Joe Z. Tsien

14.7k total citations · 5 hit papers
96 papers, 10.9k citations indexed

About

Joe Z. Tsien is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Cognitive Neuroscience and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Joe Z. Tsien has authored 96 papers receiving a total of 10.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 62 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 56 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience and 28 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Joe Z. Tsien's work include Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (49 papers), Memory and Neural Mechanisms (43 papers) and Neural dynamics and brain function (29 papers). Joe Z. Tsien is often cited by papers focused on Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (49 papers), Memory and Neural Mechanisms (43 papers) and Neural dynamics and brain function (29 papers). Joe Z. Tsien collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and United Kingdom. Joe Z. Tsien's co-authors include Susumu Tonegawa, Patricio T. Huerta, Ya‐Ping Tang, Claire Rampon, Eiji Shimizu, Peter G. Schultz, Yinghe Hu, Min Zhuo, Guosong Liu and Gilles Dubé and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, New England Journal of Medicine and Cell.

In The Last Decade

Joe Z. Tsien

95 papers receiving 10.7k 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.

Genetic enhancement of learning and memory in mice

1999 1.4k citations Ya‐Ping Tang, Eiji Shimizu et al. Nature profile →
The Essential Role of Hippocampal CA1 NMDA Receptor–Dependent Synaptic Plasticity in Spatial Memory

1996 1.4k citations Joe Z. Tsien et al. profile →
Subregion- and Cell Type–Restricted Gene Knockout in Mouse Brain

1996 992 citations Joe Z. Tsien, Mark Mayford et al. profile →
A chemical switch for inhibitor-sensitive alleles of any protein kinase

2000 862 citations Justin D. Blethrow, Eiji Shimizu et al. Nature profile →
Effects of environmental enrichment on gene expression in the brain

2000 501 citations Claire Rampon, Ya‐Ping Tang et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Joe Z. Tsien United States	43	5.7k	4.1k	3.7k	1.3k	1.2k	96	10.9k
Cristina M. Alberini United States	49	5.2k 0.9×	3.2k 0.8×	3.8k 1.0×	1.7k 1.3×	1.0k 0.9×	102	10.4k
Mark Mayford United States	43	6.5k 1.1×	5.1k 1.3×	3.8k 1.0×	1.2k 0.9×	934 0.8×	62	11.0k
Yuchio Yanagawa Japan	64	8.3k 1.4×	5.0k 1.2×	4.3k 1.2×	1.3k 1.0×	2.1k 1.7×	321	14.6k
Nicoletta Berardi Italy	48	5.2k 0.9×	3.0k 0.7×	3.6k 1.0×	1.1k 0.8×	1.7k 1.4×	117	10.3k
Uwe Rudolph United States	59	8.2k 1.4×	4.8k 1.2×	3.8k 1.0×	884 0.7×	1.1k 0.9×	180	12.6k
Gregg E. Homanics United States	59	6.3k 1.1×	4.5k 1.1×	2.4k 0.7×	1.2k 0.9×	860 0.7×	212	10.8k
Kunihiko Obata Japan	55	6.4k 1.1×	3.9k 1.0×	2.3k 0.6×	991 0.8×	1.6k 1.3×	167	10.6k
Asla Pitkänen Finland	72	9.9k 1.7×	4.8k 1.2×	4.6k 1.3×	1.3k 1.0×	1.5k 1.3×	338	18.6k
Stefano Vicini United States	62	10.0k 1.8×	6.4k 1.6×	2.6k 0.7×	1.5k 1.2×	1.3k 1.1×	204	13.1k
John F. Guzowski United States	36	5.4k 0.9×	2.2k 0.5×	4.1k 1.1×	1.3k 1.0×	1.0k 0.9×	52	8.3k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Joe Z. Tsien

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Liu, Jun, Cheng Lyu, Meng Li, et al.. (2018). Neural Coding of Appetitive Food Experiences in the Amygdala. Neurobiology of Learning and Memory. 155. 261–275. 9 indexed citations

Liu, Jun, Wei Wei, Hui Kuang, Fang Zhao, & Joe Z. Tsien. (2013). Changes in Heart Rate Variability Are Associated with Expression of Short-Term and Long-Term Contextual and Cued Fear Memories. PLoS ONE. 8(5). e63590–e63590. 22 indexed citations

