Yang Li

30.2k total citations · 4 hit papers
567 papers, 12.3k citations indexed

About

Yang Li is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Immunology and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Yang Li has authored 567 papers receiving a total of 12.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 206 papers in Molecular Biology, 105 papers in Immunology and 93 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Yang Li's work include Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research (44 papers), Immune Cell Function and Interaction (31 papers) and Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (27 papers). Yang Li is often cited by papers focused on Cancer-related molecular mechanisms research (44 papers), Immune Cell Function and Interaction (31 papers) and Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (27 papers). Yang Li collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Netherlands. Yang Li's co-authors include Mihai G. Netea, Leo A. B. Joosten, Cisca Wijmenga, Ru‐Qin Yu, Vinod Kumar, Rob J.W. Arts, Jian‐Hui Jiang, Boris Novakovic, Ritsert C. Jansen and Rainer Breitling and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nucleic Acids Research.

In The Last Decade

Yang Li

529 papers receiving 12.1k citations

Hit Papers

BCG Vaccination Protects against Experimental Viral Infec... 2014 2026 2018 2022 2018 2014 2018 2021 250 500 750
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. BCG Vaccination Protects against Experimental Viral Infection in Humans through the Induction of Cytokines Associated with Trained Immunity
    2018 800 citations Yang Li, Vinod Kumar et al. profile →
  2. Genome-wide association analyses provide genetic and biochemical insights into natural variation in rice metabolism
    2014 537 citations Yang Li et al. profile →
  3. Metabolic Induction of Trained Immunity through the Mevalonate Pathway
    2018 529 citations Yang Li, Leo A. B. Joosten et al. profile →
  4. Comprehensive analysis of single cell ATAC-seq data with SnapATAC
    2021 225 citations Yang Li et al. Nature Communications profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Yang Li China 48 4.9k 2.7k 1.8k 1.4k 1.3k 567 12.3k
Rong Wang China 54 7.8k 1.6× 1.8k 0.7× 1.1k 0.6× 1.6k 1.2× 1.6k 1.2× 498 13.9k
Chong Wang China 37 6.2k 1.3× 1.5k 0.5× 1.7k 0.9× 931 0.7× 951 0.8× 271 10.3k
Yingyao Zhou United States 33 7.0k 1.4× 2.6k 1.0× 1.0k 0.6× 1.8k 1.3× 1.1k 0.8× 62 13.2k
Min Li China 53 6.0k 1.2× 1.6k 0.6× 542 0.3× 2.0k 1.4× 1.2k 0.9× 642 12.3k
Yue Wang China 63 7.2k 1.5× 2.6k 1.0× 850 0.5× 840 0.6× 2.3k 1.8× 525 14.7k
Hui Wang China 62 6.7k 1.4× 3.7k 1.3× 1.1k 0.6× 2.0k 1.5× 2.1k 1.7× 708 16.0k
Gang Wang China 62 5.8k 1.2× 3.9k 1.4× 612 0.3× 1.8k 1.3× 1.1k 0.9× 679 15.2k
Alexander Junge Denmark 10 7.2k 1.5× 1.4k 0.5× 973 0.5× 1.9k 1.4× 752 0.6× 11 12.0k
Andrea Franceschini Switzerland 8 9.8k 2.0× 1.4k 0.5× 1.4k 0.8× 2.2k 1.6× 849 0.7× 11 14.7k
Lei Liu China 46 5.4k 1.1× 1.5k 0.5× 570 0.3× 996 0.7× 710 0.6× 374 10.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Yang Li

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Fields of papers citing papers by Yang Li

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yang Li

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Yang Li. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Yang 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 Yang Li. Yang 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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Yang, Baolin, Lei Cheng, Yang Li, et al.. (2025). Moderate static magnetic field modulated lipid metabolism abnormalities induced by continuous artificial light in Caenorhabditis elegans: Role of iron ions. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety. 292. 117959–117959. 1 indexed citations
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Wang, Panpan, et al.. (2025). Lipid alterations in acute myocardial infarction are associated with gut microbiota. Microbiology Spectrum. 13(4). e0237024–e0237024. 1 indexed citations
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Li, Yang, et al.. (2024). Homography-based displacement correction of UAV using four laser points and template method. Measurement. 243. 116428–116428. 2 indexed citations
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Li, Yang, Mengdan Yan, Miao Zhang, et al.. (2024). Scutellarin alleviated ulcerative colitis through gut microbiota-mediated cAMP/PKA/NF-κB pathway. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 735. 150837–150837. 3 indexed citations
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Liu, Jingang, Qian Yang, Yu Gao, et al.. (2023). Targeting HMGA1 contributes to immunotherapy in aggressive breast cancer while suppressing EMT. Biochemical Pharmacology. 212. 115582–115582. 9 indexed citations
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Wang, Junrong, et al.. (2023). Citral protects against LPS-induced endometritis by inhibiting ferroptosis through activating Nrf2 signaling pathway. Inflammopharmacology. 31(3). 1551–1558. 13 indexed citations
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Fries, Anissa, Fanny Saidoune, François Kuonen, et al.. (2023). Differentiation of IL-26+ TH17 intermediates into IL-17A producers via epithelial crosstalk in psoriasis. Nature Communications. 14(1). 3878–3878. 32 indexed citations
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Zhang, Bowen, Lennart M. Roesner, Stephan Traidl, et al.. (2022). Single‐cell profiles reveal distinctive immune response in atopic dermatitis in contrast to psoriasis. Allergy. 78(2). 439–453. 52 indexed citations
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Chen, Sixuan, Meiping Ye, Yang Li, et al.. (2022). Predicting MGMT Promoter Methylation in Diffuse Gliomas Using Deep Learning with Radiomics. Journal of Clinical Medicine. 11(12). 3445–3445. 35 indexed citations
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Chen, Xianglei, et al.. (2022). RNA helicase DHX15 decreases cell apoptosis by NF-κB signaling pathway in Burkitt lymphoma. Cancer Cell International. 22(1). 92–92. 4 indexed citations
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Matzaraki, Vasiliki, Kieu T. T. Le, Martin Jaeger, et al.. (2021). Inflammatory Protein Profiles in Plasma of Candidaemia Patients and the Contribution of Host Genetics to Their Variability. Frontiers in Immunology. 12. 662171–662171. 5 indexed citations
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Zhu, Junlan, Yang Li, Jiheng Xu, et al.. (2019). A Feedback Loop Formed by ATG7/Autophagy, FOXO3a/miR-145 and PD-L1 Regulates Stem-like Properties and Invasion in Human Bladder Cancer. Cancers. 11(3). 349–349. 44 indexed citations
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Li, Fenggang, Lixin Wang, Hui Yang, et al.. (2015). RNA-Seq Analysis and Gene Discovery of Andrias davidianus Using Illumina Short Read Sequencing. PLoS ONE. 10(4). e0123730–e0123730. 30 indexed citations
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Suriguga, Su, et al.. (2013). The role of catechol-O-methyltransferase in catechol-enhanced erythroid differentiation of K562 cells. Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology. 273(3). 635–643. 5 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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Li, Yang, et al.. (2007). A Second Order BPSK-like (SOB) Method for the Acquisition of BOC(1,1). Proceedings of the 20th International Technical Meeting of the Satellite Division of The Institute of Navigation (ION GNSS 2007). 1073–1078. 1 indexed citations
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Li, Yang. (2007). Graphical representation of DNA sequences and the application research of clustering analysis. Journal of Computer Applications. 1 indexed citations

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