Yingfu Li

22.1k total citations · 8 hit papers
351 papers, 17.9k citations indexed

About

Yingfu Li is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Biomedical Engineering and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Yingfu Li has authored 351 papers receiving a total of 17.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 286 papers in Molecular Biology, 132 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 60 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Yingfu Li's work include Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (261 papers), Biosensors and Analytical Detection (119 papers) and DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (96 papers). Yingfu Li is often cited by papers focused on Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques (261 papers), Biosensors and Analytical Detection (119 papers) and DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry (96 papers). Yingfu Li collaborates with scholars based in Canada, China and United States. Yingfu Li's co-authors include Razvan Nutiu, John D. Brennan, Michael A. Brook, Weian Zhao, Ronald R. Breaker, Dipankar Sen, M. Monsur Ali, Meng Liu, Dingran Chang and Paola Travascio and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of the American Chemical Society and JAMA.

In The Last Decade

Yingfu Li

338 papers receiving 17.6k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Structure-Switching Signaling Aptamers

2003 878 citations Yingfu Li et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
DNA-enhanced peroxidase activity of a DNA aptamer-hemin complex

1998 870 citations Yingfu Li et al. profile →
Design of Gold Nanoparticle‐Based Colorimetric Biosensing Assays

2008 657 citations Yingfu Li et al. ChemBioChem profile →
Rolling Circle Amplification: Applications in Nanotechnology and Biodetection with Functional Nucleic Acids

2008 507 citations Yingfu Li et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →
Frozen vs Fresh Fecal Microbiota Transplantation and Clinical Resolution of Diarrhea in Patients With Recurrent Clostridium difficile Infection

2016 477 citations Yingfu Li et al. profile →
Biosensing with DNAzymes

2021 341 citations Erin M. McConnell, Yingfu Li et al. profile →
DNAzyme-Based Biosensors: Immobilization Strategies, Applications, and Future Prospective

2021 226 citations Shadman Khan, Carlos D. M. Filipe et al. profile →
Development of Better Aptamers: Structured Library Approaches, Selection Methods, and Chemical Modifications

2024 83 citations Ryan Amini, Yingfu Li et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →

