Wen‐Hsiung Li

63.6k total citations · 17 hit papers
379 papers, 48.0k citations indexed

About

Wen‐Hsiung Li is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Wen‐Hsiung Li has authored 379 papers receiving a total of 48.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 243 papers in Molecular Biology, 113 papers in Genetics and 55 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Wen‐Hsiung Li's work include Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (83 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (74 papers) and Evolution and Genetic Dynamics (53 papers). Wen‐Hsiung Li is often cited by papers focused on Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (83 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (74 papers) and Evolution and Genetic Dynamics (53 papers). Wen‐Hsiung Li collaborates with scholars based in United States, Taiwan and China. Wen‐Hsiung Li's co-authors include M Nei, Paul M. Sharp, Yun Fu, Kenneth H. Wolfe, Chung‐I Wu, Masatoshi Nei, Zhenglong Gu, Xun Gu, Masako Tanimura and Anton Nekrutenko and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Wen‐Hsiung Li

365 papers receiving 45.9k citations

Hit Papers

Mathematical model for studying genetic variation in term... 1979 2026 1994 2010 1979 1993 1987 1987 1991 2.5k 5.0k 7.5k
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. Mathematical model for studying genetic variation in terms of restriction endonucleases.
    1979 8.8k citations Wen‐Hsiung Li et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  2. Statistical tests of neutrality of mutations.
    1993 3.3k citations Yun Fu, Wen‐Hsiung Li profile →
  3. The codon adaptation index-a measure of directional synonymous codon usage bias, and its potential applications
    1987 3.0k citations Wen‐Hsiung Li et al. profile →
  4. Rates of nucleotide substitution vary greatly among plant mitochondrial, chloroplast, and nuclear DNAs.
    1987 1.8k citations Wen‐Hsiung Li et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  5. Fundamentals of molecular evolution
    1991 1.4k citations Dan Graur, Wen‐Hsiung Li et al. Journal of Human Evolution profile →
  6. Comparative Analysis of the Receptor-Like Kinase Family in Arabidopsis and Rice[W]
    2004 872 citations Shin‐Han Shiu, Wojciech M. Karłowski et al. The Plant Cell profile →
  7. An evolutionary perspective on synonymous codon usage in unicellular organisms
    1986 768 citations Wen‐Hsiung Li et al. Journal of Molecular Evolution profile →
  8. Evidence for higher rates of nucleotide substitution in rodents than in man.
    1985 747 citations Wen‐Hsiung Li et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  9. Role of duplicate genes in genetic robustness against null mutations
    2003 676 citations Wen‐Hsiung Li et al. profile →
  10. Apolipoprotein B-48 Is the Product of a Messenger RNA with an Organ-Specific In-Frame Stop Codon
    1987 615 citations Wen‐Hsiung Li et al. profile →
  11. Uncovering Small RNA-Mediated Responses to Phosphate Deficiency in Arabidopsis by Deep Sequencing
    2009 585 citations Li‐Ching Hsieh, Arthur Chun-Chieh Shih et al. profile →
  12. Human polymorphism at microRNAs and microRNA target sites
    2007 543 citations Wen‐Hsiung Li et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  13. Genomic Divergences between Humans and Other Hominoids and the Effective Population Size of the Common Ancestor of Humans and Chimpanzees
    2001 526 citations Wen‐Hsiung Li et al. profile →
  14. Maximum likelihood estimation of the heterogeneity of substitution rate among nucleotide sites.
    1995 525 citations Wen‐Hsiung Li et al. Molecular Biology and Evolution profile →
  15. Date of the monocot-dicot divergence estimated from chloroplast DNA sequence data.
    1989 513 citations Wen‐Hsiung Li et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  16. Codon usage in regulatory genes inEscherichia colidoes not reflect selection for ‘rare’ codons
    1986 489 citations Wen‐Hsiung Li et al. profile →
  17. P vacancy-induced electron redistribution and phase reconstruction of CoFeP for overall water splitting at industrial-level current density
    2025 35 citations X. Wei, Yang Jiao et al. Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Wen‐Hsiung Li United States 91 27.4k 16.2k 14.2k 5.4k 4.3k 379 48.0k
Peter Donnelly United Kingdom 66 17.6k 0.6× 35.2k 2.2× 11.3k 0.8× 6.5k 1.2× 8.2k 1.9× 208 61.2k
Michael Lynch United States 99 18.4k 0.7× 22.1k 1.4× 8.6k 0.6× 6.8k 1.3× 7.4k 1.7× 425 42.4k
Rasmus Nielsen United States 97 17.9k 0.7× 23.7k 1.5× 6.8k 0.5× 5.9k 1.1× 7.0k 1.6× 293 43.5k
Makoto Kimura Japan 77 27.5k 1.0× 27.9k 1.7× 11.2k 0.8× 9.0k 1.7× 12.5k 2.9× 362 64.2k
Gábor Marth United States 34 32.6k 1.2× 21.3k 1.3× 13.2k 0.9× 3.4k 0.6× 6.1k 1.4× 74 60.2k
Naruya Saitou Japan 45 30.6k 1.1× 10.8k 0.7× 14.6k 1.0× 4.2k 0.8× 12.8k 3.0× 199 58.9k
Olivier Gascuel France 35 21.0k 0.8× 8.7k 0.5× 10.8k 0.8× 6.5k 1.2× 11.1k 2.6× 136 46.4k
Robert E. Handsaker United States 23 31.4k 1.1× 21.2k 1.3× 12.4k 0.9× 3.2k 0.6× 5.6k 1.3× 28 59.7k
Tim Fennell United States 8 26.6k 1.0× 14.3k 0.9× 10.0k 0.7× 2.3k 0.4× 4.7k 1.1× 8 47.2k
Yves Van de Peer Belgium 94 23.2k 0.8× 5.7k 0.4× 15.5k 1.1× 3.3k 0.6× 5.3k 1.2× 437 36.2k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Wen‐Hsiung Li

