Clara Liao

948 total citations · 2 hit papers
10 papers, 579 citations indexed

About

Clara Liao is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Clinical Psychology and Organic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Clara Liao has authored 10 papers receiving a total of 579 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 5 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 4 papers in Clinical Psychology and 3 papers in Organic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Clara Liao's work include Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior (4 papers), Psychedelics and Drug Studies (4 papers) and Chemical synthesis and alkaloids (3 papers). Clara Liao is often cited by papers focused on Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior (4 papers), Psychedelics and Drug Studies (4 papers) and Chemical synthesis and alkaloids (3 papers). Clara Liao collaborates with scholars based in United States, Switzerland and South Korea. Clara Liao's co-authors include Alex C. Kwan, Pasha A. Davoudian, Ian Gregg, Neil K. Savalia, Ling-Xiao Shao, Jesse R. Zamudio, Nadya Dimitrova, Elena Martínez‐Terroba, Jeremy A. Schofield and Joshua T. Zimmer and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Journal of Clinical Investigation and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Clara Liao

9 papers receiving 573 citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

Psilocybin induces rapid and persistent growth of dendritic spines in frontal cortex in vivo

2021 351 citations Ling-Xiao Shao, Clara Liao et al. Neuron profile →
Psilocybin’s lasting action requires pyramidal cell types and 5-HT2A receptors

2025 27 citations Clara Liao, Pasha A. Davoudian et al. Nature profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Clara Liao United States	7	352	281	220	160	96	10	579
Maxemiliano V. Vargas United States	8	484 1.4×	423 1.5×	317 1.4×	161 1.0×	8 0.1×	9	763
Florian Enzler Austria	7	277 0.8×	195 0.7×	141 0.6×	124 0.8×	8 0.1×	11	447
Sarah M. Zimmerman United States	10	205 0.6×	350 1.2×	39 0.2×	170 1.1×	19 0.2×	17	698
Benjamin R. Chemel United States	9	77 0.2×	247 0.9×	94 0.4×	190 1.2×	7 0.1×	12	408
Shihao Huang China	12	44 0.1×	83 0.3×	25 0.1×	236 1.5×	86 0.9×	40	439
D. J. Vidyadhara United States	12	40 0.1×	168 0.6×	33 0.1×	132 0.8×	10 0.1×	23	509
Renato Filev Brazil	8	111 0.3×	115 0.4×	41 0.2×	45 0.3×	5 0.1×	17	271
In Soo Ryu South Korea	13	34 0.1×	161 0.6×	12 0.1×	182 1.1×	41 0.4×	30	336
Pier Francesca Porceddu Italy	10	47 0.1×	195 0.7×	46 0.2×	119 0.7×	5 0.1×	14	430
Barbara Hoefgen Germany	7	32 0.1×	114 0.4×	62 0.3×	154 1.0×	6 0.1×	7	383

Countries citing papers authored by Clara Liao

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Fields of papers citing papers by Clara Liao

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Clara Liao

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Clara Liao. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Clara Liao 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 Clara Liao. Clara Liao is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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10 of 10 papers shown

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Liao, Clara, Pasha A. Davoudian, Neil K. Savalia, et al.. (2025). Psilocybin’s lasting action requires pyramidal cell types and 5-HT2A receptors. Nature. 642(8067). 411–420. 27 indexed citations breakdown →

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Davoudian, Pasha A., et al.. (2025). Classification of psychedelics and psychoactive drugs based on brain-wide imaging of cellular c-Fos expression. Nature Communications. 16(1). 1590–1590. 4 indexed citations

3.

Liao, Clara, et al.. (2024). Publisher Correction: Structural neural plasticity evoked by rapid-acting antidepressant interventions. Nature reviews. Neuroscience. 26(2). 135–135.

4.

Liao, Clara, et al.. (2024). Structural neural plasticity evoked by rapid-acting antidepressant interventions. Nature reviews. Neuroscience. 26(2). 101–114. 17 indexed citations

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Tejwani, Leon, Youngseob Jung, Hiroshi Kokubu, et al.. (2023). Reduction of nemo-like kinase increases lysosome biogenesis and ameliorates TDP-43–related neurodegeneration. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 133(16). 9 indexed citations

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Jefferson, Sarah J., Ian Gregg, Clara Liao, et al.. (2023). 5-MeO-DMT modifies innate behaviors and promotes structural neural plasticity in mice. Neuropsychopharmacology. 48(9). 1257–1266. 34 indexed citations

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Shao, Ling-Xiao, Clara Liao, Ian Gregg, et al.. (2021). Psilocybin induces rapid and persistent growth of dendritic spines in frontal cortex in vivo. Neuron. 109(16). 2535–2544.e4. 351 indexed citations breakdown →

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Liao, Clara & Alex C. Kwan. (2021). Applying Reinforcement Learning to Rodent Stress Research. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 5. 227946908–227946908. 7 indexed citations

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Martínez‐Terroba, Elena, Joshua T. Zimmer, Clara Liao, et al.. (2020). p53 Activates the Long Noncoding RNA Pvt1b to Inhibit Myc and Suppress Tumorigenesis. Molecular Cell. 77(4). 761–774.e8. 124 indexed citations

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Liao, Clara, et al.. (2019). p53 Activates the Long Noncoding RNA Pvt1b to Inhibit Myc and Suppress Tumorigenesis. SSRN Electronic Journal. 6 indexed citations

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