Cun‐Zhi Liu

7.4k total citations
238 papers, 4.9k citations indexed

About

Cun‐Zhi Liu is a scholar working on Complementary and alternative medicine, Neurology and Cognitive Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Cun‐Zhi Liu has authored 238 papers receiving a total of 4.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 182 papers in Complementary and alternative medicine, 50 papers in Neurology and 49 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Cun‐Zhi Liu's work include Acupuncture Treatment Research Studies (174 papers), Complementary and Alternative Medicine Studies (44 papers) and Healthcare and Venom Research (35 papers). Cun‐Zhi Liu is often cited by papers focused on Acupuncture Treatment Research Studies (174 papers), Complementary and Alternative Medicine Studies (44 papers) and Healthcare and Venom Research (35 papers). Cun‐Zhi Liu collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Austria. Cun‐Zhi Liu's co-authors include Guang‐Xia Shi, Jing‐Wen Yang, Xuerui Wang, Linpeng Wang, Wen Zhu, Ye Yang, Jian‐Feng Tu, Ling‐Yong Xiao, Siqi Du and Si‐Ming Ma and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Annals of Internal Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Cun‐Zhi Liu

224 papers receiving 4.8k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Cun‐Zhi Liu China 40 2.6k 1.1k 809 807 611 238 4.9k
Glyn Howatson United Kingdom 56 2.1k 0.8× 828 0.7× 722 0.9× 523 0.6× 1.5k 2.5× 269 9.9k
Jing Tao China 47 1.5k 0.6× 1.6k 1.4× 1.1k 1.3× 603 0.7× 1.4k 2.2× 314 7.7k
Ching‐Liang Hsieh Taiwan 43 2.5k 1.0× 908 0.8× 510 0.6× 1.1k 1.4× 1.0k 1.6× 187 5.5k
Fanrong Liang China 42 2.7k 1.0× 422 0.4× 1.7k 2.2× 610 0.8× 633 1.0× 245 5.4k
Gerhard Litscher Austria 31 2.3k 0.9× 363 0.3× 481 0.6× 533 0.7× 550 0.9× 320 4.3k
Stéphane Perrey France 46 1.9k 0.7× 691 0.6× 1.3k 1.6× 325 0.4× 859 1.4× 230 7.5k
Hi‐Joon Park South Korea 48 3.5k 1.3× 363 0.3× 997 1.2× 1.8k 2.2× 980 1.6× 320 7.7k
Chang‐Ju Kim South Korea 52 938 0.4× 1.2k 1.0× 708 0.9× 1.2k 1.5× 1.8k 2.9× 348 9.2k
Toshio Moritani Japan 42 1.6k 0.6× 196 0.2× 1.0k 1.2× 316 0.4× 1.1k 1.8× 176 6.8k
Hyejung Lee South Korea 34 1.5k 0.6× 175 0.2× 477 0.6× 874 1.1× 587 1.0× 98 3.0k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Cun‐Zhi Liu

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Cun‐Zhi Liu

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

All Works

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Yang, Jing‐Wen, Shiyan Yan, Ying Li, et al.. (2025). Efficacy of ACupuncTure in Irritable bOwel syNdrome (ACTION): A Multicenter Randomized Controlled Trial. Gastroenterology. 169(5). 958–969.e5. 1 indexed citations
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Wang, Lu, et al.. (2025). Electroacupuncture improves cerebral blood flow in pMCAO rats during acute phase via promoting leptomeningeal collaterals. Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow & Metabolism. 45(8). 1507–1518. 4 indexed citations
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Liu, Cun‐Zhi, Li‐Qiong Wang, Jian‐Feng Tu, et al.. (2025). Associations between traditional Chinese medicine constitution and depression/anxiety/sleep disturbances in patients with chronic pain: A cross-sectional study. Journal of Traditional Chinese Medical Sciences. 12(3). 328–335. 1 indexed citations
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Yu, Ying, et al.. (2024). Effect of 4 weeks vs 8 weeks of acupuncture for knee osteoarthritis in China: protocol for a randomised controlled trial. BMJ Open. 14(1). e079709–e079709. 1 indexed citations
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Duan, Yifei, Yiran Wang, Jian‐Feng Tu, et al.. (2024). Overall Reporting Quality of Randomized Controlled Trials of Acupuncture for Knee Osteoarthritis: A Systematic Review. Journal of Pain Research. Volume 17. 3371–3383. 1 indexed citations
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Wang, Xu, Guang‐Xia Shi, Jian‐Feng Tu, et al.. (2024). Acupuncture Modulation of Chronic Neuropathic Pain and Its Association With Brain Functional Properties. Journal of Pain. 25(11). 104645–104645. 5 indexed citations
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Yan, Shiyan & Cun‐Zhi Liu. (2023). Preface to the “Special issue on acupuncture clinical research methodology”:Three major challenges of clinical acupuncture research. World Journal of Acupuncture - Moxibustion. 33(4). 301–302. 1 indexed citations
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Tu, Jian‐Feng, Jing‐Wen Yang, Lu‐Lu Lin, et al.. (2019). Efficacy of electro-acupuncture and manual acupuncture versus sham acupuncture for knee osteoarthritis: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial. Trials. 20(1). 204–204. 13 indexed citations
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Liu, Chunhong, Cun‐Zhi Liu, Cun‐Zhi Liu, et al.. (2018). Increased Posterior Insula-Sensorimotor Connectivity Is Associated with Cognitive Function in Healthy Participants with Sleep Complaints. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience. 12. 9 indexed citations
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Xiao, Ling‐Yong, Xuerui Wang, Ye Yang, et al.. (2017). Applications of Acupuncture Therapy in Modulating Plasticity of Central Nervous System. Neuromodulation Technology at the Neural Interface. 21(8). 762–776. 84 indexed citations
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Sun, Ning, Guang‐Xia Shi, Jian‐Feng Tu, et al.. (2016). Traditional Chinese acupuncture versus minimal acupuncture for mild-to-moderate knee osteoarthritis: a protocol for a randomised, controlled pilot trial. BMJ Open. 6(12). e013830–e013830. 7 indexed citations
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Xu, Qian, Jing‐Wen Yang, Yan Cao, et al.. (2014). Acupuncture improves locomotor function by enhancing GABA receptor expression in transient focal cerebral ischemia rats. Neuroscience Letters. 588. 88–94. 28 indexed citations
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Zeng, Xianghong, Yan Liu, Tian He, et al.. (2014). Effect of acupuncture treatment on vascular cognitive impairment without dementia: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial. Trials. 15(1). 442–442. 10 indexed citations
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Yang, Xiaomin, et al.. (2013). Effect of navel treatment on serum brain-gut peptide level in the irritable bowel syndrome patients with spleen deficiency. Zhonghua zhongyiyao zazhi. 28(1). 262–264. 3 indexed citations
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Ma, Liang‐Xiao, Yuxiang Ma, Yuxia Ma, et al.. (2010). Immediate Effect of Acupuncture at Sanyinjiao (SP6) and Xuanzhong (GB39) on Uterine Arterial Blood Flow in Primary Dysmenorrhea. The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine. 16(10). 1073–1078. 31 indexed citations
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Liu, Cun‐Zhi, et al.. (2005). Dual-specificity phosphatase DUSP1 protects overactivation of hypoxia-inducible factor 1 through inactivating ERK MAPK. Experimental Cell Research. 309(2). 410–418. 53 indexed citations

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