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Wen‐Hsiung Li. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Wen‐Hsiung 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 Wen‐Hsiung Li. Wen‐Hsiung 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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Wu, Qi, Cheng Cheng, Ruiting Yan, et al.. (2025). Reducing cardiometabolic disease risk dietary pattern in the Chinese population with dyslipidemia: a single-center, open-label, randomized, dietary intervention study. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 121(5). 1035–1045.
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Wei, X., et al.. (2025). P vacancy-induced electron redistribution and phase reconstruction of CoFeP for overall water splitting at industrial-level current density. Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers. 12(7). 2678–2690. 35 indexed citations breakdown →
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Huang, Youjun, et al.. (2024). Bimetallic RuCo anchored CoFe2O4 nanosheets to realize in-depth electronic modulation for boosted structural reconstruction and efficient seawater electrolysis. Chemical Engineering Journal. 503. 158346–158346. 12 indexed citations
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Bai, Hua, Huan Gu, Wenhui Zhou, et al.. (2024). PD-like pathogenesis induced by intestinal exposure to microplastics: An in vivo study of animal models to a public health survey. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 486. 136974–136974. 9 indexed citations
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Hu, Baocheng, Xiaomin Ying, Jian Wang, et al.. (2014). Identification of a Tumor-Suppressive Human-Specific MicroRNA within the FHIT Tumor-Suppressor Gene. Cancer Research. 74(8). 2283–2294. 47 indexed citations
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Wang, Daryi, et al.. (2009). Evolution of Olfactory Receptor Genes in East Asian Loaches. Zoological studies. 48(2). 223–237. 1 indexed citations
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Sung, Huang-Mo, Tzi‐Yuan Wang, Daryi Wang, et al.. (2009). Roles of Trans and Cis Variation in Yeast Intraspecies Evolution of Gene Expression. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 26(11). 2533–2538. 30 indexed citations
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Shih, Arthur Chun-Chieh, et al.. (2007). Simultaneous amino acid substitutions at antigenic sites drive influenza A hemagglutinin evolution. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 104(15). 6283–6288. 181 indexed citations
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Lin, You-Chin, Li‐Ching Hsieh, John Yu, et al.. (2007). Human TRIM71 and Its Nematode Homologue Are Targets of let-7 MicroRNA and Its Zebrafish Orthologue Is Essential for Development. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 24(11). 2525–2534. 72 indexed citations
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Liang, Han & Wen‐Hsiung Li. (2007). MicroRNA regulation of human protein–protein interaction network. RNA. 13(9). 1402–1408. 133 indexed citations
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Chen, B.-S., et al.. (2005). A new measure of the robustness of biochemical networks. Computer applications in the biosciences. 21(11). 2698–2705. 67 indexed citations
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Shiu, Shin‐Han, et al.. (2004). Comparative Analysis of the Receptor-Like Kinase Family in Arabidopsis and Rice[W]. The Plant Cell. 16(5). 1220–1234. 872 indexed citations breakdown →
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Yang, Jing, Richard W. Lusk, & Wen‐Hsiung Li. (2003). Organismal complexity, protein complexity, and gene duplicability. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 100(26). 15661–15665. 83 indexed citations
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Xia, Xuhua, Zheng Xie, & Wen‐Hsiung Li. (2003). Effects of GC Content and Mutational Pressure on the Lengths of Exons and Coding Sequences. Journal of Molecular Evolution. 56(3). 362–370. 45 indexed citations
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Li, Wen‐Hsiung. (2002). Male-driven evolution. Current Opinion in Genetics & Development. 12(6). 650–656. 172 indexed citations
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Makova, Kateryna D., et al.. (2001). Episodic Evolution of Growth Hormone in Primates and Emergence of the Species Specificity of Human Growth Hormone Receptor. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 18(6). 945–953. 57 indexed citations
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Ning, Yu, Zhongming Zhao, Yun Fu, et al.. (2001). Global Patterns of Human DNA Sequence Variation in a 10-kb Region on Chromosome 1. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 18(2). 214–222. 100 indexed citations
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Yang, Yau-Wen, et al.. (1999). Molecular Phylogenetic Studies of Brassica,Rorippa,Arabidopsis and Allied Genera Based on the Internal Transcribed Spacer Region of 18S–25S rDNA. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 13(3). 455–462. 78 indexed citations
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Graur, Dan, et al.. (1991). Fundamentals of molecular evolution. Journal of Human Evolution. 21(3). 235–235. 1369 indexed citations breakdown →

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