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D-Index
54
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11997
World Ranking
12507
National Ranking
1960

Ji-Kai Liu publication distribution in Chemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Chemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Ji-Kai Liu sits on this spectrum.

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 485 publications — 87th percentile

87% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,295 publications or more.

Ji-Kai Liu D-index placement in Chemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Chemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Ji-Kai Liu sits on this spectrum.

40–41 D-Index: 289 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 612 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 808 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 776 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 835 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 861 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 872 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 933 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 1,051 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 930 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 882 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 834 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 731 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 775 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 683 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 646 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 561 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 501 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 437 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 388 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 354 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 292 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 275 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 254 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 235 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 185 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 192 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 155 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 163 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 125 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 105 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 105 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 112 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 88 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 68 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 69 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 65 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 79 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 61 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 44 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 37 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 40 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 33 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 26 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 34 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 35 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 25 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 27 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 17 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 16 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 20 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 20 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 15 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 9 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 9 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 16 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 11 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 9 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 3 scientists 158 D-Index: 3 scientists 159+ D-Index: 98 scientists
40 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 54 D-Index — 31st percentile

31% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 159 D-Index or more.

Overview

Ji-Kai Liu is affiliated with South Central University for Nationalities in China. Their research contributions span a wide range of topics within medicine and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with a specific focus on pharmacology, molecular biology, and organic chemistry.

The scientist has published extensively in fields such as fungal biology and applications, microbial natural products and biosynthesis, and natural product bioactivities and synthesis. Other research interests include chemical synthesis and alkaloids, phytochemistry and biological activities, plant biochemistry and biosynthesis, and catalytic C-H functionalization methods.

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Ji-Kai Liu include Tao Feng, Zheng-Hui Li, Juan He, He-Ping Chen, and Huixiang Yang.

Ji-Kai Liu has contributed regularly to several scientific journals, with a notable number of publications appearing in:

  • Phytochemistry (24 publications)
  • Natural Products and Bioprospecting (16 publications)
  • Molecules (11 publications)
  • Organic Letters (10 publications)
  • Phytochemistry Letters (10 publications)

Notable recent papers authored or coauthored by Ji-Kai Liu include:

  • Natural products in cosmetics, 2022, Natural Products and Bioprospecting
  • Antiaging agents: safe interventions to slow aging and healthy life span extension, 2022, Natural Products and Bioprospecting

Ji-Kai Liu also has contributions in various book publications published by Springer Science+Business Media, including works such as:

  • Progress in the Chemistry of Organic Natural Products 114 (2021)
  • Progress in the Chemistry of Organic Natural Products 118 (2022)
  • Antimalarial Natural Products (2022)
  • Progress in the Chemistry of Organic Natural Products 116 (2021)
  • Progress in the Chemistry of Organic Natural Products 112 (2020)
  • Naturally Occurring Organohalogen Compounds (2023)
  • Progress in the Chemistry of Organic Natural Products 115 (2021)
  • Progress in the Chemistry of Organic Natural Products 113 (2020)
  • Ancistrocladus Naphthylisoquinoline Alkaloids (2023)
  • Modern Photocatalytic Strategies in Natural Product Synthesis (2023)
  • Neurotrophic Natural Products (2024)

The breadth of Ji-Kai Liu's research addresses both fundamental and applied topics in natural product chemistry, with a significant emphasis on bioactivities, synthesis, and structural characterization relevant to medical and biochemical sciences.

Best Publications

  • Natural terphenyls: developments since 1877.

    Ji-Kai Liu

  • Vibralactone: A lipase inhibitor with an unusual fused beta-lactone produced by cultures of the basidiomycete Boreostereum vibrans

    Dong-Ze Liu;Fei Wang;Tou-Gen Liao;Jian-Guo Tang

  • Xanthohumol, a novel anti-HIV- 1 agent purified from Hops Humulus lupulus

    Qian Wang;Zhi-Hui Ding;Ji-Kai Liu;Yong-Tang Zheng

  • Universally occurring phenylpropanoid and species-specific indolic metabolites in infected and uninfected Arabidopsis thaliana roots and leaves

    Jianwen Tan;Paweł Bednarek;Jikai Liu;Bernd Schneider

  • Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM): are polyphenols and saponins the key ingredients triggering biological activities?

