Yaqun Li

466 total citations · 1 hit paper
10 papers, 320 citations indexed

About

Yaqun Li is a scholar working on Oncology, Physiology and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Yaqun Li has authored 10 papers receiving a total of 320 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 5 papers in Oncology, 5 papers in Physiology and 3 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Yaqun Li's work include Pain Mechanisms and Treatments (4 papers), Cancer Treatment and Pharmacology (3 papers) and Cancer Mechanisms and Therapy (2 papers). Yaqun Li is often cited by papers focused on Pain Mechanisms and Treatments (4 papers), Cancer Treatment and Pharmacology (3 papers) and Cancer Mechanisms and Therapy (2 papers). Yaqun Li collaborates with scholars based in China and South Korea. Yaqun Li's co-authors include Zichao Chen, Wenjie Zhao, Zhen Zhang, Jinhua Liu, Jibiao Wu, Dongmei Qi, Jinhua Liu, Hyung Gon Lee, Seung Hoon Kim and Myung Ha Yoon and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Controlled Release, Journal of Ethnopharmacology and Experimental Neurology.

In The Last Decade

Yaqun Li

8 papers receiving 317 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.

PD-1/PD-L1 Checkpoint Inhibitors in Tumor Immunotherapy

2021 275 citations Jinhua Liu, Zichao Chen et al. Frontiers in Pharmacology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Yaqun Li China	5	182	113	106	58	36	10	320
Pan Chen China	5	138 0.8×	115 1.0×	122 1.2×	70 1.2×	71 2.0×	14	350
László Márkász Sweden	10	184 1.0×	121 1.1×	107 1.0×	62 1.1×	30 0.8×	23	379
Shaochuan Liu China	9	237 1.3×	121 1.1×	106 1.0×	89 1.5×	54 1.5×	15	362
Wenda Ye United States	7	117 0.6×	106 0.9×	92 0.9×	65 1.1×	39 1.1×	11	327
Mu Yan Cai China	7	190 1.0×	187 1.7×	115 1.1×	57 1.0×	41 1.1×	7	392
Hui Guan China	8	180 1.0×	125 1.1×	112 1.1×	94 1.6×	72 2.0×	26	426
Colin Snyder United States	6	205 1.1×	186 1.6×	128 1.2×	69 1.2×	55 1.5×	11	384
Minae An South Korea	6	189 1.0×	79 0.7×	110 1.0×	95 1.6×	49 1.4×	10	309
Jinen Song China	10	222 1.2×	157 1.4×	159 1.5×	63 1.1×	92 2.6×	14	439

Countries citing papers authored by Yaqun Li

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yaqun Li

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

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10 of 10 papers shown

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Li, Yaqun, et al.. (2026). Inducing ferroptosis and reversing immune evasion for the suppression of melanoma lung metastasis via neferine-loaded controlled-release system. Journal of Controlled Release. 393. 114768–114768.

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Li, Yaqun, et al.. (2025). Elucidating the mechanistic role of Rip3 in post-thalamic hemorrhage neurological deficits. Experimental Neurology. 392. 115373–115373.

3.

Zhao, Wenjie, Zhenyong Zhang, Zichao Chen, et al.. (2023). Si Jun Zi decoction inhibits the growth of lung cancer by reducing the expression of PD-L1 through TLR4/MyD88/NF-κB pathway. Journal of Ethnopharmacology. 318(Pt A). 116948–116948. 9 indexed citations

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Li, Yaqun, et al.. (2023). Antinociceptive effects of nefopam activating descending serotonergic modulation via 5‐HT2 receptors in the nucleus raphe magnus. European Journal of Pain. 28(2). 252–262. 1 indexed citations

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Li, Yaqun, et al.. (2022). A pan-cancer analysis of the oncogenic role of ribonucleotide reductase subunit M2 in human tumors. PeerJ. 10. e14432–e14432. 3 indexed citations

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Liu, Jinhua, Zichao Chen, Yaqun Li, et al.. (2021). PD-1/PD-L1 Checkpoint Inhibitors in Tumor Immunotherapy. Frontiers in Pharmacology. 12. 731798–731798. 275 indexed citations breakdown →

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Zhao, Wenjie, Jinhua Liu, Yaqun Li, et al.. (2021). Immune Effect of Active Components of Traditional Chinese Medicine on Triple-Negative Breast Cancer. Frontiers in Pharmacology. 12. 731741–731741. 15 indexed citations

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Li, Yaqun, Seung Hoon Kim, Hyung Gon Lee, et al.. (2020). Antinociceptive effects of nefopam modulating serotonergic, adrenergic, and glutamatergic neurotransmission in the spinal cord. Neuroscience Letters. 731. 135057–135057. 8 indexed citations

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Li, Yaqun, Woong Mo Kim, Hyung Gon Lee, et al.. (2020). Systemically administered neurotensin receptor agonist produces antinociception through activation of spinally projecting serotonergic neurons in the rostral ventromedial medulla. The Korean journal of pain. 34(1). 58–65. 3 indexed citations

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Li, Yaqun, Woong Mo Kim, Seung Hoon Kim, et al.. (2020). Prostaglandin D₂ contributes to cisplatin-induced neuropathic pain in rats via DP2 receptor in the spinal cord. The Korean journal of pain. 34(1). 27–34. 6 indexed citations

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