Lei Song

1.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
71 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Lei Song is a scholar working on Sensory Systems, Cognitive Neuroscience and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Lei Song has authored 71 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 46 papers in Sensory Systems, 32 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience and 17 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Lei Song's work include Hearing, Cochlea, Tinnitus, Genetics (46 papers), Hearing Loss and Rehabilitation (30 papers) and Vestibular and auditory disorders (13 papers). Lei Song is often cited by papers focused on Hearing, Cochlea, Tinnitus, Genetics (46 papers), Hearing Loss and Rehabilitation (30 papers) and Vestibular and auditory disorders (13 papers). Lei Song collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Germany. Lei Song's co-authors include Joseph Santos‐Sacchi, Winston Tan, JoAnn McGee, Edward J. Walsh, Alfred L. Nuttall, Jiefu Zheng, Nuno Raimundo, Sharen E. McKay, Gerald S. Shadel and Thomas Gilliland and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Lei Song

68 papers receiving 1.3k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Role of mitochondrial dysfunction and oxidative stress in sensorineural hearing loss

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Lei Song China	21	745	467	452	212	158	71	1.3k
Seiji B. Shibata United States	20	1.0k 1.4×	403 0.9×	647 1.4×	259 1.2×	56 0.4×	40	1.4k
Masato Fujioka Japan	20	1.3k 1.7×	346 0.7×	652 1.4×	486 2.3×	91 0.6×	84	2.0k
Hao Xiong China	25	1.1k 1.5×	438 0.9×	648 1.4×	537 2.5×	60 0.4×	122	2.1k
Xiaoping Du United States	24	582 0.8×	194 0.4×	469 1.0×	379 1.8×	54 0.3×	63	1.6k
Morgane Le Gall France	14	372 0.5×	130 0.3×	335 0.7×	146 0.7×	68 0.4×	36	931
Yujuan Hu China	20	550 0.7×	109 0.2×	678 1.5×	222 1.0×	58 0.4×	38	1.4k
Takeshi Oshima Japan	18	817 1.1×	204 0.4×	568 1.3×	334 1.6×	32 0.2×	77	1.4k
Azel Zine France	22	1.3k 1.8×	399 0.9×	706 1.6×	319 1.5×	100 0.6×	46	1.9k
Nobuhiro Hakuba Japan	21	563 0.8×	151 0.3×	198 0.4×	296 1.4×	69 0.4×	72	1.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Lei Song

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

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Sun, Yuwei, Shuting Li, Suhong Sun, et al.. (2025). Casz1 is required for both inner hair cell fate stabilization and outer hair cell survival. Science. 388(6744). eado4930–eado4930. 4 indexed citations

Song, Lei, et al.. (2025). Characteristics of the integration sites and module structures of the Tn916 and its family. Scientific Reports. 15(1). 23803–23803.

Dong, Hui, Zhaohui Zheng, Yuzi Liu, et al.. (2024). Development of a diagnostic model for pre-washout screening of primary aldosteronism. Journal of Endocrinological Investigation. 47(10). 2539–2550.

Li, Gen, et al.. (2024). The p. S178L mutation in Tbc1d24 disrupts endosome‐mediated synaptic vesicle trafficking of cochlear hair cells and leads to hearing impairment in mice. Clinical Genetics. 107(1). 67–77.

Wang, Wenxiao, et al.. (2023). Differential regulation of hair cell actin cytoskeleton mediated by SRF and MRTFB. eLife. 12. 2 indexed citations

Wang, Yi, et al.. (2023). Differential outcomes of high‐fat diet on age‐related rescaling of cochlear frequency place coding. The FASEB Journal. 37(10). e23167–e23167. 4 indexed citations

Song, Lei, et al.. (2022). Triple-vortex bremsstrahlung. New Journal of Physics. 24(4). 43037–43037. 2 indexed citations

Zhang, Yu, Yi Wang, Xin Lin, et al.. (2021). Prestin derived OHC surface area reduction underlies age‐related rescaling of frequency place coding. Hearing Research. 423. 108406–108406. 9 indexed citations

Gribizis, Alexandra, Yueyi Zhang, Lei Song, et al.. (2021). Efferent feedback controls bilateral auditory spontaneous activity. Nature Communications. 12(1). 2449–2449. 18 indexed citations

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Liu, Huihui, Zhongying Wang, Lei Song, et al.. (2019). Functional alteration of ribbon synapses in inner hair cells by noise exposure causing hidden hearing loss. Neuroscience Letters. 707. 134268–134268. 28 indexed citations

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Tan, Winston, Lei Song, Morven Graham, et al.. (2017). Novel Role of the Mitochondrial Protein Fus1 in Protection from Premature Hearing Loss via Regulation of Oxidative Stress and Nutrient and Energy Sensing Pathways in the Inner Ear. Antioxidants and Redox Signaling. 27(8). 489–509. 33 indexed citations

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Zhang, Yunhe, et al.. (2015). GW26-e2455 Vagal Nerve Stimulation Reverses Cardiac Dysfunction and Subcellular Calcium Handling in Heart Failure Rats After Myocardial Infarction. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 66(16). C35–C35. 2 indexed citations

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Song, Lei & Joseph Santos‐Sacchi. (2015). An Electrical Inspection of the Subsurface Cisternae of the Outer Hair Cell. Biophysical Journal. 108(3). 568–577. 8 indexed citations

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Song, Lei & Joseph Santos‐Sacchi. (2015). Intracellular calcium affects prestin’s voltage operating point indirectly via turgor-induced membrane tension. AIP conference proceedings. 1703. 30009–30009. 1 indexed citations

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Santos‐Sacchi, Joseph & Lei Song. (2014). Chloride-driven Electromechanical Phase Lags at Acoustic Frequencies Are Generated by SLC26a5, the Outer Hair Cell Motor Protein. Biophysical Journal. 107(1). 126–133. 15 indexed citations

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Song, Lei, et al.. (2012). Structural characteristics of genomic islands associated with GMP synthases as integration hotspot among sequenced microbial genomes. Computational Biology and Chemistry. 36. 62–70. 24 indexed citations

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Song, Lei, et al.. (2011). Chronology and pattern of integration of tandem genomic islands associated with the tmRNA gene in Escherichia coli and Salmonella enterica. Chinese Science Bulletin. 56(35). 3836–3843. 2 indexed citations

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Song, Lei & Joseph Santos‐Sacchi. (2010). Conformational State-Dependent Anion Binding in Prestin: Evidence for Allosteric Modulation. Biophysical Journal. 98(3). 371–376. 37 indexed citations

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Spirlı̀, Carlo, Romina Fiorotto, Lei Song, et al.. (2005). Glibenclamide Stimulates Fluid Secretion in Rodent Cholangiocytes Through a Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator-Independent Mechanism. Gastroenterology. 129(1). 220–233. 21 indexed citations

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Greally, John M., et al.. (1998). The mouse H19 locus mediates a transition between imprinted and non-imprinted DNA replication patterns. Human Molecular Genetics. 7(1). 91–95. 36 indexed citations

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