Heping Cheng

27.3k total citations · 7 hit papers
236 papers, 21.1k citations indexed

About

Heping Cheng is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Heping Cheng has authored 236 papers receiving a total of 21.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 181 papers in Molecular Biology, 100 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and 80 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Heping Cheng's work include Ion channel regulation and function (95 papers), Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias (90 papers) and Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (45 papers). Heping Cheng is often cited by papers focused on Ion channel regulation and function (95 papers), Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias (90 papers) and Mitochondrial Function and Pathology (45 papers). Heping Cheng collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and United Kingdom. Heping Cheng's co-authors include Mark B. Cannell, W. Jonathan Lederer, Edward G. Lakatta, Long‐Sheng Song, W. Jonathan Lederer, Xianhua Wang, Dongmei Yang, Shi‐Qiang Wang, Luis F. Santana and Michael D. Stern and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Heping Cheng

226 papers receiving 20.8k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Calcium Sparks: Elementary Events Underlying Excitation-Contraction Coupling in Heart Muscle

1993 1.6k citations Heping Cheng et al. profile →
Relaxation of Arterial Smooth Muscle by Calcium Sparks

1995 1.1k citations Heping Cheng, W. Jonathan Lederer et al. profile →
Defective Excitation-Contraction Coupling in Experimental Cardiac Hypertrophy and Heart Failure

1997 600 citations Heping Cheng et al. profile →
Superoxide Flashes in Single Mitochondria

2008 582 citations Aiwu Cheng, Xianhua Wang et al. profile →
Fast high-resolution miniature two-photon microscopy for brain imaging in freely behaving mice

2017 349 citations Weijian Zong, Runlong Wu et al. Nature Methods profile →
Coupling of β₂-Adrenoceptor to G_iProteins and Its Physiological Relevance in Murine Cardiac Myocytes

1999 317 citations Rui-Ping Xiao, Ying-Ying Zhou et al. Circulation Research profile →
The mechanosensitive Piezo1 channel mediates heart mechano-chemo transduction

2021 178 citations Fan Jiang, Kunlun Yin et al. Nature Communications profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Heping Cheng China	77	16.3k	10.5k	6.5k	2.1k	1.3k	236	21.1k
Gerhard Meissner United States	71	16.2k 1.0×	7.8k 0.7×	5.8k 0.9×	2.9k 1.4×	1.7k 1.3×	229	19.5k
W. Jonathan Lederer United States	58	10.4k 0.6×	7.2k 0.7×	4.0k 0.6×	1.4k 0.6×	728 0.6×	159	13.6k
Martin J. Lohse Germany	91	22.2k 1.4×	5.5k 0.5×	10.9k 1.7×	2.3k 1.1×	446 0.3×	355	29.4k
Fred J. Sigworth United States	46	20.0k 1.2×	6.5k 0.6×	13.5k 2.1×	1.3k 0.6×	1.5k 1.1×	113	25.0k
Jeanne M. Nerbonne United States	65	11.2k 0.7×	8.0k 0.8×	5.7k 0.9×	1.3k 0.6×	343 0.3×	185	16.2k
Owen P. Hamill United States	31	17.7k 1.1×	5.1k 0.5×	13.2k 2.0×	2.4k 1.1×	2.0k 1.5×	65	22.0k
Donald M. Bers United States	109	33.7k 2.1×	32.2k 3.1×	11.2k 1.7×	2.6k 1.2×	1.2k 0.9×	523	44.5k
Peter Lipp Germany	52	10.0k 0.6×	2.9k 0.3×	4.6k 0.7×	1.5k 0.7×	1.7k 1.3×	189	14.9k
Enrico Stefani United States	69	10.7k 0.7×	4.7k 0.4×	6.7k 1.0×	1.2k 0.6×	1.6k 1.2×	226	14.2k
Mark B. Cannell United Kingdom	53	7.9k 0.5×	6.6k 0.6×	4.1k 0.6×	926 0.4×	734 0.6×	130	11.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Heping Cheng

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Guo, Tianyu, Feihong Dong, Xinnan Wang, et al.. (2025). A novel ultrasound-responsive cluster bomb system for efficient siRNA delivery in brain. Ultrasonics Sonochemistry. 120. 107446–107446.

Wang, Aimin, et al.. (2025). A Novel Adaptive Independent Component Analysis Method for Multi-Channel Optically Pumped Magnetometers’ Magnetocardiography Signals. Biosensors. 15(4). 243–243.

