迄今已在核心期刊上发表论文50余篇，其中以第一作者/通讯作者身份发表的论文包括Nature，Science，PNAS，Nano Lett，Acta Mater，Phys Rev B等，4篇入选ESI高被引论文。研究工作被Nature的News & Views，PNAS的Commentary，NPG Asia Materials的Research Highlight等专栏报道。

[1] S. Li, Q. Li*, R. W. Carpick*, P. Gumbsch, X.-Z. Liu, X. Ding, J. Sun and J. Li*, "The evolving quality of frictional contact with graphene", Nature 539, 541-546 (2016). 

[2] B. Chen, S. Li*, H. Zong, X. Ding, J. Sun, E. Ma*, "Unusual activated processes controlling dislocation motion in body-centered-cubic high-entropy alloys", PNAS 117, 16199 (2020).

[3] B. Chen, S. Li*, J. Ding, X. Ding, J. Sun, E. Ma, "Trade-off between local chemical order and lattice distortion in affecting dislocation motion in NbTiZr multi-principal element alloys" Acta Materialia 272, 119910 (2024)​​​​​​​ 

[4] S. Li*, L. Pastewka, P. Gumbsch, "Glass formation by severe plastic deformation of crystalline Cu|Zr nano-layers" Acta Materialia 165, 577 (2019)

[5] S. Li, Y. G. Li, Y.-C. Lo, T. Neeraj*, R. Srinivasan, X. Ding, J. Sun, L. Qi, P. Gumbsch, J. Li*, "The interaction of dislocations and hydrogen-vacancy complexes and its importance for deformation-induced proto nano-voids formation in alpha-Fe", International Journal of Plasticity 74, 175 (2015)