Yilong Li

28.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
26 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

Yilong Li is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cancer Research and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Yilong Li has authored 26 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Molecular Biology, 7 papers in Cancer Research and 4 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Yilong Li's work include Biochemical and Structural Characterization (6 papers), Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics (5 papers) and RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (5 papers). Yilong Li is often cited by papers focused on Biochemical and Structural Characterization (6 papers), Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics (5 papers) and RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (5 papers). Yilong Li collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and China. Yilong Li's co-authors include Kosuke Yusa, Hiroko Koike-Yusa, Martin Del Castillo Velasco‐Herrera, Peter J. Campbell, John Maciejowski, Titia de Lange, Nazario Bosco, Julio A. Camarero, Alexander Shekhtman and Allan Bradley and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Cell and Blood.

In The Last Decade

Yilong Li

25 papers receiving 2.0k citations

Hit Papers

Genome-wide recessive genetic screening in mammalian cell... 2013 2026 2017 2021 2013 2015 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. Genome-wide recessive genetic screening in mammalian cells with a lentiviral CRISPR-guide RNA library
    2013 766 citations Hiroko Koike-Yusa, Yilong Li et al. Nature Biotechnology profile →
  2. Chromothripsis and Kataegis Induced by Telomere Crisis
    2015 456 citations John Maciejowski, Yilong Li et al. Cell profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Yilong Li United States 16 1.7k 352 305 225 209 26 2.0k
Belén Gómez‐González Spain 21 2.7k 1.6× 347 1.0× 257 0.8× 331 1.5× 366 1.8× 40 2.9k
Raúl Torres Spain 25 1.3k 0.8× 432 1.2× 223 0.7× 115 0.5× 548 2.6× 65 2.0k
Sowmya Iyer United States 14 2.0k 1.2× 465 1.3× 147 0.5× 200 0.9× 158 0.8× 18 2.2k
Felix Kokocinski Germany 16 1.2k 0.7× 361 1.0× 384 1.3× 151 0.7× 188 0.9× 22 2.0k
Robert L. Diaz United States 20 2.1k 1.3× 153 0.4× 743 2.4× 231 1.0× 189 0.9× 30 2.5k
Marie-Françoise O’Donohue France 29 2.6k 1.5× 210 0.6× 243 0.8× 134 0.6× 330 1.6× 53 2.9k
Amit Sinha United States 26 3.5k 2.1× 240 0.7× 389 1.3× 133 0.6× 396 1.9× 58 4.4k
Ayal Hendel Israel 22 2.6k 1.6× 782 2.2× 238 0.8× 121 0.5× 405 1.9× 37 2.8k
Mitchell L. Leibowitz United States 8 1.0k 0.6× 425 1.2× 226 0.7× 252 1.1× 130 0.6× 9 1.3k
Rémi Buisson United States 22 2.2k 1.3× 361 1.0× 397 1.3× 166 0.7× 923 4.4× 44 2.5k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Yilong Li