Wu, Runlong, Yufei Zhu, Lifeng Zhang, et al.. (2025). A versatile miniature two-photon microscope enabling multicolor deep-brain imaging. Nature Methods. 22(9). 1935–1943. 2 indexed citations

Zhang, Wenshuo, et al.. (2023). C17orf80 binds the mitochondrial genome to promote its replication. The Journal of Cell Biology. 222(10).

Li, Chaoqun, Yan Gao, Zhou Sun, et al.. (2023). A neural circuit for regulating a behavioral switch in response to prolonged uncontrollability in mice. Neuron. 111(17). 2727–2741.e7. 7 indexed citations

An, Jian, Jiabin Zhang, Feihong Dong, et al.. (2022). Arterial Labeling Ultrasound Subtraction Angiography (ALUSA) Based on Acoustic Phase‐Change Nanodroplets. Small. 18(12). e2105989–e2105989. 14 indexed citations

Zhen, Zhen, Yanqing Wang, Runlong Wu, et al.. (2022). Non-Invasive Skin Imaging Assessment of Human Stress During Head-Down Bed Rest Using a Portable Handheld Two-Photon Microscope. Frontiers in Physiology. 13. 899830–899830. 3 indexed citations

Zhao, Zhe, Runlong Wu, Liping Chen, et al.. (2022). Encoding of social novelty by sparse GABAergic neural ensembles in the prelimbic cortex. Science Advances. 8(35). eabo4884–eabo4884. 18 indexed citations

Obenhaus, Horst A., Weijian Zong, R. Irene Jacobsen, et al.. (2022). Functional network topography of the medial entorhinal cortex. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 119(7). 27 indexed citations

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Jiang, Fan, Kunlun Yin, Kun Wu, et al.. (2021). The mechanosensitive Piezo1 channel mediates heart mechano-chemo transduction. Nature Communications. 12(1). 869–869. 178 indexed citations breakdown →

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Li, Na, et al.. (2021). Genome wide association study for the identification of genes associated with tail fat deposition in Chinese sheep breeds. Biology Open. 10(5). 24 indexed citations

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Liu, Beibei, et al.. (2019). Mitoflash biogenesis and its role in the autoregulation of mitochondrial proton electrochemical potential. The Journal of General Physiology. 151(6). 727–737. 11 indexed citations

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Lu, Daoyuan, Jing Wang, Beibei Liu, et al.. (2018). Calcium dysregulation mediates mitochondrial and neurite outgrowth abnormalities in SOD2 deficient embryonic cerebral cortical neurons. Cell Death and Differentiation. 26(9). 1600–1614. 17 indexed citations

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Brochet, Didier X.P., Wenjun Xie, Dongmei Yang, Heping Cheng, & W. Jonathan Lederer. (2010). Quarky Calcium Release in the Heart. Circulation Research. 108(2). 210–218. 59 indexed citations

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Sheng, Wei, Ang Guo, Biyi Chen, et al.. (2010). T-Tubule Remodeling During Transition From Hypertrophy to Heart Failure. Circulation Research. 107(4). 520–531. 302 indexed citations

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Vinogradova, Tatiana M., Alexey E. Lyashkov, Weizhong Zhu, et al.. (2006). High Basal Protein Kinase A–Dependent Phosphorylation Drives Rhythmic Internal Ca ²⁺ Store Oscillations and Spontaneous Beating of Cardiac Pacemaker Cells. Circulation Research. 98(4). 505–514. 222 indexed citations

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Cheng, Heping, et al.. (2006). Construction and Maintenance of the Shelter-forest Project of the Tarim Desert Highway. Bulletin of Soil and Water Conservation. 3 indexed citations

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Zhu, Wei-Zhong, Khalid Chakir, Shengjun Zhang, et al.. (2005). Heterodimerization of β ₁ - and β ₂ -Adrenergic Receptor Subtypes Optimizes β-Adrenergic Modulation of Cardiac Contractility. Circulation Research. 97(3). 244–251. 89 indexed citations

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Pan, Zui, Dongmei Yang, Ramakrishnan Nagaraj, et al.. (2002). Dysfunction of store-operated calcium channel in muscle cells lacking mg29. Nature Cell Biology. 4(5). 379–383. 144 indexed citations

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Song, Long‐Sheng, Michael D. Stern, Edward G. Lakatta, & Heping Cheng. (1997). Partial depletion of sarcoplasmic reticulum calcium does not prevent calcium sparks in Rat Ventricular myocytes. The Journal of Physiology. 505(3). 665–675. 65 indexed citations

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