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D-Index
90
Citations
30916
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12175
National Ranking
6243

Li Mao publication distribution in Medicine in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Medicine in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Li Mao sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 254 publications — 8th percentile

8% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,796 publications or more.

Li Mao D-index placement in Medicine in 2026

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

70–71 D-Index: 226 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 391 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 574 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 730 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 891 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 972 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 1,027 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 1,003 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 960 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 970 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 922 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 839 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 808 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 779 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 668 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 611 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 630 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 513 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 541 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 445 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 429 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 399 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 393 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 318 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 302 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 287 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 255 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 256 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 252 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 230 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 179 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 168 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 163 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 159 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 134 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 134 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 118 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 109 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 106 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 74 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 79 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 80 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 87 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 57 scientists 158–159 D-Index: 74 scientists 160–161 D-Index: 69 scientists 162–163 D-Index: 60 scientists 164–165 D-Index: 53 scientists 166–167 D-Index: 39 scientists 168–169 D-Index: 42 scientists 170–171 D-Index: 32 scientists 172–173 D-Index: 39 scientists 174–175 D-Index: 40 scientists 176–177 D-Index: 28 scientists 178–179 D-Index: 19 scientists 180–181 D-Index: 23 scientists 182–183 D-Index: 31 scientists 184–185 D-Index: 18 scientists 186–187 D-Index: 20 scientists 188–189 D-Index: 22 scientists 190–191 D-Index: 13 scientists 192–193 D-Index: 21 scientists 194–195 D-Index: 12 scientists 196–197 D-Index: 12 scientists 198–199 D-Index: 14 scientists 200–201 D-Index: 15 scientists 202–203 D-Index: 13 scientists 204–205 D-Index: 10 scientists 206–207 D-Index: 8 scientists 208–209 D-Index: 4 scientists 210–211 D-Index: 12 scientists 212–213 D-Index: 11 scientists 214–215 D-Index: 10 scientists 216 D-Index: 4 scientists 217+ D-Index: 98 scientists
70 D-Index 217+

This scientist: 90 D-Index — 41st percentile

41% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 217 D-Index or more.

Overview

Li Mao is affiliated with the University of Maryland, Baltimore in the United States. Their research spans primarily across the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with significant publications in Molecular Biology, Oncology, Surgery, Epidemiology, and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine.

The scientist has contributed extensively to topics including Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research, Pancreatitis Pathology and Treatment, Extracellular Vesicles in Disease, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Research, Circular RNAs in Diseases, MicroRNA in Disease Regulation, and Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging.

Among their recent papers are the following publications:

  • "Recent Advances of Osterix Transcription Factor in Osteoblast Differentiation and Bone Formation" (2020), published in Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology
  • "CircRPN2 Inhibits Aerobic Glycolysis and Metastasis in Hepatocellular Carcinoma" (2022), published in Cancer Research
  • "Oral microbiome and pancreatic cancer" (2020), published in World Journal of Gastroenterology
  • "Improving Skin Cancer Classification Using Heavy-Tailed Student T-Distribution in Generative Adversarial Networks (TED-GAN)" (2021), published in Diagnostics
  • "CT-based radiomics to predict the pathological grade of bladder cancer" (2020), published in European Radiology

Li Mao has frequently published in venues such as Research Square, SSRN Electronic Journal, PubMed, Frontiers in Genetics, and Cancer Research, with the greatest number of publications appearing in Research Square.

The scientist collaborates regularly with co-authors including Huimin Lü, Xusheng Huang, Hongfen Wang, DuJiang Yang, and Weiming Hu.

Best Publications

  • 5' CpG island methylation is associated with transcriptional silencing of the tumour suppressor p16/CDKN2/MTS1 in human cancers.

