Fengfei Ding

5.3k total citations · 4 hit papers
60 papers, 3.7k citations indexed

About

Fengfei Ding is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Cognitive Neuroscience and Neurology. According to data from OpenAlex, Fengfei Ding has authored 60 papers receiving a total of 3.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 15 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience and 14 papers in Neurology. Recurrent topics in Fengfei Ding's work include Sleep and Wakefulness Research (12 papers), Cerebrospinal fluid and hydrocephalus (11 papers) and Sleep and related disorders (10 papers). Fengfei Ding is often cited by papers focused on Sleep and Wakefulness Research (12 papers), Cerebrospinal fluid and hydrocephalus (11 papers) and Sleep and related disorders (10 papers). Fengfei Ding collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Denmark. Fengfei Ding's co-authors include Maiken Nedergaard, Qiwu Xu, John O’Donnell, Douglas Zeppenfeld, Lulu Xie, Hongyi Kang, Minghuan Wang, Rashid Deane, Jeffrey J. Iliff and Maosheng Xia and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Nature Communications and Journal of Neuroscience.

In The Last Decade

Fengfei Ding

58 papers receiving 3.7k 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.

Impairment of paravascular clearance pathways in the aging brain

2014 1.1k citations Minghuan Wang, Qiwu Xu et al. Annals of Neurology profile →
Suppression of glymphatic fluid transport in a mouse model of Alzheimer's disease

2016 425 citations Weiguo Peng, Baoman Li et al. Neurobiology of Disease profile →
Trends in smoking prevalence and implication for chronic diseases in China: serial national cross-sectional surveys from 2003 to 2013

2018 247 citations Shabei Xu, Fengfei Ding et al. profile →
Memory-enhancing properties of sleep depend on the oscillatory amplitude of norepinephrine

2022 137 citations Celia Kjærby, Mie Andersen et al. Nature Neuroscience profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Fengfei Ding China	21	2.1k	1.0k	743	593	542	60	3.7k
Iben Lundgaard Sweden	22	2.3k 1.1×	1.2k 1.2×	750 1.0×	342 0.6×	560 1.0×	38	4.1k
John O’Donnell United States	11	2.1k 1.0×	868 0.8×	708 1.0×	1.7k 2.9×	446 0.8×	11	4.7k
Lulu Xie China	19	2.7k 1.3×	1.3k 1.2×	851 1.1×	1.6k 2.7×	778 1.4×	58	5.9k
Hedok Lee United States	25	2.2k 1.0×	1.4k 1.4×	388 0.5×	273 0.5×	288 0.5×	55	3.7k
Benjamin A. Plog United States	14	3.1k 1.5×	2.4k 2.3×	733 1.0×	265 0.4×	467 0.9×	27	4.9k
Daniel J. Christensen United States	2	1.4k 0.7×	705 0.7×	384 0.5×	1.4k 2.3×	200 0.4×	3	3.5k
Steven G. Kernie United States	33	1.7k 0.8×	598 0.6×	759 1.0×	327 0.6×	2.5k 4.6×	79	6.8k
Emmanuel Roze France	46	1.7k 0.8×	3.0k 2.9×	726 1.0×	1.1k 1.8×	1.1k 2.1×	240	6.0k
Martin Balslev Jørgensen Denmark	39	1.3k 0.6×	354 0.3×	1.1k 1.4×	514 0.9×	922 1.7×	254	5.3k
Bridgette D. Semple Australia	34	663 0.3×	1.7k 1.6×	1.2k 1.6×	249 0.4×	1.4k 2.6×	84	5.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Fengfei Ding

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Fields of papers citing papers by Fengfei Ding

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Fengfei Ding

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Chen, Yan, Feng Hu, Xuewei Li, et al.. (2025). Long-term exercise enhances meningeal lymphatic vessel plasticity and drainage in a mouse model of Alzheimer's disease. Translational Neurodegeneration. 14(1). 37–37. 3 indexed citations

Zhang, Xiaofan, Chengwei Liu, Xin Sheng, et al.. (2025). Sleep deprivation affects memory function, depression and anxiety-like behaviours in rats and mice: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Brain Communications. 7(5). fcaf309–fcaf309. 1 indexed citations

Wang, Yiqun, Cihang Kong, Dongyu Li, et al.. (2025). Real-time self-supervised denoising for high-speed fluorescence neural imaging. Nature Communications. 16(1). 9396–9396.

