Weihua Li

2.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
42 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Weihua Li is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Clinical Psychology and Cognitive Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Weihua Li has authored 42 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Molecular Biology, 8 papers in Clinical Psychology and 8 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Weihua Li's work include Extracellular vesicles in disease (8 papers), Eating Disorders and Behaviors (8 papers) and Functional Brain Connectivity Studies (7 papers). Weihua Li is often cited by papers focused on Extracellular vesicles in disease (8 papers), Eating Disorders and Behaviors (8 papers) and Functional Brain Connectivity Studies (7 papers). Weihua Li collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Australia. Weihua Li's co-authors include Chuanyun Li, Dexi Chen, Tong Zhou, Xiuhui Li, Xiaoni Liu, Xiuhong Liu, Xin Li, Feifei Jiang, Ping Zhang and Ke Cao and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Clinical Oncology, PLoS ONE and Brain.

In The Last Decade

Weihua Li

38 papers receiving 1.5k citations

Hit Papers

The significance of exosomes in the development and treat... 2020 2026 2022 2024 2020 100 200 300
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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.

  1. The significance of exosomes in the development and treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma
    2020 394 citations Xin Li, Chuanyun Li et al. Molecular Cancer profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Weihua Li China 13 1000 562 289 167 131 42 1.5k
Surinder M. Soond United Kingdom 19 775 0.8× 322 0.6× 380 1.3× 139 0.8× 251 1.9× 34 1.5k
Sakari Joenväärä Finland 21 744 0.7× 202 0.4× 169 0.6× 178 1.1× 75 0.6× 60 1.6k
Shuo Li China 20 588 0.6× 206 0.4× 325 1.1× 248 1.5× 108 0.8× 44 1.5k
Amirali B. Bukhari India 12 730 0.7× 186 0.3× 347 1.2× 182 1.1× 107 0.8× 15 1.7k
Liying Liu China 21 482 0.5× 195 0.3× 173 0.6× 225 1.3× 268 2.0× 57 1.1k
Yaqian Han China 16 993 1.0× 683 1.2× 350 1.2× 323 1.9× 101 0.8× 42 1.7k
Diego Díez Japan 18 1.0k 1.0× 348 0.6× 142 0.5× 340 2.0× 107 0.8× 33 1.7k
Han Zhou China 24 678 0.7× 263 0.5× 254 0.9× 275 1.6× 133 1.0× 64 1.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Weihua Li

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Fields of papers citing papers by Weihua Li

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Weihua Li

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Weihua Li. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Weihua 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 Weihua Li. Weihua 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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Tang, Le, Jiarui Yao, Yiming Zhu, et al.. (2025). Pembrolizumab with Chemotherapy for Patients with Recurrent or Metastatic Nasal Cavity and Paranasal Sinus Squamous Cell Carcinoma: A Prospective Phase ll Study. Clinical Cancer Research. 31(9). 1636–1643. 1 indexed citations
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Zhu, Wei, Zhen Hao, Jia Li, et al.. (2025). Characteristics of changes in bone mineral density and body composition in obesity patients after metabolic and bariatric surgery: A prospective cohort study. Diabetes Obesity and Metabolism. 27(9). 4968–4977. 1 indexed citations
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Liu, Yixin, Weihua Li, Qiong‐Xia Xia, Zhihao Chen, & Tingting Yang. (2025). Enhanced Phosphorus Removal by Vivianite Crystallization: Influence of Iron Sources During Anaerobic Digestion. Water Air & Soil Pollution. 237(4).
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Dong, Bo, et al.. (2025). Phosphorus recovery and microbial community analysis during anaerobic co-fermentation of excess sludge and food waste. Journal of environmental chemical engineering. 13(5). 117398–117398. 1 indexed citations
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Li, Weihua, Yiling Wang, Jiani Wang, et al.. (2024). Bulimia nervosa selectively reshapes the structure and intrinsic function of anterior insula subregions associated with cognition-emotion integration. Journal of Affective Disorders. 362. 529–535. 1 indexed citations
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Li, Weihua, et al.. (2024). The model of extracellular polymeric substances' effects on the growth and morphology of vivianite crystals. Journal of Water Process Engineering. 69. 106846–106846. 2 indexed citations
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Yao, Jiawei, Yang Li, Ke He, et al.. (2024). Integration of multi-omics data revealed the orphan CpG islands and enhancer-dominated cis-regulatory network in glioma. iScience. 27(10). 110946–110946.
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Xu, Fang, Shumin Luo, Peng‐Peng Lü, et al.. (2024). Composition, functions, and applications of exosomal membrane proteins. Frontiers in Immunology. 15. 1408415–1408415. 12 indexed citations
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Hu, Xing, Yuan Zhang, Tong Zhang, et al.. (2023). Echocardiographic assessment of left cardiac structure and function in antiretroviral therapy (ART)‐naïve people living with HIV/AIDS. Immunity Inflammation and Disease. 11(4). e799–e799. 3 indexed citations
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Zhang, Yuan, Xing Hu, Jing Chang, et al.. (2023). A new method to estimate the histological stage of primary biliary cholangitis. European Radiology. 34(2). 770–779. 1 indexed citations
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Wang, Jiani, Miao Wang, Guowei Wu, et al.. (2023). Uncovering neural pathways underlying bulimia nervosa: resting-state neural connectivity disruptions correlate with maladaptive eating behaviors. Eating and Weight Disorders - Studies on Anorexia Bulimia and Obesity. 28(1). 91–91. 4 indexed citations
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Li, Xin, Wenjing Wang, Jing Chen, et al.. (2022). The potential role of exosomal miRNAs and membrane proteins in acute HIV-infected people. Frontiers in Immunology. 13. 939504–939504. 7 indexed citations
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Li, Weihua, Lirong Tang, Miao Wang, et al.. (2022). Altered gray matter volume and functional connectivity in medial orbitofrontal cortex of bulimia nervosa patients: A combined VBM and FC study. Frontiers in Psychiatry. 13. 963092–963092. 9 indexed citations
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Chen, Xi, Zhiqiang Ma, Peng Chen, et al.. (2022). Case Report: A New Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor Gamma Mutation Causes Familial Partial Lipodystrophy Type 3 in a Chinese Patient. Frontiers in Endocrinology. 13. 830708–830708. 7 indexed citations
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Yan, Shaozhen, Manish Paranjpe, Yanxiao Li, et al.. (2021). Sex modifies APOE ε4 dose effect on brain tau deposition in cognitively impaired individuals. Brain. 144(10). 3201–3211. 36 indexed citations
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Li, Xin, Chuanyun Li, Ping Zhang, et al.. (2020). The significance of exosomes in the development and treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma. Molecular Cancer. 19(1). 1–1. 394 indexed citations breakdown →
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Jiang, Xuan, Weihua Li, Jiaxin Yang, et al.. (2020). Identification of Somatic Mutations in Papanicolaou Smear DNA and Plasma Circulating Cell-Free DNA for Detection of Endometrial and Epithelial Ovarian Cancers: A Pilot Study. Frontiers in Oncology. 10. 582546–582546. 7 indexed citations
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Li, Weihua, Chuanyun Li, Tong Zhou, et al.. (2017). Role of exosomal proteins in cancer diagnosis. Molecular Cancer. 16(1). 145–145. 359 indexed citations
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Bai, Zhaofang, Yanhong Tai, Weihua Li, et al.. (2013). Gankyrin Activates IL-8 to Promote Hepatic Metastasis of Colorectal Cancer. Cancer Research. 73(14). 4548–4558. 44 indexed citations

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