Wei‐Li Li

6.9k total citations · 3 hit papers
70 papers, 6.0k citations indexed

About

Wei‐Li Li is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging and Inorganic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Wei‐Li Li has authored 70 papers receiving a total of 6.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 55 papers in Materials Chemistry, 27 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging and 20 papers in Inorganic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Wei‐Li Li's work include Boron and Carbon Nanomaterials Research (39 papers), Boron Compounds in Chemistry (27 papers) and MXene and MAX Phase Materials (13 papers). Wei‐Li Li is often cited by papers focused on Boron and Carbon Nanomaterials Research (39 papers), Boron Compounds in Chemistry (27 papers) and MXene and MAX Phase Materials (13 papers). Wei‐Li Li collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Slovakia. Wei‐Li Li's co-authors include Lai‐Sheng Wang, Alexander I. Boldyrev, Constantin Romanescu, Zachary A. Piazza, Jun Li, Ya‐Fan Zhao, Han‐Shi Hu, Timur R. Galeev, Alina P. Sergeeva and Ivan A. Popov and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Angewandte Chemie International Edition and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Wei‐Li Li

69 papers receiving 6.0k 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.

Observation of an all-boron fullerene

2014 763 citations Hua‐Jin Zhai, Ya‐Fan Zhao et al. Nature Chemistry profile →
Planar hexagonal B36 as a potential basis for extended single-atom layer boron sheets

2014 697 citations Zachary A. Piazza, Han‐Shi Hu et al. Nature Communications profile →
Understanding Boron through Size-Selected Clusters: Structure, Chemical Bonding, and Fluxionality

2014 491 citations Alina P. Sergeeva, Ivan A. Popov et al. profile →

Peers

Wei‐Li Li

RNMI

CMP

Борис Б. Аверкиев United States

Ping Yang United States

Benjamin T. King United States

Sudip Pan India

Zhong‐hua Cui China

José Luis Cabellos Mexico

Alvaro Muñoz‐Castro Chile

Paul Hodgkinson United Kingdom

Yoon Sup Lee South Korea

Stephen Wimperis United Kingdom

Борис Б. Аверкиев United States

Wei‐Li Li

1.6k ×0.3

479 ×0.2

RNMI

1.0k ×0.7

813 ×0.6

127 ×0.2

CMP

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Countries citing papers authored by Wei‐Li Li

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Wei‐Li Li

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

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Zhou, Huimin, Shulin Gao, Zhehui Weng, et al.. (2025). A new dithieno[2,3-b]pyridine-fused BODIPY fluorescent probe for specific Cu2+ recognition. Spectrochimica Acta Part A Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy. 333. 125900–125900. 2 indexed citations

Zhang, Qiang, et al.. (2024). Chloride ion-responsive active protection epoxy composite coatings realized by 2-Mercaptobenzimidazole and 2-Mercaptobenzothiazole intercalated Mg-Al layered double hydroxides. Corrosion Science. 234. 112144–112144. 24 indexed citations

Li, Wei‐Li, et al.. (2024). Icariin improves oxidative stress injury during ischemic stroke via inhibiting mPTP opening. Molecular Medicine. 30(1). 77–77. 13 indexed citations

Li, Zhimin, Wei‐Li Li, Hadi Abroshan, et al.. (2018). Dual effects of water vapor on ceria-supported gold clusters. Nanoscale. 10(14). 6558–6565. 29 indexed citations

Li, Wei‐Li, et al.. (2016). Photodissociation dynamics of the iodide-uracil (I−U) complex. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 145(4). 28 indexed citations

Roy, S. K., Tian Jian, Gary V. Lopez, et al.. (2016). A combined photoelectron spectroscopy and relativistic ab initio studies of the electronic structures of UFO and UFO−. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 144(8). 84309–84309. 3 indexed citations

Wang, Ying‐Jin, Ya‐Fan Zhao, Wei‐Li Li, et al.. (2016). Observation and characterization of the smallest borospherene, B28− and B28. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 144(6). 156 indexed citations

Yang, Yue, Xuesong Liu, Wei‐Li Li, et al.. (2016). Rapid measurement of epimedin A, epimedin B, epimedin C, icariin, and moisture in Herba Epimedii using near infrared spectroscopy. Spectrochimica Acta Part A Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy. 171. 351–360. 48 indexed citations

King, Sarah B., et al.. (2015). Dynamics of dipole- and valence bound anions in iodide-adenine binary complexes: A time-resolved photoelectron imaging and quantum mechanical investigation. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 143(10). 104308–104308. 31 indexed citations

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Liu, Tao, et al.. (2015). Study of a Novel Fourth-generation Supported Ziegler-Natta Catalyst for Propylene Polymerization: Relationship between Catalyst Structure and Polymerization Properties. 17(1). 39. 3 indexed citations

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Piazza, Zachary A., Han‐Shi Hu, Wei‐Li Li, et al.. (2014). Planar hexagonal B36 as a potential basis for extended single-atom layer boron sheets. Nature Communications. 5(1). 3113–3113. 697 indexed citations breakdown →

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Li, Wei‐Li, Jing Su, Tian Jian, et al.. (2014). Strong electron correlation in UO2−: A photoelectron spectroscopy and relativistic quantum chemistry study. The Journal of Chemical Physics. 140(9). 35 indexed citations

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Sergeeva, Alina P., Ivan A. Popov, Zachary A. Piazza, et al.. (2014). ChemInform Abstract: Understanding Boron Through Size‐Selected Clusters: Structure, Chemical Bonding, and Fluxionality. ChemInform. 45(25). 2 indexed citations

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Zhai, Hua‐Jin, Ya‐Fan Zhao, Wei‐Li Li, et al.. (2014). Observation of an all-boron fullerene. Nature Chemistry. 6(8). 727–731. 763 indexed citations breakdown →

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Li, Wei‐Li, Lu Xie, Tian Jian, et al.. (2013). Hexagonal Bipyramidal [Ta₂B₆]^−/0 Clusters: B₆ Rings as Structural Motifs. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 53(5). 1288–1292. 71 indexed citations

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Galeev, Timur R., Constantin Romanescu, Wei‐Li Li, Lai‐Sheng Wang, & Alexander I. Boldyrev. (2012). Observation of the Highest Coordination Number in Planar Species: Decacoordinated Ta©B₁₀⁻ and Nb©B₁₀⁻ Anions. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 51(9). 2101–2105. 201 indexed citations

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Li, Wei‐Li, Constantin Romanescu, Zachary A. Piazza, & Lai‐Sheng Wang. (2012). Geometrical requirements for transition-metal-centered aromatic boron wheels: the case of VB10−. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 14(39). 13663–13663. 55 indexed citations

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Romanescu, Constantin, Timur R. Galeev, Alina P. Sergeeva, et al.. (2012). Experimental and computational evidence of octa- and nona-coordinated planar iron-doped boron clusters: Fe©B8− and Fe©B9−. Journal of Organometallic Chemistry. 721-722. 148–154. 94 indexed citations

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Galeev, Timur R., Alexander S. Ivanov, Constantin Romanescu, et al.. (2011). Molecular wheel to monocyclic ring transition in boron–carbon mixed clusters C2B6− and C3B5−. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 13(19). 8805–8805. 33 indexed citations

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Li, Wei‐Li. (2004). Study on solid phase extraction and spectrophotometric determination of iron in water with 8-hydroxyquinoline. Yunnan Daxue xuebao. Shehui kexue ban. 1 indexed citations

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