    Adrian Merlo;James G. Herman;Li Mao;Daniel J. Lee

  • Inactivation of the CDKN2/p16/MTS1 Gene Is Frequently Associated with Aberrant DNA Methylation in All Common Human Cancers

    James G. Herman;Adrian Merlo;Li Mao;Rena G. Lapidus

  • The BATTLE Trial: Personalizing Therapy for Lung Cancer

    Edward S. Kim;Roy S. Herbst;Ignacio Ivan Wistuba;Jiun-Kae Jack Lee

  • Molecular Assessment of Histopathological Staging in Squamous-Cell Carcinoma of the Head and Neck

    Joseph A. Brennan;Li Mao;Ralph H. Hruban;Jay O. Boyle

  • Frequency of homozygous deletion at p16/CDKN2 in primary human tumours

    P. Cairns;T. J. Polascik;Y. Eby;K. Tokino

  • Rates of p16 (MTS1) Mutations in Primary Tumors with 9p Loss

    P Cairns;L Mao;A Merlo;DJ Lee

  • Frequent microsatellite alterations at chromosomes 9p21 and 3p14 in oral premalignant lesions and their value in cancer risk assessment

    Li Mao;Jin S. Lee;You H. Fan;Jae Y. Ro

  • Microsatellite alterations as clonal markers for the detection of human cancer.

    Li Mao;Daniel J. Lee;Melvyn S. Tockman;Yener S. Erozan

  • Clonal Genetic Alterations in the Lungs of Current and Former Smokers

    Li Mao;Jin Soo Lee;Jonathan M Kurie;You Hong Fan

  • Predicting cancer development in oral leukoplakia: ten years of translational research.

    J. Jack Lee;Waun Ki Hong;Walter N. Hittelman;Li Mao

  • Detection of Oncogene Mutations in Sputum Precedes Diagnosis of Lung Cancer

    Li Mao;Ralph H. Hruban;Jay O. Boyle;Melvyn Tockman

  • Molecular Detection of Primary Bladder Cancer by Microsatellite Analysis

    Li Mao;Mark P. Schoenberg;Marshall Scicchitano;Yener S. Erozan

  • Lack of PTEN expression in non-small cell lung cancer could be related to promoter methylation.

    Jean Charles Soria;Ho Young Lee;Janet I. Lee;Luo Wang

  • A Novel p16INK4A Transcript

    Li Mao;Adrian Merlo;Gauri Bedi;Geoffrey I. Shapiro

  • Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Copy Number Alterations Correlate With Poor Clinical Outcome in Patients With Head and Neck Squamous Cancer

    Stephane Temam;Hidetoshi Kawaguchi;Adel K El-Naggar;Jaroslav Jelinek

  • Focus on head and neck cancer

    Li Mao;Waun K Hong;Vassiliki A Papadimitrakopoulou

  • Transcriptomic dissection of tongue squamous cell carcinoma

    Hui Ye;Tianwei Yu;Stephane Temam;Stephane Temam;Barry L Ziober

  • Overexpression of podoplanin in oral cancer and its association with poor clinical outcome.

    Ping Yuan;Ping Yuan;Stephane Temam;Adel El-Naggar;Xian Zhou

  • Overexpression of cyclin B1 in early-stage non-small cell lung cancer and its clinical implication.

    Jean-Charles Soria;Se Jin Jang;Fadlo R. Khuri;Khaled Hassan

  • Hypermethylation of the death-associated protein (DAP) kinase promoter and aggressiveness in stage I non-small-cell lung cancer.

    Ximing Tang;Fadlo R. Khuri;Jiun-Kae Jack Lee;Bonnie L. Kemp

Frequent Co-Authors

Waun Ki Hong
Waun Ki Hong The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
J. Jack Lee
J. Jack Lee The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Scott M. Lippman
Scott M. Lippman University of California, San Diego
Adel K. El-Naggar
Adel K. El-Naggar The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
David Sidransky
David Sidransky Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Reuben Lotan
Reuben Lotan The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Vassiliki A. Papadimitrakopoulou
Vassiliki A. Papadimitrakopoulou The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Jonathan M. Kurie
Jonathan M. Kurie The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Fadlo R. Khuri
Fadlo R. Khuri American University of Beirut
Ignacio I. Wistuba
Ignacio I. Wistuba The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

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