Gang Tong

5.7k total citations · 3 hit papers
24 papers, 4.3k citations indexed

About

Gang Tong is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Molecular Biology and Cognitive Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Gang Tong has authored 24 papers receiving a total of 4.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 12 papers in Molecular Biology and 4 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Gang Tong's work include Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (12 papers), Ion channel regulation and function (5 papers) and Neuroscience of respiration and sleep (3 papers). Gang Tong is often cited by papers focused on Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (12 papers), Ion channel regulation and function (5 papers) and Neuroscience of respiration and sleep (3 papers). Gang Tong collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Japan. Gang Tong's co-authors include Craig E. Jahr, Robin A. J. Lester, John D. Clements, Gary L. Westbrook, Roger A. Nicoll, Dawn Shepherd, Kaspar E. Vogt, Jack R. Mellor, Indira M. Raman and Stuart A. Lipton and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Nature Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Gang Tong

23 papers receiving 4.2k 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.

The Time Course of Glutamate in the Synaptic Cleft

1992 846 citations Gang Tong, Craig E. Jahr et al. Science profile →
A phase 1 clinical trial of nerve growth factor gene therapy for Alzheimer disease

2005 780 citations Mark H. Tuszynski, Leon J. Thal et al. Nature Medicine profile →
Excitatory glycine receptors containing the NR3 family of NMDA receptor subunits

2002 520 citations Jon E. Chatterton, Marc Awobuluyi 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
Gang Tong United States	16	3.3k	2.3k	881	575	374	24	4.3k
Georg Köhr Germany	34	3.7k 1.1×	2.7k 1.2×	1.1k 1.3×	375 0.7×	415 1.1×	71	4.9k
W. McIntyre Burnham Canada	39	2.9k 0.9×	1.5k 0.6×	839 1.0×	1.2k 2.1×	580 1.6×	156	5.1k
James N.C. Kew United Kingdom	39	3.5k 1.1×	3.0k 1.3×	712 0.8×	560 1.0×	213 0.6×	71	4.8k
Vincent Mutel Switzerland	38	3.3k 1.0×	2.8k 1.2×	612 0.7×	366 0.6×	163 0.4×	85	4.6k
Todd A. Verdoorn United States	24	4.6k 1.4×	3.7k 1.6×	698 0.8×	412 0.7×	380 1.0×	37	5.7k
Linda M. Nowak United States	21	4.9k 1.5×	3.7k 1.6×	1.2k 1.4×	498 0.9×	242 0.6×	33	5.7k
Kasper B. Hansen United States	35	5.1k 1.6×	4.2k 1.8×	730 0.8×	518 0.9×	288 0.8×	86	6.9k
M. Margarita Behrens United States	31	2.6k 0.8×	2.5k 1.1×	873 1.0×	667 1.2×	358 1.0×	51	6.0k
Karin Borges Australia	32	3.7k 1.1×	2.8k 1.2×	615 0.7×	1.0k 1.8×	484 1.3×	74	6.0k
Camilla Bellone Switzerland	33	3.5k 1.1×	2.3k 1.0×	1.3k 1.5×	457 0.8×	450 1.2×	53	4.9k

Countries citing papers authored by Gang Tong

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Fields of papers citing papers by Gang Tong

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Gang Tong

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

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Wang, Fei, Xiaoyong Duan, Gang Tong, et al.. (2025). Greenhouse gas fluxes and their determining factors in salt marsh wetlands along the south shore of Hangzhou Bay, East China Sea. Journal of Environmental Management. 375. 124245–124245. 2 indexed citations

Duan, Xiaoyong, Ping Yin, Xingliang He, et al.. (2025). Unraveling Nonlinear Interactions: A DPSIR‐Based Conceptual Model for Synergistic Impacts of Climate Change and Human Activities on Coastal Blue Carbon Ecosystems. Global Change Biology. 31(8). e70432–e70432. 1 indexed citations

Fan, Jianchun, et al.. (2024). Simulation of porous leakage sound field under the liquid surface of gas well annulus. 102–105.

