Zequn Li

2.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
73 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Zequn Li is a scholar working on Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Surgery and Oncology. According to data from OpenAlex, Zequn Li has authored 73 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 27 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, 23 papers in Surgery and 14 papers in Oncology. Recurrent topics in Zequn Li's work include Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes (21 papers), Gastrointestinal Tumor Research and Treatment (9 papers) and Metastasis and carcinoma case studies (9 papers). Zequn Li is often cited by papers focused on Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes (21 papers), Gastrointestinal Tumor Research and Treatment (9 papers) and Metastasis and carcinoma case studies (9 papers). Zequn Li collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and South Korea. Zequn Li's co-authors include Hui Zhao, Qun Wang, Qiu Zhang, Chun Guo, Qianwen Shang, Zhenzhen Pan, Yang Bai, Huiying Zhang, Lining Zhang and Ye Xiong and has published in prestigious journals such as Advanced Materials, Journal of Clinical Oncology and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Zequn Li

70 papers receiving 1.4k 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.

  1. Exosomes From Adipose-Derived Stem Cells Attenuate Adipose Inflammation and Obesity Through Polarizing M2 Macrophages and Beiging in White Adipose Tissue
    2017 517 citations Zequn Li 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
Zequn Li China 19 457 234 223 208 205 73 1.4k
Jiangang Zhao China 26 604 1.3× 187 0.8× 66 0.3× 250 1.2× 242 1.2× 67 1.7k
Xiaofei Wang China 21 618 1.4× 238 1.0× 65 0.3× 254 1.2× 203 1.0× 107 1.9k
Fang Jiang China 20 1.2k 2.6× 153 0.7× 120 0.5× 130 0.6× 223 1.1× 60 2.0k
Xiaokun Li China 23 493 1.1× 377 1.6× 74 0.3× 115 0.6× 462 2.3× 104 2.0k
Xiaolin Wang China 20 539 1.2× 156 0.7× 89 0.4× 152 0.7× 201 1.0× 106 1.5k
Kazuhide Adachi Japan 19 450 1.0× 129 0.6× 364 1.6× 126 0.6× 221 1.1× 87 1.8k
Takayuki Matsuo Japan 20 456 1.0× 195 0.8× 291 1.3× 238 1.1× 142 0.7× 163 1.7k
Chengjin Li China 22 706 1.5× 173 0.7× 39 0.2× 137 0.7× 199 1.0× 53 1.8k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Zequn Li

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Zequn Li

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Zequn Li. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Zequn 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 Zequn Li. Zequn 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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Li, Zequn, Yanfei Zhu, Yufei Liu, Huiyun Zhang, & Yao Yao. (2025). Tensile behavior of bolted-angle connections at high temperatures under progressive collapse scenarios. Journal of Building Engineering. 101. 111836–111836. 1 indexed citations
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Zhang, Huiyun, Yanfei Zhu, Zequn Li, Yufei Liu, & Yao Yao. (2025). Progressive collapse resistance of precast RC beam-column substructures with dry joints under fire condition. Journal of Building Engineering. 102. 111985–111985. 1 indexed citations
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Zhu, Wenkai, Chaohai Wang, Zequn Li, et al.. (2025). Nanoarchitectonics of Metal–Organic Framework and Nanocellulose Composites for Multifunctional Environmental Remediation. Advanced Materials. 37(39). e2504364–e2504364. 5 indexed citations
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Chen, G.L., Yilin Chen, Pengcheng Zhang, et al.. (2025). Research on planar flexible differential fractal array eddy current sensor for detecting surface defect of metal materials. Measurement. 258. 119432–119432.
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Li, Zequn, Yanfei Zhu, Huiyun Zhang, Yufei Liu, & Yao Yao. (2024). Progressive collapse resistance of self-resilient composite frames under fire conditions. Structures. 68. 107127–107127. 4 indexed citations
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Li, Zequn, Meiling Chen, Wenkai Zhu, et al.. (2024). Advances and perspectives of composite nanoarchitectonics of nanocellulose/metal-organic frameworks for effective removal of volatile organic compounds. Coordination Chemistry Reviews. 520. 216124–216124. 30 indexed citations
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Zhang, P., Haiyang Zhu, Xinbo Li, et al.. (2024). Interrelationships Between Inflammatory Score, Delayed Cerebral Ischemia and Unfavorable Outcome in Patients with aSAH: A Four-Way Decomposition. Journal of Inflammation Research. Volume 17. 11073–11085. 2 indexed citations
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Zhu, Wenkai, Zequn Li, Wei Qi, et al.. (2023). Enhancement of Wood Coating Properties by Adding Silica Sol to UV-Curable Waterborne Acrylics. Forests. 14(2). 335–335. 19 indexed citations
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Liu, Xuechao, Yuqi Sun, Zequn Li, et al.. (2022). Postoperative Adjuvant Imatinib Therapy-Associated Nomogram to Predict Overall Survival of Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor. Frontiers in Medicine. 9. 777181–777181. 3 indexed citations
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Li, Zequn, Yuqi Sun, Jianfei Xu, et al.. (2021). Integrin-β6 Serves as a Potential Prognostic Serum Biomarker for Gastric Cancer. Frontiers in Oncology. 11. 770997–770997. 10 indexed citations
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Tian, Yulong, Shougen Cao, Ying Kong, et al.. (2021). Short- and long-term comparison of robotic and laparoscopic gastrectomy for gastric cancer by the same surgical team: a propensity score matching analysis. Surgical Endoscopy. 36(1). 185–195. 27 indexed citations
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Tian, Yulong, Shougen Cao, Zimin Liu, et al.. (2019). Concordance Between Watson for Oncology and a Multidisciplinary Clinical Decision-Making Team for Gastric Cancer and the Prognostic Implications: Retrospective Study. Journal of Medical Internet Research. 22(2). e14122–e14122. 27 indexed citations
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Kuang, Zheng, Ming Zhong, Bing Zhao, et al.. (2019). Poor-Grade Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage: Risk Factors Affecting Clinical Outcomes in Intracranial Aneurysm Patients in a Multi-Center Study. Frontiers in Neurology. 10. 123–123. 51 indexed citations
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Li, Zequn, et al.. (2018). Suppression of NLRP3 inflammasome attenuates stress-induced depression-like behavior in NLGN3-deficient mice. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 501(4). 933–940. 40 indexed citations
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Zhao, Bing, Xianxi Tan, Hua Yang, et al.. (2016). Stent-assisted coiling versus coiling alone of poor-grade ruptured intracranial aneurysms: a multicenter study. Journal of NeuroInterventional Surgery. 9(2). 165–168. 34 indexed citations
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Tan, Xianxi, Ye Xiong, Zheng Kuang, et al.. (2016). Stent-assisted coiling versus coiling alone of ruptured anterior communicating artery aneurysms: A single-center experience. Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery. 144. 96–100. 22 indexed citations

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