Peers

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Citations

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yingfu Li

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

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Electrochemical detection of Legionella pneumophila using DNAzymes and under continuous flow in cooling tower water 2025 ·Biosensors and Bioelectronics ·Enas Osman, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Phoebe Li, (unknown), Jimmy Gu, Todd Hoare, Yingfu Li, Leyla Soleymani	1
2	Autonomous Exponential Amplification via Rolling Circle–DNAzyme Feedback Programming 2025 ·Journal of the American Chemical Society ·Jinhua Shang, (unknown), (unknown), Shanshan Yu, Xian‐Zheng Zhang, Fuan Wang, Yingfu Li	0
3	A hydrogel film microarray stabilizes very short structure switching aptamer duplexes to achieve enhanced sensing of small molecules 2024 ·Chemical Engineering Journal ·(unknown), Yingfu Li, Todd Hoare, Carlos D. M. Filipe	1
4	Exploring new discoveries of steel fining in a Western Han Dynasty city in southwest China: A case study of steel fining remains excavated from the ancient Xindu city in Sichuan Province 2024 ·Archaeometry ·(unknown), Yang Yang, Zhanfeng Yang, Yingfu Li	1
5	Comprehensive fluorescence profiles of contamination-prone foods applied to the design of microcontact-printed in situ functional oligonucleotide sensors 2024 ·Scientific Reports ·Shadman Khan, Amid Shakeri, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Jimmy Gu, Carlos D. M. Filipe, Yingfu Li, Tohid F. Didar	2
6	Higher Affinity Enables More Accurate Detection of SARS‐CoV‐2 in Human Saliva Using Aptamer‐Based Litmus Test 2024 ·Angewandte Chemie ·Rudi Liu, Jiuxing Li, Jimmy Gu, Bruno J. Salena, Yingfu Li	0
7	Bacteriophage‐Activated DNAzyme Hydrogels Combined with Machine Learning Enable Point‐of‐Use Colorimetric Detection of Escherichia coli 2024 ·Advanced Materials ·(unknown), Shadman Khan, (unknown), Fereshteh Bayat, Jimmy Gu, (unknown), Yingfu Li, Zeinab Hosseinidoust, Tohid F. Didar, Carlos D. M. Filipe	10
8	Protein-Templated Click Ligation Reaction Triggered by Protein-Split Aptamer Interactions 2024 ·Analytical Chemistry ·(unknown), Fan Wang, Weiwei Yang, Yongsheng Yu, Yingfu Li	5
9	DNA-Templated Click Ligation Chain Reaction Catalyzed by Heterogeneous Cu₂O for Enzyme-Free Amplification and Ultrasensitive Detection of Nucleic Acids 2024 ·Analytical Chemistry ·Fan Wang, Chenglong Bao, (unknown), (unknown), Zijie Zhang, Weiwei Yang, Yongsheng Yu, Yingfu Li	9
10	A Simple Colorimetric Au‐on‐Au Tip Sensor with a New Functional Nucleic Acid Probe for Food‐borne Pathogen Salmonella typhimurium 2023 ·Angewandte Chemie International Edition ·Jiuxing Li, Shadman Khan, Jimmy Gu, Carlos D. M. Filipe, Tohid F. Didar, Yingfu Li	26
11	In Vitro Selection and Characterization of a DNAzyme Probe for Diverse Pathogenic Strains of Clostridium difficile 2023 ·Chemistry - A European Journal ·(unknown), Dingran Chang, Jimmy Gu, Bruno J. Salena, Yingfu Li	6
12	A Fluorogenic DNAzyme for A Thermally Stable Protein Biomarker from Fusobacterium nucleatum, a Human Bacterial Pathogen 2023 ·Angewandte Chemie International Edition ·Qian Feng, (unknown), (unknown), Kha Tram, (unknown), Bruno J. Salena, Yingfu Li	16
13	A Fluorogenic DNAzyme for A Thermally Stable Protein Biomarker from Fusobacterium nucleatum, a Human Bacterial Pathogen 2023 ·Angewandte Chemie ·Qian Feng, (unknown), (unknown), Kha Tram, (unknown), Bruno J. Salena, Yingfu Li	0
14	Advancing In Situ Food Monitoring through a Smart Lab‐in‐a‐Package System Demonstrated by the Detection of Salmonella in Whole Chicken 2023 ·Advanced Materials ·(unknown), Shadman Khan, (unknown), Jiuxing Li, (unknown), Liane Ladouceur, Lei Tian, Amid Shakeri, Carlos D. M. Filipe, Yingfu Li, Tohid F. Didar	20
15	Engineering a Ligase Binding DNA Aptamer into a Templating DNA Scaffold to Guide the Selective Synthesis of Circular DNAzymes and DNA Aptamers 2023 ·Journal of the American Chemical Society ·Yu Yan, Dingran Chang, Yongbin Xu, Yangyang Chang, Qiang Zhang, Quan Yuan, Bruno J. Salena, Yingfu Li, Meng Liu	31
16	Aptamers from random sequence space: Accomplishments, gaps and future considerations 2022 ·Analytica Chimica Acta ·(unknown), Dingran Chang, Sisi He, Yingfu Li	92
17	Functional Nucleic Acids Under Unusual Conditions 2021 ·ChemBioChem ·Tianjun Chang, Sisi He, Ryan Amini, Yingfu Li	13
18	Advances in functional nucleic acid based paper sensors 2020 ·Journal of Materials Chemistry B ·Rudi Liu, Erin M. McConnell, Jiuxing Li, Yingfu Li	57
19	Optical biosensors utilizing graphene and functional DNA molecules 2017 ·Journal of materials research/Pratt's guide to venture capital sources ·(unknown), Meng Liu, Dingran Chang, Yingfu Li	6
20	Characterization of non-8–17 sequences uncovers structurally diverse RNA-cleaving deoxyribozymes 2011 ·Molecular BioSystems ·Jeffrey C. F. Lam, (unknown), Yingfu Li	15

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