Zhou, Liang, Yuping Su, Jianping Zheng, et al.. (2024). Geochemical and thermodynamic constraints on the genesis of coexisting alkaline and tholeiitic basalts from Datong, North China: Implication for compositional diversity of continental intraplate basalts. Chemical Geology. 659. 122143–122143. 6 indexed citations

Zhang, Jiawen, et al.. (2013). bSSFP fMRI study of sound amplitude modulation in inferior colliculus. 2 indexed citations

Xia, Kun, Hui Xiong, Yeonsook Shin, et al.. (2010). Roles of KChIP1 in the regulation of GABA-mediated transmission and behavioral anxiety. Molecular Brain. 3(1). 23–23. 17 indexed citations

Sheng, Guoqing, Guo‐Qing Chang, John Y. Lin, et al.. (2006). Hypothalamic huntingtin-associated protein 1 as a mediator of feeding behavior. Nature Medicine. 12(5). 526–533. 80 indexed citations

Zhang, Xue, Feng Li, Yun‐wu Zhang, et al.. (2006). Tumor suppressor PTEN affects tau phosphorylation, aggregation, and binding to microtubules. The FASEB Journal. 20(8). 1272–1274. 54 indexed citations

Tuszynski, Mark H., Leon J. Thal, Mary Pay, et al.. (2005). A phase 1 clinical trial of nerve growth factor gene therapy for Alzheimer disease. Nature Medicine. 11(5). 551–555. 780 indexed citations breakdown →

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Chatterton, Jon E., Marc Awobuluyi, Louis S. Premkumar, et al.. (2002). Excitatory glycine receptors containing the NR3 family of NMDA receptor subunits. Nature. 415(6873). 793–798. 520 indexed citations breakdown →

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Vogt, Kaspar E., Jack R. Mellor, Gang Tong, & Roger A. Nicoll. (2000). The Actions of Synaptically Released Zinc at Hippocampal Mossy Fiber Synapses. Neuron. 26(1). 187–196. 415 indexed citations

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Raman, Indira M., Gang Tong, & Craig E. Jahr. (1996). β-Adrenergic Regulation of Synaptic NMDA Receptors by cAMP-Dependent Protein Kinase. Neuron. 16(2). 415–421. 246 indexed citations

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Tong, Gang, Robert C. Malenka, & Roger A. Nicoll. (1996). Long-Term Potentiation in Cultures of Single Hippocampal Granule Cells: A Presynaptic Form of Plasticity. Neuron. 16(6). 1147–1157. 128 indexed citations

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Tong, Gang, Dawn Shepherd, & Craig E. Jahr. (1995). Synaptic Desensitization of NMDA Receptors by Calcineurin. Science. 267(5203). 1510–1512. 349 indexed citations

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Tong, Gang & Craig E. Jahr. (1994). Multivesicular release from excitatory synapses of cultured hippocampal neurons. Neuron. 12(1). 51–59. 263 indexed citations

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Tong, Gang & Craig E. Jahr. (1994). Block of glutamate transporters potentiates postsynaptic excitation. Neuron. 13(5). 1195–1203. 298 indexed citations

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Tong, Gang, et al.. (1993). A false transmitter at excitatory synapses. Neuron. 11(1). 85–91. 34 indexed citations

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Tong, Gang, et al.. (1993). Climbing fiber representation of the renal afferent nerve in the vermal cortex of the cat cerebellum. Brain Research. 601(1-2). 65–75. 10 indexed citations

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Tong, Gang, et al.. (1991). Vagal and somatic representation by the climbing fiber system in lobule V of the cat cerebellum. Brain Research. 552(1). 58–66. 18 indexed citations

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Robertson, Lee T., et al.. (1990). Somatosensory climbing fiber responses in the caudal posterior vermis of the cat cerebellum. Brain Research. 519(1-2). 243–248. 4 indexed citations

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