Hesheng Liu

24.8k total citations · 6 hit papers
168 papers, 16.0k citations indexed

About

Hesheng Liu is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging and Psychiatry and Mental health. According to data from OpenAlex, Hesheng Liu has authored 168 papers receiving a total of 16.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 116 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 61 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging and 21 papers in Psychiatry and Mental health. Recurrent topics in Hesheng Liu's work include Functional Brain Connectivity Studies (99 papers), Neural dynamics and brain function (46 papers) and Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications (46 papers). Hesheng Liu is often cited by papers focused on Functional Brain Connectivity Studies (99 papers), Neural dynamics and brain function (46 papers) and Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications (46 papers). Hesheng Liu collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Germany. Hesheng Liu's co-authors include Randy L. Buckner, Jorge Sepulcre, Fenna M. Krienen, B.T. Thomas Yeo, Mert R. Sabuncu, Jordan W. Smoller, Joshua L. Roffman, Danial Lashkari, Lilla Zöllei and Marisa O. Hollinshead and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Communications and Neuron.

In The Last Decade

Hesheng Liu

158 papers receiving 15.9k 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.

  1. The organization of the human cerebral cortex estimated by intrinsic functional connectivity
    2011 5.9k citations B.T. Thomas Yeo, Fenna M. Krienen et al. Journal of Neurophysiology profile →
  2. Cortical Hubs Revealed by Intrinsic Functional Connectivity: Mapping, Assessment of Stability, and Relation to Alzheimer's Disease
    2009 2.3k citations Randy L. Buckner, Jorge Sepulcre et al. Journal of Neuroscience profile →
  3. Individual Variability in Functional Connectivity Architecture of the Human Brain
    2013 769 citations Danhong Wang, Michael Fox et al. profile →
  4. Resting-state networks link invasive and noninvasive brain stimulation across diverse psychiatric and neurological diseases
    2014 429 citations Michael Fox, Randy L. Buckner et al. profile →
  5. Spatial Topography of Individual-Specific Cortical Networks Predicts Human Cognition, Personality, and Emotion
    2018 367 citations Mert R. Sabuncu, Hesheng Liu et al. Cerebral Cortex profile →
  6. Network localization of neurological symptoms from focal brain lesions
    2015 344 citations Aaron D. Boes, Sashank Prasad et al. Brain profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Hesheng Liu United States 44 13.2k 5.4k 2.2k 2.0k 1.4k 168 16.0k
Andrew Zalesky Australia 61 12.6k 0.9× 6.4k 1.2× 2.6k 1.2× 2.1k 1.0× 1.1k 0.8× 247 16.8k
Nicolas Delcroix France 22 10.7k 0.8× 4.2k 0.8× 2.2k 1.0× 2.7k 1.4× 1.0k 0.7× 47 14.9k
Olivier Etard France 22 11.0k 0.8× 3.9k 0.7× 2.3k 1.0× 2.6k 1.3× 1.4k 1.0× 67 15.4k
Chao‐Gan Yan China 38 12.4k 0.9× 5.1k 0.9× 3.0k 1.3× 2.2k 1.1× 1.0k 0.8× 112 14.8k
Dimitri Papathanassiou France 15 9.8k 0.7× 3.9k 0.7× 2.0k 0.9× 2.4k 1.2× 905 0.7× 48 14.0k
Marc Joliot France 37 14.0k 1.1× 5.1k 0.9× 2.8k 1.3× 3.1k 1.5× 1.3k 0.9× 93 19.2k
N. Tzourio-Mazoyer France 17 13.3k 1.0× 4.2k 0.8× 2.7k 1.2× 2.7k 1.3× 1.0k 0.7× 26 17.4k
B.T. Thomas Yeo United States 60 17.2k 1.3× 7.1k 1.3× 3.5k 1.6× 2.1k 1.1× 1.0k 0.8× 169 21.1k
Kuncheng Li China 62 9.6k 0.7× 5.8k 1.1× 1.4k 0.6× 2.5k 1.2× 1.4k 1.0× 295 14.4k
Justin L. Vincent United States 19 16.9k 1.3× 4.8k 0.9× 2.7k 1.2× 2.1k 1.0× 872 0.6× 26 18.8k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Hesheng Liu

