Yiyan Li

785 total citations · 2 hit papers
33 papers, 417 citations indexed

About

Yiyan Li is a scholar working on General Health Professions, Clinical Psychology and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Yiyan Li has authored 33 papers receiving a total of 417 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in General Health Professions, 10 papers in Clinical Psychology and 5 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Yiyan Li's work include Migration, Health and Trauma (5 papers), Children's Physical and Motor Development (5 papers) and Physical Activity and Health (5 papers). Yiyan Li is often cited by papers focused on Migration, Health and Trauma (5 papers), Children's Physical and Motor Development (5 papers) and Physical Activity and Health (5 papers). Yiyan Li collaborates with scholars based in Canada, China and United States. Yiyan Li's co-authors include Mamata Pandey, Jonathan Amoyaw, Rejina Kamrul, Rose Maina, Jianjun Zhu, Liyuan Wei, Xiaohua Zeng, Sally Lindsay, Mengxin Xu and Xi‐Yang Cui and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Nature Communications and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Yiyan Li

28 papers receiving 410 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.

Impacts of English language proficiency on healthcare access, use, and outcomes among immigrants: a qualitative study

2021 144 citations Mamata Pandey, Rose Maina et al. BMC Health Services Research profile →
Covalent targeted radioligands potentiate radionuclide therapy

2024 89 citations Xi‐Yang Cui, Zhu Li et al. Nature profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Yiyan Li Canada	9	104	99	66	61	43	33	417
Margaret E. Thompson United States	13	69 0.7×	108 1.1×	167 2.5×	74 1.2×	25 0.6×	30	636
Hadyn Kankam United Kingdom	10	136 1.3×	92 0.9×	95 1.4×	61 1.0×	28 0.7×	27	740
Suzanne Phillips United States	9	111 1.1×	97 1.0×	43 0.7×	94 1.5×	6 0.1×	39	652
Fernando Mendes Portugal	16	132 1.3×	208 2.1×	111 1.7×	136 2.2×	48 1.1×	65	858
Huailiang Wu China	12	122 1.2×	52 0.5×	87 1.3×	52 0.9×	15 0.3×	30	670
Claudia Toma Romania	15	114 1.1×	51 0.5×	46 0.7×	198 3.2×	22 0.5×	71	654
Christopher Lawrence United States	17	145 1.4×	50 0.5×	278 4.2×	51 0.8×	66 1.5×	96	1.0k
Usha Menon United States	15	92 0.9×	152 1.5×	276 4.2×	120 2.0×	14 0.3×	59	754
Claudia Martín United Kingdom	12	81 0.8×	172 1.7×	125 1.9×	122 2.0×	10 0.2×	23	972
Thomas Schlich Canada	16	147 1.4×	158 1.6×	27 0.4×	60 1.0×	53 1.2×	68	977

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yiyan Li

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

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20 of 20 papers shown

Li, Yiyan, et al.. (2026). Regulation of apoptosis, ferroptosis, and pyroptosis mediated by acetylation. Cell Death Discovery. 12(1). 15–15.

Nowrouzi‐Kia, Behdin, et al.. (2025). Sick leave or work sick? Examining the antecedents and conceptualizations of presenteeism and absenteeism among teleworkers during COVID-19: A scoping review. PLOS mental health.. 2(5). e0000300–e0000300. 1 indexed citations

Yin, Xiaozhe, Zexuan Ding, Yu Li, et al.. (2025). Orchestrating intratumoral DC-T cell immunity for enhanced tumor control via radiotherapy-activated TLR7/8 prodrugs in mice. Nature Communications. 16(1). 6020–6020. 5 indexed citations

Ding, Zexuan, Xiaozhe Yin, Yiyan Li, et al.. (2025). Single atom engineering for radiotherapy-activated immune agonist prodrugs. Nature Communications. 16(1). 6021–6021. 3 indexed citations

Bani‐Fatemi, Ali, et al.. (2025). Burnout and its subsequent impact on quality of care provided by nursing occupations in the long-term care sector: a scoping review protocol. BMJ Public Health. 3(2). e003011–e003011.

Nowrouzi‐Kia, Behdin, et al.. (2024). Remote work transition amidst COVID-19: Impacts on presenteeism, absenteeism, and worker well-being—A scoping review. PLoS ONE. 19(7). e0307087–e0307087. 15 indexed citations

Li, Yiyan, et al.. (2024). Family-based Interventions of Preventing Substance Use Among Immigrant Youth: A Scoping Review. PubMed. 18. 3337178120–3337178120. 2 indexed citations

Cui, Xi‐Yang, Zhu Li, Ziren Kong, et al.. (2024). Covalent targeted radioligands potentiate radionuclide therapy. Nature. 630(8015). 206–213. 89 indexed citations breakdown →

Lindsay, Sally, et al.. (2024). Accessible independent housing for people with disabilities: A scoping review of promising practices, policies and interventions. PLoS ONE. 19(1). e0291228–e0291228. 4 indexed citations

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Heirali, Alya, Sangeeta Mehta, Yiyan Li, et al.. (2024). An Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion glossary for sociodemographic determinants of health within critical care medicine. Canadian Journal of Anesthesia/Journal canadien d anesthésie. 71(9). 1209–1218.

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Li, Yiyan, Jiajia Liu, Huan Huang, et al.. (2024). Effects of weight-bearing dance aerobics on lower limb muscle morphology, strength and functional fitness in older women. PeerJ. 12. e17606–e17606. 1 indexed citations

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Li, Yiyan, et al.. (2024). Types and factors affecting and impact of ableism among Asian children and youth with disabilities and their caregivers: a systematic review of quantitative studies. Disability and Rehabilitation. 46(23). 5458–5478. 1 indexed citations

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Lindsay, Sally, et al.. (2023). Barriers and facilitators to obtaining accessible housing among children, youth and young adults with disabilities and their families: a scoping review. Disability and Rehabilitation. 46(15). 3266–3285. 1 indexed citations

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Liu, Jiajia, et al.. (2022). Relationship Between Gross Motor Skills and Inhibitory Control in Preschool Children: A Pilot Study. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience. 16. 848230–848230. 10 indexed citations

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Lü, Yanhua, et al.. (2022). The Association of Different Sedentary Patterns and Health-Related Physical Fitness in Pre-schoolers. Frontiers in Pediatrics. 9. 796417–796417. 4 indexed citations

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Maina, Geoffrey, et al.. (2022). Exploring arts-based interventions for youth substance use prevention: a scoping review of literature. BMC Public Health. 22(1). 2281–2281. 3 indexed citations

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Li, Yiyan, Minghui Quan, Jie Zhuang, et al.. (2022). Energy Cost of Reclining, Sitting, and Standing Activities in Chinese Adults. International journal of exercise science. 15(7). 1202–1211. 1 indexed citations

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Pandey, Mamata, et al.. (2021). Impacts of English language proficiency on healthcare access, use, and outcomes among immigrants: a qualitative study. BMC Health Services Research. 21(1). 741–741. 144 indexed citations breakdown →

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Li, Yiyan, et al.. (2021). Exploring family based immigrant youth substance use prevention programmes: a scoping review protocol. BMJ Open. 11(5). e046766–e046766. 3 indexed citations

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Li, Yiyan, Liyuan Wei, Xiaohua Zeng, & Jianjun Zhu. (2021). Mindfulness in ethical consumption: the mediating roles of connectedness to nature and self-control. International Marketing Review. 38(4). 756–779. 44 indexed citations

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