Sun, Qian, Sisi Peng, Qiwu Xu, et al.. (2024). Enhancing glymphatic fluid transport by pan-adrenergic inhibition suppresses epileptogenesis in male mice. Nature Communications. 15(1). 9600–9600. 8 indexed citations

Zhu, Zhu, et al.. (2024). Association between insulin resistance indices and kidney stones: results from the 2015–2018 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. Frontiers in Nutrition. 11. 1444049–1444049. 9 indexed citations

Xie, Yi, Bo Chen, Qiong Wang, et al.. (2023). Astrocyte‐Derived Exosomes Contribute to Pathologies of Neuromyelitis Optica Spectrum Disorder in Rodent Model. Annals of Neurology. 94(1). 163–181. 17 indexed citations

Kjærby, Celia, Mie Andersen, Natalie Hauglund, et al.. (2022). Memory-enhancing properties of sleep depend on the oscillatory amplitude of norepinephrine. Nature Neuroscience. 25(8). 1059–1070. 137 indexed citations breakdown →

Liu, Chun‐Feng, et al.. (2022). Trihexyphenidyl increases delta activity in non-rapid eye movement sleep without impairing cognitive function in rodent models. Neuropharmacology. 218. 109217–109217. 2 indexed citations

Yao, Di, et al.. (2022). Updated Understanding of the Glial-Vascular Unit in Central Nervous System Disorders. Neuroscience Bulletin. 39(3). 503–518. 29 indexed citations

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Huang, Chen, Ce Wang, Jingjing Zhu, et al.. (2022). Indoor Solid Fuel Use and Non-Neoplastic Digestive System Diseases: A Population-Based Cohort Study Among Chinese Middle-Aged and Older Population. International Journal of Public Health. 67. 1605419–1605419. 2 indexed citations

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Ba, Li, J. Tang, Zehui Li, et al.. (2022). Gut microbiota links with cognitive impairment in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: A multi-omics study. Journal of Biomedical Research. 37(2). 125–125. 18 indexed citations

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Wang, Tianqi, Yan Chen, Ying Zou, et al.. (2022). Locomotor Hyperactivity in the Early-Stage Alzheimer’s Disease-like Pathology of APP/PS1 Mice: Associated with Impaired Polarization of Astrocyte Aquaporin 4. Aging and Disease. 13(5). 1504–1504. 23 indexed citations

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Liu, Yang, et al.. (2022). Natural killer cells-related immune traits and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: A Mendelian randomization study. Frontiers in Neuroscience. 16. 981371–981371. 11 indexed citations

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Chen, Ze-Ka, Hui Dong, Chang Liu, et al.. (2022). A cluster of mesopontine GABAergic neurons suppresses REM sleep and curbs cataplexy. Cell Discovery. 8(1). 115–115. 14 indexed citations

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Xie, Yi, Simiao Chen, Xue‐Jiao Chen, et al.. (2020). A Chronic Sleep Fragmentation Model using Vibrating Orbital Rotor to Induce Cognitive Deficit and Anxiety-Like Behavior in Young Wild-Type Mice. Journal of Visualized Experiments. 7 indexed citations

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Li, Man, Mingxin Zhu, Qiaoqiao Xu, et al.. (2019). Sensation of TRPV1 via 5-hydroxytryptamine signaling modulates pain hypersensitivity in a 6-hydroxydopamine induced mice model of Parkinson’s disease. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 521(4). 868–873. 22 indexed citations

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Ding, Fengfei, et al.. (2016). Changes in the composition of brain interstitial ions control the sleep-wake cycle. Science. 352(6285). 550–555. 262 indexed citations

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Peng, Weiguo, Baoman Li, Yonghong Liao, et al.. (2016). Suppression of glymphatic fluid transport in a mouse model of Alzheimer's disease. Neurobiology of Disease. 93. 215–225. 425 indexed citations breakdown →

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Xie, Cuihong, Shabei Xu, Fengfei Ding, et al.. (2013). Clinical Features of Severe Wasp Sting Patients with Dominantly Toxic Reaction: Analysis of 1091 Cases. PLoS ONE. 8(12). e83164–e83164. 85 indexed citations

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Ding, Fengfei, Guibing Zhang, Lu Liu, et al.. (2012). Involvement of cationic channels in proliferation and migration of human mesenchymal stem cells. Tissue and Cell. 44(6). 358–364. 25 indexed citations

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