Wenfei Li

3.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
135 papers, 2.8k citations indexed

About

Wenfei Li is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Materials Chemistry and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Wenfei Li has authored 135 papers receiving a total of 2.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 77 papers in Molecular Biology, 38 papers in Materials Chemistry and 16 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Wenfei Li's work include Protein Structure and Dynamics (39 papers), Enzyme Structure and Function (24 papers) and RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (17 papers). Wenfei Li is often cited by papers focused on Protein Structure and Dynamics (39 papers), Enzyme Structure and Function (24 papers) and RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (17 papers). Wenfei Li collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Japan. Wenfei Li's co-authors include Wei Wang, Shoji Takada, Jian Zhang, Peter G. Wolynes, Tsuyoshi Terakawa, Hiroo Kenzaki, Ryo Kanada, Meng Qin, Jun Wang and Naoto Hori and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Wenfei Li

120 papers receiving 2.7k 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.

Unambiguous discrimination of all 20 proteinogenic amino acids and their modifications by nanopore

2023 106 citations Kefan Wang, Shanyu Zhang et al. Nature Methods profile →

Peers

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Christopher B. Stanley United States

Paulo C. T. Souza Netherlands

Naveen Michaud‐Agrawal United States

Elizabeth J. Denning United States

Pemra Doruker Türkiye

Jonathan Barnoud Netherlands

Andreas P. Eichenberger Switzerland

Nathan Schmid Switzerland

Ming‐Jing Hwang Taiwan

Christoph Klein United States

Christopher B. Stanley United States

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123 ×0.7

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Citations per year, relative to Wenfei Li Wenfei Li (= 1×) peers Christopher B. Stanley

Countries citing papers authored by Wenfei Li

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Citations

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Fields of papers citing papers by Wenfei Li

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Wenfei Li

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

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Xiao, Yi, et al.. (2025). Chameleon-inspired adaptive photoreactive polyurethane films for dynamic secure multidimensional “burn-after-reading” encryption. Chemical Engineering Journal. 505. 159316–159316. 6 indexed citations

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Li, Wenfei, et al.. (2025). Numerical studies on effects of semi-open sudden-expanding structure on boiling flow pattern and temperature in parallel microchannels. International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer. 163. 108695–108695.

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Chen, Fu‐Rong, Jinfang Liu, Wenfei Li, et al.. (2025). Versatile and robust transparent polymer film with preprogrammed diffusion and bidirectional irreversible fluorescence for sequential information encryption. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. 685. 73–86. 3 indexed citations

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Li, Wenfei & Wei Wang. (2025). Advances and challenges in multiscale biomolecular simulations: artificial intelligence‐driven paradigm shift. Quantitative Biology. 14(2). e70024–e70024.

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Jiang, Ke, Yang Luan, Mingxin Liu, et al.. (2025). Systemic comparison of machine learning models in the optimization of flow field design for proton exchange membrane fuel cells. Energy. 335. 138029–138029. 4 indexed citations

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Yao, Yuxiang, Jieying Zhu, Wenfei Li, & Duanqing Pei. (2025). Role of frustrations in cell reprogramming. PNAS Nexus. 4(10). pgaf303–pgaf303.

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Zhang, Hanhan, Kefan Wang, Yifan Wang, et al.. (2025). Chiral Discrimination of all Proteinogenic Amino Acid Enantiomers by Nanopore Sensing. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 64(51). e202515531–e202515531.

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Zhang, Li, Dan Zhang, Wenfei Li, et al.. (2023). Facile preparation of nitrogen-doped microporous carbon from potassium citrate/urea for effective CH4 separation and uptake. Fuel. 351. 128915–128915. 23 indexed citations

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Wang, Kefan, Shanyu Zhang, Yuqin Wang, et al.. (2023). Unambiguous discrimination of all 20 proteinogenic amino acids and their modifications by nanopore. Nature Methods. 21(1). 92–101. 106 indexed citations breakdown →

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Tan, Cheng, et al.. (2022). Role of water-bridged interactions in metal ion coupled protein allostery. PLoS Computational Biology. 18(6). e1010195–e1010195. 8 indexed citations

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Tran, Linh T., Jérémie Gaillard, Wenfei Li, et al.. (2022). Structure and dynamics of Odinarchaeota tubulin and the implications for eukaryotic microtubule evolution. Science Advances. 8(12). eabm2225–eabm2225. 17 indexed citations

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Li, Wenfei, et al.. (2021). Estimation of Vehicle Dynamic Parameters Based on the Two-Stage Estimation Method. Sensors. 21(11). 3711–3711. 9 indexed citations

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Zhang, Jinyue, Jiao Cao, Wendong Jia, et al.. (2021). Mapping Potential Engineering Sites of Mycobacterium smegmatis porin A (MspA) to Form a Nanoreactor. ACS Sensors. 6(6). 2449–2456. 13 indexed citations

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Wang, Yuqin, Shanyu Zhang, Yao Liu, et al.. (2021). Structural-profiling of low molecular weight RNAs by nanopore trapping/translocation using Mycobacterium smegmatis porin A. Nature Communications. 12(1). 3368–3368. 54 indexed citations

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Gu, Yingkui, Wenfei Li, Jun Zhang, & Guangqi Qiu. (2019). Effects of Wear, Backlash, and Bearing Clearance on Dynamic Characteristics of a Spur Gear System. IEEE Access. 7. 117639–117651. 22 indexed citations

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Wu, Kaiqi, Wenfei Li, Lu Yu, et al.. (2017). Temperature-dependent ESR and computational studies on antiferromagnetic electron transfer in the yeast NADH dehydrogenase Ndi1. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 19(6). 4849–4854. 5 indexed citations

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Li, Wenfei, et al.. (2015). Molecular simulations of substrate release and coupled conformational motions in adenylate kinase. Journal of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry. 15(1). 1650004–1650004. 2 indexed citations

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Zhang, Xiaozhe, Jingjing Wang, Yue Feng, et al.. (2012). Structure and molecular mechanism of an anion-selective mechanosensitive channel of small conductance. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 109(44). 18180–18185. 49 indexed citations

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Li, Wenfei. (2011). Analysis on the multiphase flow rules of bit nozzle of ultra-short radius horizontal well. Meitan xuebao.

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Li, Wenfei. (2010). The Humanity Design of a Foldable Walker. Journal of Engineering Graphics.

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