Weifen Li

8.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
161 papers, 6.3k citations indexed

About

Weifen Li is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Immunology and Animal Science and Zoology. According to data from OpenAlex, Weifen Li has authored 161 papers receiving a total of 6.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 77 papers in Molecular Biology, 43 papers in Immunology and 29 papers in Animal Science and Zoology. Recurrent topics in Weifen Li's work include Gut microbiota and health (40 papers), Aquaculture disease management and microbiota (31 papers) and Animal Nutrition and Physiology (28 papers). Weifen Li is often cited by papers focused on Gut microbiota and health (40 papers), Aquaculture disease management and microbiota (31 papers) and Animal Nutrition and Physiology (28 papers). Weifen Li collaborates with scholars based in China, Canada and United States. Weifen Li's co-authors include Xuxia Zhou, Yanbo Wang, Yanping Wu, Baikui Wang, Yibing Wang, Xiaoqiang Mei, Dongyou Yu, Li Gong, Zirong Xu and Yuanyuan Wang and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Weifen Li

152 papers receiving 6.2k citations

Hit Papers

Antioxidant Properties of Probiotic Bacteria 2017 2026 2020 2023 2017 2022 200 400 600
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. Antioxidant Properties of Probiotic Bacteria
    2017 698 citations Yang Wang, Yanping Wu et al. Nutrients profile →
  2. Linking urbanization and air quality together: A review and a perspective on the future sustainable urban development
    2022 203 citations Weifen Li et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Weifen Li China 43 2.1k 1.6k 1.2k 1.1k 1.0k 161 6.3k
Zhaolai Dai China 43 3.3k 1.5× 719 0.4× 607 0.5× 1.3k 1.2× 656 0.6× 107 6.9k
Bie Tan China 52 3.8k 1.8× 1.0k 0.7× 451 0.4× 2.0k 1.9× 982 0.9× 227 9.9k
Wenkai Ren China 50 3.8k 1.8× 1.1k 0.7× 235 0.2× 1.2k 1.1× 764 0.7× 144 8.2k
Gang Liu China 56 5.6k 2.6× 1.4k 0.9× 363 0.3× 1.4k 1.3× 1.3k 1.2× 345 12.6k
Yongqing Hou China 49 2.8k 1.3× 895 0.6× 590 0.5× 2.4k 2.2× 759 0.7× 172 7.4k
Weiwei Wang China 42 2.9k 1.4× 815 0.5× 510 0.4× 1.4k 1.3× 918 0.9× 203 6.7k
Xiangbing Mao China 47 3.2k 1.5× 685 0.4× 409 0.3× 3.0k 2.8× 1.1k 1.1× 297 7.9k
Defa Li China 47 2.8k 1.3× 766 0.5× 647 0.5× 2.8k 2.6× 990 1.0× 185 8.6k
Zhenlong Wu China 45 3.5k 1.7× 761 0.5× 561 0.5× 1.2k 1.1× 456 0.4× 143 7.6k
Jie Yin China 55 4.6k 2.2× 1.2k 0.7× 186 0.2× 1.5k 1.4× 1.1k 1.1× 244 9.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Weifen Li

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Fields of papers citing papers by Weifen Li

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Weifen Li

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Weifen Li. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Weifen 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 Weifen Li. Weifen 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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Li, Weifen, et al.. (2025). Uncoupling serotonin (2C) and dopamine (D2) receptor heterodimers ameliorate PTSD-like behaviors. Journal of Affective Disorders. 380. 63–77. 2 indexed citations
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Wang, Baikui, Xianqi Peng, Xiao Zhou, et al.. (2025). Lacticaseibacillus rhamnosus P118 enhances host tolerance to Salmonella infection by promoting microbe-derived indole metabolites. eLife. 13. 1 indexed citations
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Wang, Qi, Fei Wang, Yuanhao Zhou, et al.. (2024). Bacillus amyloliquefaciens SC06 Attenuated Lipopolysaccharide-Induced acute liver injury by suppressing bile acid-associated NLRP3 inflammasome activation. International Immunopharmacology. 142(Pt B). 113129–113129. 3 indexed citations
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Li, Weifen, Yanhua Luo, Tahir Ali, et al.. (2024). Hsp60 deletion in cholinergic neurons: Impact on neuroinflammation and memory. International Immunopharmacology. 141. 113022–113022. 3 indexed citations
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Li, Weifen, Tahir Ali, Kaiwu He, et al.. (2024). ApoE4 dysregulation incites depressive symptoms and mitochondrial impairments in mice. Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine. 28(7). e18160–e18160. 5 indexed citations
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Li, Weifen, et al.. (2023). D1R-5-HT2AR Uncoupling Reduces Depressive Behaviours via HDAC Signalling. Neurotherapeutics. 20(6). 1875–1892. 7 indexed citations
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Li, Weifen, Jian Jiang, Xinliang Mao, et al.. (2023). Chronic salmon calcitonin exerts an antidepressant effect via modulating the p38 MAPK signaling pathway. Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience. 16. 1071327–1071327. 4 indexed citations
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Li, Weifen, Tahir Ali, Zizhen Liu, et al.. (2023). A novel dopamine D2 receptor-NR2B protein complex might contribute to morphine use disorders. European Journal of Pharmacology. 961. 176174–176174. 6 indexed citations
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Liu, Yu, Xiang Ma, Yun Xiang, et al.. (2023). Porcine endogenous retrovirus: classification, molecular structure, regulation, function, and potential risk in xenotransplantation. Functional & Integrative Genomics. 23(1). 60–60. 4 indexed citations
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Zhou, Yuanhao, Yibin Xu, Song Wang, et al.. (2022). Bacillus amyloliquefaciens SC06 alleviates the obesity of ob/ob mice and improves their intestinal microbiota and bile acid metabolism. Food & Function. 13(9). 5381–5395. 18 indexed citations
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Li, Weifen, Tahir Ali, Chengyou Zheng, et al.. (2021). Fluoxetine regulates eEF2 activity (phosphorylation) via HDAC1 inhibitory mechanism in an LPS-induced mouse model of depression. Journal of Neuroinflammation. 18(1). 38–38. 89 indexed citations
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He, Kaiwu, Lulin Nie, Tahir Ali, et al.. (2021). Adiponectin alleviated Alzheimer‐like pathologies via autophagy‐lysosomal activation. Aging Cell. 20(12). e13514–e13514. 42 indexed citations
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Li, Yali, Yuanyuan Wang, Yanping Wu, et al.. (2017). Echinacea pupurea extracts promote murine dendritic cell maturation by activation of JNK, p38 MAPK and NF-κB pathways. Developmental & Comparative Immunology. 73. 21–26. 29 indexed citations
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Wang, Yang, Yanping Wu, Yuanyuan Wang, et al.. (2017). Antioxidant Properties of Probiotic Bacteria. Nutrients. 9(5). 521–521. 698 indexed citations breakdown →
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Li, Weifen, et al.. (2012). Induction of Probiotic Strain Enterococcus faecium EF1 on the Production of Cytokines, Superoxide Anion and Prostaglandin E2 in a Macrophage Cell Line. Pakistan Veterinary Journal. 32(4). 530–534. 13 indexed citations

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