Yiming Li

7.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
163 papers, 4.2k citations indexed

About

Yiming Li is a scholar working on Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Molecular Biology and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Yiming Li has authored 163 papers receiving a total of 4.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 56 papers in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, 38 papers in Molecular Biology and 33 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Yiming Li's work include Pituitary Gland Disorders and Treatments (29 papers), Growth Hormone and Insulin-like Growth Factors (19 papers) and Adipose Tissue and Metabolism (16 papers). Yiming Li is often cited by papers focused on Pituitary Gland Disorders and Treatments (29 papers), Growth Hormone and Insulin-like Growth Factors (19 papers) and Adipose Tissue and Metabolism (16 papers). Yiming Li collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Canada. Yiming Li's co-authors include Hongying Ye, Zhaoyun Zhang, Zhitao Zhang, Huisheng Peng, Xiaoming Zhu, Qinghua Wang, Kunping Guo, Bin Wei, Yongfeng Luo and Guozhen Guan and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Yiming Li

153 papers receiving 4.2k 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.

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Yiming Li China	32	1.1k	1.0k	839	609	558	163	4.2k
Ming Zhang China	39	1.7k 1.5×	500 0.5×	481 0.6×	353 0.6×	450 0.8×	129	4.6k
Jae‐Yong Park South Korea	43	3.1k 2.8×	732 0.7×	474 0.6×	1.1k 1.7×	486 0.9×	275	6.6k
Jing Ye China	38	2.5k 2.2×	616 0.6×	1.0k 1.2×	1.3k 2.1×	747 1.3×	171	5.5k
Young Lee South Korea	38	1.5k 1.3×	383 0.4×	1.1k 1.3×	885 1.5×	970 1.7×	284	5.9k
Xiaorong Fu United States	26	1.6k 1.4×	676 0.7×	886 1.1×	553 0.9×	1.1k 2.0×	59	3.7k
Hyoung Kyu Kim South Korea	41	1.9k 1.7×	372 0.4×	549 0.7×	528 0.9×	507 0.9×	175	4.9k
Yoshitaka Hayashi Japan	41	2.2k 1.9×	1.7k 1.7×	548 0.7×	733 1.2×	287 0.5×	251	5.2k
Hongfei Ge China	37	2.0k 1.8×	448 0.4×	665 0.8×	438 0.7×	554 1.0×	82	4.0k
Francisco Villarreal United States	50	2.4k 2.1×	668 0.7×	1.0k 1.2×	956 1.6×	361 0.6×	181	7.4k
Tsutomu Wada Japan	33	1.4k 1.3×	541 0.5×	572 0.7×	433 0.7×	437 0.8×	171	3.5k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yiming Li

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Wu, Di, Huixia Ren, Chengfang Pan, et al.. (2025). Peptide hormone spexin restores beta cell function and improves glycaemic control in mice via regulation of the sodium–potassium pump. Diabetologia. 69(3). 710–726.

Cao, Yi, et al.. (2024). Structural characterization and prebiotic activity of oligo-galacturonic acids from Osmunda japonica Thunb. LWT. 209. 116779–116779. 2 indexed citations

Guo, Simin, Yongjian Wang, Yiming Li, et al.. (2024). Synthesis and Anti-Liver Fibrosis Research of Aspartic Acid Derivatives. Molecules. 29(19). 4774–4774. 2 indexed citations

Ji, Linong, Stephen C. Bain, Sanaz Gabery, et al.. (2024). Efficacy and safety of oral semaglutide vs sitagliptin in a predominantly Chinese population with type 2 diabetes uncontrolled with metformin: PIONEER 12, a double-blind, Phase IIIa, randomised trial. Diabetologia. 67(9). 1800–1816. 8 indexed citations

Zhang, Shujuan, Yiming Li, Dongfeng Wei, et al.. (2023). Prebiotics modulate the microbiota–gut–brain axis and ameliorate cognitive impairment in APP/PS1 mice. European Journal of Nutrition. 62(7). 2991–3007. 29 indexed citations

Sun, Fei, Meng Wang, Wenjuan Liu, et al.. (2023). Anemia is a risk factor for rapid eGFR decline in type 2 diabetes. Frontiers in Endocrinology. 14. 1052227–1052227. 14 indexed citations

