Qi Yuan

3.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
83 papers, 2.2k citations indexed

About

Qi Yuan is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Sensory Systems and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Qi Yuan has authored 83 papers receiving a total of 2.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 40 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 39 papers in Sensory Systems and 32 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Qi Yuan's work include Olfactory and Sensory Function Studies (39 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (30 papers) and Memory and Neural Mechanisms (20 papers). Qi Yuan is often cited by papers focused on Olfactory and Sensory Function Studies (39 papers), Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research (30 papers) and Memory and Neural Mechanisms (20 papers). Qi Yuan collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and Japan. Qi Yuan's co-authors include Carolyn W. Harley, Andrew R. Marks, John H. McLean, Gaetano Santulli, Ran Zalk, Steven Reiken, Thomas Knöpfel, Andrea Darby‐King, Haikel Dridi and Brent W. Osborne and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Qi Yuan

80 papers receiving 2.2k 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. Structural Basis for Gating and Activation of RyR1
    2016 286 citations Qi Yuan, Andrew R. Marks et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Qi Yuan Canada 23 915 745 610 528 289 83 2.2k
Carol J. Milligan United Kingdom 24 1.0k 1.1× 693 0.9× 338 0.6× 288 0.5× 95 0.3× 40 2.2k
Durga P. Mohapatra United States 32 2.2k 2.4× 1.8k 2.4× 769 1.3× 718 1.4× 228 0.8× 50 4.0k
Luba Krapivinsky United States 20 2.2k 2.4× 1.4k 1.8× 638 1.0× 708 1.3× 112 0.4× 21 3.6k
François Maingret France 15 1.8k 1.9× 1.2k 1.6× 497 0.8× 418 0.8× 158 0.5× 19 2.5k
Masumi Inoue Japan 22 1.4k 1.5× 1.3k 1.7× 162 0.3× 176 0.3× 196 0.7× 86 2.0k
Francisco J. Monje Austria 23 753 0.8× 579 0.8× 143 0.2× 217 0.4× 221 0.8× 49 1.7k
Marc Borsotto France 30 2.2k 2.4× 1.5k 2.0× 346 0.6× 577 1.1× 90 0.3× 57 3.2k
Martin Wallner United States 30 2.7k 3.0× 2.6k 3.5× 148 0.2× 1.0k 2.0× 443 1.5× 45 4.0k
Ľubica Lacinová Slovakia 26 2.2k 2.4× 1.6k 2.1× 164 0.3× 745 1.4× 157 0.5× 96 2.9k

Countries citing papers authored by Qi Yuan

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Fields of papers citing papers by Qi Yuan

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Qi Yuan

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

All Works

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Janes, Amy C., et al.. (2025). Targeting early tau pathology: probiotic diet enhances cognitive function and reduces inflammation in a preclinical Alzheimer’s model. Alzheimer s Research & Therapy. 17(1). 24–24. 11 indexed citations
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Yuan, Qi, et al.. (2025). Shifting focus to preclinical stages: Locus coeruleus tau pathology as a driver and therapeutic target in Alzheimer’s disease. Neural Regeneration Research. 21(6). 2335–2336. 1 indexed citations
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Miotto, Marco, Steve Reiken, Anetta Wronska, et al.. (2024). Structural basis for ryanodine receptor type 2 leak in heart failure and arrhythmogenic disorders. Nature Communications. 15(1). 8080–8080. 11 indexed citations
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Rajani, Vishaal, et al.. (2024). Hippocampal hyperphosphorylated tau-induced deficiency is rescued by L-type calcium channel blockade. Brain Communications. 6(2). fcae096–fcae096. 1 indexed citations
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Yuan, Qi, et al.. (2024). The ventral hippocampus is activated in olfactory but not auditory threat memory. Frontiers in Neural Circuits. 18. 1371130–1371130. 2 indexed citations
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Dridi, Haikel, Yang Liu, Steve Reiken, et al.. (2023). Heart failure-induced cognitive dysfunction is mediated by intracellular Ca2+ leak through ryanodine receptor type 2. Nature Neuroscience. 26(8). 1365–1378. 33 indexed citations
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Rajani, Vishaal, et al.. (2023). Olfactory threat extinction in the piriform cortex: An age-dependent employment of NMDA receptor-dependent long-term depression. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 120(44). e2309986120–e2309986120. 2 indexed citations
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Miotto, Marco, Haikel Dridi, Qi Yuan, et al.. (2022). Structural analyses of human ryanodine receptor type 2 channels reveal the mechanisms for sudden cardiac death and treatment. Science Advances. 8(29). eabo1272–eabo1272. 37 indexed citations
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Ghosh, Sourav, Vishaal Rajani, Kwun Nok Mimi Man, et al.. (2022). Aging differentially affects LTCC function in hippocampal CA1 and piriform cortex pyramidal neurons. Cerebral Cortex. 33(4). 1489–1503. 9 indexed citations
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Du, Qiang, Ruofei Yu, Yan Dong, et al.. (2018). Significance of tumor‐associated autoantibodies in the early diagnosis of lung cancer. The Clinical Respiratory Journal. 12(6). 2020–2028. 35 indexed citations
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Yuan, Qi, et al.. (2018). Spontaneous recovery and time course of biological motion adaptation. Vision Research. 149. 40–46. 3 indexed citations
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Santulli, Gaetano, et al.. (2017). Intracellular calcium release channels: an update. The Journal of Physiology. 595(10). 3041–3051. 167 indexed citations
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Doré, Jules J.E., et al.. (2017). Histone deacetylase inhibition induces odor preference memory extension and maintains enhanced AMPA receptor expression in the rat pup model. Learning & Memory. 24(10). 543–551. 10 indexed citations
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Yuan, Qi, Jingyi Yang, Gaetano Santulli, et al.. (2016). Maintenance of normal blood pressure is dependent on IP3R1-mediated regulation of eNOS. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 113(30). 8532–8537. 53 indexed citations
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Fontaine, Christine J., et al.. (2014). Unlearning: NMDA Receptor-Mediated Metaplasticity in the Anterior Piriform Cortex Following Early Odor Preference Training in Rats. Journal of Neuroscience. 34(15). 5143–5151. 14 indexed citations
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Marrone, Diano F., et al.. (2014). Visualizing the Engram: Learning Stabilizes Odor Representations in the Olfactory Network. Journal of Neuroscience. 34(46). 15394–15401. 19 indexed citations
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Yuan, Qi & Thomas Knöpfel. (2006). Olfactory Nerve Stimulation-Evoked mGluR1 Slow Potentials, Oscillations, and Calcium Signaling in Mouse Olfactory Bulb Mitral Cells. Journal of Neurophysiology. 95(5). 3097–3104. 26 indexed citations
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Yuan, Qi, Carolyn W. Harley, & John H. McLean. (2003). Mitral Cell β1 and 5-HT2A Receptor Colocalization and cAMP Coregulation: A New Model of Norepinephrine-Induced Learning in the Olfactory Bulb. Learning & Memory. 10(1). 5–15. 85 indexed citations

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