Xu Li

12.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
440 papers, 9.0k citations indexed

About

Xu Li is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Genetics and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Xu Li has authored 440 papers receiving a total of 9.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 251 papers in Molecular Biology, 53 papers in Genetics and 42 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Xu Li's work include RNA modifications and cancer (30 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (22 papers) and RNA Research and Splicing (20 papers). Xu Li is often cited by papers focused on RNA modifications and cancer (30 papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (22 papers) and RNA Research and Splicing (20 papers). Xu Li collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Hong Kong. Xu Li's co-authors include Maikun Teng, Xiaohong Fang, Wei Chen, Liwen Niu, Le Zhao, Xiaojuan Xie, Fan Wang, Uta Francke, Huan Pang and Frederick W. Alt and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Nucleic Acids Research.

In The Last Decade

Xu Li

417 papers receiving 8.9k citations

Hit Papers

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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. Effects of abiotic stress on chlorophyll metabolism
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Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Xu Li 4.7k 1.5k 817 781 730 440 9.0k
Ju Zhang 2.9k 0.6× 987 0.7× 716 0.9× 620 0.8× 620 0.8× 369 7.7k
Kai Zhang 6.2k 1.3× 1.8k 1.2× 1.1k 1.3× 959 1.2× 1.2k 1.7× 533 11.8k
Ke Liu 4.6k 1.0× 841 0.6× 1.3k 1.6× 610 0.8× 1.2k 1.6× 407 10.1k
Ting Chen 5.2k 1.1× 1.4k 1.0× 356 0.4× 907 1.2× 1.3k 1.8× 397 9.6k
Edwin De Pauw 6.5k 1.4× 1.0k 0.7× 1.0k 1.2× 466 0.6× 520 0.7× 477 14.9k
Qiang Liu 6.5k 1.4× 1.8k 1.2× 1.5k 1.8× 921 1.2× 1.3k 1.7× 564 14.9k
Liang Zhang 4.4k 0.9× 1.1k 0.8× 511 0.6× 814 1.0× 786 1.1× 218 7.2k
Liang Zhang 6.2k 1.3× 1.7k 1.2× 665 0.8× 321 0.4× 462 0.6× 220 9.2k
Zhang Li 5.4k 1.2× 1.2k 0.8× 604 0.7× 638 0.8× 887 1.2× 802 11.1k
Ye Zhang 4.6k 1.0× 1.1k 0.7× 406 0.5× 1.1k 1.5× 963 1.3× 437 9.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Xu Li

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Fields of papers citing papers by Xu Li

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Xu Li. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Xu Li. The network helps show where Xu Li may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Xu Li

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Xu Li. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Xu 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 Xu Li. Xu 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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Jia, Yin, et al.. (2025). Unfractionated heparin attenuated histone-induced pulmonary endothelial glycocalyx injury through Ang/Tie2 pathway. Journal of Inflammation. 22(1). 9–9. 1 indexed citations
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Lu, Naiyan, Xu Li, Qingrun Liu, et al.. (2024). The Effect of a Caffeine and Nicotine Combination on Nicotine Withdrawal Syndrome in Mice. Nutrients. 16(18). 3048–3048.
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Liu, Sitong, Xu Li, Yujie Zhang, et al.. (2024). Recent advances of nanoparticles-assisted CRISPR/Cas biosensors. Microchemical Journal. 199. 109930–109930. 10 indexed citations
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Song, Hao, Juanli Chen, Peng Sun, et al.. (2023). Epigenetic modification in Parkinson’s disease. Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology. 11. 1123621–1123621. 26 indexed citations
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Che, Lu, Yì Wáng, Yuelun Zhang, et al.. (2023). Association between post-COVID-19 status and perioperative morbidity and mortality: protocol for an ambispective cohort study. BMJ Open. 13(9). e074337–e074337. 2 indexed citations
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Chen, Jin, Xu Li, Xueqing Zhang, et al.. (2023). Discovery of a natural small-molecule AMP-activated kinase activator that alleviates nonalcoholic steatohepatitis. Marine Life Science & Technology. 5(2). 196–210. 23 indexed citations
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Li, Xu, Shuwei Wang, Xueyan Zhang, et al.. (2023). Regulation and mechanism of Astragalus polysaccharide on ameliorating aging in Drosophila melanogaster. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 234. 123632–123632. 41 indexed citations
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Li, Xu, et al.. (2023). Case report: Paternal uniparental disomy on chromosome 7 and homozygous SUGCT mutation in a fetus with overweight after birth. Frontiers in Genetics. 14. 1272028–1272028. 1 indexed citations
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Li, Xu, Pavel Loiko, Yuxia Zhang, et al.. (2023). Spectroscopy of Yb3+,Ho3+,Eu3+-codoped calcium niobium gallium garnet (CNGG) crystal. Optical Materials. 144. 114360–114360. 3 indexed citations
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Yuan, Lifang, Xu Li, Minchao Li, et al.. (2023). In silico design of a broad-spectrum multiepitope vaccine against influenza virus. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 254(Pt 3). 128071–128071. 12 indexed citations
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Shen, Hui, et al.. (2021). The structural mechanism for the nucleoside tri‐ and diphosphate hydrolysis activity of Ntdp from Staphylococcus aureus. FEBS Journal. 288(20). 6019–6034. 3 indexed citations
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Li, Xu, Jinhua Pan, & Pan Huang. (2020). Construction and Validation of an m6A RNA Methylation Regulators-Based Prognostic Signature for Esophageal Cancer. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1 indexed citations
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Li, Xu, et al.. (2020). miR-31 Modulates Liver Cancer HepG2 Cell Apoptosis and Invasion via ROCK1/F-Actin Pathways. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2 indexed citations
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Li, Xu, et al.. (2019). Characterization of a novel blaNDM-5-harboring IncFII plasmid and an mcr-1-bearing IncI2 plasmid in a single Escherichia coli ST167 clinical isolate. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1 indexed citations
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Ge, Xiaowen, Lin Wu, Weiguo Hu, et al.. (2011). rILYd4, a Human CD59 Inhibitor, Enhances Complement-Dependent Cytotoxicity of Ofatumumab against Rituximab-Resistant B-cell Lymphoma Cells and Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia. Clinical Cancer Research. 17(21). 6702–6711. 39 indexed citations
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Cao, Xuefei, Xu Li, H. Helen Lin, et al.. (2008). SUMOylation of HMGA2: selective destabilization of promyelocytic leukemia protein via proteasome. Molecular Cancer Therapeutics. 7(4). 923–934. 17 indexed citations
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Sakimura, Riku, Kazuhiro Tanaka, Tomoya Matsunobu, et al.. (2007). The Effects of Histone Deacetylase Inhibitors on the Induction of Differentiation in Chondrosarcoma Cells. Clinical Cancer Research. 13(1). 275–282. 49 indexed citations

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