Xinjian Li

6.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
66 papers, 4.8k citations indexed

About

Xinjian Li is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cancer Research and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Xinjian Li has authored 66 papers receiving a total of 4.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 38 papers in Molecular Biology, 17 papers in Cancer Research and 11 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Xinjian Li's work include Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism (11 papers), Autophagy in Disease and Therapy (8 papers) and Metabolism, Diabetes, and Cancer (7 papers). Xinjian Li is often cited by papers focused on Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism (11 papers), Autophagy in Disease and Therapy (8 papers) and Metabolism, Diabetes, and Cancer (7 papers). Xinjian Li collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and South Korea. Xinjian Li's co-authors include Zhimin Lu, Yan Xia, Xu Qian, Yanhua Zheng, David H. Hawke, Weiwei Yang, Kenneth Aldape, Tony Hunter, Yuhui Jiang and Ji Liang and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Xinjian Li

62 papers receiving 4.8k 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.

PKM2 Phosphorylates Histone H3 and Promotes Gene Transcription and Tumorigenesis

2012 672 citations Weiwei Yang, Yan Xia et al. profile →
The gluconeogenic enzyme PCK1 phosphorylates INSIG1/2 for lipogenesis

2020 260 citations Yan Xia, Xinjian Li et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Xinjian Li China	34	3.1k	1.9k	573	515	484	66	4.8k
Walter W. Chen United States	22	3.4k 1.1×	1.6k 0.8×	552 1.0×	301 0.6×	464 1.0×	31	5.1k
Hyeon Ho Kim South Korea	36	3.6k 1.2×	1.7k 0.9×	435 0.8×	313 0.6×	290 0.6×	57	5.5k
Min Chen China	32	2.4k 0.8×	993 0.5×	587 1.0×	340 0.7×	233 0.5×	157	4.2k
Ander Matheu Spain	36	2.7k 0.9×	1.1k 0.6×	776 1.4×	316 0.6×	270 0.6×	97	4.2k
Kyu-Won Kim South Korea	32	3.2k 1.0×	1.1k 0.6×	744 1.3×	440 0.9×	296 0.6×	68	4.6k
Nancy J. Philp United States	42	4.0k 1.3×	1.3k 0.7×	629 1.1×	481 0.9×	257 0.5×	93	5.9k
Kunihiko Sakumi Japan	41	4.3k 1.4×	1.1k 0.6×	628 1.1×	303 0.6×	252 0.5×	93	5.6k
Salvador Aznar Benitah Spain	44	4.6k 1.5×	2.0k 1.0×	1.2k 2.0×	645 1.3×	280 0.6×	87	7.5k
Aiguo Shen China	32	2.3k 0.8×	620 0.3×	683 1.2×	475 0.9×	340 0.7×	179	3.6k
Kazutake Tsujikawa Japan	39	3.5k 1.1×	980 0.5×	564 1.0×	510 1.0×	183 0.4×	145	5.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Xinjian Li

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Fields of papers citing papers by Xinjian Li

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Xinjian Li

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

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Chen, Chao, Caiyun Liu, Pengkai Sun, et al.. (2025). Isocyanic acid–mediated NLRP3 carbamoylation reduces NLRP3-NEK7 interaction and limits inflammasome activation. Science Advances. 11(10). eadq4266–eadq4266. 3 indexed citations

Li, Xinjian, Weijian Tian, Hui Li, et al.. (2025). Effect of applying full oxygen blast furnace on the transformation of energy mix and reduction of CO2 emissions for an integral steel plant. Energy. 315. 134390–134390. 4 indexed citations

Lin, Yuanyuan, et al.. (2024). Identification of Common Mechanisms and Biomarkers of Atrial Fibrillation and Heart Failure Based on Machine Learning. ESC Heart Failure. 11(4). 2323–2333. 3 indexed citations

Zhao, Weijun, et al.. (2024). Major Facilitator Superfamily Domain Containing 12 Is Overexpressed in Lung Cancer and Exhibits an Oncogenic Role in Lung Adenocarcinoma Cells. DNA and Cell Biology. 43(7). 331–340.

