Zhilin Li

10.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
400 papers, 7.3k citations indexed

About

Zhilin Li is a scholar working on Geography, Planning and Development, Signal Processing and Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition. According to data from OpenAlex, Zhilin Li has authored 400 papers receiving a total of 7.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 91 papers in Geography, Planning and Development, 69 papers in Signal Processing and 62 papers in Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition. Recurrent topics in Zhilin Li's work include Geographic Information Systems Studies (90 papers), Data Management and Algorithms (64 papers) and Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications (30 papers). Zhilin Li is often cited by papers focused on Geographic Information Systems Studies (90 papers), Data Management and Algorithms (64 papers) and Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications (30 papers). Zhilin Li collaborates with scholars based in China, Hong Kong and United Kingdom. Zhilin Li's co-authors include Christopher Zhu, Chris Gold, Hong Zhang, Peichao Gao, Stan Openshaw, Qi Zhou, Kui Luo, Xuelei Ma, Hao Cai and Xiaoli Ding and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Advanced Materials and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Zhilin Li

373 papers receiving 6.9k 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. Immunogenic Cell Death Activates the Tumor Immune Microenvironment to Boost the Immunotherapy Efficiency
    2022 487 citations Zhilin 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
Zhilin Li China 43 1.2k 1.1k 952 912 849 400 7.3k
Jianya Gong China 41 1.5k 1.2× 533 0.5× 621 0.7× 472 0.5× 895 1.1× 334 6.2k
Wenzhong Shi Hong Kong 55 2.8k 2.3× 656 0.6× 1.4k 1.5× 730 0.8× 1.6k 1.8× 535 12.5k
Lizhe Wang China 70 1.7k 1.3× 245 0.2× 883 0.9× 927 1.0× 3.3k 3.9× 559 18.8k
Yu Liu China 49 917 0.7× 623 0.6× 559 0.6× 757 0.8× 831 1.0× 370 12.2k
Jun Li China 68 870 0.7× 280 0.3× 576 0.6× 388 0.4× 5.5k 6.5× 737 19.9k
Tao Cheng China 44 406 0.3× 453 0.4× 333 0.3× 524 0.6× 460 0.5× 292 7.0k
Bo Huang China 66 3.3k 2.6× 288 0.3× 731 0.8× 364 0.4× 1.9k 2.3× 433 15.1k
Huadong Guo China 51 2.1k 1.7× 500 0.5× 670 0.7× 245 0.3× 544 0.6× 570 10.4k
Hui Lin China 33 711 0.6× 189 0.2× 626 0.7× 159 0.2× 345 0.4× 247 4.1k
Xiaohua Tong China 47 2.4k 1.9× 270 0.3× 966 1.0× 210 0.2× 1.4k 1.7× 435 9.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Zhilin Li

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Fields of papers citing papers by Zhilin Li

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Zhilin Li

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Zhilin Li. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Zhilin 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 Zhilin Li. Zhilin 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, Zhilin, et al.. (2025). Investigating the therapeutic potential of Ganoderma lucidum in treating optic nerve atrophy through network pharmacology and experimental validation. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 760. 151702–151702.
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Li, Zhilin, et al.. (2023). A practical guide for estimating the density of unmarked populations using camera traps. Biodiversity Science. 31(3). 22422–22422. 2 indexed citations
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Li, Zhilin, et al.. (2023). Modeling information flow from multispectral remote sensing images to land use and land cover maps for understanding classification mechanism. Geo-spatial Information Science. 27(5). 1568–1584. 5 indexed citations
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Li, Zhilin, et al.. (2022). Advances in cartography from the perspective of Maslow's hierarchy of needs. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1 indexed citations
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Zhu, Xu, et al.. (2021). From geographic information service to geographic knowledge service: research issues and development roadmap. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2 indexed citations
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Li, Zhilin, et al.. (2021). Complexity-based matching between image resolution and map scale for multiscale image-map generation. International Journal of Geographical Information Systems. 35(10). 1951–1974. 7 indexed citations
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Li, Zhilin, et al.. (2021). Configurational Entropy for Optimizing the Encryption of Digital Elevation Model Based on Chaos System and Linear Prediction. Applied Sciences. 11(5). 2402–2402. 4 indexed citations
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Wang, Jicheng, et al.. (2019). Deep Feature Fusion with Integration of Residual Connection and Attention Model for Classification of VHR Remote Sensing Images. Remote Sensing. 11(13). 1617–1617. 29 indexed citations
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Chen, Jun, Peng Shu, Xuesheng Zhao, Yuejing Ge, & Zhilin Li. (2019). Measuring regional progress towards SDGs by combining geospatial and statistical information. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 20 indexed citations
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Gao, Peichao, Zhilin Li, & Zhe Qin. (2018). Usability of value-by-alpha maps compared to area cartograms and proportional symbol maps. Journal of Spatial Science. 64(2). 239–255. 11 indexed citations
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Li, Zhilin, Qiliang Liu, & Jianbo Tang. (2017). Towards a Scale-driven Theory for Spatial Clustering. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4 indexed citations
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Li, Zhilin, Qiliang Liu, & Peichao Gao. (2016). Entropy-based Cartographic Communication Models: Evolution from Special to General Cartographic Information Theory. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 12 indexed citations
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Zhang, Hong & Zhilin Li. (2011). Fractality and Self-Similarity in the Structure of Road Networks. Annals of the Association of American Geographers. 102(2). 350–365. 50 indexed citations
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Li, Zhilin. (2010). Filtering of Airborn LiDAR Point Cloud Data Based on the Adaptive Mathematical Morphology. Acta Geodaetica et Cartographica Sinica. 1 indexed citations
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Cheng, Tao, et al.. (2005). Representing indeterminate spatial objects by cloud theory. UCL Discovery (University College London). 4 indexed citations
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Li, Zhilin, et al.. (2005). A method based fitting of moving quadric surface with variable windows for detecting gross errors in irregular DEM. Acta Geodaetica et Cartographica Sinica. 34(2). 148–153. 2 indexed citations
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Li, Zhilin. (2004). A New Improved Ranking Approach for Interval Numbers. Shuxue de shijian yu renshi. 1 indexed citations

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