    Jikai Liu;Thomas Henkel

  • Discovery of an intrinsic tenase complex inhibitor: Pure nonasaccharide from fucosylated glycosaminoglycan.

    Longyan Zhao;Mingyi Wu;Chuang Xiao;Lian Yang

  • Pigments of fungi (macromycetes).

    Zhong-Yu Zhou;Ji-Kai Liu

  • Grifolin, a potential antitumor natural product from the mushroom Albatrellus confluens, inhibits tumor cell growth by inducing apoptosis in vitro

    Mao Ye;Ji-kai Liu;Zhong-xin Lu;Yan Zhao

  • N-containing compounds of macromycetes.

    Ji-Kai Liu

  • DNMT1 mediates metabolic reprogramming induced by Epstein–Barr virus latent membrane protein 1 and reversed by grifolin in nasopharyngeal carcinoma

    Xiangjian Luo;Liping Hong;Liping Hong;Can Cheng;Can Cheng;Namei Li;Namei Li

  • Guajadial: an unusual meroterpenoid from guava leaves Psidium guajava.

    Xiao-Long Yang;Kun-Lung Hsieh;Ji-Kai Liu

  • Structural characterization of a low-molecular-weight polysaccharide from Angelica pubescens Maxim. f. biserrata Shan et Yuan root and evaluation of its antioxidant activity.

    Qingxia Yuan;Jing Zhang;Chulei Xiao;Chaligan Harqin

  • Flazinamide, a novel beta-carboline compound with anti-HIV actions.

    Yun-Hua Wang;Jian-Guo Tang;Rui-Rui Wang;Rui-Rui Wang;Liu-Meng Yang

  • Peroxy natural products

    Dong-Ze Liu;Ji-Kai Liu

  • A new ceramide from the basidiomycete Russula cyanoxantha

    Jin-Ming Gao;Ze-Jun Dong;Ji-Kai Liu

  • Matsutakone and Matsutoic Acid, Two (Nor)steroids with Unusual Skeletons from the Edible Mushroom Tricholoma matsutake

    Zhen-Zhu Zhao;He-Ping Chen;He-Ping Chen;Bin Wu;Ling Zhang

  • Secondary Metabolites from Higher Fungi

    He-Ping Chen;Ji-Kai Liu

  • DPPH radical scavenging activity of ten natural p-terphenyl derivatives obtained from three edible mushrooms indigenous to China

    Ji-Kai Liu;Lin Hu;Ze-Jun Dong;Qun Hu

  • Grifolin, a potential antitumor natural product from the mushroom Albatrellus confluens, induces cell-cycle arrest in G1 phase via the ERK1/2 pathway.

    Mao Ye;Xiangjian Luo;Lili Li;Ying Shi

  • Grifolin, a potent antitumour natural product upregulates death-associated protein kinase 1 DAPK1 via p53 in nasopharyngeal carcinoma cells.

    Xiang-jian Luo;Li-li Li;Qi-pan Deng;Xin-fang Yu

  • Concentricolide, an Anti-HIV Agent from the Ascomycete Daldinia concentrica

    Xiang-Dong Qin;Ze-Jun Dong;Ji-Kai Liu;Liu-Meng Yang

Frequent Co-Authors

Fei Wang
Fei Wang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Ya Cao
Ya Cao Central South University
Yong-Tang Zheng
Yong-Tang Zheng Kunming Institute of Zoology
Masahiko Isaka
Masahiko Isaka National Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology
Ann M. Bode
Ann M. Bode University of Minnesota
Renxiang Tan
Renxiang Tan Nanjing University
Yue Huang
Yue Huang Xiamen University
Wolfgang Steglich
Wolfgang Steglich Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Zigang Dong
Zigang Dong University of Minnesota
Bao-Kai Cui
Bao-Kai Cui Beijing Forestry University

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