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Dahmani, Louisa, Yan Bai, Wei Zhang, et al.. (2025). Individualized functional connectivity markers for motor and mood symptoms of Parkinson’s disease. NeuroImage. 324. 121631–121631.
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Ren, Jianxun, Mo Chen, Wei Zhang, et al.. (2025). Somato‐Cognitive Action Network in Focal Dystonia. Movement Disorders. 40(11). 2331–2343. 1 indexed citations
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Ren, Yanping, Wei Jiang, Ruiqi Pan, et al.. (2025). Suicidal risk is associated with hyper-connections in the frontal-parietal network in patients with depression. Translational Psychiatry. 15(1). 49–49. 3 indexed citations
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Sun, Xiaoxuan, Xiaqin Sun, Tianlan Lu, et al.. (2025). Hippocampal Zkscan4 confers resilience to chronic stress–induced depression-like behaviors. Science Advances. 11(21). eadr2291–eadr2291. 1 indexed citations
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Li, Meiling, Lauren A. M. Lebois, Sherry Winternitz, et al.. (2024). Functional Connectivity of the Auditory Cortex in Women With Trauma-Related Disorders Who Hear Voices. Biological Psychiatry Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging. 9(10). 1066–1074.
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Ren, Jianxun, Xiaoxuan Fu, Ruiqi Pan, et al.. (2024). Efficacy and Safety of High-Dose TBS on Poststroke Upper Extremity Motor Impairment: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Stroke. 55(9). 2212–2220. 9 indexed citations
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Wu, Xingqi, Yibing Yan, Panpan Hu, et al.. (2024). Effects of a periodic intermittent theta burst stimulation in Alzheimer’s disease. General Psychiatry. 37(1). e101106–e101106. 9 indexed citations
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Cui, Weigang, et al.. (2023). Personalized Functional Connectivity Based Spatio-Temporal Aggregated Attention Network for MCI Identification. IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering. 31. 2257–2267. 18 indexed citations
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Fountain‐Zaragoza, Stephanie, Hesheng Liu, & Andreana Benitez. (2023). Functional Network Alterations Associated with Cognition in Pre-Clinical Alzheimer's Disease. Brain Connectivity. 13(5). 275–286. 6 indexed citations
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Stoecklein, Veit M., Niklas Thon, Regina Schinner, et al.. (2023). Perifocal Edema in Patients with Meningioma is Associated with Impaired Whole-Brain Connectivity as Detected by Resting-State fMRI. American Journal of Neuroradiology. 44(7). 814–819. 5 indexed citations
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Ge, Jianqiao, Weiwei Men, Lang Qin, et al.. (2022). Increasing diversity in connectomics with the Chinese Human Connectome Project. Nature Neuroscience. 26(1). 163–172. 45 indexed citations
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Fan, Yun‐Shuang, Haoru Li, Jing Guo, et al.. (2021). Tracking Positive and Negative Symptom Improvement in First-Episode Schizophrenia Treated with Risperidone Using Individual-Level Functional Connectivity. Brain Connectivity. 12(5). 454–464. 9 indexed citations
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Ren, Jianxun, Ting Xu, Danhong Wang, et al.. (2020). Individual Variability in Functional Organization of the Human and Monkey Auditory Cortex. Cerebral Cortex. 31(5). 2450–2465. 24 indexed citations
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Shine, James M., Aaron Kucyi, Brett L. Foster, et al.. (2017). Distinct Patterns of Temporal and Directional Connectivity among Intrinsic Networks in the Human Brain. Journal of Neuroscience. 37(40). 9667–9674. 32 indexed citations
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Boes, Aaron D., Sashank Prasad, Hesheng Liu, et al.. (2015). Network localization of neurological symptoms from focal brain lesions. Brain. 138(10). 3061–3075. 344 indexed citations breakdown →
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Sepulcre, Jorge, Mert R. Sabuncu, B.T. Thomas Yeo, Hesheng Liu, & Keith A. Johnson. (2012). Stepwise Connectivity of the Modal Cortex Reveals the Multimodal Organization of the Human Brain. Journal of Neuroscience. 32(31). 10649–10661. 224 indexed citations
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Yeo, B.T. Thomas, Fenna M. Krienen, Jorge Sepulcre, et al.. (2011). The organization of the human cerebral cortex estimated by intrinsic functional connectivity. Journal of Neurophysiology. 106(3). 1125–1165. 5889 indexed citations breakdown →
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Lu, Jie, Hesheng Liu, Miao Zhang, et al.. (2011). Focal Pontine Lesions Provide Evidence That Intrinsic Functional Connectivity Reflects Polysynaptic Anatomical Pathways. Journal of Neuroscience. 31(42). 15065–15071. 93 indexed citations
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Buckner, Randy L., Jorge Sepulcre, Tanveer Talukdar, et al.. (2009). Cortical Hubs Revealed by Intrinsic Functional Connectivity: Mapping, Assessment of Stability, and Relation to Alzheimer's Disease. Journal of Neuroscience. 29(6). 1860–1873. 2262 indexed citations breakdown →

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