Yiwei Li

11.6k total citations · 5 hit papers
240 papers, 8.3k citations indexed

About

Yiwei Li is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Biomedical Engineering and Cancer Research. According to data from OpenAlex, Yiwei Li has authored 240 papers receiving a total of 8.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 100 papers in Molecular Biology, 66 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 27 papers in Cancer Research. Recurrent topics in Yiwei Li's work include Microfluidic and Capillary Electrophoresis Applications (21 papers), Microfluidic and Bio-sensing Technologies (19 papers) and Innovative Microfluidic and Catalytic Techniques Innovation (14 papers). Yiwei Li is often cited by papers focused on Microfluidic and Capillary Electrophoresis Applications (21 papers), Microfluidic and Bio-sensing Technologies (19 papers) and Innovative Microfluidic and Catalytic Techniques Innovation (14 papers). Yiwei Li collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Russia. Yiwei Li's co-authors include Fazlul H. Sarkar, Zhiwei Wang, Dejuan Kong, Sanjeev Banerjee, Bi‐Feng Liu, Shadan Ali, Philip A. Philip, Ming Guo, Aamir Ahmad and Xiaojun Feng and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Advanced Materials.

In The Last Decade

Yiwei Li

224 papers receiving 8.2k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Up-regulation of miR-200 and let-7 by Natural Agents Leads to the Reversal of Epithelial-to-Mesenchymal Transition in Gemcitabine-Resistant Pancreatic Cancer Cells

2009 552 citations Yiwei Li, Timothy VandenBoom et al. Cancer Research profile →
Multi-targeted therapy of cancer by genistein

2008 477 citations Yiwei Li, Fazlul H. Sarkar et al. profile →
Smartphone-based platforms implementing microfluidic detection with image-based artificial intelligence

2023 143 citations Yiwei Li, Mengfan Zhou et al. profile →
FGF19/FGFR4-mediated elevation of ETV4 facilitates hepatocellular carcinoma metastasis by upregulating PD-L1 and CCL2

2023 112 citations Yiwei Li, Bi‐Feng Liu et al. profile →
Myeloid-derived suppressor cells in cancer: therapeutic targets to overcome tumor immune evasion

2024 72 citations Yiwei Li, Bi‐Feng Liu et al. profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Yiwei Li	3.9k	1.7k	1.5k	1.5k	734	240	8.3k
Su‐Jae Lee	4.9k 1.3×	1.9k 1.1×	1.5k 1.0×	1.2k 0.8×	384 0.5×	274	11.5k
Hongbo Wang	5.3k 1.4×	1.5k 0.9×	1.5k 1.0×	891 0.6×	392 0.5×	471	10.7k
Yingying Xu	2.9k 0.7×	1.7k 1.0×	1.5k 1.0×	1.3k 0.8×	562 0.8×	409	8.4k
Yanmin Zhang	4.1k 1.0×	777 0.5×	1000 0.6×	977 0.6×	325 0.4×	434	8.5k
Ke Liu	4.6k 1.2×	1.2k 0.7×	841 0.5×	1.3k 0.9×	238 0.3×	407	10.1k
Man Li	3.8k 1.0×	1.9k 1.1×	1.0k 0.7×	2.2k 1.4×	312 0.4×	354	9.8k
Wen Li	6.0k 1.5×	1.2k 0.7×	2.6k 1.7×	1.1k 0.7×	293 0.4×	467	12.2k
Yan Li	3.7k 1.0×	1.4k 0.8×	1.3k 0.8×	539 0.4×	447 0.6×	379	7.9k
Jiao Wang	3.4k 0.9×	1.1k 0.6×	836 0.5×	1.1k 0.7×	309 0.4×	245	7.7k
Jing Liu	8.9k 2.3×	1.8k 1.1×	2.3k 1.5×	1.2k 0.8×	690 0.9×	564	15.4k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yiwei Li

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Zhang, Lu, Xiaowei Yu, Zhengliang Liu, et al.. (2025). Exploring the Trade-Offs: Unified Large Language Models vs Local Fine-Tuned Models for Highly-Specific Radiology NLI Task. IEEE Transactions on Big Data. 11(3). 1027–1041. 2 indexed citations

Sun, Shengtao, Y. Y. Ji, Yiwei Li, et al.. (2025). Application and challenges of organic electrochemical transistors in neuromorphic computing: bionic synapse and multi-mode integration. Journal of Materials Chemistry C. 13(37). 19125–19148. 1 indexed citations

