Lei Ren

2.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
88 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Lei Ren is a scholar working on Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Cognitive Neuroscience and Applied Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Lei Ren has authored 88 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 61 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, 30 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience and 17 papers in Applied Psychology. Recurrent topics in Lei Ren's work include Mental Health Research Topics (59 papers), Functional Brain Connectivity Studies (29 papers) and Impact of Technology on Adolescents (13 papers). Lei Ren is often cited by papers focused on Mental Health Research Topics (59 papers), Functional Brain Connectivity Studies (29 papers) and Impact of Technology on Adolescents (13 papers). Lei Ren collaborates with scholars based in China, Australia and United States. Lei Ren's co-authors include Xufeng Liu, Qun Yang, Xinyi Wei, Kuiliang Li, Chang Liu, Jiaxi Peng, Zihan Wei, Lin Wu, Fengzhan Li and Yinchuan Jin and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, Scientific Reports and Journal of Controlled Release.

In The Last Decade

Lei Ren

78 papers receiving 1.2k citations

Hit Papers

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Peers

Lei Ren

ECP

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Julia Langer United States

Zhiyi Chen China

Xu Li China

Xiting Huang China

Matthew A. Hersh United States

Margot Peeters Netherlands

Yvonne Yau Canada

Shuyue Zhang China

Julia Langer United States

Lei Ren

624 ×1.1

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533 ×1.9

266 ×1.0

240 ×1.4

60 ×0.3

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Citations per year, relative to Lei Ren Lei Ren (= 1×) peers Julia Langer

Countries citing papers authored by Lei Ren

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Fields of papers citing papers by Lei Ren

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Lei Ren

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

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Wang, Xianyang, Jiaxin Xie, Chang Liu, et al.. (2025). Network analysis of the association between social anxiety and problematic smartphone use in college students. Frontiers in Psychiatry. 16. 1508756–1508756. 2 indexed citations

Yu, Xiaofan, et al.. (2025). Subgroups of suicidal ideation and simulated intervention responses among left-behind children with depression risk: an Ising computational network model. BMC Psychiatry. 25(1). 774–774.

Ren, Lei. (2025). AI-Powered Financial Insights: Using Large Language Models to Improve Government Decision-Making and Policy Execution. 3(5). 21–26.

Lu, Yang, et al.. (2025). Unraveling the impact of cyberporn motivations on mental health: insights from Chinese college students. BMC Psychology. 13(1). 562–562.

Liu, Bin, Jing Ji, Lei Ren, et al.. (2025). Gender difference in rumination subtypes connecting to depression. Archives of Women s Mental Health. 28(5). 1143–1150. 1 indexed citations

Ren, Lei, Guimin Zhang, Lin Wu, et al.. (2025). Network analysis of social support and anxiety symptoms among college students during the COVID-19 pandemic. BMC Psychiatry. 25(1). 842–842.

Liu, Bin, et al.. (2024). The Relationship Between Negative Coping Styles, Psychological Resilience, and Positive Coping Styles in Military Personnel: A Cross-Lagged Analysis. Psychology Research and Behavior Management. Volume 17. 13–21. 6 indexed citations

Liu, Bin, Lin Liu, Yinchuan Jin, et al.. (2024). Relationships between resilience, perceived social support, and mental health in military personnel: a cross-lagged analysis. BMC Public Health. 24(1). 3433–3433.

Sutera, Philip, Matthew P. Deek, Ryan Phillips, et al.. (2024). Machine learning predicts conventional imaging metastasis-free survival (MFS) for oligometastatic castration-sensitive prostate cancer (omCSPC) using prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA) PET radiomics. Radiotherapy and Oncology. 199. 110443–110443. 4 indexed citations

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Liu, Chang, Kristian Rotaru, Kuiliang Li, et al.. (2024). Examining network structure of impulsivity and depression in adolescents and young adults: A two-sample study. Journal of Affective Disorders. 362. 54–61. 3 indexed citations

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Wei, Wenwen, et al.. (2023). How loneliness linked to anxiety and depression: a network analysis based on Chinese university students. BMC Public Health. 23(1). 2499–2499. 16 indexed citations

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Ren, Lei, Lingzhi Wang, Chang Liu, et al.. (2023). The relationship between irritability, depression and anxiety among Chinese college students during the COVID-19 pandemic: A network analysis. PubMed. 2. 1045161–1045161. 4 indexed citations

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Li, Jiayi, Chang Liu, Lucy Albertella, et al.. (2023). Network analysis of the association between Dark Triad traits and depression symptoms in university students. Personality and Individual Differences. 218. 112495–112495. 6 indexed citations

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He, Mu, Chang Liu, Xiaojie Zhao, et al.. (2023). The relationship between self-control and mental health problems among Chinese university students. Frontiers in Public Health. 11. 1224427–1224427. 8 indexed citations

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Liu, Chang, Lei Ren, Kristian Rotaru, et al.. (2023). Bridging the links between Big Five personality traits and problematic smartphone use: A network analysis. Journal of Behavioral Addictions. 12(1). 128–136. 26 indexed citations

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Wei, Zihan, Xinpei Wang, Lei Ren, et al.. (2023). Using machine learning approach to predict depression and anxiety among patients with epilepsy in China: A cross-sectional study. Journal of Affective Disorders. 336. 1–8. 21 indexed citations

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Li, Kuiliang, Lei Ren, Chang Liu, et al.. (2023). The Ripple Effect: Unveiling the Bidirectional Relationship Between Negative Life Events and Depressive Symptoms in Medical Cadets. Psychology Research and Behavior Management. Volume 16. 3399–3412. 2 indexed citations

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Ren, Lei, Zhou Yang, Long‐Biao Cui, et al.. (2020). The relations among worry, meta-worry, intolerance of uncertainty and attentional bias for threat in men at high risk for generalized anxiety disorder: a network analysis. BMC Psychiatry. 20(1). 452–452. 21 indexed citations

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Ren, Lei. (2005). Relaxation and contraction induced by ATP via P2 receptors in longitudinal muscle strips of the rat proximal colon. Zhongguo yaolixue yu dulixue zazhi. 19(5). 321–326. 2 indexed citations

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Ren, Lei. (2002). Electrophysiologic effect of moxonidine on action potential in rabbit sinoatrial node pacemaker cells. Zhongguo yaolixue yu dulixue zazhi. 2 indexed citations

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