Yichao Li

2.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
65 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Yichao Li is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Plant Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Yichao Li has authored 65 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 30 papers in Molecular Biology, 8 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 8 papers in Plant Science. Recurrent topics in Yichao Li's work include Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders (7 papers), Aquaculture Nutrition and Growth (6 papers) and Plant and animal studies (6 papers). Yichao Li is often cited by papers focused on Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders (7 papers), Aquaculture Nutrition and Growth (6 papers) and Plant and animal studies (6 papers). Yichao Li collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Norway. Yichao Li's co-authors include Tara L. Rachinsky, Palmer Taylor, Shelley Camp, Yong Cheng, Damon Getman, Shengdar Q. Tsai, Lonnie R. Welch, Qian Qi, Jingjing Chen and Cícera R. Lazzarotto and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Yichao Li

57 papers receiving 1.2k citations

Hit Papers

Ex vivo prime editing of patient haematopoietic stem cell... 2023 2026 2024 2025 2023 25 50 75
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. Ex vivo prime editing of patient haematopoietic stem cells rescues sickle-cell disease phenotypes after engraftment in mice
    2023 85 citations Kelcee A. Everette, Gregory A. Newby et al. Nature Biomedical Engineering profile →

Peers

Yichao Li
Chin‐Hwa Hu Taiwan
Kunxian Shu China
Jonathan David United Kingdom
Chong Wang China
Jiao Yang China
Merridee A. Wouters Australia
George Korza United States
Kosuke Hashimoto Japan
Ian Pike United Kingdom
Guangsheng Pei United States
Chin‐Hwa Hu Taiwan
Yichao Li
Citations per year, relative to Yichao Li Yichao Li (= 1×) peers Chin‐Hwa Hu

Countries citing papers authored by Yichao Li

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Fields of papers citing papers by Yichao Li

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Yichao 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 Yichao Li. The network helps show where Yichao Li may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yichao Li

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Yichao Li. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Yichao 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 Yichao Li. Yichao 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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Doerfler, Phillip A., Yichao Li, Ruopeng Feng, et al.. (2025). Single-cell transcriptomics reveals heterocellular γ-globin gene expression in Aγδβ-thalassemia. Blood Advances. 10(4). 1163–1167.
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Liu, Yunpeng, John J. Wiens, Ao Luo, et al.. (2025). Global Patterns of Climatic Niche Evolution in Angiosperms. Global Ecology and Biogeography. 34(5).
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Feng, Ruopeng, Manan Shah, Yu Yao, et al.. (2025). Removal of promoter CpG methylation by epigenome editing reverses HBG silencing. Nature Communications. 16(1). 6919–6919.
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Li, Yichao, et al.. (2024). Real-time high-precision baseline measurement of satellite formation flying based on GNSS. Advances in Space Research. 73(10). 5171–5187. 3 indexed citations
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Oak, Ninad, Ruopeng Feng, Ilaria Iacobucci, et al.. (2023). ETV6 represses inflammatory response genes and regulates HSPC function during stress hematopoiesis in mice. Blood Advances. 7(18). 5608–5623. 9 indexed citations
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Beagrie, Robert A., Christoph J. Thieme, Carlo Annunziatella, et al.. (2023). Multiplex-GAM: genome-wide identification of chromatin contacts yields insights overlooked by Hi-C. Nature Methods. 20(7). 1037–1047. 19 indexed citations
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Everette, Kelcee A., Gregory A. Newby, Rachel M. Levine, et al.. (2023). Ex vivo prime editing of patient haematopoietic stem cells rescues sickle-cell disease phenotypes after engraftment in mice. Nature Biomedical Engineering. 7(5). 616–628. 85 indexed citations breakdown →
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Wang, Yunyun, Ao Luo, Tong Lyu, et al.. (2023). Global distribution and evolutionary transitions of floral symmetry in angiosperms. Science Advances. 9(43). eadg2555–eadg2555. 8 indexed citations
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Walker, Megan, Yichao Li, Antonio Morales‐Hernández, et al.. (2022). An NFIX-mediated regulatory network governs the balance of hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells during hematopoiesis. Blood Advances. 7(17). 4677–4689. 12 indexed citations
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Feng, Ruopeng, Thiyagaraj Mayuranathan, Peng Huang, et al.. (2022). Activation of γ-globin expression by hypoxia-inducible factor 1α. Nature. 610(7933). 783–790. 37 indexed citations
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Luo, Ao, Xiaoting Xu, Yunpeng Liu, et al.. (2022). Spatio‐temporal patterns in the woodiness of flowering plants. Global Ecology and Biogeography. 32(3). 384–396. 8 indexed citations
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Malinin, Nikolay, GaHyun Lee, Cícera R. Lazzarotto, et al.. (2021). Defining genome-wide CRISPR–Cas genome-editing nuclease activity with GUIDE-seq. Nature Protocols. 16(12). 5592–5615. 46 indexed citations
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Doerfler, Phillip A., Ruopeng Feng, Yichao Li, et al.. (2021). Activation of γ-globin gene expression by GATA1 and NF-Y in hereditary persistence of fetal hemoglobin. Nature Genetics. 53(8). 1177–1186. 31 indexed citations
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Wang, Yunyun, Ao Luo, Tong Lyu, et al.. (2021). Global distribution and evolutionary transitions of angiosperm sexual systems. Ecology Letters. 24(9). 1835–1847. 26 indexed citations
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Qi, Qian, Cheng Li, Xing Tang, et al.. (2020). Dynamic CTCF binding directly mediates interactions among cis-regulatory elements essential for hematopoiesis. Blood. 137(10). 1327–1339. 26 indexed citations
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Lazzarotto, Cícera R., Nikolay Malinin, Yichao Li, et al.. (2020). CHANGE-seq reveals genetic and epigenetic effects on CRISPR–Cas9 genome-wide activity. Nature Biotechnology. 38(11). 1317–1327. 161 indexed citations
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Li, Yichao, Yating Liu, David Juedes, et al.. (2019). Set cover-based methods for motif selection. Bioinformatics. 36(4). 1044–1051. 3 indexed citations
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