Zhang, Na, Tianyun Fan, Liping Zhao, et al.. (2022). Discovery and development of palmatine analogues as anti-NASH agents by activating farnesoid X receptor (FXR). European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 245(Pt 1). 114886–114886. 10 indexed citations

Zhang, Yifei, Yiming Li, Xia Zhao, et al.. (2021). Pharmacokinetics, Pharmacodynamics, and Safety of Dulaglutide After Single or Multiple Doses in Chinese Healthy Subjects and Patients with T2DM: A Randomized, Placebo-Controlled, Phase I Study. Advances in Therapy. 39(1). 488–503. 7 indexed citations

Zhang, Qiongyue, Qing Miao, Yehong Yang, et al.. (2021). Neuropeptide Y Plays an Important Role in the Relationship Between Brain Glucose Metabolism and Brown Adipose Tissue Activity in Healthy Adults: A PET/CT Study. Frontiers in Endocrinology. 12. 694162–694162. 4 indexed citations

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Shen, Ming, Zhengyuan Chen, Xuefei Shou, et al.. (2021). 2010 versus the 2000 consensus criteria in patients with normalised insulin‐like growth factor 1 after transsphenoidal surgery has high predictive values for long‐term recurrence‐free survival in acromegaly. Journal of Neuroendocrinology. 33(5). e12958–e12958. 6 indexed citations

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Zhu, Xiaoming, Min He, Wei Wu, et al.. (2020). Pituitary Dysfunction in Patients with Intracranial Germ Cell Tumors Treated with Radiotherapy. Endocrine Practice. 26(12). 1458–1468. 10 indexed citations

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Yang, Yehong, Qing Miao, Xiaoming Zhu, et al.. (2020). Sleeping Time, BMI, and Body Fat in Chinese Freshmen and Their Interrelation. Obesity Facts. 13(2). 179–190. 16 indexed citations

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Zheng, Hangping, Xiaona Qiao, Qi Zhang, et al.. (2019). The impact on glycemic control through progressive resistance training with bioDensityTM in Chinese elderly patients with type 2 diabetes. Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice. 150. 64–71. 26 indexed citations

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Zhu, Xiaoming, et al.. (2017). Association of SUDOSCAN Values with Vibration Perception Threshold in Chinese Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus. International Journal of Endocrinology. 2017. 1–5. 7 indexed citations

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Qiao, Xiaona, Hangping Zheng, Shuo Zhang, et al.. (2017). C-peptide is independent associated with diabetic peripheral neuropathy: a community-based study. Diabetology & Metabolic Syndrome. 9(1). 12–12. 23 indexed citations

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Shen, Qiwei, Wenjuan Liu, Meng Wang, et al.. (2017). Organ-specific alterations in circadian genes by vertical sleeve gastrectomy in an obese diabetic mouse model. Science Bulletin. 62(7). 467–469. 4 indexed citations

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Wang, Xuanchun, Ye Gong, Daijun Wang, et al.. (2012). Analysis of Gene Expression Profiling in Meningioma: Deregulated Signaling Pathways Associated with Meningioma and EGFL6 Overexpression in Benign Meningioma Tissue and Serum. PLoS ONE. 7(12). e52707–e52707. 51 indexed citations

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Wang, Yiqun, Yü Huang, Karen S.L. Lam, et al.. (2009). Berberine prevents hyperglycemia-induced endothelial injury and enhances vasodilatation via adenosine monophosphate-activated protein kinase and endothelial nitric oxide synthase. Cardiovascular Research. 82(3). 484–492. 139 indexed citations

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Chen, Wei, et al.. (2007). Effects of astragalus polysaccharides on ultrastructure and oxidation/apoptosis related cytokines' gene expression of non-obese diabetic mice's islets. 269–272. 6 indexed citations

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Li, Yiming, Ray T. Syvitski, Karine Auclair, Paul R. Ortiz de Montellano, & Gerd N. La Mar. (2004). 1H NMR Investigation of the Solution Structure of Substrate-free Human Heme Oxygenase. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 279(11). 10195–10205. 10 indexed citations

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