classifications of the Host Galaxies of Supernovae, Set II. Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific. 115(813). 1280–1288. 19 indexed citations
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Riess, Adam G., A. V. Filippenko, Weidong Li, & B. Schmidt. (1999). An Indication of Evolution of Type Ia Supernovae from their Risetimes. arXiv (Cornell University). 3 indexed citations

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