Yunfei Li

2.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
72 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

Yunfei Li is a scholar working on Environmental Engineering, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Pollution. According to data from OpenAlex, Yunfei Li has authored 72 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 31 papers in Environmental Engineering, 15 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 14 papers in Pollution. Recurrent topics in Yunfei Li's work include Microbial Fuel Cells and Bioremediation (19 papers), Electrochemical sensors and biosensors (14 papers) and Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts (6 papers). Yunfei Li is often cited by papers focused on Microbial Fuel Cells and Bioremediation (19 papers), Electrochemical sensors and biosensors (14 papers) and Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts (6 papers). Yunfei Li collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Germany. Yunfei Li's co-authors include Diego Rybski, Jürgen P. Kropp, Sebastian Schubert, Yujie Feng, Nan Li, Jia Liu, Weihua He, Xuepeng Chen, Shengnan Liu and Lei Liu and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and The Science of The Total Environment.

In The Last Decade

Yunfei Li

69 papers receiving 1.8k citations

Hit Papers

On the influence of density and morphology on the Urban H... 2020 2026 2022 2024 2020 100 200 300
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. On the influence of density and morphology on the Urban Heat Island intensity
    2020 390 citations Yunfei Li, Diego Rybski et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Yunfei Li China 20 937 447 337 308 291 72 1.9k
Wenwen Zhang China 24 434 0.5× 326 0.7× 228 0.7× 293 1.0× 470 1.6× 73 1.9k
Mingming Zheng China 25 326 0.3× 698 1.6× 198 0.6× 370 1.2× 178 0.6× 96 2.0k
Huidong Li China 27 1.9k 2.1× 948 2.1× 644 1.9× 760 2.5× 187 0.6× 74 3.2k
Xinjun Wang China 21 281 0.3× 262 0.6× 199 0.6× 260 0.8× 84 0.3× 57 1.3k
Shobha Muthukumaran Australia 28 861 0.9× 672 1.5× 421 1.2× 382 1.2× 994 3.4× 103 2.8k
Daqian Jiang United States 24 771 0.8× 253 0.6× 460 1.4× 46 0.1× 218 0.7× 54 2.2k
Jia Xin China 31 479 0.5× 301 0.7× 428 1.3× 70 0.2× 671 2.3× 93 2.5k
Hao Hou China 21 592 0.6× 416 0.9× 182 0.5× 614 2.0× 106 0.4× 71 1.6k
Jianghua Yu China 25 295 0.3× 206 0.5× 209 0.6× 82 0.3× 513 1.8× 107 2.1k
Cuihong Chen China 23 504 0.5× 507 1.1× 187 0.6× 326 1.1× 44 0.2× 71 1.9k

Countries citing papers authored by Yunfei Li

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Fields of papers citing papers by Yunfei Li

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Yunfei Li. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Yunfei Li. The network helps show where Yunfei Li may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yunfei Li

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Yunfei Li. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Yunfei 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 Yunfei Li. Yunfei 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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Sun, Rui, et al.. (2025). Removing Barriers to Tumor ‘Oxygenation’: Depleting Glutathione Nanozymes in Cancer Therapy. International Journal of Nanomedicine. Volume 20. 5613–5643. 2 indexed citations
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Li, Ailin, Ning Sun, Yunfei Li, et al.. (2025). Unveiling the mechanisms of mechanical loading-induced knee osteoarthritis through transcriptomics. International Immunopharmacology. 157. 114785–114785. 4 indexed citations
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Li, Jin, Mingjun Shi, Yunfei Li, et al.. (2025). Hypoxia, cuproptosis, and osteoarthritis: Unraveling the molecular crosstalk. Redox Biology. 85. 103757–103757. 3 indexed citations
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Li, Yunfei, Ze‐Guang Han, Xiaoyu Zhao, et al.. (2025). Association between joint exposure to ambient air pollutants and carotid plaque: The mediating role of cardiometabolic risk factors. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety. 290. 117755–117755. 2 indexed citations
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Zhou, Chuncai, et al.. (2024). Synthesis of porous carbon derived from coal tar residue via bimetallic salt activation for effective and selective adsorption of thallium(I). Journal of Hazardous Materials. 474. 134755–134755. 9 indexed citations
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Mu, Ruimin, Yunfei Li, Feiyong Chen, et al.. (2024). Distinct electrochemical and metabolic responses of anode respiring bacteria to sulfamethoxazole in microbial fuel cells coupled with constructed wetlands. Bioresource Technology. 406. 131079–131079. 9 indexed citations
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Li, Yunfei, et al.. (2024). Bi-doped Sm0.9Bi0.1BaCo2O5+δ optimizes performance and stability of cathode for intermediate temperature solid oxide fuel cell. Ceramics International. 50(24). 55566–55576. 1 indexed citations
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Li, Yunfei, Fabiano L. Ribeiro, Bin Zhou, & Diego Rybski. (2024). Pairwise‐Interaction Model Unifies Different Asymptotic Shapes of UHI Intensity. Geophysical Research Letters. 51(16). 1 indexed citations
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Cheng, Liwei, Yunfei Li, Jinlong Cui, et al.. (2024). Molecular simulation study on carbon dioxide replacement in methane hydrate near the freezing point. Gas Science and Engineering. 122. 205220–205220. 11 indexed citations
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Zhao, Yingjie, Zhichao Liu, Yunfei Li, et al.. (2024). Subsidence Characteristics of Hydrate-Bearing Sediments during Depressurization: Insights from Experimental and Discrete Element Method Simulations. Energy & Fuels. 38(17). 16202–16217. 3 indexed citations
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Feng, Yujie, et al.. (2023). A novel approach for enhancing nitrogen and hydrogen recovery from urine in microbial electrochemical gas-permeable membrane system. The Science of The Total Environment. 867. 161446–161446. 1 indexed citations
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Wang, Naiyu, Yujie Feng, Yunfei Li, et al.. (2022). Effects of ammonia on electrochemical active biofilm in microbial electrolysis cells for synthetic swine wastewater treatment. Water Research. 219. 118570–118570. 37 indexed citations
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Wang, Heng, Zuhao Kou, Yunfei Li, et al.. (2022). Investigation of enhanced CO2 storage in deep saline aquifers by WAG and brine extraction in the Minnelusa sandstone, Wyoming. Energy. 265. 126379–126379. 44 indexed citations
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Yang, Wulin, Yunfei Li, Nan Li, et al.. (2020). Enhanced oxygen reduction activity and high-quality effluent of membrane filtration electrodes with Prussian blue in microbial fuel cells. The Science of The Total Environment. 753. 142021–142021. 7 indexed citations
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Feng, Yujie, et al.. (2020). Electrochemical regulation on the metabolism of anode biofilms under persistent exogenous bacteria interference. Electrochimica Acta. 340. 135922–135922. 31 indexed citations
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Zhang, Longwa, et al.. (2010). Differentiation of CO I gene of the exotic red turpentine beetle Dendroctonus valens.. Kunchong zhishi. 47(5). 870–876. 2 indexed citations

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