Song, Ping, Yiwei Li, Huiru Chen, et al.. (2024). Characterization of sewage quality and its spatiotemporal variations in a small town in Eastern Guangdong, China. Frontiers in Water. 5. 1 indexed citations

Peng, Yonggang, Ting Li, Zhiwei Du, et al.. (2024). Study on tensile behavior at various temperatures of the Mg-7Gd-5Y-1Nd-2Zn-0.5Zr alloy. Journal of Alloys and Compounds. 1009. 176913–176913. 4 indexed citations

Liu, Wenkang, Yiwei Li, Changren Zhou, & Tao Yu. (2024). A ternary calcium silicate bone cement with high mechanical properties and good operability. Ceramics International. 50(21). 44017–44030. 3 indexed citations

Li, Yiwei, et al.. (2024). A universal three-dimensional hydrogel electrode for electrochemical detection of SARS-CoV-2 nucleocapsid protein and hydrogen peroxide. Biosensors and Bioelectronics. 259. 116355–116355. 7 indexed citations

Yan, Pingkun, Quanzheng Li, Haixing Dai, et al.. (2024). Artificial General Intelligence for Medical Imaging Analysis. UNC Libraries.

Zhou, Mengfan, Chao Wan, Shunji Li, et al.. (2024). Fully integrated and automated centrifugal microfluidic chip for point-of-care multiplexed molecular diagnostics. Biosensors and Bioelectronics. 255. 116240–116240. 34 indexed citations

Li, Yiwei, Zhonghua Xia, Yoshiharu Nishiyama, et al.. (2024). Poly-eugenol grafting from cellulose surface for robust antioxidation. Food Hydrocolloids. 156. 110296–110296. 2 indexed citations

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Yang, Ke, et al.. (2023). Prognostic significance of cyclin D1 expression pattern in HPV ‐negative oral and oropharyngeal carcinoma: A deep‐learning approach. Journal of Oral Pathology and Medicine. 52(10). 919–929. 4 indexed citations

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Ma, Wenjun, Wenhan Wang, Feng Liu, et al.. (2023). Osteoinduction-immunomodulation dual-functional calcium nervonate nanoparticles for promoting bone regeneration. Composites Part B Engineering. 255. 110612–110612. 24 indexed citations

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Li, Fanghua, Yiwei Li, Kostya S. Novoselov, et al.. (2023). Bioresource Upgrade for Sustainable Energy, Environment, and Biomedicine. Nano-Micro Letters. 15(1). 35–35. 58 indexed citations

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Ma, Peng, Yu Wang, Jie Wang, et al.. (2023). Wax-shaped wettability assisted patterning of silver nanowires on various substrates as transparent, flexible, or stretchable electrodes. Applied Surface Science. 639. 158232–158232. 4 indexed citations

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Waheed, Hira, et al.. (2023). Biofouling control potential of quorum quenching anaerobes in lab-scale anaerobic membrane bioreactors: Foulants profile and microbial dynamics. Chemosphere. 315. 137760–137760. 7 indexed citations

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Rui, Jia, Qiang Wei, Ge Li, et al.. (2021). Development and application of a high‐sensitivity immunochromatographic test strip for detecting classical swine fever virus antibodies. Transboundary and Emerging Diseases. 69(4). e788–e798. 9 indexed citations

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Li, Yiwei, et al.. (2021). Stochastic self-assembly of reaction-diffusion patterns in synaptic membranes. Physical review. E. 104(1). 14403–14403. 3 indexed citations

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Li, Yiwei, G. Brian Golding, & Lucian Ilie. (2020). DELPHI: accurate deep ensemble model for protein interaction sites prediction. Bioinformatics. 37(7). 896–904. 97 indexed citations

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Li, Yiwei, Angelo S. Mao, Bo Ri Seo, et al.. (2020). Compression-induced dedifferentiation of adipocytes promotes tumor progression. Science Advances. 6(4). eaax5611–eaax5611. 75 indexed citations

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Hu, Jiliang, Yiwei Li, Yukun Hao, et al.. (2019). High stretchability, strength, and toughness of living cells enabled by hyperelastic vimentin intermediate filaments. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 116(35). 17175–17180. 118 indexed citations

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Li, Yiwei, Timothy VandenBoom, Dejuan Kong, et al.. (2009). Up-regulation of miR-200 and let-7 by Natural Agents Leads to the Reversal of Epithelial-to-Mesenchymal Transition in Gemcitabine-Resistant Pancreatic Cancer Cells. Cancer Research. 69(16). 6704–6712. 552 indexed citations breakdown →

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