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yilong Li

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Yilong Li. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Yilong 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 Yilong Li. Yilong 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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Li, Yilong, et al.. (2025). Policy-driven energy transition: China's low-carbon journey and global implications. Energy Economics. 150. 108888–108888.
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Li, Chengyuan, N. Elias–Rosa, Hongwei Ge, et al.. (2025). Discovery and characterization of ZTF J0112+5827: An 80.9-minute polar with strong cyclotron features. Astronomy and Astrophysics. 694. A112–A112. 2 indexed citations
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Luo, Yan, et al.. (2021). Invadopodia: A potential target for pancreatic cancer therapy. Critical Reviews in Oncology/Hematology. 159. 103236–103236. 14 indexed citations
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Li, Yilong, Jie Yang, Hengyang Wang, et al.. (2020). <p>FNDC3B, Targeted by miR-125a-5p and miR-217, Promotes the Proliferation and Invasion of Colorectal Cancer Cells via PI3K/mTOR Signaling</p>. OncoTargets and Therapy. Volume 13. 3501–3510. 23 indexed citations
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Wala, Jeremiah A., Pratiti Bandopadhayay, Noah F. Greenwald, et al.. (2018). SvABA: genome-wide detection of structural variants and indels by local assembly. Genome Research. 28(4). 581–591. 181 indexed citations
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Li, Yilong, et al.. (2017). In-cell production of a genetically-encoded library based on the θ-defensin RTD-1 using a bacterial expression system. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry. 26(6). 1212–1219. 18 indexed citations
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Li, Yilong, et al.. (2017). Full Sequence Amino Acid Scanning of θ-Defensin RTD-1 Yields a Potent Anthrax Lethal Factor Protease Inhibitor. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 60(5). 1916–1927. 20 indexed citations
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Ong, Swee Hoe, Yilong Li, Hiroko Koike-Yusa, & Kosuke Yusa. (2017). Optimised metrics for CRISPR-KO screens with second-generation gRNA libraries. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 7384–7384. 28 indexed citations
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Kaushik, Gaurav, Yilong Li, Erik Lehnert, et al.. (2017). Abstract 2595: Enabling petabyte-scale cancer genomics with the NCI Cancer Cloud Pilots. Cancer Research. 77(13_Supplement). 2595–2595. 1 indexed citations
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Morales, Cristina, Alva Biran, Harshil Patel, et al.. (2016). The linker histone H1.0 generates epigenetic and functional intratumor heterogeneity. Science. 353(6307). 132 indexed citations
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Li, Yilong, et al.. (2016). Efficient recombinant expression of SFTI‐1 in bacterial cells using intein‐mediated protein trans‐splicing. Biopolymers. 106(6). 818–824. 22 indexed citations
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Rouhani, Foad J., Serena Nik‐Zainal, Arthur Wüster, et al.. (2016). Mutational History of a Human Cell Lineage from Somatic to Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells. PLoS Genetics. 12(4). e1005932–e1005932. 78 indexed citations
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Li, Yilong, et al.. (2015). Chemical and Biological Production of Cyclotides. PubMed. 76. 271–303. 29 indexed citations
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Maciejowski, John, Yilong Li, Nazario Bosco, Peter J. Campbell, & Titia de Lange. (2015). Chromothripsis and Kataegis Induced by Telomere Crisis. Cell. 163(7). 1641–1654. 456 indexed citations breakdown →
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Bolli, Niccolò, Hervé Avet‐Loiseau, Silvia Gimondi, et al.. (2015). Genomic Landscape and Its Prognostic Implications in Multiple Myeloma Using a Targeted Sequencing Approach. Blood. 126(23). 370–370. 1 indexed citations
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Li, Yilong, et al.. (2014). Off‐target assessment of CRISPR‐Cas9 guiding RNAs in human iPS and mouse ES cells. genesis. 53(2). 225–236. 48 indexed citations
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Koike-Yusa, Hiroko, et al.. (2013). Genome-wide recessive genetic screening in mammalian cells with a lentiviral CRISPR-guide RNA library. Nature Biotechnology. 32(3). 267–273. 766 indexed citations breakdown →
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Gould, Andrew, Yilong Li, Subhabrata Majumder, et al.. (2012). Recombinant production of rhesus θ-defensin-1 (RTD-1) using a bacterial expression system. Molecular BioSystems. 8(4). 1359–1365. 27 indexed citations
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Aavikko, Mervi, Silva Saarinen, Pia Alhopuro, et al.. (2012). Loss of SUFU Function in Familial Multiple Meningioma. The American Journal of Human Genetics. 91(3). 520–526. 105 indexed citations
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Aboye, Teshome Leta, et al.. (2012). Efficient one-pot cyclization/folding of Rhesus θ-defensin-1 (RTD-1). Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters. 22(8). 2823–2826. 27 indexed citations

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