Zhao, Fang, Meng Li, Qian Yi, & Joe Z. Tsien. (2013). Remote Measurements of Heart and Respiration Rates for Telemedicine. PLoS ONE. 8(10). e71384–e71384. 140 indexed citations

Cui, Zhenzhong, Ruiben Feng, Stephanie Jacobs, et al.. (2013). Increased NR2A:NR2B ratio compresses long-term depression range and constrains long-term memory. Scientific Reports. 3(1). 1036–1036. 82 indexed citations

Wang, Dong V. & Joe Z. Tsien. (2011). Conjunctive Processing of Locomotor Signals by the Ventral Tegmental Area Neuronal Population. PLoS ONE. 6(1). e16528–e16528. 40 indexed citations

Wang, Dong V. & Joe Z. Tsien. (2011). Convergent Processing of Both Positive and Negative Motivational Signals by the VTA Dopamine Neuronal Populations. PLoS ONE. 6(2). e17047–e17047. 89 indexed citations

Li, Fēi, Dong Wang, Kun Xie, et al.. (2011). NMDA Receptors in Dopaminergic Neurons Are Crucial for Habit Learning. Neuron. 72(6). 1055–1066. 98 indexed citations

Bibb, James, Mark Mayford, Joe Z. Tsien, & Cristina M. Alberini. (2010). Cognition Enhancement Strategies: Figure 1.. Journal of Neuroscience. 30(45). 14987–14992. 33 indexed citations

Kuang, Hui, Longnian Lin, & Joe Z. Tsien. (2010). Temporal Dynamics of Distinct CA1 Cell Populations during Unconscious State Induced by Ketamine. PLoS ONE. 5(12). e15209–e15209. 18 indexed citations

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Heng, Mary Y., et al.. (2009). In VivoEvidence for NMDA Receptor-Mediated Excitotoxicity in a Murine Genetic Model of Huntington Disease. Journal of Neuroscience. 29(10). 3200–3205. 89 indexed citations

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Cao, Xiaohua, et al.. (2008). Inducible and Selective Erasure of Memories in the Mouse Brain via Chemical-Genetic Manipulation. Neuron. 60(2). 353–366. 57 indexed citations

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Tsien, Joe Z.. (2007). The organizing principles of real-time memory encoding: Neural clique assemblies and universal neural codes. Neuroscience Research. 58. S30–S30. 6 indexed citations

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Oşan, Remus, Li Zhu, Shy Shoham, & Joe Z. Tsien. (2007). Subspace Projection Approaches to Classification and Visualization of Neural Network-Level Encoding Patterns. PLoS ONE. 2(5). e404–e404. 12 indexed citations

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Feng, Wei, Chao Zhang, Kevan M. Shokat, et al.. (2006). Forebrain Overexpression of CaMKII abolishes Cingulate Long Term Depression and Reduces Mechanical Allodynia and Thermal Hyperalgesia. Molecular Pain. 2. 21–21. 22 indexed citations

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Cui, Zhenzhong, et al.. (2004). Inducible and Reversible NR1 Knockout Reveals Crucial Role of the NMDA Receptor in Preserving Remote Memories in the Brain. Neuron. 41(5). 781–793. 123 indexed citations

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Shimizu, Eiji, Ya‐Ping Tang, Min Cho, et al.. (2003). Inducible protein knockout reveals temporal requirement of CaMKII reactivation for memory consolidation in the brain. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 100(7). 4287–4292. 126 indexed citations

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Wittenberg, Gayle, Megan R. Sullivan, & Joe Z. Tsien. (2002). Synaptic reentry reinforcement based network model for long‐term memory consolidation. Hippocampus. 12(5). 637–647. 67 indexed citations

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Tsien, Joe Z., et al.. (2000). Genetic analysis of learning behavior‐induced structural plasticity. Hippocampus. 10(5). 605–609. 5 indexed citations

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Liu, Yi, Anthony C. Bishop, Laurie Witucki, et al.. (1999). Structural basis for selective inhibition of Src family kinases by PP1. Chemistry & Biology. 6(9). 671–678. 211 indexed citations

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Tang, Ya‐Ping, Eiji Shimizu, Gilles Dubé, et al.. (1999). Genetic enhancement of learning and memory in mice. Nature. 401(6748). 63–69. 1442 indexed citations breakdown →

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