Zhu, Nannan, Yu‐Fen Liu, Xing Zhang, et al.. (2024). Effect of enzymatic hydrolysis of arabinoxylan on the quality of frozen dough during the subfreezing process. Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture. 104(10). 6062–6069. 2 indexed citations

Chen, Chao & Xinjian Li. (2024). The cell autonomous and non-autonomous roles of itaconate in immune response. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4(1). 100224–100224. 2 indexed citations

Li, Xin, Zixiong Wang, Chao Chen, et al.. (2024). A small-molecule degrader selectively inhibits the growth of ALK-rearranged lung cancer with ceritinib resistance. iScience. 27(2). 109015–109015. 4 indexed citations

Chen, Chao, Zhenxing Zhang, Caiyun Liu, et al.. (2022). ATF4-dependent fructolysis fuels growth of glioblastoma multiforme. Nature Communications. 13(1). 6108–6108. 25 indexed citations

Shi, Zhumei, Xin Ge, Mengdie Li, et al.. (2022). Argininosuccinate lyase drives activation of mutant TERT promoter in glioblastomas. Molecular Cell. 82(20). 3919–3931.e7. 10 indexed citations

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Wang, Jin, Yunhai Wang, Xiaoqian Yang, et al.. (2021). Purification, structural characterization, and PCSK9 secretion inhibitory effect of the novel alkali-extracted polysaccharide from Cordyceps militaris. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 179. 407–417. 36 indexed citations

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Zhang, Zhenxing, Fan Yang, Ping Liu, et al.. (2021). DHHC9-mediated GLUT1 S-palmitoylation promotes glioblastoma glycolysis and tumorigenesis. Nature Communications. 12(1). 5872–5872. 158 indexed citations

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Sun, Li, Rui Liu, Fang Guo, et al.. (2020). Parabrachial nucleus circuit governs neuropathic pain-like behavior. Nature Communications. 11(1). 5974–5974. 115 indexed citations

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Liang, Zhigang, Xinjian Li, Jian Chen, et al.. (2019). PRC1 promotes cell proliferation and cell cycle progression by regulating p21/p27-pRB family molecules and FAK-paxillin pathway in non-small cell lung cancer. Translational Cancer Research. 8(5). 2059–2072. 1 indexed citations

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Li, Xinjian, Xu Qian, Hongfei Jiang, et al.. (2018). Nuclear PGK1 Alleviates ADP-Dependent Inhibition of CDC7 to Promote DNA Replication. Molecular Cell. 72(4). 650–660.e8. 59 indexed citations

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Qian, Xu, Xinjian Li, Lin Tan, et al.. (2017). Conversion of PRPS Hexamer to Monomer by AMPK-Mediated Phosphorylation Inhibits Nucleotide Synthesis in Response to Energy Stress. Cancer Discovery. 8(1). 94–107. 67 indexed citations

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Qian, Xu, Xinjian Li, & Zhimin Lu. (2017). Protein kinase activity of the glycolytic enzyme PGK1 regulates autophagy to promote tumorigenesis. Autophagy. 13(7). 1246–1247. 92 indexed citations

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Li, Xinjian, Yuhui Jiang, Jill Meisenhelder, et al.. (2016). Mitochondria-Translocated PGK1 Functions as a Protein Kinase to Coordinate Glycolysis and the TCA Cycle in Tumorigenesis. Molecular Cell. 61(5). 705–719. 363 indexed citations

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Li, Xinjian, Xu Qian, Li-Xia Peng, et al.. (2016). A splicing switch from ketohexokinase-C to ketohexokinase-A drives hepatocellular carcinoma formation. Nature Cell Biology. 18(5). 561–571. 139 indexed citations

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Zhao, Jingjing, Pan Li, Xinjian Li, Chungu Xia, & Fuwei Li. (2016). Straightforward synthesis of functionalized chroman-4-ones through cascade radical cyclization-coupling of 2-(allyloxy)arylaldehydes. Chemical Communications. 52(18). 3661–3664. 77 indexed citations

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Jiang, Yuhui, Xu Qian, Jianfeng Shen, et al.. (2015). Local generation of fumarate promotes DNA repair through inhibition of histone H3 demethylation. Nature Cell Biology. 17(9). 1158–1168. 164 indexed citations

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